FidoNews · Vol 23, No 41 · 09 Oct 2006
The F I D O N E W S Volume 23, Number 41 09 Oct 2006
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2
3. REBUTTALS TO PREVIOUS ARTICLES ........................... 3
4. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 8
Fidonet Related Websites ................................. 8
5. ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................ 11
FidoNet Software References .............................. 11
6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 16
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 16
7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18
How to Submit an Article ................................. 18
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 20
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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The village atheist has the right to be heard; he has no right to be
heeded. While he has a right not to have his own children
indoctrinated in what he believes are false and foolish teachings, he
has no right to dictate what other children may be taught.
-- Patrick J. Buchanan
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EDITORIAL
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May I please remind everybody about the 70 char/line limit for all
contributions. With only one line longer than that, the article will
not compile.
This is mainly a problem with contributions sent in as mail rather
than as a file. I usually can reformat the paragraphs so the lines
will stay within the 70 char/line limit, but not always. One example
of when it's not easily done, is when the article contains quoted text
like this week's article from Roy Witt. The only way I can solve this
problem is (save from rejecting the article) to cut all lines after 70
char/line.
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REBUTTALS TO PREVIOUS ARTICLES
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The Hypocrisy of it All!
Roy Witt <1:397/22>
Last weeks letter to the children in Fidonet opens with a childish
overview indicating to the reader that it must have been written with
a misanthropical mindset.
FR> An open letter from Björn Forsström 2:203/614.61 to everyone unde
FR> the age of 15 and those of you who are older can stop read here s
FR> you will never get it anyway.
The Fidonews Editor says that my reply (this is the second, cleaned up
version) to this letter cannot attack the author, yet the author of
this letter has attacked Fidonet sysops, even though he hasn't named
names but you know who he's talking about. I'll do the best I can to
comply with the editor's wishes here, but ya'll will know to whom I'm
addressing.
FR> When you grow up I hope that Fido has since long gone been put to
FR> sleep because I wouldn't want you to read about how so called adu
FR> in the year 2006 are behaving towards each other like I will ment
FR> below but with the present situation I don't think you have to be
FR> much worried. Rabies is a lethal disease and it's spreading like
FR> wildfire in here.
The late comedian, Bill Hicks during his darker moments displayed this
same type of misanthropy. He once called the human race "a virus with
fuckin' shoes" and often referred to himself as a "misanthropic
humanist."
However, last week's open letter didn't reveal that kind of revelation
from its author.
Before you get any further into this rebuttal to the open letter, keep
in mind that the 'open letter' of last weeks Fidonews doesn't display
a whole lot of subtle expressions of misanthropy in pointing out the
shortcomings of humanity.
FR> It's free to call anyone you like for a thief without proving a
FR> thing.
The millionaire, Mr. Burns, and the crazed homicidal clown, Sideshow
Bob, on the American comedic TV show, The Simpsons, are both snobbish
misanthropes.
FR> It's free to call anyone you like for a liar, also without provin
FR> thing.
Misanthropy has been ascribed to a number of writers of satire, such
as William S. Gilbert ("I hate my fellow-man"), but such
identifications must be closely scrutinized, because a critical or
darkly humorous (Dark comedy) outlook toward humankind may be easily
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mistaken for genuine misanthropy.
FR> It's free to have the worst man ever lived (Adolf Hitler) as your
FR> Hero.
Some people see the worst in everything. Jonathan Swift is widely
accused of misanthropy (see A Tale of a Tub and, most especially, Book
IV of Gulliver's Travels). However, Swift was also involved with many
charitable organizations in Dublin, Ireland, including a hospital for
the care of the mentally ill.
FR> (I hope you are familiar whit the history, otherwise I can person
FR> recommend a visit at Dachau or Bergen-Belsen in Germany or Stutth
FR> in Poland).
Hitler discovered a powerful talent for oratory. His hoarse, grating
voice, for all the bombastic, humorless, histrionic content of his
speeches, dominated audiences by dint of his tone of impassioned
conviction and gift for self-dramatization. Something that most cannot
say about their own talents.
Not unlike that of some of Fidonet's *Cs, but on a bigger scale with
far more followers than the most bombastic among Fidonet's leadership.
FR> It's free to talk shit behind everyone's back and the more
FR> patronizing you is the better.
"Honor, loyalty, reverence, and fidelity - the highest and the holiest
virtues of humanity - are but base commodities to be bought and sold."
- Lago from Shakespeare's play, Othello.
Guilty parties shouldn't be saying that others are worse than they
are. While many people talk behind other's backs, a small group are
upset that others dare to do the same about them.
FR> Misunderstand everything and everyone, deliberately or not doesn'
FR> matter.
If one is to communicate in a non-native language, one should attempt
to learn it as best they can. Foremost, they should refrain from
assumptions so as not to make a fool of themselves. When in doubt, ask
questions of a native speaker, you'll save a lot of shoe leather that
way.
FR> Do to others what you don't want them to do to you.
Samuel Beckett once remarked that "Hell must be like... reminiscing
about the good old days when we wished we were dead." - a statement
that may, perhaps, be seen as rather bleak and hopeless, but not as
anti-human or expressive of any hatred of humankind.
Certainly unlike someone sitting on a park bench, imbibing the fruit
of the vine and then posting misanthropical craziness to others out of
his stupor.
FR> Show all the disrespect you can towards everyone that doesn't agr
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FR> with you.
"If you rage with your fire and I remain like the still waters, the
most your flame can do is sizzle my steams to the heavens. As my rain
pours down upon your fire, you will cease to exist!" - Russ T Okamura
Good advice for those who're too dumb and to stubborn to understand
the use of the English language. Learn the language and ask questions
to really know what has been said.
FR> Let someone else do the thinking for you, no matter if it makes s
FR> or not.
Thinking is a mental process, which allows human beings to model the
world, and so to deal with it effectively according to their goals,
plans, ends and desires. Words referring to similar concepts and
processes in the English language include cognition, sentience,
consciousness, idea, and imagination.
FR> Pretend to be a peace-maker in a conflict until you have earned s
FR> respect and then stab your opponent in the back.
Certainly not a trait unknown to the casual reader. That tactic has
been used by many down thru the ages ... Heh heh heh ...
FR> The older you get the more childish you will be (sad but true).
Can the reader imagine what's in the future, knowing what we have all
learned from this? Hopefully everyone posting in Fidonet will be
beyond this perceived pre-puberty stage before posting. But I imagine
that there will still be a few who don't. Those who don't get it,
haven't a clue, etc..
FR> When you leave the sandbox, be sure to bring some sand with you,
FR> preferably full of dogs shit. It's much more fun to toss it then.
The idea that one sand box is somehow typical of everyone else's is
absurd. If you find dog shit on the your face, it wasn't necessarily
thrown from someone else's sand box.
FR> Set as many traps as you can. It' SO fun to watch people walk rig
FR> into them, thinking you was serious.
Serious has to slap some people in the face before they recognize it.
OTH, most of us know when people are having fun, even if it is at
their (your) expense.
FR> Blame everyone else for your own shortcomings.
Which is what this hypocritical 'open letter' is all about.
FR> Accuse everyone else for everything you don't like and then do
FR> exactly the same yourself.
In one of his most famous works, Slaughterhouse Five, the protagonist
Billy Pilgrim "becomes unstuck in time". He is taken hostage by the
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Tralfamadorians, a race able to see in "4D", who can travel through
time and experience all the events in their lives, not necessarily in
chronological order. Through the novel they teach him a fatalistic
philosophy, summed up in the book's signature phrase, "so it goes".
FR> Have an agenda but never agree to anyone that you have one.
Some people believe they're mind readers. The antagonist Agent Smith
from the movie The Matrix exhibits some of the same misanthropic
tendencies in the film, when he refers to humans as "a virus, you are
a plague" in the scene where he is trying to break Morpheus's mind.
FR> Don't ever listen to anyone else, you might actually learn someth
"I have an expression I use. It's not as good as "Shoot low - they're
riding Shetlands", but I try and remember this all the time - you can
use it yourself - like a mantra: "People suck"." - Frank Zappa
FR> Claim to have a medical education and toss diagnoses around you a
FR> you see fit without even having met the patient.
Because mental events cannot directly be observed, computational
models provide a tool for studying the functional organization of the
mind. Such models give cognitive psychologists a way to study the
"software" of mental processes independent of the "hardware" it runs
on, be it the brain or a computer.
Many of us know this instinctively, some have actually learned about
it in our college psychology studies. Some remain ignorant of the
computational skills commonly known by others, even the learned.
FR> Disagree with everyone just because you can. It's really nice to
FR> things up.
In other words, don't be afraid of heated debate because you don't
have the mental capacity to carry on an adult conversation, just play
it by ear and everything will turn out just dandy; or you'll get
pissed off, whichever occurs first.
FR> Don't ever help anyone, even if his clothes have caught fire.
Especially those sinners who deserve to be burned at the stake. It's
ok to piss on their ashes though, so the fire doesn't spread any
further. Logically, that's very simple to figure out but some
post-adolescents need further instruction from the adults.
FR> Don't worry if you break existing rules, those who sees you as th
FR> Hero will back you up whatever you have done.
Since there is no moderator and thus, no rules, what is this all
about?
FR> When you run out of arguments you are entitled to sink as low as
FR> see fit to discredit your opponent.
Some people are famous for digging holes they can jump into. One would
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think that they'd get tired of digging themselves out of the holes
they've dug for themselves. Seems like they're not.
FR> I could go on for hours but I think that you kids understand what
FR> trying to say.
The Hardcore Chicago band Arma Angelus has a song that could apply to
this on their album "Where Sleeplessness is Rest from Nightmares".
"Thanks for cutting it short, Lorraina."
FR> If you all follow some or all of those rules you will become a pe
FR> in FidoNet that's respected and the one that others will listen t
FR> because they will look up to you as their Great Leader and they w
FR> worship you for coming up with new abuses in every post.
It also became known as The Hypocrisy of it All!
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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Fidonet Related Websites
Thom LaCosta
1:261/1352
03/14/2005
One approach to tracking and viewing Fidonet related websites is to
visit webrings that specialize in Fidonet.
A webring is a method where sites having a common theme advertise
other websites with simailar themes. The advantage to the webring
concept is that in theory, the sites have an interest in maintaining
an accuate listing and can modify their own listings on a site by
site basis.
It appears that there are two fidonet webrings....the long-running
system at http://b.webring.com/hub?ring=fidonet and another at
http://www.fidonet.us/fidoring/
The ring at webring.com is larger, but forces the viewer to look at
google ads panels. The smaller ring at fidonet.us does not depend on
adverstising revenue from ads.
Sysops with Fidonet related websites should consider joining one or
both rings.
Ring News
03/13/2005
Welcome to the Positronium Repository - Software Repository of mostly
free/PD packages for DOS, Wins, OS/2 & Linux. Over 20,000 packages ...
Sysop: Ben Ritchey
02/17/2005
Fidonet webring welcomes BGD Consulting and Graphics BBS
Sysop : Barry Davis Jr
01/15/2004
Welcome to Fidotel -- Free access to Fidonet via Telnet & the Web.
Sysop: Shannon Talley
12/27/2004
Welcome to The Thunderbolt -- A Weather Wonder(Arkansas, US)
Sysop: Daryl Stout
12/5/2004
It's a pleasure to welcome two new BBS systems to the
fidonet.us webring:
Pucela BBS (Valladolid, Spain) Sysop: Komunero
The Realm of Darkness BBS Sysop: Ken Bowley
The most current version of the list below can be viewed at
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http://www.fidonet.us/fidoring/sitelist.html
WWW.FIDONET.US - WEBRING PARTICIPANTS
BBBS Charlotte and N4RPS.net Home Page
Web Page of N4RPS, Rob Sargeant, and Web portal for BBBS Charlotte,
a Fidonet BBS located in Charlotte, North Carolina USA (1:379/2).
http://www.n4rps.net - 6-November-2003
Fidonet - Net261 - Maryland
Fidonet in Maryland - Net261
http://www.fidonet.us/net261/ - 2-March-2003
Rocasa BBS
Rocasa BBS is a system accessible as both a traditional Bulletin
Board System, via landline or telnet, as well as via the Web for
message and file access. It is also the home of the BBBS FDN.
http://bbs.rocasa.org - 16-June-2003
Prism BBS
Hq of the IFDC FileGate and the Programmers Distribution Network.
Prism has been online since 1989.
http://www.filegate.net:8080 - 11-February-2003
Fidonet.us
The Fidonet Site for all sysops.
http://www.fidonet.us - 10-February-2003
The Realm of Darkness BBS
A Linux based BBS running in Phoenix, AZ
http://www.trod.org/trod.html - 3-December-2004
Pucela BBS (Valladolid, Spain)
BBS located in Spain. The web has a lot of information about
BBS's and FidoNet in Spain, Argentina, Mexico
FidoNet: 2:341/201.
Language: Spanish.
http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/pucelabbs.htm -
18-November-2004
FTN Gate
Fidonet related site; including especially DNS hosting for
z1.fidonet.net domains.
http://www.ftngate.net - 18-September-2004
Fidonet Region 13
Home page for Fidonet Region 13.
http://www.fidonet.us/region13/ - 20-August-2004
FidoNet Primer
An introduction to FidoNet: what it is, how it works
http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html - 11-February-2003
RuneKeep BBS
A great place for new sysops to learn about BBSing and getting help
setting things up. A friendly place for people to Play Onlines Games,
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Chat, and participate in International Message Forums.
http://runekeep.darktech.org - 10-February-2003
The Elflords' Home
Where the FidoMob meets to exercise it's mysterious control over
Zone 1
http://www.elflords.net/ - 2-March-2003
Fidonet Parody
FidoNet - An Unofficial Page where truth is stranger than fiction,
and humor abounds when the Emperor Has No Clothes.
http://www.fidonet.ro/ - 2-March-2003
Chowdanet BBS
Chowdanet offers mail from several nets, games and a large files
base. Dial up and telnet access.
http://www.chowdanet.com - 11-February-2003
The Thunderbolt -- A Weather Wonder
Arkansas' exclusive GT Power and FIDO BBS, with over 150 message
areas, over 5500 files, and over 125 REGISTERED doors.
FIDO 1:382/33 GT Power 035/005
http://www.wx1der.com - 26-December-2004
FidoTel Provides free access to Fidonet via Telnet & the Web.
Download/upload QWK packets via Telnet or Web,
Free Email with every account! Come by and see, Fidotel is Free!
http://www.fidotel.com/ Fido 1:275/311 & 100 15-January-2005
BGDCAG BBS has been around since the early 90's.
We are always looking for ways to update the BBS. Doors are always
being added. Stop by for a visit.
http://www.bgdcagbbs.com Fido 1:229/414 17-February-2005
Positronium Repository - Software Repository of mostly free/PD
packages for DOS, Wins, OS/2 & Linux. Over 20,000 packages
http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/positron.htm 7-March-2005
If you have a Fidonet-related site, join the ring at
http://www.fidonet.us/fidoring/
Thom
1:261/1352
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ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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-=:{ FidoNet Software Reference }:=-
Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info
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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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Argus |MI |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84
| | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889
| | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001
BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net 1:1/102
| | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998
BinkD |MI |http://2f.ru/binkd/
| | maloff@corbina.net
| | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000 (Outdated)
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net
| | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330
Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101
| | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://sf.net/projects/husky/
| | v1.4 RC2 on Sep 22nd 2003
Radius |MI |http://radius.pp.ru 2:5012/38
(based on Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463
| | Last Release: v4.010 on Jan 3nd 2005
Taurus |MI |http://taurus.rinet.ru (Russian) 2:461/70
| |http://www.fidotel.com/taurus (English)
(based on Radius) | | E-mail: taurus@rinet.ru
| | v5.000 alpha on Oct 11th 2004
Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608
| | Website is in Russian only
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204
Software, Inc. | | AUP 451.1 on April 26th 2004
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Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org
| | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.10
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FMail |T |http://fmail.nl.eu.org
| | support@fmail.nl.eu.org v1.60
JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000
Squish |T |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
| | Lanuis site redirects to above
| | Squish is part of Maximus.
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BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net
| | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222
ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com
Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002
EZYCom BBS |BT |http://ezycom.sytes.net
| |http://members.westnet.com.au/centuryp/
| | ezycom@westnet.com.au 3:690/682
| | v2.0 on 3 May 2003
Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org
| | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final
Maximus BBS |B |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
| | v3.03
| |Archives back online at:
| |http://maximus.outpostbbs.net/
MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802
Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
| | v0.60.0 on June 5th 2004
Mystic BBS |B |http://www.mysticbbs.com
| | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001
Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net
| | groberts@nexusbbs.net
| | v0.99.41-Beta on Oct 16th 2002
| | [Note: No Longer under active
| | development.]
Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be
| | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002
RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150
| | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999
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Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net
| | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
| | v3.10L Beta
Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net
| | support@telegard.net
| | v3.09g2 SP4
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Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/
| | Last Update: August 2004
Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net
Sean Dennis | | sean@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
DoorMUD |D |http://doormud.com
| | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002
| | Website is down after
| | past the splash page.
Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
| | support@johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013
Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org
| | last update: Jul 17th 2002
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APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de
| |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm
| | (English Version)
| | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
| | v1.25 2:2426/1210.13
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CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de (German Only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de 2:2433/460
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot)
OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004
| | (Site is in German Only)
| | mk@openxp.de v3.8.15 Beta Feb 10th 2004
| | Download Page comes back 404 not found.
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GoldEd+ |E |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/ 2:203/6600
| | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de
| | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999
TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet
| | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed
| | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267
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GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com
| | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997
Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
(Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001
TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998
TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.start.ca/software/multiboard
Communications, Inc.| | Unsure about support now but Free Keys
| | are now available. Donations accepted.
| | v3.5 (Note: KeyGen is a Windows Program)
Ifmail |UI |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org 2:5020/230
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.279
size 677.1kb
date 2006-10-06
The nodelist has 5639 nodes in it
and a total of 7590 non-comment entries
including 6 zones
45 regions
339 hosts
381 hubs
admin overhead 771 ( 13.67 %)
and 686 private nodes
240 nodes down
254 nodes on hold
off line overhead 1180 ( 20.93 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 463 ( 8.21 %)
9600 = 4427 ( 78.51 %)
(HST = 84 or 1.90 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 1 or 0.02 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.02 %)
(V32 = 2262 or 51.10 %)
(V32B = 127 or 2.87 %)
(V34 = 3041 or 68.69 %)
(V42 = 2557 or 57.76 %)
(V42B = 135 or 3.05 %)
2400 = 42 ( 0.74 %)
1200 = 5 ( 0.09 %)
300 = 702 ( 12.45 %)
ISDN = 383 ( 6.79 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 1705
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
Xenia
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 7
Dutchie 2.90b
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XC Opus 1.1 2
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XP Seadog 2
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XR Opus 1.03 26
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XW Fido >12M 221
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 2330
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 1346
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CrashMail capable = 2016 ( 35.75 %)
MailOnly nodes = 3128 ( 55.47 %)
Listed-only nodes = 466 ( 8.26 %)
Other = 29 ( 0.51 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]
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