FidoNews · Vol 33, No 13 · 28 Mar 2016
The F I D O N E W S Volume 33, Number 13 28 Mar 2016
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
Technology... and the age ................................ 2
3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 5
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 5
4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 7
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 7
5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 8
FidoNet Software References .............................. 8
6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 13
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 13
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 14
7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 16
How to Submit an Article ................................. 16
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 18
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn
to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams.
-- Mary Ellen Kelly
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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Technology... and the age
Technology ages faster than your body cells decay or a new car loses
its value. Most people would readily agree to that. At some point, one
starts searching in vain for allegedly new spare parts for the loved
vehicle, which has already reached its public drinking age. Regularly,
the bathroom mirror points out new spots, which haven't looked this
old earlier. In the same way, one could almost think that there would
be no new publications for old technology either.
But insiders in the retro scene know better already. Again and again,
and not just from fans, newly created sequels of former favorite games
appear, as well as new ideas and software approaches from ambitious
breadbox-lovers.
G64
The generation C64 turned partly into "generation Golf (VW Golf)" or
"generation Astra (Opel Astra)", has grown up and both feet on the
ground. As, for example, Lodger from Duesseldorf, Germany, who has
written a BBS software for the C64.
Since the BBS scene has mostly changed from dialup to telnet
connections, a discussion about the C64 and telnet BBSing started on
RetroHaCkRrS.com in 2009. Motivated by this fertile online
conversation, Lodger wrote the first version of his BBS software on
the basis of Contiki OS, aptly named Contiki BBS.
What is Contiki OS?
Contiki OS is an internet-capable operating system for 8-bit
computers. It contains a TCP/IP stack, a telnet server and other
features, which provide a perfect framework for a BBS software.
The interview
Location: Dⁿsseldorf. Food: Tasty. Beer: Chilly. Setting: Top.
Interviewee: Lodger.
Through the skilled use of investigative journalism and, well... the
third drink certainly helped, too, we learn that Contiki BBS will be
published under a BSD license and can also be found on GitHub.
And just because the Q & A game works well, let's continue:
BBSindex.de: What hardware is required by your Contiki BBS?
Lodger: To run Contiki BBS, a normal Commodore 64 home computer with a
Commodore 1541/1570/1571 floppy drive and a TFE, RRnet or Lan64
compatible Ethernet interface is sufficient.
Of course, Contiki BBS can be used in a VICE emulator, but it is
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necessary that Ethernet emulation is provided by the emulator. This is
not the case with the VICE packages provided by most Linux
distributions, so on Linux, the VICE emulator must be compiled
manually, which requires the libnet0 and libpcap libraries to be
installed. On Windows machines, the WinPCAP libraries must be
installed for this purpose.
BBSindex.de: Which common BBS features does Contiki BBS currently
provide?
Lodger: Well, at the moment only some rudimentary features are
available:
1.) single user mode (only one user at the time) 2.) login with
username and password 3.) creating of message boards (using the setup
program) 4.) reading and writing of messages 5.) paging the operator
6.) listing of available boards 7.) simple access control (ACLs decide
which user may access which boards) 8.) session timer (adjustable in
the setup program) 9.) display of banners at login, main menu and
logout 10) separate setup program
BBSindex.de: What does your roadmap look like? Which features are
planned for the future?
Lodger: Officially, there is no feature list, but over time (usually
once a year), new features get added. More information is available at
commfud.ufud.org, via Twitter (@Wintermute_BBS) and elsewhere.
BBSindex.de: Do you have an overview of how many systems are online
with your program?
Lodger: I know of one guy in New Zealand who has been tinkering with
Contiki BBS. But I can't tell you any numbers, because I really don't
know.
BBSindex.de: Does it make any sense to think about file transfer
protocols if the system runs from floppy only?
Lodger: Generally speaking: yes. Some of the BBS programs back in the
day offered file transfer and all you needed was another floppy disk
drive. Also, the amount of data that is transfered is rather small
compared to the file sizes of Amiga or modern PC systems. I'm
currently investigating if and how file transfer can be implemented
within Contiki OS, but there is no descision pro or contra file
transfer yet.
BBSindex.de: Did you often hit the old technology's limits with your
ideas or implementation?
Lodger: Well, it depends. Sometimes you experience limits like the one
that CBM floppies (the drives used for Commodore 8 bit machines) don't
support real stream IO. But it's not like you have a few lines of C
code eating up hundreds of blocks on the disk or in RAM. Today's
generation of coders using frameworks, libraries and complex object
models probably won't believe it, but you can pack quite a lot of
stuff into 64KB of RAM.
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BBSindex.de: And now, the most important question: Why program a BBS
software for the C64? (Please do not answer "because I can"!)
Lodger: Well, because there was no Commodore 64 BBS program that came
with its own, native TCP/IP stack and telnet service. Also, I was
curious wether I could code something like Contiki BBS. Also, writing
the code helped me to understand Contiki OS better.
Contiki BBS
Those looking at Contiki BBS notice soon that it differs clearly from
many other BBS solutions, both old and new. In part, this is because
no ANSI is shown, but one does not want the typical C64 charm to
disappear. Just ASCII!
If you want to feel a bit like a breadbox-hacker, you should
absolutely take a look at Contiki BBS.
Something else, which Lodger consistently avoids to mention is the
fact that he is a BBS operator himself. Of course, all new releases of
Contiki BBS can be found there as well.
Digital accolades have been done in the past. The software is listed
in the Commodore Scene Database and was appreciated in issue 90 of the
Commodore Free magazine with a short text.
Try and see
Source and additional information:
Github: https://github.com/lodger-c64/Contiki-BBS
Wintermute BBS: telnet://wintermute.bbsindex.com
Screenshots:
http://commfud.ufud.org/projekte-2/contiki-bbs
A user manual is provided by Lodger on Github as well. If you are
looking for TFE compatible cartridges for your C64's network
interface, you can find them e.g. at Retro Innovation:
http://store.go4retro.com/64nic/
Video with english subtitles can be found also in the web here:
https://t.co/p8URDYyKRo
Interview for BBSindex.de was made by Vitus Zeel@2:240/8001 (BlackICE
BBS) Questions to Contiki BBS goes to Niels Haedecke@2:240/8002
(Wintermute BBS)
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LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES
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List of Ipv6 nodes
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555
Updated 20 March 2016
Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark
1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All
2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net PO4
4 2:240/1661 Markus Reschke Native DTAG
5 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist T-AYIY SixXs
6 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast
7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net
8 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
9 2:5034/16 Alexey Ignatov T-6in4 he.net
10 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky T-6in4 he.net
11 1:154/10 Nicholas Boël T-6in4 he.net
12 1:154/701 Nicholas Boël T-6in4 he.net
13 2:203/0 Björn Felten T-6in4 SixXs
14 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All INO4
15 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6RD iiNet
16 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native ?
17 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
18 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6to4
19 2:301/812 Benoit Panizzon Native
20 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native T-Mobile
21 2:222/2 Kim Heino T-6in4 he.net
22 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native Ransom IT
23 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net
24 1:266/404 Bill McGarrity Native Comcast
25 1:135/371 Eric Renfro T-6RD ATT
26 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-AYIY SixXs
27 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline IO
28 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4
29 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Choopa
30 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
31 1:249/303 Joe Delahaye Native Teksavvy
32 2:280/1043 Michel van Osenbruggen Native Bit
33 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-AYIY SixXs
34 2:5053/58 Alexandr Kruglikov Native CJSC The First
35 3:772/100 James Kelly Native 2degrees
36 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
37 1:218/401 James Downs Native RACKS-8
38 1:120/545 RJ Clay Native DC74L
39 1:282/1031 Jeff Smith T-6RD Qwest
40 1:14/0 Jeff Smith T-6RD Qwest
41 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh T-6in4 he.net
42 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter T-6in4 SixXs
43 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
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Tunnel type:
T-6in4 Static 6in4
T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
T-6to4 6to4
T-6RD 6RD
Remarks:
IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls)
INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls)
PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
but is configured to try IPv4 first)
6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
DOWN This node is temporarely down for both IPv4 and IPv6
Notes:
To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
node config). If the destination address is a 6to4 tunnel address
(2002::/16) Windows defaults to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present.
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JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST
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The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project
This is a list of known JamNNTPd servers working. They are essentially
the modern version of Bulletin Board Systems.
You connect to them using the newsreader of your choice and you don't
need any other software installed on your computer -- regardless of
operating system -- but that favourite mail client of yours.
Even smart phones can handle this, giving you the opportunity to get
your daily doses of fidonet on the bus, tram or train on the way to
your job, school or whatever.
Updated 2015-09-10
URL news://felten.yi.org
Join http://fidonews.eu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2
URL news://the-estar.com:1119
Join http://www.easternstar.info
NETMAIL Yes, 1:123/789
URL news://quinnspost.nodelist.net:60119
Join mailto:eskimo261@bigfoot.com
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 3:640/384
URL news://rbb.bbs.fi
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/361
URL news://fidonews.mine.nu
Join http://fidonews.mine.nu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6
URL news://news.wpusa.dynip.com
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:3634/12
URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure)
Join Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10
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FIDONEWS'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://binkd.grumbler.org/ 2:463/69
| | v0.9.10 on Oct 2nd 2008
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm 1:1/130
Nick Andre |I | 3.99/SR9, released November 8 2015
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 RC5 on Apr 24th 2006
Mystic BBS |MTBCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|I | v1.10 on Feb 20th 2015
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
Raptor |MTPE |Free d/l from Jolla Store 2:292/624.50
Rudi Timmermans | | For the Sailfish OS only
| | rudi.timmer@gmx.us
| | v2.0 on Dec 18th 2015
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
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| | 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
FMail |T |http://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | 1.68.10.91 (2014-07-02)
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://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v3.00 on 25 Apr 2015
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
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
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| | 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
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 2:2426/1210.13
| |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm
| | (English Version)
| | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
| | v1.25
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://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | 2:5080/102
| | stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | 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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FidoIP |MTPEIU|http://sourceforge.net/projects/fidoip
| | Maxim Sokolsky 2:5020/828.777
| | v.0.5_1 on Jan 11 2010
GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com
| | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997
Ifmail |UI |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org 2:5020/230
| | Ifmail is a FTN <-> E-Mail/News Gateway
| | Program.
Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
(Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001
MakeNL |U | http://hub2000.darktech.org/makenl
| | fidonet.hub2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
| | Fido: 1:229/2000
| | FidoNet Nodelist Processor
Meltdown-BBS |UI |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
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| | meltdown-bbs.project.petkan
| | @spamgourmet.com
| | Fido: 2:350/5
| | Meltdown-BBS is an FTN <->
| | Web/PHP/MySQL BBS forum system.
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftrack-as
| |2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.1.4 Snapshot on Oct 09 2009
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)
Turquoise SuperStat |U |http://www.softwolves.pp.se/sw/
| | software/turquoise
| | peter@softwolves.pp.se
| | Version: 3.0 on 2008-01-21
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National BBS List |? | http://www.usbbs.org
Hispanic FIDO/BBS's |? | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/
(in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings)
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File Archives:
http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.net
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org http://www.juge.com
http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/ http://garbo.uwasa.fi
http://www.simtel.net http://wuarchive.wustl.edu
http://www.bbsfiles.com http://hobbes.nmsu.edu
Note: most also provide FTP access
(use ftp:// instead of http:// above)
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Please send corrections & additions to: Fidonews Editor
Emeritus: Robert Couture, Ben Ritchey, Todd Cochrane,
Frank Vest, Peter Popovich
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
By EchoTime, 2:203/0
(Some nets may have lost their last
digit for technical reasons)
pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss)
nodes mean dev no mean dev no
201/* 0.8m 0.4m 6 19.2h 4.9h 6
221/* 4.5m 10.9m 542 6.0h 6.9h 540
249/* 25.2m 29.2m 185 2.8h 6.9h 185
266/* 6.2m 9.7m 442 2.3h 6.6h 442
280/* 3.5m 10.7m 497 3.7h 7.3h 497
292/* 2.8m 1.3m 15 0.2h 0.3h 7
320/* 1.9m 3.1m 208 3.5h 6.8h 208
423/* 8.6m 18.4m 6 11.5h 7.6h 6
502/* 0.0m 0.0m 18 0.0h 0.0h 18
640/* 5.7m 12.4m 178 9.8h 9.8h 178
Sigma 6.2m 14.3m 2097 4.4h 7.6h 2087
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.085
size 252.5kb
date 2016-03-25
The nodelist has 1667 nodes in it
and a total of 2413 non-comment entries
including 4 zones
29 regions
200 hosts
148 hubs
admin overhead 381 ( 22.86 %)
and 167 private nodes
98 nodes down
100 nodes on hold
off line overhead 365 ( 21.90 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 126 ( 7.56 %)
9600 = 803 ( 48.17 %)
(HST = 11 or 1.37 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 1 or 0.12 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.12 %)
(V32 = 410 or 51.06 %)
(V32B = 39 or 4.86 %)
(V34 = 555 or 69.12 %)
(V42 = 468 or 58.28 %)
(V42B = 42 or 5.23 %)
2400 = 4 ( 0.24 %)
1200 = 2 ( 0.12 %)
300 = 732 ( 43.91 %)
ISDN = 83 ( 4.98 %)
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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems
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IBN Binkp 809 ( 48.53 %)
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IFC Raw ifcico 115 ( 6.90 %)
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IFT FTP 54 ( 3.24 %)
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ITN Telnet 140 ( 8.40 %)
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IVM Vmodem 14 ( 0.84 %)
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IP Other 6 ( 0.36 %)
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INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.06 %)
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CrashMail capable = 997 ( 59.81 %)
MailOnly nodes = 769 ( 46.13 %)
Listed-only nodes = 92 ( 5.52 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
[ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]
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