Volume 6, Number 48 27 November 1989 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | _ | | / \ | | /|oo \ | | - FidoNews - (_| /_) | | _`@/_ \ _ | | International | | \ \\ | | FidoNet Association | (*) | \ )) | | Newsletter ______ |__U__| / \// | | / FIDO \ _//|| _\ / | | (________) (_/(_|(____/ | | (jm) | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello Editors Emeritii: Dale Lovell Thom Henderson Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings FidoNews is published weekly by the International FidoNet Association as its official newsletter. You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day. Copyright 1989 by the International FidoNet Association. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact IFNA at (314) 576-4067. IFNA may also be contacted at PO Box 41143, St. Louis, MO 63141. Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, 164 Shipley Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94107 and are used with permission. We don't necessarily agree with the contents of every article published here. Most of these materials are unsolicited. No article submitted by a FidoNet SysOp will be rejected if it is properly attributed and legally acceptable. We will publish every responsible submission received. Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Stand up and be counted! ................................. 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 A NO vote is not a vote against Democracy ................ 2 HST (DS) Setup Notes - part 2 ............................ 4 Ifna - Why Apathy Will Win ............................... 11 3. FOR SALE ................................................. 13 4. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 14 Latest Software Versions ................................. 14 5. NOTICES .................................................. 17 The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 17 FidoNews 6-48 Page 1 27 Nov 1989 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= This is the final week in balloting in the IFNA election. This election is our best chance at Democracy. It's not necessary for IFNA to "win" this election for Democracy to become a reality. Just by voting, one way or the other, you are endorsing a democratic process. The outcome of the vote will determine if we want IFNA to be our democratically chosen organization. But the actual process itself will determine whether or not we want one in the first place. If you haven't voted yet, do so -- this week. December 1 is the voting deadline. If you don't want IFNA, then by all means vote NO. If you are in favor of IFNA, vote YES. But if you really want a say in how things happen in FidoNet, then VOTE. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 6-48 Page 2 27 Nov 1989 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= A NO vote is not a vote against Democracy Glen Johnson 1:269/101 I read with great interest Phil Buonomo's appeal to the masses in Fidonews 647, and I wanted to comment on a couple of things that could be misconstrued by the network membership at large. First of all Phil says that he doesn't believe that Fidonet will ever have democracy if the IFNA referendum is defeated. Phil is certainly entitled to his opinion, but sysops should be acutely aware that a NO vote in this referendum is NOT a vote against democracy. It is a vote against the continued existance of IFNA, and that's ALL it is. If the referendum fails, it means that IFNA has no control over Fidonet, for there will BE no IFNA. It doesn't mean that Fidonet can't be democratic. Secondly, he alluded to a case of vote tampering, and that the NC of that net is no longer in Fidonet. Both of those statements are somewhat true in the sense that there was an allegation of vote "fixing" if you will, and that that NC is no longer in Fidonet. The way Phil phrased his comment though, could lead one to assume that the latter was a consequence of the former. Such is not the case. I know the NC he refers to and I can assure you that this NC resigned of his own free will for personal and economical reasons. He was also somewhat disillusioned with Fidonet "politics" and has joined another network. He was not removed by the RC, nor asked to resign as a result of anything to do with the referendum. It was 100% his own doing and his own decision. The IFNA referendum is important. Its passage or rejection will have a profound effect on Fidonet. As an NC, I've tried to make it crystal clear to the members of my net that they are voting on the referendum as published previously in Fidonews, nothing more, nothing less. A YES vote is a vote for the continued existance of IFNA, a NO vote is a vote for the dissolution of IFNA. It is NOT a vote for or against democracy, for or against a policy document or set of bylaws, for or against a person, network, or group of people. Plain and simple, if you vote NO, that means you don't want IFNA around running the show. It is by no means a gesture of anti- democratic sentiment. I am distressed by the barrage of statements made by an enormous number of people saying things that deviate from this. I don't like to see statements like "A NO vote is a vote against democracy" or "A YES vote is a vote to take over and control Fidonet". Neither is true, and we need to keep the focus on WHAT it is we're voting for or against. FidoNews 6-48 Page 3 27 Nov 1989 If you have any question whatsoever about what it is you're voting on, I urge you to re-read the proposal in Fidonews 644 beginning on Page 11. If you support this proposal, vote YES. If you don't support it, or are suspect of it, you owe it to yourself to vote NO, and if you DO vote that way, don't feel that you've voted against democracy in Fidonet, because you haven't. You have voted to dissolve IFNA. Period. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 6-48 Page 4 27 Nov 1989 Jim King & John Souvestre FidoNet 1:396/1.3 & 396/1.0 HST (DS) Setup Notes ---------------------- [Continued from previous issue.] ================================================================ Setup for BinkleyTerm, version 2.30 ------------------------------------- Use the following settings in the Binkley configuration file: ; Rev3 Baud 19200 [Or 38400] AutoBaud ; SlowModem Init |ATZ|~~ATB0E0H0M0Q0V1S2=255&K1&M4&N0| Prefix |ATB1&K0&M4&N0DT ; Suffix Busy |ATH1M0|~v Answer ATA| ; PreDial PreInit |v``^`` Yes, use AutoBaud. The FOSSIL will take care of locking the serial port. The Init string starts off by resetting the modem. A good practice, in general. The modem will not auto-answer, rather Binkley will tell it when to answer. The modem is set to answer either HST or V.32 calls (B0), whichever the caller chooses. It also follows the compression wishes of the caller (&K1). The dialing prefix attempts a HST connection first, then V.32 (B1). It also disables compression (&K0). Both of these strings reset the modem to ARQ (&M4), variable link (&N0) in case a specific phone number contains other instructions. ================================================================ Setup for BNU, version 1.70 FidoNews 6-48 Page 5 27 Nov 1989 ----------------------------- Install BNU with the following switch: /L:0=19200 [L:0 = com1, L:1 = com2, etc.] [Or 38400] You can also adjust size of the receive and transmit buffers, which default to 1K, with these switches (shown at 4K each): /R:4096 /T:4096 BNU also offers another switch: /Z:x where x is a number from 0 to 5. This switch controls the configuration of the 16550a's FIFOs. The default (0) is to not interrupt till the FIFO is nearly full. If you find that you are losing characters increase x till the problem stops. This will keep your interrupt overhead as low as possible, within the bounds of the interrupt latency that your system can handle. ================================================================ Setup for DSZ, version 10/24/89 --------------------------------- ZModem works great with the HST! Here are typical command lines for receive: DSZ port 1 handshake on rz -rr and send: DSZ port 1 handshake on sz -Z -rr filename.ext ================================================================ Setup for Opus, version 1.03b ------------------------------- Opus does not allow 38400 bps, so 19200 bps must be used. Note that if you are running a mailer program ahead of Opus, this program is the one which will set the modem speed, so it doesn't really matter what you put here for Opus. FidoNews 6-48 Page 6 27 Nov 1989 Use the following settings in the Opus parameter file: Baud 19200 Modem Init |~~~~ATZ| [continued on next line] ~~~~~~~~ATB0E0H0M0Q0V1S0=1S2=255&K1&M4&N0|~~~~ Modem Steady Modem Dial Prefix |~~~~ATB1&K0&M4&N0DT Modem Dial Suffix |~~~~ Modem Busy |~~~~v~~~~^~~~~ATH1M0|~~~~~~~~v~~~~ Mask HandShaking Xon Mask HandShaking Cts Please note that the "~" delay character in Opus is not a fixed amount of time. It depends on the speed of the machine. Thus, for a faster machine you will need more "~" characters. The number shown above are for a 10 MHz, 0 wait, 80286. The Init string starts off by resetting the modem. A good practice, in general. The modem will not auto-answer, rather Binkley will tell it when to answer. The modem is set to answer either HST or V.32 calls (B0), whichever the caller chooses. It also follows the compression wishes of the caller (&K1). The dialing prefix attempts a HST connection first, then V.32 (B1). It also disables compression (&K0). Both of these strings reset the modem to ARQ (&M4), variable link (&N0) in case a specific phone number contains other instructions. ================================================================ Setup for OpusComm, version 5.31 ---------------------------------- Configure OpusComm by running OCom_Cfg with the following switch: L1=19200 [L1 = com1, L2 = com2] [Or 38400] You can also adjust size of the receive and transmit buffers, which default to 4K, with this switch (shown at 4K each): S1=4096,4096 [S1 = com1, S2 = com2] ================================================================ FidoNews 6-48 Page 7 27 Nov 1989 Setup for ProComm Plus, version 1.1b -------------------------------------- ProComm Plus does not allow 38400 bps in the dialing directory, so 19200 bps must be used. Also, ProComm Plus does not support the 16550a. Line/Port Setup: 15 [19200,N,8,1] Setup Facility - Modem Options - General Options: Initialization command .. AT Z^M~~~AT E1 M3 Q0 V1 ^M Dialing command ......... AT &M4 &N0 DT Dialing command suffix .. ^M Hangup command .......... ~~~+++~~~AT H0^M Auto answer command ..... AT &M4 &N0 S0=1 S2=255^M Wait for connection ..... 50 seconds Pause between calls ..... 1 seconds Auto baud detect ........ OFF Drop DTR to hangup ...... YES Setup Facility - Modem Options - Result Messages: No connect message 1 .......... NO DIALTONE No connect message 2 .......... NO ANSWER No connect message 3 .......... BUSY No connect message 4 .......... NO CARRIER Setup Facility - Terminal Options: Duplex ............................ FULL Software flow control (XON/XOFF) .. OFF Hardware flow control (RTS/CTS) ... ON Dialing Directory - Dialing Codes: A- &M4 [Enables ARQ - default] B- &M0 [Disables ARQ] C- &N1 [Force 300 bps] D- &N2 [Force 1200 bps] E- &N3 [Force 2400 bps] F- &K1 [Enables MNP data compression] G- &K0 [Disables MNP data compression] FidoNews 6-48 Page 8 27 Nov 1989 Dialing Directory - Entries: Set all entries to 19200. The default is to call at 14400 bps with ARQ enabled. The first time you call a new number (ex: 555-1212) wait till you see the CONNECT message then look at the ARQ light on the modem. If the light is on then suffix the phone number with "-A" (ex: 555-1212-A). If the light is out then suffix the phone number with "-B" (ex: 555-1212-B). Disabling ARQ will speed up the connection by about 5 seconds. The "-A" suffix does nothing, functionally, but lets you know that you have determined that this phone number does have ARQ and makes your directory entries line up. Note: To connect at 9600 bps ARQ must be enabled. The "-C", "-D", and "-E" suffixes (use only 1 at a time) will limit the modem to 300, 1200, or 2400 bps, respectively. This is handy for testing and diagnosing problems. Ex: 555-1212-BD. This would force a troublesome 2400 bps modem to connect at 1200 bps. Note: When connecting with ARQ the connect message will include "/ARQ" (ex: CONNECT 2400/ARQ). ProComm Plus ignores the "/ARQ" but the software at the other end may not. The result may be that you can connect to the other modem, but the other CPU will not recognize its modem's connect message. By disabling ARQ ("-B") and calling back you should be able to get through. When you do, tell the other person that he either needs to change his software to recognize his ARQ connect message, or he needs to disable the ARQ part of the connect message. If he has an HST, the "&A0" command will do this. ================================================================ Setup for QModem, version 4.1b -------------------------------- Start up Qmodem. Press Alt-N to bring up the configuration menu. Select (M)odem, (C)ommunication Parameters. Change (A) Default Baud Rate to 19200. Go back to the main configuration menu. Select (O)ption, (T)oggles. Change (C)TS Signal to ON. You may also want to change CTS When (W)riting to ON; consult the Qmodem documentation for more details on this option. Change (R)edial Sets Baud to OFF (so that the bps rate will be fixed at whatever you have in the dialing directory [usually 19200]). FidoNews 6-48 Page 9 27 Nov 1989 Be sure to save the new settings before exiting the configuration menu. Bring up the dialing directory (Alt-D). Set up some dialing suffixes as shown in the ProComm Plus section. Change the dialing directory entries for all HST-equipped boards to 19200 bps. You should also change the bps rate to 19200 for all low-speed MNP connections (in case the other modem has MNP level 5, then you can take advantage of the modems' data compression feature). You may want to go ahead and change all entries to 19200 bps, although this is not necessary. To force a connection at a lower bps rate, set the dialing directory appropriately (rather than using dialing suffixes). As needed, add dialing suffixes to the phone numbers to set ARQ mode and data compression mode. If you've changed all entries to 19200 bps add suffixes to force a lower connection rate as necessary. ================================================================ Setup for X00, version 1.20c ------------------------------ Install X00 with the following switch: B,0,19200 [B,0 = com1, B,1 = com2, etc.] [Or 38400] You may also adjust size of the receive and transmit buffers, which default to 1K, with these switches (shown at 4K each): R=4096 T=4096 ================================================================ 16550a Distributors --------------------- APT Technology, Inc. 5539 Prospect Road, Suite 119 San Jose, CA 95129 408-370-9077 FidoNews 6-48 Page 10 27 Nov 1989 Arrow Electronics 800-932-7769 Fry's Electronics Sunnyvale, CA 408- ??? Jameco Electronics 1355 Shoreway Road Belmont, CA 94002 800-333-6588 and 415-592-8097 JDR Microdevices 2233 Branham Lane San Jose, CA 95124 800-538-5000 Modular Semiconductor Inc. 138 Kifer Court Sunnyvale, CA 94086 408-733-5000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 6-48 Page 11 27 Nov 1989 Ifna - Why Apathy Will Win By Steve Townsley 2:256/117 About 2 years ago I wrote a short article in FidoNews criticising the insular nature of Ifna. My main criticism was that North American SysOps (Zone 1) had decided to set-up an international association without even asking non-US SysOps whether one was neccessary. This was not a flame against Ifna. In fact having listened to Don Daniels (the then Ifna President) at Eurocon in 1988 I am convinced of the sincere wishes of all Ifna 'believers' to create a useful organisation. What I worry about in the current Ifna ballot is the same thing I have always worried about:- the assumption by Zone 1 SysOps that every SysOp in every Zone shares the same goals for FidoNet, and the same ideas about how it should be organised. This conception that everyone of FidoNet as a whole is a mistaken one and runs through all Ifna documentation. Bluntly a ballot will tell you less about Ifna now than it might have done on day one. This is partly because the networks outside the United States are more mature and partly because US SysOps have always had the grand idea that a corporation in Missouri (or wherever) can represent the divers needs of FidoNet. Happily I know some US SysOps - particularly those involved with international Echomail know how diverse FidoNet is. So now that I have you in the mood to make a proposal... I am going to refuse to do so! It is not for me, or anyone else, to tell a Zone, a Region or a network how to organise. The glue that binds FidoNet together is FidoNews, the Nodelist, the National Mail Hour, and the capability of netmail. Elusive concepts like representation, democracy and other things do not unite every SysOp. If Ifna is to be meaningful it must take on a role more suited to an international organisation. Defining standards, distributing the nodelist, FidoNews, resolving disputes. It's funding must come from appropriate other organisations like, for example a North American FidoNet Association or a European FidoNet Association. In a sentence, Ifna's best role is as a co-ordinator, an organisation created by other organisations to maintain the network as a whole. FidoNews 6-48 Page 12 27 Nov 1989 The current ballot seeks to change Ifna from representing some US SysOps (by virtue of paying the subscription) to representing all SysOps by declaration. Neither of these solutions is satisfactory and FidoNet will be hit by a wave of apathy. The resolution itself speaks of a cry from SysOps for democracy. That may be true but it must be democracy of a human scale. It is no good giving a SysOp the right to vote for a corporation based in Missouri if he needs the support of an organisation to help him with mailing his Host in southern Italy. WARNING: The same mistake is going to be made again. If you want to change Ifna in the United States create an American FidoNet Association based on your principles, your policies, your ideas. Then explore ways of co-operation with other associations, zones or regions. Out of this will emerge an international association responding to mutual needs. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 6-48 Page 13 27 Nov 1989 ================================================================= FOR SALE ================================================================= Sysop Tee's - The Topless Alternative Don Kulha * Sonoma Online * 125/7 Do you remember the sysop oriented cartoons that I had printed up to pass out at FidoCon in Virgina and on buttons in San Jose? A lot of folks at FidoCon this year asked me if we would be offering these on shirts and I'm pleased to say that we now can. We are now offering the best of Ev Cheney's "Sysop Art" screen printed on high quality, 100% cotton tee shirts. We use only the best plastisol inks, infra-red cured for durability, and offer a money back guarantee if you are not completely satisfied. To recieve more info and brochure showing our designs send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (4X9 legal size pre- ferred) to: Sonoma Online, P.O. Box 7518, Santa Rosa, Calif. 95407. You can also Freq SHIRTS from 1:125/7 for a descript- ion of our designs and ordering info. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 6-48 Page 14 27 Nov 1989 ================================================================= LATEST VERSIONS ================================================================= Latest Software Versions MS-DOS Systems -------------- Bulletin Board Software Name Version Name Version Name Version Fido 12q+* Phoenix 1.3 TBBS 2.1 Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.04 TComm/TCommNet 3.4 Kitten 2.16* RBBS 17.2B* TPBoard 6.0* Opus 1.03b+ RBBSmail 17.2* Wildcat! 2.00P Network Node List Other Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02 D'Bridge 1.21 MakeNL 2.20 ARCA05 2.01* Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.0 FrontDoor 2.0 Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00 PRENM 1.47 SysNL 2.65* EMM 2.02 SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 Gmail 2.01* XlaxDiff 2.32 GROUP 2.16 XlaxNode 2.32 GUS 1.20M* LHARC 1.13 MSG 4.0* MSGED 1.99 PK[UN]ZIP 1.01 QM 1.0 QSORT 4.03 StarLink 1.01* TCOMMail 2.2 TMail 1.12* TPBNetEd 3.2 UFGATE 1.03 XRS 3.0 ZmailQ 1.09 Macintosh --------- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version Red Ryder Host v2.1b3 Macpoint 0.91* MacArc 0.04 Mansion 7.12 Tabby 2.1 ArcMac 1.3 WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51 FidoNews 6-48 Page 15 27 Nov 1989 TImport 1.331 TExport 1.32 Timestamp 1.6 Tset 1.3 Timestart 1.1 Tally 1.1 Mehitabel 1.2 Archie 1.60 Jennifer 0.25b2g Numberizer 1.5c MessageEdit 1.0 Mantissa 1.0 PreStamp 2.01 R.PreStamp 2.01 Saphire 2.1t Epistle II 1.01 Import 2.52 Export 2.54 Sundial 2.1 AreaFix 1.1 Probe 0.052 Terminator 1.1 TMM 4.0b UNZIP 1.01* Amiga ----- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version Paragon 1.00+* BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23 TrapDoor 1.11* booz 1.01 WelMat 0.21* ConfMail 1.10* ChameleonEdit 0.10 Lharc 0.50 ParseLst 1.30 PkAX 1.00 RMB 1.30 UNzip 0.86 Zoo 2.00 Atari ST -------- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version FIDO/FoReM Door 1.1* BinkleyTerm 1.03g ConfMail 1.00 Pandora BBS 2.41c* The BOX 1.10* ParseList 1.30 QuickBBS/ST 0.40* ARC 5.21 GS Point 0.61 TurboArc 1.1 FidoNews 6-48 Page 16 27 Nov 1989 LHARC 0.40 PKUNZIP 1.00 MSGED 1.96S SRENUM 6.2 OMMM 1.40* Timestop 1.00 + Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software) * Recently changed Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 6-48 Page 17 27 Nov 1989 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= The Interrupt Stack 1 Dec 1989 Close of local balloting in IFNA plebiscite 3 Dec 1989 The Hague, Holland changes to a seven-digit telephone number. You have to put a THREE (3) before the old number. e.g. (0)70-111111 changes to (0)70-3111111 4 Dec 1989 Local coordinators post final IFNA vote details 11 Dec 1989 Deadline for local IFNA vote tally challenges 15 Dec 1989 Network Coordinators report votes in IFNA plebiscite to Regional Coordinators 18 Dec 1989 Regional Coordinators report votes in IFNA plebiscite to Zone Coordinators 22 Dec 1989 IFNA plebiscite results posted in NODELIST.356 30 Dec 1989 Telephone area codes (5, 3 and 0) are abolished in Hong Kong 1 Feb 1990 Deadline for IFNA Policy and Bylaws election 5 Jun 1990 David Dodell's 33rd Birthday 5 Oct 1990 21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" If you have something which you would like to see on this calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 6-48 Page 18 27 Nov 1989 OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION Thom Henderson 1:107/528 Chairman of the Board Les Kooyman 1:204/501 President Fabian Gordon 1:107/323 Vice President Bill Bolton 3:3/0 Vice President-Technical Coordinator Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Secretary Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Treasurer IFNA COMMITTEE AND BOARD CHAIRS Administration and Finance * By-laws and Rules John Roberts 1:385/49 Executive Committee (Pres) Les Kooyman 1:204/501 International Affairs * Membership Services Jim Vaughan 1:226/300 Nominations and Elections Steve Bonine 1:1/0 Public Affairs David Drexler 1:147/30.20 Publications Irene Henderson 1:107/9 Technical Standards Rick Moore 1:115/333 Ethics * Security and Privacy * Grievances * * Position in abeyance pending reorganization IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIVISION AT-LARGE 10 Courtney Harris 1:102/732 Don Daniels 1:107/210 11 John Rafuse 1:12/900 Phil Buonomo 1:107/583 12 Bill Bolton 3:711/403 Mark Hawthorne 1:107/238 13 Fabian Gordon 1:107/323 Tom Jennings 1:125/111 14 Ken Kaplan 1:100/22 Irene Henderson 1:107/509 15 Kevin McNeil 1:128/45 Steve Jordan 1:206/2871 16 Ivan Schaffel 1:141/390 Robert Rudolph 1:261/628 17 Kathi Crockett 1:134/30 Dave Melnik 1:107/233 18 Andrew Adler 1:135/47 Jim Hruby 1:107/536 19 Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Burt Juda 1:107/528 2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 Karl Schinke 1:107/516 3 Matt Whelan 3:54/99 John Roberts 1:147/14 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 6-48 Page 19 27 Nov 1989 __ The World's First / \ BBS Network /|oo \ * FidoNet * (_| /_) _`@/_ \ _ | | \ \\ | (*) | \ )) ______ |__U__| / \// / Fido \ _//|| _\ / (________) (_/(_|(____/ (tm) Membership for the International FidoNet Association Membership in IFNA is open to any individual or organization that pays a specified annual membership fee. IFNA serves the international FidoNet-compatible electronic mail community to increase worldwide communications. Member Name _______________________________ Date _______________ Address _________________________________________________________ City ____________________________________________________________ State ________________________________ Zip _____________________ Country _________________________________________________________ Home Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________ Work Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________ Zone:Net/Node Number ____________________________________________ BBS Name ________________________________________________________ BBS Phone Number ________________________________________________ Baud Rates Supported ____________________________________________ Board Restrictions ______________________________________________ Your Special Interests __________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ In what areas would you be willing to help in FidoNet? __________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Send this membership form and a check or money order for $25 in US Funds to: International FidoNet Association PO Box 41143 St Louis, Missouri 63141 USA Thank you for your membership! Your participation will help to insure the future of FidoNet. Please NOTE that IFNA is a general not-for-profit organization and Articles of Association and By-Laws were adopted by the membership in January 1987. The second elected Board of Directors was filled in August 1988. The IFNA Echomail Conference has been established on FidoNet to assist the Board. We welcome your input to this Conference. FidoNews 6-48 Page 20 27 Nov 1989 -----------------------------------------------------------------