F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 8 24 February 1997 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: | | FidoNet community | "FidoNews" | | _ | 1-904-409-7040 [1:1/23] | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | | | (_| /_) | | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | Editor: | | | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 | | |__U__| / \// | | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MORE addresses: | | | | submissions=> cbaker84@digital.net | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For information, copyrights, article submissions, | | obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ | | please refer to the end of this file. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ FidoNet and FidoNews are FOR COMMUNICATION! Can we, PLEASE? Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Are we communicating here? ............................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Where's the OFFICIAL word? ............................... 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4 FSC-0040 - Extended Modem Handling ....................... 4 FSC-0041 - MSGID / REPLY for unique identifiers .......... 6 FSC-0042 - Modification of Gateway Agreement WWIVnet ..... 7 FSC-0043 - Hints on Recognizing Control Lines ............ 11 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 14 ISDN Flag info for Zone 1 ................................ 14 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 052 ...... 15 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 16 Is your computer possessed? .............................. 16 6. NOTICES .................................................. 19 Future History ........................................... 19 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 21 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 21 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 27 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 27 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 28 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 30 FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 1 24 Feb 1997 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= There is a notice in this Issue about ISDN flag changes in the Zone 1 Nodelist segment. It's one of our functions here. There is NO notice of the apparently impending ZC1 election. There is NO notice of the apparently active IC election. That is to say, there is no official notice of either. What's up with that? For a Network founded on and dedicated to communication, there seems to be precious little communicating going on from FidoNet's upper Coordinator cadre. Why is that? We all know how long it takes to write a Netmail message. It takes scarcely longer to edit and submit a FidoNews article [.ART] or notice [.NOT]. The only thing required is the will to do so. Where is it? Think of these as the Questions of the Week but not in the QOTW section [making this a shorter Issue {grin}]. It would be swell to have some Answers of the Week for FidoNews 1409. When will that happen? Don't forget the FIDONEWS Echo and the FidoNet WebRing! C.B. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 2 24 Feb 1997 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= [This did not come from any official sources:] Ed. Area : REGCON.EUR Date : Tue Feb 18, 21:19 scn From : Ward Dossche 2:292/854 To : All Subj : IC-election Dear RC, The IC-election has now finally started. There are 2 candidates : * ZC/2 Ward Dossche * ZC/5 Henk Wolsink They were nominated by : * ZC/2 by ZC/3 and ZC/6 * ZC/5 by ZC/1 Votes cast so far: * ZC/2 by Zone-3 / Total=1 * ZC/5 by Zone-1 / Total=1 Zone-4 and -6 have expressed to support ZC/2 and probably will vote that way. As it is safe to assume ZC/5 will vote for himself this leaves the vote of Zone-2 unaccounted for. My question therefor to you is to provide guidance in this election. If I'm guided to vote in zone-2's name for ZC/2 then it concludes the election and there is an IC. If I'm guided to vote in zone-2's name for ZC/5 then the election most likely will be a draw after a 20-month process. The deadline for me to cast my vote is February 28th, that leaves 10 days at this moment. That's not a great deal of time and it unfortunately coincides with the ZC-election but I'd appreciate anyway you taking some time and providing me with the guidance I request. Thank you very much for your effort. FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 3 24 Feb 1997 Kind regards, \x/ard -@- DB 1.58/001877 @ Origin: Many Glacier (2:292/854) [What gives here?] Ed. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 4 24 Feb 1997 ================================================================= GETTING TECHNICAL ================================================================= [This is part of a continuing series of FidoNet Technical docs being published as FidoNet History. These FSCs have been reformatted to 70 columns where required.] Ed. Document: FSC-0040 Version: 001 Date: 02/23/90 Extended Modem Handling Michael Shiels 1:250/410@fidonet Information: The purpose of this FSC is to focus discussion on particular problems in Fidonet(r) and possible methods of solution. No proposed solutions in this document are intended as standards for Fidonet. Rather, it is hoped that a general consensus will emerge as to the appropriate solution to such problems, leading eventually to the adoption of standards. Distribution is subject to the limitations listed below. Copyright 1989, Michael Shiels. All rights reserved. The right to distribute for non-commercial use is granted to the FidoNet Technical Standards Committee, provided that no fee is charged. This may be posted on FidoNet electronic BBSs which charge no fee for accessing this document. Any and all other reproduction or excerpting requires the explicit written consent of the author. Modem Handling -------------- The current nodelist doesn't provide enought information for really fancy handling of modems and connections. With the advent of line sharing between modems/faxes certain additions to the nodelist flags are required. I am currently writing a product which will handle and use the following codes Y.... where .... can consist of the hardware protocols the modem understands A 300 V.21 > Usually one of these flags would be present to B 300 Bell 103 > designate the chosen 300 baud hardware protocol C 1200 V.22 or Bell 212A D 2400 V.22bis E 9600 V.29 F 9600 V.32 FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 5 24 Feb 1997 G 9600 V.32 non-trellis coded H 14400 V.32bis I J K L M N 19200 PEP O 9600 HST 9600/300 backchannel P 9600 HST 9600/450 backchannel Q 14400 HST 14400/450 backchannel R S T U V W X Y Z Z.... where .... can consist of the software protocols the modem understands A MNP1 Block mode (half duplex) B MNP2 Stream mode (full duplex) C MNP3 Stream mode with Start/Stop bit striping D MNP4 Stream mode with Start/Stop bit striping and large packet sizes E MNP5 Data compression F MNP6 G MNP7 H MNP8 I MNP9 J MNP10 K MNP11 ???? L MNP12 ???? M MNP13 ???? N V.42 or LAP-M O V.42bis P LAP-B Hayes V9600 Q R S T U V Non-fully compatible MNP (S15 bit 6 on an USR HST) W No Guard tone X 550Hz Guard tone (some European countries) Y 1800Hz Guard tone (UK, some Commonwealth countries) Z Do reverse carrier processing when dialing this node I am in the process of designing a very sophisticated modem dialing language and would like to propose the following additions to the node list to help facilitate better modem/line handling with the advent of different modem standards etc. FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 6 24 Feb 1997 -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Document: FSC-0041 Version: 002 Date: 14-Jul-90 MSGID / REPLY A proposal for unique message identifiers and reply chain linkage 14 July, 1990 jim nutt 1:114/30@fidonet Status of this document: This FSC presents the final draft of a proposed FTSC (FidoNet(r) Technical Standards Committee) standard for the FidoNet community and requests comments from all interested parties. Distribution of this document is unlimited. Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido Software. MSGID A MSGID line consists of the string "^AMSGID:" (where ^A is a control-A (hex 01) and the double-quotes are not part of the string), followed by a space, the address of the originating system, and a serial number unique to that message on the originating system, i.e.: ^AMSGID: origaddr serialno The originating address should be specified in a form that constitutes a valid return address for the originating network. If the originating address is enclosed in double-quotes, the entire string between the beginning and ending double-quotes is considered to be the orginating address. A double-quote character within a quoted address is represented by by two consecutive double-quote characters. The serial number may be any eight character hexadecimal number, as long as it is unique - no two messages from a given system may have the same serial number within a very long period of time. The manner in which this serial number is generated is left to the implementor. REPLY FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 7 24 Feb 1997 A REPLY line consists of the string "^AREPLY:" (where ^A is a control-A (hex 01) and the double-quotes are not part of the string), followed by a space, and the origaddr and serialno fields of the MSGID line of the message to which this message is a reply, i.e.: ^AREPLY: origaddr serialno The origaddr and serialno fields must be identical to the corresponding fields in the MSGID of the message to which this message is a reply. A REPLY line is never generated in a message that is a reply to a message that does not contain a MSGID line. GENERAL For best results, MSGID and REPLY lines should be the first two lines of the message after extended addressing lines (FMPT, TOPT, INTL, DOMAIN), with MSGID appearing above REPLY. Finally, a MSGID is generated only at the time of message creation. An existing MSGID and/or REPLY should never be stripped from a message passing through an intermediate system. No system should ever add an MSGID and/or REPLY to, or modify an existing MSGID / REPLY contained in, a message not originating on that system. -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Document: FSC-0042 Version: 001 Date: 03/25/90 Proposed Modification to the Gateway Agreement Between WWIVnet and FidoNet(r) via the "NetSEX" Program Steven Furber 1:105/50@fidonet Information This FSC is being distributed to members of the FidoNet(r) community in order to solicit their reactions to the proposals contained in it. While the issues discussed may not be directly relevant to the problems of FidoNet, they may be interesting to implementers. Distribution is unlimited. FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 8 24 Feb 1997 --- 0.0) A QUICK INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF INTENT The request for a gateway between WWIVnet and FidoNet through a program called NetSEX was sent in to Randy Bush (1:105/6) approximately a month ago. During that time there have been many questions pertaining to NetSEX that I feel are relevent to the proposed gateway between WWIVnet and FidoNet. The major questions that I feel needs to be dealt with are: Will it be possible for WWIV Technology Networks to use the NetSEX gateway, and if so: will a seperate gateway agreement be necessary? Will it be possibile for WWIV BBSes that are not in WWIVnet or WWIV Technology Networks to use NetSEX to interface their BBS with FidoNet? The current gateway proposal that I have sent in pertains only to WWIVnet and FidoNet. What I would like to do is have that policy be between FidoNet and a "NetSEX-Project" that will keep a list of who's using NetSEX, what their FidoNet address is, what their WWIV Technology Network addresses are (for the NetSEX node and BBS node), and if they gateway to a WWIV Technology Network: which one. To support my reasoning I will discuss each question a bit and explain my proposal. 1.0) WILL IT BE POSSIBLE FOR WWIV TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS TO USE THE NetSEX GATEWAY, AND IF SO: WILL A SEPERATE GATEWAY AGREEMENT BE NECESSARY? There have been several proposed-alternatives to WWIVnet that be WWIV Technology Networks. Various planners from these networks have asked whether or not they would be able to use NetSEX to gateway between FidoNet and their proposed networks, and if so what steps would need to be taken. These proposed networks would be using BBSLIST.NET (a list of all nodes in the network, similar to FidoNet's NODELIST) and CONNECT.NET (a listing of all nodes in the BBSLIST.NET file and how they connect to one another-- a topology map) files that are independent of WWIVnet. They would be using their own nodenumbering schemes (however still be restricted to the 65k maximum). There were various possible things offered by these people that would possily work, but in the end my response has been that the current proposed policy between WWIVnet and FidoNet is between those two networks, and if they were to gateway between their non-WWIVnet WWIV Technology Networks they would need to approach the FTSC for an agreement. FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 9 24 Feb 1997 1.1) WILL THERE BE ANY POSSIBILITIES FOR WWIV BBSes THAT ARE NOT IN WWIVnet OR WWIV TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS TO USE NetSEX TO INTERFACE THEIR BBS WITH FidoNet? There are several WWIV BBSes that are interested in connecting with FidoNet but are not interested in joining WWIVnet (which is the only network currently operating with WWIV Technology). Of the several people who have asked, all of them are running FourDog but would like to get the speed of NetSEX and the correct placing of Netmail into mailboxes as opposed to the method FourDog uses. It is possible to run NetSEX on a non-WWIVnet BBS by creating the data files for a WWIV Technology Network that contain their NetSEX node and their "WWIVnet" node. They would essentially be faking out the software by running a network consisting of two nodes. This question I have been unable to sufficiently answer. While this situation would involve someone that only belongs to FidoNet, it would still be using software designed to gateway and it would be gatewaying messages from FidoNet to a WWIV Technology Network that consisted of one node. 2.0) MY PROPOSED AGREEMENT What I would like to do is provide all sides with the best possible solution that will privide all sides with that same solution. As it stands now, the proposed gateway is between FidoNet and WWIVnet. What I would rather see is a policy between FidoNet and an entity called "The NetSEX Project" that would keep track of where NetSEX is being used to interface and/or gateway with FidoNet. To be more specific, and entity that would do the following: a) keep track of all WWIV-BBSes running NetSEX simply to interface with FidoNet. These would be systems that are not in WWIVnet or any other WWIV Technology Network. A listing of their FidoNet address, node number used for the BBS, and node number used for the NetSEX address would be kept. b) keep track of all WWIV-BBses running NetSEX that are connected to a WWIV Technology Network. A listing of their FidoNet address, the name of the WWIV Technology Network they belong to, what address they use in the WWIV Technology Network, and the address in the WWIV Technology Network they are using for their NetSEX node would be kept. c) do monthly or bi-monthly tests of all NetSEX nodes and create a conference (EchoMail for FidoNet, Sub for WWIV systems) to support and discuss NetSEX. d) have a reserved range in the WWIV Technology Network for NetSEX (and/or other gateways) nodes, and have FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 10 24 Feb 1997 someone in that network serve as a liason between the "NetSEX Project" and the WWIV Technology Network. e) upload all of the files on one or more FidoNet systems where the various members of the FTSC who work with gateways can track down information they may need. Given these actions, the following is hoped to be accomplished: a) permit non-WWIV Technology Network systems to use NetSEX while being covered by an agreement between FidoNet to do so. b) permit non-WWIVnet yet still WWIV Technology Networks to use NetSEX while being covered by an agreement between FidoNet and the "NetSEX Project" to do so. c) keep an index of all systems using NetSEX, and keep a listing of what WWIV Technology Networks are accessable through FidoNet. d) offer an easy-access place for people to get information pertaining to NetSEX, FidoNet, and WWIV Technology Networks. This proposed entity, the "NetSEX Project" would be an entity existing off of FidoNet. I offer to do all of the data collection and send the information to the people who would like it (providing it is of reasonable cost phone the phone connections). There are many benefits, and no drawbacks that I can see. 3.0) AN END NOTE I am expecting that this will be approved, or even if it is it will not be without some form of modification. It seems to me that this would be the best way to handle the NetSEX gateway without spending a great deal of time approving individual networks that are based around the same network technology. This proposal was made from the point of view of someone that are working from within FidoNet. ---- Steven Furber, FidoNet 1:105/50 WWIVnet 1@5300 UUCP ..!uunet!m2xenix!legion!n5300.u1 --- -30- FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 11 24 Feb 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Document: FSC-0043 Version: 002 Date: 30-Aug-90 Some Hints on Recognizing Control Lines in FidoNet(r) Message Text FSC-0043 1990 August 30 Status of this document: This FSC contains information of value to the general FidoNet(r) community. Distribution of this document is subject to the restrictions listed in the copyright paragraph below. Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido Software. Copyright 1989-90, Randy Bush. All rights reserved. A right to distribute only without modification and only at no charge is granted. Under no circumstances is this document to be reproduced or distributed as part of or packaged with any product or other sales transaction for which any fee is charged. Any and all other reproduction or excerpting requires the explicit written consent of the author. Implementors have had problems interpreting message text, both in netmail and echomail. While the clues are usually to be found in some doucment or another, there seems to be a need to collect hints for some confusing aspects. This informal documents attempts to address that need. Filter out all s and 'soft' s and s. They are surplus and will only confuse the rest of your code. All control lines have their sentinels at the beginning of a line. [ Note that an * Origin: line has a leading significant blank. ] Do not process quoted control lines or control sentinels preceeded by blanks, tabs, ... If you become confused, then bounce or sidetrack the message to a hold area for human intervention. Don't try to rescue the situation. None will notice when you succeed, and many will flame whan you fail. A message is either netmail or echomail. I.e. no ^aINTL, ^aFMPT, or ^aTOPT controls should be found or generated when there is an AREA: line or when in an echo area. Thus, echomail can not be routed across zones, but this is not a big loss. Private netmail replies to echomail are netmail, i.e. may have ^aINTL etc., and may not have AREA: line, SEEN-BY:, or ^aPATH: lines. They may have a tear line and an origin line. FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 12 24 Feb 1997 ^aEID lines are as in Opus 1.03. Other forms are not to be generated, and, if found, may be safely disgarded. An AREA: line must be the first non ^a line in the text. The echomail control info is a four-part package at the end of the text. It should not be, but occasionally is, followed by one or more ^a control lines. The four parts of an echomail trailer are: o a tear line, "---" and some very short text identifying the original echo processor. Eg. --- Brag 3.14 * note that some internetworking gateware may place a # Origin: line between the tear line and the * Origin: line to indicate the true other network address, whatver that may be. The content of a # Origin: line is free to be specified by the other network(s). An example might be as follows: # Origin: Political Statement (FishNet:914@201) o one * Origin: line, being " * Origin: " ends in "(" [Z:] N "/" N [.P] ")" of FidoNet node of origin or the gate from FidoNet to another network * Origin: (1:105/301) o as many SEEN-BY: lines as necessary, each being "SEEN-BY:" followed by one or more " " "/" sequences. Note that SEEN-BY: lines do not end in . The net/node numbers in SEEN-BY: lines are sorted net major. Within a single SEEN-BY: line, net numbers are sticky, so the N/N is usually abbreviated to N, Eg. SEEN-BY: 105/6 10 15 16 27 41 42 300 301 141/42 491 o as many ^aPATH: lines as necessary, each being "PATH:" followed by one or more " " "/" sequences. The N/N in ^aPATH: lines are specifically not sorted. Net numbers are also sticky in ^aPATH: lines, eg. PATH: 105/301 6 42 Remember that traffic costs much money, and do not create text unnecessary to FidoNet as a whole. I did not invent this, so don't blame me. I'm just trying to write it down. And, lastly, try not to be inventive. While the free-form syntax of this embedded stuff does provide fleibility and power, it also leaves a lot of room to make disgusting messes. Compromise, cooperation, and a minimizalist touch are essential. Randy Bush FidoNet: 1:105/6 1:105/42 FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 13 24 Feb 1997 Internet: randy@psg.com randy@m2xenix.uucp uucp: { uunet, qiclab, bucket }!m2xenix!randy --- Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido Software. -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 14 24 Feb 1997 ================================================================= COORDINATORS CORNER ================================================================= Date: 20 Feb 97 00:25:33 From: Bob Kohl on 1:102/861 Conniption BBS in Los Angeles CA To: Christopher Baker on 1:18/14 Rights On! in Edgewater FL Subj: Re: UNSMH flags ______________________________________________________________________ Chris.. for the next snooze hot off the RCC grill.. Please credit Dallas Hinton as the author of the post and info.. I'm just the messenger! :) _____________________________ cut here _______________________________ Zone 1 has taken another step in the ongoing increase in technology. As of the February 14th nodelist, the Zone 1 ISDN flags have been changed to comply with FSC-0091. There will be a 1 month grace period during which either old or new flags will be valid, after which only the new flags will be used. > If there are any errors or problems as a result of this change, > please let the Z1C know so that appropriate revisions can be > considered. > Here's the excerpt from the bottom of the nodelist: ;S ;S U flags for ISDN nodes; ;S ;S Nodelist Specification of minimal support required for this flag ; ;S Flag any additional support to be arranged via agreement between users ;S =================================================================== ;S V110L ITU-T V.110 19k2 async ('low'). ;S V110H ITU-T V.110 38k4 async ('high'). ;S V120L ITU-T V.120 56k async, layer 2 framesize 259, window 7, modulo 8. ;S V120H ITU-T V.120 64k async, layer 2 framesize 259, window 7, modulo 8. ;S X75 ITU-T X.75 SLP (single link procedure) with 64kbit/s B channel; ;S layer 2 max.framesize 2048, window 2, non-ext.mode (modulo 8); ;S layer 3 transparent (no packet layer). ;S ISDN Other configurations. Use *only* if none of the above fits. ;S =================================================================== ;S NOTE: No flag implies another. Each capability MUST be specifically listed FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 15 24 Feb 1997 ;S If no modem connects are supported, the nodelist speed field should be 300 ;S ;S Conversion from old to new ISDN capability flags: ;S - Nodes in the USA currently use the 'ISDN' flag. ;S Most will be able to change to V120H (64k lines). ;S Also many to V120L,V120H (64k lines) with autodetecting equipment. ;S Some to only V120L (still with 56k lines). ;S - Nodes in Europe currently use the ISDNA, ISDNB and ISDNC flags. ;S A simple translation will do the trick here. ;S ISDNA -> V110L ;S ISDNB -> V110H ;S ISDNC -> X75 ;S ;S =================================================================== ;S -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 052 By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854 ZC/2 +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ |Zone|Nl-024|Nodelist-031|Nodelist-038|Nodelist-045|Nodelist-052|%%| +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ | 1 | 10063| 9877 -186 | 9729 -148 | 9527 -202 | 9527 0 |34| | 2 | 15938|16078 140 |16067 -11 |16074 7 |16051 -23 |57| | 3 | 863| 863 0 | 863 0 | 846 -17 | 812 -34 | 3| | 4 | 558| 550 -8 | 549 -1 | 538 -11 | 541 3 | 2| | 5 | 93| 87 -6 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 0| | 6 | 1072| 1072 0 | 1072 0 | 1071 -1 | 1071 0 | 4| +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ | 28587|28527 -60 |28367 -160 |28143 -224 |28089 -54 | +------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 16 24 Feb 1997 ================================================================= NET HUMOR ================================================================= To: cbaker84@digital.net From: top5@lists.zdnet.com Subject: Top5 - 2/17/97 - Signs Your Computer is Possessed Errors-To: top5-errors@lists.zdnet.com Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:09:45 MST _____________________________________ _________| |________ \ | The Top Five List | / \ | www.topfive.com | / \ | | / \ | Sponsored by Windows Sources | / > | www.winsources.com | < / | | \ / | February 17, 1997 | \ / |_____________________________________| \ /___________) (__________\ The Top Five List is taking the day off for President's Day, so we'll give you a list from a recent Windows Sources issue. Top Five can be found in the Shut Down section on the last page of Windows Sources each and every month. The Top 11 Signs Your Computer is Possessed 11> Instead of flying appliances, your screen saver shows horned demons torturing your immediate family. 10> The monitor spins and spews pea soup when you access the Vatican website. 9> Bill Gates Screen Saver eyes follow your every move. 8> Keeps throwing priests out of Windows. 7> Hard disk crashes every time Pat Robertson e-mails you. 6> Green slime oozing out of keyboard again and your kid hasn't used it in weeks. 5> Tech support crew brings Norton Utilities and a crucifix. 4> The little logo on it says: "Satan Inside." 3> No matter what URL you type in, your browser opens up the www.hell.com web site. 2> Dr. Watson replaced by Dr. Kervorkian. FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 17 24 Feb 1997 and the Number 1 Sign Your Computer is Possessed... 1> Contrary to the startup screen, you're fairly certain Microsoft hasn't released Windows666 yet. 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(Thanks to Marina Swanson) FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 18 24 Feb 1997 ================================================================ The Top Five List http://www.topfive.com Sponsored by Windows Sources http://www.winsources.com This delivery powered by Mercury Mail, Inc. http://www.merc.com -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 19 24 Feb 1997 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 29 Feb 1997 Nothing will happen on this day. 17 May 1997 Independence Day, Norway. 25 May 1997 Independence Day, Argentina. 6 Jun 1997 National Commemoration Day, Sweden. 11 Jun 1997 Independence Day, Russia. 1 Jul 1997 Canada Day - Happy Birthday Canada. 13 Oct 1997 Thanksgiving Day, Canada. 1 Dec 1997 World AIDS Day. 10 Dec 1997 Nobel Day, Sweden. 12 Jan 1998 HAL 9000 is one year old today. 22 May 1998 Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens. 1 Dec 1998 Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by Tom Jennings. 31 Dec 1999 Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed. 1 Jan 2000 The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec. 15 Sep 2000 Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens. 1 Jan 2001 This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E. -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 20 24 Feb 1997 Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 21 24 Feb 1997 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= Latest Greatest Software Versions by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264 Rough week; I'm falling behind. Phased out this week: "Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)" Section Phase-out highlights: This week: "Atari ST/TT" Section Deadline for info: 7 Mar 1997. Last week: "OS/2 Systems" Section Deadline for info: 28 Feb 1997. -=- Snip -=- Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column OS Platform : Software package name : Version : Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. : Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? : Author / Support staff contact name : Author / Support staff contact node : Magic name (at the above-listed node) : Please include a sentence describing what the package does. Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264 -=- Snip -=- MS-DOS: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP ALLFIX 4.40 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX Announcer 1.1 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR CheckPnt 1.0 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO FastEcho/16 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE16 FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES FrontDoor 2.12 M S JoHo 2:201/330 FD FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 2:201/330 FDINFO GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 22 24 Feb 1997 GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL InfoMail/386 1.20 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386 InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386 JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP Msged 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41D.ZIP Msged/386 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41X.ZIP Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS O/T-Track 2.63a O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT PcMerge 2.7 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP QuickBBS 2.81 B S Ben Schollnick 1:2613/477 QUICKBBS RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA Silver Xpress Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES Reader 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK TriBBS 10.0 B S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIBBS TriDog 10.0 M S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIDOG TriToss 10.0 T S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRITOSS WaterGate 0.92 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV WWIVTOSS 1.36 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS OS/2: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2 BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BOS2_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2 FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 23 24 Feb 1997 CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2 FleetStreet 1.19 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2 Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2 Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2 Windows (16-bit apps): Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL FrontDoor APX 1.10 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW Windows (32-bit apps): Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BW32_260.ZIP CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN Msged/NT 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41W.ZIP PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT WinFOSSIL/95 1.12 r4 F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 WNFOSSIL.ZIP WinFOSSIL/NT 1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 NTFOSSIL.ZIP Unix: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ifmail 2.9 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL ifmail-tx ...tx7.9 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK Amiga: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CrashMail 1.23 T X Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHMAIL CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHTICK DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 24 24 Feb 1997 Atari: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl1 M F Bill Scull 1:363/112 BINKLEY Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser, C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will be listed by the first match. Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial, X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source Old info from: 01/27/92 --------------------------------------------------------------------- MS-DOS Systems Other Utilities Other Utilities -------------- Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- Network Mailers 2DAPoint 1.50* Netsex 2.00b Name Version 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 OFFLINE 1.35 -------------------- ARCAsim 2.31 Oliver 1.0a D'Bridge 1.30 ARCmail 3.00* OSIRIS CBIS 3.02 Dreamer 1.06 Areafix 1.20 PKInsert 7.10 Dutchie 2.90c ConfMail 4.00 PolyXarc 2.1a Milqtoast 1.00 Crossnet 1.5 QM 1.00a PreNM 1.48 DOMAIN 1.42 QSort 4.04 SEAdog 4.60 DEMM 1.06 RAD Plus 2.11 SEAmail 1.01 DGMM 1.06 Raid 1.00 TIMS 1.0(mod8) DOMAIN 1.42 RBBSMail 18.0 EEngine 0.32 ScanToss 1.28 Compression EMM 2.11* ScMail 1.00 Utilities EZPoint 2.1 ScEdit 1.12 Name Version FGroup 1.00 Sirius 1.0x -------------------- FidoPCB 1.0s@ SLMail 2.15C ARC 7.12 FNPGate 2.70 StarLink 1.01 ARJ 2.20 GateWorks 3.06e TagMail 2.41 LHA 2.13 GMail 2.05 TCOMMail 2.2 PAK 2.51 GMD 3.10 Telemail 1.5* PKPak 3.61 GMM 1.21 TGroup 1.13 PKZip 1.10 GROUP 2.23 TIRES 3.11 GUS 1.40 TMail 1.21 NodeList Utilities Harvey's Robot 4.10 TosScan 1.00 Name Version HeadEdit 1.18 UFGATE 1.03 -------------------- HLIST 1.09 VPurge 4.09e EditNL 4.00 ISIS 5.12@ WEdit 2.0@ FDND 1.10 Lola 1.01d WildMail 2.00 MakeNL 2.31 Mosaic 1.00b WMail 2.2 Parselst 1.33 MailBase 4.11a@ WNode 2.1 Prune 1.40 MSG 4.5* XRS 4.99 SysNL 3.14 MsgLnk 1.0c XST 2.3e XlatList 2.90 MsgMstr 2.03a YUPPIE! 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