Volume 5, Number 23 6 June 1988 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | _ | | / \ | | /|oo \ | | - FidoNews - (_| /_) | | _`@/_ \ _ | | International | | \ \\ | | FidoNet Association | (*) | \ )) | | Newsletter ______ |__U__| / \// | | / FIDO \ _//|| _\ / | | (________) (_/(_|(____/ | | (jm) | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Editor in Chief Dale Lovell Editor Emeritus: Thom Henderson Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings Contributing Editors: Al Arango 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. Copyright 1988 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. The contents of the articles contained here are not our responsibility, nor do we necessarily agree with them. Everything here is subject to debate. We publish EVERYTHING received. Table of Contents 1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1 FidoNet Vendors Take Note ................................ 1 FidoCon 89 -- Where's It Gonna Be? ....................... 2 SEGUARO DOWN ............................................. 5 No More New Structures, Please ........................... 6 An urgent warning to those who send any type of Arcmail .. 8 Back to the Bush! ........................................ 10 2. COLUMNS .................................................. 17 Stepping Out Into The World .............................. 17 Top Downloads 5/21/88 - 5/27/88 .......................... 18 3. NOTICES .................................................. 20 The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 20 Latest Software Versions ................................. 20 FidoNews 5-23 Page 1 6 Jun 1988 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Tim Sullivan 108/62 ------------------------------------ IF YOU SELL TO THE FIDONET COMMUNITY ------------------------------------ It's time to register for "FidoCon '88" the International FidoNet Community's Annual conference and telecommunications exhibition. It will be held August 24th thru August 28th at the Drawbridge Inn & Convention Center - close to the Greater Cincinnati International Airport. This is your opportunity to market to a select group of computer users and buyers. Please note that we will be drawing from an international community of over 3000 telecommunications enthusiasts. In addition to the conference attendees, we will be attracting local interest through multi-media advertising aimed at the business buyer. Already we have attendance commitments from vendors such as AT&T, US Robotics, DAK Industries, etc. In order to get a broad range of exhibitors at this show, we urge you to make an early commitment. Booth space is limited and will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. We have already contacted by mail major modem, computer, and peripheral manufacturers as well as telecommunication service and software suppliers. If you have any questions about FidoCon '88 or would like the complete vendor information packet - contact any of the board members listed - Tim Sullivan (108/62) Rick Ashworth (108/90) Voice (513) 421-1400 Voice (513) 727-1279 Steve Sullivan (108/801) Jesse Armontrout (108/10) Voice (513) 381-6297 Voice (513) 385-8476 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 2 6 Jun 1988 FIDOCON 89 -- WHERE'S IT GONNA BE? The Membership Services Committee, under the chairmanship of Phil Ardussi, has been charged with recommending a site to hold FidoCon in August 1989. Would you like to host the next FidoCon in your city? Here is your chance. Send a proposal to the FidoCon Site Selection subcommittee to be considered for the honor of hosting FidoCon 89. What do you need to do to host FidoCon in your city? Planning an international conference requires a great deal of work on the part of the hosts. A site must be selected with adequate meeting space, accessibility, reasonable price and 1001 other details. To give you an idea of what needs to be done and to give the Site Selection Subcommittee some information about your city, we need to have the following questionnaire filled out: LOCATION: 1. What is the mileage from the airport to the host hotel? 2. Is shuttle service furnished by the hotel available to and from the hotel and airport? 3. Are there direct (no connections) flights from the top ten largest metropolitan areas to your airport? HOTEL FACILITIES: 1. Is there a large (150 person) conference room which will be available throughout the conference? 2. Are there at least three smaller conference rooms which will be available for meetings during the conference? 3. Will there be display space for vendors? 4. Will there be a small private conference room available for the host and other committees? 5. Will the hotel guarantee room rate, not to exceed $80 for double occupancy? 6. Will the host committee prepare a list including price ranges and bill of fare for all hotel restaurants in advance of the conference? 7. Will the hotel provide early committment on prices of banquets, receptions, coffee break service, and any other food and beverage service to the conference sessions? 8. Will the host committee be able to obtain corporate sponsors to help defray conference expenses? Who are FidoNews 5-23 Page 3 6 Jun 1988 they? 9. Does the hotel have handicap facilities? 10. Is the hotel or convention center willing to provide help in the planning of the conference? LOCAL SUPPORT: 1. There must be an active committee consisting of at least five members in the host city at least nine months before the conference. Members of this committee should be prepared to spend at least two hours per week in the early planning stages and at least 8-10 hours per week just before the conference. The local chair should work closely with the FidoCon subcommittee chair by Net Mail, US Snail, and voice. Please furnish the name of the host committee and the name and address of the host chairperson. 2. Sponsorship of the conference by a local user group would be a plus. Please furnish the name of the sponsoring group, if any. 3. Will a list of nearby restaurants (all price ranges -- including fast food) and local entertainment be prepared by the local committee? 4. Will maps of the area would be provided to attendees? 5. What activities for family members should will be planned by the local committee? 6. Will there be a software swap area set up with computers for people to trade disks? Will any of them be equipped with a printer and/or modem? Will disk sales (at cost) be included? 7. Will there be conference souvenirs, including but not limited to T-shirts and hats, available throughout the conference? 8. Will a special rate on car rentals be available to FidoCon attendees? OTHER: 1. What other events would you suggest for attendees? 2. What are the features of your city that make it particularly desirable for hosting FidoCon? GENERAL COMMENTS: (To be filled in by the prospective hosts) Please give a lot of thought to the amount of time and money that will be involved in hosting FidoCon. Then, write up your FidoNews 5-23 Page 4 6 Jun 1988 proposal and send it to us. We will evaluate all proposals and make recommendations to the IFNA Board of Directors. Proposals can be sent by NetMail to 128/13, or by US Snail to: Jim Cannell 4350 Burton Way #238 Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918 If you want to include any printed promotional materials from the hotel or other facility, forward five copies to the above address. If you have any questions or problems, please send me NetMail or give me a voice call at 303-531-9043. If there is anyone who has experience in convention planning that is not connected with one of the prospective host cities who wants to help with planning, you are welcome to join the Membership Services Site Selection Subcommittee. Send a NetMail note to Phil Ardussi at 157/1. PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JULY 15. ====================================== Jim Cannell FidoCon Site Selection Subcommittee Chairperson 128/13 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 5 6 Jun 1988 Claude Witherspoon Fido 100/525 SEGUARO DOWN! I will be taking a vacation from 13 June 1988 through 15 July 1988 somewhere in the great state of Texas. I live in a neighborhood which has a multitude of little vandals running amok therefore, I must lock my system in some cold dark storage facility while I'm gone. I also need to be listed as DOWN on the nodelist during this time frame. Please bear with the inconveniance but if I don't take a vacation... you know the rest of the story. There was a previous article that I submitted for FidoNews that addressed the KIDS echo conference and how it got started and where it's going. I feel that this article may generate a lot of traffic directed toward my system. If it seems I am not answering your messages, the above should explain why. I will however be knee deep in messages that will need to be answered when I return and get my system running again. That day should be Sunday, 17 JULY 1988. I will eventually get around to replying to all of the messages. There will be more articles submitted in both the KidsNews and FidoNews which will keep everyone up to date on the changes, advancements, etc... with the kids echo. Again, I wish to thank those of you who have taken part in this worth while cause for our children. Only in America can this happen. Believe me, I have seen the way people live in other countries first hand. Eighteen years in the military lets you see alot and makes you thankful for what you have. Claude Witherspoon Seguaro BBS 100/525 (618) 656-5447 Edwardsville, Illinois ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 6 6 Jun 1988 J. Brad Hicks 24 May 1988 Sysop WeirdBase, 1:100/523.0 Director-at-Large, IFNA You Can Make a Difference, But ... NO MORE NEW STRUCTURES, PLEASE Lately, we've seen something that seems pretty weird to me, and I run a BBS that caters to Dr. Thompson calls "bad craziness." This week's FidoNews contains yet another proposal for a struc- ture for a yet another new governing body for the FidoNet. I haven't been keeping track, but now there can't be less than a dozen of them kicking around, and they keep on coming. Perhaps the word has reached you by now that Robert Anson Heinlein is dead. Will you read a brief quote, relevant to the subject at hand, from the dean of science fiction as we know it? "Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and animals, that's all there is--so democracy, a theory based on the assumption that mathematicians and peasants are equal, can never work. Wisdom is not additive; its maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group. "But a democratic =form= of government is okay, as long as it doesn't work. Any social organization does well enough if it isn't rigid. The framework doesn't matter as long as there is enough looseness to permit that one man in a multitude to display his genius. Most so-called social scientists seem to think that organization is everything. It is almost nothing-- except when it is a straightjacket. It is the incidence of heroes that counts, not the pattern of zeros." Robert Heinlein, _Glory Road_, pp. 261-262 Why do so many of you seem to think that if you can just tinker with the structure of IFNA, or something like it, you can save FidoNet? The =structure= is mostly irrelevant. We copied one that had worked--the one used by the Amateur Radio Relay League. We could have used any--or almost none. No matter what the offices are, or how the elections are held, only one thing matters: the people who hold those offices. IFNA exists. There's a structure in place that can do just about anything that we'd ever want to do with the FidoNet, from update and rationalize the technical specifications to lobby on our own behalf. It's a very flexible structure. It's usable as it is, so why kill another two years starting all over with another structure? Now, I'm not Pollyanna. I know too bloody well that there are big problems with the way things are being done. I think money FidoNews 5-23 Page 7 6 Jun 1988 has been spent unwisely and I think that responsibilities have been neglected and/or mismanaged. But any structure would have had those same problems, if the same people were elected. Please, let's not have any more organizational proposals for FidoNet. Instead, let's see a lot of people pay their dues, and then vote and/or run for office. Listen, the work isn't ter- ribly difficult--being a director for IFNA takes only a tiny fraction of the time that the rest of my BBS-related activities consume. And I've tried to make a difference, and to bring some sense to the Board. If more of you who are complaining now had been there to back me up, things would have happened very, very differently. Make a difference. Join IFNA. And =VOTE=. ________________________________________________________________ The opinions stated above are those of one person, namely me. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of anybody else (though I can always hope), and they certainly do NOT represent the opinions of my fellow board members or of IFNA in any official way. Judge them entirely on the sense that they make, and don't even dream of holding anyone else responsible for what I say or write. And don't censor me: refute me instead. -- J. Brad Hicks ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 8 6 Jun 1988 Do you use Ommm to pack mail into Arcmail? Do you use Confmail to pack Arcmail? Do you use ARCmail to make Arcmail? Please, if you do, carefully read this article. There are many sysops, some new, some old who are unintentionally abusing compressed mail archives (aka Arcmail). Just because your system and hundreds of your friends are set up to accept arcmail DOES NOT mean that everyone else is. If you automatically arcmail ALL outgoing mail, you should CEASE immediately. You should only send arcmail to systems that are ready to accept it, want it and are able to process it. Just because you run Ommm to pack all messages into ARCmail packets does not mean that other systems have the capability to un-pack arcmail created in that form. Just because you run Confmail to pack your Arcmail does not mean that other systems have the capability to un-pack confmail generated arcmail. If you run Arcmail 1.1 to pack arcmail, that dosen't mean that all systems are able to unpack arcmail in that form. Unless a system has SPECIFICALLY stated to you that they want you to send them arcmail, you should NOT assume that they are able to un-pack arcmail. Furthermore, they may not be able to or willing to change their operations just to handle the particular version of Arcmail that you are sending. Check with any systems via normal net-mail that you wish to send arcmail to to confirm the method they can accept and be quite willing to add a new program in order to be able to send arcmail. An example: Board 107/2232 (hopefully fictional board) sends an ommm generated arcmail package to me at 2:00am. At my pre-mail event my system looks for arcmail (1.1) from specific systems that I am expecting arcmail from. Arcmail does not expect to see a package from 107/2232 so it ignores it, sometimes killing it depending on the set-up. (This is true for other methods as well). When mail is checked the next morning, there is nothing from 107/2232 and I have no reason to look for mail from that board. The message(s) are lost forever. Again. Do not automatically assume that all systems are capable of or willing to accept arcmail packages. You should only send arcmail packages to those systems that you have talked to via normal net-mail in the past. While one method of arcmail can un-pack arcmail of another method, if a system is not expecting arcmail from a specific system, it may indeed never try to un-pack the arcmail. You should also agree on a specific method in which the arcmail will be packed. There is no real reason why you should send one net-mail message to a board via arcmail of any form. The transfer time savings is either non-existent or is trivial and besides, if the other system isn't expecting arcmail, your message may end up never being read. FidoNews 5-23 Page 9 6 Jun 1988 Sysops, thank you for taking the time to see if your system is automatically sending everything as arcmail. Users, please alert your sysop to this very crucial problem. Thank you. jg ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 10 6 Jun 1988 BACK TO THE BUSH! by Todd Looney, Sysop Vietnam Veterans' Valhalla 143/27, San Jose, CA. The Vietnam Veterans' Valhalla in San Jose, California has been working like the dickens to get a trip for interested parties back to Vietnam. Everything has been working out great so far. You don't necessarily have to be a Vietnam veteran to go with us, everyone i invited! We expect to have a group of about fifty people. If we get more than thirty, the cost factor as listed below will decline dramatically so start thinking about it now. We will not be taking deposits for another couple of months yet so there is still time. We are tenatively planning to leave in mid-January. The initial itinerary is in and things are starting to really look up for the "Back to the Bush" trip to back to Vietnam. All the amenities are includes as follows: Round trip air fare All hotels and lodging Three meals per day All transportation (Rail/Bus/Boat/Plane) Daily sightseeing tours of your choice (there are many tours available in every city, or you are free to go off on your own!) Cultural performances sponsored by the Vietnamese government Vietnamese and Cambodian visas (yes, you can take a sightseeing tour into Cambodia!) English-speaking tour guides and interpreters in every city All you have to furnish is your body, your international passport, and have your inoculations up to date (ouch!). Here's what it looks like so far: Day 1 Depart San Francisco via Japan Airlines Day 2 Arrive Hong Kong (Overnight stay because we will arrive too late to depart for SE Asia that evening. There will be a breakfast in Hong Kong before we leave) Day 3 Depart Hong Kong for Bangkok, Thailand (We will need to stay two nights in Bangkok to get all of our visas issued so you will have plenty of time for a little R&R!) Day 5 Depart Bangkok, Thailand for Hanoi, Vietnam (We will stay two days in Hanoi) Day 7 Depart Hanoi for Hue City FidoNews 5-23 Page 11 6 Jun 1988 (We will stay two days in Hue City) Day 9 Depart Hue City for Da Nang (We will stay two days in Da Nang) Day 11 Depart Da Nag for Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) (We will stay two days in Ho Chi Minh City) Day 13 Depart Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for Bangkok, Thailand (We must stay overnight in Bangkok again to "check out") Day 14 Depart Bangkok, Thailand for Hong Kong and San Francisco, California, USA! That's what I have so far! I will keep everyone apprised of any changes as they become available. Looks like this whole trip is going to cost us approximately $2,000.00 each. I am making every attempt to get this price cut down. After the first 15 seats are sold, the price will begin dropping so start saving now, sign ups will begin in a couple months after everything is finalized. A refundable deposit will be required for reservations. All deposits are refundable, but certain restrictions will apply. There's more than six months to get ready for this so start saving now! Don't put it off. This is a trip of a lifetime! To do this by yourself would bankrupt you so take advantage of this group discount! For further information contact" Todd Looney 28 Cecil Avenue, Suite 179 San Jose, California 95128 or E-Mail to 143/27 24 hours a day! You can also keep in contact with what is going on in the world of Vietnam veterans, their friends and family by participating in the International Vietnam Veterans' EchoConference. If you are not sure where the local node in your area is, I have listed them all below. We look forward to having you aboard, and again, this is not just for veterans, *anyone* can participate! ================================================================= International Vietnam Veterans EchoConference Nodes ================================================================= Max. Node # Baud BBS Name Phone Number City/State/Country ================================================================= 632/350 1200 Yarra Valley BBS 61-3-848-331 Melbourne Australia 114/113 2400 Corwin's Keep 1-602-894-1470 Tempe AZ 153/123 9600 DAETECH 1-604-420-2641 Burnaby BC FidoNews 5-23 Page 12 6 Jun 1988 153/133 2400 Hot Line Data Network 1-604-533-0421 Langley BC 153/135 2400 DAETECH 2 1-604-420-9485 Burnaby BC 153/501 2400 Valley Hub 1-604-850-0021 Clearbrook BC 220/20 2400 Old Frog's Almanac 1-604-758-3072 Nanaimo BC 10/215 2400 Silver BBS 1-619-226-4502 San Diego CA 103/501 2400 Mount Silverthorn 1-714-544-3369 Tustin CA 103/507 9600 Philosopher's Log 1-714-535-1258 Anaheim CA 125/12 2400 The Grape Vine 1-707-546-4938 Santa Rosa CA 125/7 2400 Survival Forum 1-707-545-0746 Santa Rosa CA 125/78 2400 Living Sober BBS 1-415-342-2859 San Mateo CA 143/22 2400 P-CAD's Board 1-408-279-4908 San Jose CA 143/27 2400 Vietnam Veterans Valhalla 1-408-293-7894 San Jose CA 143/86 2400 Cat's Tail BBS/S.T.O.P. 1-415-349-8245 San Mateo CA 161/1 9600 Nerd's Nook 1-415-672-2504 Concord CA 161/34 9600 Now and Zen OPUS 1-916-962-1952 Fair Oaks CA 161/39 2400 Nightline 1-916-362-1755 Mather AFB CA 161/5 9600 River City II OPUS 1-916-646-9678 Sacramento CA 161/509 2400 Enterprize 1-415-758-1650 Pinole CA 161/56 2400 Nat'l Family Forum 1-415-651-4147 Freemont CA 161/66 2400 Generic BBS 1-916-722-3659 Citrus Heights CA 161/7 2400 Mover Mouse BBS 1-415-883-1644 Fremont CA 161/943 9600 Eagle's Nest 1-916-334-2822 Sacramento CA 200/100 2400 The Board Room 1-213-498-6425 Belmont Shores CA 200/200 1200 CSULB 1-213-494-8737 Long Beach CA 202/401 2400 jabberWOCky 1-619-743-9935 Escondido CA 104/28 2400 Pinecliff BBS 1-303-444-7073 Boulder CO 104/51 2400 P2 B2 1-303-329-3337 South Denver CO 104/739 2400 The Phoenix 1-303-841-9570 Parker CO FidoNews 5-23 Page 13 6 Jun 1988 141/250 9600 Wilton Woods 1-203=762-8481 Wilton CT 135/35 1200 The Way Out BBS 1-305-665-3283 Miami FL 363/10 1200 Midas Touch 1-305-648-1133 Orlando FL 363/9 1200 Wit's End 1-305-894-0807 Orlando FL 366/38 9600 Jolly Green Giant 1-904-651-3875 Shalimar FL 18/43 9600 Athens Echo 1-404-546-7857 Athens GA 370/10 2400 OnLine OPUS 1-404-548-0726 Athens GA 370/5 9600 Athens Forum 1-404-546-7857 Athens GA 12/1 2400 Aura Net 1-808-533-0190 Honolulu HI 11/109 2400 Peoria OPUS Net 1-309-691-5416 Peoria IL 115/20 2400 North Shore BBS 1-312-491-2611 Evanston IL 115/429 2400 Chicago Business 1-312-491-2611 Evanston IL 115/529 2400 Elk Grove Repeater 1-312-529-1586 Elk Grv Vlg IL 115/761 2400 ICS/TRIX 1 OPUS 1-312-761-7887 Chicago IL 11/202 1200 The SouthSide BBS 1-317-882-9330 Indianapolis IN 227/1 9600 Michiana TechLine 1-219-258-0286 Mishawaka IN 108/50 2400 The ZOO BBS 1-606-283-2040 Independence KY 108/90 2400 DATANET Info System 1-606-727-3638 Erlanger KY 321/109 9600 Pioneer Valley PCUG-1 1-413-256-1037 Amherst MA 321/201 2400 Mountain Top 1-413-684-2886 Dalton MA 321/202 9600 Jones' Nose 1-413-528-5663 Gt Barrington MA 321/203 2400 VETLink #1 1-413-443-6313 Pittsfield MA 109/648 2400 Falcon's Rock 1-301-345-7459 College Park MD 109/717 1200 The Tin Badge BBS 1-301-589-2016 Silver Spring MD 109/722 1200 Ronnie's Roadies BBS 1-301-736-0135 Camp Sprngs MD 13/29 9600 Berkshire Board 1-301-574-1984 Essex MD 13/30 9600 The Futurists BBS 1-301-529-0716 Perry Hall MD 13/33 9600 Avi-Technic 1-301-252-0717 Lutherville MD FidoNews 5-23 Page 14 6 Jun 1988 261/628 2400 Liberty Hall 1-301-833-8933 Reisterstown MD 261/628.1 2400 Systemhouse Link 1-301-833-8933 Reisterstown MD 1/214 2400 Region 14 Echo Coor 1-612-377-3398 Minneapolis MN 1/314 2400 Software Dist 1-612-377-3469 Minneapolis MN 282/1 9600 Midwest Echo Star 1-612-377-3469 Minneapolis MN 151/100 9600 NC Central 1-919-851-8460 Raleigh NC 151/1000 2400 REDCON 1-919-859-3353 Raleigh NC 151/20 2400 Metro Link 1-704-541-8626 Charlotte NC 151/60 2400 VMC-BBS 1-919-945-4850 Lewisville NC 143/99 2400 Friend's BBS 1-402-896-2669 Omaha NE 132/101 2400 BBS Source Archive 1-603-888-8179 Nashua NH 150/803 2400 Jersey Vertex 1-609-869-0139 Moorestown NJ 15/4 2400 NASW New Mexico 1-505-646-2868 Las Cruces NM 107/105 2400 NY Transfer 1-718-442-1056 Staten Island NY 108/105 2400 Global Time Systems 1-606-341-7910 Cincinnati OH 110/20 2400 EDS Data 1-513-455-2431 Dayton OH 157/1 2400 Auer Register 1-216-883-0578 Cleveland OH 147/14 9600 Dark Star TBBS 1-405-691-0863 Oklahoma City OK 385/4 2400 Info-Net 1-405-357-6181 Lawton OK 385/6 2400 Bink's Barn 1-405-357-2473 Lawton OK 11/700 9600 FCAU IBM Net 1-416-427-0682 Toronto ON 221/156 9600 Waterloo CBCS PUBLIC 1-519-746-5020 Waterloo ON 221/157 9600 Waterloo CBCS Echomail Unpublished Waterloo ON 105/16 2400 Net 105 EchoMail Hub 1-503-761-3003 Portland OR 105/61 2400 Shotgun OPUS 1-503-760-4521 Portland OR 157/506 2400 Beacon Hill OPUS 1-412-962-9514 Transfer PA 18/6 2400 The Burnout Board 1-901-353-4563 Memphis TN 362/1 2400 The Mines of Moria 1-615-344-9601 Chattanooga TN FidoNews 5-23 Page 15 6 Jun 1988 362/501 2400 Coconut Telegraph 1-615-698-4858 Chattanooga TN 106/108 9600 Stormy Weather I 1-713-644-4345 Houston TX 106/111 2400 Shutterbug's OPUS 1-713-880-4329 Houston TX 106/113 2400 The Opus Network 1-713-780-4153 Houston TX 106/114 2400 The Fireside 1-713-496-6319 Houston TX 106/132 2400 Fast BBS OPUS 1-713-392-0093 Katy TX 106/357 2400 TMBBS 1-713-497-5433 Houston TX 106/666 2400 Anything Goes OPUS 1-713-997-2624 Houston TX 124/106 9600 CHAI Way II 1-214-250-3323 Dallas TX 124/110 9600 Flying Dutchman 1-214-642-3436 Dallas TX 124/117 2400 NCC-1701 Node 1 1-214-240-8821 Dallas TX 124/117 2400 NCC-1701 1-214-240-8821 Dallas TX 124/14 2400 Chrysalis 1-214-985-9054 Dallas TX 124/200 2400 Dallas Outbound 1-214-437-4075 Dallas TX 124/201 2400 Hardweird 1-204-931-2987 Dallas TX 124/214 2400 *CHRYSALIS* 1-214-985-9054 Dallas TX 130/5 2400 CUSSNET UTA 1-817-273-3966 Arlington TX 136/200 2400 The Chai Way II 1-214-358-3738 Austin TX 381/201 2400 Pro Link 1-915-944-2952 San Angelo TX 382/1 2400 Crystal Palace 1-512-339-8037 Lake Travis TX 382/14 9600 Corona Del Mar 1-512-729-7026 Rockport TX 109/604 2400 ShanErin 1-703-941-8291 Alexandria VA 109/639 2400 The RENEX BBS 1-703-494-8331 Woodbridge VA 1/217 2400 Region 17 Echo Coord 1-206-848-5317 Puyallup WA 138/101 9600 Story Board 1-206-848-5317 Puyallup WA 138/3 2400 Puget Sound Gateway 1-206-848-9232 Puyallup WA 138/35 2400 US HDS Human Service 1-206-442-8127 Seattle WA 138/4 2400 PTC Net 1-206-757-5248 Mount Vernon WA FidoNews 5-23 Page 16 6 Jun 1988 138/49 9600 The Cohort 1-206-848-2646 Puyallup WA 138/52 2400 Burrell's Ballpark 1-206-752-4672 Tacoma WA 343/111 2400 Lessor Puget TB 1-206-742-8067 Edmonds WA 343/9 1200 Everett OPUS 1-206-355-1295 Everett WA 139/640 2400 Fox Valley Tech 1-414-735-2513 Appleton WI 154/200 2400 PC-Express 1-414-327-4104 Greenfield WI G'day, and show a vet you care! ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 17 6 Jun 1988 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= Jake Hargrove Fido 301/1 High Mesa Ranger's To the Graduates of 88. I know there are many of you out there who are over the age of 18 and have long since forgot what it was like to be a Senior in High School. I for one have long since become accustomed to the daily grind of getting up and going to work vs going to school. I would like to take this time to relate a few things to those young people who within the next few weeks will be walking down the isle and receiving their diploma. You are the generation of progress. You have within your grasp the ability to excell where all of the other generations have come up short. Many of you are into this world of communicating via modem and computer terminals. You should not be afraid to take the one giant step for yourself, as well as for mankind. I beg of you reach out and touch the fiber optics of reality. Do not let your data sit idle and become someones old program which is spread around as FREEWARE, becuase the orginal author has either one gone on to bigger or better things. If you media becomes TRASHED, then immediately seek out fresh input and output means. If your console is in color, remember some of the rest of us see GREEN. If your transmission rate is faster than some of us can receive, remember to cut your speed to match ours and do not leave us all behind. You young people, maybe our only mode of expression, and our graphics may not be in competition with yours but, if your harddisk needs reformating or upgrading then by all means do so. If it is possible, keep only those things which serve a purpose and go on to those which you have a need to acquire. When it comes to the end of your string, and the EOF pounds deep into your programmed structure start all over again. So SENIORS OF 88. It is now your time to take your place in the world of reality. Never let it be said you could not handle all the pressure of the moment. Do not be afraid to accept the responsibility for your actions and remember this one thing above all. WE ARE IN THIS TO HAVE FUN! IF IT IS NOT FUN IT IS NOT WORTH DOING. WHEN IT BECOMES A PAIN TO PERFORM EVEN THE MOST MENIAL TASK IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO PURSUE ANOTHER PROGRAM. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 18 6 Jun 1988 Top Downloads: 5/27/88 - 5/27/88 A weekly report of the most popular downloads from contributing FidoNet systems. Report created on May 31, 1988. Contributing systems: 135/1 and 380/2 Total downloads: 405 Total callers: 178 (135/1 only) Average Utilization: 39.76% (135/1 only) File Download Report -- Top 20 Rank Area\File Name # DL's ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. GAME\lotto.arc 5 Compute #'s for Florida Lotto 2. MISC\nansi.arc 5 ANSI.SYS substitute 3. LANG\BBSP\zmodem.arc 5 Either docs on Zmodem or program 4. *GAME\bball.exe 4 Game 5. GAME\lotto.exe 4 More rnd # generators for lotto 6. * \pcpool.com 4 7. GAME\striker.arc 4 Game 8. GAME\airtrax2.arc 3 9. * \aquarium.arc 3 10.* \ask.arc 3 11.* \boot.arc 3 12.* \checkers.bas 3 13.* \fd34.com 3 14. MISC\govtbbs.arc 3 List of government bbs' 15. GAME\hack.arc 3 Adventure game 16.* \melt.arc 3 17.* \pachinko.arc 3 18. GAME\sailing.arc 3 19.* \umind.arc 3 20. \will.arc 3 *File(s) available on only one of the participating systems Selected Files of Interest Area\Name #DL's -------------------------------------------------- MISC\acode.arc 2 UTIL\chk4bomb.arc 2 Check for trojans/worms \diary.arc 2 GAME\mahjong.arc 2 Nice EGA game BBSP\obug_103.arc 2 Fix a serious bug in Opus 1.03a UTIL\scavenge.arc 2 Search Hard Drive for bad sectors GAME\staff.arc 2 Prints music paper w/various formats GAME\tank.arc 2 \thatsall.exe 2 APPL\vcr.exe 2 Catalog VCR tapes LANG\arc50sc.arc 1 Source to ARC 5.0 ARCS\arcaid71.doc 1 ?? ARCS\arcaid71.sda 1 ?? FidoNews 5-23 Page 19 6 Jun 1988 LANG\clink120.arc 1 SEAlink protocol w/C source UTIL\dog101a.arc 1 Disk OrGanizer BBSP\fido520.arc 1 People actually do read FidoNews MISC\german2.arc 1 German tutorial LANG\hack361s.arc 1 C Source to Hack GAME\moria.arc 1 Quite popular game over the months COMM\pcplus11.arc 1 ProComm+ 1.1 Transfer methods total (rank) ------------------------------------ Xmodem download/upload: 209 (1) Zmodem download/upload: 87 (2) Ymodem download/upload: 63 (3) SEAlink download/upload: 52 (4)* External download/upload: 16 (5) Telink download/upload: 13 (6) *For you SEAlink fans -- and I wish there were more -- note that when someone does an Xmodem upload on Opus, Opus incorrectly stores that upload in the logfile (and on the screen) as a SEAlink upload. (At least on our system it does). For general information, 135/1 has been up and down during the day and early evening with some major Hard Drive problems this last week. (We won't talk about the 800 users we lost passwords for). We will be getting a new drive. As a result, our stats for this week are considerably less than usual. Thanks to 380/2 for sending in his download statistics. If there are any other systems interested in having your download statistics included in this weekly column, please send me your system stats in a similar format via net-mail at 135/1. The complete system report from LogRpt so I can include utilization reports would be ideal. If there are filenames that may not fully indicate what the file is, please let me know. If there is a file you particularly want me to list, let me know. I need to have the information by Monday's Net-mail time in order to get the stats compiled. Please keep your reports at 7 or 8 days, Friday to Friday if possible and no longer than 10 days. (We can accept net-mail anytime of the day and are PC-Pursuitable). James Gilbert RAM-SOFT Archive Library (9600HST) 1:135/1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 20 6 Jun 1988 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= The Interrupt Stack 18 Jun 1988 Area Code 407 takes effect in East/Central Florida. All Sysops should adjust their Nodelist entries immediately. 25 Jun 1988 EuroCon II starts in Tiel, Holland. Sponsored by the Dutch Hobby Computer Club. Will run for 2 days. Contact Hans Lichthelm at 2:2/999 for information. 16 Jul 1988 A new areacode, 508, will form in eastern Massachusetts and will be effective on this date. The new area code will be formed from the current areacode 617. Greater Boston will remain areacode 617 while the rest of eastern Massachusetts will form the new areacode 508. 25 Aug 1988 Start of the Fifth International FidoNet Conference, to be held at the Drawbridge Inn in Cincinnati, OH. Contact Tim Sullivan at 108/62 for more information. This is FidoNet's big annual get-together, and is your chance to meet all the people you've been talking with all this time. We're hoping to see you there! 24 Aug 1989 Voyager 2 passes Neptune. If you have something which you would like to see on this calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Latest Software Versions BBS Systems Node List Other & Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version Dutchie 2.81 EditNL 4.00* ARC 5.21 Fido 12h* MakeNL 2.10* ARCmail 1.1 Opus 1.03b Prune 1.40 ConfMail 3.31 SEAdog 4.10 XlatList 2.86 EchoMail 1.31 TBBS 2.0M XlaxNode 1.02 MGM 1.1 BinkleyTerm 1.50* XlaxDiff 1.02 QuickBBS 2.01* ParseList 1.10 * Recently changed Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by FidoNews 5-23 Page 21 6 Jun 1988 reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 22 6 Jun 1988 OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION Ken Kaplan 100/22 Chairman of the Board Don Daniels 107/210 President Mark Grennan 147/1 Vice President Dave Dodell 114/15 Vice President - Technical Coordinator Tom Marshall 107/524 Secretary Leonard Mednick 12/1 Treasurer IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIVISION AT-LARGE 10 Steve Jordan 102/2871 Don Daniels 107/210 11 Bill Allbritten 11/301 Hal DuPrie 101/106 12 Leonard Mednick 12/1 Mark Grennan 147/1 13 Rick Siegel 107/27 Brad Hicks 100/523 14 Ken Kaplan 100/22 Ted Polczyinski 154/5 15 Jim Cannell 128/13 Kurt Reisler 109/74 16 Vince Perriello 141/491 Robert Rudolph 261/628 17 Rob Barker 138/34 Greg Small 148/122 18 Christopher Baker 135/14 Bob Swift 140/24 19 Vernon Six 19/0 Larry Wall 15/18 2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 Gee Wong 107/312 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 23 6 Jun 1988 __ 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 the annual membership fee. IFNA serves the international FidoNet-compatible electronic mail community to increase worldwide communications. Name __________________________________ Date ___________________ Address _________________________________________________________ City ____________________________________________________________ State ________________________________ Zip _____________________ Country _________________________________________________________ Home Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________ Work Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________ Is this a new application? _________ a renewal? ________________ Are you a Sysop? _________ If so, for how long? ________________ Your BBS Info: (Non-Sysops enter info for your most-called BBS) Zone:Net/Node Number ____________________________________________ BBS Name ________________________________________________________ BBS Phone Number ________________________________________________ Your Special Interests __________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ In what areas would you be willing to help in FidoNet? __________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Are there any special resources that you could provide? _________ _________________________________________________________________ Regular Membership $25 Lifetime Membership $250 Send this form and a check or money order in US Funds to: International FidoNet Association c/o Leonard Mednick, CPA 700 Bishop Street, #1014 Honolulu, HI 96813 USA IFNA is a general not-for-profit organization. Articles of Association and By-Laws were adopted by the membership in January FidoNews 5-23 Page 24 6 Jun 1988 1987. The IFNA Echomail Conference has been established on FidoNet to assist the Board of Directors. We welcome your input on this Conference. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-23 Page 25 6 Jun 1988 INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION ORDER FORM Publications The IFNA publications can be obtained by downloading from Fido 1:1/10 or other FidoNet compatible systems, or by purchasing them directly from IFNA. We ask that all our IFNA Committee Chairmen provide us with the latest versions of each publication, but we can make no written guarantees. Hardcopy prices as of October 1, 1986 IFNA Fido BBS listing $15.00 _____ IFNA Administrative Policy DOCs $10.00 _____ IFNA FidoNet Standards Committee DOCs $10.00 _____ SUBTOTAL _____ IFNA Member ONLY Special Offers System Enhancement Associates SEAdog $60.00 _____ SEAdog price as of March 1, 1987 ONLY 1 copy SEAdog per IFNA Member Fido Software's Fido/FidoNet $100.00 _____ Fido/FidoNet price as of November 1, 1987 ONLY 1 copy Fido/FidoNet per IFNA Member International orders include $10.00 for surface shipping or $20.00 for air shipping _____ SUBTOTAL _____ HI. Residents add 4.0 % Sales tax _____ TOTAL _____ SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN US FUNDS: International FidoNet Association c/o Leonard Mednick, MBA, CPA 700 Bishop Street, #1014 Honolulu, HI. 96813-4112 USA Name________________________________ Zone:Net/Node____:____/____ Company_____________________________ Address_____________________________ City____________________ State____________ Zip_____ Voice Phone_________________________ Signature___________________________ -----------------------------------------------------------------