Volume 6, Number 35 28 August 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 READ THIS -- IT COULD BE IMPORTANT! ...................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 FidoCon Message from Zone 1 RC's ......................... 3 Zone Council Selects New International Coordinator ....... 7 What is CLF & NCLM? ...................................... 8 Some first impressions of FidoCon ........................ 10 Contest for Students ..................................... 12 An Event of Galactic Importance .......................... 13 3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 15 Latest Software Versions ................................. 15 And more! FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 1 28 Aug 1989 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= I'm typing this on my laptop at FidoCon, about two hours after the adjournment of the IFNA Board of Directors meeting. It was an experience that I'm just too tired to be able to communicate to you at the moment. But that won't save you from having to read something that was passed in the meeting. The reason I feel it necessary to put what is basically a news item into this Editorial is because I feel very strongly that you need to read this and to think about it. IFNA has thrown down the gauntlet of Democracy in FidoNet and at the same time addressed the claims that it no longer deserves to exist. You have been enfranchised in a process that can result in a complete change in the way FidoNet is administered, as well as correcting any problems that you may have observed in IFNA, or to dissolve IFNA and proceed from there. The text of the specific Board of Directors resolution follows: We, the representatives of the International FidoNet Association, have heard a cry for democracy in the administration of the network. As IFNA is supposed to represent the interests of the sysops, and as such representation is deemed to have failed, be it hereby resolved that: Without a mandate from the sysops of FidoNet, IFNA has no purpose or reason for existence. THEREFORE, the board proposes the following action, of which failure to pass will mean the dissolution of IFNA: It is hereby resolved that a special election be held for consideration by the Sysops of FidoNet of the following: IFNA shall be empowered to re-draft the bylaws of IFNA and to draft a Policy document for FidoNet. Such documents are to include: 1. An independent judicial system. 2. A reduced size Board of Directors, to be completely reseated in an election on or before FidoCon 1990. 3. Better representation from outside the United States. 4. Make each sysop in FidoNet a member in IFNA with all rights and privileges of membership. FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 2 28 Aug 1989 Voting for referendum of this document shall be completed on or before December 1, 1989. The rules of the election shall make it clear that failure of the election to approve the questions presented shall result in the current Board of Directors acting under Article XII to dissolve the corporation. In addition, it shall be made clear that approval must be gained from a majority of the eligible nodes in the nodelist in effect at the time of the election. [End of IFNA BoD resolution] So, folks, here it is. A shot at Democracy. Tell your friends. Read it carefully. Discuss it with the rest of your Net. There's an important vote coming up, and you need to decide whether you want to be enfranchised in it or not. I'd recommend that you take this opportunity to make your voice heard. You've never had a better chance. IFNA has finally determined that the 1986 plebiscite needs to be re-held. They've done so at a very propitious moment for both IFNA and FidoNet. What you need to decide here is whether you want to vote for a "re-design" of IFNA (which is what a "YES" vote would imply) or the dissolution of IFNA (which is what a "NO" vote or an abstention would imply). You also need to state, in no uncertain terms, that you either want or do not want to take charge of your own destiny, by VOTING on the issue! Please consider the issues carefully and use the mechanism provided. This is not just about whether to empower or not to empower IFNA to run the Network. We have an ideal opportunity to create a stirring precedent here. Don't pass it up. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 3 28 Aug 1989 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= MESSAGE TO FIDOCON FROM ZONE 1 REGIONAL COORDINATORS This message was delivered by Marv Carson and David Garrett to FidoCon attendees on behalf of the zone-1 Regional Coordinators. It is reproduced here in the form distributed at FidoCon. GENERAL REMARKS The Zone 1 Regional Coordinators wish to extend our best wishes to the Hosts and attendees for an enjoyable and successful FidoCon. Further we wish to thank the FidoCon Committee for giving us the opportunity present this message to you. Please hold your questions and comments until this entire message is read. This message is a joint statement of the individuals who serve as your Zone 1 Regional Coordinators, however, the Regional Coordinators here at FidoCon welcome your questions, comments and suggestions and will respond to them the best we can. But keep in mind that we can only share our individual opinions on subjects not presented here. It is a brief statement covering only nine items, but with it, we want to clarify some issues and share our position with you all on some others. Primarily, the items presented here are in no way intended to impede the current progress of Democracy and Policy 5 activities. Nor are they intended to circumvent Policy 4. They merely represent our true opinions, some proposals, and our unified position regarding our procedures on issues until a new policy is formally approved. 1 -FIDONET & COORDINATORS First we want to give assurance that we believe the so called "grunt sysop" is the essence of FidoNet. In fact, we as coordi- nators also see ourselves as "grunt sysops", but who have taken additional responsibility by volunteering time and expenses to help make FidoNet work for us by assisting other sysops and providing nodelist services. We truly wish that was all that was required and no written policy or policy enforcement was necessary by us or anyone. But without some adherence to guide- lines, the inconsistency of human nature has proven to reduce our enjoyment of this hobby. Your job AND ours is to help set those guidelines so that the "guidelines" themselves do not reduce our enjoyment of this hobby. Policy 4 gives us the opportunity to do that. 2 -EXCOMMUNICATIONS This is a sensitive subject. Some inaccurate perceptions exist regarding how *C's have handled this sometimes necessary, yet infrequent and unpleasant task. Perhaps the word "excommunica- tion" is inappropriate here. No node should be "excommunicated". A more appropriate word might be "removal". Here's how it should FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 4 28 Aug 1989 work when a serious problem occurs. A formal policy complaint is issued to both the node and the next level *C. Normally the node is granted a period of time to make corrections. If he refuses, his original node number is removed. A temporary node number may be granted a removed node to provide communications in resolving an appeal. Removals should not be for "eternity", because a "cooling off" period can sometimes help get corrections com- pleted. Then, when corrections are made, a node number should be permitted reinstatement. Further, we've seen the "recovered" sysop frequently makes a better FidoNet member than some sysops who seldom participate at all. We do not condone a removed node's external participation in FidoNet Mail. Further, his future reinstatement may be delayed if his "unauthorized" partic- ipation includes messages that demonstrate he has no intention of making the required corrections. Ultimately, perhaps a new policy will provide for an independent and unbiased panel of regular FidoNet sysops to make these judgments. 3 -DEMOCRACY There are many issues to resolve when formulating an election process for the *C's at all levels that will win acceptance in a new policy document. Meanwhile, we agree that some sort of democratic process should be and eventually will be implemented. To assist this process, the Regional Coordinators endorse a democratic process and are now actively participating in develop- ing democratic methods and procedures. Input from all sysops is welcomed and especially from those where elections have already been held. Their experience would help us by sharing their successes and failures to assist the development of a unified election policy item. 4 -ECHOMAIL We view the roles of *C's and *EC's as completely separate from one another. We believe that an echo mail conference is the respon- sibility of its conference moderator. Echomail coordinators should formulate their own policy as an associated document with FidoNet policy. The NC's and RC's should assist them in their efforts however possible. 5 -IFNA The concepts of IFNA are useful and appropriate when its elected leaders pursue the responsibilities of their positions and fulfill IFNA's statement of purpose. If and/or when this DOES NOT occur, there will be no and should be no impact on FidoNet or its Coordinators. However, if and/when it DOES occur, FidoNet coordinators should cooperate with IFNA however possible. In essence, FidoNet will continue regardless of the fate of IFNA. 6 -LAWSUITS FidoNet is still and will remain an amateur (as in Non-Commer- cial) electronic network. As such, it is a hobby, and membership in it requires responsible conduct of its members. Lawsuits or threats of lawsuits are not considered responsible conduct. Such actions (related to Fidonet) against a another member or *C should be condemned by all members. Regardless of the foolish- ness of such a threat or action, they simply should not occur. FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 5 28 Aug 1989 Soon to be elected coordinators who help bind this net together would drop out instantly if legal litigation began proving that "No good deed goes unpunished". 7 -NODELIST In addition to the IFNA copyright, the FidoNet nodelist may be individually copyrighted by the creator/editor of each of its segments. Under no circumstances should a combined nodelist be renamed or appended into another list for subsequent distribu- tion, without the express written approval of creator of each segment involved. This process is analogous to a software utility author's requirements that their archive file maintain its original contents. 8 -BIX There are many reasons for FidoNet policy to adhere to its "Non- Commercial" position, primarily if some commercial enterprise attempts to exploit the network and return nothing to its mem- bers. Many fine FidoNet members currently rely on the support of their own businesses to subsidize their operating costs. In so doing, those business make a contribution to FidoNet members who rely on them for echomail and other services. They manage do to this and for the most part avoid complaints regarding their "commercial status" from other FidoNet members. The BIX proposal issue is different from these examples. As we stated in our DEMOCRACY comments, some things may have to be worked out after we've learned more. But for the most part, as we understand it, the BIX proposal would return some benefits for participating FidoNet members by reducing their costs for echomail. We feel we should not unduly interfere with what may be beneficial to some sysops and should permit this experiment. We will assist in the arrangements involved to the extent that both sides will have a clear understanding of them. We'll just have to await the outcome from the FidoNet members who use this BIX service and in so doing, let the them help decide rather it should continue or not. 9 -IC SELECTION The ZC Council has unanimously agreed that Matt Whelan, of Australia, should be the next IC. None of the four current ZC's were willing to take the IC job. That left them in a situation not covered by Policy 4. Under normal circumstances, the IC could interpret policy to handle this. Since there was no IC to make such a ruling, logic dictated that in this situation the ZC Council should make the ruling. The ZC Council decided unani- mously that in the in the absence of a current ZC willing to take the IC job, that past ZC's should be considered the next best thing. Matt Whelan was a past ZC and by unanimous vote of the ZC council, is now the current IC. The Zone 1 Regional Coordinators are pleased with that selection and feel that Matt will do an excellent job. FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 6 28 Aug 1989 CLOSING Thank you for giving us this opportunity to share our thoughts with you. Sincerely, Zone 1 - Regional Coordinators ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 7 28 Aug 1989 FidoNet Zone Council: Bill Bolton, 3:3/0 Steve Bonine, 1:1/0 Ron Dwight, 2:2/0 Pablo Kleinman, 4:4/0 Current FidoNet policy gives the responsibility of selection of the International Coordinator to the Zone Council, which is made up of the Zone Coordinators. The Zone Council has reached a unanimous choice of Matt Whelan, 3:712/627, as FidoNet's new International Coordinator. This selection was not a straightforward procedure, as none of the current Zone Coordinators was willing to accept the IC position. Policy4 states that the IC is the "first among equals ZC" and states that it is the responsibility of the ZC's to select the IC "from among their ranks." Thus, the Zone Council was faced with a situation not covered explicitly by Policy4. Policy4 gives the IC the power to interpret policy in this type of situation. However, David Dodell stated in his resignation notice in the NodeDiff that he was unwilling to rule on policy issues. This left the responsibility with the Zone Council. After extensive discussion, the Zone Council reached a unanimous decision that in this case of no current ZC being willing to accept election as IC, then persons who had held the position of ZC in the past should be considered. Further, the Zone Council reached a unanimous decision that Matt Whelan should be elected. Matt will be officially installed in the nodelist on September 1, NODELIST.244. The address of n/1000 will be placed in each zone segment (1:1/1000, 2:2/1000, 3:3/1000, 4:4/1000). Sysops outside zone 3 are warned that the actual international telephone number will be placed into these nodelist entries; to route mail through the zonegate the message should be sent to Matt's "real" address of 3:712/627. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 8 28 Aug 1989 Butch Witherspoon Fido 1:288/525 WHAT IS THE COMPUTER LEARNING FOUNDATION & WHY A COMPUTER LEARNING MONTH? Developing computer competency among our youth is critical to the future of Canada, the united States and our children. It can play a major role in maintaining our competitive edge and in addressing major concerns of literacy ,school dropouts and job training. Technology also offers powerful benefits to children today and thier futures. Increasingly, people are being required to use computers and software at work. By the year 2010, when our children are in the prime of thier careers, experts predict all jobs will require somme use of technology. Millions of children, however, are not yet recieving the full benefits of technology, as confirmed by a recent study by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. While many children are being exposed to computers in school,in most cases,the depth of thier experiences is severely limited. On average, there is only one computer to every 30 students, and often there are far less. A recent study by the Office of Technology Assessment,Power On, also revealed that almost 2/3 of our teachers have recieved less than ten hours of training about computers. As our teachers and parents did not grow up with computers, they both need help understanding the benefits computers and software offer children and ways to provide them with meaningful computer experiences. The Computer Learning Foundation is a non-profit educational foundation serving the United States and Canada. While our overall goal is to increase the number of people recieving the benefits of technology, our primary focus is on developing computer competency among our youth. To achieve our goal, we provide numerous programs and materials that provise parents and teachers with the information and resources they need to assist our children. The computer competency the Computer Learning Foundation is striving for is of far greater signifigance than learning to program. Computers and Software are means to an end, not ends in themselves. We encourage parents and teachers to consider computers and software as tools for assisting children, just like a dictionary, a pencil or a calculator, and not as an isolated activity. We need to integrate children's experiences with computers into other activities in thier lives--writing papers, learning history or math, creating pictures, doing home projects and the like. Every October, the Computer Learning Foundation hosts Computer Learning Month, a monthlong focus of events and activities for learning new uses of computers and software, sharing ideas and helping others gain the benefits of computers and software. While Computer Learning foundation materials are available all year, new ones are released each year for computer learning month. We FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 9 28 Aug 1989 offer numerous books and programs to help parents and teachers gain the information they need. For parents, we offer three books. For teachers, we offer numerous lesson plan materials, teacher training workshops at major educational conferences and a weekly television series, School Vision, on public broadcasting stations. We also offer materials to assist people hosting local computer learning events. In addition, we host numerous contests to recognize students, educators and parents to thier inovative ideas. Thousands of dollars worth of computers and software are awarded to winning entries. These ideas and innovative programs are disseminated to the public the following year. You're not alone if gaining the benefits of technology for yourself and your children seems overwhelming and you don't know where to begin. You're not alone if you are using a computer, yet feel like you're not recieving it's full benefits. Millions of people are just like you. That's why the computer learning foundation exists and what computer learning month is all about. We invite you to participate in computer learning month this year. Experience the benefits of computers for yourself, and share these experiences with your children. Together, discover the magic of computers and software as tools--for research, creativity, communications, productivity, learning and entertainment. As you help your kids key into computers, You Won't Believe What You'll Achieve! For additional information please write to NCLM, P.O. Box 8045, Granite City, IL 62040-8045 or NetMail via Fido 1:288/525. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 10 28 Aug 1989 Some first impressions of FidoCon By several occupants of the WOC Inn San Jose, California Hi, this is Vince. While sitting here in the WOC Inn right after the 'Con, it occurred to us that it might be nice to enter some of our most immediate impressions, before we (probably correctly) started forgetting them. So a few of us will enter some thoughts here for you to hopefully get the idea of just what was happening in beautiful San Jose, while you had to WORK for a living... For me, the most significant development was the successful deployment of the F-37 Stealth Cookie. Government Security regulations prevent me from going into any significant details of its operation, but believe me, the Pentagon will get plenty of value for its 3 billion dollars of development costs! The pizza party in the WOC Inn wasn't as much fun as at Cincy. But that's because so many of us were in the IFNA BoD meeting, which ran until almost 3 AM. Now I remember why I didn't want to be on the Board. See if they can talk me into being someone's proxy NEXT year... I finally met Alan Applegate. And it was about time. I don't regret for a minute the decision to work with him. The kind of folks you meet through this medium are just the greatest. John Dvorak was really funny. Worth every drop of sweat that Les had to pay (he helped him with a communications book) to get him. Finally, IFNA's meetings were a lot more interesting than I expected. Only time will tell how important. Enough from me, here's Les Kooyman: Wow. Really. I hardly know what to say at this point. The Con was more of a success than I dared expect... several of the vendors in attendance became philanthropic on the spot just in time to allow me to give away their stuff... a USR Dual Standard HST modem, multi-line copies of both TBBS and Wildcat, lots of software from SEA including Qsort and the ARC compression library... if I forgot anyone, please forgive me, I'll make it up to you. As for my involvement with IFNA, I am not sure what prompted me to run for a highly visible office, other than that strange Australian beer and Peppermint Schnapps from the Woc Inn.... seriously, I look forward to the opportunity to work vigorously for the realization of FidoNet's yearning for democracy as President of IFNA. I hope to be worthy of your trust, because TRUST is the most important component of the new FidoNet (hey, If Lee Iacocca can use it, so can I) we are creating. I don't know if Carl Linden suspected how prophetic his phrase "FidoCon... a New Beginning" really was. FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 11 28 Aug 1989 On the followup side, all the speakers showed, we made some money rather than lost any, and we all had fun. Sysops just wanna have fun.... now hand me another one of those cookie bombs. Here's something from Jim Deputy: Like Les, I don't know quite where to start. There is a definite change in the wind. It can be considered a "New Beginning" or the end of something we know, and the beginning of something totally new. Personally, I would like to go with the least amount of change. The proposals that I have seen, and as I understand at this point seem to be both somewhat radical, and also present interesting options. The IFNA "Mandate Vote" sounds interesting. The re-write of the IFNA by-laws sounds even more interesting. The idea of using IFNA as an in-place organization, and "pushing" them into recognizing the options of being a truely representative group, for us, the "grunt Sysops", and giving us the democratic representation that we have been demanding, and spending big buck$ with the phone companies to discuss is now here. At this point, and until I can see some concrete proposals, I am still undecided which way I will go with the "new IFNA". As always the SYSOP ECHO is a neat place to discuss it, and also, the Conference will be moving back into FidoNet's Domain effective before the first of the month the announcement will be there. Vince again: OK, enough for first thoughts. I'm glad that the Con was a success and I hope that more of you will be able to share the fun with us next year. By the way, I think that IFNA is still looking for a site for next year. If your area is interested, you should contact the Site Selection Committee, c/o IFNA. Use node 1:1/10 as an address. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 12 28 Aug 1989 Butch Witherspoon Fido 1:288/525 National Computer Learning Month 1989 CONTESTS FOR STUDENTS 1. Storybook on Using Computers & Software as Tools. 10 Grand Prizes: One grand prize winner in each category. The winner and his/her school or organization will both recieve a computer system. 40 Second Prizes: Four second prizes in each category. Each winner and his/her school or organization will be awarded software programs. 40 Third Prizes: Honorable mention certificates for winning students. Categories: Elementary (Kindergarten- grade 5) Middle (grades 6-8) Secondary (grades 9-12) Primary Special Education (Kindergarten-grade 6) Secondary Special Education (grades 7-12) Description: This year's writing contest focuses on the use of computers and software as tools. The storybook may be fiction or non-fiction. The book might be a collection of students' stories about how computers and software are used as tools at home, school and work, or a fiction story on how children discover the value of a computer as a tool or how it changed thier lives. Rules: To enter this contest, submit one copy of your original storybook. The storybook may be created with a computer or using any other materials; however, the storybook should include both words and pictures and the theme must be the use of computers and software as tools. If created with a computer, you may use any software you choose, for example, word processor, desktop publishing or graphics program. Entries will be judged on originality, contene, writing skills, design, illustration, layout and overall attention to detail. For additional information please write to NCLM, P.O. Box 8045, Granite City, IL 62040-8045 or NetMail Fido 1:288/525. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 13 28 Aug 1989 An Event of Galactic Importance Voyager 2 Passes Neptune! by Phil Buonomo, 1:107/583, 7:520/583, 9:807/1 It's been there for years, at the end of FidoNews. How well we all know it by now: 24 Aug 1989 Voyager 2 passes Neptune Well, this is the last newsletter you'll ever see the above in. This week, after 12 years, and billions of miles, Voyager 2 is about to complete its mission in our solar system. This friday, at 12:00am EDT, Voyager will pass over Neptune's north pole, only 3,000 miles from its surface. This remarkable event culminates a journey which began with a launch on August 21, 1977. Since then, Voyager 2 has visited and photographed Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and now Neptune, dis- covering fascinating information along the way. These discover- ies have given us insights into the formation of our solar sys- tem, and its place in the cosmos. At Jupiter, Voyager discovered atmospheric motions, faint rings, studied the geology of major moons (including discovery of volcanic action on one!), and three new moons. At Saturn, its beautiful rings were studied, with remarkable results. "Spokes" were discovered, and even a "braided" ring, an explanation for which scientists are still searching, was found! Additionally, three new moons were also discovered. At Uranus, two new rings were found around the planet, along with a unique "tilted" magnetic field. Ten new moons were also discovered, and their geology studied. Now, Voyager is about to visit its last planet before it moves on into interstellar space. It has already discovered a large spot in Neptune's atmosphere, not unlike the "great red spot" of Jupiter (thought to be a permanent hurricane big enough to swal- low our own planet several times over), and four new moons. The most remarkable discovery to date, however, is the presense of "ring arcs", partially formed rings surrounding the planet, like the fully formed rings circling Saturn and Uranus. These par- tially completed rings have stirred major discussion amongst NASA scientists to explain their origin. This entire journey is made all the more remarkable by the fact that it was planned that Voyager would only visit Jupiter and Saturn. Along the way, Voyager has lost its main radio receiver and suffered damage to its backup, computer memory and televi- sion camera platform. But like the Volkswagon Beetle of a past decade, the spacecraft keeps plugging along on 22 watts, about enough for a good flashlight. FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 14 28 Aug 1989 The best is yet to come, however. After passing above Neptune's north pole, Voyager 2 will disappear behind the planet for 49 minutes. About four hours later, it will cruise by Triton, the only discovered moon in our solar system to have an atmosphere. Some scientists believe Triton to be covered by seas of liquid nitrogen. Others predict a rocky surface. Soon, we may know the truth. Once it passes Triton, Voyager may continue to transmit data for up to 25 years. It will move into interstellar space, taking it outside the known limits of our solar system on a course that will not take it within one light-year of any known star for the next 958,000 years. Will Voyager's journey outlast man's existence in the universe? We may never know. But the information it has provided us with in its short lifespan has been invaluable. Voyager carries with it greetings from planet Earth to any far flung civilizations in the cosmos it may one day come across. In the meantime, it has brought to life the words of science fiction we all know so well; "...to explore strange new worlds..." and "...to go where no man has gone before!" Except that in this case, we are not seeing fiction. We are living our childhood dreams and seeing them come true. My friends, the future is HERE! Let us not forget that space IS the "final frontier", or that the Voyager mission was drastically cut back for lack of funds. Let us continue our quest for knowlege in the great void, to continue to advance our space program. Let us continue to try to make those dream of our childhood become reality. Let us build that moonbase, the space station. Let us GO to Mars and beyond. Let us not forget the dream because our pockets are too shallow. Let us move FORWARD! So many years ago, Thom Henderson put the Voyager message in the calendar of FidoNews. Perhaps it was half-joke, half-necessity (to make the calendar work), perhaps not (I know that Thom is a big supporter of space exploration). But what was once a trivial line in a newsletter month after month, has taken on a rare sig- nificance: the discovery of a new planet. Let us not forget the importance of the Voyager mission as we move towards the new Millenium. With that, we bid adieu to Voyager. She was a great experiment, one which paid off handsomely, beyond any of her designer's wildest dreams. Perhaps someday we may meet up with her again, and who knows? Perhaps she wil have some new secrets to tell us. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 15 28 Aug 1989 ================================================================= LATEST VERSIONS ================================================================= Latest Software Versions MS-DOS Systems -------------- Bulletin Board Software Name Version Name Version Name Version Fido 12n+* Phoenix 1.3 TBBS 2.1 Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.04* TComm/TCommNet 3.4 Opus 1.03b+ RBBS 17.2A TPBoard 5.2 Network Node List Other Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version BinkleyTerm 2.20 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02 D'Bridge 1.21* MakeNL 2.12 ARCmail 2.0 Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ConfMail 4.00 FrontDoor 2.0 Prune 1.40 EMM 2.02 PRENM 1.47 XlatList 2.90 GROUP 2.10 SEAdog 4.51A* XlaxDiff 2.32 LHARC 1.13* XlaxNode 2.32 MSG 3.3 MSGED 1.99 PK[UN]ZIP 0.92* QM 1.0* TCOMMail 2.2 TMail 1.11 TPBNetEd 3.2 UFGATE 1.03 XRS 2.3* ZmailQ 1.09* Apple Macintosh --------------- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version Red Ryder Host v2.1b3 Tabby 2.0* MacArc 0.03 Mansion 7.0 ArcMac 1.3 StuffIt 1.51 TImport 1.0 TExport 1.0 Timestamp 1.6 Tset 1.0.2 FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 16 28 Aug 1989 Timestart 1.1 Tally 1.1 Mehitabel 1.2 Archie 1.60 Numberizer 1.5c MessageEdit 1.0 Commodore Amiga --------------- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version Paragon 1.00+* BinkleyTerm 1.50 ConfMail 1.00 ChameleonEdit 0.10 + 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 6-35 Page 17 28 Aug 1989 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= The Interrupt Stack 5 Oct 1989 20th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" 11 Oct 1989 First International Modula-2 Conference at Bled, Yugoslavia hosting Niklaus Wirth and the British Standards Institution. Contact 1:106/8422 for more information. 11 Nov 1989 A new area code forms in northern Illinois at 12:01 am. Chicago proper will remain area code 312; suburban areas formerly served with that code will become area code 708. 23 Nov 1989 26th Anniversary of "Dr. Who" - and still going strong 30 Dec 1989 Telephone area codes (5, 3 and 0) are abolished in Hong Kong If you have something which you would like to see on this calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 18 28 Aug 1989 OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION Mort Sternheim 1:321/109 Chairman of the Board Bob Rudolph 1:261/628 President Matt Whelan 3:3/1 Vice President Bill Bolton 3:711/403 Vice President-Technical Coordinator Linda Grennan 1:147/1 Secretary Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Treasurer IFNA COMMITTEE AND BOARD CHAIRS Administration and Finance Mark Grennan 1:147/1 Board of Directors Mort Sternheim 1:321/109 Bylaws Don Daniels 1:107/210 Ethics Vic Hill 1:147/4 Executive Committee Bob Rudolph 1:261/628 International Affairs Rob Gonsalves 2:500/1 Membership Services David Drexler 1:147/47 Nominations & Elections David Melnick 1:107/233 Public Affairs David Drexler 1:147/47 Publications Rick Siegel 1:107/27 Security & Individual Rights Jim Cannell 1:143/21 Technical Standards Rick Moore 1:115/333 IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIVISION AT-LARGE 10 Courtney Harris 1:102/732 Don Daniels 1:107/210 11 Bill Allbritten 1:11/301 Mort Sternheim 1:321/109 12 Bill Bolton 3:711/403 Mark Grennan 1:147/1 13 Irene Henderson 1:107/9 (vacant) 14 Ken Kaplan 1:100/22 Ted Polczyinski 1:154/5 15 Scott Miller 1:128/12 Matt Whelan 3:3/1 16 Ivan Schaffel 1:141/390 Robert Rudolph 1:261/628 17 Neal Curtin 1:343/1 Steve Jordan 1:206/2871 18 Andrew Adler 1:135/47 Kris Veitch 1:147/30 19 David Drexler 1:147/47 (vacant) 2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 David Melnik 1:107/233 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 6-35 Page 19 28 Aug 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 6-35 Page 20 28 Aug 1989 -----------------------------------------------------------------