Volume 7, Number 17 23 April 1990 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | _ | | / \ | | /|oo \ | | - FidoNews - (_| /_) | | _`@/_ \ _ | | FidoNet (r) | | \ \\ | | International BBS Network | (*) | \ )) | | Newsletter ______ |__U__| / \// | | / FIDO \ _//|| _\ / | | (________) (_/(_|(____/ | | (jm) | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software. FidoNews is published weekly by the System Operators of the FidoNet (r) International BBS Network. It is a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors or authorized agents of the authors. The contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors. 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. Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are used with permission. Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software. Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every responsible submission received. Table of Contents 1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1 Splitting Large messages on FidoNet ...................... 1 Where will EuroCon-V be held in 1991 ..................... 7 IFNA Membership Meeting .................................. 9 Region17 Fido Convention ................................. 10 Region17 FidoCon Registration ............................ 11 2. COLUMNS .................................................. 14 A View from the Bridge ................................... 14 Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 15 3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 18 Latest Software Versions ................................. 18 And more! FidoNews 7-17 Page 1 23 Apr 1990 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Large messages on FidoNet - announcing a beta test package ========================================================== Author: Pat Terry of 5:494/4.101 Pat.Terry@p101.f4.n494.fidonet.org pterry@m2xenix.psg.org Objectives =========== Several FidoNet (TM Tom Jennings) compatible packers place a limit on the size of message that can be transmitted. This is often of the order of 14K which, while sufficient for most purposes, is inadequate for several applications, and in particular for long messages gated to and from UUCP using software such as UFGATE (TM Tim Pozar et al). The SPLIT/UNSPLIT suite is intended to handle this problem. SPLIT will split long .MSG format messages into smaller packets, thus allowing them to be manipulated by software like QM (TM Greg Dawson) or oMMM/Confmail (TM Bob Hartman). After transmission to a remote site, the packets may be merged by UNSPLIT to recreate the original message, as closely as possible. The only differences are the addition of a kludge line and, possibly, a few line breaks. The system has been tested between three sites which run QM, Msged (TM jim nutt) and BinkleyTerm (TM Bit Bucket Software). There seems no reason to doubt that it will work with oMMM/Confmail in place of QM. The package is now available from 1:105/42 to anyone who wishes to join the beta testing team. As usual, you will be using the system at your own risk, but as it has been used quite heavily for some weeks without mishap, it is thought to be quite reliable. FREQ the file SPLIT110.LZH to receive documentation and object code for release 1.10. Fundamental usage ================= After creating messages, but before transmission, one runs FidoNews 7-17 Page 2 23 Apr 1990 SPLIT MessageArea {options} for each area where large messages are known to be common. Messages small enough, "received", already marked "sent", "split" or "rejoined" will not be split further; large ones will be split up. After this one can run the scanner, packer etc as usual. A sequence might be SPLIT C:\FIDO\NETDEV SPLIT C:\FIDO\NETMAIL QM SCAN PACK After reception, but before reading the messages, one runs the tosser, and then UNSPLIT MessageArea {options} for each area where one wants to recombine messages. Messages in "transit" or "sent" will not be recombined. A sequence might be QM TOSS SCAN UNSPLIT C:\FIDO\NETDEV UNSPLIT C:\FIDO\NETMAIL The ^A SPLIT kludge line ======================== Messages split and joined by this system make use of an ^A kludge line, which has the form: ^ASPLIT: date time @net/node nnnnn pp/xx +++++++++++ ^ASPLIT: 30 Mar 90 11:12:34 @494/4 123 02/03 +++++++++++ (when split) (of origin) (msg) where nnnnn gives the original message number from which the components have been derived (cols 41 - 45) pp gives the part number (cols 47 and 48) xx gives the total number of parts (cols 50 and 51) Thus a large file originally at 123.MSG originating from 494/4 might be split into 3 parts with the split lines ^ASPLIT: 30 Mar 90 11:12:34 @494/4 123 01/03 ++++++++++++ ^ASPLIT: 30 Mar 90 11:12:34 @494/4 123 02/03 ++++++++++++ ^ASPLIT: 30 Mar 90 11:12:34 @494/4 123 03/03 ++++++++++++ FidoNews 7-17 Page 3 23 Apr 1990 This is, admittedly, verbose, but if recombination fails for any reason (like all the packets not arriving at once) one can still retrieve the useful pieces manually. Note also that the lines are added to messages that are themselves "long", and the relative increase in length is thus very small. Columns 9 through 45 are really a "uniquefier". The nnnnn message number is just the one the message had when it was split, and is of no other significance. Similarly, the system does not use 4-d addressing in the node/net, because this is of no real interest to this application. Most systems do not display kludge lines, and the ^ASPLIT line should be of no real interest. However, in one particular application currently using this system, the SPLIT lines are made visible for messages that cannot be recombined (because they are too large for gating from FidoNet to another RFC-822 compliant network), and here it was essential that the line derived from ^ASPLIT became human readable and comprehensible. Detailed workings of SPLIT ========================== When SPLIT is run, the following happens: The message base is scanned for large messages, and a list made of these. For each of the (few) large messages found that qualify, provided there is enough disk space available, the large message is split into parts. The original FTSC header is placed in each component part, save that the FileAttach bit (if any) is removed from the 2nd, 3rd ... parts. No attempt is made to modify the To:, or From: fields. The Subject: field for the 2nd, 3rd ... parts is modified to include a leading part number. Early testing showed that users became confused if they received split messages with no "subject" field, just a succession of numbers - especially if they received several of these at one session. Thus, rather unsatisfactorily perhaps, a message to be split that is found to have no subject field has one generated from the date and time of splitting. The original kludge lines are retained in the first part. ^AEID and ^AMSGID lines, if any, are removed from the 2nd, 3rd ... parts. Others, like ^AFMPT, ^ATOPT, ^AINTL are retained in these parts. This should cause no real problems. Large echomail messages originating on a system will presumably have their ^AEID lines added to the constituent parts at scanning/packing time on that system (ie after splitting), and other large messages should probably not reach this stage - they should have been split or discarded earlier. FidoNews 7-17 Page 4 23 Apr 1990 A ^ASPLIT line is added to each part to allow for possible later recombination by UNSPLIT. This will be ordered to be the last kludge line before the message body proper. If the message is addressed "TO UUCP: in the FTSC header, the To: lines at the start of the message text are copied to all parts. The "body" of the message is then split between the various parts. An attempt is made to split at the end of a line in each case. The trailing tear line, ^AVia ^APath etc lines are added to all parts. Normally the original large files are then automatically deleted. The system thus ensures that each large message generates a collection of small messages, each of which is still valid in its own right. If recombination is not effected, the messages will still be usefully received, and split messages to UUCP should still all get to their destinations, albeit in parts. Detailed workings of UNSPLIT ============================ When UNSPLIT is run, the following happens: The message base is scanned for messages with ^ASPLIT lines. This is slower than the first scan for SPLIT, as it has to examine the kludge lines. A list is made of messages to be unsplit, with each message having a list of its component parts. If a duplicate component part is found, it is discarded (thus partially getting around the problem of any discarded ^AEID lines in the components). Messages marked "in transit" or "sent" are not eligible for recombination. Nor are messages with a split component number of 00, as these will only exist as the result of an earlier UNSPLIT recombination. For each set of components of messages to be recombined the following happens: If disk space is too tight, or if components appear to be missing, recombination is not attempted. Otherwise the first component is examined so as to extract the Kludge lines, and any UUCP "To: " lines. These, and the FTSC header, are written out to a new file, with the ^ASPLIT line modified to have a component number of 00, so as to prevent further splitting should SPLIT be reapplied to the recombined message. The text portions of the first and subsequent parts are then merged (discarding extra copies of kludges, UUCP "To:" lines and the like). FidoNews 7-17 Page 5 23 Apr 1990 Any tearline, Origin, ^APATH, ^AVia lines etc are appended. Normally the component files are then automatically deleted. Refinements and options ======================= Both SPLIT and UNSPLIT may be used in conjunction with optional command line parameters. These allow the possibility of keeping a simple log file, of stripping LF and soft CR characters, of limiting action to above the current High Water Mark for increased speed, and of controlling the lengths at which splitting and joining occurs. Source code and notes ====================== This system has been developed in JPI TopSpeed Modula-2. After the beta testing is completed, source code will be made available, on the understanding that it will not be exploited for commercial gain, and that modifications and improvements will be sent to the original author. Speed will clearly concern some folk. The prototype takes about 5 seconds to split (or merge) a 20K message, taking a single pass over each file, on a 10MHz AT. Given that it is suspected that the number of large messages is actually very small, and that these will be confined to a few sites/areas, it is hoped that the overheads will be acceptable. Acknowledgements ================ The following names are either trademarks, registered trademarks, and/or the efforts of the person and/or company named: Fido, FidoNet - Tom Jennings, Fido Software MS-DOS - Microsoft Corporation IBM, PC-DOS - International Business Machines Corporation ConfMail, oMMM - Bob Hartman, Spark Software, Inc. oMMM - BS Software, Marshall Presnell, Jim Nutt msged - Jim Nutt EchoMail - Jeff Rush UFGATE - Tim Pozar, John Galvin, Gerry Paxinos BinkleyTerm - Alan Applegate, Vince Perellio, Bob Hartman TopSpeed Modula-2 - Jensen and Partners International FidoNews 7-17 Page 6 23 Apr 1990 Every effort has been made to identify and give credit for trademarks mentioned in this article. Any failure to mention a particular trademark in the above list that may be found in the text, or failure to give proper credit for a particular trademark, constitutes merely an oversight and should not be construed as intentional, or in any way a claim of rights to the trademark. Particular thanks must be expressed to Randy Bush for offering to test this system in its earliest releases on the very busy 1/5 zonegate, and for suggesting various improvements. Thanks for testing are also due to Dave Wilson who operates the 5/1 zonegate at the other end of the link from Randy, and to Mike Lawrie of Rhodes Computer Centre for useful suggestions regarding the form of the SPLIT line acceptable to non-Fido users. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-17 Page 7 23 Apr 1990 Louis Van Geel for the EuroCon-IV committee Fido 2:295/3 Mortsel-Belgium, April 21st 1990 ______ Preparing EuroCon As you know, Belgium (Region 29) has been appointed as the host country for EuroCon-IV, to be held in Antwerp from July 14th through July 15th 1990. The organising committee is working hard on preparing this popular yearly event, and expects some 300+ participants from more than 10 countries and at least 3 continents. You may expect more detailed info in the next issues of this newsletter. Hosting such an event, and working things out to a semi-professional level is, as you might expect not an easy task. The actual organizers are indeed doing everything in their spare time, and are unpaid volunteers. One of the first nerve wrecking stages candidates for such an organization have to face is the decision on the location of the convention. Have we been selected or not? Can we start, and when? ________ Why the hurry? As might be expected, candidates for the organization of a EuroCon, want to set up something bigger and better than the last one. Doing better than the last time implies that more resources, and more funds have to be raised, more participants have to be housed and catered for. If you also want to provide free or reduced travel, or even hope to be able to invite interesting people, you have no easy task at hand. .... and you need time! Lots of time ... So here it comes : ________ Call for candidates! As in the past, the site of the next EuroCon will be appointed by the last organising committee. Knowing how precious time can be from our own experience (ever tried to get funding from a national or local government or the European Community?) the EuroCon-IV committee has decided to call for candidates for the 1991-EuroCon as of TODAY. Provided there are candidates (!) we thus will be able to appoint the EuroCon-V site on July 15th, the last day of this years convention. FidoNews 7-17 Page 8 23 Apr 1990 The selection will be done by a popular vote between the participants of EuroCon-IV, out of a pre-selected batch of serious candidates meeting minimum standards as will be judged necessary at that time. ________ How to post your candidacy? Simple : Send us by NetMail to 2:2/999 following information : o The proposed site for EuroCon-V o The name of a coordinator and his FidoNet address o The list of nets/nodes involved in, and supporting the candidacy o The proposed date for EuroCon-V o A concise forecast of expenses and revenues, with their origin o A preliminary concept of the programme o A short story, selling us the idea that your candidacy is the best, and explaining the merits of your proposal. _________ And the deadline? Well, let's say July 1st, which gives us a fortnight to examine your plans, and will keep your nerves not too long on the edge. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-17 Page 9 23 Apr 1990 IFNA Membership Meeting A Public Notice IFNA On August 4th, 1990 at 2 pm during FidoCon in the State of New Jersey a meeting of the membership of IFNA will be held for the Purpose of Dissolution, as Resolved by the Board of Directors in January of this year. Respectfully Submitted, Kris A. Veitch Secretary/Treasurer of IFNA ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-17 Page 10 23 Apr 1990 Janet Murray Fido 1:105/23 WHY ATTEND THE REGION 17 FIDO CONVENTION? Because . . . * the traditional "Curmudgeon tossing" event has been replaced this year with "Curmudgeon bungee diving" - an event more suited to the unique natural setting of Menucha Camp and Conference Grounds, high on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River Gorge. Your early regis- tration (before May 15th) entitles you to vote on which brand of shoes he will wear. * it will be the only FidoNet convention on the West Coast this summer. Although it's officially a "Region 17" convention, sysops and their guests from other regions are welcome to join in the usual exchange of banter, tall tales, and technical support typical of any FidoNet gathering. * it's incredibly cheap! For a mere $70.50, adult Sysops can spend two days and nights (food and lodging included) on the 98 acres of lawns, woodlands and gardens which comprise Menucha Camp and Conference Grounds. The main buildings were constructed around 1914 by Oregon's former governor, Julius Meier, and are historical sites. Menucha is located in Corbett, Oregon - 30 minutes from the Portland International airport and about 45 minutes from downtown Portland. Freeways I-84, I-5, and I-205 are close by. Reduced prices apply to children and students. * Oregon also offers an exceptionally unspoiled seacoast and the Cascade mountain range (including Mount St. Helens, the recovering active volcano in nearby Washington) within easy driving range of Portland. Portland's Saturday Market features arts and crafts by local artisans; the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry specializes in "hands-on" exhibits which are popular with both children and their parents. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-17 Page 11 23 Apr 1990 Janet Murray 1:105/23 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * FIDONET REGION 17 CONVENTION * * OFFICIAL REGISTRATION FORM * * July 27-29, 1990 * * Menucha Camp and Conference Grounds * * Corbett, Oregon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Name _____________________________ FidoNet Address _________ SnailMail Address ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Date Sent ______ Voice phone (in case of questions): ________________________ Please indicate for each person attending, the option selected, and fill in the appropriate charges: _Number_ _Name(s)_ _Subtotals_ Registration fee @ $5 _____ (FidoNet Sysops ONLY) $ _____ OPTION A: Friday 5 p.m. to Sunday 11 a.m. DORM _____ Adult(s) __________________________ $ 65.50 _____ _____ Student(s) ________________________ 56.50 _____ (Age 12 to 18 OR Full-time student) _____ Child(ren) ________________________ 36.25 _____ (Age 11 and under) _____ Supply bedding @ $6 per person _____ SEMI-PRIVATE _____ Adult(s) __________________________ 83.50 _____ _____ Student(s) ________________________ 56.50 _____ (in parents' room) _____ Child(ren) ________________________ 36.25 _____ (in parents' room) PRIVATE _____ Adult(s) __________________________ 102.50 _____ OPTION B: Saturday 8 a.m. to Sunday 11 a.m. DORM _____ Adult(s) __________________________ 48.00 _____ FidoNews 7-17 Page 12 23 Apr 1990 _____ Student(s) ________________________ 42.50 _____ (Age 12 to 18 OR Full-time Student) _____ Child(ren) ________________________ 29.50 _____ (Age 11 and under) _____ Supply bedding @ $6 per person _____ SEMI-PRIVATE _____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 59.00 _____ _____ Student(s) _________________________ 42.50 _____ (in parents' room) _____ Child(ren) _________________________ 29.50 _____ (in parents' room) PRIVATE _____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 72.50 _____ OPTION C: Saturday 8 a.m. to Saturday 10 p.m. (Meals only, no accommodations) _____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 37.00 _____ _____ Student(s) _________________________ 32.00 _____ _____ Child(ren) _________________________ 21.00 _____ SUBTOTAL $ _____ LATE REGISTRATION FEES (_after_ May 15th): ================================================================ | IMPORTANT NOTE: Since we must estimate _and pay for_ | | the number who will be attending by mid-May, there | | will be a limited number of places for late registrants! | ================================================================ Paid by June 15th: _____ Number of reservations @ $10 _____ Paid by July 15th _____ Number of reservations @ $20 _____ Paid after July 15th _____ Number of reservations @ $30 _____ TOTAL ADDITIONS $ _____ TOTAL PAYMENT ENCLOSED: $ _____ Make checks payable (in U.S. Funds) to: Net 105 Treasury / REG17CON FidoNews 7-17 Page 13 23 Apr 1990 Send registration to: Region 17 Convention c/o Ken Zwaschka Ken Zwaschka & Associates P.O. Box 2226 Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 97208-2226 Reservations and room assignments will be confirmed via NetMail within 48 hours of receipt. Registration packets with a map to Menucha and information about Portland metropolitan area shopping and recreational faciltities will be mailed to all registrants on July 1st. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-17 Page 14 23 Apr 1990 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= A View from the Bridge "Captain's Log, Stardate 9003.30" What with all the ARC war flames going around, and arguments about which program is best, I decided to do something about it and write my OWN. You've heard of crunching, Crunching, squeezing, squashing, packing, crushing, imploding, etc... Now there's TRASHING. TRASH compresses a file to the smallest size possible: 0 bytes! NOTHING compresses a file better than TRASH! Date/time stamp are not affected, and since the file is zero bytes long, it doesn't even take up any space on your hard disk! And TRASH is FAST! Files can be TRASHED in micro-seconds! In fact, it takes longer to go through the various parameter screens than it does to trash the file! This pre-release version of TRASH is yours to keep and evaluate. I would recommend backing up any files you intend to TRASH first, though... The next version of TRASH will have graphics and take wildcards: TRASH C:\PAYROLL\*.* ...and will even work on entire drives: TRASH D: ...or be first on your block to trash your system ON PURPOSE! TRASH ALL We're even hoping to come up with a way to RECOVER TRASHed files! This new utility is available for BARK file request using the magic filename "TRASH" from 107/583@FidoNet. SEAdog users can: GET TRASH FROM 107/583 NOW ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-17 Page 15 23 Apr 1990 Henry Clark 124/6120 Traveling Circus -- Why do we waste money on those plastic bags the airlines have attached to the oxygen masks ? You know the ones that 'even though oxygen is flowing, the bag will not inflate'. What's it for ? Smoking on airplanes? Another item for the nostalgia bin. I love it. I'm a smoker, and I love it. It's really a lot better. And it's cheaper to make a stop somewhere along the way ( a smoke break, so to speak ) than to fly nonstop. Great. Travel with small children. You get on first and fill up the overheads. Watch the stragglers get frustrated with their 60 pound garment bags ! If you haven't been to Disneyland/world lately, ( and I haven't been for 5 years ), you need to check out Captain EO. This is highly recommended audio-visual stimulation. Make Work -- An interesting thing about PCs is their ability to generate work all by themselves. I mean, look at the utilities for hard disks, file utilities, file shells and the like. If you ever used 'File Find' or 'Where Is' or even 'Arc Find' ( for God's sake ), you know what I mean. My PC 'partners' and I have generally kept a very similar directory naming structure. An old friend from Boston recently got his first computer, and was helped in setting it up by a business partner of mine. During a visit here, he was amazed to find that I knew so much about his directories. Let me show you a few of my long time, basic directories : \BAT \CAL \COM \DOC \DOS \UT My PATH happens to be : PATH=\ut;\ut\fil;\ut\nort4;\dos;\msc\bin;c:\bat I use CED extensively. I'd be interested in whether you have the same names, different names, or a different structure altogether. Don't tell me you have no directories on your disk ! Also, it's not fair to list directories which the install procedure of a program has created, such as the \MSC\BIN stuff. I just counted, I have 255 directories on my C: drive, of which 107 are Qmail echo areas. I copy 17 of them to my D: ram disk. FidoNews 7-17 Page 16 23 Apr 1990 I knew a guy once who had two root directories : namely \PROGRAMS and \DATA. Under PROGRAMS, he had a directory for every different program or program set. I don't think he had any directories under DATA. TAPMFC&LP -- Region 19 presents : The Third Annual Poor Man's FidoCon and Lake Party SPONSOR: Net 106 of Houston, Texas and other friends of our Net. DATES: April 20, 21, 22. PLACE: Big Creek Park Pavillion (and campsites) on Lake Sommerville, Burleson County, Texas. I attended the First and Second Annual Party and this is a great event. The First was held at Lake Grapevine, north of DFW airport. I think I remember dying of heat. The Second was held at Lake Tawakoni, southeast of Dallas. This was the first of the 3 day affairs, a bit wet but a good wind kept the heat off. This year will be the best yet. "Steaks on the griddle, and suds in the kettle. Nary a keyboard or file spec to mettle. Good folks and fun, no numbers to ring... These are a few of my favorite things." "When Seadog bites, when zee bee stings..." uh, sorry, I got carried away... Slanger, Slanger ! -- That's Danish, of course, for SNAKES, SNAKES. Honey-dearest won't go near a Texas lake. This just leaves young Kevin ( my 4 year old assistant sysop and part time modem power button checker ) and myself to PARTY HARDY, DUDE on our EXCELLENT ADVENTURE camping. This snake thing is ridiculous but she's adamant. What it really means is "I'll just go shopping." You know Copenhagen ( no Bubba, not the snuff ) is the English name for Kobenhavn ( pronounced 'coo-ben-houn', that 'o' should really have a slash through it ). Kobenhavn is literally Buying Port, but it looks like Shopping Haven to me. FidoNews 7-17 Page 17 23 Apr 1990 Funny though, she's from Jutland ? ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-17 Page 18 23 Apr 1990 ================================================================= LATEST VERSIONS ================================================================= Latest Software Versions MS-DOS Systems -------------- Bulletin Board Software Name Version Name Version Name Version Fido 12q+ Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5d1 Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.62 TBBS 2.1 Kitten 2.16 RBBS 17.2B TComm/TCommNet 3.4 Opus 1.12+* RBBSmail 17.2 TPBoard 6.0 PCBoard 14.2* RemoteAccess 0.01 Wildcat! 2.10 Network Node List Other Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02 D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.20 ARCAsim 2.30* Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.0 FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00 PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.01 Crossnet v1.5* SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02 XlaxDiff 2.32 Gmail 2.05 XlaxNode 2.32 GROUP 2.16 GUS 1.30 LHARC 1.13 MSG 4.0 MSGED 1.99 PK[UN]ZIP 1.10* QM 1.0 QSORT 4.03 StarLink 1.01 TagMail 2.20 TCOMMail 2.2 TMail 1.14* TPBNetEd 3.2 TosScan 1.00* UFGATE 1.03 XRS 3.20* ZmailQ 1.10 Macintosh --------- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities FidoNews 7-17 Page 19 23 Apr 1990 Name Version Name Version Name Version Red Ryder Host v2.1b10 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04 Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3 WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51 TImport 1.331 TExport 1.32 Timestamp 1.6 Tset 1.3 Import 3.2 Export 3.21 Sundial 3.2 PreStamp 3.2 OriginatorII 2.0 AreaFix 1.6 Mantissa 3.21 Zenith 1.5 UNZIP 1.02b Amiga ----- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version Paragon 2.06+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23 TrapDoor 1.50* AReceipt 1.5* WelMat 0.35 booz 1.01 ConfMail 1.10 ChameleonEdit 0.10 ElectricHerald1.66* Lharc 1.10 MessageFilter 1.52* oMMM 1.49b ParseLst 1.30 PkAX 1.00 PK[UN]ZIP 1.01 PolyxAmy 2.02* RMB 1.30 TrapList 1.12* UNzip 0.86 Yuck! 1.61* Zoo 2.00 Atari ST -------- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version FidoNews 7-17 Page 20 23 Apr 1990 FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00 Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30 QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02* GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51 PKUNZIP 1.10 MSGED 1.96S SRENUM 6.2 Trenum 0.10 OMMM 1.40 + 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 7-17 Page 21 23 Apr 1990 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= The Interrupt Stack 3 Jun 1990 Comdex/Spring, which will run from June 3-6 in Atlanta, will be held at the World Congress Center and other locations. 5 Jun 1990 David Dodell's 33rd Birthday 12 Jun 1990 Fifth anniversary of FidoNet's switch to multiple nets. 13 Jul 1990 Start of Eurocon / Techcon conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Further information will follow. 27 Jul 1990 The beginning of the REGION 17 Convention at Menucha Resort in the Columbia Gorge, Oregon. For details contact Ken Zwaschka, 1:105/54. 1 Aug 1990 Start of FidoCon '90. Contact Bill Vanglahn at 1:1/90 for details. 5 Oct 1990 21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" 6 Nov 1990 First anniversary of Van Diepen Automatiseert, 2:500/28 14 Nov 1990 Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at 2:332/16.0 1 Jan 1991 Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description. 16 Feb 1991 Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush. 7 Oct 1991 Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland, Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo, FidoNews 7-17 Page 22 23 Apr 1990 Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay Islands will retain area code 415. 1 Feb 1992 Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport, West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and Montebello) will retain area code 213. If you have something which you would like to see on this calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1. -----------------------------------------------------------------