F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 6 9 February 1998 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: | | FidoNet community | "FidoNews" | | _ | 1-904-409-7040 [1:1/23] | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | | | (_| /_) | | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | Editor: | | | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 | | |__U__| / \// | | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MORE addresses: | | | | submissions=> cbaker84@digital.net | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For information, copyrights, article submissions, | | obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ | | please refer to the end of this file. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Time for ANOTHER FIDOCON? Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 ZEC1 Election still going, and going, and going .......... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 More about Argus IP mailer ............................... 2 REC10 change of Coordinator .............................. 2 Don sez it's time for a REAL FidoCon! .................... 3 Correspondent seeking FidoNet information ................ 4 Region 13 webpage changes and NLTools available .......... 5 REC13 correction ......................................... 5 Jim Smoot speaks about ZEC1 election ..................... 6 Looking for a few good contacts? ......................... 6 3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 9 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 037 ...... 9 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 10 Updated Computer Acronyms ................................ 10 5. NOTICES .................................................. 12 Future History ........................................... 12 FidoNet via Internet Hubs ................................ 12 6. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 14 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 14 7. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 15 8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17 FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 1 9 Feb 1998 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= Some more ZEC1 election stuff this week. The voting is on for another week, I believe. Don Bach says we should start planning another FidoCon. His note is below. Remember when FidoCon was just a bunch of FidoNet Sysops and not some corporate excuse for coach air travel? There's a guy looking for input about FidoNet for an article he's writing. The details follow twice. [grin] Region 13 has changed some of their web addresses. Got to go now. I smell my barbecue burning in the kitchen. C.B. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 2 9 Feb 1998 ================================================================= LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ================================================================= --- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Thu Feb 05 23:32:10 1998 From: David Moufarrege @ 1:2613/404 To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14 Date: 02 Feb 98 23:43:34 Subj: Argus and TCP/IP Mailers Hello Christopher, I am referring to the letter by Damien Sam referencing the ARGUS IP mailer. Argus is already widely in use in Zones 1, 2 and 3 since it can provide both IP and standard Fidonet functionality. On the traditional Fidonet side it can communicate with any Fidonet mailer such as InterMail and Bink. On the Fidonet/ IP side it communicates using three options: 1. other Argus mailers; 2. mailers running under OS/2's VModem; and 3. mailers using the new BinkD add-on module, which is available for a number of platforms such as several Unix-variants, OS/2, etc. While Argus may only be a Windows95/NT solution there are compatible solutions available for just about any platform which makes this viable for use in Fidonet. In Region 13 we have a number of IP nodes up and running using this technology. I personally am running 1:2613/403 at kraut.dyn.ml.org on a part-time basis from 9:15GMT to 11:00GMT daily. David Calafrancesco, a current Z1EC candidate, is running 1:2624/306 at bbs.drakkar.org as a CM node on port 23. Another node is Dennis Murphy at 1:2630/316, who is running his node at IP address 130.68. 232.11 The number of nodes reachable via IP-Mailer is growing daily. The Zone 1 Regional Coordinators Council has discussed flags for IP Nodes and a decision on this matter is still pending. Best Regards, -=David=- ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Sun Feb 08 18:36:26 1998 From: Bob Kohl @ 1:102/861 To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14 Date: 07 Feb 98 23:01:32 Subj: Re: REC 10 Per my position statement early on in the election: FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 3 9 Feb 1998 > * Originally to Bob Satti in NETMAIL. > CC: David Hallford > Bob, > This is official notice that David Hallford is to assume the > duties of REC 10 until such time as I can ascertain a "sense" > of Reg 10 towards this position. > David's flags are: > ,1,Net_208_NEC,Modesto_CA,David_Hallford,1-209-544-2532,9600,XA, > CM,MO,V32b,V42b,V34 > Please put David in as of this week's diff. My thanks as always > for your help on this matter. > BK > Origin: Conniption BBS * One fit at a time * (1:102/861) > Forwarded by Bob Kohl on 1:102/861, Conniption BBS in Los Angeles CA -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- Following message extracted from FIDONEWS @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Sun Feb 08 18:37:04 1998 From: Don Bach To: Michele Stewart Date: 07 Feb 98 18:50:08 Subj: Kiss It Goodbye - Said Well! > Really NICE reply, .\\ichele, really nice. Couldn't have said it > anywhere near as good as you did... [rereply stuff deleted] I think it is time for another FidoCon.... Chris Baker, can you publish something asking for interest? I can set up hosting it here in Jackson, if no one else will. [other irrelevant stuff deleted] Don NC 3632 Origin: No Regrets, Clinton, MS (601)924-8247 9P-5A (1:3632/65) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 4 9 Feb 1998 [Please send your responses directly to the author's email address. He is not a regular reader of FidoNews. ED.] Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 01:19:58 -0500 From: David Noack X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win95; I) To: cbaker84@digital.net Subject: Seeking FidoNet Comments Christopher, My name is David Noack and I'm a computer correspondent for Investor's Business Daily , a national business newspaper. I'm doing a story about what has long been forgotten or maybe even never considered by the general online public and that's FidoNet. While it came along after the Internet was developed-but before the Internet got much use by the general public even in those old Unix- dial-up account days, FidoNet came along in the mid-1980s. In a way FidoNet parallels the problems faced by the Internet and the World Wide Web, which obviously has a greater marketing campaign and pretty cheap access for what you can do online. Anyway, I would like to get some comments from FidoNet users, Zone, Net and Hub coordinators, in addition to folks who simply use FidoNet because they like it. Here are some questions for your consideration and feel to add any other comments regarding the story. How long have you been using FidoNet. What do you use FidoNet for. How many different ways can someone use FidoNet. To send mail, which is Netmail; discussion groups, which are called Echo Mail, and I would guess file transfer. Are there any commercial uses to Fidonet by a business, maybe even a home-based or small business or has everything migrated to the Internet. What are some of the advantages/disadvantages in using FidoNet? How does it differ and where is it similar to the Internet? Is FidoNet considered network/BBS system for real computer hobbyists and enthusiasts? Does anyone connect to dial-up local BBSes anymore? Has FidoNet and BBSes fallen on hard times thanks to the Internet or is that perception wrong. Has there been any growth in the number of FidoNet users. Can you provide some examples of how you use FidoNet? What do you do. Do you use it for work or just at home? Are there any estimates as to how many people use FidoNet? Or maybe to be more accurate, how many nodes there are around the world and from that figure you can assume that there maybe hundreds of people who connect to that particular bulletin board. FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 5 9 Feb 1998 Why is FidoNet not that well-known? It is conscious effort to keep it in the realm of computer hobbyists so it does not become too cluttered as the Internet has become? Since FidoNet was originally tied to BBS's, how has FidoNet adopted to take advantage of the Internet? If you can, please provide as many examples of how FidoNet gets used and if you think I should ask someone else questions, can you kindly include their name and e-mail address. I look forward to hearing from you. David Noack Investor's Business Daily dnoack@bestweb.net 74150.1432@compuserve.com -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 16:57:14 -0500 From: David Moufarrege Reply-To: David@eznet.net To: cbaker84@digital.net Subject: Region 13 Homepage Hi Christopher, Region 13 Home Page is down... a new site is planned. On the bright site, Net 2613's site, maintained by NC2613 John Rooker is up with sound and pictures at www.ggw.org/net2613. Verifications: jrooker@wnybbs.net I also have posted the nodelist maintenance utility NLTOOLS by David Nugent on my web site for download: home.eznet.net/~david/download.htm NLTOOLS is intended as a replacement for MakeNL, source code available, and is year 2000 compatible. -- David M. Moufarrege Systems Engineer e-mail: david@eznet.net david@kraut.xg.com -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Thu Feb 05 23:32:43 1998 From: David Moufarrege @ 1:2613/404 To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14 Date: 02 Feb 98 23:52:01 FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 6 9 Feb 1998 Subj: Correction Hello Christopher, For historical correctness, this is a correction to a statement Bob Kohl made with regard to past REC13s: Jim Balcom, the current REC13, was preceded by David Calafrancesco. David's predecessor was Jerry Seward, not Rick Ashworth. Best Regards, - David Moufarrege, RC13 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Thu Feb 05 23:31:34 1998 * Forwarded from "Zone 1 Elections" * Originally by Lisa Smoot, 1:395/602 * Originally to All * Originally dated 2 Feb 1998, 20:42 For those of you who may not know me, my name is Lisa Smoot and I am Jim Smoot's youngest daughter. As many of you may already be aware, my Dad has a terminal illness and in the last few weeks his health has not been doing very well at all. For those interested, my Dad is up and about for very short periods of time but medical conditions demand low stress and lots of rest. None the less, my Dad has always enjoyed his hobby and has asked that I post this message: "If we can get beyond the _personality_ issues and conflict and put our hobby into perspective, then it becomes much easier to see and support the best of the available candidates for ZEC. In my opinion, Bob Kohl is the right man for the task. Your support would also be appreciated." Thanks Bunches, (: Lisa Deanne :) --- * Origin: S.R.O., Copperas Cove, TX (1:395/602) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 01:55:55 -0800 From: Zorch Frezberg Reply-To: zorch@repairnet.com Organization: ZorchLand! To: Zorch Frezberg Subject: Request for assistance FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 7 9 Feb 1998 I've been contacted by a reporter/editor of a magazine with regards to FidoNet. This person is not known to me personally, but I've researched and verified that this person is indeed legitimate. Others may also have been contacted, so I may be just posting this out for no good reason. The reason I'm contacting you via 'blind cc' is to get your permission to send your E-mail address to this reporter for an 'on-line' interview. The publication that this is for made me sit up and pay close attention to this message, and make certain that it was a legitimate request before I sent this out to you. It's not the WALL STREET JOURNAL, TIME or NEWSWEEK, but it's about as good as any of those. As well, if you have the E-mail address of someone that you feel may be able to speak to these issues better, or should be included in any list, please forward the address to me, and I will contact them as well. This is the extract of the message, containing the questions that I know will be asked...there may be others which come out of your responses, no doubt:: > I'm doing a story about what has long been forgotten or maybe even > never considered by the general online public and that's FidoNet. > While it came along after the Internet was developed-but before the > Internet got much use by the general public even in those old Unix- > dial-up account days, FidoNet came along in the mid-1980s. > > In a way FidoNet parallels the problems faced by the Internet and > the World Wide Web, which obviously has a greater marketing campaign > and pretty cheap access for what you can do online. > > Anyway, I would like to get some comments from FidoNet users, Zone, > Net and Hub coordinators, in addition to folks who simply use > FidoNet because they like it. > > Here are some questions for your consideration and feel to add any > other comments regarding the story. > > How long have you been using FidoNet. What do you use FidoNet for. > How many different ways can someone use FidoNet. To send mail, which > is Netmail; discussion groups, which are called Echo Mail, and I > would guess file transfer. Are there any commercial uses to Fidonet > by a business, maybe even a home-based or small business or has > everything migrated to the Internet. > > What are some of the advantages/disadvantages in using FidoNet? > > How does it differ and where is it similar to the Internet? > > Is FidoNet considered network/BBS system for real computer hobbyists > and enthusiasts? Does anyone connect to dial-up local BBSes anymore? > Has FidoNet and BBSes fallen on hard times thanks to the Internet or > is that perception wrong. Has there been any growth in the number of > FidoNet users. FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 8 9 Feb 1998 > > Can you provide some examples of how you use FidoNet? What do you > do. Do you use it for work or just at home? > > Are there any estimates as to how many people use FidoNet? Or maybe > to be more accurate, how many nodes there are around the world and > from that figure you can assume that there maybe hundreds of people > who connect to that particular bulletin board. > > Why is FidoNet not that well-known? It is conscious effort to keep > it in the realm of computer hobbyists so it does not become too > cluttered as the Internet has become? > > Since FidoNet was originally tied to BBS's, how has FidoNet adopted > to take advantage of the Internet? > > If you can, please provide as many examples of how FidoNet gets used > and if you think I should ask someone else questions, can you kindly > include their name and e-mail address. > > I look forward to hearing from you. The reason I'm interested in helping this reporter is that the reporter is grounded in computers and electronic communication. . . pretty much, no bluffing or posturing is going to get past without being noticed. The message came to me Friday, and I'm informed that the reporter would like to have responses by next week (this coming Friday, at the latest). I'm fighting a combination of the "Killer Flu" and strep throat, and for some reason, my eyes are clogging up as well, so I wasn't able to respond to the reporter other than to "give me a day or two to be able to see"....and to give me time to contact you as well as formulate a response. Go for it. Let me know ASAP so I can send the E-Mail addresses out, as well as contact those whose addresses you might send me. I can't guarantee the reporter will contact all of those I send, but we'll try and get a good mention, nonetheless. Thanks, and hope to hear from you all. -zf- -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 9 9 Feb 1998 ================================================================= COORDINATORS CORNER ================================================================= Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 037 By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854 ZC/2 +--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+ !Zone/Jul!Ndl-009!Nodel.-016!Nodel.-023!Nodel.-030!Nodel.-037!%%! +--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+ ! 1/037 ! 6142 ! 6053 -89! 6020 -33! 6020 0! 5872 -148!27! ! 2/037 ! 14501 !14439 -62!14406 -33!14360 -46!14370 10!66! ! 3/030 ! 570 ! 570 0! 573 3! 566 -7! 565 -1! 3! ! 4/030 ! 435 ! 425 -10! 424 -1! 410 -14! 410 0! 2! ! 5/037 ! 91 ! 91 0! 91 0! 91 0! 87 -4! 0! ! 6/016 ! 1091 ! 1091 0! 322 -769! 322 0! 322 0! 1! +--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+ ! 22830 !22669 -161!21836 -833!21769 -67!21626 -143! +-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 10 9 Feb 1998 ================================================================= NET HUMOR ================================================================= From: "Mike Riddle" To: "Baker, Christopher" Date: Sun, 01 Feb 98 10:57:39 -0600 Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" Subject: Fwd: Updated Computer Acronyms (fwd) ==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE================== Updated Computer Acronyms ------- -------- -------- PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms ISDN It Still Does Nothing APPLE Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity SCSI System Can't See It DOS Defective Operating System BASIC Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control IBM I Blame Microsoft DEC Do Expect Cuts CD-ROM Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months OS/2 Obsolete Soon, Too. WWW World Wide Wait MACINTOSH Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs PENTIUM Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect Understanding of Mathematics COBOL Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language AMIGA A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction LISP Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parenthesis MIPS Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed WINDOWS Will Install Needless Data On Whole System GIRO Garbage In Rubbish Out MICROSOFT Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 11 9 Feb 1998 Fools Teenagers - - - and some old ones for the old-timers In the IBM 360 days, there were a lot of instruction opcode acronyms going around. There were ones like: HCF Halt and Catch Fire JCT Jump Conditional Tuesday and my very favorite: RDI Reverse Drum Immediate Brings to mind a tall skinny cabinet spinning like a top on one corner across the machine room... ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE=================== ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 12 9 Feb 1998 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 30 Apr 1998 Queens Day, Holland. 17 May 1998 Independence Day, Norway. 22 May 1998 Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens. 14 Sep 1998 Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98]. 22 Sep 1998 First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org. 1 Dec 1998 Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by Tom Jennings. 24 Jul 1999 XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99]. 31 Dec 1999 Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed. 1 Jan 2000 The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec. 1 Jun 2000 EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens. 15 Sep 2000 Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens. 1 Jan 2001 This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E. -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Tue Feb 03 00:12:53 1998 From: C. Ingersoll @ 1:2623/71 To: Editor @ 1:1/23 Date: 01 Feb 98 02:12:40 Subj: Fidonet via Internet Hubs - FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 13 9 Feb 1998 Fidonet Via Internet Hubs Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed | Basic Rate -----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------ 1:12/12 | Ken Wilson | FTP | T1 | $24mo. 1:13/25 | Jim Balcom | FTP | 56k | $20mo. 1:101/204 | Patrick Rosenheim | TX | 33.6 | $25yr. 1:124/7008 | Ben Hamilton | FTP,VMoT,TX,F2I| 64k | $10/$20mo. 1:140/12 | Bob Seaborn | FTP | T1 | $5/$20 1:270/101 | George Peace | FTP | T1 | $30mo. 1:271/140 | Tom Barstow | F2I | ??? | $2mo. 1:280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo. 1:2401/305 | Peter Rocca | FTP,TX | T1 | unkn 1:2424/10 | Alec Grynspan | FTP | ??? | $1mo. 1:2424/3121| Earl Clark | TX | 33.6 | n/c 1:2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo. 1:2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco | VFOS | 33.6 | $15yr. 1:2651/9 | Jerry Gause | FTP,TX | ??? | unkn 1:346/250 | Aran Spence | FTP,TX | T1 | $10mo. 1:342/1022 | Steve Steffler | TX,UUE,F2I | 33.6 | n/c 1:396/1 | John Souvestre | FTP | T1 | $15mo. 2:252/358 | Sean Rima | VMoT | T1 | n/c 2:335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | TX, UUE | 33.6 | n/c 2:469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c 2:2474/275 | Christian Emig | TX | 64k | unkn 2:2490/5170| Lenny Murphy | F2I | ??? | n/c 3:774/950 | Craig Box | UUE, F2I | 28.8 | n/c -- * VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various) * F2I = Fido2Int (W95) * UUE = uuencode<->email packet transfers * TX = TransX (Proprietary uuencode<->email packet transfer software) compiled by Cindy Ingersoll, 1:2623/71, (609)814-1978, fbn@cyberEnet.net Posted on the 1st of every month in FN_SYSOP, R13SYSOP and Fidonews. --- Origin: * Fly By Night * (609)814-1978 *(1:2623/71) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 14 9 Feb 1998 ================================================================= FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ================================================================= [this must be copied out to a file starting at column 1 or it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key] -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Clear-signing is Electronic Digital Authenticity! mQCNAzINVLcAAAEEAM5dZN6t6j5Yc0kl7qegVFfiBeVoteuhDg4ay8h43u38Q4kO eJ9Mm7J89wXFb9vgouBVb4biIN6bTWCwcXTbGhBe5OIceLvluuxuEKsaIs/UwXNe Ogx5azIPhRfC7MJDe41Z8tMEBuHY/NE88cuxQ8yXWO126IRttavu6L/U5BwRAAUR tCRGaWRvTmV3cyBFZGl0b3IgPDE6MS8yM0BmaWRvbmV0Lm9yZz6JAJUDBRAyGwFS JZMgw7eCKz0BAZl0A/9xrfhpsEOqGiPfjy2qd9dv6tvSVPPVFu+Wy1lGTHYtuTtg FIN3fQ47AM3XzqHxWRWvp/xZYgR6sRICL7UFx94ShYBQc7CyqBBZKA0IvIWqXP/g c4Br+gQJR6CLiQK7TUyjUbqNbs6QAxuNUi4xFQM+O2Gene5/iTjHFmmSDj2C9YkB FQMFEDIOmHDTQ6/52IG1SQEBQ78H/Rz/mleIrtZwFIOhzy3JH4Z6FUTfZuM9nPcs 1ZLjZCPptHvY7wEYJWGr03lPPJ6tj1VBXwTrWJTf/hOLsoi00GKV8t1thjqGDo23 O91/bSQ+Vn0vBQ2vOEJys8ftxdoLJAyI5YLzHVT+RsMTQLIXVuPyrNcKs1vC2ql+ UDHpU1R+9cG9JUEHpGI6z0DPnQ74SKbQH3fiVBpHhYx4BmvcBC4gWQzKMkDWFiq3 8AssIZ7b9lWl3OBgQ4UM1OIDKoJyjRewIdKyl7zboKSt6Qu8LrcsXO3kb81YshOW ZpSS3QDIqfZC4+EElnB15l4RcVwnPHBaQY0FxUr4Vl4UWM36jbuJAJUDBRAyDpgY q+7ov9TkHBEBAQGoA/sFfN07IFQcir456tJfBfB9R5Z6e6UKmexaFhWOsLHqbCq6 3FGXDLeivNn6NTz81QeqLIHglTuM3NP1mu8sw215klAG8G3M1NA2xLw7Eqhspze2 raGvNeEwxl8e+PY9aZwBj4UWU+CmIm6QNiP0MtvR7QYDIKn5mZCDc3CLmr942IkB FQMFEDIOh0O8AhTPqRipPQEB4EYH/1gkDmdHL6lbEkFuQLrylF+weBl0XQ+kv7ER vWXYrvIrkppxtc4VAge6CXXEbOGJnvkFHgyNZzO9Q9O64QsmZvjip+4lhDLeNrdH X9DizS4YKXxkSKr9Yltmn2/AlBCx6jwcDIfkqy/P1tNWcikxZZMd6KryK0Wsres9 Ik12OmVmJjQSxb5bS6Q8aYUbV3qwosGXTqy+BzYh/UYAX/XJIWa5kxFVSPKFSZ+5 toiSzANd9SpHPEogGvQDHJlJ23lmsMx/6uHsR1LTsQ8su8zIk92XyqePJTjlMx2j D7KJWNR7Zzu4QHCXBkga5W8l2FfPk7D3+o7bXTLRuR1yTYGdNoiJAJUCBRAyDhwt SlKLwP4OFW0BAdaMA/9rcWQlSq44K9JuJ7fZUgt9fwxGreTud9fC8DvlbUW79+CA AHLTLLagcEF1OKsWzVBWcA2JEAp+TUTqktRN0oD8vnaw3uNJd1G5KK59hw0WR8x1 v4ivypbSjiq95Y3gBunb7WjpyiFRWDlm0PrKrWHtbWzjnpPIpetln1UuqsSfbokB FQIFEDIOG9C3N61ZQ4Dr/QEBIzMH/1VxxztmBPBszbjZLDO8Svcax9Ng8IcWpcDy WqHCAA2Hoe5VtMD0v6w31ZgVqTPIvCark2Y/aTR1GofiuN9NUqbVV534AgAYLzYk DMT1swsPvqDTpOYgQl6PCGh6A5JGAbWJfKkX9XCUHJAAmiTsEVRNnjOgL+p6qjoh EfIG8CGehghWSRKl5eGeDAtbXupZKNjFI1t2XV+ks0RFQ/RPuTH7pF7pk7WO6Cyg +Dk2ZMgua0HRL1fXvHKb5Xzr3MVgsbAl5gP8ooIiD9MI/x5Irh3oo58VyoEZNBs/ Kz+drGFDPljcS6fdiVCFtYIzMrshY6YsfLi0aB8fwOvFtxgBqli0J0NocmlzdG9w aGVyIEJha2VyIDwxOjE4LzE0QGZpZG9uZXQub3JnPrQoQ2hyaXN0b3BoZXIgQmFr ZXIgPGNiYWtlcjg0QGRpZ2l0YWwubmV0Pg== =61OQ -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] or download it from the Rights On! 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The FidoNews key is also available on the FidoNews homepage listed in the Masthead information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 15 9 Feb 1998 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as of this appearance. ============ FidoNet: Homepage http://www.fidonet.org FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html HTML FNews http://www.fidonews.org WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html FTSC page http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc.htm Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html ============ Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/ Region 13: http://www.ggw.org/net2613/ Region 14: [disappeared?] Region 15: [disappeared?] Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm Region 17: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/region17.htm REC17: http://www.westsound.com/ptmudge/ Region 18: http://www.citicom.com/fido.html Region 19: http://www.compconn.net ============ Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org ZEC2: http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/ Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German) Region 25: http://www.trak-one.co.uk/net254 FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 16 9 Feb 1998 Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French) Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss) Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian) Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish) REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/ Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English) Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl ============ Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org ============ Zone 4: (not yet listed) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish) ============ Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm ============ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China) ============ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 17 9 Feb 1998 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ------- Editor: Christopher Baker Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees "FidoNews Editor" FidoNet 1:1/23 BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds) more addresses: Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, cbaker84@digital.net cbaker84@fidonews.org cbaker84@aol.com cbaker84@msn.com (Postal Service mailing address) FidoNews Editor P.O. 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For use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or the Editor. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet. PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific FIDONEWS 15-06 Page 18 9 Feb 1998 back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSFnn.ZIP] for a particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the current year [8], i.e., FNWSJAN8.ZIP for all the Issues from Jan 98. Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number 1 - 15 for 1984 - 1998, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in size from 48K to 1.4M. INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via: http://www.fidonews.org http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/ ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/ ftp://ftp.irvbbs.com/fidonews/ *=*=* You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to: jbarchuk@worldnet.att.net with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the email distribution use a Subject line of: unsubscribe fnews-edist with no message to the same address above. * You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail by sending email to: ftpmail@fidonews.org with a Subject line of: help and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will respond in three stages. 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