The F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 38 17 Sep 2001 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are | | | FidoNet community. | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings| | | | | San Francisco, California, USA | | | Bark! ____________| | | | | Bark! / __ | Crash Netmail Attach Articles To: | | |Bark!! / / \ | Editor@1:1/23 (1-972-562-8064) | | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | Frank Vest@1:124/6308 | | \_______\(_| /_) | or | | _!_ _`@/_ \ _ | flv@texoma.net | | ----o---- | | \ \\ | | | " " | (*) | \ ))| Editor: Frank Vest | | O |__U__| / \// | Deputy-Editor: Lawrence Garvin | | \|/ _//|| _\ / | | | /^^^|^^^\ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. | |(___/_\___) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Copyright 2001 by Frank L. Vest, Editor for Fidonews Globally. Table of Contents 1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1 2. HEADLINE NEWS ............................................ 2 In perspective ........................................... 2 3. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 3 Pray for Humanity ........................................ 3 We gotta make a change! .................................. 3 Another contribution ..................................... 4 Terrorism attacks September 11th, 2001 ................... 4 4. FIDONET NOTICES .......................................... 6 About the Fidonet Software Listing ....................... 6 5. EDITOR'S CORNER .......................................... 7 From Me .................................................. 7 6. HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN ..................................... 8 The Sysop, upclose and personal .......................... 8 7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 11 Cows ..................................................... 11 8. CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ...................................... 12 Compassionate Lawyer ..................................... 12 Computer Contest from On High ............................ 12 Snooze chuckle ........................................... 13 9. OTHER STUFF .............................................. 14 This week's calandar - Sept. 17-23 ....................... 14 10. CLASSIFIED ADS .......................................... 15 Rotating Ads ............................................. 15 11. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 16 Fidonet/BBS Software Listing's* .......................... 16 12. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 21 Fidonet-related sites .................................... 21 13. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 27 How to Submit an Article ................................. 27 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 28 FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 1 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= "That all our knowledge begins with experience there can be no doubt." Immanuel Kant 18th Century Philosopher ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 2 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= HEADLINE NEWS ================================================================= In perspective By Frank Vest 1:124/6308 It's been almost a week since the planes crashed in the USA. This week's Fidonews is, admittedly, a reflection of this. As was pointed out by Michiel van der Vlist in the Fidonews echo; "Keep in mind that FidoNews is globally distributed. I've said it before and I'll say it again; the world is bigger than the USA." That is very true and there are many that are less than sympathetic to the USA. Let us all remember that Fidonet is not the USA and the USA is not Fidonet. What I'm about to say may not be popular with many. It needs to be said anyway. Yes, this last week was tragic. Yes, emotions are high. Yes, there are many things happening. None of this will, or can, be settled in the Fidonews. Filling the Fidonews publication or echo with politics and sentiments for or against this is not what is needed, desired, or anything else. As I said in the Fidonews echo and in this edition, prayers are needed. Whatever your feelings, say a prayer to your God or whatever you believe in. This edition is mostly about last week's events. It offers help and prayers, not politics and finger pointing. As Editor, I feel I'd be wrong to not allow articles into the Fidonews about the events of last Tuesday. As Editor, I feel that I would be wrong to allow politics to rule the Fidonews. This edition of the Fidonews is about the events of last Tuesday. I've tried hard to make it non-political. If I've failed, it is I who have failed. We need to get back to normal in Fidonet and in the world. To do less would be to give in to the events of last Tuesday. Let's look to the future and get back to Fidonet. Thank you, Fidonet, for understanding this. In this light and with these thoughts, on to the news. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 3 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= GENERAL ARTICLES ================================================================= Pray for Humanity By Frank Vest 1:124/6308 I'm sure that by now the world knows of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. on Sept. 11, 2001. I'm not here to ask for sympathy for or condemnation of this. I'm here to ask for some simple prayers. Pray for those who were killed. For they are our brothers and sisters. Pray for those that did this. For they too are our brothers and sisters. Pray for humanity. For we need all the help we can get. Pray for understanding. For without it, we are lost. Pray for peace. For if we don't achieve it,.... need I say more? Please understand that I'm not saying that justice shouldn't be done. I'm not saying that those that did this deed be forgiven. All I'm asking is for some simple prayers. We, all of this planet, will need them to get through this. Sincerely, Frank Vest - Fidonews Editor and fellow human being ----------------------------------------------------------------- We gotta make a change By Petko Bossakov 2:535/1 Hello everyone, Since I'm representing the Bulgarian people in Fidonet, I believe I must express my thoughts and feelings about the recent tragedy in the United States. As a citizen of the Western world, I cannot understand these terrorists' disrespectful attitude towards the sanctity of Life. Life is the greatest wonder on this planet, in this Universe and this reality, and no cause that compromises Life may be considered worthy under any circumstances. For a small slice of Eternity we are granted the privilege to exist, eat, sleep, work, have fun, fall in love, dream, be here, doing whatever we do; for eons, we were not. We have to respect that privilege. As a true optimist, I still believe that this century can give us FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 4 17 Sep 2001 peace and prosperity, in spite of the way it started. My sympathy goes to all the human beings directly or indirectly affected by this. Let us all stop for a moment and think about these words from a song made by one of my favorite artists of the last century, Tupac Shakur: We gotta make a change... It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes. Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live and let's change the way we treat each other. You see, the old way wasn't working, so it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive. Petko Bossakov N535C ----------------------------------------------------------------- Another contribution From: John Aldred Pray for the siblings, parents, children & other relatives of those who were killed. They are victims too; perhaps more so than those killed. Who knows how long the survivors will have to live with their personal losses. It's such a sad time. And the whole world should be in disgrace that in such modern times of relative "enlightenment" something like this could even happen. Perhaps this "enlightenment" is what shielded us from the possibility that this is even conceivable. I have no doubt that one way or another, the orchestrators of this atrocity will be brought to justice. We also have to pray that we don't see repeats of events, in the last few days, as time passes in the future. To every member of the "civilized" world, which is not limited to just those commonly known as "civilized" countries, but also those individual innocents who are caught up in the middle of this through no fault of their own: You are in my heart and prayers. God (whomever you believe that to be) bless you all. John ----------------------------------------------------------------- Terrorism attacks September 11th, 2001 From "George Vandervort" In case you haven't already heard, both towers of New York City's World Trade Center have now collapsed and a serious fire rages at the U.S. Pentagon, all due to terrorist attacks using hijacked planes. Check your local news for more details. FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 5 17 Sep 2001 As someone who has lived in a war zone for more than a year in my past I can tell you that there are some things you should consider when talking to anyone who may have been affected by today's events. 1. Don't joke about it, even if you think it might help cheer someone up. 2. Don't coddle. Treat them with respect and help them in the ways you would normally help. Offer support, but assume they will tell you if they need help. 3. Don't speculate, and don't act like you understand or know how they feel. If you haven't gone through an extremely traumatic event you don't know what its like. Talk to them, but listen more than talk. If you're affected by this directly yourself, take our condolences and hopes that you recover. If we can help, ask. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 6 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= FIDONET NOTICES ================================================================= About the Fidonet Software Listing. From Editor I've been in comunication with Todd Cochrane about the "Fidonet Sotfware Listing" column. Since his life is basicaly on hold for a couple of weeks or so, I asked if I could take the column if he is called to duty. So, For now, I'll just include the listing each week. If you need an update, you can mail Todd and copy to me at "flv@texoma.net". That way Todd will know of the change. This might get a little strange, but with Todd and I comparing notes, I think it will work out. :) Regards, Frank ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 7 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= EDITOR'S CORNER ================================================================= From Me Frank Vest 1:124/6308(.1) We all know by now what the headlines of this edition of the Fidonews is about. I'm sure that all nations have heard and, perhaps, watched as the events unfolded. I've always felt that Fidonet was a family... at the very least, a community. I've enjoyed, in my few years in Fidonet, reading messages from other countries. Reading how they feel and what they do, how their customs differ from mine and all the things that Fidonet provides. As the events unfolded this last week, my thoughts moved from shock to anger to sympathy and back for time after time. They are still moving through these emotions and more. With all of these emotions moving and all the things happening, I wondered what the Fidonews was going to be like. How would these other nations and countries that are part of this Fidonet community react. I got my answer in the form of an article from Petko Bossakov of Bulgaria. He had already sent an article for another section of the Fidoews and then sent another one with his feelings and sympathy for the U.S.A. To Petko, and all of Fidonet in other countries, Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Kind regards, Frank ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 8 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN ================================================================= The Sysop, upclose and personal Translated by Petko Bossakov, 2:535/1 This is an old text file, contributed by the users of SORE BBS, a node in the former Net 350. Unfortunately the BBS is down, but the text stays, and I hope the authors wouldn't mind if I translated it and submitted it to the Fidonews. Some of its charm is lost in the translation, but it's still quite funny. Some brand names that are specific to Bulgaria have been changed. His day started like a Star Trek series. The only difference was the surrounding environment. It wasn't a spaceship, but simply his own house, where he grew up among his incomprehensible relatives. He woke up late, around noon. He opened his rheumy and tired eyes and lazily stretched. After focusing his blurred sight with the help of his glasses, a thought passed through his dishevelled head like bytes pass through a phone cable. "Today I have to put the new file areas in order, because tonight I have to chat with that cool girl, Stilyana, again. By no means I can allow any error to slip in. I have to make a good impression -- talking to a female creature in the chatroom is a rare occasion. Sometimes I feel that the girls who connect to BBSes are not like the others... Oh, they are the thing that makes us move forward, like the head of a floppy, which is formatting a disk. Well, sometimes we stay somewhere longer, thinking about a girl for some time, until she's fed up with chatting. It's like a bad sector on the disk -- stops us for a while, and then we start moving forward again, until we get to another bad sector. Damn, how stupid I am, comparing girls to bad sectors. Well, what can I do -- the bad sectors are less than the normal ones after all. Yaaaaaawn!" He yawned thoughtfully. Looking at the ceiling, he noticed a small spider. "It is as big as a pixel in 320x200," he measured. The noise from the computer put him to sleep again. After two more hours, a strange, but familiar feeling made him get out of bed. The smell reminded him that it's time to change underwear. "Damn, I forgot that this would happen again. Sitting with these pants so long in front of the machine... that's an insult to my dear computer. Let's deal with the change instantly. I wonder where did mom put the clean ones?" The sysop started rummaging in the drawers, but with no result. "Why can't everything be in a good order like my file areas... I have to teach my mom to work with Maximus. Then maybe we could get along with her." After an hour of looking in the wardrobe, our hero found what he was looking for. He took off his yellowish pants and when he got naked like a boxless CD, he looked at his floppy penis. He thought "Eh, so much time passed, and I still haven't felt the pleasure of doing it with a real girl. It must be a lot better than watching a MPEG with Pamela Anderson. But maybe this evening I will get to know Stilyana better, I hope she uploads some digitized picture..." Thinking about this, fast as a hard disk (UDMA2), the SysOp changed his clothes, threw the dirty pants on the chandelier and headed for the kitchen. FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 9 17 Sep 2001 As often happenned, his mother had left a note asking him to buy some stuff from the shop. "Can't they learn that I don't want to go out for such stupid things! I might visit Pesho, but he hasn't made an upgrade lately, so there's no reason to go there. If only bread could be bought over the Internet... and then teleported through the modem... If everything is made of bits, why bread isn't? It'd be best if people could learn not to eat. Or maybe some kind of pill once a day. And now I have to go back and forth every day, like error-correction code. This is stupid. And it's just about time for those scientists to make a chair with a toilet in it. Why does a primitive need have to disturb me?" These were the fundamental questions that our Sysop was thinking about. And he firmly decided to put this for discussion in the BBS (and why not also in the website). In that moment, the temperature in the fridge managed to rise to the point that the compressor turned on. The sysop jumped: "Wow, it scared me, it's like the hard disk of an Apple ][. That reminds me that I have to put a newspaper ad that I'm selling my old harddisk. I love it, but I need money after all." After these digital thoughts, the SysOp opened a jar of peanut butter and spread it generously on a slice of bread, which he bit off with a lot of indignation. This was caused by the sign "Peanut butter" on the label: "Why the hell have these idiots written it with Playbill, when it'd be better in Times New Roman? Designers! I wonder who pays them!?" This time, however, he decided not to send a complaint to the company, because this was just a small jar with some stuff made of peanuts or whatever. After all this, he started working. The first thing he did was looking at the newest users on the BBS. "I don't like this guy, Angel, he's been online 22 times and hasn't send me any file or message, just downloading. Damn, 18 MB! I'll lower his level, he could've at least left me his opinion about the BBS. I gotta put a note for users, and maybe in a bold font." Continuing with these thoughts, the SysOp didn't notice that his room had become a mess. This kept up until his mother returned from work. Just upon entering she felt sick and in spite of the fact that she was tired from today's work, she started yelling at him. And the poor Sysop thought, "Why do you have to scream, better help me spread the news about the BBS outside Bulgaria, you work in a newspaper after all. And tomorrow I promise that I'll buy the bread." One of the things the Sysop couldn't understand is that the neighbors from the block thought he was "a very good boy", while his former schoolmates said "what a f***ing nerd!". Maybe they can't appreciate his qualities. Aah, the reason is that they can't see how well he configured his two modems. They both use the same interrupt. Of course, they can't work at the same time, but maybe in the future... At that moment an unpleasant, but familiar pain got him out of this line of thoughts. The old haemorrhoids again. "I have to do FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 10 17 Sep 2001 something," he said, "this evening I will check that website about self-treatment. It's good that there are people to think about it." Well, I might go on with this story till the end of time. I can only come to the conclusion that the Sysop went on like an Iron Maiden song says, "From Here To Eternity". ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 11 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= COMIX IN ASCII ================================================================= Cows O__O \_|_/ (oo) (oo) /-------\/ /-------\/ / | || / | || * ||----|| * ||----|| ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Cow at Disneyland Cow visiting the Statue of Liberty ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 12 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ================================================================= Compassionate Lawyer From: Warren Bonner One afternoon, a wealthy lawyer was riding in the back of his limousine when he saw two men eating grass by the road side. He ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate. "Why are you eating grass?" he asked one man. "We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "Oh, come along with me then," instructed the lawyer. "But, sir, I have a wife and two children!" "Bring them along!" replied the lawyer. He turned to the other man and said, "Come with us." "But sir, I have a wife and six children!" the second man answered. "Bring them as well!" answered the lawyer as he headed for his limo. They all climbed into the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limo. Once underway, one of the poor fellows says, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you." The lawyer replied, "No problem, the grass at my home is almost a foot tall." ----------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Contest from On High From: Warren Bonner Jesus and Satan were having an ongoing argument about who was better at using the computer. They had been going at it for days, and God was tired of hearing all the bickering. Finally, God said, "Cool it. I am going to set up a test which will take two hours and it will judge who does the better job." So Satan and Jesus sat down at their keyboards and typed away. They moused. They did spreadsheets. They wrote reports. They sent faxes. They sent e-mail. FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 13 17 Sep 2001 They sent out e-mail with attachments. They downloaded. They did some genealogy reports. They made cards. They did every known job. But, ten minutes before the time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, the rain poured, and of course, the electricity went off. Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word know in the underworld. Jesus just sighed. The electricity finally flickered back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically screaming, "It's gone! It's all gone! I lost everything when the power went out!" Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all his files from the past two hours. Satan observed this and became even more irate. "Wait! He cheated! How did he do it??!!" (You'll love the punch line....) God shrugged and said, "Jesus Saves." 8^) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Snooze chuckle From: Warren Bonner If you should ever come across a time bomb and there's only a few seconds left, press 'SNOOZE'. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 14 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= OTHER STUFF ================================================================= This week's calandar - Sept. 17-23 17. Heroes' Day in Angola 18. Independence Day in Chile Victory of Uprona Day in Burundi 19. Army Day in Chile Independence Day in Saint Kitts & Nevis 21. Independence Day in Belize Independence Day in Malta National Day in Belize National Day in Malta Referendum Day/Independence Day in Armenia 22. Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic in Mali Independence Day in Mali 23. Charter Day in Micronesia (Chuuk) National Day in Saudi Arabia ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 15 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= CLASSIFIED ADS ================================================================= Rotating ads As a service of the Fidonews, I am prepared to offer rotating ads for those that provide services to Fidonet such as Mail Hubs, Gateways, Fidonet via Internet and such. How this works: 1. Create an ad following the guidelines for the Fidonews. 2. Keep it short and to the point. 3. Put contact and other needed information in the ad. 4. Send it to Frank Vest as a file attach. A. E-Mail "flv@texoma.net B. Netmail "Frank Vest - 1:124/6308 I will put the ad in a pool and use a program each week to automatically rotate the ads into the Fidonews. Please! If you stop offering service or need to change your ad, contact me! This is very important to keep the ads current. I'm doing this on a trial basis. If it gets to be a problem, I will have to discontinue the service. I can make no promise of how often your ad will be in the Fidonews. This will depend on how many ads I have to rotate through. As always in Fidonet, I make no guaranties. :) Regards, Frank Vest - Fidonews Editor ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 16 17 Sep 2001 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= *Fidonet/BBS Software Listing's* -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BBS Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BBBS Home Page b@bbbs.net http://www.bbbs.net/ ELEBBS- The Elevator Software Productions Web Page elebbs@elebbs.com http://www.elebbs.com/ Hermes II Project (Mac) info@HermesII.org http://www.hermesii.org/ Maximus BBS Support Page (Non Official) sales@lainus.com http://www.vector11.com/maximus/ Mystic BBS http://www.mysticbbs.com/mystic/ Nexus Bulletin Board System groberts@nexusbbs.net http://www.nexusbbs.net/ RemoteAccess Central Bruce Morse bfmorse@rapro.com http://www.rapro.com/ Spitfire BBS Buffalo Creek Software MDWoltz@AOL.COM http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/index.html Synchronet BBS sysop@vert.synchro.net http://www.synchro.net Telegard BBS support@telegard.net http://www.telegard.net/ Wildcat Interactive Net Server (BBS) Santronics Inc. sales@santronics.com (305)248-3204 http://www.santronics.com FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 17 17 Sep 2001 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Door Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bentstone Capabilities Group info@stonebenders.com http://www.srupc.com/mall Jibben Software scott@jibben.com http://www.jibbensoftware.com/ JNS Software Door Games Rusty Johnson rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com 304-733-0113 http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/ PC Pursuits brucep@pop.kis.net (301)240-6653 http://www.pcpursuits.com/products.htm S and T Software Mark Bappe mark.bappe@bozax.iainc.net (770)788-6843 http://bozax.iainc.net/public/ Shinning Star BBS Doors nannette@shiningstar.net http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ Sunrise Door Software Al Lawerence al@sunrisedoors.com (404)256-9518 http://www.sunrisedoors.com/ The Brainex System info@brainex.com http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/ Trade Wars Door Game jpritch@eisonline.com http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ 1:299/110 Vagabond Software Bryan Turner vagabond@darktech.org http://vagabond.virtualave.net/ 1:124/7013 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mail Tossers -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 18 17 Sep 2001 FMail Support wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org http://fmail.nl.eu.org/ 2:280/1076 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mailer Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FrontDoor, FrontDoor APX, Mailer/Point Software Definite Solutions sales@defsol.se http://www.defsol.se/ BinkleyTerm XE Frontend Mailer Software http://btxe.sourceforge.net/ Plantinum Express for Wildcat Santronics Inc. sales@santronics.com (305)248-3204 http://www.santronics.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Fidonet via Internet Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Argus RITLABS argus@ritlabs.com 373-2-246889 http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84 BinkD maloff@corbina.net http://2f.ru/binkd/ Fidogate Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net http://www.fidogate.org/ Fidonet to Internet Mailer Bo Bendtsen sales@terminate.com http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm GiGo Software http://www.gigo.com/ Internet Rex cruden@cs.ualberta.ca http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/ Tmail (Russian /w English DL) http://www.tmail.spb.ru/index-19.htm FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 19 17 Sep 2001 TransX Multiboard Communications Inc. support@multiboard.com http://www.multiboard.com/software/transx.html 1:2401/305 TransNet transnet@ressl.com.ar http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/ Watergate ramon@sbbs.se http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Point Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Definite Solutions FrontDoor APX http://www.defsol.se/ JetSys - Home of JetMail, JetStat and other Atari Fidonet utilities http://www.jetsys.de/ APoint http://www.apoint.websale.net/index.htm (Author) http://www.apoint-mail.de (Co-Author) CrossPoint ("Original" version) http://www.crosspoint.de http://www.apoint-mail.de CrossPoint (OpenXP Projekt) http://www.openxp.com (English) http://www.openxp.de (German) CrossPoint (XP2 Team) http://www.xp2.de WinPoint95 http://www.schenksmir.de/wp/english The OpenXP CrossPoint Projekt http://www.happyarts.de/xp Terminate Terminal http://www.terminate.com PPoint-FTS compatible E-Mail System http://www.alcuf.ca/ppoint.htm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Other Software, Utillities and such -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- F-Prot Anti-Virus Home Page http://www.complex.is/cgi-bin/home_pager FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 20 17 Sep 2001 BGFAX Home Page http://blkbox.com/~bgfax/ SIO, Vmodem for OS/2 http://www.gwinn.com NetModem for Windows http://www.allensoftware.com Com/IP Region 11: http://www.vector11.com/region11/ Net 2410: http://www.vector11.com/net2410/ Region 13: http://www.ispaceonline.org/region13/ Net 109: http://www.thelitterbox.net/fido/net109/ Net 261: http://www.baltimorepress.com/~net261/ Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/ Net 267: http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/net267/ Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/ Region 14: http://www.ouijabrd.com/region14 Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/ Region 15: Region 16: Region 17: http://www.region17.net Net 140: http://www.nwstar.com/~net140 Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/ FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 22 17 Sep 2001 Region 19: http://bise.tzo.com/r19 Net 124: http://www.DallasInet.com/net124/ http://texoma.net/~flv Net 393: http://www.chatter.com/~wb/ Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish) Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German) http://www.was-ist-fido.de/ Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German) Region 25: Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French) http://Welcome.to/skynetbbs/ Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish) REC34: http://www.fidospain.org 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 (Greek/English) Region 42: http://www.fido.cz Net422: http://www.fido.sk (Slovak/English) Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian) Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian) Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian) Net 5028: HTTP://5028.nordnet.ru/ Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English) ?? Net 5049: http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.org (English/Russian) Net 5074: http://www.n5074.z2.fidonet.net ?? Net 5085: http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian) Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org Zone 4: Region 80: http://fidobrasil.8m.com (Portuguese) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish) Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://r65.yeah.net http://www.cfido.com (Chinese) Fidonet Via Internet Hubs a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email address. The email is translated as follows firstname.lastname@osirusoft.com will automatically route to the appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will also receive routed notice of this feature. FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 23 17 Sep 2001 v-email flag firstname.lastname@osirusoft.com | email address or Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate | | |latency| -----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------ Zone 1 | | | | 10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| n/c 10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,! | n/c 18/500 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c 18/600 | Jerry Gause | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c 103/5 @ Mark Luetger | BinkP | CABLE | n/c 103/301 @ Joe Jared | BinkP,FTP,NFS | 384k,!| n/c 103/401 @ Warren Bonner | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c 105/8 @ Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c 105/72 @ Larry James | FTP, BinkP | aDSL | $50/yr 106/1 @ Steve Loupe | BinkP, FTP | 128k | ??? 106/2000 | Bob Juge | BinkP VMoT FTP TX| ??? | n/c 106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c 107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo. 1:134/11 @ Michael Grant | FTP, BinkP, VMoT UUE, IFCICO,TransX aDSL, 60 | n/c 138/146 | Marc Blakely | BinkP,FTP | ??? | n/c 140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP,BinkP | T3,30 | $5/$16 142/906 | Chris Griffin | BinkP | ??? | n/c 150/220 | Dave Nemeth | UUE | ??? | n/c 153/7715 | Dallas Hinton | BinkD, FTP | CABLE | ??? 167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c 167/166 | Jesse Dooling | POP? UUE TX FTP| ??? | n/c 218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE,TX | 33.6k | n/c 220/10 | groberts@nexusbbs.net |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c 229/1 | Phil Simpson | BinkP UUE FTP | ??? | n/c 229/2000 | Robert Couture |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ??? | 229/622 | Dave Hamilton | BinkP | ??? | n/c 249/116 | Carl Austin Bennett | FTP, UUE |ADSL,60 | n/c 250/98 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 250/99 | Brent McLaren | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c 250/102 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 267/169 | Philip Lozier | FTP TX | ??? | n/c 261/1380 | Joe Davis | UUE TX | ??? | n/c 280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo. 297/11 | Michael McCabe | TX | ??? | n/c 323/120 | Craig Healy | VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c 342/3 @ Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c 360/5 | Bennie Hutto | FTP VMoT | aDSL | n/c 395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | CABLE | n/c 379/1 @ Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c 379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 393/9005 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP TX UUE VMoT| ??? | n/c 395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkP VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c 396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr 396/48 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c 2215/300 | Dennis Haddox | UUE,TX | CABLE | n/c 2320/38 | Janis Kracht | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 2410/400 | Gary Gilmore | FTP BinkP | 384K,60| n/c 2410/213 | Kevin Bentz | FTP, BinkP, UUE| Cable | n/c 2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 24 17 Sep 2001 2624/306 | David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c 3613/1275 | @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE,FTP | 28.8 | n/c 3407/4 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c 3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c 3651/9 @ Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6 3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 2 | 20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c 22/222 | Kim Heino | BinkP | ??? | n/c 28/1 | Lody Caenen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c 37/37 | Gabor Z. Papp | BinkP | ??? | n/c 47/999 | Andrej Kirejev | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c 201/505 | Goran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c 203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c 211/37 | Torbjorn Mohn | BN IFCICO | ??? | n/c 221/360 @ Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c 236/205 @ Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c 240/6298 | Steve Tell | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c 246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c 252/110 | David Rance | UUE | ??? | n/c 255/90 | Simon Avery | UUE | ??? | n/c 263/950 | Sean Rima | TX UUE | ??? | n/c 280/1027 | Lukas de Groen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 280/1601 @ Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c 280/4312 | Jos Huijnen | BinkP ifcico UUE TX| ??? | n/c 280/5003 | Kees van Eeten | BinkP ifcico | ??? | n/c 292/620 | Eddy Missoul | VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 64k | n/c 292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE | 64k | n/c 292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | ??? | n/c 292/907 | Bart Verhaeghe | BinkP,VMoT,UUE | 64K | n/c 292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c 301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c 332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c 333/0 | M Gianformaggio | BinkP | ??? | n/c 335/534 @ Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c 335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c 341/14 | Rafael Suarez | BinkP VMoT | ??? | n/c 344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c 346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c 382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/555 | Ofir Michaeli | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/557 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/558 | Vlad Hrusca | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c 406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c 423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c 461/256 | Andrew Rutkas | BinkP | ??? | n/c 461/640 | Alex Semenyaka |BinkP ifcico UUE| ??? | n/c 465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c 469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c 469/128 | Oleg Vasenyoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c 550/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | ----- | n/c FIDONEWS 18-38 Page 25 17 Sep 2001 2410/201 | Karsten Ebeling | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c 2411/413 @ Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c 2432/200 | Sven Dueker | BinkP TX UUE | ??? | n/c 2446/301 @ Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c 2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn 2487/3000 | Steffen Gross | BinkP | ??? | n/c 3830/10 | Matt Bedynek | FTP, BinkP | 100Mb | n/c 5002/5002 | Victor Belyakov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5014/4 | Alex Bagmanov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5020/52 | Peter Didenko | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/54 | Serge Wizgounoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5020/69 | B Chernivetsky | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/238 | Sergey Gubanov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5030/1251 | K Stepanekov | UUE | ??? | n/c 5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c 5049/12 | Amir Shabashvili | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5054/3 | Andrew Popov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5080/80 | Eugene Zorin | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5083/21 | Alexander Uskov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5090/2 | Andrew Titov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 3 633/260 @ Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c 640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c 712/311 | Bob James | TX | ??? | n/c 774/605 @ Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 4 801/161 @ Renato Zambon | UUE | 33.6 |n/c 902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c 905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 128k | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 6 65/3000 | Lawrence Fan | UUE | 33600 | free 653/1009 | Maorong Chen | UUE | ??? | free 654/0 | Bin Li | UUE,BinkP | 33600 | free 654/1501 | Lawrence Fan | UUE,BinkP | 28800 | free -- * FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol * VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various) * UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers * BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks * TX = TransX * NFS = Linux Networking * ifcico = ifcico-compatible virtual mailer ---------------------------------------------- Fidonet oriented news servers news.osirusoft.com news.tardis.net Fidonet oriented chat rooms. 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