FidoNews · Vol 20, No 12 · 24 Mar 2003
The F I D O N E W S Volume 20, Number 12 24 Mar 2003
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Copyright 2003 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally.
Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS ................................. 2
Synchronet v3.10L Beta ................................... 2
3. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER .......................... 4
Global Disasters ......................................... 4
4. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 6
More adventures of Fidodog ............................... 6
5. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES ..................................... 7
Some funnys this week .................................... 7
6. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................... 11
FIDONet Software References .............................. 11
7. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 16
Fidonet-related sites .................................... 16
8. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 21
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 21
9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 23
How to Submit an Article ................................. 23
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 25
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and
I'm not sure about the former.
--Albert Einstein
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FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS
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Synchronet v3.10L Beta
From Frank Vest
1:124/6308.1
Synchronet is, IMHO, one of the best BBS software packages around
today. Some of the features that make it one of the best are:
Author Support:
The author of Synchronet, Rob Swindell (known as Digital Man or DM)
is active in the Fidonet "SYNC_SYSOPS" echo, DoveNet echos as well
as the "alt.bbs.synchronet" newsgroup. You can also find him in the
chat room(s) at "irc.thebbs.org".
"Third Party" Support:
Digital Man is not the only programmer that is working on the
Synchronet project. Other programmers, Sysops in their own right,
help with the programming. some of the Java Script modules and
other facets of Synchronet are from these programmers.
Easy Install:
IMHO, one of the easiest installs of any BBS software. The latest
public release, v3.00, and the current beta have full blown
installers.
Platforms:
Win32 and *nix versions available. While OS/2 and Dos are not
supported in the v3+ versions, the older v2.30 can still be used,
and with the ability to share configuration files, one can offer
dial-up along with telnet access.
FTN support:
Synchronet comes with its own FTN mail tosser, SBBSECHO, for
handling Fidonet and other FTN mail.
>> From the Synchronet Web Page (http://www.synchro.net):
Version 3.10L Beta is now available for Win32 (sbbs310L.zip) and
Unix-x86 (sbbsunix.tgz)!
This is a beta release, but it does include a full-blown Win32
installer (no prior Synchronet installation is required). The Win32
installer can be used for a full installation or to upgrade an
existing installation (of v2.3 or v3.x).
The Unix installer can be used to build Synchronet from the v3.10L
source code or the current CVS code snap-shot - thanks Deuce!
Synchronet v3.10L now offers:
* Numerous JavaScript Object Model improvements and fixes
* Numerous SMTP Mail Server improvements and fixes - Including
optional external mail processing (ctrl/mailproc.cfg)
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* Unix versions are of "release quality" with awesome installer
* Includes IRC client (exec/irc.js) - thanks Deuce!
* Requested SBBSecho improvements
* ADDFILES improvements (mainly for adding CD-ROM directories)
* Improved FTP server reliability and new features
* New command-line utility (makeuser) to add a user to the user
database - run makeuser -? for usage instructions
Future plans are available at "http://rob.synchro.net/sbbstodo.html".
Some of these have already been included in the v3.10L release. Future
features that I'm looking forward to include:
Full HTML Web server.
Web interface for message areas.
If you are interested in a BBS program, please check out Synchronet.
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OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER
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Global Disasters
wdbonner@pacbell.net
First let me thank the several Fidonews readers who have emailed me in
the last few weeks. I appreciate your letters and kind comments on
the subjects my column has portrayed. Most amazing is, not one
complaint! However that may change after this issue. Terrorism
strikes all countries in the world where freedom and democracy exist.
Terrorism is cowardly, and connives to demolish the lives of
unsuspecting citizens in horrific and catastrophic ways. Makes them
no difference, young or old, babies or adults, they strike usually
without warning and claim proudly to be responsible by their God. Do
not believe this claim, it is a lie. No God fearing religion on earth
teaches such diabolically perverse deeds, much less rewards them with
everlasting martyrdom.
Our military are in the second year since the Terrorist Attack on
9-11, and are in the process of cleansing the second country of it's
Terrorist. Their evil days of rule are over in Iraq as they were in
Afghanistan. The soldiers are putting their lives once again on the
line for us.
I want you to close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at
Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands, for the
constitution our country is founded upon.
He stands barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food, wounded
from months of battle and emotionally scarred from the eternity away
from his family surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of war.
He stands tough, with fire in his eyes and victory on his breath. He
looks at France, now in anger and disgust and tells us this...
I gave you freedom in world war 1 and again in world war 2. I helped
rebuild your nation, not occupy it. I did the same for other
countries too. How sad to see you willing for Iraq's people to be
enslaved, for the profits to your banks.
I fought in the snow and ice on every mountain in Europe, sometimes
barefoot and frost-bitten to give you the freedom to vote and you stay
at bay and try to sway the little countries against me.
I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of speech and you
remain silent or negative on critical issues, because it might be bad
for business.
I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve you and you
have wasted it on the opportunities for your business contracts and
banks.
It's the soldier not the reporter who gives you the freedom of the
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press.
It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the freedom of speech.
It's the soldier not the campus organizer who allows you to
demonstrate.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin
is draped with the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag!!!
God be with us as our Soldiers and Marines continue to wipe out the
terrorist regimes of the world. Terrorists that have basked in our
freedom, used our lenient immigration laws illegally and stolen
thousands of lives for a ignorant unjust cause.
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they
protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they
perform for us in our time of need. Amen."
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COMIX IN ASCII
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More adventures of Fidodog
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CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES
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Some funnys this week
wdbonner@pacbell.net
Mommy, How Old Are You?
Little Jenny walked into the kitchen one day and looked up at her
mother, who was busy cooking dinner. "Mommy, how old are you?" she
asked.
"Now dear," said her mother, "You should never ask a woman what her
age is." "Why not?" demanded Jenny. "Because it isn't polite. You'll
understand better when you grow up." Jenny thought about it for a
moment, then piped up, "Mommy, how much do you weigh?"
"Jenny," said her mother, "That's not a question you ask people." "Why
not?" "Because it's not polite to ask grown-ups about how much they
weigh. You'll understand some day."
"Mommy," Jenny asked, "Why did you and Daddy get divorced?" "Darling,"
her mother replied with a sigh, "That's something that's still very
painful for Mommy, and I really can't talk about it now. I'll explain
when you are a little older."
The next day, Jenny told a friend at school about the conversation
with her mother. The other little girl explained to her, "All you have
to do is get a look at your mom's driver's license. It has all the
information about any grown-up you want on it."
So little Jenny sneaked a peek in her mother's purse when she got
home, and looked over her license, examining it carefully. That
evening, she went back into the kitchen and announced, "I know how old
you are, Mommy, You are 36!"
Her mother looked down at her, surprised. "And I know how much you
weigh!" said Jenny. "You weigh 135 pounds." "Jenny, where did you
learn this?", her mother asked. Jenny just smiled and continued, "And,
I know why you and Daddy got a divorce." Her mother just gasped and
asked, "Why?"
Jenny replied, "Because you got an F in sex!"
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Face-lift
A woman in her forties went to a plastic surgeon for a face-lift. The
surgeon told her about a new procedure called "The Knob", where a
small knob is placed on the back of a woman's head and can be turned
to tighten up her skin to produce the effect of a brand new face lift.
Of course, the woman wanted "The Knob." And over the course of the
years, the woman tightened the knob, and the effects were wonderful --
the woman remained young looking and vibrant.
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After fifteen years, the woman returned to the surgeon with two
problems.
"All these years, everything has been working just fine. I've had to
turn the knob many times and I've always loved the results. But now
I've developed two annoy-ing problems:
First, I have these terrible bags under my eyes and the knob won't get
rid of them."
The doctor looked at her closely and said, "Those aren't bags, those
are your breasts."
She thought a moment and replied, "Guess I need not ask about the
goatee".
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Cowboy Ventriloquist
One day, a cowboy met an Indian riding along with a dog and a sheep
and began a conversation.
Cowboy: "Hey, cool dog you got there. Mind if I speak to him?"
Indian: "Dog no talk."
Cowboy: "Hey dog, how's it going?" Dog: "Doin' all right."
Indian: Look of shock.
Cowboy: "Is this Indian your owner?" pointing at the Indian. Dog:
"Yep"
Cowboy: " How does he treat you?" Dog: "Real good. He walks me twice a
day, feeds me great food, and takes me to the lake once a week to
play."
Indian: Look of total disbelief.
Cowboy: "Mind if I talk to your horse?" Indian: "Horse no talk."
Cowboy: "Hey horse, how's it going?" Horse: " Cool."
Indian: Extreme look of shock.
Cowboy: "Is this your owner? " pointing at Indian Horse: "Yep"
Cowboy: "How's he treat you?" Horse: "Good, thanks for asking. He
rides me regularly, brushes me down often, and keeps me in a shed to
protect me."
Indian: Total look of utter amazement.
Cowboy: "Mind if I talk to your sheep?" Indian: "Sheep liar."
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Ham sandwich
A priest and a rabbi are sitting next to each other on an airplane.
After a while the priest turns to the rabbi and asks, "Is it still a
requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?"
The rabbi responds, "Yes, that is still one of our beliefs."
The priest then asks, "Have you ever eaten pork?"
To which the rabbi replies, "Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to
temptation and tasted a ham sandwich."
The priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading. A
while later, the rabbi spoke up and asked the priest, "Father, is it
still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?"
The priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much a part of our
faith." The rabbi then asked him, "Father, have you ever fallen to the
temptations of the flesh?"
The priest replied, "Yes, rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke
with my faith."
The rabbi nodded understandingly. He was silent for about five
minutes, and then he said,
"Beats the hell out of a ham sandwich, doesn't it?"
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Birth Pain Transfer Exchange
A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered.
Upon their arrival, the doctor said he had invented a new machine that
would transfer a portion of the mother's labor pain to the father. He
asked if they were willing to try it out. They were both very much in
favor of it.
The doctor set the pain transfer to 10% for starters, explaining that
even 10% was probably more pain than the father had ever experienced
before.
But as the labor progressed, the husband felt fine and asked the
doctor to go ahead and kick it up a notch.
The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20% pain transfer. The husband
was still feeling fine.
The doctor checked the husband's blood pressure and was amazed at how
well he was doing. At this point they decided to try for 50%.
The husband continued to feel quite well. Since the pain transfer was
obviously helping out the wife considerably, the husband encouraged
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the doctor to transfer ALL the pain to him.
The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain. She and her
husband were ecstatic.
When they got home, the mailman was dead on the porch.
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BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info
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Argus |M |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84
| | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889
| | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001
BeeMail: |M |http://beemail.gexonline.net 1:105/10
Stephen Proffit | | beemail@gexonline.net
BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net 1:1/102
| | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998
BinkD |MI |http://2f.ru/binkd/
| | maloff@corbina.net
| | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000
Fidonet to Internet: |MI |http://www.terminate.com
Bo Bendtsen | | sales@terminate.com
| | v2.00 on Mar23rd 1997
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330
Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101
| | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sf.net
| | v1.4b2 on Feb 25th 2003
InterMail, InterEcho,|MT |http://www.ifido.com 1:1/133
Allfix | | sales@ifido.com
| | v2.50 IM, v1.19 IE, v5.13 AF
Radius (based on |M |http://fido5012.narod.ru/ 2:5012/38
Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463
| | v4.009 on Jan 2nd 2003
Terminate |MBP |http://www.terminate.com
| | v5.00 on Aug 7th 1997
Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204
Software, Inc. | | AUP 450.2 on Jul 9th 2002
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Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org
| | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.4
FMail |T |http://fmail.nl.eu.org 2:280/1076
| | wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org v1.60
JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000
Squish |T |http://www.lanius.com
| | sales@lanius.com v1.11
| |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/
Synchronet BBS |TB |http://www.synchro.net
| | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
| | v3.10i Beta on Apr 30th 2002
Watergate |TUI |http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/
| | ramon@sbbs.se
| | v0.93p9 on Dec 14th 1998
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BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net
| | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222
ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com
Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002
Falken BBS |B |http://falkenbbs.com
| | v12.0 on Feb 2nd 2002
Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org
| | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final
Maximus BBS |B |http://www.lanius.com
| | sales@lanius.com v3.01
| |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/
MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802
Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
| | v0.33.21 on Jun 4th 2002
Mystic BBS |B |http://www.mysticbbs.com
| | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001
Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net
| | groberts@nexusbbs.net
| | v0.99.41.001 beta on Jun 10th 2001
Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be
| | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002
RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
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Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150
| | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999
Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net
| | support@telegard.net
| | v3.09g2 SP4
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Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/
| | last update: Jun 2002
BBS Central |D |http://www.rpcomputers.com
Bentstone |D |http://www.srupc.com/mall
Capabilities Group | | info@stonebenders.com
Cheepware: |D |http://www.midnightshour.org/cheepware/
Sean Dennis | | hausmaus@midnightshour.org 1:11/200
DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
DoorMUD |D |http://www.dmud.thebbs.org
| | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002
Elysium Software |D |http://www.elysoft.com
| | mpreslar@mailcity.com
Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
JNS Software: |D |http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/
Rusty Johnson | | rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com
| | Tel: (304) 733-0113
John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
| | support@johndaileysoftware.com
LORD (Legend of the |D |http://www.lordlegacy.org
Red Dragon) Reborn | | mike@lordlegacy.org
| | v4.06 on Feb 5th 2001
Lord-II IGMs |D |http://www.shelby.net/wizards/lord2igm/
PC Pursuits |D |http://www.pcpursuits.com
| | brucep@pop.kis.net
| | Tel: (301) 240-6653
Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
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| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013
Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org
| | last update: Jul 17th 2002
(various) |D |http://www.webnexus.com/users/etow/
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APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de
| | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
| | v1.25 2:2426/1210.13
OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004
| | mk@openxp.de v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002
OpenXP/16 |P |http://www.openxp16.de 2:2433/460
| | my@openxp16.de v3.40 RC3 Apr 28th 2002
CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de
| | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999
PPoint |P |http://www.alcuf.ca 1:249/114
| | v3.04 on Jan 10th 2000
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GoldEd+ |E |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/ 2:203/6600
| | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de
| | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999
TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet
| | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed
| | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267
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GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com
| | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997
Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
(Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001
PeopleComm Terminal |CUI |http://www.peoplecomm.org 1:128/148
(BBS & Telnet w/ | | edward.williams@adelphia.net
ZModem) | | v1.01a on Feb 11th 2003
TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998
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TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.multiboard.com/software/
Communications, Inc.| | support@multiboard.com 1:2401/305
| | v3.5
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Fidonet Via Internet Hubs provided by FidoTel.com
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
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 | 768k | FREE
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.
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
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229/1 | Phil Simpson | BinkP UUE FTP | ??? | n/c
229/2000 | Robert Couture |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ??? |
229/622 | Dave Hamilton | BinkP | ??? | 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
275/311 | Shannon Talley|FTP,BinkP,FTP,VMoT,QWK| T1 |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
379/1 | Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c
393/68 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c
396/45 | Marc Lewis |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ADSL | 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
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
3634/12 | Mark Lewis |FTP,VMoT,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c
3830/9 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP FTP IFCICO VMoT UUE|?|?
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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
53/558 |Vladimir Hrusca|POP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP,ifcico|2mbs|??
201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c
201/505 | Göran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c
203/600 | Mikael Karlsson |BinkP,FTP,TX,UUE| 512k | n/c
211/37 | Torbjorn Mohn | BinkP | 8/2mb | 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
292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE, BinkP | 128k | n/c
292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | ??? | n/c
292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c
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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
341/51 | Jose.Maria Tejada | VMoT | |
341/66 | Angel Ripoll | VMoT | |
343/168 | Jose Casanova | VMoT | |
344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
346/3 | Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c
347/1 | Javi Polo | UUE | |
348/105 | Alejandro Estraviz| BinkP UUE | |
382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/555 | Ofir Michaeli | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/557 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | 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
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
2800/14 | Aleksandr Galiyev | BinkP,ifcico,VMoT| T1 | 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
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902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c
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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
* QWK = Quick Packets/Offline mailer "networking" capable
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Fidonet oriented news servers
nntp://news.fidotel.com (provides user access to Z1B & WWB)
nntp://news.osirusoft.com
news.tardis.net
nntp://fido.bitsoft.ro
nntp://bbs.bitsoft.ro
Fidonet oriented chat rooms.
room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays
irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted)
irc.sinoptix.ro : malay, chinesse, english, #fido, #fidonet, #wwb
irc.bitsoft.ro : 6667 russian, english, hebrew, #fido, #wwb
irc.tsua.net : 6668 russian, english #fido
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.080
size 1008.2kb
date 2003-03-21
The nodelist has 8894 nodes in it
and a total of 11668 non-comment entries
including 6 zones
60 regions
445 hosts
613 hubs
admin overhead 1124 ( 12.64 %)
and 991 private nodes
309 nodes down
350 nodes on hold
off line overhead 1650 ( 18.55 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 719 ( 8.08 %)
9600 = 7725 ( 86.86 %)
(HST = 168 or 2.17 %)
(CSP = 1 or 0.01 %)
(PEP = 11 or 0.14 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.01 %)
(V32 = 4183 or 54.15 %)
(V32B = 423 or 5.48 %)
(V34 = 5136 or 66.49 %)
(V42 = 4238 or 54.86 %)
(V42B = 446 or 5.77 %)
2400 = 87 ( 0.98 %)
1200 = 7 ( 0.08 %)
300 = 356 ( 4.00 %)
ISDN = 819 ( 9.21 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 3068
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
Xenia
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 7
Dutchie 2.90b
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XC Opus 1.1 11
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XP Seadog 6
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XR Opus 1.03 45
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XW Fido >12M 346
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 3990
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 1421
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CrashMail capable = 2770 ( 31.14 %)
MailOnly nodes = 4875 ( 54.81 %)
Listed-only nodes = 701 ( 7.88 %)
Other = 548 ( 6.16 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]
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