FidoNews · Vol 20, No 52 · 29 Dec 2003
The F I D O N E W S Volume 20, Number 52 29 Dec 2003
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Copyright 2003 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally.
Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2
Christmas, P4, cooking and more .......................... 2
3. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 3
"BBS: The Documentary" - Progress Continues! ............. 3
4. FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS ................................. 4
BBS and FidoNet Software News ............................ 4
JamNNTPd - a review ...................................... 6
5. FRANK'S COLUMN - FRANK VEST .............................. 7
War, Battles and Circles ................................. 7
6. FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN .......................... 9
Potato soup and bread .................................... 9
7. BEST OF FIDONET .......................................... 11
Education and evolution .................................. 11
8. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................... 13
FIDONet Software References .............................. 13
9. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 18
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 18
10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 20
How to Submit an Article ................................. 20
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 22
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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By the time your face clears up, your brain starts going fuzzy.
-- Anonymous
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EDITORIAL
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Christmas, P4, cooking and more
So yet another Christmas is over, and soon the year of 2003 will be
as well. I hope everyone had a great holiday and that the next year
will be a good one. Maybe it will be a year with no new wars (or
whatever the hostilities are being called) but a year when old
hostilities will come to an end. But I guess noone is willing to take
a bet on that...
The 18 month (so far) soap-opera called Changing the Fidonet Policy
seems to be going on forever. In the forum where the changes are
supposed to be debated, all kinds of discussions seems to be taking
place but those over the P4 changes. I was sent a file mirroring the
latest achievements, but unfortunately the e-mail was empty, with no
paper clip as far as my eye could spy, so this obviously will have to
wait until next week.
My ongoing attempt to give you all a taste of the Swedish Cuisine
will also have to wait until next week, because this week we have a
double recipe from Carol, and all contributions from outside will
always take precedence over "internal" ones, if you get my drift.
Apart from that we've been blessed with a couple of more articles,
software reviews and more. Plus I managed to pick up some wonderful
writings about education and evolution in the POL_INC echo, that I
thought had a given place in the Best of Fidonet section. So hopefully
everyone will find at least something readworthy in this the last
issue of the year 2003.
Finally, please all, keep your fingers crossed that I will manage
to find all the places in the configs and bats to change, whenever
there's a new year. It's not as easy as y'all may think... :)
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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"BBS: The Documentary" - Progress Continues!
submitted by: Philip Lozier 1:267/169
For some time now, an individual named Jason Scott has been working on
a "BBS Documentary" series aimed at portraying the history of the BBS
through the eyes of those who lived it, as well as those who pioneered
the technology. It is planned to be a seven episode video series on 2
DVD's, with release planned for some time in 2004.
To date, over 202 hours of video have been shot, and 170 interviews,
(with 30 more planned), conducted. While there are still some
interviews on the schedule, Jason has reported that the editing
process has begun at this point.
Obviously his documentary is being taken very seriously, as two
noteworthy people who have granted him interviews for this project are
Ward Christensen (co-inventor of the BBS and original programmer of
XMODEM), and Dr. Vinton Cerf (co-engineer of TCP/IP), known to some as
the "Father Of The Internet".
While I can't currently locate the list of interviews at this visit to
his site, I do remember sometime back seeing the list, and there were
various software developers, BBS SysOps of past and present, and (as
he puts it) the "regular folk" who have had BBSing in some way make an
impression on their lives.
If this is something you find of interest, I would highly suggest a
visit to his site at http://www.bbsdocumentary.com for a look around.
Jason has done quite a bit of research in the few years he has been
working on this and has put together an interesting timeline of BBS
history, as well as the largest database known about every known BBS
package ever to exist.
I can't wait until the final cut is available :) It is sure to be
quite interesting.
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FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS
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BBS and FidoNet Software News
submitted by: Philip Lozier 1:267/169
*** WWIV Version 5.0 Beta Released! ***
17-Dec-2003
WWIV version 5.0 beta1 was finally released yesterday. This is the
first 32-bit version of WWIV to be released to the public, now
available in both Windows and Linux flavors. WWIV version 5 Alpha has
been under development since April 2000, just after version 4.30 for
DOS was released. These alpha versions were only available to select
registered users.
A guy known as Rushfan has been spearheading the development the last
few years, while the code is still owned by Dean Nash (aka: Trader
Jack) who took it over from the original author in early 1998.
Some of the new features in version 5 include:
* 32-bit Win32 version.
* Compiles and Runs on Linux.
* Included GUI Telnet Server.
* Internal ZModem
* DOOR32.SYS support.
* Uses the Synchronet Fossil code from Synchronet BBS.
http://wss.wwiv.com/wwiv50/
*** New release of "The Magic Oracle" DoorGame ***
14-Dec-2003
Sean Dennis has announced a new release of his doorgame... following
is his announcement:
I've released what I hope to be the last version of my door, "The
Magic Oracle". It's now at version 7.2. What is it? Well, if you've
ever used the Magic 8-Ball(tm), you know what TMO is, but it's
completely customizable by the sysop. Some of its features:
* No ANSI.SYS needed (has built-in ANSI emulation)
* Supports unlimited comports and nodes
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* Supports DOOR.SYS and DORINFO#.DAT
* Will run on any system that supports DOS doors
* Pipe codes are supported
If you'd like to grab it, go to:
http://cheepware.midnightshour.org
and it's there on the page. Also, you may want to try an email FREQ
for TMO72DOS.ZIP at midnite1@mchsi.com.
18-Dec-2003
Further notes from Sean:
Well, seems I've made a couple more changes to The Magic Oracle:
* Added Mark Lewis's RemoteAccess setup example to the docs
* The user can now abort the door by pressing ENTER in the
question routine (thanks, Mark!)
* Changed LANGUAGE.DAT to reflect the new abort routine
Everything else is the same... you can grab the new archive at
http://cheepware.midnightshour.org anytime.
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JamNNTPd - a review
Peter Karlsson <2:204/254.222>
Johan Billing, of CrashMail fame, has released JamNNTPd, a piece of
software that will serve a set of messages stored in a JAM message
base over NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol), the protocol
normally used to transmit Usenet groups. This means that any news
reader (rn, slrn, Pine, Opera, Thunderbird, Outlook, ...) can now be
used to read Fidonet messages in a comfortable manner.
Of course, reading Fidonet over NNTP is not something new, it has
been done many a time before, but then the focus has always been to
convert between Fido and Usenet formats, to be able to gate messages
between systems. Not so this time, JamNNTPd is not a gateway, it is
simply a Fidonet reader that speaks NNTP. You need a regular tosser
(Billing's CrashMail II works fine) to store your messages in JAM
message bases, and then you run JamNNTPd on top of that. It can not
be used to further propagate the news messages.
When you connect to the server with your news reader, JamNNTPd will
read messages directly from the JAM message bases, converting them
on-the-fly to a RFC-style format (there are no e-mail addresses,
though, all addresses are listed in Fido style unless a REPLYADDR
kludge is found). When you post a message, it will store the message
in the JAM message base, ready to be scanned out by your tosser
software.
Since JamNNTPd has access to the JAM message base, you do not get the
dreaded "To: All" that is symptomatic for NNTP gates (since Usenet
news has no recipient field). JamNNTPd will check the message you
reply to (from your news reader's References header) and fill in the
recipient address from there.
The current version as of this writing is 0.5, and it is quite
usable. It has some shortcomings, such as very limited character
encoding support, but this problem will be lifted in the upcoming 0.6
version, planned to be released sometime after the new year.
The software can be downloaded from the author's home page at
<URL:http://www.df.lth.se/~billing/jamnntpd.html>. It can be compiled
for Linux and Win32.
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FRANK'S COLUMN - FRANK VEST
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War, Battles and Circles
By Frank Vest
1:124/6308.1
Disclaimer: There is no rhyme or reason to this. Anything that you
might think, do, say or otherwise, is wrong. Do not fold.... umm...
Well, you know. :-)
Pardon me for being a jerk. I just don't understand the crap about
wars. We are supposed to love our neighbor? The Bible says this. Most
religions state this. Even those that don't have a belief, God or such
seem to feel the same way.
War is good. War is great. Without wars, where would the economy be?
War produces jobs. Just think. Without war, all those service men
would not have a job. All those planes, ships, weapons and stuff, that
is built by the lowest bidder, would not be needed and the people that
build these things would be without a job.
Then you add the cost of human life. All the deaths decrease the
surplus population. This is good. Fewer people in the world decreases
hunger since there are fewer mouths to feed. The pollution level drops
with less people driving cars and using fossil fuels and such. Fewer
people means more money to go around. Gee. Who wouldn't like more
money?
About money. That's what this is all about after all... isn't it? I
mean, really? Money to fund a war, less people to need money and all
that. And of course, all this is funded by taxes. No matter what
country your in, there's some sort of government funding and that
government is funded through the people in that country. Call it what
you will. It all boils down the same.
Even hobbies like Fidonet and BBSs are about money. Ya gotta have the
funds to support the hobby. Those with more money have the latest and
greatest. In days of old, many BBSs were commercial adventures funded
by companies that sold products via the BBS. Sysops and software
authors tried to, and sometimes succeeded in, making a living from the
BBS and FTN technology.
Then came the Internet and a new way to make money. I guess you can
blame the Internet for the demise of Fidonet and BBSs, but really,
isn't it money? Or, is it something else?
In days of old, a pound of corn was worth more than most people made
in a year. You go to your neighbor and help him/her out and they come
help you out. You get some corn and give them some meat.
Then your neighbor decides that his corn is worth more than your meat
and demands more meat. You refuse and grab your sword to take the
corn. That works and you take more. People follow you because you can
provide for them. The next thing you know, you have a kingdom and are
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at war with other kingdoms to gain land to provide for your people who
fight and die to be provided for.
As this continues, your people learn how to grow their own corn and
your enemies learn how to produce meat. Soon enough, you find that the
enemy is just as powerful as you. You can no longer win, but neither
can the other side.
Negotiate for trade. That's the answer. They have more of this and
you have more of that. Trade for it. But... Trade what. You start with
trading your excess for theirs. Soon, your both run out of excess. You
must have something else to trade with. How about a promise to provide
goods? You write the promise and the other side accepts. They then
write you a promise and you accept.
What do we call these promises? I know! Money!! We'll print it up on
paper and use it to pay for the goods we need. The other side can, and
does, do the same.
Hey! Wait a minute! They have more money than I do. That can't
happen! I'll stomp them into the ground until I get more money than
they have!!!
Umm... Weren't we just here a few paragraphs back?? <wink>
You all have a great war... umm.. I mean... day. :)
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Cheddar Onion Pepper bread
By Carol Shenkenberger, 6:757/1
1 1/4 c Milk
1 tb Butter
1 tb Sugar
1 ts Salt
1/8 ts Shichimi (can use paprika)
1/8 ts Dry mustard powder
3 1/2 c Flour, white breadmakers
3/4 c Grated cheddar cheese
1/4 c Grated red onion
2 ts Yeast
1 ts Black pepper
SkyHigh bread! Add the ingredients listed to a breadmaker and set
to 'french' if you have that setting. Otherwise, 'normal' will do.
Shichimi is a very common Japanese spice mix of hot chile powders.
You can use a powdered paprika or a hotter powdered chile for nearly
the same effect.
This one was made to go with a pot of potato soup, of a german base
where the potato melts away into the soup and there are minimal bits
of carrot and cabbage about.
Potato Soup
5 c Chopped potatos
1 c Chopped onion
1 c Chopped cabbage
4 c Beef broth
1 ts Black pepper
1/2 ts Caraway seeds
1/2 ts Nutmeg
Ok, so not everything I cook is Japanese! Shoot me (grin). I can
think of a million optional additions to this one but the plain
version is mightly good!
I had some floury potatoes and I happen to want some hot soup, being
winter here. This is also very cheap to make and Charlotte has some
friends due over tomorrow, so I need lots of food but cant set a
schedule for just when I need it to be ready. Crockpot wins again!
If you like spiffy looks, peel the potatoes first. Me, I left the
skin on 2 of the 6. The potatoes being 'floury types' will just melt
into the soup so no blender needed.
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I also used pretty little baby carrots, but you can just cut some up
and be fine that way.
I didnt use as much onion as it may seem as I used a mild sweet red
one. I'm feeding kids and most of the ones I am feeding don't like too
much onion. The recipe I used as a base for this used a leek and a
hot onion.
Optional additions to be added just before serving: Sour cream
dollop in each bowl, shredded daikon (a very mild sweet radish).
Serving suggestion: With a crusty bread. xxcarol's Cheddar Onion
Pepper bread is a match.
From the Sasebo Japan kitchen of: xxcarol 26DEC2003
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BEST OF FIDONET
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Education and evolution
Originally posted in POL_INC
by Don Martin, 1:261/1000
RW> This dumb American asks a question. Was not all known
RW> knowledge once a matter of belief only for one class of
RW> people. Geometry for mathematicians, Astronomy for
RW> astronomers, etc. Or am I imagining the way things have
RW> progressed throughout the years?
The way your question is phrased tends to jumble a number of
issues together. If you don't mind, I shall attempt to deal with the
different issues separately.
The simplistic answer to your question is "yes", but that "yes" is
incrusted with so many caveats as to be very nearly meaningless. Is
all knowledge, at least at the moment of its discovery, private
knowledge? Insofar as only one person, typically, knows it at that
moment, yes. Given the venality of the human race, pressures are
strong to keep it private: a trade secret, like the formula for Coca
Cola, or a great mystery, like how to keep track of time. Either will
make you rich, either as a businessman with a secret marketable
commodity or as a priest with a collection plate filled by grateful
farmers who can sow in safety now that you have told them your god has
lifted the Time of Frost. Many people make such money or acquire such
power from knowledge: we call these activities commerce and religion,
and both are regarded as necessary to civilization.
Some people, however, cannot keep their mouths shut, and blab
their discoveries to anyone willing to listen. The typical reaction on
the part of the listeners is "oh yeah?", after which they might look
for themselves. When this sort of thing is done systematically, we
call it science. Make and measure enough circles of different sizes,
and you can be pretty sure that the ratio of the diameter to the
circumference is 3.1416... It makes no difference what units of
measurement you employ, so long as you use the same consistently
throughout, and it makes no difference who does the measuring -- the
more the merrier, in fact, for that is the way this stuff gets
confirmed.
Now, was there some "hunch" or matter of belief involved?
Probably, but at a greater level of generality. I doubt that anybody
would have had a hunch that 3.1416... was the magic number: more
likely somebody would have had a hunch that circumferences bore a
regular relationship to diameters and decided to look into the matter
more specifically.
Has knowledge been kept and employed for the power and enrichment
of particular classes of persons? Of course. Go far enough back in
time (or deal with sufficiently primitive people -- it amounts to the
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same thing), and you'll find that the only educated class is very
likely the priesthood, whose livelihood absolutely depends upon
keeping all knowledge within their closely held corporation. I find it
hilarious that today, biologists and other experts are astonished to
find that rather scruffy shamans in the wilds of the Amazon know the
medicinal virtues of just about every plant and animal part within
their tribe's territory.
We have never paid much attention to such "inferior" people
before, but damned if they don't have the same priestly education
system found around the globe to pass on, from generation to
generation, the knowledge they need to stay important to their tribes.
I would imagine that the first guy who got the hunch about circles was
probably a priest, since back then priests were about the only class
of persons who had enough knowledge to build upon.
Look at the roots of all of the sciences, and you can trace a
"family tree" back to the solid trunk of the queen of sciences,
theology, 6-700 years ago.
But to cut all this short (and it threatens to go on and on)
people have choices about what they do with knowledge. Those of a
scientific bent tend to groove on it for its own sake: I would guess
that the guy who demonstrated the feasibility of magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) probably went on to explore it in greater depth or to
explore other ways in which energy and matter interact. I do not know
him, but I am pretty sure that the hospitals and radiologists who
apply his discovery to patients make a whole lot more money each year
than he has done altogether.
Given any single thing that becomes known, the commercial man will
try to make money from it, the religious man will try to induce
worship with it, and the scientific man will try to confirm it.
People are different, with different interests and goals. That is
the basic flaw of your question, which tends to assume that all people
are alike, and lumps them all together on our lowest impulses. Science
ain't pure as the driven snow -- scientists differ as much as people
in other fields -- but it at least tries to examine knowledge closely
to determine whether it is real or a fraud. For that reason, I
reaffirm that teaching stuff that is known is more appropriate to a
science class than is teaching stuff that is a matter of belief for
one segment of the population. Matters of belief are never so
examined; indeed the very attempt to do so is often classed by the
believers as a sin. If religionists want Genesis taught as biology,
they had better be prepared to have Genesis looked into with some
rigor.
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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
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net
| | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003
Fidonet to Internet: |MI |http://www.terminate.com
Bo Bendtsen | | sales@terminate.com
| | v2.00 on Mar 23rd 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://sf.net/projects/husky/
| | v1.4 RC2 on Sep 22nd 2003
InterMail, InterEcho |MT |http://www.ifido.com 1:1/133
| | bob@nwstar.com
| | v2.50 IM, v1.19 IE
Radius (based on |M |http://radius.pp.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
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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/
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
EZYCom BBS |BT |http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~dcbbs/
| | pjs@optushome.com.au 3:633/104
| | v2.0 on 3 May 2003
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
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| | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002
RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150
| | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999
Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net
| | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
| | v3.10L Beta
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/
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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
| | 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
CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de
| | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de 2:2433/460
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot)
OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004
| | mk@openxp.de v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002
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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Allfix |U |ftp://ftp.nwstar.com 1:140/12
| | bob@nwstar.com
| | v5.13 (v6?)
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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
TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.multiboard.com/software/
Communications, Inc.| | support@multiboard.com 1:2401/305
| | v3.5
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Note: Please send corrections & additions to: Ben Ritchey, 1:393/68
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.360
size 928.1kb
date 2003-12-26
The nodelist has 7909 nodes in it
and a total of 10682 non-comment entries
including 6 zones
58 regions
437 hosts
560 hubs
admin overhead 1061 ( 13.42 %)
and 1032 private nodes
311 nodes down
369 nodes on hold
off line overhead 1712 ( 21.65 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 653 ( 8.26 %)
9600 = 6864 ( 86.79 %)
(HST = 141 or 2.05 %)
(CSP = 1 or 0.01 %)
(PEP = 11 or 0.16 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.01 %)
(V32 = 3620 or 52.74 %)
(V32B = 354 or 5.16 %)
(V34 = 4606 or 67.10 %)
(V42 = 3879 or 56.51 %)
(V42B = 369 or 5.38 %)
2400 = 72 ( 0.91 %)
1200 = 6 ( 0.08 %)
300 = 314 ( 3.97 %)
ISDN = 666 ( 8.42 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 2609
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
Xenia
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 8
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 40
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XW Fido >12M 314
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 3564
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 1357
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CrashMail capable = 2432 ( 30.75 %)
MailOnly nodes = 4370 ( 55.25 %)
Listed-only nodes = 615 ( 7.78 %)
Other = 492 ( 6.22 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]
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