FidoNews · Vol 22, No 10 · 07 Mar 2005
The F I D O N E W S Volume 22, Number 10 07 Mar 2005
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Copyright 2005 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally.
Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
What is a Copyright? ..................................... 2
3. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 7
Fidonet Related Websites ................................. 7
4. ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................ 10
FIDONet Software References .............................. 10
5. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 15
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 15
6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17
How to Submit an Article ................................. 17
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 19
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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What we see depends on mainly what we look for.
-- John Lubbock
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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What is a Copyright?
Shannon Talley (1:275/311)
Originally published by Fidonews Editor, Henk Wolsink, in Volume 15,
Number 39, 28 September 1998
A copyright gives the owner of a creative work the right to keep
others from using the work without the owner's permission. The key
to understanding copyright law is to understand the difference
between an idea and the expression of the idea. Copyright applies
only to a particular expression, not to the ideas or facts underlying
the expression. For instance, copyright may protect a particular
song, novel or computer game about a romance in space, but it cannot
protect the underlying idea of having a love affair among the stars.
More specifically, a creative work (often referred to as a "work of
authorship") must meet all of these three criteria to be protected by
copyright:
It must be original. In other words, the author must have created
rather than copied it.
It must be fixed in a tangible (concrete) medium of expression. For
example, it might be expressed on paper, audio or video tape, computer
disk, clay or canvas.
It must have at least some creativity--that is, it must be produced by
an exercise of human intellect. There is no hard and fast rule as to
how much creativity is enough. To give an example, it must go beyond
the creativity found in the telephone white pages, which involve a
non-discretionary alphabetic listing of telephone numbers rather than
a creative selection of listings.
How long does a copyright last?
For works published after 1977, the copyright lasts for the life of
the author plus 50 years. However, if the work is a work for hire
(that is, the work is done in the course of employment or has been
specifically commissioned) or is published anonymously or under a
pseudonym, the copyright lasts between 75 and 100 years, depending
on the date the work is published.
If the work was published before 1978 and the copyright has been
properly renewed, the copyright expires 75 years after date of
publication. If the work was created, but not published, before
1978, the copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 50 years.
However, even if the author died over 50 years ago, the copyright in
an unpublished work lasts until December 31, 2002. And if such a
work is published before 2003, the copyright lasts until December 31,
2027.
International Copyright Protection.
Copyright protection rules are fairly similar worldwide, due to
several international copyright treaties, the most important of
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which is the Berne Convention. Under this treaty, all member countries
--and there are more than 100, including virtually all industrialized
nations--must afford copyright protection to authors who are nationals
of any member country. This protection must last for at least the life
of the author plus 50 years, and must be automatic without the need
for the author to take any legal steps to preserve the copyright.
In addition to the Berne Convention, the GATT (General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade) treaty contains a number of provisions that affect
copyright protection in signatory countries. Together, the Berne
Copyright Convention and the GATT treaty allow U.S. authors to enforce
their copyrights in most industrialized nations, and allow the
nationals of those nations to enforce their copyrights in the U.S.
With one important exception, you should assume that every work is
protected by copyright unless you can establish that it is not. As
mentioned above, you can't rely on the presence or absence of a
copyright notice ((c)) to make this determination, because a notice
is not required for works published after March 1, 1989. And even for
works published before 1989, the absence of a copyright notice may
not affect the validity of the copyright.
The exception is for materials put to work under the "fair use rule."
This rule recognizes that society can often benefit from the
unauthorized use of copyrighted materials when the purpose of the
use serves the ends of scholarship, education or an informed public.
For example, scholars must be free to quote from their research
resources in order to comment on the material.
Copyright (c)1995, The Trustees of California State University.
When Copying Is OK: The 'Fair Use' Rule
by Stephen Fishman Copyright (c) Nolo Press
Sooner or later, almost all writers quote or closely paraphrase what
others have written. For example:
Andy, putting together a newsletter on his home computer, reprints an
editorial he likes from a daily newspaper.
Phil, a biographer and historian, quotes from several unpublished
letters and diaries written by his subject.
Regina, a freelance writer, closely paraphrases two paragraphs from
the Encyclopedia Britannica in an article she's writing.
Sylvia, a poet, quotes a line from a poem by T.S. Eliot in one of her
own poems.
Donnie, a comedian, writes a parody of the famous song "Blue Moon" he
performs in his comedy act.
Assuming the material quoted in these examples is protected by
copyright, do Phil, Regina, Sylvia, Andy and Donnie need permission
from the author or other copyright owner to use it? It may surprise
you to learn that the answer is "not necessarily."
Under the "fair use" rule of copyright law, an author may make
limited use of another author's work without asking permission. The
fair use privilege is perhaps the most significant limitation on a
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copyright owner's exclusive rights. If you write or publish, you
need a basic understanding of what is and is not fair use.
Uses That Are Generally Fair Uses.
Subject to some general limitations discussed later in this article,
the following types of uses are usually deemed fair uses:
Criticism and comment--for example, quoting or excerpting a work in
a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment.
News reporting--for example, summarizing an address or article, with
brief quotations, in a news report.
Research and scholarship--for example, quoting a short passage in a
scholarly, scientific or technical work for illustration or clarifi-
cation of the author's observations.
Nonprofit educational uses--for example, photocopying of limited
portions of written works by teachers for classroom use.
Parody--that is, a work that ridicules another, usually well-known,
work by imitating it in a comic way.
In most other situations, copying is not legally a fair use. Without
an author's permission, such a use violates the author's copyright.
Violations often occur when the use is motivated primarily by a
desire for commercial gain. The fact that a work is published
primarily for private commercial gain weighs against a finding of
fair use. For example, using the Bob Dylan line "You don't need a
weatherman to know which way the wind blows" in a poem published in
a small literary journal would probably be a fair use; using the same
line in an advertisement for raincoats probably would not be.
A commercial motive doesn't always disqualify someone from claiming a
fair use. A use that benefits the public can qualify as a fair use,
even if it makes money for the user.
For example, a vacuum cleaner manufacturer was permitted in its
advertising to quote from a Consumer Reports article comparing vacuum
cleaners. Why? The ad significantly increased the number of people
exposed to the Consumers Union's evaluations and thereby disseminated
helpful consumer information. The same rationale probably applies to
the widespread practice of quoting from favorable reviews in
advertisements for books, films and plays.
Copying From Unpublished Materials.
When it comes to fair use, unpublished works are inherently different
from published works. Publishing an author's unpublished work before
he or she has authorized it infringes upon the author's right to
decide when and whether the work will be made public. Some courts
have held that fair use never applies to unpublished material.
As you might expect, publishers, authors' groups, biographers and
historians were highly critical of this view. They got Congress to
amend the fair use provision in the Copyright Act to make clear that
the fact that a work is unpublished weighs against fair use, but is
not determinative in and of itself. If the other fair use factors
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favor fair use, it can be permissible to use part of an unpublished
work without permission. This is particularly likely where the use
benefits the public by furthering the fundamental purpose of the
copyright laws--the advancement of human knowledge. For example, a
court held that it was a fair use for a biographer to use a modest
amount of material from unpublished letters and journals by the
author Richard Wright. (Wright v. Warner Books, Inc., 953 F.2d 731
(2d Cir. 1991).)
When Is a Use a 'Fair Use'?
There are five basic rules to keep in mind when deciding whether or
not a particular use of an author's work is a fair use:
Rule 1: Are You Just Copying or Creating Something New?
The purpose and character of your intended use of the material
involved is the single most important factor in determining whether
a use is a fair use.
The question to ask here is whether you are merely copying someone
else's work verbatim or instead using it to help create something
new. The Supreme Court calls such a new work "transformative." The
more transformative your work, the more likely your use is a fair
use.
Rule 2: Don't Compete With the Source You're Copying From.
Without consent, you ordinarily cannot use another person's protected
expression in a way that impairs (or even potentially impairs) the
market for his or her work. Thus, if you want to use an author's
protected expression in a work of your own that is similar to the
prior work and aimed at the same market, your intended use isn't
likely a fair use.
For example, say Nick, a golf pro, writes a book on how to play golf.
Not a good putter himself, he copies several brilliant paragraphs on
putting from a book by Lee Trevino, one of the greatest putters in
golf history. Because Nick intends his book to compete with and
hopefully supplant Trevino's, this use could not be a fair use. In
effect, Nick is trying to use Trevino's protected expression to eat
into the sales of Trevino's own book.
An interesting example is when a teacher copies parts of books for
students to use. In one recent case, a group of seven major publishers
went to court and stopped a duplicating business from copying excerpts
from books without permission, compiling them into "course packets"
and selling them to college students.
Rule 3: Giving the Author Credit Doesn't Let You Off the Hook.
Some people mistakenly believe that they can use any material as long
as they properly give the author credit. Not true. Giving credit and
fair use are completely separate concepts. Either you have the right
to use another author's material under the fair use rule or you
don't. The fact that you attribute the material to the other author
doesn't change that.
Rule 4: The More You Take, the Less Fair Your Use Is Likely to Be.
The more material you take, the less likely it is that your use will
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be a fair use. However, to preserve the free flow of information,
authors have more leeway in using material from factual works
(scholarly, technical, scientific works, etc.) than to works of fancy
such as novels, poems and plays. This is true especially where it's
necessary to use extensive quotations to ensure the accuracy of the
information conveyed.
As a general rule, never quote more than a few successive paragraphs
from a book or article, or take more than one chart or diagram. It
is never proper to include an illustration or other artwork in a book
or newsletter without the artist's permission. Don't quote more than
one or two lines from a poem.
Many publishers require their authors to obtain permission from an
author to quote more then a specified number of words, ranging from
about 100 to 1000 words.
Contrary to what many people believe, there is no absolute word limit
on fair use. For example, it is not always okay to take one paragraph
or less than 200 words. Copying 12 words from a 14-word haiku poem
wouldn't be fair use. Nor would copying 200 words from a work of 300
words likely qualify as a fair use. However, copying 2000 words from
a work of 500,000 words might be fair.
It all depends on the circumstances.
Rule 5: The Quality of the Material Used Is as Important as the
Quantity.
The more important the material is to the original work, the less
likely your use of it will be considered a fair use.
In one famous case, The Nation magazine obtained a copy of Gerald
Ford's memoirs before their publication. In the magazine's article
about the memoirs, only 300 words from Ford's 200,000-word manuscript
were quoted verbatim. The Supreme Court ruled that this was not a
fair use because the material quoted (dealing with the Nixon pardon)
was the "heart of the book ...the most interesting and moving parts
of the entire manuscript," and that pre-publication disclosure of
this material would cut into value or sales of the book.
Determining whether your intended use of another author's protected
work constitutes a fair use is usually not difficult. It's really
just a matter of common sense. There is no more commonsensical
definition of fair use than the golden rule: Take from someone else
only what you wouldn't mind someone taking from you.
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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Fidonet Related Websites
Thom LaCosta
1:261/1352
02/17/2005
One approach to tracking and viewing Fidonet related websites is to
visit webrings that specialize in Fidonet.
A webring is a method where sites having a common theme advertise
other websites with simailar themes. The advantage to the webring
concept is that in theory, the sites have an interest in maintaining
an accuate listing and can modify their own listings on a site by
site basis.
It appears that there are two fidonet webrings....the long-running
system at http://b.webring.com/hub?ring=fidonet and another at
http://www.fidonet.us/fidoring/
The ring at webring.com is larger, but forces the viewer to look at
google ads panels. The smaller ring at fidonet.us does not depend on
adverstising revenue from ads.
Sysops with Fidonet related websites should consider joining one or
both rings.
Ring News
02/17/2005
Fidonet webring welcomes BGD Consulting and Graphics BBS
Sysop : Barry Davis Jr
01/15/2004
Welcome to Fidotel -- Free access to Fidonet via Telnet & the Web.
Sysop: Shannon Talley
12/27/2004
Welcome to The Thunderbolt -- A Weather Wonder(Arkansas, US)
Sysop: Daryl Stout
12/5/2004
It's a pleasure to welcome two new BBS systems to the
fidonet.us webring:
Pucela BBS (Valladolid, Spain) Sysop: Komunero
The Realm of Darkness BBS Sysop: Ken Bowley
The most current version of the list below can be viewed at
http://www.fidonet.us/fidoring/sitelist.html
WWW.FIDONET.US - WEBRING PARTICIPANTS
BBBS Charlotte and N4RPS.net Home Page
Web Page of N4RPS, Rob Sargeant, and Web portal for BBBS Charlotte,
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a Fidonet BBS located in Charlotte, North Carolina USA (1:379/2).
http://www.n4rps.net - 6-November-2003
Fidonet - Net261 - Maryland
Fidonet in Maryland - Net261
http://www.fidonet.us/net261/ - 2-March-2003
Rocasa BBS
Rocasa BBS is a system accessible as both a traditional Bulletin
Board System, via landline or telnet, as well as via the Web for
message and file access. It is also the home of the BBBS FDN.
http://bbs.rocasa.org - 16-June-2003
<<Prism BBS
Hq of the IFDC FileGate and the Programmers Distribution Network.
<<Prism has been online since 1989.
http://www.filegate.net:8080 - 11-February-2003
Fidonet.us
The Fidonet Site for all sysops.
http://www.fidonet.us - 10-February-2003
The Realm of Darkness BBS
A Linux based BBS running in Phoenix, AZ
http://www.trod.org/trod.html - 3-December-2004
Pucela BBS (Valladolid, Spain)
BBS located in Spain. The web has a lot of information about
BBS's and FidoNet in Spain, Argentina, Mexico
FidoNet: 2:341/201.
Language: Spanish.
http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/pucelabbs.htm -
18-November-2004
FTN Gate
Fidonet related site; including especially DNS hosting for
z1.fidonet.net domains.
http://www.ftngate.net - 18-September-2004
Fidonet Region 13
Home page for Fidonet Region 13.
http://www.fidonet.us/region13/ - 20-August-2004
FidoNet Primer
An introduction to FidoNet: what it is, how it works
http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html - 11-February-2003
RuneKeep BBS
A great place for new sysops to learn about BBSing and getting help
setting things up. A friendly place for people to Play Onlines Games,
Chat, and participate in International Message Forums.
http://runekeep.darktech.org - 10-February-2003
The Elflords' Home
Where the FidoMob meets to exercise it's mysterious control over
Zone 1
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http://www.elflords.net/ - 2-March-2003
Fidonet Parody
FidoNet - An Unofficial Page where truth is stranger than fiction,
and humor abounds when the Emperor Has No Clothes.
http://www.fidonet.ro/ - 2-March-2003
Chowdanet BBS
Chowdanet offers mail from several nets, games and a large files
base. Dial up and telnet access.
http://www.chowdanet.com - 11-February-2003
The Thunderbolt -- A Weather Wonder
Arkansas' exclusive GT Power and FIDO BBS, with over 150 message
areas, over 5500 files, and over 125 REGISTERED doors.
FIDO 1:382/33 GT Power 035/005
http://www.wx1der.com - 26-December-2004
FidoTel Provides free access to Fidonet via Telnet & the Web.
Download/upload QWK packets via Telnet or Web,
Free Email with every account! Come by and see, Fidotel is Free!
http://www.fidotel.com/ Fido 1:275/311 & 100 15-January-2005
Description: BGDCAG BBS has been around since the early 90's.
We are always looking for ways to update the BBS. Doors are always
being added. Stop by for a visit.
http://www.bgdcagbbs.com Fido 1:229/414 17-February-2005
Thom
1:261/1352
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ROBERT COUTURE'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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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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Argus |MI |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84
| | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889
| | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001
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 (Outdated)
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
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
Radius |MI |http://radius.pp.ru 2:5012/38
(based on Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463
| | Last Release: v4.010 on Jan 3nd 2005
Taurus |MI |http://taurus.rinet.ru 2:461/701
(based on Radius) | | E-mail: taurus@rinet.ru
| | v5.000 alpha on Oct 11th 2004
Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608
| | Website is in Russian only
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204
Software, Inc. | | AUP 451.1 on April 26th 2004
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Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org
| | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.10
FMail |T |http://fmail.nl.eu.org
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| | support@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://maximus.sourceforge.net/
| | Lanuis site redirects to above
| | Squish is part of Maximus.
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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/
| | dcbbs@tpg.com.au 3:633/104
| | v2.0 on 3 May 2003
Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org
| | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final
Maximus BBS |B |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
| | v3.03
MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802
Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
| | v0.60.0 on June 5th 2004
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-Beta on Oct 16th 2002
| | [Note: No Longer under active
| | development.]
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
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
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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: August 2004
Cheepware |DU |http://cheepware.midnightshour.org
Sean Dennis | | hausmaus@midnightshour.org 1:18/200
DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
DoorMUD |D |http://doormud.com
| | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002
| | Website is down after
| | past the splash page.
Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
| | support@johndaileysoftware.com
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
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APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de
| |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm
| | (English Version)
| | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
| | v1.25 2:2426/1210.13
CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de (German Only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999
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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
| | (Site is in German Only)
| | mk@openxp.de v3.8.15 Beta Feb 10th 2004
| | Download Page comes back 404 not found.
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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
TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998
TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.start.ca/software/multiboard
Communications, Inc.| | Unsure about support now but Free Keys
| | are now available. Donations accepted.
| | v3.5 (Note: KeyGen is a Windows Program)
Ifmail |UI |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org 2:5020/230
| | Ifmail is a FTN <-> E-Mail/News Gateway
| | Program.
Meltdown-BBS |UI |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | meltdown-bbs.project.petkan
| | @spamgourmet.com
| | Fido: 2:350/5
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MakeNL |U | http://hub2000.darktech.org/makenl
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| | Fido: 1:229/2000
| | FidoNet Nodelist Processor
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Note: most also provide FTP access
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.063
size 803.6kb
date 2005-03-04
The nodelist has 6609 nodes in it
and a total of 9195 non-comment entries
including 6 zones
47 regions
380 hosts
468 hubs
admin overhead 901 ( 13.63 %)
and 1112 private nodes
259 nodes down
314 nodes on hold
off line overhead 1685 ( 25.50 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 595 ( 9.00 %)
9600 = 5656 ( 85.58 %)
(HST = 114 or 2.02 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 1 or 0.02 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.02 %)
(V32 = 2937 or 51.93 %)
(V32B = 248 or 4.38 %)
(V34 = 3864 or 68.32 %)
(V42 = 3237 or 57.23 %)
(V42B = 248 or 4.38 %)
2400 = 55 ( 0.83 %)
1200 = 7 ( 0.11 %)
300 = 296 ( 4.48 %)
ISDN = 531 ( 8.03 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 2187
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 7
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XP Seadog 6
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XR Opus 1.03 39
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XW Fido >12M 280
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 2925
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 1157
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CrashMail capable = 2057 ( 31.12 %)
MailOnly nodes = 3707 ( 56.09 %)
Listed-only nodes = 519 ( 7.85 %)
Other = 326 ( 4.93 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]
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