FidoNews · Vol 37, No 16 · 20 Apr 2020
The F I D O N E W S Volume 37, Number 16 20 Apr 2020
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
The Corona pandemic is real .............................. 2
3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 7
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 7
4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 10
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 10
5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 11
6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 18
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 18
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 19
7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 21
How to Submit an Article ................................. 21
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 23
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained
by stupidity.
-- Hanlon's razor
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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The Corona pandemic is real
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854
There are now tens of thousands of Corona stories worldwide ... a
bunch ended bad, others have ended good. This is mine, one of so many
...
How do you contract a Corona infection? I can't say, it just happened
to me I think. It has been a very slow process. Somehow, just in the
wrong place at the wrong time...
Mid March I felt a bit unusual, sometimes slightly flu-like.
Temperature that fluctuated from 38C + to below 36C. For no apparent
reason. So it is probably not all that bad you think.
At the doctor's front door there was a note saying there are no
consultations, you can call for an interview to see if a screening
can be arranged in a hospital, but it turned out to be a very tedious
process, as if they did not want to treat you.
The common explanation was "Fever? Take some paracetamol and stay
inside. It will improve.".
The only question is "how long" you can wait while your body
starts to give more and more signals of "The minister of Health
does not know what she is talking about"
It is starting to become a bit of the story of the Belgian TV program
"This will never happen to me"... with the understanding that you are
increasingly taking into account that it was exactly happening to
you. You just don't look deathly ill and you can't get to a doctor.
I was able to reach my daughter Nele on 23/3 and her conclusion was
razor sharp "It is with you guys who's sicker than the other" (my
wife was also a cough machine in the meantime). The doctor was called
and 2 days later (Wednesday 25/3) we were scheduled to be screened.
Note "sick to death" but still wait 48 hours.
Then the next fate strikes... that night my daughter Anneleen
miscarries at 15 weeks, presumably unrelated, and goes to the
hospital at 4am. Suddenly my wife and I are reclassified from a
possible Corona patient to a caring grandparent, against all advice,
against all logic. The reality is a strange thing and the hospital
visit cannot happen.
We can get a new appointment Monday 30/4... 5 more days to go...
"stay inside" as the minister would call it... meanwhile you will
continue to cough the lungs out of your chest, get a temperature,
swallow Ibuprofen and / or Dafalgan... stay in your room.
It is Friday 27/3. With a bucket between my legs to catch the coughed
up mucus, unstoppable. I signal to Anneleen "It is no longer
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possible, I can not keep this up" and ask to reach Nele. We get her
at work in the hospital and I ask if she can go to the emergency /
triage of a hospital with me. Somewhere. Anywhere... as long as
it's a hospital ... Her superior understands the need and Nele is
allowed to leave her service, take a shower and pick me up.
I get a mouth mask from her, and breathing through such a mask while
you continue to function is incredibly difficult. We leave for the
hospital, it becomes GZA St. Augustinus. Very well known in Antwerp.
When she arrived at the emergency / triage Nele got out and pushed a
button there. Two electronic doors opened and she said, "Step
inside now. You are there".
Suddenly you get a feeling of "I'm on my own, no one holding my hand,
all alone". The doors closed. "Hello Nele. Will I ever see you again?
" "Fiene and Steff, the grandchildren... are we ever going to be
able to pull some more mischief that grandma will hate?" ... I
didn't think so.
A voice: "Yes, what is it for?" as if that was not clear.
I looked down a dimly lit hall and only saw a black hole. A kind of
dragon head during the Chinese New Year that danced around and was
going to devour me. Hell. I was going to die, was convinced, and
there was no shit I could do about it.
But the hospital staff didn't put me near the dirt bin... "Someone
aged 69?" ... However, the feeling that I was going to die alone in a
small green room on my own was very real...
Within 15 minutes I had an oxygen mask, an EKG was taken, rotated
through a lung scanner, lung radiography... And with such a rod in my
nose to detect Covid19 of which it was said "It is soooo unpleasant".
Sorry, it was the best thing that was going to happen that day, they
were dealing with me. I was not given up by the system. I was not
expecting that.
The monster was swinging in the hallway, but I might be able to whack
it on the head.
To a waiting room for the night, to get some sleep. The next day the
verdict fell... double Covid19 pneumonia... that was the condition of
which De Block said "Grab some Paracetamol and stay inside". Had
I done that, I was already lying between four boards. Thank you Mrs.
De Block, we will never know how much unnecessary deaths you have on
your conscience because of that... and then we will keep silent about
the reduction of hospital beds during the various savings rounds...
we get the bill of the stupid savings policy "now". But at the
end of the ride, the top politicians walk around like a proud peacock
claiming someone else's merits
The treatments were started and the first days it is horrible. The
number of liters of slime and snot was hard to imagine. Difficult
nights because you go to the monitor every 2 hours, but we get it. I
lie at the front of the wing and literally at 7:20 am you are kicked
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out of bed. But I understand that too; logistics are in order, making
beds, mopping rooms, disinfecting rooms and then eating. Drawing
blood, injecting penicyline in an IV, medication... you are being
drilled.
Your day sometimes gets better, your night gets quieter.... Am I
going to make it?
You never see the care-givers. Always completely wrapped up, mouth
masks, headgear, splash shield for the eyes ... I don't know a single
name. The jokes about nurses start pouring in, but you really have no
use for that, and over time you start to recognize the voices. A
mythical bond grows, your struggle also becomes their struggle.
First you are an old man, then they see you working on a laptop and
the respect grows, mutual respect.
You get serious medication that is linked to malaria, antibiotics in
pills but also intravenous, an IV with more stuff, an oxygen mask ...
and I do not have to go to the intensive care.
Plus it has to be said, hospital meals of the highest quality. Lunch
was the time of day to look forward to.
Every day all bed linen replaced, the room completely mopped with
some product, toilet sink bed window sill table chair ... everything
is disinfected at least once a day. And over time, Corona also starts
to have his / her (is it a boy or a girl?) scent ... the scent of
Dettol and other products have been linked to Corona for me forever.
Eventually you will be pricked from all sides with needles, but I can
handle that well. Syringes against flebites in the abdomen.
And then the medication is reduced, suddenly no more Plaquenil, no
antibiotics in pill form, only intravenous and you start to get it
... we are winning this battle. "We" that is the hospital staff
and myself.
In the end, everything stops and you just hang on to the oxygen hose
... and then it gets disconnected as well and it turns out that your
oxygen level in the blood remains stable ...
"You can go home tomorrow"... Almost disappointment because I am
going to miss these wonderful people. Can I continue without them?
At home we were able to shield an apartment to be completely
quarantined. Not that it is really imposed, but we have the
opportunity and we can do it. So why not.
And then the moment of the dismissal arrives, I have the papers and
they come to pick me up. "Can you walk by yourself to the exit?" ...
I almost answer with "Of course, I'm not sick" But I see the
entire staff of my Covid19 ward standing there and they start
applauding when I pass. It is getting too much for me and I have to
cry while addressing the girls and some of the gentlemen... "I came
in here 11 days ago thinking I was done. You have judged it
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differently and have given me a second chance at life. Someone who
did not experience it does not understand this, I will never forget
you. I can still see my grandchildren grow up, an unlikely gift
"... the push of a button and the electronic doors opened again. No
Chinese monster this time, just a yellow line to the elevators and to
the exit... I had knocked the monster flat on its face.
And there Wouter (my son) was waiting to take me home to the next
phase of my life.
Is this the end? Is it done now?
Certainly not.
You have a lot of time to think and consider life practically.
Society before Corona is no longer there, switching to "business as
usual" would be a serious mistake. Everything changes.
Whoever believes that there will be Olympic Games in Japan in 2021 is
probably a citizen of Disneyland, fairytales are common there. Corona
is and remains there. Professional sports are going to be hit hard,
event supply companies are going through a difficult time, will Rock
Werchter ever continue? Tomorrow Land? Business as usual will be a
totally wrong approach.
There are also "special" sides to the Corona pandemic. We get our
daily dose of entertainment from Donald Trump, if now only my
American friends would care to see what a dangerous and irresponsible
madman this is.
We should not be annoyed with Eurosong, it is canceled.
The European Football Championship? Possibly something like the OS
that it cannot be organized.
Maybe we should start deliberating on mega events. Can humanity still
handle it?
The Olympics may have to return to the starting concept where not
everything will be spread out in 10-12 days but only a few
disciplines took place at a time. Disciplines such as shooting live
pigeons (OS 1920 Antwerp) do not have to return... Belgium won the
gold by the way.
The European Football Championship with a final round of 4 teams as
in 1972 when Belgium finished 3rd. Away from the megalomaniac
approach.
Everything is going to be different, and what ever was won't come
back.
What I found annoying during the time in the hospital was that there
was very little entertainment on TV for people who were hospitalized.
Dozens of home video programs but it all had to remain "LOL".
Only the TV news remained with numbers of deaths, hospitalized people
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and endless bullshit about statistics and journalists who are
constantly trying to make news by putting words in their guests
mouths. High days also for politicians who have ample opportunity to
find their best angle to get on TV.
You lie there sick and it is of no use to you. You want to know "how
does this work for me" and "do I survive this?" Those answers don't
come.
A second annoying thing is / was that when you try to find
information that is of use to you in an electronic newspaper, a
number of publications do not hesitate to offer you the bill first
and let you pay from your sick bed ... Was it really impossible to
make the electronic newspaper non-paying for a while?
What I would like to draw extra attention to is the staff in the
hospitals. You can applaud as much as you like at 8pm, but there is
little point. These people have been doing a gigantic and undermanned
job for 40-50 years. Only that is now at risk for one's own life....
It has become my family. Those people know things about me that
nobody knows.
For them, I hope that the recognition continues when this is behind
us, that their profession is finally recognized as "heavy" and
that the recognition is not stopped because of interests in another
sector.
5 more days of quarantine when I write this ...
Special thanks to my children who organized a phenomenal return. You
are the best ... I love you more than you will ever know
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LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES
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List of IPv6 nodes
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555
Updated 19 Apr 2020
Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark
1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All f
2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f
4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
6 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula Native OH f
8 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
9 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky Native PCextreme
10 1:154/10 Nicholas Boël Native Spectrum f
11 2:203/0 Björn Felten T-6in4 he.net
12 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f INO4
13 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f IO
14 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner f
15 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
16 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0
17 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek T-6in4 he.net
18 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
19 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
20 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline f IO
21 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
22 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
23 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native TTK-Volga f
24 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
25 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
26 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
27 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
28 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
29 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
30 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
31 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
32 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
33 1:282/1031 Jeff Smith T-6in4 he.net
34 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Hetzner
35 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
36 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
37 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
38 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
38 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
40 2:5021/46 Dmitry Komissarov Native THEFIRST
41 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
42 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Amazon.com
43 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
44 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
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45 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
46 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
47 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-6in4 he.net
48 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
49 2:467/239 Mihail Kapitanov T-6in4 he.net f
50 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
51 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
52 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
53 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Xs4All
54 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
55 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
56 1 135/367 Antonio Rivera Native RRSW-V6
57 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 he.net
58 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
59 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net
60 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
61 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
62 1:153/757 Alan Ianson Native TELUS
63 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko T-6in4 he.net f
64 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native Starlink
65 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native EkranTV f
66 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus OO DOWN
67 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny Native ARUBA-NET f
68 2:5053/400 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
69 1:135/371 Eric Renfro Native Cox Communications
70 2:250/5 Christian Sacks Native Sky Broadband
71 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Unitymedia
72 2:421/21 Stepan Gabriel Native NETDATACOMM
73 2:466/4 Igor Goroun Native HOS-GUN
74 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
75 1:14/6 Jeff Smith T-6in4 he.net
76 1:220/70 Joseph Werle T-6in4 he.net
77 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
78 2:240/100 Arno Klein Native OVH
79 2:2452/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
80 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
81 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 NOVATOR
82 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
83 1:102/127 Bradley Thornton Native Hetzner
84 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native IT-ALBACOM
85 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US
86 2:5020/843 Peter Antonov Native BelCloud
87 2:5075/35 Eugene Subbotin T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER
88 2:5075/128 Eugene Subbotin T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER f
89 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC-NET
90 1:218/820 Ryan Fantus Native DigitalOcean
91 1:153/146 Erich Bublitz Native LINODE-US
92 2:263/5 Martin List-Petersen Native TuxBox
T-6in4 Static 6in4
T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
T-6to4 6to4
T-6RD 6RD
Remarks:
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f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address
IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls)
INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls)
PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
but is configured to try IPv4 first)
6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
DOWN This node is temporarely down for both IPv4 and IPv6
PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.
Notes:
To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
node config for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
and up when compiled with AF_FORCE=1). If the destinationaddress
is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if
an IPv4 address is present.
Submitted on day 110
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JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST
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The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project
This is a list of known JamNNTPd servers working. They are essentially
the modern version of Bulletin Board Systems.
You connect to them using the newsreader of your choice and you don't
need any other software installed on your computer -- regardless of
operating system -- but that favourite mail client of yours.
Even smart phones can handle this, giving you the opportunity to get
your daily doses of fidonet on the bus, tram or train on the way to
your job, school or whatever.
Updated 2019-12-03
URL news://eljaco.se:4119
Join http://fidonews.eu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2
URL news://rbb.bbs.fi
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/360
URL nntp://fidonews.mine.nu
URL nntps://fidonews.mine.nu
Join http://fidonews.mine.nu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6
URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure)
Join Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10
URL nntp://news.pharcyde.org
Join Info in group, +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:154/10
URL: news.tequilamockingbirdonline.net
Join mailto:sysop@tequilamockingbirdonline.net
NETMAIL Yes, 1:266/404
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FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List
Updated 2020-01-23
Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis
M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor
*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.
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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22
BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-99 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
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| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.dbridgemailer.com
|I | support@dbridgemailer.com 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v4.00 on 2020-01-23
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
| | cdp/fp_deluxe/
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:20/4609
Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15
InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12
AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@mail.ch 2:292/140
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.7 on 2017-11-19
HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
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| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21
InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28
JetMail: JetSys |TU |
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16
GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS |BMTFI|https://sourceforge.net 1:320/219
|PO | /projects/mbsebbs
| | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.7.12 on 2019-03-15
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Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|IO | v1.12 A43 on 2019-02-01
NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
| | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01
RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.10/DOS on 2009-10-03
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01
Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.17b on 2019-01-01
Telegard BBS |B* |
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v7.0 AUP 454.5 on 2016-06-23
WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.00 on 2015-12-14
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:218/720
Ken Johnson | | v6.1.0 on 2019-02-02
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
| | 1:120/544
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
| | 1:120/544
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
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Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are registerable via website
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
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 |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11
WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2010-06-27
FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki
| | /fidoip/
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| | v.1.0.5 on 2010-12
OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /openxp5/ 2:240/2188.31
| |http://openxp.uk Windows/Linux
| | dev@openxp.uk English/German
| | v5.0.28 on 2016-09-10
WinPoint |P? |http://www.winpoint.org
| | English/German/Spanish
| | v5 (Beta Release) on 2017-03-17
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English
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==> INTERNET UTILITIES
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21
JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544
Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua
MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13
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==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS
Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.
Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.
The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.
BBS Nexus |# |https://bbsnexus.com
| | This website offers a searchable list
| | of Telnet BBS's.
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File Archives:
http://archives.thebbs.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/
Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)
The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews.
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/219.
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
By EchoTime, 2:203/0
(Some nets may have lost their last
digit for technical reasons)
pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss)
nodes mean dev no mean dev no
154/* 8.3m 11.1m 283 1.0h 3.0h 282
221/* 0.8m 0.9m 497 5.2h 5.6h 496
280/* 0.6m 0.4m 590 6.2h 9.1h 588
292/* 6.8m 9.3m 6 39.2h 50.3h 5
320/* 1.5m 1.4m 296 3.1h 8.6h 295
502/* 0.6m 0.3m 9 6.8h 8.4h 9
Sigma 2.1m 5.4m 1681 4.6h 8.1h 1675
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.108
size 184.9kb
date 2020-04-17
The nodelist has 999 nodes in it
and a total of 1468 non-comment entries
including 4 zones
31 regions
169 hosts
66 hubs
admin overhead 270 ( 27.03 %)
and 109 private nodes
41 nodes down
49 nodes on hold
off line overhead 199 ( 19.92 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 53 ( 5.31 %)
9600 = 205 ( 20.52 %)
(HST = 8 or 3.90 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 82 or 40.00 %)
(V32B = 18 or 8.78 %)
(V34 = 100 or 48.78 %)
(V42 = 82 or 40.00 %)
(V42B = 20 or 9.76 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
300 = 740 ( 74.07 %)
ISDN = 32 ( 3.20 %)
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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems
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IBN Binkp 756 ( 75.68 %)
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IFC Raw ifcico 87 ( 8.71 %)
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IFT FTP 67 ( 6.71 %)
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ITN Telnet 164 ( 16.42 %)
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IVM Vmodem 13 ( 1.30 %)
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IP Other 5 ( 0.50 %)
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INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.10 %)
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CrashMail capable = 843 ( 84.38 %)
MailOnly nodes = 319 ( 31.93 %)
Listed-only nodes = 26 ( 2.60 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
[ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]
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