FidoNews · Vol 37, No 23 · 08 Jun 2020
The F I D O N E W S Volume 37, Number 23 08 Jun 2020
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
The Corona pandemic is real (Part-2) ..................... 2
3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 5
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 5
4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 8
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 8
5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 9
6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 16
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 16
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 17
7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 19
How to Submit an Article ................................. 19
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 21
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born
and the day you find out why.
-- Mark Twain
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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The Corona pandemic is real (Part-2)
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854
In Volume 37, Number 16 of April 20th 2020 I published an article
describing my Covid19 experience entitled:
"The Corona pandemic is real".
There have been requests by readers about "How does the Corona
pandemic story continue for you?" ... people want to know in
general how one's life is, and how it remains affected.
My previous article ended on April 15th with the words
"5 more days of quarantine when I write this ...".
So what's to be said?
For starters, I think that in all aspects I have been very lucky.
There have been people who were way worse, people that died ...
while I live. As my deceased friend Julie Hall once told me
"Nomatter how bad it gets, there is always something something to
be thankful for ..."
Thankful for realizing in time what was up, thankful for the
healthcare system in this country which caught me perfectly in my
fall and had the exact facilities available to treat me, thankful
for my family who rebounded to the bad tidings in a wonderful way
and kept their spirits high though they were faced with a very
problematic situation for which none of us were prepared ... more
specifically out of the blue with no prior signs my kids risked
losing both their parents virtually on the same day ... it came as
a shock for them. I'm thankful for friends who thought I was an
emotional wreck and needed to be uplifted from bleak thoughts, I'm
thankful for people like Pierre who mailed me every day and Kees
who took over nodelist production immediately as at the time we
had no idea where my hospitalisation would lead us to (we had this
back-up system available for years and now it was proving its
worth), I am thankful for the hospital staff (not just nurses or
doctors, but the aides serving meals and cleaning staff as well ...)
I will forget people for which I'm sorry... So, I'm sorry if I
forgot you.
The quarantine ... My wife and I had a not-used apartment which my
kids prepared as the designated quarantine-unit.
The day of the homecoming we filed immediately up the stairs and
while it was only on the 2nd floor (in the US that would be the
3rd floor) I was out of breath after one set of stairs. It was
immediately clear: being discharged from the hospital did not
constitute being cured, but rather a next step in the healing
process.
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We were serviced by the kids doing the foodshopping and meal-
preparation ... it was kinda an hotel ... without it being a hotel.
The kids took well care of us.
The coughing was still ominously present though, at any time of
the day there was slime, and coughing, and more slime or throwing
up. But after a while you notice it's getting more infrequent and
less violent. It was around that time I coined the idea that you
do not know how much slime can be in a person's body.
Life in quarantine went by uneventful ... I never saw my Fidonet-
machine during that period and the network didn't burst .. ? ...
Sometimes stories reach you about social interaction gone horrible
wrong during quarantine, couples fighting, parents fighting with
their kids, dogs pooping on the carpet, the cat vomiting in bed ...
None of that happened here. There was a laptop, there was WiFi,
there was Netflix, there was an HDMI-connection to a big screen ...
[may I recommend the movie "Two Popes" on Netflix? Excellent.]
Really, there is nothing bad I can tell about and the 2 weeks of
quarantine just flew by. I feared it was going to be a disaster
but actually it went quite well.
Immediately after quarantine ended April 20th I took my bike and
went on ever longer trips (PTL for a flat countryside). It was
obvious that Covid19 had done a job on the lungs, could not get
the volume of air as before so I had to flex the muscles and push,
make it hard, get the heart pumping and the lungs breathing. You
could feel a sensation of pain in the lungs and the question was
whether I lost part of the breathing capability or were these my
lungs catching air again after all that time.
I think it was the latter. But at that point there was still a lot
of ground to be covered, a lot of room for improvement. At those
moments, when pushing my limits, there was a cough coming up and
you were always looking around with a scary thought of "Is someone
going to hear me? Are they going to call the authorities and
report me?" ... So at one particular instance in the middle of the
hay fields I needed to cough, I looked around and there was
nobody. Good thing, the cough was very violent with a mouthful of
slime ... had anybody seen this, I probably would've been thrown
in the slammer.
Anyway, improvement was manifestly visible and I am totally
convinced that drinking a Leffe-Dark every evening as medication
really helped. After all, alcohol disinfects.
Three weeks after entering the quarantine the coughing was gone
however sneezing still seemed to tear my lungs apart.
Another problem that surfaced was the loss of muscle. The time at
the hospital plus the 2 weeks of quarantine had made me lose some
13kg (27lbs about). Now for those that know me, one could say that
"On a tree so fully laden, the loss of two or three apples is not
noticed" ... but then you notice it is muscle tissue. As long as
you can sit down, you are OK but the moment you stand up you feel
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shaky. So exercising the legs and arms to create strength is also
part of the deal.
So where am I now today (June 7th 2020)?
Doing pretty good actually. The symptoms of the disease are gone,
no more coughing, no more slime. Walking up and down the stairs
has vastly improved, the use of arms too.
The next step is in about a month when I need to make an
appointment with a lung specialist to evaluate my situation. After
that we'll now more.
Am I now healed? Do I have antibodies? Can I still be infected?
Can I infect someone else?
Your guess is as good as mine because this Covid19-event is so new
that the WHO (World Health Organization) and others are still
writing the rule-book for it. We know just a little and there is
still a lot to be learned.
The disease itself will only be beaten when the immunity of the
world population is vastly improved and the world population has
been vaccinated, even the anti-vaxxers. But personally I fear it
will always stay with us and continuous vaccination of newborn
babies will be necessary, something like how Polio is being dealt
with... Not-vaccinating needs to be declared a crime, whether
one's religion is opposing it or not.
As someone who has been confronted with the virus and the disease,
I have no problem wearing the mouthmask anywhere and following the
instructions issued by virologists and my government (although
with hindsight, they could have done a better job). I'm a tad
annoyed seeing how little attention people are paying in vastly
populated areas, supermarkets, stores, shopping districts
believing that the threat is gone and this is a serious mistake.
Covid19 still is an invisible enemy and we really don't have any
ammunition to shoot at it with. Protective measures will need
to remain in force for a pretty long time and I don't know how
long that time is going to be, but I guess at least until a
working vaccine hits the market.
For the record, I have been treated with "Hydroxychloroquine" as
well as tens of thousands of other people. I live because of it".
Maybe I'll publish a 3rd and final instalment of this story when
the lung-doctor clears me.
Until then ... stay safe.
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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 11 May 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
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
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
93 1:106/633 William Williams Native LINODE-US PM *1
T-6in4 Static 6in4
T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
T-6to4 6to4
T-6RD 6RD
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Remarks:
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.
PM *1 [2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe2b:c319]
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 destination address
is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if
an IPv4 address is present.
Submitted on day 159
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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 2020-05-31
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-111 (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 2020-05-18
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
| | v1.0.7.17 on 2020-05-31
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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
|I | v1.12 A45 on 2020-02-18
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
APoint |PI |https://stargate.org.uk/apoint/
| | v1.25 on 2001-12-12
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
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FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki
| | /fidoip/
| | 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
| | v5.0.42 on 2019-12-28
WinPoint |PI |http://www.winpoint.org
| | English/German/Spanish
| |https://stargate.org.uk/winpoint/
| | 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
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| | 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/* 3.7m 5.2m 297 0.9h 3.3h 297
221/* 0.9m 0.5m 385 5.0h 4.8h 381
280/* 1.1m 5.7m 644 6.1h 9.9h 645
292/* 3.4m 1.2m 13 8.4h 8.1h 13
320/* 1.7m 2.1m 443 1.8h 5.2h 442
423/* 0.9m 0.4m 2 0.3h 0.2h 2
502/* 0.7m 0.2m 14 5.2h 3.4h 14
Sigma 1.7m 4.3m 1798 3.9h 7.3h 1794
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.157
size 183.6kb
date 2020-06-05
The nodelist has 997 nodes in it
and a total of 1455 non-comment entries
including 4 zones
31 regions
169 hosts
66 hubs
admin overhead 270 ( 27.08 %)
and 108 private nodes
38 nodes down
42 nodes on hold
off line overhead 188 ( 18.86 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 53 ( 5.32 %)
9600 = 197 ( 19.76 %)
(HST = 4 or 2.03 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 81 or 41.12 %)
(V32B = 16 or 8.12 %)
(V34 = 97 or 49.24 %)
(V42 = 82 or 41.62 %)
(V42B = 17 or 8.63 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
300 = 746 ( 74.82 %)
ISDN = 32 ( 3.21 %)
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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems
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IBN Binkp 759 ( 76.13 %)
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IFC Raw ifcico 84 ( 8.43 %)
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IFT FTP 67 ( 6.72 %)
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ITN Telnet 162 ( 16.25 %)
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IVM Vmodem 13 ( 1.30 %)
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IP Other 4 ( 0.40 %)
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INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.10 %)
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CrashMail capable = 839 ( 84.15 %)
MailOnly nodes = 320 ( 32.10 %)
Listed-only nodes = 25 ( 2.51 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
[ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]
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