Subj : Fidonet and Y2K
To   : ALL
From : GILLES BEAUREGARD
Date : Tue May 23 2000 11:28 am

* Original Area: REG12
* Original From: Darrell Salter (1:167/166)
* Original To  : All (1:167/722)

Hello All!

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Y2K INFORMATION FOR FIDONET SYSOPS
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As this database fills out we should come up with a pretty good idea
of what is, and isn't Y2K compliant. This list is by no means
official, it is merely a guideline to give Fidonet sysops an idea of
what is, isn't, or might be Y2K compliant. Please notify me of any
errors or additions to the following list. If you are unsure about a
piece of software you are running, notify me and it will be added to
the list, and perhaps someone can notify us of it's Y2K compliancy. By
all means, please contact the software's author to verify. Sysops may
download Fidonet related Y2K programs, updates, and patches from my
BBS or by surfing to my web site at http://sparkys.dyndns.org and
going to the Y2K section of the File Archives.
ftp://sparkys.dyndns.org also works.

OPERATING SYSTEMS
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DOS:
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MSDOS  ------ YES (Some date issues. No fixes planned.)
DR-DOS ------ YES
PC-DOS 2000 - YES
CALDERA DOS - YES

WINDOWS:
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WINDOWS 3.1 ---------------- Patches required
WINDOWS 95 ----------------- Patches required
WINDOWS 98 ----------------- Patches required
WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDITION -- Patches required
WINDOWS NT ----------------- Service Pack 4 required
WINDOWS 2000 --------------- Beta, should be ok

OS/2:
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OS/2 V.3 -------- FixPak 35 required
OS/2 V.4 -------- FixPak 8 or higher required
Note: TCP/IP and MPTS must be upgraded seperately.

LINUX:
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All Versions - YES

FIDONET SOFTWARE
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NODELIST COMPILERS AND UTILITIES:
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FASTV7 --- YES
FASTLIST - YES
QNODE ---- YES
XLAX ----- YES
MAKENL --- YES (2.52)
EDITNL --- NO!
NLEDIT --- YES
NLMAKE --- YES

FRONT END MAILERS:
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FRONTDOOR ------- YES (version 2.26 required)
BINKLEYTERM ----- YES (Cosmetic problems)
BINKLEYTERM XE -- YES
ARGUS

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