Subj : [FULL ISSUE] The FidoGazette Vol 18 Issue 09 To : All From : Sean Dennis Date : Sun Apr 10 2022 22:46:03 The FidoGazette Volume 18 Number 9 11 April 2022 +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | The alternative newsletter | THE FIDOGAZETTE | | for the Fidonet community! | | | _ | Compiled, edited, and published by | | / \ | Sean Dennis @ 1:18/200 | | /|oo \ | | | (_| /_) | Published weekly on Mondays | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | | | | (*) | \ )) | "Advertisements contain the only | | |__U__| / \// | truths be relied on in a newspaper." | | _//|| _\ / | -- Thomas Jefferson | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | | | | | +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | For information, copyrights, article submissions, | | obtaining copies of the FidoGazette, please refer to the | | FidoGazette mast at the end of this newsletter. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 To Live Another Day ...................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Happy birthday, Windows 3.1! ............................. 2 3. COORDINATORS' CORNER ..................................... 4 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election - Final Results ....... 4 4. THOUGHT OF THE WEEK ...................................... 6 5. FIDOGAZETTE BBS LIST ..................................... 7 6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LIST .................................... 10 7. FIDOGAZETTE INFORMATION .................................. 17 FGAZ 18-09 Page 1 11 Apr 2022 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= I am thankful to be writing this. I suffered a major heart attack on March 31. My doctors call it a "widowmaker"; the kind of heart attack that kills more than people survive. I was one of the lucky few that survived. I have no damage to my heart from the heart attack but it was discovered that I have left ventricle hypertrophy (a hardening of the left ventricle caused by high blood pressure and causing my heart not to pump enough blood). They found three blockages inside of my heart so I am expecting triple bypass surgery sometime this summer. Right now, I have several risk factors that I am attempting to mitigate before the surgery can happen. So I have to take it easy and try not to stress too much as another heart attack will probably kill me. It is a very sobering fact that I am facing this as I turn 50. A heart attack is the last thing I expected but looking back, I can see there were warning signs that I didn't know about or expect to be dealing with. I am changing my diet and am working on getting my mouth ready for a full set of dentures (I have no teeth in my mouth as diabetes has caused them to all be removed). I figure that heart attack was my final warning to get my health going on the right track. I am thankful that I am still able to live alone and take care of myself; to get around under my own power; and not to have suffered any major aftereffects from the heart attack. If you are in good health, keep it. I'd not want to wish what I've been through on anyone. This week's 'Gazette is a last-minute deal. There is an article from Andrew Leary, FTSC Coordinator, that I meant to publish last week but it is in this week's FG. Sorry for the lack of exciting content but hopefully next week will be better. I'm dealing with a real lack of energy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-09 Page 2 11 Apr 2022 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Happy birthday, Windows 3.1! From: https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/07/windows_3_1_30/?td=rt-3a Happy birthday Windows 3.1, aka 'the one that Visual Basic kept crashing on' 30-year-old software that first introduced Windows Registry and killed Real Mode Richard Speed Thu 7 Apr 2022 // 12:00 UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Time flies whether you're having fun or simply trying to work out which Registry change left your system hopelessly borked, and before you know it, Windows 3.1 is turning 30. Windows 3.1 was more than a user interface refresh of the preceding Windows 3.0. Arriving on April 6, 1992, and still on MS-DOS, the operating environment brought forth support for TrueType fonts, introduced the Windows Registry and dropped support for older silicon. Windows 3.1 insisted on 80286 or above, finally sticking a knife in the heart of the Real Mode that was still supported in Windows 3.0. As well as a visual update (although nothing compared to what was coming a few short years later with Windows 95) multimedia support was improved and Microsoft introduced a concept called The Registry. The Windows Registry was (and remains) a database of settings hidden within the environment, ostensibly intended to replace or complement the .INI configuration files scattered throughout the environment both by Windows and applications targeting the platform. It is a handy database, but one that has become considerably more complex in the intervening 30 years. Windows 3.1 also increased the maximum memory available: when running in 386 enhanced mode, the limit was a mighty 256MB, up from the weedy 16MB of Windows 3.0 (although care needed to be take with the version of the HIMEM.SYS driver. The requirement to run in Standard or 386 Enhanced Mode also made things a good deal more stable, although the elephant-on-a-traffic cone nature of Windows perching on DOS meant there remained plenty of opportunities for sudden crashes. Windows 3.1 sold very well, with an appealing user interface and consumer-friendly multimedia features. It did, however, have a relatively short life. Networking shortcomings would be at least partially addressed by a quick-fire succession of Windows for Workgroups releases, taking the version number to 3.11 by 1993 and also dropping Standard Mode. Windows 95 turned up shortly after, FGAZ 18-09 Page 3 11 Apr 2022 finally merging MS-DOS and Windows (after a fashion). And then there was Windows NT 3.1, released in 1993 and looking for all the world like Windows 3.1 on the surface, but with an entirely different architecture lurking underneath. Support for Window 3.1 ended more than 20 years ago, but its influence continues to be felt today, even if the stacks of floppy disks used to install it are long gone. (R) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-09 Page 4 11 Apr 2022 ================================================================= COORDINATORS' CORNER ================================================================= 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election - Final Results Andrew Leary - 1:1/19@fidonet The challenge period has ended. No challenges were received. 21 RCs (out of 33 total) from 4 Zones voted. Below are the final results: ---------------------------------------------- | Name | Node nr | Yes| No | |----------------------|-------------|----|----| | | | | | | Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | 18 | | | James Coyle | 1:129/215 | 20 | | | Tim Schattkowsky | 2:2/29 | 14 | | ---------------------------------------------- Ballots Received ---------------- RC25 RC33 RC18 RC19 RC12 RC41 RC29 RC57 RC31 RC92 RC80 RC13 RC90 RC17 RC11 RC40 RC34 RC54 RC20 RC16 RC42 All candidates received more Yes votes than No votes, and therefore are accepted as standing members of the FTSC, effective on Monday, 28 March, 2022. Their terms expire on 28 March 2024. Regards, Andrew Leary FTSC Election Coordinator FGAZ 18-09 Page 5 11 Apr 2022 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-09 Page 6 11 Apr 2022 ================================================================= THOUGHT OF THE WEEK ================================================================= "Whoever said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, has obviously never had to reboot a computer." -- William Petersen ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-09 Page 7 11 Apr 2022 ================================================================= FIDOGAZETTE BBS LIST ================================================================= The FidoGazette BBS List Maintained by Sean Dennis (1:18/200) Updated 25 March 2022 Total systems listed: 11 BBSes are listed in alphabetical order. ----------------------------------------------------------------- BBS Name: Central Ontario Remote Sysop name: Mick Manning Fidonet AKA: 1:229/307 BBS Software: Mystic Telnet address/Phone #: centralontarioremote.com:2323 Website: http://centralontarioremote.com:8080 Desc: Home of the musician's network, BluesNET. BBS Name: Imzadi Box Sysop name: Anna Christina Nass Fidonet AKA: 2:240/5824 BBS Software: Synchronet Telnet address/Phone #: box.imzadi.de Website: http://box.imzadi.de/ Desc: Small BBS with several games and message networks. FTN hub of WeedNet (Zone 420) BBS Name: Outpost BBS Sysop name: Sean Dennis (digimaus/KS4TD) Fidonet AKA: 1:18/200 BBS Software: MBSE BBS Telnet: bbs.outpostbbs.net ports 23 or 10123 Website: outpostbbs.net Desc: The home of Cheepware, The Micronet Information Network, the FidoGazette, and the Ham Distribution Network SDS. A MBSE BBS Dev Team test system. BBS Name: Palantir BBS Sysop name: Dan Clough (AKA Gamgee) Fidonet AKA: 1:123/115 BBS Software: Synchronet Telnet address: palantirbbs.ddns.net Desc: Multiple echomail networks, old-school filebase and several CDROMs online. Lots of Doom/Quake/Duke stuff. Many local and BBSLink doors. New callers welcome! BBS Name: PiBBS Sysop name: Shaun Buzza Fidonet AKA: McDoob BBS Software: Mystic Telnet address/Phone #: pibbs.sytes.net:23 Website: pibbs.sytes.net (not enabled) FGAZ 18-09 Page 8 11 Apr 2022 Desc: When you build a BBS on a Pi, you have a PiBBS! BBS Name: < 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-113 (alpha) | | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft | | /mailer/binkd/ | |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 2022-02-12 FGAZ 18-09 Page 11 11 Apr 2022 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 Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se | | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15 InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:106/201 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@gmx.com 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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 | | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27 | | FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/ | | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21 FGAZ 18-09 Page 12 11 Apr 2022 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> BBS SOFTWARE BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:222/2 | | 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 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 1:1/119 |PO | /projects/mbsebbs | | ajleary@sourceforge.net | | v1.0.7.24 on 2022-01-06 Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.0b on 2004-04-26 Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com |I | v1.12 A46 on 2020-08-26 FGAZ 18-09 Page 13 11 Apr 2022 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 on 2000-10-25 Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305 | | v1.25/DOS on 2021-05-16 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 | | v3.19b on 2022-01-02 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. | | v8.0 AUP 454.12 on 2021-05-14 WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org | | v5.6.1 on 2021-04-23 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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 VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net | | /vireq.html +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES 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 | | FGAZ 18-09 Page 14 11 Apr 2022 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ +- - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> POINT SOFTWARE APoint |PI |https://stargate.org.uk/apoint/ | | v1.25 on 2001-12-12 (Win32) | | Needs the binkD Toolkit for Fido-over-IP | | which is available from the above URL. CrossPoint |P |http://www.crosspoint.de | | pm@crosspoint.de | | v3.12d on 1999-12-22 (DOS, Shareware) FreeXP |PO |http://www.freexp.de | | support@freexp.de | | v3.42 on 2020-09-25 (DOS) OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/ | |https://openxp.uk/ | | dev@openxp.uk FGAZ 18-09 Page 15 11 Apr 2022 | | v5.0.51 on 2021-12-26 | | (Win32, Linux(64-Bit}) WinPoint |PI |http://www.winpoint.org/ | | Tim Schattkowsky 2:240/1120.29 | | v398.2 on 2022-02-06 (Win32) +- - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS FGAZ 18-09 Page 16 11 Apr 2022 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. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained) 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 FidoGazette. If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the FIDOGAZETTE echo or netmail at 1:320/219. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-09 Page 17 11 Apr 2022 ================================================================= FIDOGAZETTE INFORMATION ================================================================= The FidoGazette is a weekly publication for the sysops and users of Fidonet. It is a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors or their authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors. The opinions expressed in these articles belong to those authors and are not necessarily those of the FidoGazette or its editorial staff. This newsletter has no offical association with the Fidonet administration or the Fidonews and is edited and published by an independent editorial staff. 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