Subj : FidoGazette V18I1 To : All From : Sean Dennis Date : Mon Jan 17 2022 12:20 pm W e l c o m e t o t h e ___ _ _ ___ _ _ | __| (_) __| | ___ / __| __ _ ___ ___ | |_ | |_ ___ | _| | | / _` | / _ \ | (_ | / _` | |_ / / -_) | _| | _| / -_) |_| |_| \__,_| \___/ \___| \__,_| /__| \___| \__| \__| \___| A n A l t e r n a t i v e F i d o n e t N e w s l e t t e r Published by Sean Dennis (1:18/200) weekly on Mondays Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 The FidoGazette: Phoenix From The Flames ................. 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 MakeNL under FreeBSD ..................................... 3 3. NET HUMOR ................................................ 4 Thought Of The Week ...................................... 4 4. STATIC STUFF ............................................. 5 BBS Lists ................................................ 5 5. FIDOGAZETTE INFORMATION .................................. 13 FGAZ 18-01 Page 1 17 Jan 2022 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= The FidoGazette: Phoenix From The Flames By Sean Dennis, 1:18/200 Hello and welcome to the FidoGazette! I am Sean Dennis, the Gazette's founder and first editor. I started the FidoGazette in September 2007 as an alternative to the FidoNews. I shut down the Gazette in 2008 after I had a severe, life-altering car accident. Janis Kracht then started the FidoGazette back up and ran it until her recent retirement from Fidonet. I am taking the FidoGazette back over and hope to make it an active, enjoyable part of Fidonet and a Fidonetter's hobby. I see a lot of new faces in the FIDOGAZETTE echo so I should introduce myself. I have been on BBSes since 1983 and a member of Fidonet since 1998 as a full node. I have been active in Fidonet since then. Some of the activities I've had since being a Fidonet member in Zone 1: - Former Region 11 Coordinator - Twice elected to FTSC - Moderator of several echoes; currently am moderator of COOKING, CLASSIC_COMPUTER, CHWARE, HOME_COOKING, RECIPES, HAM, MUFFIN, and TUB echoes; co-moderator of BBS_CARNIVAL - Am the coordinator for the CH-WARE and Ham Distribution System filebones I am also active in the BBS scene: - Sysop of Outpost BBS (1:18/200) - Author of Cheepware (open source BBS doors and sysop utilities) since 1998 - Founder and ZC of The Micronet Information Network since September 1, 2000 - Member of the MBSE BBS Development Team; MBSE is an open source, "all-in-one" BBS package for GNU/Linux and FreeBSD - Founder and moderator of the BBSing 2.0 group on Facebook with over 1000 members It has been my pleasure to make many friends in the BBS scene over the past twenty-plus years and help sysops all over the world. It is my aim to continue this tradition with the FidoGazette to help bring Fido sysops together and make this a closer-knit community through the sharing of information and friendship. I am happy to have you all aboard with me. I look forward to your articles, comments, and suggestions. I want the FidoGazette to be a place where all are welcomed and the opinions and thoughts of all Fidonetters are taken into consideration. We can agree to disagree on some things, which is normal, but let's agree that the future and continual growth of Fidonet is of the utmost importance. FGAZ 18-01 Page 2 17 Jan 2022 A final note: there are some in Fidonet, who are known for their histrionics and lying about others to make themselves look better, that are saying that the FidoGazette was founded as part of the "zone wars" in the late 90s. Nothing could be further from the truth. I started the FidoGazette because I thought I had a better idea. Those who speak against me are just jealous of me, that's all. -- Sean Dennis FidoGazette Editor ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-01 Page 3 17 Jan 2022 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Compiling MakeNL under FreeBSD By Sean Dennis, 1:18/200 MakeNL is easy to compile under FreeBSD. You'll need to install cmake first: # pkg install cmake Then get the MakeNL source code using git from: https://sourceforge.net/p/makenl/code/ci/master/tree/ Go into the "makenl-code" directory and issue these commands: % cmake ./src % make The 'makenl' binary will be generated. That's it to compile the binary but to compile the PDF documentation you will need to add a -lot- of software if you do not have this installed: # pkg install tex-formats tex-dvipsk hs-pandoc You then run "makepdf.sh" in "makenl-code/docs" and "makenl.pdf" will be generated. If you don't want to go through all of that to make the PDF, contact me and I will send you that PDF. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-01 Page 4 17 Jan 2022 ================================================================= NET HUMOR ================================================================= Thought Of The Week By Sean Dennis, 1:18/200 Am I getting older or is the supermarket finally playing great music? ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-01 Page 5 17 Jan 2022 ================================================================= STATIC STUFF ================================================================= BBS Lists By Sean Dennis TELNET/DIALUP BBS GUIDES ------------------------ If you're looking for a new BBS to try or are trying to find one from the past that may still be around, here's a few places to try: ** The BBS Corner's Telnet and Dial-Up BBS Guide Maintained by Dave Perrussel (1:275/89) http://www.telnetbbsguide.com Dave maintains one of the most up-to-date telnet and dial-up BBS lists in the world. There are over 450 BBSes listed on his site. You can get to the dial-up BBS guide by clicking on the "Dial-Up BBS Guide" link on the left side of the page under the "Other Useful Information" header. ** Synchronet BBS List Automatic maintenance http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html The Synchronet BBS List has the unique ability to check all of the nodes listed in it nightly to make sure they are actually responding if someone calls (note that it just means the port is open, not that there may be a BBS there). There are over 160 active Synchronet-based BBSes listed and that number changes slightly each night. If you know of another -actively maintained- BBS list, please feel free to send me the information and I'll make sure it gets in here. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= BBS Software List Updated 2022-01-17 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 FGAZ 18-01 Page 6 17 Jan 2022 *=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. .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node| `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -' ==> 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-112 (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 2022-01-15 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/ FGAZ 18-01 Page 7 17 Jan 2022 (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 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 FGAZ 18-01 Page 8 17 Jan 2022 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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 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 | | v1.22/DOS on 2020-10-19 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 FGAZ 18-01 Page 9 17 Jan 2022 | | v3.18b on 2020-09-20 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 | | 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 FGAZ 18-01 Page 10 17 Jan 2022 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 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/ | | 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30 | | NOTE: Unstable versions released often FGAZ 18-01 Page 11 17 Jan 2022 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 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 FGAZ 18-01 Page 12 17 Jan 2022 | | 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. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ 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 FIDOGAZETTE echo or netmail at 1:320/219. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-01 Page 13 17 Jan 2022 ================================================================= FIDOGAZETTE INFORMATION ================================================================= FidoGazette is a weekly publication for the sysops and users of Fidonet. This newsletter has no association with the Fidonews and is edited and published by an independant editorial staff. Editor: Sean Dennis - 1:18/200 - sean@outpostbbs.net For submission information, please FREQ FGAZSUB from 1:18/200 or send an email to bbs@outpostbbs.net with the subject line of FREQ and the message body of FREQ FGAZSUB. If neither of those are workable for you, please send the editor a netmail and he will make sure you get what you need. Thank you for reading the FidoGazette! ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- GoldED/2 3.0.1 * Origin: Outpost BBS Sysop Console (1:18/200) .