Subj : [FULL ISSUE] The FidoGazette Vol 18 Issue 10 To : All From : Sean Dennis Date : Sun Apr 24 2022 11:54 pm The FidoGazette Volume 18 Number 10 15 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 At The Last Minute ....................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 NTVDMx64 Issues .......................................... 2 3. FIDOGAZETTE BBS LIST ..................................... 4 4. FIDONET SOFTWARE LIST .................................... 7 5. FIDOGAZETTE INFORMATION .................................. 14 FGAZ 18-10 Page 1 25 Apr 2022 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= At The Last Minute Welcome to a last-minute issue of the FidoGazette. Unfortunately today was busier than I expected (or wanted) but here's a small issue of the FG for you. The Fidonet Software List has been updated as has the BBS list. Hoping for more content next week. I hope you enjoy this issue though! -- Sean ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-10 Page 2 25 Apr 2022 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= NTVDMx64 Issues Sean Dennis (1:18/200) Mike Ehlert (author of NetFoss/NetSerial) posted in the BBSing 2.0 Facebook group about issues with NTVDMx64: "For those of you using NTVDMx64 to run a DOS BBS under Windows x64 and NetFoss64, be aware that there is a bug in NTVDMx64 builds after 06/06/2021 which will cause the batch file to crash as soon as NetFoss64 is loaded. This includes the version released on Columbia University's site in January 2022. You can get the working 06/06/2021 build by using the Wayback Machine hosted by Archive.org and entering the Columbia U. URL there and then selecting a point in time before January 1 2022 to download from. I have submitted a big report to Leechers GitHub page including a test bed to help him to duplicate the issue." ----------------------------------------------------------------- ZX Spectrum, the 8-bit home computer that turned Europe onto PCs, is 40 Hey hey 16k, what does that get you today? Richard Speed Fri 22 Apr 2022 // 12:13 UTC --------------------------------------------------------------------- Prepare yourself for a weekend of wobbly power connectors and Daley Thompson digit-mashing: tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The ZX Spectrum, released on April 23, 1982, was a follow-up to Sinclair's ZX81. Referred to as the ZX82 or ZX81 Colour during development, the final product arrived with either 16KB or 48KB of RAM (depending on pocket depth) and a case designed by Rick Dickinson, who had previously worked on the ZX81 wedge. Dickinson was also responsible for the ZX Spectrum's infamous rubber keyboard. I personally have a lot of respect for the Sinclair team's single-minded focus on engineering to a target cost - Eben Upton The BASIC interpreter was stored in ROM and was written by Steve Vickers on contract from Nine Tiles. A prototype ZX Spectrum, formerly in the possession of Nine Tiles, was donated to the Centre for Computing History in 2019. The prototype lacks the Dickinson case and features full-travel keys, but the guts would go on to form the ZX Spectrum found occupying many a family television of the 1980s. Text took the form of a 32 x 24 column display and graphics had 256 x 192 pixels to play with. Color was problematic; to conserve memory a separate 32 x 24 overlay of 8 x 8 pixels were used, with each block FGAZ 18-10 Page 3 25 Apr 2022 having a foreground and background color. While static color images could work relatively well, the approach resulted in the infamous attribute clash. Rival machines, such as the Commodore 64, did not suffer from the same problem although used a lower multicolor resolution made for blockier graphics. Ah, the playground discussions that ensued over sprites, peeks, and pokes. Those were the days. The ZX Spectrum, replete with rubber keyboard, debuted at 125 pounds for the 16KB version and 175 pounds for the 48KB incarnation. A 32KB RAM pack could be plugged into the rear expansion slot of the former, and this writer well remembers the joy of an unexpected reset caused by a wobbly bit of hardware. Over five million of the Z80A-based devices were sold, and its impact cannot be understated. While over 1.5 million BBC Micros (made by Acorn) may have also been sold during its lifetime, it was the ZX Spectrum that found its way into far more homes across Europe, and its impact continues to resonate in the IT world of today. Raspberry Pi supremo Eben Upton was more on the Acorn side of things, but recalled the effect of the plastic slab: "As a much more affordable alternative to the Beeb, and with roughly 3x the lifetime sales, the Spectrum probably had a greater role in promoting the accidental route into engineering careers in the '80s and early '90s." "Lots of people here at Pi Towers had their first exposure to programming on Sinclair hardware," Upton said, "and I personally have a lot of respect for the Sinclair team's single-minded focus on engineering to a target cost." The original ZX Spectrum enjoyed a relatively short time in the sun, and was discontinued in favor of the functionally identical (but recased with an updated keyboard) ZX Spectrum+ in 1985. Later versions received more RAM and, with the Amstrad takeover, another keyboard update, built-in cassette recorder, and disk drive. Clones would also crop up from time to time, including the recent (and infamous) ZX Spectrum Vega+. A warm bath of nostalgia is also possible via a variety of on and offline emulators. Sadly, Sir Clive Sinclair and Rick Dickinson are no longer with us. However, hardware designer Richard Altwasser and Dr Steve Vickers will be on hand at The National Museum of Computing on April 23 for a live and virtual Q&A, preceded by the same with Sir Clive's son, Crispin. In the meantime, this seems as good a time as ever to indulge in a little bit of rose-tinted nostalgia. Music by MJ Hibbett and with animation by Rob Manuel. (R) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FGAZ 18-10 Page 4 25 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 18-10 Page 5 25 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/ FGAZ 18-10 Page 8 25 Apr 2022 | |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 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 FGAZ 18-10 Page 9 25 Apr 2022 | | 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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 | | v1.0.8 on 2022-04-07 FGAZ 18-10 Page 10 25 Apr 2022 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 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 FGAZ 18-10 Page 11 25 Apr 2022 | | 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ +- - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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 FGAZ 18-10 Page 12 25 Apr 2022 | | support@freexp.de | | v3.42 on 2020-09-25 (DOS) OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/ | |https://openxp.uk/ | | dev@openxp.uk | | v5.0.51 on 2021-12-26 | | (Win32, Linux(64-Bit}) WinPoint |PI |http://www.winpoint.org/ | | Tim Schattkowsky 2:240/1120.29 | | v407.0 on 2022-03-14 (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 FGAZ 18-10 Page 13 25 Apr 2022 | | 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 | | 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 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 18-10 Page 14 25 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. 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