     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 20, Number 06             10 Feb 2003 
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            Copyright 2003 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally.


                        Table of Contents
     1. INSIDE  ...................................................  1
        The Fidonews at a Glance  .................................  1
     2. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER  ..........................  2
        Heaven Awaits  ............................................  2
     3. FRANK'S COLUMN - FRANK VEST  ..............................  3
        The Internet Traffic Jam  .................................  3
     4. COMIX IN ASCII  ...........................................  5
        fidonet.org??  ............................................  5
     5. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES  .....................................  6
        Some Chuckles  ............................................  6
     6. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................... 10
        FIDONet Software References  .............................. 10
     7. FIDONET BY INTERNET  ...................................... 15
        Fidonet-related sites  .................................... 15
     8. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 20
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 20
     9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 22
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 22
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 24
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     =================================================================
                                  INSIDE
     =================================================================

                     The Fidonews at a Glance

     Warren Bonner, in his column, has an anecdote called "Heaven Awaits",
     and, as usual something for the jokes section, "Some Chuckles", a
     collection of jokes.

        "The Internet Traffic Jam" is on Frank's agenda this week.
     According to this article, there may be some hope for our old doggy,
     after all. For our ASCII comics section Frank made a wonderful
     pictorial called "fidonet.org??". Didn't know you had that much
     artistry in you, Frank, great stuff!


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     =================================================================
                      OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER
     =================================================================

                                   Heaven Awaits
                           wdbonner@pacbell.net

     After a lifetime together the elderly couple enjoyed good
     health largely because of the wife's long insistence that
     they exercise and eat healthy.

     But their good health did them no good when their plane
     crashed on a Hawaiian vacation. They arrived at the pearly
     gates and St. Peter took them to their sumptuously
     appointed mansion.

     "How much?" the old man asked.
     "Why nothing," answered St. Peter.
     "This is your reward here in heaven."

     The old man looked out the window and spotted a lush
     golf course.
     "How much to play 18?" he asked.
     "This is heaven," said St. Peter.
     "It's free."

     Next to the golf course the man spotted a lavish
     buffet with everything from steaks to chocolate cake.
     "Don't bother asking," said St. Peter. "It's heaven, it's
     yours to enjoy."

     The old man glanced nervously at his wife.
     "Where are the low fat foods?"
     St. Peter snickered.
     "It's heaven. You can eat and drink whatever you
     want and never get sick or fat."

     Emboldened the old man continued. "No workout gym?
     No blood pressure test?"

     "Never again," said St. Peter.

     The old man glared at his wife.
     "You and your blasted bran muffins.
     I could have been here twenty years ago!"

     *^)
     Warm regards,
     Ol'wdb


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                        FRANK'S COLUMN - FRANK VEST
     =================================================================

                            The Internet Traffic Jam
                                 By Frank Vest
                                  1:124/6308.1

      It's been a few years since Dan Quayle invented the Internet... Umm..
     well, anyway.... The Internet has been around for a few years. :-)

      The Internet is supposed to be "The Information Super Highway". I
     really wonder if this is true anymore? When first started, the
     Internet was little more than a glorified file server. As time moved
     forward and new software came to be, the Internet became easier to
     use. This lead to more information being available and ease of access
     to the information. The "Information Super Highway" became a reality.

      As it appears today, the Internet is clogged with web pages,
     newsgroups, programs, files and other stuff. Search engines that once
     helped user find the information desired are now hopelessly clogged,
     quivering masses of "keywords" or commercial endeavors that, for a
     price, will put your page at the top of every search, even if the page
     has nothing to do with what is searched for. Newsgroups that were
     designed for "topical" discussions are anything but topical and the
     discussions are more like battles for who can insult best. E-mail that
     was supposed to provide fast, private contact with friends and family
     is now the home of "get rich quick" schemes, "scams" to bilk money
     from people and "Multi Level Marketing" companies who have bought
     lists of "harvested" e-mail addresses from places that do nothing all
     day but scan the Internet for "mail to:" links.

      Somewhere between the invention of the Internet and what it has
     become today, a little dog named Fido was born. The intention of this
     dog was to allow Bulletin Board System to exchange message and files.
     Fido was never expected to amount to much, but he surprised everyone
     by growing to be the "Information Super Highway" of his time. Fido had
     the ability to send messages to all parts of the world, make files and
     programs available to people and give businesses a place to advertise
     and provide these programs as well as other services. With over 30,000
     systems world wide and each system having at least a few users, it was
     easy to "reach out and touch someone". :-)

      As time moved forward, Fido grew older. Not as playful as in the
     past, but still faithful to his masters.... even though some of those
     masters might want him "put down" due to his age. Fido is now more
     content to sit at the feet of his masters and get an occasional "pat
     on the head" for being there. He still does the same job as in the
     past and with the help of the new connections available via DSL, cable
     and other high speed services, the mail and services Fido provides
     move almost as fast as the Internet mail and services.... sometimes,
     faster.

      I note with interest that many of the Internet Service Providers are
     beginning to bundle services into packages not unlike Bulletin Boards
     and Fidonet. With the current clogged search engines, spam ridden
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     newsgroups and e-mail, I wonder if Fido, and the Bulletin Boards that
     he connects, might just become "The Information Super Highway" again?
     It seems that Fido can provide links to programs and files from people
     that desire to be helpful instead of just turning a profit. Fido can
     also provide help and information from these same people and you don't
     have to wonder if there is some "hard sale" or "spam' coming as a
     follow up.

      From this reporter's view, the "Information Super Highway" called the
     Internet is fast becoming the "Information Traffic Jam". Fido and the
     Bulletin Boards are one place where we can get around that "traffic
     jam". :-)

     Regards,
     Frank Vest - 1:124/6308.1 - Sysop; Collin County Station BBS

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     =================================================================
                              COMIX IN ASCII
     =================================================================

                                 fidonet.org??
     _____________________________________________________________________
                        _______   | \_ Yes?|                  ___________
           __          | Umm...|  |   |____|     __          | About the |
          /  \         |Pardon |  |             /  \         |fidonet.org|
         /|oo \    ____|Me, Sir|  |            /|oo \     ___|web site...|
        (_|  /_)  /____________|  |           (_|  /_)   /_______________|
         _`@/_ \    _             |            _ @/_ \    _
        |     | \   \\            |           |     | \   \\
        | (*) |  \   ))           |           | (*) |  \   ))
        |__U__| /  \//            |           |__U__| /  \//
         _//|| _\   /             |           _// || _\   /
        (_/(_|(____/              |          (_/ (_|(____/
     _____________________________|_______________________________________
      \_ What about it?|                    |  
        |______________|       ___________  |   
                  __          | Well, you | |    _
                 /  \         |said over a| |    /  \         ___________
                /|oo \     ___|year ago...| |   /|xx \    ___|Oh..! I see|
               (_|  /_)   /_______________| |  (_|  /_)  /_______________|
                _ @/_ \    _                |   _ @/_ \    _
               |     | \   \\               |  |     | \   \\
               | (*) |  \   ))              |  | (*) |  \   ))
               |__U__| /  \//               |  |__U__| /  \//
               _// || _\   /                |  _// || _\   /
              (_/ (_|(____/                 | (_/ (_|(____/
     _______________________________________|_____________________________


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                           CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES
     =================================================================

                             Some Chuckles
                          wdbonner@pacbell.net

                            Double Martini

     A businessman entered a tavern, sat down at the bar, and ordered a
     double martini on the rocks. After he finished the drink, he peeked
     inside his shirt pocket, then he ordered another double martini.
     After he finished that one, he again peeked inside his shirt pocket
     and ordered another double martini.

     Finally, the bartender said, "Look, buddy, I'll bring ya' martinis all
     night long. But you gotta tell me why you look inside your shirt
     pocket before you order a refill."

     The customer replied, "I'm peeking at a photo of my wife. When she
     starts to look good, then I know it's time to go home."

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                         No sex since 1955

     A crusty old marine corps colonel found himself at a gala event
     downtown, hosted by a local liberal arts college. There was no
     shortage of extremely young, idealistic ladies in attendance, one of
     whom approached the colonel for conversation. She said, "Excuse me,
     sir, but you seem to be a very serious man. Are you this way all the
     time, or is something bothering you?"

     "No," the colonel said, "just serious by nature."

     The young lady looked at his awards and decorations and said, "It
     looks like you have seen a lot of action."

     The colonel's short reply was, "Yes, a lot of action."

     The young lady, tiring of trying to start up a conversation, said,
     "You know, you should lighten up a little - relax and enjoy yourself."

     The colonel just stared at her in his serious manner.

     Finally the young lady said, "You know, I hope you don't take this the
     wrong way, but when is the last time you had sex?"

     The colonel looked at her and replied, "1955."

     She said, "Well there you go; you really need to chill out and quit
     taking everything so seriously - I mean, no sex since 1955, isn't that
     a little extreme?"

     The colonel, glancing at his watch, said in his matter-of-fact voice,
     "Oh, I don't know. It's only 2130 now!"
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     An elderly couple are sitting around one evening and the man says to
     his wife, "Marsha, we are about to celebrate our 60th wedding
     anniversary. We've had a wonderful life together, full of contentment
     and blessings. But there's something I've always wondered about. Tell
     me the truth. Have you ever been unfaithful to me?"

     She hesitates a moment, then says, "Yes, three times, Sidney."

     "Three times? How could that happen?" Sidney asks.

     The wife begins recalling slowly, "Well, do you remember right after
     we were married and we were so broke, and the bank was going to
     foreclose on our little house?"

     "Yes, dear, that was really a terrible time" replies the man.

     Marsha continued, "And remember when I went to see the banker one
     night and the next day the bank extended our loan?"

     "That's hard to take" the man says, "but I guess it really was for us,
     so I can forgive you. What was the second time?"

     "Well," she continued, "do you remember years later when you almost
     died from the heart problem because we couldn't afford the operation?"

     "Yes, of course" the man replies.

     "Then you will remember that right after I went to see the doctor, he
     did your operation at no cost?" she explained.

     "That's true" Sidney nodded. "That shocks me, Marsha, but I do
     understand that you did it out of love for me, and I forgive you. So,
     what was the third time?"

     Marsha lowers her head and says, "Sidney, do you remember when you ran
     for Country Club President and you needed 62 more votes...?"

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                                IDIOTS

     Idiot # 1
     I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the
     poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because
     she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her
     that  the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her
     daughter into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the
     conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant
     poison  to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better
     bring her daughter into the Emergency Room right away. Here's your
     dunce cap lady. Wear it  with pride.

     Idiot # 2
     Seems that a year ago, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided
     FIDONEWS 20-06               Page 8                   10 Feb 2003


     to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in
     getting it out of the plane and home. When they took  it for a float
     on the river, a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them surprised
     them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency
     locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no
     longer employed at Boeing!

     Idiot # 3
     A true story out of San Francisco: A man, wanting to rob a downtown
     Bank of America, walked into the branch and wrote "This iz a stikkup.
     Put  all your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to
     give his  note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen
     him write the  note and might call the police before he reached the
     teller window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the  street
     to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his
     note to the Wells Fargo teller. The teller read the note and,
     surmising  from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light
     in the  harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note
     because it was  written on a Bank of America deposit slip. He would
     either have to fill out  a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank
     of America. Looking somewhat  defeated, the man said "OK" and left. He
     was arrested a few minutes later,  as he was waiting in line back at
     Bank of America.

     Idiot # 4
     A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that
     measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later
     received  in the mail: a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car.
     Instead of payment,  he sent the police department a photograph of
     $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that
     contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately
     mailed in  his $40!

     Idiot # 5
     A Guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded
     all the cash from the cash drawer. After the  cashier put the cash in
     a bag, the robber saw a bottle of scotch that he  wanted behind the
     counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as
     well. The cashier refused and said, "I don't believe you  are over
     21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to
     him because he didn't believe him. At this point the robber took his
     driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk
     looked it over, and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and he
     put the scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the  Bank with his
     loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and
     address of  the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the
     robber two hours  later.

     Idiot # 6
     A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving
     revolvers. The first one shouted "Nobody move!" When his partner
     moved, the  startled first bandit shot him.

     Idiot # 7
     Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided
     that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window,
     FIDONEWS 20-06               Page 9                   10 Feb 2003


     grab  some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it
     over his  head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit
     the would-be  thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the
     liquor store window  was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught
     on videotape. (Oh, that smarts.)

     Idiot # 8
     Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a
     man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 12:50 AM,
     flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down  because he
     said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order.  When
     the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for
     breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.

     Conclusion:  "Several recent studies have shown that one in every four
     people in the world,  suffers from some form of mental disorder. Think
     about that, if three of your friends seem normal, then you must be the
     one."

     That's all this week!


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     =================================================================
                  BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
     =================================================================

                    -=:{ FIDONet Software Reference }:=-

         Type: M=Mailer  T=Tosser  B=BBS  D=Door  C=Comm/Terminal
               P=Points  E=Editor  I=Internet  U=Utility  ?=Info

     .- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
     |Software: Author     |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes      Help Node|
     `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

      Argus                |M    |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/  2:469/84
                           |     | argus@ritlabs.com  Tel: 373-2-246889
                           |     | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001

      BeeMail:             |M    |http://beemail.gexonline.net   1:105/10
       Stephen Proffit     |     | beemail@gexonline.net

      BinkleyTerm XE       |M    |http://btxe.sourceforge.net     1:1/102
                           |     | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998

      BinkD                |MI   |http://2f.ru/binkd/
                           |     | maloff@corbina.net
                           |     | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000

      Fidonet to Internet: |MI   |http://www.terminate.com
       Bo Bendtsen         |     | sales@terminate.com
                           |     | v2.00 on Mar23rd 1997

      FrontDoor, FD/APX:   |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se          2:201/330
       Definite Solutions  |     | sales@defsol.se                1:1/101
                           |     | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX

      Husky Project        |MTPUI|http://husky.sf.net
                           |     | v1.2.2 on Dec 28th 2002

      InterMail, InterEcho,|MT   |http://www.ifido.com            1:1/133
       Allfix              |     | sales@ifido.com
                           |     | v2.50 IM, v1.19 IE, v5.13 AF

      Radius (based on     |M    |http://fido5012.narod.ru/     2:5012/38
               Argus)      |     | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463
                           |     | v4.009 on Jan 2nd 2003

      Terminate            |MBP  |http://www.terminate.com
                           |     | v5.00 on Aug 7th 1997

      Tmail                |MI   |http://www.tmail.spb.ru  v2608

      WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
       Net Server, Platinum|     | sales@santronics.com
       Xpress: Santronics  |     | Tel: (305) 248-3204
       Software, Inc.      |     | AUP 450.2 on Jul 9th 2002
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
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      Fidogate             |TUI  |http://www.fidogate.org
                           |     | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net  v4.4.4

      FMail                |T    |http://fmail.nl.eu.org       2:280/1076
                           |     | wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org  v1.60

      JetMail: JetSys      |TU   |http://www.jetsys.de  js@jetsys.de
       (ATARI ST only)     |     | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000

      Squish               |T    |http://www.lanius.com
                           |     | sales@lanius.com  v1.11
                           |     |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/

      Synchronet BBS       |TB   |http://www.synchro.net
                           |     | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
                           |     | v3.10i Beta on Apr 30th 2002

      Watergate            |TUI  |http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/
                           |     | ramon@sbbs.se
                           |     | v0.93p9 on Dec 14th 1998
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      BBBS                 |BI   |http://www.bbbs.net  b@bbbs.net
                           |     | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999      2:22/222

      ELEBBS: The Elevator |B    |http://www.elebbs.com
       Software Production |     | elebbs@elebbs.com
                           |     | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002

      Falken BBS           |B    |http://falkenbbs.com
                           |     | v12.0 on Feb 2nd 2002

      Hermes II Project    |B    |http://www.hermesii.org
                           |     | info@HermesII.org  v3.5.9 Beta Final

      Maximus BBS          |B    |http://www.lanius.com
                           |     | sales@lanius.com  v3.01
                           |     |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/

      MBSE BBS:            |BI   |http://mbse.sourceforge.net  2:280/2802
       Michiel Broek       |     | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
                           |     | v0.33.21 on Jun 4th 2002

      Mystic BBS           |B    |http://www.mysticbbs.com
                           |     | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001

      Nexus BBS            |B    |http://www.nexusbbs.net
                           |     | groberts@nexusbbs.net
                           |     | v0.99.41.001 beta on Jun 10th 2001

      Proboard BBS         |B    |http://www.proboard.be
                           |     | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002

      RemoteAccess BBS:    |B    |http://www.rapro.com            1:1/120
       Bruce Morse         |     | bfmorse@rapro.com
                           |     | v2.62.2SW
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      Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B    |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
       Creek Software      |     | MDWoltz@aol.com                1:1/150
                           |     | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999

      Telegard BBS         |B    |http://www.telegard.net
                           |     | support@telegard.net
                           |     | v3.09g2 SP4
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      Atlantis Software    |D    |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/
                           |     | last update: Jun 2002

      BBS Central          |D    |http://www.rpcomputers.com

      Bentstone            |D    |http://www.srupc.com/mall
       Capabilities Group  |     | info@stonebenders.com

      Cheepware:           |D    |http://www.midnightshour.org/cheepware/
       Sean Dennis         |     | hausmaus@midnightshour.org    1:11/200

      DDS (Doorware        |D    |http://www.doorgames.org     1:2404/201
       Distribution System)|     | ruth@doorgames.org
       Ruth Argust         |     |

      DoorMUD              |D    |http://www.dmud.thebbs.org
                           |     | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002

      Elysium Software     |D    |http://www.elysoft.com
                           |     | mpreslar@mailcity.com

      Jibben Software      |D    |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
                           |     | scott@jibben.com
                           |     | 1995-99 Release dates

      JNS Software:        |D    |http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/
       Rusty Johnson       |     | rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com
                           |     | Tel: (304) 733-0113

      John Dailey Software |D    |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
                           |     | support@johndaileysoftware.com

      LORD (Legend of the  |D    |http://www.lordlegacy.org
       Red Dragon) Reborn  |     | mike@lordlegacy.org
                           |     | v4.06 on Feb 5th 2001

      Lord-II IGMs         |D    |http://www.shelby.net/wizards/lord2igm/

      PC Pursuits          |D    |http://www.pcpursuits.com
                           |     | brucep@pop.kis.net
                           |     | Tel: (301) 240-6653

      Shining Star         |D    |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
                           |     | nannette@shiningstar.net

      Sunrise Doors:       |D    |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
       Al Lawrence         |     | al@sunrisedoors.com
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                           |     | Tel: (404) 256-9518

      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:   |D    |http://www.vbsoft.org        1:124/7013
       Bryan Turner        |     | vagabond@vbsoft.org
                           |     | last update: Jul 17th 2002

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      OpenXP/32            |PI   |http://www.openxp.com        2:248/2004
                           |     | mk@openxp.de  v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002
      OpenXP/16            |P    |http://www.openxp16.de       2:2433/460
                           |     | my@openxp16.de v3.40 RC3 Apr 28th 2002
      CrossPoint (XP)      |P    |http://www.crosspoint.de
                           |     | pm@crosspoint.de  v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999

      PPoint               |P    |http://www.alcuf.ca           1:249/114
                           |     | v3.04 on Jan 10th 2000
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                           |     | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999
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      GiGo                 |UI   |http://www.gigo.com
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      Internet Rex:        |UI   |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
       Charles Cruden      |     | telnet://xanadubbs.ca        1:342/806
       (Khan Software)     |     | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001

      TransNet             |UI   |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
                           |     | transnet@ressl.com.ar
                           |     | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998

      TransX: Multiboard   |UI   |http://www.multiboard.com/software/
       Communications, Inc.|     | support@multiboard.com      1:2401/305
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     Node#      | Operator          | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate
                |                   |                |latency|
     -----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
     Zone 1     |                   |                |       |
       10/3     | Brenda Donovan    | FTP,UUE,BinkP  | 384K,30| n/c
       10/345   | Todd Cochrane     | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,!  | n/c
       18/500   | Ross Cassell      | FTP, BinkP     |128K+,!| n/c
      103/5     | Mark Luetger      | BinkP          | CABLE | n/c
      103/301   | Joe Jared         | BinkP,FTP,NFS  | 384k,!| n/c
      103/401   | Warren Bonner     | BinkP          | aDSL,!| n/c
      105/8     | Russ Johnson      | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k  | n/c
      105/72    | Larry James       | FTP, BinkP     | aDSL  | $50/yr
      106/1     | Steve Loupe       | BinkP, FTP     | 768k  | FREE
      106/2000  | Bob Juge        | BinkP VMoT FTP TX| ???   | n/c
      106/6018  | Lawrence Garvin   | FTP, VMoT      | aDSL,60| n/c
      107/453   | Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo.
      134/11    | Michael Grant  | FTP, BinkP, VMoT UUE, IFCICO,TransX
     FIDONEWS 20-06               Page 17                  10 Feb 2003


                                                    aDSL, 60 | n/c
      138/146   | Marc Blakely      | BinkP,FTP      | ???   | n/c
      140/1     | Bob Seaborn       | FTP,BinkP      | T3,30 | $5/$16
      142/906   | Chris Griffin     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      150/220   | Dave Nemeth       | UUE            | ???   | n/c
      153/7715  | Dallas Hinton     | BinkD, FTP     | CABLE | ???
      167/133   | Stephen Monteith  | BinkP          | 128k+ | n/c
      167/166   | Jesse Dooling     | POP? UUE TX FTP| ???   | n/c
      218/109   | Matt Munson       | BinkP,UUE,TX   | 33.6k | n/c
      220/10    | groberts|nexusbbs.net |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c
      229/1     | Phil Simpson      | BinkP UUE FTP  | ???   | n/c
      229/2000  | Robert Couture    |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ???   |
      229/622   | Dave Hamilton     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      250/98    | Darin McBride     | BinkP FTP TX   | ???   | n/c
      250/99    | Brent McLaren     | FTP BinkP      | ???   | n/c
      250/102   | Darin McBride     | BinkP FTP      | ???   | n/c
      267/169   | Philip Lozier     | FTP TX         | ???   | n/c
      261/1380  | Joe Davis         | UUE TX         | ???   | n/c
      275/311   | Shannon Talley|FTP,BinkP,FTP,VMoT,QWK| T1  |n/c
      280/169   | Brian Greenstreet | FTP            | 33.6  | $2mo.
      297/11    | Michael McCabe    | TX             | ???   | n/c
      323/120   | Craig Healy       | VMoT FTP       | ???   | n/c
      342/3     | Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP      | 128K+ | n/c
      393/48    | Ben Ritchey       | UUE:BFDS?      | 33.6k | n/c
      379/1     | Dale Ross         | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
      379/1200  | Chris Cranford    | BinkP FTP TX   | ???   | n/c
      396/45    | Marc Lewis        |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ADSL  | n/c
     2215/300   | Dennis Haddox     | UUE,TX         | CABLE | n/c
     2320/38    | Janis Kracht      | BinkP FTP      | ???   | n/c
     2410/400   | Gary Gilmore      | FTP BinkP      | 384K,60| n/c
     2410/213   | Kevin Bentz       | FTP, BinkP, UUE| Cable | n/c
     2604/104   | Jim Mclaughlin    | FTP,VMoT,UUE   | 33.6  | $1mo
     2624/306   | David Calafrancesco  | VMoT        | 33.6  | n/c
     3613/1275  | @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE,FTP    | 28.8  | n/c
     3407/4     | Robert Todd    |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
     3632/84    | Robert Todd    |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
     3634/12    | Mark Lewis         |FTP,VMoT,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
     3830/5     | Jeff Schrunk      |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ???   | n/c
     3830/9     | Steve Quarrella   |BinkP FTP IFCICO VMoT UUE|?|?
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     Zone 2     |
       20/11    | Henrik Lindhe     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
       22/222   | Kim Heino         | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
       28/1     | Lody Caenen       | BinkP FTP      | ???   | n/c
       31/1     | Gabriel Plutzar   | BinkP          | T1+   | n/c
       37/37    | Gabor Z. Papp     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
       47/999   | Andrej Kirejev    | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
       53/558   |Vladimir Hrusca|POP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP,ifcico|2mbs|??
      201/329   | Mats Wallin       | VMoT TX        | ???   | n/c
      201/505   | Gran Eriksson    | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      203/600   | Mikael Karlsson   |BinkP,FTP,TX,UUE| 512k  | n/c
      211/37    | Torbjorn Mohn     | BinkP          | 8/2mb | n/c
      221/360   | Tommi Koivula     | BinkP,UUE      | ???   | n/c
      236/205   | Michael Kaaber    | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      240/6298  | Steve Tell        | BinkP UUE      | ???   | n/c
      246/2098  | Volker Imre       | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     FIDONEWS 20-06               Page 18                  10 Feb 2003


      252/110   | David Rance       | UUE            | ???   | n/c
      255/90    | Simon Avery       | UUE            | ???   | n/c
      263/950   | Sean Rima         | TX UUE         | ???   | n/c
      280/1027  | Lukas de Groen    | BinkP FTP      | ???   | n/c
      280/1601  | Jeroen VanDeLeur  | FTP,UUE        | 64k   | n/c
      280/4312  | Jos Huijnen   | BinkP ifcico UUE TX| ???   | n/c
      280/5003  | Kees van Eeten    | BinkP ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      292/624   | Steven Leeman     | UUE, BinkP     | 128k  | n/c
      292/854   | Ward Dossche      | BinkP UUE TX   | ???   | n/c
      292/2003  | Eric Vaneberck    | BinkP          | 768k  | n/c
      301/1     | Peter Witschi     | BinkP          | 768k  | n/c
      332/807   | Roberto Mascolo   | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      333/0     | M Gianformaggio   | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      335/534   | Mario Mure        | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k   | n/c
      335/610   | Gino Lucrezi      | UUE            | 33.6  | n/c
      341/14    | Rafael Suarez     | BinkP VMoT     | ???   | n/c
      341/51    | Jose.Maria Tejada | VMoT           |       |
      341/66    | Angel Ripoll      | VMoT           |       |
      343/168   | Jose Casanova     | VMoT           |       |
      344/201   | Julio Garcia      | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      346/3     | Carlos Navarro    | UUE            | ???   | n/c
      347/1     | Javi Polo         | UUE            |       |
      348/105   | Alejandro Estraviz| BinkP UUE      |       |
      382/100   | Sinisa Burina     | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      400/555   | Ofir Michaeli     | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      400/557   | Marius Kaizerman  | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      423/81    | Milos Bajer       | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      461/256   | Andrew Rutkas     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      461/640   | Alex Semenyaka    |BinkP ifcico UUE| ???   | n/c
      465/204   | Va Milushnikov    | BinkP          | 33.6k | n/c
      469/84    | Max Masyutin      | VMoT           | 256k  | n/c
      469/128   | Oleg Vasenyoff    | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      480/112   | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k  | n/c
      550/4077  | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE            | ----- | n/c
     2410/201   | Karsten Ebeling   | BinkP UUE      | ???   | n/c
     2411/413   | Dennis Dittrich   | UUE,BinkP      | 64k   | n/c
     2432/200   | Sven Dueker       | BinkP TX UUE   | ???   | n/c
     2446/301   | Lothar Behet  | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K   | n/c
     2474/275   | Christian Emig    | UUE            | 64k   | unkn
     2487/3000  | Steffen Gross     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5002/5002  | Victor Belyakov   | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5014/4     | Alex Bagmanov     | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
     5020/52    | Peter Didenko     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5020/54    | Serge Wizgounoff  | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
     5020/69    | B Chernivetsky    | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5020/238   | Sergey Gubanov    | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5030/115   | Andrey Podkolzin  | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5030/1251  | K Stepanekov      | UUE            | ???   | n/c
     5100/8     | Egons Bush        | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5020/1159  | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE          | 33.6  | n/c
     5049/12    | Amir Shabashvili  | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5054/3     | Andrew Popov      | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5080/80    | Eugene Zorin      | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
     5083/21    | Alexander Uskov   | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
     5090/2     | Andrew Titov      | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5100/8     | Egons Bush        | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     FIDONEWS 20-06               Page 19                  10 Feb 2003


     --------------------------------------------------------------
     Zone 3
      633/260   | Malcolm Miles     | FTP,BinkP      | 64K   | n/c
      640/954   | Rick Van Ruth     | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c
      712/311   | Bob James         | TX             | ???   | n/c
      774/605   | Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     Zone 4
      801/161   | Renato Zambon     | UUE            | 33.6  |n/c
      902/18    | Javier Tejedor    | UUE            | 33,6  | n/c
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     Zone 6
       65/3000  | Lawrence Fan      | UUE            | 33600 | free
      653/1009  | Maorong Chen      | UUE            | ???   | free
      654/0     | Bin Li            | UUE,BinkP      | 33600 | free
      654/1501  | Lawrence Fan      | UUE,BinkP      | 28800 | free

     --
     * FTP    = Internet File Transfer Protocol
     * VMoT   = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
     * UUE    = uuencode<->email type transfers
     * BinkP  = front end mailer for TCPIP networks
     * TX     = TransX
     * NFS    = Linux Networking
     * ifcico = ifcico-compatible virtual mailer
     * QWK    = Quick Packets/Offline mailer "networking" capable
     ----------------------------------------------
     Fidonet oriented news servers

     news.fidotel.com (provides user access to Z1B & WWB)
     news.osirusoft.com
     news.tardis.net
     nntp://fido.bitsoft.ro
     nntp://bbs.bitsoft.ro

     Fidonet oriented chat rooms.

     room #fidonet  5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays
     irc.osirusoft.com  (Peers wanted)
     irc.sinoptix.ro : malay, chinesse, english, #fido, #fidonet, #wwb
     irc.bitsoft.ro : 6667 russian, english, hebrew, #fido, #wwb
     irc.tsua.net : 6668 russian, english #fido

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                             SPECIAL INTEREST
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                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.038
                size  1021.7kb
                date  2003-02-07

      The nodelist has   9078 nodes in it
        and a total of  11829 non-comment entries

              including     6 zones
                           60 regions
                          447 hosts
                          623 hubs
         admin overhead  1136 ( 12.51 %)

                    and   982 private nodes
                          286 nodes down
                          347 nodes on hold
      off line overhead  1615 ( 17.79 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    721 (  7.94 %)
                9600 =   7883 ( 86.84 %)
                              (HST  =  168 or   2.13 %)
                              (CSP  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (PEP  =   11 or   0.14 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (V32  = 4266 or  54.12 %)
                              (V32B =  426 or   5.40 %)
                              (V34  = 5218 or  66.19 %)
                              (V42  = 4322 or  54.83 %)
                              (V42B =  448 or   5.68 %)
                2400 =     88 (  0.97 %)
                1200 =      7 (  0.08 %)
                 300 =    379 (  4.17 %)

                ISDN =    878 (  9.67 %)

     ----------------------------------------------------------
      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             3166
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
     --------------------------------------
     FIDONEWS 20-06               Page 21                  10 Feb 2003


      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 7
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                       11
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          6
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      47
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     364
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                4047
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                          1430
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   2863 ( 31.54 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   4937 ( 54.38 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    716 (  7.89 %)
      Other             =    562 (  6.19 %)

      [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100]
      [                                 Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]

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