     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 20, Number 09             03 Mar 2003 
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            Copyright 2003 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally.


                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. INSIDE  ...................................................  2
        The Fidonews at a Glance  .................................  2
     3. FIDONET NET NEWS  .........................................  3
        Net382 Meeting  ...........................................  3
     4. FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS  .................................  5
        Windows 9x/ME Desktop Wallpaper Changer  ..................  5
        Free Customized Windows BBS Terminal Program  .............  7
     5. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER  ..........................  9
        Ramblings of an Old Man  ..................................  9
     6. FIDONET NOTICES  .......................................... 12
        FTSC-Chair election / Announcement of candidates  ......... 12
     7. FRANK'S COLUMN - FRANK VEST  .............................. 13
        Take it up with the management  ........................... 13
     8. COMIX IN ASCII  ........................................... 14
        Fidodog  .................................................. 14
     9. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES  ..................................... 15
        Grandparents  ............................................. 15
        THREE TEXAS SURGEONS  ..................................... 16
     10. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  .................. 17
        FIDONet Software References  .............................. 17
     11. FIDONET BY INTERNET  ..................................... 22
        Fidonet-related sites  .................................... 22
     12. SPECIAL INTEREST  ........................................ 27
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 27
     13. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  .................................... 29
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 29
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 31
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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     Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born
     in another time.
                                  -- Hebrew proverb


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                                  INSIDE
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                     The Fidonews at a Glance

     In the net news section there is a "Net382 Meeting" notice. Sorry
     Frank, but I think I'll have to take a raincheck on that one, but I
     hope plenty will show up.

        Some software reviews, rather rare nowadays, and suddenly we got
     two at the same time. Well, I must admit to a little cheating, since
     "Windows 9x/ME Desktop Wallpaper Changer" by Ben Ritchey is not really
     a fidonet software review, but I squeezed it into this section anyway.
     "Free Customized Windows BBS Terminal Program" by Ed Williams is more
     along the fidonet vein.

        Warren Bonner does some "Ramblings of an Old Man", or rather, it
     seems, ramblings of an old man over ramblings of an old man, in his
     column this week. I just hope this will not start another round of
     that 'We helped you out! -- Did not! -- Did too!' that we've seen far
     too much of around fido echoes.

        A fidonet notice from Ward Dossche, "FTSC-Chair election /
     Announcement of candidates".

        In Frank's column we can read something for those that don't like
     the contents of the Snooze, among other things. This in "Take it up
     with the management." Also from Frank, "Fidodog" goes Superman on us
     in another ASCII comix.

        A couple of jokes concludes the contributions this week. They are
     "Grandparents", a kiddy joke from Warren and "THREE TEXAS SURGEONS", a
     rather nasty one about a certain Texas cowboy, from Ward.


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                             FIDONET NET NEWS
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                             Net382 Meeting

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     *>  N O T I C E  -  N O T I C E  -  N O T I C E  -  N O T I C E   <*
     ====================================================================

     Hello ALL Net382 Sysops/Co-Sysop's/R19 Sysops, Texans, Russians &
     Guest

     What:   It is time for the Saturday Mar. 1, 2003  Net382 Meeting!

     Where:  City Market BBQ, E. Davis & Hwy 183, Luling, TX

     When:   First Saturday, at  13:00 (1:00pm) (until whenever we leave)
             with any Luck, we'll all be sitting at one of the two Long
             tables, if not their are lots of smaller tables and booths.

     Who:    Net 382 Sysops/Co-Sysop's/Guest (Wives, Sweethearts -- or
             both) Friends & Relatives, ankle-biters & rug-rats are
             Optional.. <grin>

     Why: Mass consumption of mass production, conversation, sneaker
          netting, Q&A. rubbing elbows with Gary Crain,Mike Tripp and
          sons(maybe),Steve Quarrella (exR19C Emeritus),Frank Vest,Bat Lang
          and Bill Eastman and many other old timers.. Discuss pecan
          Blossoms, Power Outages, Sun Spots, Bombing Sadahm, being hit or
          near miss by Shuttle debrie, maybe we will also Welcome a New
          Member to Net382...

     How:    Be there or be talked about...  :-)

     Orders: Place your Meal order in the Back room with the BBQ Pits you
             can order Brisket by the number of slices you want or by
             weight measure and whether you want inside slices or outside
             slices, and Pork ribs by the number of ribs you want, by the
             Rack, or by weight measure, Home made Sausages are sold by the
             ring, Bread, Pickles, etc..

             The Beverages, Beans, Potato Salid etc are sold at the front
             counter.. as well as Free doggie bags and napkins and knives..
             bring you own forks, and calachies..

     MAP:
                                     Austin to Luling TX
                                     HWY 183 south

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     San Marcos=>-Hyw 80------------------| Luling, TX
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                   City Market BBQ --->XX |
                     ----E. Davis St.-----------------------
                                              Farmers Market
                   #############################################
                   Rail road Tracks       |
                                          |
     <==============Hwy 90===========================Hwy 90=============>
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     <<=to=Seguin =====IH-10 =====================IH-10 >===to Houston===>


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                         FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS
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                     Windows 9x/ME Desktop Wallpaper Changer
                               By Ben Ritchey
                           <FIDONet@Bellsouth.net>

     Note: This was in response to a request for free software that allows
     rotation of the Windows Desktop (Wallpaper) in Win9x/ME ...

     I use a custom procedure I designed myself plus two utilities (Random
     Copy to randomly select a new picture each boot, and PV to convert
     images (RC is Freeware, PV is Free for Personal use only). My
     PickAPic.Bat procedure is Public Domain Freeware by virtue of this
     post <g>.

     Just place all your pictures in thier own sub-directory (I used
     C:\PICS.RC), move all the files in my archive to this same sub-dir,
     then read the REM comments in file PICKAPIC.BAT for complete install
     and configuration instructions.

     Default re-size for PV/pic is 1024 (1024x768) but is quite easy to
     change and should match your default screen setting under Windows (X
     axis). I ONLY re-size the X-axis in order to preserve the aspect ratio
     (so globes don't get stretched to egg shape, i.e. the Y-axis re-sizes
     automagically).

     Additional graphics file types can be added to the RC line, just
     insert along with existing gif/jpg using the same syntax (" *.tif" for
     example).

     After Windows *finishes* booting, file RC-1.LOG contains the name of
     the current picture displayed (I also keep *.Txt files with a
     description of each picture).

     As always, the archive can be requested via my E-mail robot (iRex):

             To:    FIDONet(at)Bellsouth(dot)net
             Subj:  FREQ

             Body:  FREQ PICKAPIC.ZIP

     This archive is 137kB in size and contains everything you need to
     implement the PickAPic procedure.


     If you'd rather not use the FReq 'bot, here's the procedure (includes
     web page URLs for both utilities) with quick instructions:

     File: PICKAPIC.BAT

     === Cut ===
     @Echo Off
     Rem Rc.Exe at http://www.homepages.ihug.com.au/~babfive/quentisl/rc.h\
     tml
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     Rem   Random Copy archived as RNDCPY14.ZIP (58kB)
     Rem Pv.exe at http://www.multimediaware.com/pv/
     Rem   Picture Viewer in PV278E.zip (527kB)
     Rem
     Rem Run once initially, then set Windows Desktop Wallpaper
     Rem   to display backgrnd.bmp centered, then run again.
     Rem *** Create a shortcut to this proc in Startup folder ***
     Rem   Edit the Properties of this Shortcut to:
     Rem     1) Program tab: Check "Close on exit"
     Rem     2) Misc tab: Set "Idle sensitivity" to LOWest setting (far le\
     ft)
     Rem     3) Misc tab: UN-Check "Warn if still active" under "Terminati\
     on"
     Rem
     Rem Mod PV.exe line below for desired X-resolution (use 800 for 800x6\
     00, etc.)
     Rem Each Boot, the LAST output from PickaPic.bat will display (each
     Rem   run sets up for the Next Boot of Windows)

     Cls
     Rem Generate a Random Background/Bitmap
     Rem (Display rc-1.log for current Filename)
     del backgrnd.*
     If exist rc1.log copy rc1.log rc-1.log
     Rc.exe -d -u32768 -v *.gif *.jpg backgrnd.jpg >rc1.log

     Rem Converts to .BMP at 1024 X-Resolution (displays 1024x768, centere\
     d)
     Pv.exe backgrnd.jpg . /c9 x1024

     Rem Wallpaper is effective *next* boot ...
     Copy backgrnd.bmp c:\windows
     === Cut ===

     Save everything between the "cut" lines as PICKAPIC.BAT ...


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                 Free Customized Windows BBS Terminal Program
                      by Ed Williams, 1:128/148
                        info@goblinsreach.org

     PeopleComm Floppy Disk Version 1.01a is finally out of beta testing
     and is ready to be released.  PeopleComm is a freeware program that
     allows people to call and use BBS's.  This program has several
     wonderful features:

     FREE!!!
     Works on Telnet or Dialup!
     Created for FIDONET BBS's ONLY!
     Customized for your NET or REGION FOR FREE!
     Works under Win95+, including XP.
     Works on Serial or WinModems.
     The only needed to configure is the phone/telnet numbers!
     No messy port selections, irq settings, baud rate questions!
     Supports ZModem download and BBS Ansi graphics.
     Auto-ZModem Detect!
     Installs from a SETUP.EXE file!
     Able to Install/Uninstall from Windows!
     Supports Restricted Telnet addresses!
     PeopleComm's EXE Fit's on a FLOPPY! And needs no Setup to run!
     The Setup program put's an icon on the desktop and in All Programs!

     This program was written to allow sysop's to easily get users back on
     their BBS's.  This program, requires only ONE file to run, that is the
     executable file.  A setup.exe file will fit on a floppy as well, and
     leaves about 600K extra space for your own files, plus it does all the
     stuff users expect from windows programs (install/uninstall).

     It's so easy to run it's scary!  After startup, simply select
     Telephone or Telnet connection and check the Phone Number or Telnet
     Numbers and you're online!

     BUT, as it's a FIDONET ONLY BBS Dialer, there is no way to add any
     BBS's to the list it comes with.  That ability will come with a future
     and much more enhanced (but it won't fit on a floppy) version of
     PeopleComm.  SO What do you do to get your BBS Listed???

     Simple!  Any RC or NC can request a customized copy for their regions
     free of charge.  Information will be sent to them upon request as to
     what information is needed on the BBS's to be added for your area.
     Once that information is received, it will be added and a customized
     version will be sent to your RC/NC.

     The standards for this program were that it be all contained in one
     executable file, and that it fit on a floppy.  That a setup.exe be
     created that would allow for easy installation into windows.  That it
     allow for the user to change/modify Download/Upload directories,
     telnet addresses, and phone numbers to their liking.  That it provide
     some information about that BBS within the program itself.  It has met
     these requirements.

     As the author of this version of PeopleComm, I want to assure you that
     the ONLY reason I'm doing this is because I loved doing it, and that I
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     love and support Fidonet.  I believe in getting programmers back into
     Fidonet, and I believe that we can do so much more than we're doing
     now.  By encouraging Nets and Regions to work together to make their
     own version I feel we will grow as a Net.  By restricting the program
     to Fidonet BBS's, I feel we will encourage growth within fidonet, and
     hopefully a return to actual BBS's being in the nodelist.  And lastly,
     by making it customizeable by geography, I feel it will engender a
     sense of community among Sysops, as well as callers.

     If you're interested in programming, are good at creating standards,
     enjoy doing artwork, and would like to contribute to the
     CD/Downloadable version of PeopleComm, please check out
     www.peoplecomm.org or write info@goblinsreach.org

     You may freq a Region 15 version of this program from here with the
     magic name PCOMM at 1:128/148, or IREX request at
     goblinsreach.dnsalias.org.

     You may also download it off the Internet at www.peoplecomm.org

     Enjoy!
     Ed Williams


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                      OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER
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                       Ramblings of an Old Man
                         wdbonner@pacbell.net

     If you aren't interested in the ramblings of an old man, please delete
     now.  If you're still there, pull up a chair and listen.  Lately
     Americans have been mud balled by every country we have assisted in
     the last hundred years. Even in Fidonews the IC has denounced America,
     which was good enough for him when he lived in the state of Montana in
     his childhood according to netmail I enjoyed from him when I was
     Fidonews editor.  Many other Euro voices have acquired the same
     attitude.  As an American I am very surprised at this as I thought we
     were allies, great friends, ready to help each other in times of need.
     I found this item in my email box, and thought it appropriate to
     remind my Euro-friends of America's generosity, not our occupation of
     their countries.

                     Ramblings of An Old Man

     Is there anyone else out there who's sick and tired of all the polls
     being taken in foreign countries as to whether or not they "like" us?
     The last time I looked, the word "like" had nothing to do with foreign
     policy. I prefer 'respect' or 'fear' They worked for Rome, which
     civilized and kept the peace in the known world a hell of a lot longer
     than our puny two centuries-plus.

     I see a left-wing German got elected to office recently by campaigning
     against the foreign policy of the United States. Yeah, hat's what I
     want, to be lectured about war and being a "good neighbor" by a
     German. Their head   honcho said they wouldn't take part in a war
     against Iraq. Kind of nice to see them taking a pass on a war once in
     while. Perhaps we needed to have the word "World" in front of War. I
     think it's time to bring our boys home from Germany.  Outside of the
     money we'd save, we'd make the Germans "like" us a lot more, after
     they started paying the bills for their own defense.

     Last time I checked, France isn't too fond of us either. They sort of
     liked us back on June 6th, 1944, though, didn't they? If you don't
     think so, see how nicely they take care of the enormous American
     cemeteries up above the Normandy beaches. For those of you who've
     studied history, we also have a few cemeteries in places like Belleau
     Woods and Chateau Thierry also. For those of you who haven't studied
     it that was from World War One the first time Europe screwed up and we
     bailed out the French. That's where the US Marines got the title
     'Devil Dogs' or, if you still care about what the Germans think,
     Teufelhunde."  I hope I spelled that right; sure wouldn't want to
     offend anyone, least of all a German.

     Come to think of it, when Europe couldn't take care of their Bosnian
     problem recently, guess who had to help out there also. Last time I
     checked, our kids are still there. I sort of remember they said they
     would be out in a year. Gee, how time flies when you're having fun.

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     Now we hear that the South Koreans aren't too happy with us either.
     They "liked" us a lot better, of course, in June 1950. It took more
     than 50,000 Americans killed in Korea to help give them the lifestyle
     they currently enjoy, but then who's counting? I think it's also time
     to bring the boys home from there. There are about 37,000 young
     Americans on the DMZ separating the South Koreans from their
     "brothers" up north. Maybe if we leave, they can begin to participate
     in the "good life" that North Korea currently enjoys. Uh huh. Sure.

     I also understand that a good portion of the Arab/Moslem world now
     doesn't "like" us either. Did anyone ever sit down and determine what
     we would have to do to get them to like us? Ask them what they would
     like us to do. Die? Commit ritual suicide? Bend over?

     Maybe we should follow the advice of our dimwitted, dullest knife in
     the drawer, Senator Patty Murray, and build more roads, hospitals, day
     care centers, and orphanages like Osama bin Laden does. What with all
     the orphans Osama has created, the least he can do is build some
     places to put them.  Senator Stupid says if we would only "emulate"
     Osama, the Arab world would love us. Sorry Patty, in addition to the
     fact that we already do all of those things around the world and have
     been doing them for over sixty years, I don't take public
     transportation, and I certainly wouldn't take it with a bomb strapped
     to the guy next to me.

     Don't get me wrong: I'm not in favor of going to war. Been there, done
     that.  Several times, in fact. But I think we ought to have some polls
     in this country about other countries, and see if we "like" THEM.
     Problem is, if you listed the countries, not only wouldn't the average
     American know if he liked them or not, he wouldn't be able to find
     them.

     If we're supposed to worry about them, how about them worrying about
     us? We were nice to the North Koreans in 1994, as we followed the
     policies of Neville Clinton. And it seemed to work; they didn't
     restart nuclear weapons program for a whole year or so. In the
     meantime, we fed them when they were starving, and put oil in their
     stoves when they were freezing.

     In a recent visit to Norway, I engaged in a really fun debate with my
     cousin's son, a student at a Norwegian University. I was lectured to
     by this thankless squirt about the American "Empire," and scolded
     about dropping the atomic bomb on the Japanese. I reminded him that
     empires usually keep the stuff they take; we don't, and back in 1945
     most Norwegians thought dropping ANY kind of bomb on Germany or Japan
     was a good idea.

     I also reminded him that my uncle, his grandfather, and others in our
     family spent a significant time in Sachsenhausen concentration camp,
     courtesy of the Germans, and they didn't all survive. I further
     reminded him that if it weren't for the "American Empire" he would
     probably be speaking German or Russian.

     Sorry about the rambling. Provided by Joe Galloway, author of "We Were
     Soldiers".

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                              FIDONET NOTICES
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           FTSC-Chair election / Announcement of candidates
                    By Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

     The period of nominations in the election of the FTSC-chair has come
     to an end. No new nominations were received.

     There is only 1 candidate: Scott Little.

     Since there are no provisions in the election-procedure of how to
     proceed if there is only one candidate, the voting has now commenced.

     I need to point out that:

     1) Only standing FTSC-members are entitled to vote;
     2) A successful candidate must receive approval by at least a
        plurality of votes, so please those entitled to vote: do so!

     For a definition of "plurality" read FTA1001.

     I will accept votes via netmail but also via email at 'wd@skynet.be'
     which is my personal email-address. All votes will be checked for
     confirmation; unconfirmed votes will be rejected.

     Deadline for voting: March 10th 2003 at 00h01am my time.

     The outcome of the election will be announced in FTSC_PUBLIC, Fidonews
     and every other usefull means on March 10th 2003. There will be a
     period of three weeks to enter complaints. If complaints are
     formulated they will be collected by an overseer, for independant
     processing.

     Appointment of the FTSC-administrator will then occur on March 30th
     2003. This appointment will expire on March 30th 2007.


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                        FRANK'S COLUMN - FRANK VEST
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                        Take it up with the management.
                                 By Frank Vest
                                  1:124/6308.1


      I'd like to be "up beat" and tell tales of happiness. That, however,
     is hard to do these days. The world is simply not a happy place. As I
     look around, I see wars, rumors of war, people that argue for the sake
     of arguing.

      There's currently an argument in the Fidonews echo about what nation
     did what to who and how much dislike, envy, hatred and grief each
     feels for the other. Maybe this doesn't, or shouldn't, belong in the
     Fidonews echo.... on the other hand, if one looks around Fidonet these
     days, one finds the same thing in other echos. It might not be about
     different countries, nations, powers or such, but the arguments are
     the same. It seems that there is always some person, group or some
     such that is arguing about something in, about, or to do with Fidonet.

      As I sit here typing this column, I think back on articles from past
     Fidonews editions. I realize that this arguing is not new. Many of the
     past editions have the same arguments in them. What does strike me as
     new is that these arguments seem to be the norm now. I'm wondering if
     this is because of the condition of the world or the condition of
     Fidonet only? Perhaps a bit of both??

      What has happened to Fidonet? Is it simply that the dwindling numbers
     in Fidonet has left us with only combatants. That is; Is there no one
     left that is producing new software or working on other advancements
     for Fidonet?

      I'd like to take this opportunity in my column to challenge the
     Fidonet software authors that are still active to write an article on
     any advancements that they are making on their Fidonet software.

      I'd like to also challenge the remaining Sysops and Users to write
     articles about something other than war, arguments and fighting. As
     I said as Fidonews Editor, and as the current Fidonews Editor says:
     "The Fidonews is what /YOU/ make of it!". This applies to the Fidonews
     echo as well as the Fidonews publication.

     Are you up to the challenge??


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                              COMIX IN ASCII
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                                    Fidodog
     _____________________________________________________________________
      _______________________ |                                           |
     |Look! Up on the screen!||           .--._.--.                       |
     | ______________________||          ( O     O )       A FROG!?!!     |
     || It's a bird!|         |          /   . .   \        <ribit>       |
     || ____________|_        |         .`._______.'.                     |
     ||| It's a plane!|       |        /(           )\                    |
     ||||_____________|______ |      _/  \  \   /  /  \_                  |
     ||||       |It's a frog!||   .~   `  \  \ /  /  '   ~.               |
     ||||        \___________||  {    -.   \  V  /   .-    }              |
     ||||             /       |_ _`.    \  |  |  |  /    .'_ _            |
     \///  _  _ #    /        |>_       _} |  |  | {_       _<            |
       _ _| || || _ /         | /. - ~ ,_-'  .^.  `-_, ~ - .\             |
      | | | || ||| |  _       |         '-'|/   \|`-`                     |
     _|_|_|_||_|||_|_|_|______|___________________________________________|
     ____________     __           |_____   ____________     __           |
     Not bird nor|   /  \     _    |___  | |It's just   |   /  \     _    |
     plane nor  __\ /|oo \    \\   |   | | |little 'ol __\ /|oo \    \\   |
     even frog!|   (_|  /_)   ))   |t  | | |me....    |   (_|  /_)   ))   |
     _________/ ))____@/_____//    |   | | |_________/ ))____@/_____//    |
                \_____        \__((|___| |             \_____        \__((|
                      \___________/|_____|                   \___________/|
                                   |___|___                               |
           _  _ #                  |  ____ |                              |
       _ _| || || _                | |20MG||                              |
     _|_|_|_||_|||_|_______________|_______|______________________________|
        ______________    __       |   ______________           |Fidodog!||
     ((|  __________  |  /  \      |  |  __________  |       __/_________||
       | |          | | /|** \     |  | |   \ /    |/       /  \          |
     ((| | SPLAT!!! | ((_|  /_)    |  | | F d*net  |       /|OO \         |
       | |          | ____@/       |  | |   / \    |      (_|  /_)        |
     ((| |__________|(___/ | _     |  | |__/___\___|\      _`@/_ \    _   |
       |______________(  / | \\    |  |______________|    |     | \   \\  |
     ((__|__________|___(  | ))    | ___\__________\___   | (*) |  \   )) |
     ( XT   ____   ______| |//     |/ XT   ____  _____/   |__U__| /  \//  |
     |640K ||--|| |20(______/      ||640K ||--|| \20M/     _//|| _\   /   |
     (__________________|          |\________________\    (_/(_|(____/    |
     ______________________________|______________________________________|


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

                                  Grandparents
                       (Retirement in the eyes of a child)
                              wdbonner@pacbell.net

     After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their
     holiday away from school. One child wrote the following:

     We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa.

     They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and
     they moved to Arizona.

     Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like
     grass.

     They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because they
     don't know who they are anymore. They go to a building called a
     wrecked center, but they must have got it fixed because it is all okay
     now. They play games and do exercises there, but they don't do them
     very well.

     There is a swimming pool too, but in it, they all jump up and down
     with hats on, while they talk to each other. I guess they don't know
     how to swim. At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old
     man sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes
     they sneak out. in  their golf carts. Nobody there cooks, they just
     eat out. And, they eat the same thing every night---"early birds".

     Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll house. The
     ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked center and call it
     pot luck.

     My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his
     retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday
     too. When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll
     house. Then I will let people out so they can visit their
     grandchildren.

     Warm Regards,
     Ol'wdb

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     FIDONEWS 20-09               Page 16                   3 Mar 2003


                           THREE TEXAS SURGEONS
                         Ward Dossche / 2:292/854

     Three Texas surgeons were arguing as to which had the greatest skill.

     The first began: "Three years ago, I reattached seven fingers on a
     pianist. He went on to give a recital for the Queen of England."

     The second replied: "That's nothing. I attended a man in a car
     accident.. All his arms and legs were severed from his body. Two years
     after I reattached them, he won three gold medals for field events in
     the Olympics."

     The third said: "A few years back, I attended to a cowboy. He was high
     on cocaine and alcohol when he rode his horse head-on into a Santa Fe
     freight train traveling at 100 miles per hour. All I had to work with
     was the horse's ass and a ten gallon hat. Two years ago he became
     president of the United States."


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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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     FIDONEWS 20-09               Page 18                   3 Mar 2003


      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
     FIDONEWS 20-09               Page 19                   3 Mar 2003


      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
     FIDONEWS 20-09               Page 20                   3 Mar 2003


                           |     | 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

      (various)            |D    |http://www.webnexus.com/users/etow/
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      APoint               |PI   |http://www.apoint-mail.de
                           |     | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
                           |     | v1.25                   2:2426/1210.13

      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
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      GoldEd+              |E    |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/   2:203/6600
                           |     | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Jan 4th 2003

      SqEd32               |E    |http://www.sqed.de
                           |     | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      GiGo                 |UI   |http://www.gigo.com
                           |     | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997

      Internet Rex:        |UI   |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
       Charles Cruden      |     | telnet://xanadubbs.ca        1:342/806
       (Khan Software)     |     | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001

      PeopleComm Terminal  |CUI  |http://www.peoplecomm.org     1:128/148
       (BBS & Telnet w/    |     | edward.williams@adelphia.net
        ZModem)            |     | v1.01a on Feb 11th 2003

      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
                           |     | v3.5
     FIDONEWS 20-09               Page 21                   3 Mar 2003


     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      National BBS List    |?    | http://www.usbbs.org

      Hispanic FIDO/BBS's  |?    | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/
       (in Spanish only)   |     |  (Extensive software & BBS Listings)
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org  http://www.filegate.org
       http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org                http://www.juge.com
       http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/           http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts
     +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      Note: Please send corrections & additions to: Ben Ritchey, 1:393/68
      `-=>   E-mail FIDONet(at)Bellsouth(dot)net      BBS (337) 232-4155

      Magic FReq: FIDOSOFT   (Use INFO and/or HELP for details)

      Internet: http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/fidosoft.txt

      Emeritus: Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich

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                       . -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- .
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     or fbi@fidotel.com.  Please ensure your website is operational before
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       Region 18:
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        Net 3634: http://www.wpusa.dynip.com/
     Zone 2:
       Region 20:  http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
       Region 23:  http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)
       Region 24:  http://www.was-ist-fido.de/ (German)
         Fido-IP:  http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German)
       Region 26:  http://www.nemesis.ie
       Region 27:  http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
       Region 29:  http://www.fidonet.be  (French)
       Region 34:  http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm  (Spanish)
           REC34:  http://www.fidospain.org
       Region 35:  http://fido.hit.bg/en/
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       Region 41:  http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English)
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       Region 53:  http://fido.bitsoft.ro/
        Net 5010:  http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/  (Russian)
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     Zone 3:       http://www.z3.fidonet.org
     Zone 4:
       Region 80:  http://www.rbt.com.br (Portuguese)
         Net 904:  http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)
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                   Guam, Indoesia and the Phillipines)
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               Fidonet Via Internet Hubs provided by FidoTel.com
     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
                                                    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
     FIDONEWS 20-09               Page 24                   3 Mar 2003


      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
      379/1     | Dale Ross         | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
      379/1200  | Chris Cranford    | BinkP FTP TX   | ???   | n/c
      393/68    | Ben Ritchey       | UUE:BFDS?      | 33.6k | 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
      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
     FIDONEWS 20-09               Page 25                   3 Mar 2003


      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
      2800/14   | Aleksandr Galiyev | BinkP,ifcico,VMoT| T1  | 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
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     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
     FIDONEWS 20-09               Page 26                   3 Mar 2003


      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

     nntp://news.fidotel.com (provides user access to Z1B & WWB)
     nntp://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.059
                size  1012.8kb
                date  2003-02-28

      The nodelist has   8968 nodes in it
        and a total of  11725 non-comment entries

              including     6 zones
                           60 regions
                          446 hosts
                          618 hubs
         admin overhead  1130 ( 12.60 %)

                    and   987 private nodes
                          296 nodes down
                          344 nodes on hold
      off line overhead  1627 ( 18.14 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    720 (  8.03 %)
                9600 =   7781 ( 86.76 %)
                              (HST  =  168 or   2.16 %)
                              (CSP  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (PEP  =   11 or   0.14 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (V32  = 4218 or  54.21 %)
                              (V32B =  424 or   5.45 %)
                              (V34  = 5176 or  66.52 %)
                              (V42  = 4264 or  54.80 %)
                              (V42B =  446 or   5.73 %)
                2400 =     88 (  0.98 %)
                1200 =      7 (  0.08 %)
                 300 =    372 (  4.15 %)

                ISDN =    855 (  9.53 %)

     ----------------------------------------------------------
      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             3116
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
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      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 7
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                       11
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          6
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      45
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     354
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                4009
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                          1420
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   2812 ( 31.36 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   4885 ( 54.47 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    707 (  7.88 %)
      Other             =    564 (  6.29 %)

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

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