      F I D O N E W S         Volume 16, Number 11           15 March 1999
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                        Table of Contents
     1. EDITORIAL  ................................................  1
     2. GUEST EDITORIAL  ..........................................  2
        Nodus Operandi - an application of Cole's Law  ............  2
     3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  ....................................  4
        In response to Rob Echler's recent submission:  ...........  4
     4. ARTICLES  .................................................  5
        NAB & Z1B Echo Diff  ......................................  5
        The Fido/IP project: Fidonet's future - Successful and  ...  5
        InterMail/InterEcho Has a New Owner!  .....................  7
        North American Backbone Echo Changes [Jan-Feb]  ...........  7
        Another sad article?  .....................................  8
        Z1 Backbone Echo Changes [Jan-Feb]  .......................  9
     5. NOTICES  .................................................. 11
     6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................................. 12
        Latest Greatest Software Versions  ........................ 12
     7. FIDONET BY INTERNET  ...................................... 17
     8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 21
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                                 EDITORIAL
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     Greetings,

     Will those readers who submit articles, please note, that when
     submitting such articles please ensure you send them in standard
     ASCII format.  No HTML, thank you.
     My Internet address system, is a plain Linux system. ;-)

     Will some kind sole, please send something for the readers out
     there in explaining what has been happening with the breakup of the
     Z1 backbone?  But please, do apply KISS.  Thanks. <g>

     I've had a few questions about it, but not residing in Z1, I cannot
     clearly provide the correct or any answer.  Thanks again. <g>

     Does it not makes you cry, reading all those sad stories about how
     good FidoNet was and why they, the authors, are leaving?  ;-)
     Hey, we know it's good, it always was good and always will be good,
     provided, we get rid of P4.  Common, do we really need P4?  Take
     some of those characters, they not sure how to read, nevermind P4. ;-)

     Happy reading,

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     =================================================================
                              GUEST EDITORIAL
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     Nodus Operandi - an application of Cole's Law

                                Nodus Operandi
                         An Application of Cole's Law
                  Douglas Myers, 1:279/720, doug@mdtnbbs.com

     Regular readers of the Zone 1 echoes realize that Fidonet is
     governed by two great documents:  the organizational writings of
     Policy 4 and the thinly sliced cabbage of Cole's Law.  Tom Cole, the
     author of the latter living document, revealed yet another subtlety
     of interpersonal communication last week in a new section of his
     policy entitled Nodus Operandi.

     Nodus Operandi basically allows for multiple personality
     identification based on node number.  This is not a new treatment
     for schizophrenia, but rather a method of distinguishing between a
     person as the sysop or as the coordinator.  Simply put,
     coordinators must post from their /0 node number when they wish to
     speak as coordinator, or from their "real" node number when posting
     as a sysop.

     This bit of administrative legerdemain was in response to the
     prospect of a Policy Complaint being filed against Tom.  Tom
     contends that the aggrieved party would have to file the complaint
     with Tom /0 rather than the RC because Tom's posts were made using
     his "real" node number.  Many have complained about the prospect of
     Tom the NC sitting in judgement of Tom the sysop, but few recognize
     that Mr. Cole may just be onto something here.

     Why not have administrative node numbers for special purposes?  For
     example, when David Hallford is engaged in pizza acquisition, I (for
     one) would like to know.  Martin Blecke recently refused to divulge
     his personal opinion on how the Z1C should be selected on the basis
     that folks would interpret it as his official opinion (the official
     position presumably being based on his region's input).  If he would
     just post using his "real" node number, then there would be no
     ambiguity.

     I, personally, would be willing to switch the AKA matching software
     off in my mailer and BBS to gain the many benefits of posting from
     special node numbers.  I could maintain one node number when I'm
     posting as an Ace Fidonews Reporter and another when I'm posting in
     the chat echoes as a Lounge Lizard.  That way, when I strike out, it
     wouldn't impugn on the good name of Fidonews... and when I post a
     dry, uninteresting Fidonews article, I could flirt in the SUPERBITCH
     echo.

     One should not be afraid to examine the runes in the cabbage leaves
     for a good idea.  After all, ancient cultures examined entrails for
     enlightenment.

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     =================================================================
                           LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
     =================================================================


     I have been in associated with Fidonet since 1990.  While that may not
     be as long as some, but it's longer than others.  When I first joined
     Fidonet I was amazed at the vast amount of information being spread
     around.  There was an echo for just about anyone.  I was sold.  I
     learned much of what I know in several areas today due to Fidonet and
     the geat poeple associated with it.  Their names are too many to list.
     Infact I owe much of my currently career in the Infomation Technology
     industry to Fidonet.

     We are in new times.  Many don't even know what a BBS or Fidonet is
     anymore.  We are not main stream.  However, the amount of information
     being disseminated is still amzing.  I recently devloped a intrest in
     getting my kids involved in precision shooting and learning how to
     hand load ammunition.  I post messages in a couple relevant echoes.
     Because of these posts and the subsequent replies my kids and I were
     able to attend a local course on high power shooting.  They really
     liked it.  We met some really great people, most of whom are not
     associated with Fidonet, over the course of the past two weekends.
     I have received a vast amount of help and information in regards to
     hand loading.  It has enabled to to learn from the mistakes of others
     and avoid making the same mistakes myself.

     The only complaint I have ever had with Fidonet is the well earned
     stigma of it really being "Fight-O-Net".  I really wish the powers
     that be within the Fidonet infastructure would learn to live in
     harmony.  I know that years ago in my own net we were stuck in the
     muck of "back room politics" and ego's clashing.  We worked to get
     out of this and we did.  We lost some nodes.  But we are a much better
     group now.

     In my opinon we have people here that need to try and make Fidonet not
     so complicated and work together to keep this great communications
     medium alive and healthy.  As with everything else we need to evolve
     or die out.  I honestly feel that if Fidonet's people do not get their
     acts together we might fade away into the dark of night.  We need to
     get back to the basics.  This is a amateur mail/message network.  Do
     we really need all of these extra groups and commitees that are still
     point fingers, making accusations, and squabbling over basically the
     same things they have been for years?

     If Fidonet continues to thrive it's to our benefit an credit.  If
     Fidonet dies out it's all our fault too.  What do we want?

     Rgds,
     Don Waybright

     internet email: don@net264.org
     Fidonet 1:264 : http://www.net264.org

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                                 ARTICLES
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     NAB & Z1B Echo Diff
     by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/9
     lisa@psg.com

     The old NAB (North American Backbone) split into two parts at
     the end of February, 1999. The divorce created two distribution
     systems, the (new) NAB with about 58% of the topology, and the
     Z1B (Z1_Backbone) with about 42% of the topology.

     The (new) NAB echo list is backbone.na. ELISTed echos will be
     added to backbone.na by the NAB at the moderator's request (no
     REC requests needed). Echos are removed from backbone.na at the
     moderator's request. Echo removal by the NAB for other reasons
     (low traffic or expired ELIST entry) is not currently implemented,
     but is being discussed.

     The Z1B list of echos is called backbone.z1b. Echo addition and
     deletion procedures are similar to those used by the NAB in the
     past, and are described in the document SLA9903.Z1B. Briefly, the
     moderator of a wannabe echo needs to request addition to the Z1B
     and two Hubs or RECs need to request that the echo be added. Echos
     are removed from backbone.z1b at the moderators request. Echos may
     also be removed from backbone.z1b by the Z1B because of low traffic
     or no current ELIST entry.

     diff backbone.na (07-Mar-99) backbone.z1b (07-Mar-99) [edited]

     Echos on the NAB but not on the Z1B
     -----------------------------------
     EQUUS               HORSE DISCUSSION ECHO
     INET_NODELIST       FidoNet Nodelisting of Internet Sites
     OJ_SIMPSON          O.J. Simpson discussion
     PARROTS             PARROTS CONFERENCE
     WIN2000             Discussions of potential convergence of Win95
     WIN99               Echo for the discussion of Windows 99 software

     Echos on the Z1B but not on the NAB
     -----------------------------------
     None

     The NAB list, backbone.na  (07-Mar-99) has 749 echos.
     The Z1B list, backbone.z1b (07-Mar-99) has 743 echos.

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     By David Moufarrege, 1:2613/404.0

     Over the past few years I have come accustomed to reading the snooze
     each week as it finds itself into my mailbox. It seems that a gloom
     and doom article are appearing in the snooze at least monthly.
     FIDONEWS 16-11               Page 6                   15 Mar 1999


     Usually it is a departing node or a former node trying to get in a
     parting shot, telling the rest of us how bad it is.

     Well, I have some news... It's not that bad!

     Fidonet is going through changes, just as every other aspect of
     Information Technology.
     Why would we be any different? Why would we expect not to have to
     change along with the currents of technology? We cannot expect to hold
     onto the past without embracing the future. A future that has
     unlimited opportunities if we approach it with the same sense of
     camaraderie and pioneering that this network was founded on in the
     first place - a future that seeks out new frontiers.

     The new frontier these days is Fido/IP integration, making Fidonet
     systems available on the Internet. It's the only way to let new
     generations of computer users experience what we already know. It is
     also a way of reaching those that have "migrated".

     Meet the Fido/IP project:

     The Fido/IP project is based on the premise that Fidonet has to
     embrace new technologies and philosophies while continuing to support
     its traditional membership. The goal is to create a coherent network
     that contains both POTS and IP nodes alike.

     The notion to use the Internet as a transport medium is not new.
     George Peace was the pioneer in utilizing FTP as a means to
     inexpensively and quickly move mail and files over great distances.
     Then came VModem and the idea to use Telnet as a "carrier" for
     standard protocols to connect via the Internet. Now we have BinkP -
     a protocol designed to work directly over the Internet, socket to
     socket. As a matter of fact, BinkP is the first protocol that was
     designed as a Fido/IP protocol, and it is the first protocol to then
     be adapted to a Fido POTS protocol in its Niagara incarnation.

     To make a long story short: Today there is a growing number of
     Fido/IP systems. Zone 1 and Zone 2 have implemented the I-suite of
     flags proposed by Lothar Behet. Zone 3 is reportedly close to doing
     the same. More and more mailer programs and bbs systems are natively
     IP-capable.

     Fidonet's structures and ways of interacting are changing as a result
     of it. New nodes are joining Fidonet and former nodes are coming back.
     It's a slow process, but it is a growing trend. We will see more of it
     as time goes on.

     If you want to embrace this new era, check out the following programs:

     Argus   - A Win/32 native GUI POTS & Fido/IP mailer. Supports BinkP,
               IFCICO, Telnet, VModem - www.ritlabs.com/argus/
     BinkD   - The original BinkP mailer. Compiled for *NIX, WinNT, Win9x,
               OS/2, and others
     BeeMail - 16 and 32bit POTS & Fido/IP mailer. Win 3.1, Win9x and WinNT
             - www.beemail.com
     BBBS    - BBS system which includes "BackDoor", a telnet capable
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               Fidonet mailer for many platforms - www.bbbs.net
     EleBBS  - A Remote Access compatible BBS which includes a native
               Telnet server.
               Various platforms. - www.pcmicro.com
     NetModem- Win95 Telnet server for DOS based BBS systems.
             - www.concentric.net/~Drip
     WC!5    - WildCat!5 AKA WinServer. - www.santronics.com
     VModem  - Part of SIO, a driver for OS/2. - www.gwinn.com

     Also, subscribe to the INODELST and I-OTHER file echos for the latest
     nodelist extracts of IP capable Fidonet nodes and Fido/IP utilities.
     Available from all FileGate systems.

     For more information about Fido/IP contact David Moufarrege,
     1:2613/404.0, in Zone 1. In Zone 2 contact Lothar Behet, 2:2446/301.0


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     InterMail Products Sold
     by Dale Barnes, dbarnes@ifido.com

     In the Month of February, Further Development, Inc., sold
     its products InterMail, InterEcho and InterPCB to Majik.Net,
     Inc. of Sugar Land, TX.

     Majik.Net, Inc., a Internet Service Provider and developer
     of custom Delphi applications purchased InterMail to use for
     special needs of some if its customers and to keep the product
     advancing for the current install base of InterMail customers.

     Majik.Net, Inc. has already started working on the next version of
     InterMail to add new features and make sure it is Y2K compliant.  In
     the works now are a Win9x/NT version with a OS/2 version is a real
     possibility.

     If you would like to have some input on the direction that InterMail
     and InterEcho takes in the future and to stay up to date with
     InterMail and InterEcho.  Visit the new web site at www.ifido.com
     or send email to sales@ifido.com.

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     North American Backbone Echo Changes [Jan-Feb]
     by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/9
     lisa@psg.com

     Summary of NAB echo changes during Jan & Feb.

     Brought to you courtesy of (unix) diff.

     The old NAB (North American Backbone) split into two parts at
     the end of February, 1999. The divorce created two distribution
     systems, the (new) NAB with about 58% of the topology, and the
     FIDONEWS 16-11               Page 8                   15 Mar 1999


     Z1B (Z1_Backbone) with about 42% of the topology.

     The (new) NAB adds echos at the moderator's request. The wannabe
     echo must have an ELIST entry, but there are no other requirements.
     Echos are removed from the NAB at the moderator's request. The NAB
     is still discussing how they will handle echos with an expired ELIST
     entry.

     diff backbone.na 03-Jan-99 backbone.na 07-Mar-99 [edited].

     Added to the NAB list of echos
     ------------------------------
     > ALABAMA             GENERAL CHAT FOR ALABAMA
     > EMS-FR              Emergency Medical Services -First Responder
     > FIDO2000            FidoNet 2000 Conference
     > FIDOWEB             FidoNet Web Page Conference
     > FILEGATE            IFDC FileGate Project(sm) International Echo
     > F_I_D_O_E_R_R_O_R_S fIDO ERRORS
     > HCW_ECHO            Fantasy Wrestling Echo
     > LS_ARRL             Bulletins from the ARRL
     > MICHIGAN            GENERAL CHAT FOR MICHIGAN
     > OJ_SIMPSON          O.J. Simpson discussion
     > PEN_PALS            Where Friends Meet!
     > ROLLER_JAM          ROLLER JAM Discussion Conference
     > TEXAS               GENERAL CHAT FOR TEXAS
     > WIN2000             Discussions of potential convergence of Win95
     > WIN99               Echo for the discussion of Windows 99 software
     > XENA:WP             Gathering place for fans of the hit show Xena
     > Z1BACKBONE          Z1B discussion

     Removed from the NAB list of echos
     ----------------------------------
     None

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     o There are 749 echos in backbone.na [07-Mar-98] (up 17)


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     After reading Rob Echlers Fidonet obituary (Volume 14, #10), I have
     decided to pen my own.
     I bought my first 300 baud modem in 1981 and started my first BBS a
     few years later, joining Fidonet in 1984. Many thousands of hours of
     my life was spent in echomail and netmail, and most of my lifelong
     friends were met through Fidonet or BBSing. I have no regrets about
     this time spent in my youth, as I learnt much about sociology and
     human relationships from this time.
     Now I'm a I.T. consultant and Project Manager, and owe much of my
     success to my experience in Fidonet.
     In fact, I suspect that many people now in their 30s who got into
     Fidonet in their teens have had much success in their lives due to the
     unique experiences that Fidonet offered. What better way to learn how
     to manage people than to become a echomail moderator, or to gain
     technical proess by running Multiple BBS and mail sessions
     FIDONEWS 16-11               Page 9                   15 Mar 1999


     concurrently under desqview!
     A few weeks ago, I found an old 80MB Hard Drive lying around and
     plugged it in to discover my BBS, Front Door, Fmail and echo areas
     that I thought had been long lost. I had a great laugh reading all the
     OS/2 will destroy Windows flames, (where are all the OS/2 bigots
     now?), and wondered if there was anything resembling a shell of
     Fidonet left. In a sudden burst of nostalgia, I tried to get
     everything running again and maybe even join Fidonet again to see out
     its last, but alas I was too late. I compiled my ancient nodelist (it
     makes you realise how fast computer have become when it took 10
     seconds instead of 2-3 minutes!) and tried to File Request an up to
     date nodelist, but not one system was left to poll from, and I
     couldn't even find a single BBS to connect to. In the end I gave up,
     so this message will have to do as my goodbye.
     It is a very slow and painful death that Fidonet is going through, and
     I believe it would be a great idea to go out on a high note and pull
     the plug formally at the end of this year - to mark Fidonet as a 20th
     Icon as a precursor to the Internet. However, the reality is that the
     threads of cohesion are too weak now for any cohesive decisions to be
     reached at any level within Fidonet.
     So for a time the ghosts will continue to haunt what once was Fidonet.
     These are the outsiders, most of them running linux or OS/2, but never
     Windows with outlook for e-mail and newsreader. People who once
     dreamed and begged to become a "hub", can now become their own NCs and
     even ZCs if they wish!
     One request - Please keep any old echomail (esp Sysop areas) archives
     that you have stored. I know that one day soon, Fidonet will be
     preserved and remembered in much the same way as my TRS-80 model 1,
     with a virtual emulator. On the Internet you will be able to connect
     to a virtual BBS and browse through the past with records of echomail,
     doors and games from a bygone era. I can imagine a Java nodelist
     compiler emulator, and emulated copies of everything from Opus to
     Frontdoor, allowing you to install a virtual BBS on the Net and even
     emulate the connections to other virtual systems to enable Netmail to
     flow again, but this time, just for the sake of fun and remembering
     the good old days. I look forward to this new project kicking off, and
     hope that there are many ex Sysops out there with an archive of their
     systems that can contribute to the virtual Fidonet archives.
     So on this positive note, I bid goodbye and farwell.

     Tim Epstein ex 3:635/526, ex3:634/304,

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     Z1 Backbone Echo Changes
     by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/9
     lisa@psg.com

     Summary of Z1B echo changes during Jan & Feb.

     Brought to you courtesy of (unix) diff.

     The old NAB (North American Backbone) split into two parts at
     the end of February, 1999. The divorce created two distribution
     systems, the (new) NAB with about 58% of the topology, and the
     FIDONEWS 16-11               Page 10                  15 Mar 1999


     Z1B (Z1_Backbone) with about 42% of the topology.

     The Z1B "grandfathered" existing NAB echos as of 28-Feb-99, but
     sent mail to all moderators advising them that they could remove
     their echos from the Z1B. Unlike the (new) NAB, the Z1B requires
     two Hub or REC requests before a new Z1B wannabe echo will be added
     to the list of Z1B echos (backbone.z1b). Also unlike the (new) NAB,
     the Z1B is expected to purge echos that do not meet minimum traffic
     requirements or whose ELIST entry expires. For these reasons, the
     Z1B list (backbone.z1b) is expected to diverge from the NAB list
     (backbone.na) over time, and may be temporarily out-of-sync for a
     week or two on new echos that are requesting addition to both
     backbones.

     What I have done here is a "two month diff" between the last NAB
     list that I reported and the current Z1B list. This means that
     most of the echos in the "Added to the Z1B list of echos" were
     actually added to the NAB before the divorce.

     diff backbone.na 03-Jan-99 backbone.z1b 07-Mar-99 [edited].

     Added to the Z1B list of echos
     ------------------------------
      ALABAMA             GENERAL CHAT FOR ALABAMA
      EMS-FR              Emergency Medical Services -First Responder
      FIDO2000            FidoNet 2000 Conference
      FIDOWEB             FidoNet Web Page Conference
      FILEGATE            IFDC FileGate Project(sm) International Echo
      F_I_D_O_E_R_R_O_R_S fIDO ERRORS
      HCW_ECHO            Fantasy Wrestling Echo
      LS_ARRL             Bulletins from the ARRL
      MICHIGAN            GENERAL CHAT FOR MICHIGAN
      PEN_PALS            Where Friends Meet!
      ROLLER_JAM          ROLLER JAM Discussion Conference
      TEXAS               GENERAL CHAT FOR TEXAS
      XENA:WP             Gathering place for fans of the hit show Xena
      Z1BACKBONE          Z1B discussion

     Removed from the Z1B list of echos
     ----------------------------------
      EQUUS               HORSE DISCUSSION ECHO
      INET_NODELIST       FidoNet Nodelisting of Internet Sites
      PARROTS             PARROTS CONFERENCE
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     o There are 743 echos in backbone.z1b [07-Mar-98]


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                                  NOTICES
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                       Future History

       12 May 1999
          12th Anniversary of Fido Operations in Zone 4;
          10th Anniversary of the creation of FidoNet Zone 4.

       24 Jul 1999
          XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].

        9 Jun 1999
          Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of FidoNet Policy 4.07.

       10 Sep 1999
          10th anniversary of Zone 5 operations.

       26 Oct 1999
          Thirty years from release Abbey Road album by the Beatles.

       31 Dec 1999
          Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.

        1 Jan 2000
          The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.

        1 Jun 2000
          EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.

       15 Sep 2000
          Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.

       21 Sep 2000
          10 years of FidoNet in +7 (xUSSR)

        1 Jan 2001
          This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.

       -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
             Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.

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                         FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
     =================================================================


     Latest Greatest Software Versions
     by Peter E. Popovich, 1:228/158

     Well, it has been quite a while. Been wondering if I should come
     back. Guess I just did. <grin>

     Everything is out of date. I've got a backlog, but while I catch
     up on old mail, I also want to get new mail as well. So write me.

     There's been some speculation about web page listings and e-mail
     addresses for this list. I do plan to add them to the web version
     of this list within the next couple of weeks. Please send them in.

     Please note the new contact info:

             Peter Popovich, 1:228/158
             fido@popovich.net
             http://www.popovich.net/fido

     Peter Popovich

     -=- Snip -=-

     Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column

     OS Platform                             :
     Software package name                   :
     Version                                 :
     Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. :
     Freeware / Shareware / Commercial?      :
     Author / Support staff contact name     :
     Author / Support staff contact node     :
     Magic name (at the above-listed node)   :
     Internet e-mail address                 :
     Web page                                :

     Please include a sentence describing what the package does.

     Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:228/158

     -=- Snip -=-

     MS-DOS:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Act-Up         4.6      G D Chris Gunn        1:15/55     ACT-UP
     ALLFIX         5.00     T S Harald Harms      2:281/415   ALLFIX
     Announcer      1.12     O S Peter Karlsson    2:206/221   ANNOUNCE
     BGFAX          1.60     O S B.J. Guillot      1:106/400   BGFAX
     Binkley Docs   2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOC_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm    2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOS_260.ZIP
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     BinkleyTerm-XE XR5      M F Thomas Waldmann   2:2474/400  BTXE_DOS
     CFRoute        0.92     O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70    CFR
     CheckPnt       1.0a     O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     CHECKPNT
     FastEcho       1.46.1   T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400  FASTECHO
     FastEcho/16    1.46.1   T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400  FEX
     FastLst        1.36     N S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   FASTLSTD
     FidoBBS (tm)   12u      B S Ray Brown         1:1/117     FILES
     FrontDoor      2.12     M S JoHo              2:201/330   FD
     FrontDoor      2.20c    M C JoHo              2:201/330   FDINFO
     GEcho          1.00     T S Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
     GEcho/Plus     1.11     T C Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
     GEcho/Pro      1.20     T C Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
     GIGO           07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler      1:1/141     INFO
     GoldED         2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GED
     GoldED/386     2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEX
     GoldED Docs    2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEM
     GoldNODE       2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEN
     Imail          1.75     T S Michael McCabe    1:1/121     IMAIL
     ImCrypt        1.04     O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     IMCRYPT
     InfoMail/86    1.21     O F Damian Walker     2:2502/666  INFOMAIL
     InfoMail/386   1.21     O F Damian Walker     2:2502/666  INFO386
     InterEcho      1.19     T C Peter Stewart     1:369/35    IEDEMO
     InterMail      2.29k    M C Peter Stewart     1:369/35    IMDEMO
     InterPCB       1.52     O S Peter Stewart     1:369/35    INTERPCB
     IPNet          1.11     O S Michele Stewart   1:369/21    IPNET
     JD's CBV       1.4      O S John Dailey       1:363/277   CBV
     Jelly-Bean     1.01     T S Rowan Crowe       3:635/727   JELLY
     Jelly-Bean/386 1.01     T S Rowan Crowe       3:635/727   JELLY386
     JMail-Hudson   2.81     T S Jason Steck       1:285/424   JMAIL-H
     JMail-Goldbase 2.81     T S Jason Steck       1:285/424   JMAIL-G
     MakePl         1.9      N G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     MAKEPL
     Marena         1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     MARENA
     Maximus        3.01     B P Tech              1:249/106   MAX
     Max User Ed.   0.18     O F Larry Cooke       1:300/53    MUE
     McMail         1.0      M S Michael McCabe    1:1/148     MCMAIL
     MDNDP          1.18     N S Bill Doyle        1:388/7     MDNDP
     Msged          4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41D.ZIP
     Msged/386      4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41X.ZIP
     NEF            2.38     O S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   NEFD
     NorthStar      3.31.29  B S A&B Darin         1:285/82    NSTAR
     Opus CBCS      1.79     B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14    OPUS
     O/T-Track      2.66     O S Peter Hampf       2:241/1090  OT
     PcMerge        2.8      N G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     PCMERGE
     PlatinumXpress 1.3      M C Gary Petersen     1:290/111   PX13TD.ZIP
     QuickBBS       2.81     B S Ben Schollnick    1:2613/477  QUICKBBS
     RAR            2.01     C S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    RAR
     RemoteAccess   2.50     B S Mark Lewis        1:3634/12   RA
     Searchlight    4.5      B S Paul Casey        1:343/117   DEMO450.ZIP
     Searchlight    5.02     B C Paul Casey        1:343/117   SLBBS50.TXT
     Silver Xpress
       Door         5.4      O S Gary Petersen     1:290/111   FILES
       Reader       4.4      O S Gary Petersen     1:290/111   SXR44.ZIP
     Spitfire       3.51     B S Mike Weaver       1:3670/3    SPITFIRE
     Squish         1.11     T P Tech              1:249/106   SQUISH
     StealTag UK    1.c...   O F Fred Schenk       2:284/412   STEAL_UK
     StealTag NL    1.c...   O F Fred Schenk       2:284/412   STEAL_NL
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     T-Mail         2.600    M S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    TMAIL
     Telegard       3.02     B F Tim Strike        1:259/423   TELEGARD
     Terminate      5.00     O S Bo Bendtsen       2:254/261   TERMINATE
     Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK
     Tornado        1.50g    B F Konst Klyagin     2:461/22    TORNADO
     TosScan        1.01     T C JoHo              2:201/330   TSINFO
     TransNet       1.00     G S Marc S. Ressl     4:904/72    TN100ALL.ZIP
     TriBBS         11.0     B S Gary Price        1:3607/26   TRIBBS
     TriDog         11.0     T F Gary Price        1:3607/26   TRIDOG
     TriToss        11.0     T S Gary Price        1:3607/26   TRITOSS
     WaterGate      0.93     G S Robert Szarka     1:320/42    WTRGATE
     WWIV           4.24a    B S Craig Dooley      1:376/126   WWIV
     WWIVTOSS       1.36     T S Craig Dooley      1:376/126   WWIVTOSS
     xMail          2.00     T S Thorsten Franke   2:2448/53   XMAIL
     XRobot         3.01     O S JoHo              2:201/330   XRDOS

     OS/2:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     ALLFIX/2       5.00     T S Harald Harms      2:281/415   AFIXOS2
     BGFAX          1.60     O S B.J. Guillot      1:106/400   BGFAX
     Binkley Docs   2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOC_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm    2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BOS2_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm-XE XR5      M F Thomas Waldmann   2:2474/400  BTXE_OS2
     CFRoute        0.92     O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70    CFR
     FastEcho       1.46.1   T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400  FE2
     FastLst        1.36     N S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   FASTLST
     FleetStreet    1.21     O S Michael Hohner    2:2490/2520 FLEET
     FP-OS/2        97-03-21 O F Mike Bilow        323/107     FPOS2
     GEcho/Pro      1.20     T C Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
     GIGO           07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler      1:1/141     INFO
     GoldED         2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEO
     GoldED Docs    2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEM
     GoldNODE       2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEN
     ImCrypt        1.04     O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     IMCRYPT
     Maximus        3.01     B P Tech              1:249/106   MAXP
     Max User Ed.   0.18     O F Larry Cooke       1:300/53    MUEP
     Msged/2        4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41O.ZIP
     NEF            2.38     O S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   NEF
     PcMerge        2.3      N G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     PCMERGE
     RAR            2.01     C S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    RAR2
     Squish         1.11     T P Tech              1:249/106   SQUISHP
     T-Mail         2.600    M S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    TMAIL2
     Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK
     Tornado        1.50g    B F Konst Klyagin     2:461/22    TORNADO2
     WaterGate      0.93     G S Robert Szarka     1:320/42    WTRGATE
     XRobot         3.01     O S JoHo              2:201/330   XROS2

     Windows (16-bit apps):
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     BeeMail        1.0      M C Andrius Cepaitis  2:470/1     BEEMAIL
     FrontDoor APX  1.12     P S Mats Wallin       2:201/329   FDAPXW

     Windows (32-bit apps):
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
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     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Argus 95/IP    2.704    M S Max Masyutin      2:469/77    A9I
     Argus NT/IP    2.704    M S Max Masyutin      2:469/77    ANI
     BeeMail        1.0      M C Andrius Cepaitis  2:470/1     BEEMAIL
     Binkley Docs   2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOC_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm    2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BW32_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm-XE XR5      M F Thomas Waldmann   2:2474/400  BTXE_W32
     CFRoute        0.92     O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70    CFR
     FastLst        1.36     N S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   FASTLSTW
     GoldED         2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEO
     GoldED Docs    2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEM
     Maximus        3.01     B P Tech              1:249/106   MAXN
     Msged/NT       4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41W.ZIP
     NEF            2.38     O S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   NEFW
     PlatinumXpress 2.00     M C Gary Petersen     1:290/111   PXW-INFO
     Searchlight    5.02     B C Paul Casey        1:343/117   SLBBS50.TXT
     T-Mail         2.600    M S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    TMAILNT
     WinFOSSIL/95   1.12 r4  F S Bryan Woodruff    1:343/294   WNFOSSIL.ZIP
     WinFOSSIL/NT   1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff    1:343/294   NTFOSSIL.ZIP

     Unix:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     ifmail         2.12     M G Eugene Crosser    2:293/2219  IFMAIL
     ifmail-tx      ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga   2:293/2219  IFMAILTX
     ifmail-tx.rpm  ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga   2:293/2219  IFMAILTX.RPM
     Msged          4.00     O G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   MSGED
     Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK

     Amiga:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     CrashMail      1.31     T X Rene Laederach    2:301/133   CRASHMAIL
     CrashTick      1.2      O F Rene Laederach    2:301/133   CRASHTICK
     DLG Pro BBOS   1.15     B C Holly Sullivan    1:202/720   DLGDEMO
     GMS            1.1.85   M S Mirko Viviani     2:331/213   GMS
     Msged          4.00     O G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   MSGED
     Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK
     TrapDoor       1.86.b2  M S Maximilian Hantsch
                                                   2:310/6     TRAPDOOR
     TrapToss       1.50     T S Rene Hexel        2:310/6     TRAPTOSS

     Atari:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     ApplyList      1.00     N F Daniel Roesen     2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH
     BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl2  M F Bill Scull        1:363/112   BINKLEY
     BTNC           2.00     N G Daniel Roesen     2:2432/1101 BTNC
     JetMail        0.99beta T S Joerg Spilker     2:2432/1101 JETMAIL
     Semper         0.80beta M S Jan Kriesten      2:2490/1624 SMP-BETA

     Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
               C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will
               be listed by the first match.

     Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
     FIDONEWS 16-11               Page 16                  15 Mar 1999


           X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source

     Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:228/158

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     =================================================================
                            FIDONET BY INTERNET
     =================================================================

     This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the
     FidoNews Editor as of this issue; see the notice at the end.

     FidoNet:

     Homepage    http://www.fidonet.org
     FidoNews    http://www.fidonews.org             [HTML]
                 http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html  [ASCII]
     WWW sources http://travel.to/fidonet/
     FTSC page   http://www.ftsc.org/
     Echomail    [pending]
     General     http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html
                 http://www.nrgsys.com/orb/foti
     List servers:
                 http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/fidonet-discussion

     ============

     Zone 1:       http://www.z1.fidonet.org

       Region 10:  http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html

       Region 11:  http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/

       Region 13:

         Net 264:  http://www.net264.org/r13.htm

       Region 14:

         Net 282:  http://www.rxn.com/~net282/

       Region 17:  http://www.nwstar.com/~region17/

       Region 18:  http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/

       Region 19:  http://members.home.net/hbh3/r19

     Zone 1 Elist  http://www.baltimoremd.com/elist/

     Not sure where the following should be placed:

                   http://www.angelfire.com/biz/snwvlly/fido.html

     ============

     Zone 2:       http://www.z2.fidonet.org

     ZEC2:
     Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/echolist/

       Region 20:  http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
     FIDONEWS 16-11               Page 18                  15 Mar 1999


       Region 23:  http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)

       Region 24:  http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German)
         Fido-IP:  http://home.nrh.de/~lbehet/fido (English/German)

       Region 25:  http://www.bsnet.co.uk/net2502/net/

        Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie
           REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb

       Region 27:  http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm

       Region 29:  http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/  (French)

       Region 30:  http://www.fidonet.ch  (German)

       Region 33:  http://www.fidoitalia.net (Italian)

       Region 34:  http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm  (Spanish)
           REC34:  http://pobox.com/~chr

       Region 36:  http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/

       Region 38:  http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html

       Region 41:  http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English)

       Region 42:  http://www.fido.cz

       Region 48:  http://www.fidonet.org.pl

       Region 50:  http://www.fido7.com/  (Russian)
        Net 5010:  http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/  (Russian)
        Net 5015:  http://www.fido.nnov.ru/  (Russian)
        Net 5030:  http://kenga.ru/fido/  (Russian & English)
        Net 5073:  http://people.weekend.ru/soa/  (Russian)

     ============

     Zone 3:       http://www.z3.fidonet.org

     ============

     Zone 4:

       Region 90:  http://visitweb.com/fidonet
         Net 903:  http://www.playagrande.com/refugio
         Net 904:  http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)

     ============

     Zone 5:       http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm

     ============

     Zone 6:       http://www.z6.fidonet.org
     FIDONEWS 16-11               Page 19                  15 Mar 1999


       Region 65:  http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (Chinese)

     ============

     Pages listed above are as submitted to the FidoNews Editor,
     and generally reflect Zone and Regional Web Page sites.  If
     no Regional site is submitted, the first Network page from
     that Region is used in its place.  Generally, Regional pages
     should list access points to all Networks within the Region.

     TCP/IP accessible node access information should be submitted
     to the FidoNews Editor for inclusion in their Region or Zone.

                      -----------oOo-------------

                       Fidonet Via Internet Hubs

     Node#      | Operator          | Facilities (*) | Speed | Basic Rate
     -----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
     1:12/12    | Ken Wilson        | FTP            | T1    | $24mo.
     1:13/25    | Jim Balcom        | FTP            | 56k   | $20mo.
     1:106/1    | Matt Bedynek      | FTP,VMoT,UUE   | 64k   | $5/$15mo.
     1:106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin   | FTP,VMoT       | 64k   | $5/mo.
     1:107/451  | Andy Knifel       | FTP, VMoT, UUE | 33.6  | n/c
     1:140/12   | Bob Seaborn       | FTP            | T1    | $5/$20
     1:270/101  | George Peace      | FTP            | T1    | $30mo.
     1:271/140  | Tom Barstow       | UUE            | T1    | n/c
     1:275/1    | Joshua Ecklund    | UUE            | 28.8  | $10/yr.
     1:280/169  | Brian Greenstreet | FTP            | 33.6  | $2mo.
     1:2401/305 | Peter Rocca       | FTP,UUE        | T1    | unkn
     1:2424/10  | Alec Grynspan     | FTP,UUE        | T1    | n/c
     1:2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin    | FTP,VMoT,UUE   | 33.6  | $1mo.
     1:2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco  | VMoT           | 33.6  | $15yr.
     1:345/0    | Todd Cochrane     | FTP            | T1    | n/c
     1:346/250  | Aran Spence       | FTP,UUE        | T1    | $10mo.
     1:396/45   | Marc Lewis        | UUE            | 33.6  | $26/yr.
     1:3651/9   | Jerry Gause       | FTP,VMoT       | 33.6  | $3/$6
     1:396/1    | John Souvestre    | FTP,VMoT       | T1    | $15mo.
     2:335/535  | Mario Mure        | VMoT,UUE       | 64k   | n/c
     2:254/175  | Alex Kemp         | UUE            | 56k   | n/c
     2:284/800  | Jeroen VanDeLeur  | FTP,UUE        | 64k   | n/c
     2:335/610  | Gino Lucrezi      | UUE            | 33.6  | n/c
     2:469/84   | Max Masyutin      | VMoT           | 256k  | n/c
     2:2411/413 | Dennis Dittrich   | UUE            | 64k   | n/c
     2:2474/275 | Christian Emig    | UUE            | 64k   | unkn
     3:633/260  | Malcolm Miles     | FTP            | 33.6  | n/c
     4:905/100  | Fabian Gervan     | VMoT, UUE      | ???   | n/c
     5:7104/2   | Henk Wolsink      | FTP            | 28.8  | n/c
     --
     * FTP  = Internet File Transfer Protocol
     * VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
     * UUE  = uuencode<->email type transfers
     [I'm only cataloging transfer methods, eg, ftp, email, telnet.
     Specific programs using these protocols are no longer being listed.
     Contact the system operators for details of which programs they have
     available.]
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     Compiled by C. Ingersoll, 1:2623/71, (609)814-1978, fbn@dandy.net
     Posted on the 1st of every month in FN_SYSOP, R13SYSOP and Fidonews.

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     FIDONEWS 16-11               Page 22                  15 Mar 1999


     Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
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        And in non-English formats via:

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     and in the FIDONEWS echo.

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     STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
     Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:

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     Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
     for that year's issues.  The total set is currently about 13 Megs.

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     There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
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