     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 20, Number 11             17 Mar 2003 
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            Copyright 2003 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally.


                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. FIDONET NET NEWS  .........................................  2
        The Net382 Sat. Apr. 5th 2003 Meeting  ....................  2
     3. GENERAL ARTICLES  .........................................  4
        Un-American Activities  ...................................  4
     4. FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS  .................................  6
        The Java(tm) Telnet Applet  ...............................  6
     5. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER  ..........................  7
        The following is a true story  ............................  7
     6. COMIX IN ASCII  ...........................................  9
        Further adventures of Fidodog, from last week  ............  9
     7. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................... 10
        FIDONet Software References  .............................. 10
     8. FIDONET BY INTERNET  ...................................... 15
        Fidonet-related sites  .................................... 15
     9. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 20
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 20
     10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  .................................... 22
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 22
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 24
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
     =================================================================

     The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

                                     -- Linus Pauling


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     =================================================================
                             FIDONET NET NEWS
     =================================================================

                     The Net382 Sat. Apr. 5th 2003 Meeting
                                From Frank Vest
                                  1:124/6308.1

     ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Back by Popular Demand..
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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 &
     Guests

     What:   It is time for the Saturday Apr.5th 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),Bat Lang and Bill
          Eastman and many other old timers..

          Discuss pecan Blossoms, El Nino, Sun Spots, Bombing Sadahm or
          France:-) 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..

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

     MAP:
                                     Austin to Luling TX
                                     HWY 183 south
                |
               IH35                       |
                |                         |
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                |                         |
     San Marcos=>-Hyw 80------------------| Luling, TX
                |                         |
                |                         |
                |  City Market BBQ --->XX |
                |    ----E. Davis St.-----------------------
                |       Parking Lot           Farmers Market
                |  #############################################
                |  Rail road Tracks       |
                |                         |
     <==============Hwy 90===========================Hwy 90===============>
                |                         |
                |                         |
                |                         |
     <<=to=Seguin =====IH-10 =====================IH-10 >===to Houston====>


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                             GENERAL ARTICLES
     =================================================================

                         Un-American Activities
                      by Shannon Talley, 1:275/311

     The morning of the 6th of March was, as it was any other Thursday.
     "Ground hog day" as we call it.  I rolled out of my rack, walked to
     the shower, shaved, and prepared myself for the day.  I marched up the
     four flights of ladders to my office, started a pot of coffee, turned
     on CNN, opened CNN's web page on my computer, and started working on
     my morning briefings.

     The seas were calm that morning, and as the smell of brewing coffee
     started to wake me up, I heard the CNN correspondent tell a story of a
     man who was arrested in Crossgates Mall in Guilderland, NY for
     trespassing because he refused to take off a T-Shirt shirt that said,
     "Give Peace a Chance".

     According to new sources, he purchased the T-Shirt in the very mall
     that had him arrested.  Crossgates mall represents, or rather is, a
     shining example of democracy and capitalism.  However, one cannot
     practice democracy or free speech in this mall.  The man was arrested
     not for speaking, chanting, raving, nor making speeches. He was simply
     wearing a T-Shirt that had the logo, "Give Peace a Chance".

     I slumped in my chair.  I couldn't believe what I was hearing.  A man
     was arrested because the owners of the mall, Pyramid Management, did
     not like what he was wearing. It was not vulgar.  It was not racist.
     It was certainly not un-American.

     I am a Sailor on Active duty currently deployed in support of
     Operation Enduring Freedom.   I have served my country faithfully for
     nearly 17 years.  I serve and protect the constitution of the United
     States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic. The
     actions of Pyramid Management, who is the parent company to Crossgates
     Mall in Guilderland, New York, tramples on the essential principals of
     American soldiers and sailors.

     This morning, I am ashamed to acknowledge the owners and management
     of Crossgates mall as American citizens.  I will continue to fight for
     your rights. It is my duty.  I have the watch.  Every soldier and
     sailor prays for peace.  Nobody wants war.  But do not misunderstand
     me, we are prepared to strike hard and fast against the enemies of the
     United States.  We will faithfully follow the orders of the President
     of the United States and those appointed over us without hesitation.
     We have the watch.

     I pray those in the community who sit in judgment of this incident, do
     so with the god in their soul and the constitution in their right
     hand.  For the community of Guilderland, New York; how much longer
     will these un-American activities take place before both the you, the
     owners, companies, and employees of the stores within the mall act
     like Americans? Will you sit by your televisions and watch and wait as
     security within the mall beat people?  Will you wait for security to
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     start shooting people in firing squads? When will you stand up for
     your constitutional rights and act like an American?

     While deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, I have the
     watch. Who has the watch back home?

     Shannon Talley
     United States Navy, Deployed

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                         FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS
     =================================================================

                           The Java(tm) Telnet Applet
                                 By Frank Vest
                                  1:124/6308.1

      Recently in the Fidonews, a discussion of the future of Fidonet and
     BBSs was going on. Of the things batted around, the forefront seemed
     to be Web access to FTN message areas.

      The origin of BBSs and Fidonet are rooted in dial-up access, however,
     to evolve and simply survive in todays world of instant messaging, IRC
     chat and web forums, Fidonet and BBSs must offer the same, or similar
     options.

      With this in mind, and a recent discussion with Thom LaCosta under my
     belt <grin>, I want to offer this review as a thought to help Fidonet
     and BBSs.

                        >> The Java(tm) Telnet Applet <<

     http://www.first.gmd.de/persons/leo/java/Telnet/
     or
     http://javassh.org/

      While not a "web interface" in the sense that was being discussed,
     this is a method of giving web users access to a BBS that has telnet
     capabilities.

      For the Java telnet app to work, the Sysop must run a HTTP server.
     Your ISPs server won't do it.

      The setup, while not overly difficult (if I can do it :)... care must
     be taken to follow the instructions.

      As I said, this is not a "web interface" in the terms one would
     normally think, but there are advantages to The Java Telnet Applet.
     With this method of offering access, the user gets full access to the
     BBS.... including the door gams and other features that the BBS has to
     offer.

     >From the web site:

      The Java(tm) Telnet Applet is a fully featured telnet program that
     allows users to connect and login to remote hosts via Internet or
     Intranet using their WWW-Browser only. Not only it includes telnet
     compliant connection services, but also the ability to dynamically
     load additional Terminal Emulations  and Modules.


     While this is not a total answer to all of the ills, it is an option
     that can and should be considered.

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

                       The following is a true story
                           wdbonner@pacbell.net

     An elderly Florida lady did her shopping, and upon returning to her
     car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She
     dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream
     at the top of her voice, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get
     out of the car!"

     The four men didn't wait for a second invitation. They got out and ran
     like mad. The lady, somewhat shaken, then loaded her shopping bags
     into the back of the car and got into the driver's seat.

     She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition.
     She tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why.

     A few minutes later she found her own car parked four or five spaces
     farther down. She loaded her bags into her car and then drove to the
     police station.

     The sergeant to whom she told the story nearly tore himself in two
     with laughter. He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four
     pale men were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman
     described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white
     hair, and carrying a large handgun.

     No charges were filed. Brings new meaning to a senior moment!

                                 <<<<<<>>>>>>>

     An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after
     eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two
     elderly gentlemen were talking, and one said, "Last night we went out
     to a new restaurant, and it was really great. I would recommend it
     very highly."

     The other man said, "What's the name of the restaurant?" The first man
     thought and thought and finally said, "What's the name of that flower
     you give to someone you love? You know ... the one that's red and has
     thorns."

     "Do you mean a rose?"

     "Yes," the man said. He turned toward the kitchen and yelled, "Rose,
     what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?"

                                <<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>

     One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a
     river, his ax fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord
     appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that
     his ax has fallen into water. The Lord went down into the water and
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     reappeared with a golden ax. "Is this your ax?" the Lord asked.

     The woodcutter replied, "No."

     The Lord again went down and came up with a silver ax. "Is this your
     ax?" the Lord asked. Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."

     The Lord went down again and came up with an iron ax. "Is this your
     ax?" the Lord asked. The woodcutter replied, "Yes."

     The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three
     axes to keep, and the woodcutter went home happily. One day while he
     was walking with his wife along the riverbank, the woodcutter's wife
     fell into the river.

     When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked him, "Why are you
     crying?"  "Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!" The Lord went
     down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez. "Is this your
     wife?" the Lord asked.  "Yes," cried the woodcutter.

     The Lord was furious. "You cheat! That is an untruth!"

     The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a
     misunderstanding. You see, if I said 'no' to Jennifer Lopez, You will
     come up with Brittany Spears. Then if I also say 'no' to her, You will
     thirdly come up with my wife, and I will say 'yes,' and then all three
     will be given to me. But Lord, I am a poor man and I will not be able
     to take care of all three wives, so that's why I said 'yes' this
     time."

     The moral of the story is whenever a man lies it is always for an
     honorable and useful reason.

     Ol'wdb


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

                Further adventures of Fidodog, from last week
     _____________________________________________________________________
     |As you know, last   _/  |It took us a week ||Sadly, we lost most of||
     |week our hero..... |    |to clean the      ||last weeks episode.   ||
     |___________________|    |bubble gum out of ||This week, we thought ||
     _______                  |the projector!!   ||we'd show what we have||
     Pardon.\___  __          |   \  __          ||left _________________||
                \/  \         |     /  \         ||_____\ /  \            |
     Last week's/|oo \        |    /|OO \        |       /|.. \           |
     episode  /(_|  /_)       |   (_|  /_)       |      (_|  /_)          |
     was      | _`@/_ \    _  |    _`@/_ \    _  |     / _`@/_ \    _     |
     canceled ||     | \   \\ |   |     | \   \\ | Roll |     | \   \\    |
     ________/ | (*) |  \   ))|   | (*) |  \   ))| 'em  | (*) |  \   ))   |
               |__U__| /  \// |   |__U__| /  \// |      |__U__| /  \//    |
                _//|| _\   /  |    _//|| _\   /  |       _//|| _\   /     |
               (_/(_|(____/   |   (_/(_|(____/   |      (_/(_|(____/      |
     _________________________|__________________|________________________|
     |Oh Fidodog..|   ____________ | _________________                    |
     |What do we /   |The secret  |||with my Fidodog  |  ______________   |
     |do??  ____/    |directory of|||anti-virus skills| |  __________  |  |
     |______\ (__)   |my diskette |||_________________| | | virus-B  | |  |
              (oo)   |___ I fill..||         \          | | virus-B  | |  |
       /-------\/    __ /_________||          \ __      | | virus-B  | |  |
      / |     ||    /  \        _  |  _        /  \     | |__________| |  |
     *  ||----||   /|-- \       \\ | //       / --|\    |______________|  |
        ^^    ^^  (_|  /_)_____  ))|((  _____(_\  |_)  ___|__________|___ |
           _____    `@/     /  \// | \\/  \     \@'   | XT   ____   ____ ||
          |     |  _//||__ _\   /  |  \   /_ __||\\_  |640K |----| |20MG|||
          | (*) | (_/(_|  (____/   |   \____)  |_)\_) |__________________||
     _____|__U__|__________________|______________________________________|
        ______________  |Will it work!?!   /|Stay tuned next week when  / |
       |  __________  | |Can Fidodog's    | | once again we'll hear....|  |
       | |virus-B   | | |anti-virus skills| |__________________________|  |
       | | cleaning | | |rid Sweet Mooly's| |              __             |
       | |  virus-B | | |computer of the  | |There's no   /  \     _      |
       | |__________| | |evil virus-B?!?! | |need to   \ /|oo \    \\     |
       |______________| |_________________| |fear!!! _  (_|  /_)   ))     |
      ___|__________|___                    |        ))___`@/_____//      |
     | XT   ____   ____ |                   |______  \_____        \__((  |
     |640K |----| |20MG||                   |Cut!  \______ \___________/  |
     |__________________|                   |That's a wrap\               |
     _______________________________________|______________\______________|
     Let's start working on next week. Maybe we can get the rest of the gum
     out of the system and find a Sysop that can help us get Fidonet on the
     WWW. <sigh>

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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
                           |     | v1.4b2 on Feb 25th 2003

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      The Brainex System   |D    |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
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      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
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      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
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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 20-11               Page 17                  17 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 20-11               Page 18                  17 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
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      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.073
                size  1009.9kb
                date  2003-03-14

      The nodelist has   8916 nodes in it
        and a total of  11689 non-comment entries

              including     6 zones
                           60 regions
                          445 hosts
                          614 hubs
         admin overhead  1125 ( 12.62 %)

                    and   989 private nodes
                          306 nodes down
                          353 nodes on hold
      off line overhead  1648 ( 18.48 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    720 (  8.08 %)
                9600 =   7741 ( 86.82 %)
                              (HST  =  167 or   2.16 %)
                              (CSP  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (PEP  =   11 or   0.14 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (V32  = 4191 or  54.14 %)
                              (V32B =  420 or   5.43 %)
                              (V34  = 5146 or  66.48 %)
                              (V42  = 4243 or  54.81 %)
                              (V42B =  444 or   5.74 %)
                2400 =     87 (  0.98 %)
                1200 =      7 (  0.08 %)
                 300 =    361 (  4.05 %)

                ISDN =    836 (  9.38 %)

     ----------------------------------------------------------
      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             3086
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
     --------------------------------------
     FIDONEWS 20-11               Page 21                  17 Mar 2003


      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 7
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                       11
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          6
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      45
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     348
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                3994
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                          1419
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   2792 ( 31.31 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   4881 ( 54.74 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    703 (  7.88 %)
      Other             =    540 (  6.06 %)

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

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