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                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER  ..........................  2
        Tips on Staying Safe  .....................................  2
     3. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES  .....................................  4
        ______Press Release from the Future______  ................  4
        Some funnys for U  ........................................  6
     4. BEST OF FIDONET  ..........................................  8
        Linux bootable Live-CD's  .................................  8
     5. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................... 14
        FIDONet Software References  .............................. 14
     6. FIDONET BY INTERNET  ...................................... 19
        Fidonet-related sites  .................................... 19
     7. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 24
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 24
     8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 26
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 26
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 28
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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     Most people reach the top of the ladder of success, only to find it is
     leaning against the wrong wall.

                                       -- anonymous


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                      OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER
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                            Tips on Staying Safe
                   From: Jim White [jim_white@earthlink.net]

     Ladies, Please take the time to read this.  I know you are smart
     enough to know these pointers but there will be some,  where you will
     go "hmm I must remember that." It works for men too.

     After reading,  forward it to someone you care about, never hurts to
     be careful in this crazy world we live in.

     1.  Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your
     body. If you are close enough to use it, do so with all your might!

     2.  Learned this from a tourist guide to New Orleans: if a robber asks
     for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from
     you.... chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or
     purse than you and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN
     THE OTHER DIRECTION!

     3.  If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car: Kick out the back
     tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like
     crazy. The driver won't see you but everybody else will. This has
     saved lives.

     4.  Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping,
     eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making
     a  list, etc. DON'T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and
     this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger
     side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU
     GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

     5.   A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or
     parking garage: a. Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at
     the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. b. If you are parked
     next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial
     killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the
     women are attempting to get into their  cars. c. Look at the car
     parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.
     If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want
     to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk
     you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better
     paranoid than dead.)

     6.  ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.(Stairwells are
     horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).

     7.  If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control,
     ALWAYS RUN!  The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in
     100 times; And even then, it  most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.
     RUN!

     8.  As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It may
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     get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a
     good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies
     of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often
     asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when
     he abducted his next victim.

     I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a
     life.  A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going
     to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers,
     wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as
     well.

     Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the
     world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better safe than
     sorry.

     And send it to the men too.  They can pass it onto MORE women!!

     Thanks Jim,
     Ol'wdb


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                           CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES
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                   ______Press Release from the Future______
                            Sent in by Frank Vest

     (Found this in a forum.)

     Today, independent researchers and developers announced the new
     Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device (BOOK).

     The BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: No wires, no
     electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected, switched on,
     or recharged. It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Just
     lift its cover!

     Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere-even sitting in an
     armchair by the fire -- yet it is powerful enough to hold as much
     information as a floppy disc. Here's how it works...

     Each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper
     (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of
     information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device
     called a binder, which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence.

     Opaque Paper Technology (OPT) allows manufacturers to use both sides
     of the sheet, doubling the information density and cutting costs in
     half.

     Experts are divided on the prospects for further increases in
     information density; for now, BOOKS with more information simply use
     more pages. This makes them thicker and harder to carry, and has drawn
     some criticism from the mobile computing crowd.

     Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into
     your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet.

     The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used by merely opening it.

     The BOOK never crashes and never needs rebooting though, like other
     display devices, it can become unusable if dropped overboard. The
     "browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move
     forward or backward as you wish. Many come with an "index" feature,
     which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for
     instant retrieval.

     An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the
     exact place you left it in a previous session-even if the BOOK has
     been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus, a single
     BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers. Conversely,
     numerous BOOKmarks can be used in a single BOOK if the user wants to
     store numerous views at once. The number is limited only by the number
     of pages in the BOOK.

     You can also make personal notes next to BOOK text entries with an
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     optional programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic
     Intercommunication Language Stylus (PENCILS).

     Portable, durable, and affordable, the BOOK is being hailed as the
     entertainment wave of the future. The BOOK's appeal seems so certain
     that thousands of content creators have committed to the platform.

     Look for a flood of new titles soon.


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                                Some funnys for U
                             wdbonner@pacbell.net

                            New Words by changing a single letter

     Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to
     take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
     changing only one letter and supply a new definition.

     Here are the 2002 winners:

     Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you
     realize it was your money to start with.

     Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

     Forepioy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
     getting laid.

     Giraffiti: Vandalism painted very, very high.

     Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person
     who doesn't get it.

     Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

     HiDatitis: Terminal coolness.

     Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit).

     Karmageddon: It's, like, when everybody is sending off all these
     really really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth, like,
     explodes and it's, like, a serious bummer.

     Glibido: All talk and no action.

     Dopeer Effect: The tendency for stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
     come at you'rapidly.

     The winner of the Washington Post's Style Invitational:

     Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole the echoes.

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

                                             Pop eye

     A man is dining in a fancy restaurant, and there is a gorgeous redhead
     sitting at the next table. He had been checking her out since he sat
     down, but lacked the nerve to talk with her.

     Suddenly she sneezes and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket
     towards the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air,
     and hands it back.

     "Oh my, I am so sorry," the woman says as she pops her eye back in
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     place.  "Let me buy you dessert to make it up to you."

     They enjoy a wonderful dessert together, and afterwards, the woman
     invites him to the theater followed by drinks. After paying for
     everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place and
     stay for breakfast the next morning.

     The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The
     guy is amazed! Everything has been incredible! "You know," he said,
     "you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?"

     "No," she replies, "you just happened to catch my eye."

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

                                     American History

     It was the first day of school and a new student named Martinez, the
     son of a Mexican restaurateur, entered the fourth grade. The teacher
     said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history. Who said "Give
     me Liberty, or give me Death?" She saw a sea of blank faces, except
     for Martinez, who had his hand up."Patrick Henry, 1775."

     "Very good! Who said 'Government of the people, by the people, for the
     people, shall not perish from the earth'"? Again, no response except
     from Martinez: "Abraham Lincoln, 1863.", said Martinez.

     The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed.
     Martinez, who is new to our country, knows more about its history than
     you do."

     She heard a loud whisper: "Screw the Mexicans." "Who said that?" she
     demanded. Martinez put his hand up. "Jim Bowie, 1836."

     At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke." The
     teacher glares and asks "All right! Now, who said that?" Again,
     Martinez says, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991."

     Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? Suck this!" Martinez
     jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher,
     "Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"

     Now with almost a mob hysteria someone said, "You little shit. If you
     say anything else, I'll kill you." Martinez frantically yells at the
     top of his voice, "Gary Condit to Chandra Levy 2001."

     The teacher fainted. And as the class gathered around the teacher on
     the floor, someone said, "Oh shit, we're in BIG trouble!" Martinez
     said, "Saddam Hussein 2003."

     Ol'wdb


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                              BEST OF FIDONET
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                      Linux bootable Live-CD's

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     On: Sat 25 Jan 2003  17.16
     By: John Coombes
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     This may be of interest to some Windows Users who are considering the
     use of Linux as an Operating System but would like to try out a
     bootable Live-CD of Linux first before they try to install onto a HDD
     partition.

     Also if/when you want to install a Linux distro it is relatively easy
     to still keep MS-Windows and have both operating systems (using
     different HDD partitions) and multi-boot between them. I have been
     doing it for years but that is another subject I'm not going cover it
     here. Most Linux/GNU distro's can setup the multi-boot for you.

     PLEASE NOTE.
     (1) The term "Linux" it self is just a basic operating system (pure
     command line mode), and there is no GUI interface at all, it is still
     very powerfull. The term "Linux/GNU" is usually Full Blown Linux
     Distro complete with GUI (graphic user interface) similar to
     MS-Windows.

     NB. In Linux the GUI interface is commonly known as X-windows

     (2) Although I have mentioned many Live CD's below, the one that will
     be of most interest to MS-Windows users wanting to try out a Linux/GNU
     Live CD will be "KNOPPIX" it is very good at working out your hardware
     and after booting with the CD the first time, you are able to :- (a)
     make a Linux type memory swap file on a Windows file system (enables
     the use of memory hungry applications) (b) save the setting of one
     Live-CD Bootup session to a Floppy disk so that next time you use the
     Live-CD you do not have to re-setup each time you use the Live-CD.

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     CD-based Linux Distributions (Live CDs)

     All info taken from http://www.distrowatch.com/cd.php

     (1) ByzantineOS is an interesting CD-based distribution created by
     Georgios Georgopoulos from Greece. The ISO image only occupies 48 MB
     of space, yet it provides a full graphical environment via VESA or one
     of the supported graphics cards (NVidia RIVA/GeForce, ATI
     Rage128/PRO). The desktop manager is based around the Mozilla browser,
     or more precisely on the OEone's Penzilla project. It boots straight
     into the Mozilla desktop. At that stage, it is safe to remove the boot
     CD as all the available programs have been loaded into memory. As you
     can imagine, the 48 MB ISO image does not provide a plethora of
     applications, but it offers Internet browsing, email, a Nintendo games
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     console emulator and a few other simple applications. The included
     media player (based on MPlayer) is capable of playing DVDs, even
     encrypted ones.

     http://byzgl.sourceforge.net

     (2) Cool Linux is a product of Andrei Velikoredchanin, also known as
     "Uncle Andy" from Russia. The bootable CD is based on Red Hat Linux
     with full graphical environment and IceWM as the only desktop. Several
     nice touches distinguish this product form other CD-based
     distributions - the CD includes NVidia drivers, the Blender 3D
     modeling application and a functional trial edition of VMware. On the
     negative side, the hardware configuration is done with Red Hat's Kudzu
     and Xconfigurator which requires user interaction during boot. Most of
     the selected applications are on the light side of system resource
     requirements (e.g. Opera, Sylpheed) with one notable exception -
     OpenOffice 1.0 as the only office suite.

     Another project from the same author is called Emergency Linux CD,
     which is a bootable rescue CD that includes troubleshooting and
     diagnostic tools for Linux servers

     http://www.linux.rodniki.ru (Russian)
     http://sourceforge.net/projects/emergencycd2

     (3) DemoLinux/GNU is one of the oldest and best-known based distro's.
     Created by a 3-man team of Vincent Balat, Roberto Di Cosmo and
     Jean-Vincent Loddo at the Paris VII University in France, DemoLinux is
     a general purpose distro based on Debian with automatic hardware
     detection, multi-lingual features, KDE and GNOME desktops and a whole
     range of applications. If you are interested to learn more, NewsForge
     has a full review of its latest release.

     Useful as DemoLinux may be, it shows its age with old versions of most
     of its software and little signs of active development. If you are
     looking for a general purpose CD-based distribution, you might be
     better off with Knoppix

     http://www.demolinux.org

     (4) Dynebolic GNU/Linux the project is being developed by a small
     group of European developers led by "jaromil" at PublicVoice.fm
     streaming network in Vienna, Austria. The main feature of the 300MB
     Dynebolic CD is its full preconfiguration for live-streaming over the
     internet. With the MuSE software, it gives everybody not only a fancy
     audio player, but also a live-recording studio, which can mix and
     stream out to the Internet. Besides multimedia applications, the CD
     offers all the usual software for web browsing and email (Mozilla) as
     well as graphics (Gimp) all running on top of the Blackbox window
     manager. The system boots straight into a graphical environment,
     courtesy of the VESA framebuffer driver, no questions asked.

     The latest release of Dynebolic is version 0.5.2, however the
     developers are actively working on v.1.0 with a development ISO image
     already available for download and testing.

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     http://www.dynebolic.org

     (5) Eagle Linux is a project by Mike Angelo in the USA. The project
     differs from the rest of the distros listed on this page in that Eagle
     Linux is not a complete, ready-to-use Linux CD, but rather a document
     describing how to create one. As such, it is a great learning tool,
     suitable for educational establishments. Two versions of the document
     have been released - v.1.0 builds a bootable CD from of an existing
     Red Hat installation, while v.2.0 does the same for Debian users.
     Besides building a CD, the documents can also be adapted to building
     embedded Linux systems running on various platforms processors.

     http://www.geocities.com/eaglelinux/

     (6) The Freeduc CD is a live Linux/GNU CD built by the Organization
     for Free Software in Education and Teaching (Ofset). Ofset is a legal
     organisation based in France with the goal to promote the development
     of free software for the educational system. Freeduc is a modified
     Knoppix, excluding some of the memory intensive applications and
     including useful educational software. The removed applications were
     replaced by less resources-hungry alternatives as the CD is designed
     to be used to power low-end computers, often found in schools. Another
     difference between Knoppix and Freeduc is its size - Freeduc fits on a
     standard 650MB CD. The CD boots straight into a graphical environment,
     which is managed by intuitive and light-weight XFce windowing system.
     Besides French and English, Freeduc also supports a number of European
     languages.

     http://www.ofset.org/projects/edusoft/edusoft.html

     (7) FreeLoader Linux/GNU is a product of Canada-based Softkits and
     based on Slackware Linux. It is a 320 MB bootable CD with the idea of
     introducing new users to Linux without having to install it on their
     hard disks. The distribution's web site offers very little information
     so the only way to learn about its features is to try it out. Be sure
     to download the FREE2.iso file, which is a more complete product with
     KDE 3.0.1 as its desktop environment. Booting from the CD will first
     take you to a console where you can do some basic configuration (help
     and tools are provided) before starting KDM. This will give you a
     choice of three accounts to select from (depending on your needs and
     eye candy mood) "root", a MacOS-like "max" and WindowsXP-like
     "xpress". Once logged in, the usual array of useful software
     breathlessly awaits your mouse clicks.

     http://freeloaderlinux.sourceforge.net/

     (8) Knoppix Linux/GNU developed by Klaus Knopper in Germany, it is
     safe to say that Debian-based Knoppix has raised the bar of standards
     to a new level, especially with its automatic hardware detection that
     puts many well established commercial Linux distributions to shame.
     Its hands-free booting, enormous selection of software, its on-the-fly
     decompression technique and the ability to install it on a hard disk
     have turned Knoppix into an indispensable tool. It can be used as a
     rescue disk, a tool to demonstrate Linux to those who haven't seen it
     or a tool to test a new computer before purchase. It can even be used
     as a full-blown Linux distribution for every-day tasks.
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     NOTE: To be able run the current Knoppix Live-CD in GUI mode, will
     require that your machine has above 98MB ram

     Knoppix has been covered extensively in Linux media: Project of the
     week: Knoppix 3.1, distro run from CD (Linux and Main), Knoppix Linux
     - Filesystem runs "Live" from CD (PC Buyers Guide), Knoppix a tasty
     open source try-out (ComputerWorld), A Linux you can try before you
     even install it (LinuxWorld), Bootable Linux Demo Distro - Knoppix
     (Slashdot), Interview with Klaus Knopper (DistroWatch), Interview with
     Klaus Knopper of Knoppix (OSNews)

     http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
     http://www.knoppix.net/
     http://www.knoppix.net/get.php

     (8) The Linux Bootable Business Card (LNX-BBC) project is a creation
     of Duncan MacKinnon, Tom Crimi, and Seth David Schoen - originally
     from San Francisco-based Linuxcare who forked the project in May 2001
     under the present name. The idea was to produce an emergency rescue
     disk which would fit on a small, business card- type CD, which you
     could carry in your wallet, always ready to tackle any hardware or
     software emergency. The CD includes many troubleshooting and
     diagnostic utilities, configuration tools and even X-window with the
     Blackbox window manager and a browser. It's quite amazing how much one
     fit on a 40MB CD!

     Unlike most other projects in this category, LNX-BBC has an excellent
     web site with plenty of documentation, resources and active
     development. Version 2.0 is currently under testing and new ISO images
     are built daily. Well worth checking out!

     http://www.lnx-bbc.org

     (9) Lonix is a new CD-based distribution based on Linux From Scratch
     and developed by Guillermo M?nguez Alvarez in Spain. It is still under
     development, the latest release is Lonix 1.0rc5. Lonix differs from
     other CD-based distribution in that it comes with no X-window and
     therefore no graphics mode. So what is on the large 434MB CD, you
     might ask. A full compliment of server and development tools;
     everything from mail, FTP and web server with PHP to GCC, Perl, Python
     Pascal, Smalltalk, Common Lisp and even Java. Additionally, Lonix
     provides its own set of configuration tools for most common tasks.
     While the Lonix web site is in Spanish only, the distribution itself
     supports both English and Spanish.

     http://lonix.sourceforge.net/

     (10) MLD Media Lab  Live Linux is a product of Media Lab, Japanese
     company which also produces a complete Linux distribution called Linux
     Media Lab Distribution. The product page  http://www.mlb.co.jp/live/
     is in Japanese only, but it presents a list of packages included on
     the CD. Live Linux is a commercial product not available as a free
     download.

     http://www.mlb.co.jp/ (Japanese, little bit English)

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     (11) MoviX is one of those fantastic projects which shows that the
     right combination of a bright idea, free software and available source
     code can produce amazing results. MoviX was created by Roberto De Leo
     in Italy when he wanted to watch a DVD on a computer where installing
     Linux on the hard disk wasn't an option. So he created a bootable
     Linux CD, which booted into a graphical desktop and automatically
     started MPlayer. When MPlayer was loaded, he removed the boot CD,
     inserted his DVD and pressed the play button to start the show!

     That was in the beginning and the project has now evolved into several
     different branches each with its own focus. Provided that your
     graphics card is supported, MoviX can help you to play encrypted DVDs,
     VCDs and other multimedia file formats (VCD, DivX, avi, mpg, mp3,
     ogg...) on your computer, even if its hard disk contains a wrong or no
     operating system! It can always come handy so download it now - the
     size of the compressed ISO image is only 22 MB.

     http://movix.sourceforge.net

     (12) SuSE Live-Eval, SuSE Linux/GNU has been producing its Live-Eval
     CDs since version 7.0 as a way for users to test its distribution, and
     their machine's hardware compatibility, without having to spend any
     money. Unlike SuSE's full distribution, the Live-Eval CD can be
     downloaded freely as an ISO image. It does however require that a hard
     disk be present on the test computer which means that its usefullness
     as a rescue or demo disk has been superceded by better products, such
     as Knoppix.

     http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/index.html

     (13) Ututo is one of the earliest CD-based distributions around.
     Developed by Diego Saravia at the Universidad Nacional de Salta in
     Argentina and named after a local lizard, the Ututo live CD has not
     been updated since the end of 2000. As such, it is too outdated to be
     really useful. However, Ututo's web site remains active and a poll on
     it is asking users to give suggestions for the next release. The web
     site is in Spanish only.

     http://www.ututo.org
     ftp://ftp.linux10.com.ar/ututo/ (download)

     (14) Virtual-Linux/GNU is a general purpose "run-from-CD" distribution
     created by M?rten Sundling, a Swedish programmer. It is basically
     Mandrake Linux, modified to run directly from a bootable CD and using
     automatic hardware detection. KDE is the default desktop environment.
     It is suitable for novice Linux users who want to try Linux without a
     full installation and without any changes to their hard disks. The
     latest stable version is 1.1 (based on Mandrake Linux 8.1), but a
     newer version, Virtual-Linux 1.2 is already under development.

     http://www.virtual-linux.org
     https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-linux (d/l)


     (15) (an extra not listed at Distrowatch.com) Yoper-Linux, for
     completeness I will mention this new distro which during its
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     developement published a Live CD ISO as well as a HDD installable ISO
     for download. BUT - the Live CD is now to be Discontinued, as Yoper
     are just about to issue their final first Ydesktop that is ready to be
     released as soon as XFree4.3 and kde-3.1 have released their stable
     versions. This should happen at the end of January 2003.

     NB: The Yoper distro has been optimised for PC's with either 686 or
     higher processor types.

     Here is the official info taken from the Yoper Website NOTE: The ISO
     with the name "ybootcdrom-i686-3.2.1.iso" is a bootable live CD of the
     entire system, it is going to be discontinued in its present form as
     of rc3, which will be available on Monday 13th of Jan. 2003. Please do
     not download the live cd any more as it contains several bugs not
     found in the install version.

     No URL offered for obvious reasons !

     -----------------------------

     Details of the Live CD's above is not comprehensive or complete. The
     minimum Requirements to use each of these CD's has not been included
     as I could not always find it quickly at most of the sites, so you
     will have to do your own research to find out. In general older
     machines with 32 Mb or less of ram are not suitable and many of the
     Live CD's above would require a Pentium II or better + 128 MB ram or
     more.


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     FIDONEWS 20-20               Page 14                  19 May 2003


     =================================================================
                  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
                           |     | v1.4.0 on Feb 11th 2003

      InterMail, InterEcho |MT   |http://www.ifido.com            1:1/133
                           |     | bob@nwstar.com
                           |     | v2.50 IM, v1.19 IE

      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
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
     FIDONEWS 20-20               Page 15                  19 May 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
                           |     | v3.10L Beta

      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 20-20               Page 16                  19 May 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 20-20               Page 17                  19 May 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 Feb 28th 2003

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

      TimEd                |E    |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet
                           |     | mail@ozzmosis.com            /timed
                           |     | v1.11.a5 in March 2003       3:633/267
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      Allfix               |U    |ftp://ftp.nwstar.com           1:140/12
                           |     | bob@nwstar.com
                           |     | v5.13 (v6?)

      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
     FIDONEWS 20-20               Page 18                  19 May 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
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      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://garbo.uwasa.fi
       http://www.simtel.net                  http://wuarchive.wustl.edu

      Note: most also provide FTP access (use ftp:// vice http:// above)

     *=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*

      Internet: http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/fidosoft.txt
      Magic FReq: FIDOSOFT     (Use INFO and/or HELP for details)

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

      Emeritus: Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich


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     FIDONEWS 20-20               Page 19                  19 May 2003


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

                       . -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- .
                       |    FIDONET-RELATED SITES    |
                       ` -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- '
                                12 APRIL 03

     Send updates, corrections and suggestions to Shannon Talley, 1:275/311
     or fbi@fidotel.com.  Please ensure your website is operational before
     submitting. All websites will be checked at least once per month. If
     your website is down, or if it is a commerical website advertising
     products or services, it will be removed from the queue.


     FidoNet Email subscriptions:
     http://www.fidotel.com/public/fidonews
     http://www.fidonews.org

     FidoNet
     Homepage:     http://www.fidonet.org
                   http://www.fidonet.ca
                   http://www.fidonet.us
     FidoNews:     http://www.fidonews.org   [HTML]
                   http://www.fidotel.com/public/fidonews [HTML & FTP]
                   ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/ [FTP]
     Echolist:     http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/
     SDS Files:    None
     FTSC page:    http://www.ftsc.org/
     General:      http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html
                   http://www.fidotel.com
     Parody:       http://www.fidonet.ro/

     Zone 1:       http://www.z1.fidonet.org
       Region 10:  http://www.r10.org
         Net 102   http://home.earthlink.net/~kayshapero/net102.htm
         Net 103:  http://www.webworldinc.com/club103/
       Region 11:  http://midnightshour.org/region11/
       Region 12   http://r12.darktech.org
         Net 229:  http://www.net229.ca
         Net 249:  http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/net249/index.html
       Region 13:  http://www.ispaceonline.org/region13/
         Net 261:  http://fidonet.us/net261/
         Net 267:  http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/net267/
         Net 275:  http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/
       Region 14:
         Net 282:  http://www.rxn.com/~net282/
       Region 15:  http://www.bobsplc.com/public/reg15
       Region 17:  http://www.region17.net
         Net 140:  http://www.nwstar.com/~net140
       Region 19:  http://www.biseonline.com/r19
         Net 124:  http://www.DallasInet.com/net124/
                   http://pages.sbcglobal.net/flv/
         Net 393:  http://www.chatter.com/~wb/
       Region 18:
     FIDONEWS 20-20               Page 20                  19 May 2003


        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/
       Region 38:  http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html
       Region 41:  http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English)
       Region 50:  http://www.fido7.com/  (Russian)
       Region 53:  http://fido.bitsoft.ro/
        Net 5010:  http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/  (Russian)
        Net 5015:  http://www.fido.nnov.ru/  (Russian)
     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)
     Zone 5:       http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/
     Zone 6:       http://www.z6.fidonet.org
       Region 64:  http://www.fidonet.ph (Pacific Islands/Japan,
                   Guam, Indoesia and the Phillipines)
       Region 65:  http://www.cfido.com (Chinese)

               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     | fido@thunderdome.ws| BinkP,FTP,UUE | 10mbps | 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 20-20               Page 21                  19 May 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   | 3mb   | n/c
      292/2003  | Eric Vaneberck    | BinkP          | 768k  | n/c
     FIDONEWS 20-20               Page 22                  19 May 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      | BinkP, ifcico  |       |
      343/168   | Jose Casanova     | VMoT, BinkP    |       |
      344/201   | Julio Garcia      | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      345/432   | Pablo Romano      | VMoT           |       |
      347/1     | Javi Polo         | UUE            |       |
      348/105   | Alejandro Estraviz| BinkP UUE      |       |
      348/609   | Redy Rodriguez    |BinkP,ifcico,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
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      801/161   | Renato Zambon     | UUE            | 33.6  | n/c
      902/18    | Javier Tejedor    | UUE            | 33,6  | n/c
      905/101   | Ariel Nardelli    | Binkp          |       |
      930/1     | David Gonzalez    | Binkp          |       |
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     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
     news.rafastd.org
     nntp://ficbbs.org:999

     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.136
                size  986.2kb
                date  2003-05-16

      The nodelist has   8611 nodes in it
        and a total of  11406 non-comment entries

              including     6 zones
                           60 regions
                          445 hosts
                          603 hubs
         admin overhead  1114 ( 12.94 %)

                    and  1000 private nodes
                          310 nodes down
                          371 nodes on hold
      off line overhead  1681 ( 19.52 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    702 (  8.15 %)
                9600 =   7473 ( 86.78 %)
                              (HST  =  157 or   2.10 %)
                              (CSP  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (PEP  =   11 or   0.15 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (V32  = 4005 or  53.59 %)
                              (V32B =  406 or   5.43 %)
                              (V34  = 4974 or  66.56 %)
                              (V42  = 4139 or  55.39 %)
                              (V42B =  431 or   5.77 %)
                2400 =     82 (  0.95 %)
                1200 =      6 (  0.07 %)
                 300 =    348 (  4.04 %)

                ISDN =    789 (  9.16 %)

     ----------------------------------------------------------
      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             2950
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
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      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 9
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                       11
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          6
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      45
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     341
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                3849
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                          1400
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   2693 ( 31.27 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   4725 ( 54.87 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    676 (  7.85 %)
      Other             =    517 (  6.00 %)

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

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