     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 20, Number 48             01 Dec 2003 
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            Copyright 2003 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally.


                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. GENERAL ARTICLES  .........................................  2
        Thanksgiving in Japan  ....................................  2
     3. GUEST EDITORIAL  ..........................................  3
        The Continuing Policy attempt  ............................  3
     4. FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS  .................................  4
        BBS and FidoNet Software News  ............................  4
     5. HUMOUR IN A FIDO VEIN  ....................................  6
        Nimrod  ...................................................  6
     6. FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN  ..........................  8
        Xxcarol's Refined Pancit  .................................  8
     7. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................... 10
        FIDONet Software References  .............................. 10
     8. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 15
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 15
     9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 17
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 17
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 19
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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     I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not
     do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval
     than under a spirit of criticism.

                            -- Charles Schwab


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

                           Thanksgiving in Japan
                    By: Carol Shenkenberger, 6:757/1

     Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, which many countries celebrate.
     The USA version is probably not very different in essence from those
     of other lands.  The date for the USA one is the 3rd Thursday in
     November.  This past Tuesday was a Japanese holiday, not too different
     although the foods served are not the same.

     Traditional Thanksgiving in the USA involves a large stuffed turkey,
     mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, dressing, gravey, lots of vegetables,
     may also involve ham and/or salmon.  It's a time when all the families
     get together, often traveling great distances to a gathering.

     For those of us living in Japan, traveling back to our stateside
     families may not always be easy so we band together into our local
     'families'.  For the Navy people, that would be our 'shipmates'.

     This year, Don, Charlotte and I, went to my ship for a good meal with
     all the traditional trimmings.  Our MasterChief turned MasterChef for
     the day and made deep fried turkey, a dish I had not tried before.  It
     looked like a lot of work but the results were worth it!  Being my
     ship is in Sasebo Japan, which is a small town by Japan standards, we
     all knew each other's kids and wives or husbands.  About 20 of us met
     to give thanks with our families and wish all a good time.

     I hope your day was as pleasant!

                                     Carol Shenkenberger
                                     6:757/1

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                              GUEST EDITORIAL
     =================================================================

                         The Continuing Policy attempt
                                 By Frank Vest
                                  1:124/6308.1

      The "on again, off again" process of modifying Fidonet Policy seems
     to be on again.

      Started by Bob Short some time back, many have worked on this effort.
     Suggestions and discussions were originally made in the "FIDOPOLS"
     echo and a draft was sent to the IC. It appeared that the IC had
     "shelved" the idea. However, Ward Dossche has shown renewed interest
     in the effort and the discussion is now continuing in the "IC" echo.

      Mr. Short recently suffered a hard drive crash that caused the loss
     of all his notes and the final proposal. With the help of Dale Shipp,
     who is a major player in the effort, it appears that Bob will soon
     have at least the final proposal back on his system.

      As of this writing, the following RCs and ZCs were present in the
     "IC" echo; 1:1/0, 1:10, 1:12, 1:13, 1:17, 1:18, 1:19, 2:2/0, 2:26,
     2:28, 2:29, 2:30, 2:31, 2:46, 2:50, 2:51, 2:55, 3:75, 4:4/0, 4:80

      Current Fidonet Policy was written during the time of the IFNA
     (International Fido Net Association) and can only be changed by the
     RCs. With the advent of the Internet and modern communication
     equipment, much of Fidonet Policy is outdated.

      If you are interested, and you really should be, please request the
     "IC" echo from your uplink and at least monitor the effort.


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

                       BBS and FidoNet Software News
                   submitted by: Philip Lozier 1:267/169


     Following are a few tid-bits of software development news related to
     BBSing... I will try and submit any news of interest to BBS SysOps,
     BBS users, and FidoNet related related software from any sources I may
     come across them in my travels.

     I would also encourage anybody reading to find the time to submit
     anything of interest, no matter how small it may seem, to FidoNews.
     Let's get this thing rolling again :)


     *** New Renegade/DOS update! v11-26.3 ***

     26-Nov-2003

     T.J. McMillen, and Chris Hoppman (aka: Exodus & Bluewolf) have
     released an update to the classic Renegade BBS for DOS today. They
     were given the source code on November 14 by the previous developer,
     Patrick Spence. Corey Snow is still in charge of the java version,
     which will be a total re-write.

     New features include:

     Made NEWUSER Questions Configurable. Only questions that are required
     are the User Handle, and User Password.

     Extended FILE_ID.DIZ Description length from 10 lines to 20 lines.

     Fixed: When a user was downloading or uploading a file, Renegade till
     showed the user was able to be paged to chat.

     Fixed: Bug in Renemail which wouldn't allow importing of netmail from
     a FrontEnd Mailer.

     Unfortunatly no improvments have been made to its heavy CPU usage
     under Windows, so it still performs very poorly if more then one node
     is running. But this is a great start, and hopefully these guys will
     continue to work on it.

     telnet://ttb.slyip.com


     *** Mtelnet beta 12 ***

     09-Nov-2003

     Dink just released a new version of his Telnet Terminal for Windows
     and OS/2, known as Mtelnet or Mtel for short..

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     Whats new in beta 12:
     miscellaneous user reported bugs are fixes

     fix right alt in Windows32.

     changes to the upload dialog.


     http://ozone.eesc.com


     *** Ambroshia 3.0 Released ***

     07-Nov-2003

     Tonite Dominic Carretto released version 3.0 of Ambroshia - The Test
     of Time. This is a total re-write of the fantasy door game that
     Dominic started from scratch 1 year ago. Previous versions were
     written in Pascal, but Dominic re-wrote version 3 entirly in C++,
     allowing it to be easily ported to other operating systems.

     Ambrosia 3.0 is available in a DOS, Win32, and WinServer versions, and
     a linux flavor is expected to be released shortly.

     Ambrosia is a huge game in which you create your own Kingdom and
     maintain it, from the tax rate to the building of a great military. It
     includes over 1000 monsters, over 400 Weapons and Armor, and 100
     different magic spells. It is shareware, with a $15 registration.

     http://www.thebbs.org/ambroshia/


     *** COM/IP v4 released ***

     07-Oct-2003 8:05

     COM/IP version 4 is about to be released. The main difference in v4 is
     support for user authentication, using either the windows credentials,
     or a unique login/password. This is not needed for BBS sysops, but
     COM/IP's primary market is the business community.

     As of version 4, COM/IP is now licensed by the number of COM ports you
     wish to virtualize. Previous versions of COM/IP allowed up to 256 COM
     ports to be defined for one low price, but now the (more expensive)
     base price of $95 will include support for only one COM port!

     Version 3 users can "upgrade" to a Version 4 license that supports 4
     COM ports at no charge. If a user wishes to use additional COM ports
     under version 4, they will have to pay the difference. Any BBS Sysop
     that currently owns a COM/IP v2 or v3 license should hang on to it, as
     they are now worth a small fortune since they support 255 ports. The
     new price for a 16 port v4 license is $545.

     http://pcmicro.com/comip

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                           HUMOUR IN A FIDO VEIN
     =================================================================

                                     Nimrod
                                 By Frank Vest
                                  1:124/6308.1

      The American language is so unique. It is said that Americans speak
     English. I'm sure the English people would disagree with that. :-) In
     fact, American english is a collection of words from all languages.
     Maybe that's why it's spoken so much around the world and is the
     language that Fidonet requires documents to be in... I don't know.

     Anyway:

      One thing about American english is its ability to take words and
     give them new meaning. IE: Nimrod

      Nimrod, as I remember it, is used to describe someone who is a bit...
     umm... Well... anyway... kinda dim, not too smart and such.
     Example: "That nimrod can't even tie his shoes right". :-)

      From the Bible, we learn that Nimrod was a King. At the time of his
     reign, all the people in the world spoke one language. It seems to me
     that this was a good thing. No one had to learn a different language
     to be able to get along in another country and if you happened to meet
     someone, you could just start talking to them without a thought of
     them not understanding you.

      So, Nimrod was king. All the world spoke a single language.

      Nimrod, in his "wisdom" decided to build a tower to heaven. I guess
     that's a noble thought. Why not give God an easy way to get to earth,
     right?? Anyway, the tower is being built. Nimrod climbs the tower to
     check on the progress, and in a kind of challenge, shoots an arrow
     towards heaven.

      Well... God isn't too happy about this. Would you be happy if someone
     built a tower towards your house and shot an arrow at you??

      So God decides to fix this problem right quick. Since all the people
     in the land speak the same language, it's easy for the people to
     communicate and get things done. So God goes down and "confounds their
     speech". IOW, he adds a bunch of languages so that people who once
     could communicate easily could no longer do so. That made it
     impossible for the work on this massive tower to continue and also
     caused King Nimrod to loose his power over the people.

      So you're wondering what the point is and what it has to do with
     Fidonet? Well... We have this dog named Fido. The default language
     that Fido speaks is english, but there are people from all nations and
     languages that use Fido to communicate. This works, but there are
     problems. People don't always understand each other. Arguments arise
     because of the "language barrier" and other such things that people
     speaking different languages run up against.
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      I'm thinking that it would be nice if the whole world spoke one
     language. We could all communicate and not have to worry if what we
     said would be understood or not..... Naw... Some nimrod would climb a
     tower, shoot an arrow in the air and we'd be right back to square one!
     :-))

     Regards,

     Frank

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                      FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN
     =================================================================

                       Xxcarol's Refined Pancit
                  By: Carol Shenkenberger, 6:757/1

               Yield: 6 Servings

         1/2 c  Chopped cabbage, bok choy
         1/2 c  Baby carrots
         1/2 c  Chopped green bell pepper
         1/2 c  Chopped brocolli bits
           4 c  Water
           1 ea Pack Pancit seasoning
           8 oz Dry pancit noodles (wheat)
           6 ea Large shrimp, shelled

       Oh my!  I make pancit all the time.  This rendition is one that is
     easy to make in the average American/Canadian kitchen.  To me, this is
     'outastuff cooking' if you know what I mean.  It uses just a bit of
     everything.

       Chop up all the veggies (feel free to add more!).  The cabbage is
     more authentic if Bok Choy but it can be Nappa or just normal 'head
     cabbage'. b The bell pepper doesnt have to be green.  In fact, a
     yellow or red would look better.  The carrots do not have to be baby,
     just chop them up small if not using whole baby carrots.

       Cant find Pancit seasoning?  Its a mix of garlic salt, black pepper,
     a bit of a mild chile powder, and soy sauce.  Take about 1/3 cup soy
     sauce and add about 1 teaspoon of the other spices each, and you will
     be close enough.  When I make my own, I add some oyster sauce but that
     isnt essential.

       The noodles are those hard dry brown thickish looking ones as
     opposed to the thin white ones that look like (and are sometimes
     labeled as) 'angel hair' or 'glass noodles'.  These are the more
     substantial ones.  The recipe will not work right with the glass type
     as they do not absorb enough water.

       A side note, the noodle pack will tell you to soak them first.  Do
     not bother with this version.

       Put all but the noodles into a pan that is low and wide and flat.  A
     big cast iron skillet will do.  This is a big recipe so cut down the
     size to fit the pan if you have only a little 9 inch skillet with a 2
     inch high rim.

       Set this to boil for about 5 mins, then add the dry noodles and turn
     the heat off.  About 5 mins later, stir it then add 1-2 TB oil if
     desired.

       Optional additions:  Pancit is like soup.  Anything can go in there!

       From the Sasebo kitchen of:  xxcarol 23NOV2003
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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

      FIDO-Deluxe IP       |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
       Michael Haase       |     | m.haase@gmx.net
                           |     | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003

      Fidonet to Internet: |MI   |http://www.terminate.com
       Bo Bendtsen         |     | sales@terminate.com
                           |     | v2.00 on Mar 23rd 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://sf.net/projects/husky/
                           |     | v1.4 RC2 on Sep 22nd 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://radius.pp.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
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       Net Server, Platinum|     | sales@santronics.com
       Xpress: Santronics  |     | Tel: (305) 248-3204
       Software, Inc.      |     | AUP 450.2 on Jul 9th 2002
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      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/

      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

      EZYCom BBS           |BT   |http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~dcbbs/
                           |     | pjs@optushome.com.au         3:633/104
                           |     | v2.0 on 3 May 2003

      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
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                           |     | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002

      RemoteAccess BBS:    |B    |http://www.rapro.com            1:1/120
       Bruce Morse         |     | bfmorse@rapro.com
                           |     | v2.62.2SW

      Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B    |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
       Creek Software      |     | MDWoltz@aol.com                1:1/150
                           |     | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999

      Synchronet BBS       |BT   |http://www.synchro.net
                           |     | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
                           |     | v3.10L Beta

      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/
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      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
                           |     | 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

      CrossPoint (XP)      |P    |http://www.crosspoint.de
                           |     | pm@crosspoint.de  v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999
      FreeXP               |P    |http://www.freexp.de         2:2433/460
                           |     | support@freexp.de
                           |     | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot)
      OpenXP/32            |PI   |http://www.openxp.com        2:248/2004
                           |     | mk@openxp.de  v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002

      PPoint               |P    |http://www.alcuf.ca           1:249/114
                           |     | v3.04 on Jan 10th 2000
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      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?)

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

      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
       http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

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

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

      Note: Please send corrections & additions to: Ben Ritchey, 1:393/68
               ( or FReq Magic INFO direct for E-mail address )
             WildCat! BBS at +1-337-232-4155  24/7  33.6kBps,8,N,1
          Internet: http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/fidosoft.txt

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                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.332
                size  937.3kb
                date  2003-11-28

      The nodelist has   8005 nodes in it
        and a total of  10805 non-comment entries

              including     6 zones
                           59 regions
                          436 hosts
                          571 hubs
         admin overhead  1072 ( 13.39 %)

                    and  1021 private nodes
                          297 nodes down
                          410 nodes on hold
      off line overhead  1728 ( 21.59 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    660 (  8.24 %)
                9600 =   6953 ( 86.86 %)
                              (HST  =  139 or   2.00 %)
                              (CSP  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (PEP  =   11 or   0.16 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (V32  = 3675 or  52.85 %)
                              (V32B =  365 or   5.25 %)
                              (V34  = 4658 or  66.99 %)
                              (V42  = 3927 or  56.48 %)
                              (V42B =  387 or   5.57 %)
                2400 =     74 (  0.92 %)
                1200 =      6 (  0.07 %)
                 300 =    312 (  3.90 %)

                ISDN =    676 (  8.44 %)

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      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             2649
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
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      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 8
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                       11
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          6
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      42
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     322
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                3605
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                          1362
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   2473 ( 30.89 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   4423 ( 55.25 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    619 (  7.73 %)
      Other             =    490 (  6.12 %)

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

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