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Editorial....................................2
New/Returning SysOps.........................3
Old School ToolBox...........................4
PyBosxom Blog Software.......................5
DrDebug: Linux Tip of the Day................6
Cooking: Even SysOps have to Eat.............7
BBS SoftWare List............................8
FidoGazette BBSList..........................9
Info (How to Submit an Article)..............10
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Editorial
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There's a flurry of discussions in the Fidonews echo this week
concerning the style of moderatoring in that echo. As you know, the
moderator of the Fidonews echo is the same fellow who holds the
postion of publisher of the 'snooze, Bjorn Felten. Therefore, until
he resigns his position as editor, we're literally stuck with Bjorn
and his very negligent moderating.
Bjorn subscribes to the hands-off appoach to moderating, in other
words, no moderating at all as far as I can see. This non-moderation
is just too familiar to those of use who reject Listservs,
Newsgroups, and web-related discussion groups because they can be
overrun with trolls, troublemakers and general creeps.. As a matter
of fact, those internet areas are what bring a lot of people to
Fidonet, because they don't want to have to deal with the kind of
environment those groups and discussion areas foster. With no
moderator in sight, these Internet trolls usually overrun online
discussion groups, often killing any meaninful discussions, and
filling their messages with hateful remarks, meant to stir up
reactions from their intended "victim".
The original variety of Internet troll developed years and years ago
as the Usenet troll. These troublemakers would post the same
annoying message into various discussions to increase their chances
of angering a victim, but various other types of trolls also
developed in time:
Insulter trolls jump right in to conversations, hurling insults so
that people will lose their tempers.
Sneaky trolls pretend to be interested in the conversation, but soon
begin posting messages designed to undermine any meaningful
discussion.
Colluding trolls work in pairs to try to steer the conversation's
direction, hoping to destroy it altogether.
So what type of trolls do we see in the Fidonews echo? I'd say all
of the above, perhaps the worst at times being the moderator himself
because he just can't let the chance go by to hurl insults on people
he doesn't like, or doesn't agree with. He carries baggage from
years past when Zone 1 was a much larger entity, as though he fears
Zone 1's return to it's earlier size. Along with his anti-US
statements, he and his colluders have let North American participants
know that he doesn't appreciate those who spell his name with a
non-Swedish character set, meanwhile, his name is spelled in a
latinized style by his own ZC in the nodelist. Requests for Bjorn's
resignation are ignored.
Some Fidonet SysOps avoid the Fidonews echo, sometimes making it
passthrough rather than "available" for users, since it has literally
become an anti-US cesspool, and a place where one is more likely to
be insulted, than not. It's been stated by his colluders that
if you don't like Bjorn's style of moderating, you should just leave.
What would we like? Well, I know what I would like: I'd like to see
Bjorn turn the Echo and Fidonews publishing over to someone who cares
a bit more about how the rest of the world views Fidonet, and who
might actually encourage it's growth. JMO.
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New/Returning Nodes
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Returning Nodes:
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R25 John Anderson Utterby, Lincolnshire, England
R10 Dennis Warner Las Vegas, Nevada
R11 Travis Wichert Eaton Rapids, MI
Welcome Back!
New Members:
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R11 Nicholas Boel Pewaukee, WI
Welcome!
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By Richard Webb, 1:116/901
Where Have We Been, and Where Are We Going
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near." -- Jim
Morrison
If your endeavors depend on the data you've got backed up it's
enough to make your head hurt, so it's easy enough to take Jim's
example and follow the suggestion from the line previous to the one
I quoted and wake up in the morning and get yourself a beer. Will
that burnable media be readable when you need it? Will those
portable hard drives spin? Did that flash memory card retain your
data that you put on it six months ago? Hard to say, and the pros
don't have any consistent answers for you.
These issues have been with us almost as long as there has been
electronic media, but they appeared to be much simpler. The
archeologist of some centuries in our future could still easily
build through inference and a bit of intuition a player to play
those lp records. Magnetic tape machines would almost be as easy.
At least, one might think so. Archivists and others in the know
have always considered these to be close to an archival gold
standard for just these reasons. Picture if you will, the
archeologist of the future coming across a cd, or a jaz cartridge.
So, we always said the lp record, or that reel of analog tape was
the gold standard in archival. But then, suddenly we found
ourselves with a big problem in the '90's and beyond to present
day.
One of the most popular tape formulations used in professional
audio recording was made by 3M and marketed as Ampex 456 or Scotch
226. I've used tons of it over the years. I wish I had a dollar
for every time I placed a "pancake" of 1/4 inch 456 on the left hub
of a machine and an empty reel on the take up hub to tail wind a 10
inch reel for use by a client. I'd be a very rich man.
We mastered lots and lots of stuff to this Ampex 456. If you were
into rock 'n roll from the late sixties onward chances are some of
your favorite music was mastered to Ampex 456.
Usual work flow went like this at most studios I've been associated
with. You did your mix down master, made a safety after, or
simultaneously if you had two mix down decks, sent one off to the
folks who cut the master for the lp and stored the other one in
your version of a tape vault, sometimes temperature and humidity
controlled, but more often not. Such features as temp and humidity
control were available to the big record companies, but hard to
implement for your home town recording studio whose overhead was
already quite high enough thank you.
You made that backup of the master, all edited just as was the
master with leader tape between selections, because every once in
awhile during the cutting process the machinery got the munchies
for magnetic tape, and thence went the master tape that the client
had spent a couple thousand dollars or more to make. So, even in
the world of analog tape we were thinking backups. We just didn't
have the facilities to store it all properly, but more on that in
a moment.
So this stuff sat in its carefully labeled boxes on shelves for
years, when all of a sudden somebody needed to play it back. Now
was when the fun began, because, it was supposed to be simple. Put
the reel on, rewind it, (you always tail wind masters but that's
another story) and listen to the test tones you printed on tape
possibly with an oscilloscope in line to calibrate your equipment.
This was especially true if you were intending to migrate the
material to a digital format.
But suddenly your simple project turned into a nightmare. A squeal
came from the machine and the tape didn't want to travel freely
along its path. Inspection of the tape path showed a deposit of
some black sticky gunk. We suddenly found that we were the victims
of "sticky shed" syndrome. So you took the reel off, cleaned the
tape path with isopropyl alcohol and made some rather unhappy
noises not fit for public consumption. Maybe later on (this was
often before the internet now remember) you learned that there was
a fix for those tapes.
You learned that you could cure "sticky shed" syndrome. What
happened was the metal oxide coating on those tapes had started to
come loose from its plastic binder, and when you tried to play that
reel of Ampex 456 or Scotch 226 all you did was deposit a gummy
goop on your tape heads, capstans and other components. But, you
could "bake" them at around 130 degrees for a few hours, making
sure to control the temperature carefully so as not to overbake,
then immediately play them and transfer to other media. There was
sure a lot of agonizing about it though for over a decade. When
audio professionals first started gravitating to the internet in
large numbers, and even if I recall correctly on Fidonet echoes for
such purposes the "tape baking" solution was a frequent topic of
conversation. I think that back in the day I posted a "tape
baking" faq in the studio_101 echomail conference about twice a
year.
This was so common that most mastering facilities that specialized
in digitization of these old analog master tapes rigged themselves
up a little box for baking tapes with a lightbulb, thermostat to
control it, and racks to place reels of tape. Put 'em on to bake
overnight when you went home, come back in the morning, go through
the usual procedure you'd use to capture that analog data in
digital form. But for years the question would come up in internet
forums about what to do with these old tapes that left black goop
on the tape path and weren't playable.
Such simple fixes aren't available for our digital data however.
If that cd-r or dvd can't be read all you've got is a coaster,
where you thought you had a reliable backup of important data. If
that little motor in that removable hard drive won't spin the
platter(s) then you've got the same problem. These devices hold a
whole lot of data too, and that's where the real problem comes in.
As a final exercise for the reader consider what that reel of tape
contained in computer terms. Let's take our usual 44.1 khz 16 bit
sampling standard for our compact disks, as that's fairly
comparable to these two track masters. Figure that reel contains
one side an album's worth of material, i.e. 5 songs with an average
length of 4 minutes each. The other side of that lp record would
be on another tape often.
So now we have 20 minutes of stereo audio. Remember in the first
installment in this series we stipulated 5.5 mb/track minute. We
have two tracks, of course being stereo. That's 11 mb/minute,
times 20 or 220 megabytes. The whole album of course, figuring 10
songs of that average length is 440 megabytes. But, we're talking
an album side, or half that, 220 megabytes.
The first tape drive I bought to back up my bbs didn't hold that
much data. Neither did the hard disk I operated a busy fidonet hub
system from. That's chump change by today's storage standards.
Consider that physical media in today's terms however. The losses
entailed by a backup that won't load or be accessed are staggering.
Consider consigning your life's creative work to such a storage
device. Backups and redundancy are the keys to its survival. But
the key to using that system is knowing how to get to what you need
quickly and reliably. More on that later.
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PyBlosxom Blog Software
=======================
I think I've got the setup I want on my blog..
Take look and let me know what you think..
http://www.filegate.net/blog/
The scene I'm using is picture of a stream in the area.
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Dr. DeBug Answers Your Questions!
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By dr.debug @ filegate.net
To ask a question, send an email to dr.debug @ filegate.net or send a
netmail to 1:261/38.
Linux Tip of The Day:
Quick return to previous directory: type cd -
(cd<space>minus sign).
To Return to the original directory, just type cd - again. You'll
be right back where you were.
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F O O D Even sysops have to eat!
-=-=-=-=-=-
Want to contribute something here? Send recipes, articles, reviews
etc. to janis@filegate.net, or fidogazette@filegate.net.
Review:
Bionaturae Gluten Free Pasta
By Janis Kracht
Bionaturae, producers and distributer of those fantastic strained
bottled tomatoes that I use, has started selling gluten free macaroni
(Spaghetti, Elbow, Penne, Fusilli). While some other companies make
gluten-free pasta containing simply rice, rice bran and water,
Bionaturae's is the absolute BEST. The ingredients are Rice flour,
potato starch, and soy flour. The dedicated facility where it is
made is totally egg, corn and peanut free.
The texture of Bionaturae's macaroni is so close to regular
wheat/semolina macaroni, you'll find yourself checking the package
label to make sure you didn't grab the wrong one!
With other gluten-free companies, after cooking the macaroni you have
to rinse it immediately. Overcooking can be disastrous. With
Bionaturae's macaroni, you strain it and serve. The flavor is
fantastic, and it's texture is in my opinion, undetectable from
normal gluten pasta.
Cost: $3.69-$5.59, depending on where you buy it. Wegmans in
Binghamton NY sells Bionaturae GF pasta for $3.69.
Bionaturae Organic Gluten Free pasta:
=Certified Organic & Kosher
=Imported from Italy
=No rinsing after cooking
=Unique formulation gives true pasta-like texture
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BBS Software List
Updated 29 July 2011
Maintained by Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht
M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor
*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
`- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/argus/
| | v3.210 on Mar 29 2001
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on Oct 22 2000
BinkD |MI? |http://2f.ru/binkd/
| | maloff@corbina.net
| | v0.94 on Jul 24 2000 (Outdated)
| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm 1:1/130
Nick Andre |I | v3.62 on June 4 2011
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net
| | v2.4 on Sep 26 2003
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330
Definite Solutions |? | sales@defsol.se
| | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|O? | v1.9 RC2 on Apr 20 2010
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 Jun 12 2006
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on Dec 12 2001
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| |
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/Products/FastEcho/
| | fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 13 Nov 2007
| | Registration keys are free and available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
| | v4.4.10 on Aug 27 2004
| |
FMail |TO*? |http://fmail.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.60 on Mar 8 2008
| | Source code only!
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on Jan 1 2009
| | Source code available in the Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on January 28 2007
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9 2002
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 14 October 2010
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on Nov 16 2009
GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS |BIO? |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802
| | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
| | v0.92.0 on Oct 16 2007
Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on Apr 26 2004
Mystic BBS |BO* |http://www.mysticbbs.com
| | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001
RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.10/DOS on 3 Oct 2009
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.6 on Aug 20 1999
Synchronet BBS |BTIO |http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.16 on 31 Dec 2006
Telegard BBS |B* |http://www.telegard.net
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on Dec 19 1999
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | |
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12
Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 26 January 2011
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 5 March 2000
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | 1:120/544
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | 1:120/544
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
Cheepware |DU |http://kd5col.info/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sdennis72@gmail.com 1:18/200
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU? |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are still registerable via website
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
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 |DU* |http://http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: Apr 11 2008
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on Dec 22 1999
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on Jun 27 2010
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO*? |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on Apr 29 2010
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on Dec 15 1999
| | Website is in German and English
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==> INTERNET UTILITIES
JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | 1:120/544
Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on Sep 13 2007
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
MakeNL |UO |http://www.filegate.net/coordutl/
| | v3.2.9 on Feb 1 2010
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==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS
Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.
Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.
The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.
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File Archives:
http://archives.thebbs.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/
Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)
The BBS Software List is published monthly in the FidoGazette.
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Sean Dennis with your information via the
FIDOGAZETTE echo, netmail at 1:18/200 or email at sysop@kd5col.info.
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!!! G A Z E T T E B B S L I S T !!!
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
By bbslist @ filegate.net
Send updates, changes to address above or to janis @ filegate.net.
System.......Capitol City Online
FidoAddress..1:2320/105
Phone........502-875-8938
Software.....GT Power
OS...........OS/2
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to most of BBS upon finishing
new user questionnaire
Telnet.......cco.ath.cx
telnet access to GT Power BBS - same as dial-up
www:.........http://cco.ath.cx
This site runs Synchronet under linux. Requires
separate user registration. Has same message
areas as dial-up/telnet bbs.
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System.......Christian Fellowship
FidoAddress..1:266/512
Phone........1-856-933-7096
Software.....PCBoard 15.3
OS...........Windows XP pro
C/B Verify...Manually via email or voice
usually within 24 hours.
Access.......Read only until verified. Once
verified write access to Msg bases, file
areas, chat and doors/games.
Telnet.......cfbbs.dtdns.net or cfbbs.no-ip.com
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System.......Lightning BBS
FidoAddress..1:311/2
Software.....Virtual Advanced
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......lightningbbs.com
www:.........http:/www.lightningbbs.com/index.php
Thanks to VADV-PHP you can access almost
everything the BBS has to offer from the
web, with the exception of door games.
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System.......Lionsden BBS
FidoAddress..1:224/303
Phone........613-392-8896
oftware..... Synchronet
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas.
Telnet.......lionsden.darktech.org
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
qwkmail, Files, etc.
www:.........http:/www.lionsden.darktech.org
You will redirected to a menu where you can
choose one of three sites. The first one is
private and requires PW to get into.
FTP..........FTP://lionsden.darktech.org Files only
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System.......Paragon BBS
FidoAddress..1:18/200
Phone........423-434-0851
Software.....Telegard/2 v3.09.g2-sp4/mL
OS...........OS/2 Warp 4.52
C/B Verify...None
Access.......Partial access on first call; manual verification for
full access
Telnet.......paragon.darktech.org (straight telnet)
kd5col.info/goto.html (requires flash)
www:.........http://kd5col.info
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System.......Prism BBS
FidoAddress..1:261/38
Phone........607-655-5652
Software.....BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1
OS...........Linux (Ubuntu)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases,
file areas, all features of the BBS.
Telnet.......filegate.net
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
qwkmail, BWmail,Files, chat, group chat,
etc.
www:.........http:/www.filegate.net:8090/bbbs
web interface is limited to reading messages
and replying online, or downloading messages
in qwk packets, but not uploading them,
file download access, guest account.
FTP: filegate.net, port 60721.
public access to file areas (please
note change of port for public access).
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System.......Roach Guts BBS
FidoAddress..1:396/60
Phone:.......337-433-4135
Software.....Maximus on Port 23 (primary)
Synchronet on Port 24 (temporary)
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......roachguts.com
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System.......Time Warp of the Future BBS
FidoAddress..1:340/400
Phone........none
Software.....sbbs 3.15a (very beta)
OS...........win. (xp pro. sp3)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas.
Telnet.......time.synchro.net:24 or time.darktech.org:24
or timewarpfuture.dyndns.org:24
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
messages or file area etc.
www:.........http://time.synchro.net:81
Web interface is limited really to reading messages
and replying online, or downloading messages in qwk
packets, but not uploading them, and file download access.
SBBS files available.
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T h e F i d o G a z e t t e! Volume V Number X July 15th, 2011
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INFO:
Fidogazette is published by Janis Kracht, Editor, with the help of
Richard Webb 1:116/901 (Old School ToolBox), and Sean Dennis 1:18/200
(The Slightly Crusty Sysop). If you have an idea for a column or a
series of articles, please contact me :)
New!
MailingList subsriptions via
www.filegate.net // lists / ?p=subscribe
but of course you can always link into your uplink and use
Tick or a tick compatible program.
Where to Send Your Articles
Unlike most editors, I surely do not mind running my mouth when
there is a sparcity of articles for the 'zine. I'd MUCH rather
you sent in material... lacking that, I will fill these issues
with my meanderings and thoughts and hopefully we will grow into
something of consequence here :)
Write an article!
If you WOULD like to submit an article, feel free to drop
your article off at:
Email attach to address: janis @ filegate.net
Fidonet attach: Janis Kracht at 1:261/38 Modem: 607-655-5652
1:261/100 filegate.net port 24555 via binkp or telnet mailer
(If you are using routed fidonet mail, don't send articles as routed
attaches. They will fail somewhere along the path before getting here.
Send them instead direct to filegate.net).
Standard binkp port only supports BinkP (24554).
Give it a title, sign your name and network address if you have
one and send it along!
Don't worry about the format, I can take anything you send me
and mutilate it further as you can see above. Linux is nice
that way (g). Spell checking your own work will help though
(something I'm typically guilty of (g)).
To send reviews or recipes to the Food section, email or netmail Janis
as above.
Email address for submissions to Dr.Debug:
To send a question to Dr. Debug, email a question to:
drdebug @ filegate.net
or post in the fidogazette echo! :)
To send a listing to the FidoGazette bbslist, email your
listing to:
bbslist @ filegate.net
or post it in the fidogazette echo!
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