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Table Of Contents
Quote of the Day ....................... 2
Editorial .............................. 3
Humor: More Proof of Stupidity ..........4
Articles: Dial-Up Ancestor ............. 5
This week's Echomail Statistics ....... 6
This week's FileGate File Report ....... 7
New/Returning SysOps ................... 8
Fidonet SoftWare List ................. 9
FidoGazette BBS List .................. 10
More Information ....................... 11
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Quote of the Day
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"BBS Definitions" (thank you Google)
bulletin-board-system Noun (plural bulletin board systems)
(computing) A type of computer system, now largely obsolete,
used to exchange messages and data.
Was a precursor to the Internet. Technically, the BBS was a
computer system that ran software to allow users to dial into
the system using a phone line. Users could then download
software and data, upload data, read news, or exchange messages
with other online users. The BBS was popular from the 1970s
through to the early 1990s.
See Also: Christensen, Ward and Seuss, Randy Team; Internet;
Upload.
See BBS.
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This week, Daryl Stout submitted an article he came across
"Social Media's Dial-Up Ancestor"...which as WE all know is the
BBS :)
Nice that others have noted this. It's not the first time we've
seen articles like this for sure, but this one seems to be a
good one, with details regarding the people who started it all.
The author even notes fidonet's beginnings.
Take a trip with the 'way-back' machine, enjoy.
PS.. wonder if anyone has told the author that we're still here?
:)
We added a new member this week as well in Zone 1. It's nice to
see new people joining us still :)
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Thank you to Daryl Stout, 1:19/33, for these :) :)
Proof of Stupidity
In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed
through stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on
consumer goods.
1. On Sears hairdryer: "Do not use while sleeping". (Gee, that's
the only time I have to work on my hair)
2. On a bag of Fritos: "You could be winner! No purchase
necessary. Details inside". (Evidently, the shoplifter
special)
3. On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap."
(And that would be how ...?)
4. On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestions:
Defrost." (But it's *just* a suggestion)
5. On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom of box) "Do
not turn upside down". (Oops, too late!)
6. On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after
heating". (As night follows the day ...)
7. On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on
body". (But wouldn't this save even more time?)
8. On Boot's Children's Cough Medicine: "Do not drive a car or
operate machinery after taking this medication". (We could do
a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could
just get those 5-year-olds with colds off those forklifts.)
9. On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness". (One
would hope)
10. On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor
use only". (As opposed to what?)
11. On a Japanese food processor: "Not to be used for the other
use". (I gotta admit, I'm curious).
12. On Sainsbury's peanuts: "Warning: Contains nuts". (NEWS
FLASH, Hello!)
13. On an American Airlines packet of nuts: Instructions: Open
packet, eat nuts." (Step 3: Fly Delta).
14. On a child's Superman costume: Wearing of this garment does
not enable you to fly". (I don't blame the company, I blame
parents for this one.)
15. On a Swedish chain saw: "Do not attempt to stop chain with
your hands or genitals". (Was there a chance of this happening
somewhere?)
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Social Media's Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board System
The history of the BBS shows that pre-Internet social media was
pretty great
By KEVIN DRISCOLL
For millions of people around the globe, the Internet is a
simple fact of life. We take for granted the invisible network
that enables us to communicate, navigate, investigate, flirt,
shop, and play. Early on, this network-of-networks connected
only select companies and university campuses. Nowadays, it
follows almost all of us into the most intimate areas of our
lives. And yet, very few people know how the Internet became
social.
Perhaps that's because most histories of the Internet focus on
technical innovations: packet switching, dynamic routing,
addressing, and hypertext, for example. But when anyone other
than a network engineer talks about the Internet, he or she is
rarely thinking about such things. For most folks, the Internet
is principally a medium through which we chat with friends,
share pictures, read the news, and do our shopping. Indeed, for
those who've been online only for the last decade or so, the
Internet is just social media's plumbing-a vital infrastructure
that we don't think much about, except perhaps when it breaks
down.
To understand how the Internet became a medium for social life,
you have to widen your view beyond networking technology and
peer into the makeshift laboratories of microcomputer hobbyists
of the 1970s and 1980s. That's where many of the technical
structures and cultural practices that we now recognize as
social media were first developed by amateurs tinkering in their
free time to build systems for computer-mediated collaboration
and communication.
For years before the Internet became accessible to the general
public, these pioneering computer enthusiasts chatted and
exchanged files with one another using homespun "bulletin-board
systems" or BBSs, which later linked a more diverse group of
people and covered a wider range of interests and communities.
These BBS operators blazed trails that would later be paved over
in the construction of today's information superhighway. So it
takes some digging to reveal what came before.
How did it all start? During the snowy winter of 1978, Ward
Christensen and Randy Suess, members of the Chicago Area
Computer Hobbyist's Exchange (CACHE), began to assemble what
would become the best known of the first small-scale BBSs.
Members of CACHE were passionate about microcomputers, at the
time an arcane endeavor, and so the club's newsletters were an
invaluable source of information. Christensen and Suess's novel
idea was to put together an online archive of club newsletters
using a custom-built microcomputer and a hot new Hayes modem
they had acquired.
This modem included an auto-answer feature, to which Christensen
and Suess added a custom hardware interface between the modem
and the hard-reset switch. Every time the telephone rang, the
modem would detect the incoming call and then "cold boot" their
system directly into a special host program written in Intel
8080 assembly language. Restarting the system with every call
offered a blunt but effective means of recovering from hardware
and software crashes-a common occurrence on home-brew hardware
of the time.
[Illustration: QuickHoney Founding Father: Ward Christensen
helped pioneer the computerized bulletin board.]
Once a connection was established, the host program welcomed
users to the system, provided a list of articles to read, and
invited them to leave messages. Christensen and Suess dubbed
the system "Ward and Randy's Computerized Bulletin Board
System," or CBBS. It was, as the name suggested, an electronic
version of the community bulletin boards that you still see in
libraries, supermarkets, cafés, and churches.
Anyone with access to a teletype or video terminal could dial
into CBBS. And after a few months, a small but lively community
began to form around the system. In the hobbyist tradition of
sharing information, Christensen and Suess wrote up a report
about their project titled "Hobbyist Computerized Bulletin
Board," which appeared in the November 1978 issue of the
influential computer magazine Byte.
The article provided details about the hardware they used and
how they organized and implemented their software. The authors
even included their phone numbers and invited readers to take
CBBS for a spin. Acknowledging the experimental nature of the
system, they encouraged readers to "feel free to hang up and try
several times if you have problems." After the issue hit
newsstands, calls to their computer started pouring in.
Over the next few years, hundreds of small-scale systems like
CBBS popped up around the country. Perhaps inspired by the Byte
article, many of these new systems were organized by local
computer clubs. In 1983, TAB Books, publisher of numerous DIY
electronics guides, published How to Create Your Own Computer
Bulletin Board, by Lary L. Myers. In addition to explaining
the concept and motivation behind online services, Myers's book
included complete source code in the BASIC programming language
for host software. The back of the book also listed the
telephone numbers of more than 275 public bulletin-board systems
in 43 U.S. states. Some charged a nominal membership fee,
while most were free to use. The roots of social media were
beginning to take hold.
In retrospect, 1983 proved to be a critical year for popular
computing. In France, the state-sponsored Minitel system
completed its first full year of operation in Paris, making
online news, shopping, and chat accessible to every citizen in
that city. In the United States, novel commercial systems
gained traction, with CompuServe reporting more than 50,000
paying subscribers.
Even Hollywood took interest in cyberspace. The 1983 movie
WarGames, featuring a teenage hacker who explored remote
computer networks from his bedroom, became an unlikely
box-office smash. Although the IMSAI microcomputer and
acoustic-coupler modem depicted in the movie once cost as much
as a cheap used car, curious computer users inspired by the film
could buy serviceable alternatives at the nearest Radio Shack
for roughly the cost of a good-quality hi-fi stereo. And as the
decade progressed, the online universe expanded rapidly from its
original core of microcomputer hobbyists to encompass a much
wider group.
Early dial-up BBSs were mostly local affairs. And no wonder: In
the early 1980s, most Americans paid a flat monthly fee for
unlimited local phone calls, but calls to another city or state
were billed according to duration, distance, and time of day.
Even calls within the same state could be quite costly. For
tenderfoot BBS users, running up a monstrous phone bill was
considered a rite of passage. To avoid long-distance calling
altogether, more seasoned users restricted their online activity
to nearby systems that could be reached toll free.
The local nature of BBSing meant that users could reasonably
assume that the people they met online lived nearby. Even
though many BBSs encouraged the use of pseudonyms, or "handles,"
it was entirely possible that the person you were chatting with
online tonight could be bagging your groceries or coaching your
daughter's soccer team tomorrow.
Many BBS administrators, or "sysops," reinforced this sense of
community by hosting regular in-person get-togethers, often at
local parks or favorite watering holes. Online
disagreements-flame wars-could be kept in check as well, because
the cost of being a jerk escalated with the likelihood of later
seeing your interlocutor face to face.
Another key distinction between the dial-up BBSs of the early
1980s and the social media services we use today is that, for
the most part, each BBS was a world unto itself, whirring away
in blithe isolation from all others. Over time, each system
developed its own idiosyncratic personality. One might focus on
trading shareware games, another on arguing politics, and a
third on talking about TV shows.
[Illustration: QuickHoney Founding Father: Randy Suess helped
Christensen create their highly influential BBS.]
Experienced BBS users would visit the various systems in their
areas, maintaining a separate profile on each one. In big metro
areas like Atlanta, Minneapolis, or Houston, there might be a
dozen or more local BBSs to tap. But folks in less populated
areas were seldom so lucky. Rural users with particularly
narrow interests-say, collecting antique clocks-may have had
only one or two other people nearby to chat with. They longed
for more.
To overcome the economic cost of long-distance calling and the
social cost of isolation, BBS operators needed to find a way to
interconnect their systems, to create a network of BBS
networks-a people's Internet. Christensen and Suess had floated
the idea of a network of BBSs in the conclusion of their 1978
Byte article, but it was fellow amateur Tom Jennings who
designed a real inter-network of BBSs.
In 1984, Jennings was distributing free of charge from his home
in the San Francisco Bay Area a BBS host program for Microsoft's
operating system, MS-DOS. He called the program Fido. The
popularity of the Fido BBS grew alongside that of MS-DOS, and
soon there were a dozen or more BBS systems running the program.
On a lark, Jennings added an experimental feature to his
software that enabled two Fido BBSs to call each other
automatically and exchange data. After a coast-to-coast test
with John Madill, a Fido BBS operator in Baltimore, Jennings
organized the first network of BBSs and called it FidoNet.
Within a decade, FidoNet grew into a massive 20,000-node network
reaching users as far away as South Africa and New Zealand.
Unlike with today's Internet, machines on this network would
typically store data for many hours before forwarding it on to
its destination. But FidoNet nevertheless functioned as a
valuable global data network.
The early versions of FidoNet included a number of clever design
decisions that facilitated the rapid growth of the network.
From the start, for example, Jennings encouraged collaboration
by publishing technical documentation on FidoNet's protocols and
file formats. As a result, support for FidoNet was added to
other BBS-software packages and soon became a de facto standard
for building such networks.
[...]
Read the whole article here:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/networks/social-medias-
dialup-ancestor-the-bulletin-board-system [wraps]
or
http://tinyurl.com/jquty6c
Thank you to Daryl Stout, 1:19/33, for sending info about this
article to me -Ed
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Echomail Statistics
Last 7 days
By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38, janis@filegate.net
Unsorted: Sorted: Percent:
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0 SPITFIRE 0 CROSSFIRE 0.00%
154 STATS 0 CREATIVE.LINUX 0.00%
0 SURVIVOR 0 CRAFT-BEADS 0.00%
0 SWL 0 CONTROVERSIAL 0.00%
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88 SYNCHRONET 0 COMM 0.00%
111 SYNC_SYSOPS 0 CLASSIC_COMPUTER 0.00%
1 TAGLINES 0 CATS_MEOW 0.00%
3 TEAMOS2 0 BINKLEY 0.00%
0 TERMINAT 0 BIBLE 0.00%
0 TG_SUPPORT 0 BBS-SCENE 0.00%
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15 TREK 0 BATPOWER 0.00%
0 TUB 0 BASH 0.00%
0 TUXPOWER 0 BAMA 0.00%
0 VADV 0 BABYLON5 0.00%
0 VATICAN 0 AUTOMOTIVE 0.00%
206 WEATHER 0 ARTWARE 0.00%
0 WHO 0 ARROWBRIDGE 0.00%
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0 Z1_ROUTING 0 AARP_FRAUD 0.00%
0 ZEC 0 10TH_AMD 0.00%
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nodelist.z88 170706 62k 0 FidoNet nodelist 188
Directory: /oddball/infopack/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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AGORANET.ZIP 170709 24k 0 Agoranet
SPORTNET.ZIP 170709 1429k 0 Sportnet
SV_991.ZIP 170710 14k 0 Survival net
Directory: /oredson/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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COPYIT64.ZIP 170711 584k 0 The Windows Copyit Utility.
Directory: /pascal-net/paspoint/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
ppoint.z88 170707 8k 0 Pascal-Net Zone 115 Weekly New
PASPOINT.Z88 170708 8k 0 Weekly Pascal-Net PointList file
Directory: /pascal-net/pasnlist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
PASNLIST.Z88 170708 9k 0 Weekly PascalNt Nodelist
Directory: /pascal-net/pasnet/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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pasndlst.z86 170705 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.186 170705 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
pasndlst.z87 170706 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasnlist.z88 170707 0k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.189 170708 31k 0 Daily PasNet Nodelist
pasndlst.z89 170708 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.z90 170709 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.190 170709 31k 0 Daily PasNet Nodelist
pasndlst.191 170710 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
pasndlst.z91 170710 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.193 170712 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
pasndlst.z93 170712 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
Directory: /r50/xofcelist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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echo50.lst 170705 14k 5 == description missing ==
r50rules.zip 170705 1256k 0 == description missing ==
Directory: /r50/xofcfelst/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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N5020FEC.ZIP 170707 1k 0 N5020FEC information
Directory: /r50/xofchubslst/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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ech01042.zip 170711 10k 0 Echos available at 2:5020/1042
ECH00830.ZIP 170711 43k 0 XX, XXXX X XX 2:5020/830
ECH00400.ZIP 170711 63k 0 echoareas available on 2:5020/400
Directory: /rarfdn/rar/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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wr6455b5.zip 170705 2165k 0 WinRAR archiver, Beta 5 Win x64
wrar55b5.zip 170705 1948k 0 WinRAR archiver, Beta 5 Windows
rl6455b5.zip 170705 524k 0 RAR archiver, Beta 5 Linux x64
rosx55b5.zip 170705 501k 0 RAR archiver, Beta 5 MacOSX
rbsd55b5.zip 170705 922k 0 RAR archiver, Beta 5 FreeBSD
rarl55b5.zip 170705 533k 0 RAR archiver, Beta 5 Linux
Directory: /stn/stn_list/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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stnlist.z88 170708 13k 0 Weekly Sysop TechNet Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_olist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
stndlist.z86 170705 12k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stnlist.z88 170707 0k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z89 170708 12k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z90 170709 12k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z91 170710 12k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z93 170712 12k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r6k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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stn6000.z88 170706 3k 0 STN Region 6000 Nodelist
stn6000.188 170706 8k 0 STN Region 6000 Nodelist Seg
Directory: /stn/stn_r9k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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stn9000.188 170706 5k 0 STN Region 9000 Nodelist Seg
stn9000.z88 170706 2k 0 STN Region 9000 Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r8k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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stn8000.z88 170706 1k 0 STN Region 8000 Nodelist
stn8000.188 170706 1k 0 STN Region 8000 Nodelist Seg
Directory: /stn/stn_r7k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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stn7000.188 170706 3k 0 STN Region 7000 Nodelist Seg
stn7000.z88 170706 1k 0 STN Region 7000 Nodelist
Directory: /win_fdn/win_comm/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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ZOC7150.ZIP 170710 5293k 0 ZOC V7.15.0 SW TELNET/SSH, MODEM
Directory: /win_fdn/avwinxp/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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STINGER.ZIP 170706 31M 0 32-bit and 64-bit Stinger Util
Total 85 files, 63 MB, 10 downloads, 6 hours.
New file list: http://www.filegate.net/info/nfiles.zip
All file list: http://www.filegate.net/info/files.zip
Files available via freq at 607-200-4076 modem only
or freq at filegate.net via binkp standard port.
(filegate.net:24554)
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In the works!
Region 11: Lori Holden Ann Arbor, MI
Welcome Lori!
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F I D O N E T S O F T W A R E L I S T
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List
Updated 2017-05-14
Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/119)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis
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.
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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22
BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-95 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm
|I | 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v3.99 SR 13 on 2017-05-26
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26
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/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12
AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@gmail.com 1:1/140
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.5 on 2013-11-10
HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.11 on 2015-06-24
HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.11 on 2015-06-24
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21
JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16
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 |BMTFI|http://sourceforge.net/projects/mbsebbs
|PO | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.7 on 2017-03-23
Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|IO | v1.12 A32 on 2017-05-04
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 2009-10-03
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01
Synchronet BBS |BTIO |http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.16c on 2015-08-15
Telegard BBS |B* |http://www.telegard.net
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v7.0 AUP 454.5 on 2016-06-23
WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.00 on 2015-12-14
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12
Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 2011-01-26
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
| | 1:120/544
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
| | 1:120/544
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 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 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://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11
WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2010-06-27
FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki
| | /fidoip/
| | v.1.0.5 on 2010-12
OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /openxp5/ 2:240/2188.31
| |http://openxp.uk Windows/Linux
| | dev@openxp.uk English/German
| | v5.0.28 on 2016-09-10
WinPoint |P? |http://www.winpoint.org
| | English/German/Spanish
| | v5 (Beta Release) on 2017-03-17
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English
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==> INTERNET UTILITIES
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21
JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544
Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua
MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.4.6 on 2016-12-01
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13
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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 weekly in the FidoNews.
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/219.
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!!! G A Z E T T E B B S L I S T !!!
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By bbslist @ filegate.net
Send updates, changes to address above or
to janis @ filegate.net.
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System.......BlackICE BBS
FidoAddress..2:240/8001
Software.....Mystic
OS...........Win 7 Ultimate 32Bit
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and message
reading. Also access to the Newscenter with
News, Weatherupdates, Twitter-access and many more.
Message posting and downloads requires sysop
validation.
Fido write-access only with realname.
Telnet.......blackice.bbsindex.com
Telnet/SSH...blackice.bbsindex.com:22
FTP..........Available for all BBS-Members
NNTP.........Available for all BBS-Members (Fido readonly)
WWW..........www.blackicebbs.de.vu
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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.......capcity2.synchro.net
telnet access to GT Power BBS - same as dial-up
www:.........http://capcity2.synchro.net
This site runs Synchronet under linux. Requires
separate user registration. Has same message
areas as dial-up/telnet bbs.
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System.......Castle Rock BBS
FidoAddress..1:317/3
Software.....Mystic BBS
OS...........Windows
Access.......Access granted with use of Auto-Verifier. Users must
supply REAL name in order to access Fido message group.
Telnet.......castlerockbbs.com
Notes........Almost 2500 message areas, with over 1 million messages
online. Multiple file networks, with many new files coming
in daily. Large assortment of classic software available.
Many door games, both local and InterBBS available. Testing
site for Galactic Dynasty and Legion RPG door games.
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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.......Doc's Place BBS Online
FidoAddress..1:123/140
Software.....Wildcat 5.42
OS...........Windows 7 pro
Access.......Read only until sysop verified.
Telnet/Web:..http://www.docsplace.org/
http: bbs.docsplace.org
telnet: bbs.docsplace.org:26
ftp: bbs.docsplace.org:21
Instant access
QWK via web browser**
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System.......Cyberia BBS
FidoAddress..1:106/324
Software.....Mystic v1.10
OS...........Debian Wheezy
C/B Verify...N/A
Access.......Full Access on First Call.
Aliases allowed, Real Name required for Fidonet
Access
Telnet.......cyberia.darktech.org
FTP..........cyberia.darktech.org
Notes........HQ and support for Gryphon's Mystic MPL Mods.
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System.......Laser BBS
FidoAddress..2:250/5
Software.....MBSE v1.0.x
OS...........Debian 8 Jessie
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and message
reading
Telnet.......mbse.laserbbs.co.uk:2323
SSH..........no
WWW..........mbse.laserbbs.co.uk
FTP..........no
FREQ.........BinkP or ifcico
Notes........FidoNet, FSXNet, LinuxNet, SportNet, FMLYNet,
VKRADIO
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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
Software.....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.......LiveWire BBS
FidoAddress..1:2320/100
Software.....Winserver 7 (Wildcat)
OS...........Windows 7 Ultimate
C/B Verify...WS Verify / Telnet verification via E-Mail
Access.......Strict verification through WS Verify will give
limited access. Extended access granted after
sysop reveiw of New User Informaiton
Telnet.......livewirebbs.com
SSH..........none
WWW..........livewirebbs.com
FTP..........livewirebbs.com
NNTP.........livewirebbs.com
MS Exchange..livewirebbs.com (testing Echos as folders)
FREQ.........BinkP or telnet mailer
Notes........Filegate distribution point. Offer internet to
other sysops via nntp or fts transport. Have mean
live scrabble game. Play in real time multiplayer
or in tournament mode.
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System.......Omicron Theta
FIDOAddress..1:116/18
Software.....Wildcat! 7.0
OS...........Windows Server 2008 Standard
C/B Verify...None
Access.......Full access first call.
Telnet.......winserver.us
WWW..........winserver.us
Notes........Fido host for WILDCAT!_SUPPORT and JAZZ echomail
areas.
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System.......Outpost BBS
FidoAddress..1:18/200
Software.....MBSE v1.0.x
OS...........Slackware Linux 14.2
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and
message reading. Posting requires sysop
validation.
Telnet.......bbs.outpostbbs.net
SSH..........bbs.outpostbbs.net (existing users only)
WWW..........outpostbbs.net
FTP..........ftp.outpostbbs.net
FREQ.........BinkP or ifcico
Notes........Home of BBS_ADS, BBS_CARNIVAL,
CLASSIC_COMPUTER, ECHO_ADS, HOME_COOKING,
OTHERNETS and SLACKWARE. Home of Cheepware BBS
doors and sysop utilities.
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System.......Orbit BBS
FidoAddress..1:123/400
Software.....Mystic
OS: Linux/Xubuntu
Telnet.......orbitbbs.ddns.net:7210
OS: Linux/Xubuntu
Access: First call LOCAL access only. Request upgrade for all
nets. Real name required for Fido.
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System.......The Positronium Repository
FidoAddress..1:393/68[A
Phone........337-984-4794
Software.....POTS: WildCat + Telnet: Synchronet
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to most of BBS upon
finishing new user questionnaire
Telnet.......cmech.dynip.com
www:.........http://cmech.dynip.com
Access to live File Areas only, over 37,000 files
at 13GB in library ;-) Home for BFDS, APOD (BBS is
Filebase.BBS)
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System.......<<Prism BBS
FidoAddress..1:261/38
Phone........607-200-4076
Software.....BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-2
OS...........Linux (Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS)
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,
upload/download messages, download URLs,
ftp access to other sites by request.
www:.........http://www.filegate.net:8080/bbbs
or
http://www.filegate.net/ for files only.
web interface is limited to reading messages
and replying online, or downloading messages
in qwk packets, file download access.
Home of IFDC FileGate Project, PDN, Util*Net,
Win_FDN
FREQ: filegate.net:24554
or from 1:261/38 (phone modem)
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System.......Roach Guts BBS
FidoAddress..1:396/60
Software.....Mystic BBS 1.10 A38
OS...........Debian 6.0 32-bit
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......kingcoder.net
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System.......Shenk's Express
FidoAddress..1:275/100
Phone........757-233-9860
Software.....SBBS
OS...........WIN XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access
Telnet.......shenks.synchro.net
This site is the coordinator for Battlenet, a
large BRE league with 7 BRE games. Also
hosting 2 FE league games.
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System.......Stepping Stone BBS
FidoAddress..1:298/25
Software.....Synchronet
OS...........Linux/Ubuntu
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and message
reading. HQ of Whisper-Echo-Net and Legion!
Telnet.......vintagebbsing.com:23
FTP..........vintagebbsing.com:21
WWW..........vintagebbsing.com:81
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System.......TequilaMockingbird Online
FidoAddress..1:266/404
Software.....Synchronet
OS...........Windows Server 2008
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to most of BBS upon
finishing new user questionnaire
Telnet.......tequilamockingbirdonline.net
www:.........bbs.tequilamockingbirdonline.net
radio........radio.tequilamockingbirdonline.net:8010/live
IRC..........irc.tequilamockingbirdonline.net Port: 6661-6670
SSL: 6697
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System.......The Thunderbolt BBS
FidoAddress..1:19/33
Software.....Virtual Advanced
OS...........Windows 7 Professional
C/B Verify...New User Feedback on where users heard about the
bbs, and what users are looking for, plus enter
a code that will be emailed to the user.
what they're looking for in it.
Access.......Full Downloads, Limited Message Areas and Doorgames
until after new user data is reviewed. Once
upgraded, full privileges (Confirmed Visiting
Sysops have access to additional message and file
areas)
Telnet.......wx1der.dyndns.org
WWW..........wx1der.dyndns.org
Notes: The BBS is offline whenever thunderstorms threaten,
or are in the central Arkansas area.
Contact the Sysop via the website link or go to:
http://www.wx1der.com/fbk.htm
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System.......Time Warp of the Future BBS
FidoAddress..1:340/400
Phone........none
Software.....sbbs 3.17a (very beta)
OS...........win. 7 sp1
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas.
Telnet.......time.synchro.net:24 or time.darktech.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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System.......Top's Diamond Mine
FidoAddress..1:120/323
Software.....ProBoard 2.17
OS...........Windows 7
C/B Verufy...None
Telnet.......bbs.tdmonline.org
www access...www.tdmonline.org/bbs
www:.........www.tdmonline.org
ftp..........ftp.tdmonline.org
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More Information about the FidoGazette:
Fidogazette is published by Janis Kracht, Editor.
If you have an idea for a column or a series of articles, please
contact me :)
Subscriptions: Mailing-List subscriptions via
http://www.filegate.net/sub.html
Or 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 sparsity 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: 607-200-4076
Binkp: 1:261/100 filegate.net port 24555
telnet mailer: filegate.net
If you are using routed Fidonet mail, don't send articles as
routed attaches. They may fail somewhere along the path before
getting here. Send them instead in the body of your routed
netmail to janis@filegate.net
Give it a title, sign your name and network address if you have
one or your email address 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)).
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Location of Earlier Issues on the Web:
You can read single past issues here:
http://www.filegate.net/fidogaz/fidogaz.htm This link
includes all issues from Volume 1 Number 1, Sept. 30th 2007,
through the present.
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http://www.filegate.net/fidogazette/
Again, all issues from Volume 1 Number 1 through the present
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