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Volume 7, Number 17 23 April 1990
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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
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For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software.
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FidoNews is published weekly by the System Operators of the
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FidoNet (r) International BBS Network. It is a compilation of
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individual articles contributed by their authors or authorized
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agents of the authors. The contribution of articles to this
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compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous
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Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
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used with permission.
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Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
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and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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Splitting Large messages on FidoNet ...................... 1
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Where will EuroCon-V be held in 1991 ..................... 7
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IFNA Membership Meeting .................................. 9
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Region17 Fido Convention ................................. 10
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Region17 FidoCon Registration ............................ 11
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 14
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A View from the Bridge ................................... 14
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 15
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3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 18
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 18
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And more!
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 1 23 Apr 1990
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ARTICLES
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Large messages on FidoNet - announcing a beta test package
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Author: Pat Terry of 5:494/4.101
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Pat.Terry@p101.f4.n494.fidonet.org
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pterry@m2xenix.psg.org
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Objectives
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Several FidoNet (TM Tom Jennings) compatible packers place a
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limit on the size of message that can be transmitted. This is
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often of the order of 14K which, while sufficient for most
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purposes, is inadequate for several applications, and in
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particular for long messages gated to and from UUCP using
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software such as UFGATE (TM Tim Pozar et al).
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The SPLIT/UNSPLIT suite is intended to handle this problem.
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SPLIT will split long .MSG format messages into smaller packets,
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thus allowing them to be manipulated by software like QM (TM Greg
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Dawson) or oMMM/Confmail (TM Bob Hartman). After transmission to
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a remote site, the packets may be merged by UNSPLIT to recreate
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the original message, as closely as possible. The only
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differences are the addition of a kludge line and, possibly, a
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few line breaks.
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The system has been tested between three sites which run QM,
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Msged (TM jim nutt) and BinkleyTerm (TM Bit Bucket Software).
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There seems no reason to doubt that it will work with
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oMMM/Confmail in place of QM.
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The package is now available from 1:105/42 to anyone who wishes
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to join the beta testing team. As usual, you will be using the
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system at your own risk, but as it has been used quite heavily
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for some weeks without mishap, it is thought to be quite
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reliable.
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FREQ the file SPLIT110.LZH to receive documentation and object
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code for release 1.10.
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Fundamental usage
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After creating messages, but before transmission, one runs
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SPLIT MessageArea {options}
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for each area where large messages are known to be common.
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Messages small enough, "received", already marked "sent", "split"
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or "rejoined" will not be split further; large ones will be split
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up.
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After this one can run the scanner, packer etc as usual. A
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sequence might be
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SPLIT C:\FIDO\NETDEV
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SPLIT C:\FIDO\NETMAIL
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QM SCAN PACK
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After reception, but before reading the messages, one runs the
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tosser, and then
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UNSPLIT MessageArea {options}
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for each area where one wants to recombine messages. Messages in
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"transit" or "sent" will not be recombined.
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A sequence might be
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QM TOSS SCAN
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UNSPLIT C:\FIDO\NETDEV
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UNSPLIT C:\FIDO\NETMAIL
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The ^A SPLIT kludge line
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Messages split and joined by this system make use of an ^A kludge
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line, which has the form:
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^ASPLIT: date time @net/node nnnnn pp/xx +++++++++++
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^ASPLIT: 30 Mar 90 11:12:34 @494/4 123 02/03 +++++++++++
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(when split) (of origin) (msg)
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where
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nnnnn gives the original message number from which the
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components have been derived (cols 41 - 45)
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pp gives the part number (cols 47 and 48)
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xx gives the total number of parts (cols 50 and 51)
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Thus a large file originally at 123.MSG originating from 494/4
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might be split into 3 parts with the split lines
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^ASPLIT: 30 Mar 90 11:12:34 @494/4 123 01/03 ++++++++++++
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^ASPLIT: 30 Mar 90 11:12:34 @494/4 123 02/03 ++++++++++++
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^ASPLIT: 30 Mar 90 11:12:34 @494/4 123 03/03 ++++++++++++
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 3 23 Apr 1990
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This is, admittedly, verbose, but if recombination fails for any
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reason (like all the packets not arriving at once) one can still
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retrieve the useful pieces manually. Note also that the lines
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are added to messages that are themselves "long", and the
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relative increase in length is thus very small.
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Columns 9 through 45 are really a "uniquefier". The nnnnn
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message number is just the one the message had when it was split,
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and is of no other significance. Similarly, the system does not
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use 4-d addressing in the node/net, because this is of no real
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interest to this application. Most systems do not display kludge
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lines, and the ^ASPLIT line should be of no real interest.
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However, in one particular application currently using this
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system, the SPLIT lines are made visible for messages that cannot
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be recombined (because they are too large for gating from FidoNet
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to another RFC-822 compliant network), and here it was essential
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that the line derived from ^ASPLIT became human readable and
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comprehensible.
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Detailed workings of SPLIT
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When SPLIT is run, the following happens:
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The message base is scanned for large messages, and a list made
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of these.
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For each of the (few) large messages found that qualify, provided
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there is enough disk space available, the large message is split
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into parts. The original FTSC header is placed in each component
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part, save that the FileAttach bit (if any) is removed from the
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2nd, 3rd ... parts. No attempt is made to modify the To:, or
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From: fields. The Subject: field for the 2nd, 3rd ... parts is
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modified to include a leading part number.
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Early testing showed that users became confused if they received
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split messages with no "subject" field, just a succession of
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numbers - especially if they received several of these at one
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session. Thus, rather unsatisfactorily perhaps, a message to be
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split that is found to have no subject field has one generated
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from the date and time of splitting.
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The original kludge lines are retained in the first part. ^AEID
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and ^AMSGID lines, if any, are removed from the 2nd, 3rd ...
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parts. Others, like ^AFMPT, ^ATOPT, ^AINTL are retained in these
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parts. This should cause no real problems. Large echomail
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messages originating on a system will presumably have their ^AEID
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lines added to the constituent parts at scanning/packing time on
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that system (ie after splitting), and other large messages should
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probably not reach this stage - they should have been split or
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discarded earlier.
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 4 23 Apr 1990
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A ^ASPLIT line is added to each part to allow for possible later
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recombination by UNSPLIT. This will be ordered to be the last
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kludge line before the message body proper.
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If the message is addressed "TO UUCP: in the FTSC header, the To:
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lines at the start of the message text are copied to all parts.
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The "body" of the message is then split between the various
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parts. An attempt is made to split at the end of a line in each
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case.
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The trailing tear line, ^AVia ^APath etc lines are added to all
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parts.
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Normally the original large files are then automatically deleted.
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The system thus ensures that each large message generates a
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collection of small messages, each of which is still valid in its
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own right. If recombination is not effected, the messages will
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still be usefully received, and split messages to UUCP should
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still all get to their destinations, albeit in parts.
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Detailed workings of UNSPLIT
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When UNSPLIT is run, the following happens:
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The message base is scanned for messages with ^ASPLIT lines.
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This is slower than the first scan for SPLIT, as it has to
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examine the kludge lines. A list is made of messages to be
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unsplit, with each message having a list of its component parts.
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If a duplicate component part is found, it is discarded (thus
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partially getting around the problem of any discarded ^AEID lines
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in the components). Messages marked "in transit" or "sent" are
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not eligible for recombination. Nor are messages with a split
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component number of 00, as these will only exist as the result of
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an earlier UNSPLIT recombination.
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For each set of components of messages to be recombined the
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following happens:
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If disk space is too tight, or if components appear to be
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missing, recombination is not attempted. Otherwise the first
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component is examined so as to extract the Kludge lines, and any
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UUCP "To: " lines. These, and the FTSC header, are written out to
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a new file, with the ^ASPLIT line modified to have a component
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number of 00, so as to prevent further splitting should SPLIT be
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reapplied to the recombined message.
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The text portions of the first and subsequent parts are then
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merged (discarding extra copies of kludges, UUCP "To:" lines and
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the like).
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 5 23 Apr 1990
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Any tearline, Origin, ^APATH, ^AVia lines etc are appended.
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Normally the component files are then automatically deleted.
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Refinements and options
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Both SPLIT and UNSPLIT may be used in conjunction with optional
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command line parameters. These allow the possibility of keeping
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a simple log file, of stripping LF and soft CR characters, of
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limiting action to above the current High Water Mark for
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increased speed, and of controlling the lengths at which
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splitting and joining occurs.
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Source code and notes
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This system has been developed in JPI TopSpeed Modula-2. After
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the beta testing is completed, source code will be made
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available, on the understanding that it will not be exploited for
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commercial gain, and that modifications and improvements will be
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sent to the original author.
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Speed will clearly concern some folk. The prototype takes about
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5 seconds to split (or merge) a 20K message, taking a single pass
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over each file, on a 10MHz AT.
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Given that it is suspected that the number of large messages is
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actually very small, and that these will be confined to a few
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sites/areas, it is hoped that the overheads will be acceptable.
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Acknowledgements
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The following names are either trademarks, registered trademarks,
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and/or the efforts of the person and/or company named:
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Fido, FidoNet - Tom Jennings, Fido Software
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MS-DOS - Microsoft Corporation
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IBM, PC-DOS - International Business Machines Corporation
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ConfMail, oMMM - Bob Hartman, Spark Software, Inc.
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oMMM - BS Software, Marshall Presnell, Jim Nutt
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msged - Jim Nutt
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EchoMail - Jeff Rush
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UFGATE - Tim Pozar, John Galvin, Gerry Paxinos
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BinkleyTerm - Alan Applegate, Vince Perellio, Bob Hartman
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TopSpeed Modula-2 - Jensen and Partners International
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Every effort has been made to identify and give credit for
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trademarks mentioned in this article. Any failure to mention a
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particular trademark in the above list that may be found in the
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text, or failure to give proper credit for a particular
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trademark, constitutes merely an oversight and should not be
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construed as intentional, or in any way a claim of rights to the
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trademark.
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Particular thanks must be expressed to Randy Bush for offering to
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test this system in its earliest releases on the very busy 1/5
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zonegate, and for suggesting various improvements. Thanks for
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testing are also due to Dave Wilson who operates the 5/1 zonegate
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at the other end of the link from Randy, and to Mike Lawrie of
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Rhodes Computer Centre for useful suggestions regarding the form
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of the SPLIT line acceptable to non-Fido users.
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 7 23 Apr 1990
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Louis Van Geel for the EuroCon-IV committee
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Fido 2:295/3
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Mortsel-Belgium, April 21st 1990
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______ Preparing EuroCon
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As you know, Belgium (Region 29) has been appointed as the host
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country for EuroCon-IV, to be held in Antwerp from July 14th
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through July 15th 1990. The organising committee is working
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hard on preparing this popular yearly event, and expects some
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300+ participants from more than 10 countries and at least 3
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continents.
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You may expect more detailed info in the next issues of this
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newsletter.
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Hosting such an event, and working things out to a
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semi-professional level is, as you might expect not an easy
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task. The actual organizers are indeed doing everything in
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their spare time, and are unpaid volunteers.
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One of the first nerve wrecking stages candidates for such an
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organization have to face is the decision on the location of
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the convention. Have we been selected or not? Can we start, and
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when?
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________ Why the hurry?
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As might be expected, candidates for the organization of a
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EuroCon, want to set up something bigger and better than the
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last one. Doing better than the last time implies that more
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resources, and more funds have to be raised, more participants
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have to be housed and catered for. If you also want to provide
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free or reduced travel, or even hope to be able to invite
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interesting people, you have no easy task at hand. .... and you
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need time! Lots of time ...
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So here it comes :
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________ Call for candidates!
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As in the past, the site of the next EuroCon will be appointed
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by the last organising committee. Knowing how precious time can
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be from our own experience (ever tried to get funding from a
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national or local government or the European Community?) the
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EuroCon-IV committee has decided to call for candidates for the
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1991-EuroCon as of TODAY.
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Provided there are candidates (!) we thus will be able to
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appoint the EuroCon-V site on July 15th, the last day of this
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years convention.
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 8 23 Apr 1990
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The selection will be done by a popular vote between the
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participants of EuroCon-IV, out of a pre-selected batch of
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serious candidates meeting minimum standards as will be judged
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necessary at that time.
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________ How to post your candidacy?
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Simple : Send us by NetMail to 2:2/999 following information :
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o The proposed site for EuroCon-V
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o The name of a coordinator and his FidoNet address
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o The list of nets/nodes involved in, and supporting the
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candidacy
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o The proposed date for EuroCon-V
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o A concise forecast of expenses and revenues, with their
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origin
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o A preliminary concept of the programme
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o A short story, selling us the idea that your candidacy is
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the best, and explaining the merits of your proposal.
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_________ And the deadline?
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Well, let's say July 1st, which gives us a fortnight to examine
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your plans, and will keep your nerves not too long on the edge.
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 9 23 Apr 1990
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IFNA Membership Meeting
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A Public Notice
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IFNA
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On August 4th, 1990 at 2 pm during FidoCon in the State of New
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Jersey a meeting of the membership of IFNA will be held for
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the Purpose of Dissolution, as Resolved by the Board of
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Directors in January of this year.
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Respectfully Submitted,
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Kris A. Veitch
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Secretary/Treasurer of IFNA
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 10 23 Apr 1990
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Janet Murray
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Fido 1:105/23
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WHY ATTEND THE REGION 17 FIDO CONVENTION?
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Because . . .
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* the traditional "Curmudgeon tossing" event has been replaced
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this year with "Curmudgeon bungee diving" - an event more suited
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to the unique natural setting of Menucha Camp and Conference
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Grounds, high on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River Gorge.
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Your early regis- tration (before May 15th) entitles you to vote
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on which brand of shoes he will wear.
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* it will be the only FidoNet convention on the West Coast this
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summer. Although it's officially a "Region 17" convention,
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sysops and their guests from other regions are welcome to join in
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the usual exchange of banter, tall tales, and technical support
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typical of any FidoNet gathering.
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* it's incredibly cheap! For a mere $70.50, adult Sysops can
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spend two days and nights (food and lodging included) on the 98
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acres of lawns, woodlands and gardens which comprise Menucha Camp
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and Conference Grounds. The main buildings were constructed
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around 1914 by Oregon's former governor, Julius Meier, and are
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historical sites. Menucha is located in Corbett, Oregon - 30
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minutes from the Portland International airport and about 45
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minutes from downtown Portland. Freeways I-84, I-5, and I-205
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are close by. Reduced prices apply to children and students.
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* Oregon also offers an exceptionally unspoiled seacoast and the
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Cascade mountain range (including Mount St. Helens, the
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recovering active volcano in nearby Washington) within easy
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driving range of Portland. Portland's Saturday Market features
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arts and crafts by local artisans; the Oregon Museum of Science
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and Industry specializes in "hands-on" exhibits which are popular
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with both children and their parents.
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 11 23 Apr 1990
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Janet Murray
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1:105/23
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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* FIDONET REGION 17 CONVENTION *
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* OFFICIAL REGISTRATION FORM *
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* July 27-29, 1990 *
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* Menucha Camp and Conference Grounds *
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* Corbett, Oregon *
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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Name _____________________________ FidoNet Address _________
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SnailMail Address ___________________________________________
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___________________________________________ Date Sent ______
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Voice phone (in case of questions): ________________________
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Please indicate for each person attending, the option selected,
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and fill in the appropriate charges:
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_Number_ _Name(s)_ _Subtotals_
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Registration fee @ $5
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_____ (FidoNet Sysops ONLY) $ _____
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OPTION A: Friday 5 p.m. to Sunday 11 a.m.
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DORM
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_____ Adult(s) __________________________ $ 65.50 _____
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_____ Student(s) ________________________ 56.50 _____
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(Age 12 to 18 OR Full-time student)
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_____ Child(ren) ________________________ 36.25 _____
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(Age 11 and under)
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_____ Supply bedding @ $6 per person _____
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SEMI-PRIVATE
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_____ Adult(s) __________________________ 83.50 _____
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_____ Student(s) ________________________ 56.50 _____
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(in parents' room)
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_____ Child(ren) ________________________ 36.25 _____
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(in parents' room)
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PRIVATE
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_____ Adult(s) __________________________ 102.50 _____
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OPTION B: Saturday 8 a.m. to Sunday 11 a.m.
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DORM
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_____ Adult(s) __________________________ 48.00 _____
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_____ Student(s) ________________________ 42.50 _____
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(Age 12 to 18 OR Full-time Student)
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_____ Child(ren) ________________________ 29.50 _____
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(Age 11 and under)
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_____ Supply bedding @ $6 per person _____
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SEMI-PRIVATE
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_____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 59.00 _____
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_____ Student(s) _________________________ 42.50 _____
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(in parents' room)
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_____ Child(ren) _________________________ 29.50 _____
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(in parents' room)
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PRIVATE
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_____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 72.50 _____
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OPTION C: Saturday 8 a.m. to Saturday 10 p.m.
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(Meals only, no accommodations)
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_____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 37.00 _____
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_____ Student(s) _________________________ 32.00 _____
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_____ Child(ren) _________________________ 21.00 _____
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SUBTOTAL $ _____
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LATE REGISTRATION FEES (_after_ May 15th):
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| IMPORTANT NOTE: Since we must estimate _and pay for_ |
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Paid by June 15th:
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_____ Number of reservations @ $10 _____
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Paid by July 15th
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_____ Number of reservations @ $20 _____
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Paid after July 15th
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_____ Number of reservations @ $30 _____
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TOTAL ADDITIONS $ _____
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TOTAL PAYMENT ENCLOSED: $ _____
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Make checks payable (in U.S. Funds) to:
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Net 105 Treasury / REG17CON
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Send registration to:
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Region 17 Convention
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c/o Ken Zwaschka
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Ken Zwaschka & Associates
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P.O. Box 2226
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Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 97208-2226
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Reservations and room assignments will be confirmed via NetMail
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within 48 hours of receipt.
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Registration packets with a map to Menucha and information about
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Portland metropolitan area shopping and recreational faciltities
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will be mailed to all registrants on July 1st.
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 14 23 Apr 1990
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COLUMNS
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A View from the Bridge "Captain's Log, Stardate 9003.30"
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What with all the ARC war flames going around, and arguments
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about which program is best, I decided to do something about it
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and write my OWN.
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You've heard of crunching, Crunching, squeezing, squashing,
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packing, crushing, imploding, etc...
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Now there's TRASHING.
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TRASH compresses a file to the smallest size possible: 0 bytes!
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NOTHING compresses a file better than TRASH! Date/time stamp
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are not affected, and since the file is zero bytes long, it
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doesn't even take up any space on your hard disk!
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And TRASH is FAST! Files can be TRASHED in micro-seconds! In
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fact, it takes longer to go through the various parameter
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screens than it does to trash the file!
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This pre-release version of TRASH is yours to keep and evaluate.
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I would recommend backing up any files you intend to TRASH
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first, though...
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The next version of TRASH will have graphics and take wildcards:
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TRASH C:\PAYROLL\*.*
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...and will even work on entire drives:
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TRASH D:
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...or be first on your block to trash your system ON PURPOSE!
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TRASH ALL
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We're even hoping to come up with a way to RECOVER TRASHed files!
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This new utility is available for BARK file request using the
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magic filename "TRASH" from 107/583@FidoNet. SEAdog users can:
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GET TRASH FROM 107/583 NOW
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 15 23 Apr 1990
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Henry Clark
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124/6120
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Traveling Circus --
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Why do we waste money on those plastic bags the airlines have
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attached to the oxygen masks ? You know the ones that 'even
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though oxygen is flowing, the bag will not inflate'. What's it
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for ?
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Smoking on airplanes? Another item for the nostalgia bin. I
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love it. I'm a smoker, and I love it. It's really a lot
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better. And it's cheaper to make a stop somewhere along the way
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( a smoke break, so to speak ) than to fly nonstop. Great.
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Travel with small children. You get on first and fill up the
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overheads. Watch the stragglers get frustrated with their 60
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pound garment bags !
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If you haven't been to Disneyland/world lately, ( and I haven't
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been for 5 years ), you need to check out Captain EO. This is
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highly recommended audio-visual stimulation.
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Make Work --
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An interesting thing about PCs is their ability to generate work
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all by themselves. I mean, look at the utilities for hard
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disks, file utilities, file shells and the like. If you ever
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used 'File Find' or 'Where Is' or even 'Arc Find' ( for God's
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sake ), you know what I mean.
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My PC 'partners' and I have generally kept a very similar
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directory naming structure. An old friend from Boston recently
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got his first computer, and was helped in setting it up by a
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business partner of mine. During a visit here, he was amazed
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to find that I knew so much about his directories.
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Let me show you a few of my long time, basic directories :
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\BAT \CAL \COM \DOC \DOS \UT
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My PATH happens to be :
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PATH=\ut;\ut\fil;\ut\nort4;\dos;\msc\bin;c:\bat
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I use CED extensively.
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I'd be interested in whether you have the same names, different
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names, or a different structure altogether. Don't tell me you
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have no directories on your disk ! Also, it's not fair to list
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directories which the install procedure of a program has
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created, such as the \MSC\BIN stuff. I just counted, I have
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255 directories on my C: drive, of which 107 are Qmail echo
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areas. I copy 17 of them to my D: ram disk.
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 16 23 Apr 1990
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I knew a guy once who had two root directories : namely
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\PROGRAMS and \DATA. Under PROGRAMS, he had a directory for
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every different program or program set. I don't think he had
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any directories under DATA.
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TAPMFC&LP --
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Region 19 presents :
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The Third Annual Poor Man's FidoCon and Lake Party
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SPONSOR: Net 106 of Houston, Texas
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and other friends of our Net.
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DATES: April 20, 21, 22.
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PLACE: Big Creek Park Pavillion (and campsites)
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on Lake Sommerville, Burleson County, Texas.
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I attended the First and Second Annual Party and this is a great
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event. The First was held at Lake Grapevine, north of DFW
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airport. I think I remember dying of heat. The Second was held
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at Lake Tawakoni, southeast of Dallas. This was the first of
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the 3 day affairs, a bit wet but a good wind kept the heat off.
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This year will be the best yet.
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"Steaks on the griddle, and suds in the kettle. Nary a keyboard
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or file spec to mettle. Good folks and fun, no numbers to
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ring... These are a few of my favorite things."
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"When Seadog bites, when zee bee stings..." uh, sorry, I
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got carried away...
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Slanger, Slanger ! --
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That's Danish, of course, for SNAKES, SNAKES.
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Honey-dearest won't go near a Texas lake.
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This just leaves young Kevin ( my 4 year old assistant sysop
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|
and part time modem power button checker ) and myself to PARTY
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HARDY, DUDE on our EXCELLENT ADVENTURE camping.
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This snake thing is ridiculous but she's adamant. What it
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really means is "I'll just go shopping."
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You know Copenhagen ( no Bubba, not the snuff ) is the English
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name for Kobenhavn ( pronounced 'coo-ben-houn', that 'o' should
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|
really have a slash through it ). Kobenhavn is literally Buying
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Port, but it looks like Shopping Haven to me.
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 17 23 Apr 1990
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Funny though, she's from Jutland ?
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 18 23 Apr 1990
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=================================================================
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LATEST VERSIONS
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=================================================================
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Latest Software Versions
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MS-DOS Systems
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--------------
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Bulletin Board Software
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Fido 12q+ Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5d1
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Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.62 TBBS 2.1
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Kitten 2.16 RBBS 17.2B TComm/TCommNet 3.4
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Opus 1.12+* RBBSmail 17.2 TPBoard 6.0
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PCBoard 14.2* RemoteAccess 0.01 Wildcat! 2.10
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Network Node List Other
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Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
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BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02
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D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.20 ARCAsim 2.30*
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Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.0
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FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
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PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.01 Crossnet v1.5*
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SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02
|
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XlaxDiff 2.32 Gmail 2.05
|
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XlaxNode 2.32 GROUP 2.16
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GUS 1.30
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LHARC 1.13
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MSG 4.0
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MSGED 1.99
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.10*
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QM 1.0
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QSORT 4.03
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StarLink 1.01
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TagMail 2.20
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TCOMMail 2.2
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TMail 1.14*
|
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TPBNetEd 3.2
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TosScan 1.00*
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UFGATE 1.03
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XRS 3.20*
|
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ZmailQ 1.10
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Macintosh
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---------
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 19 23 Apr 1990
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Red Ryder Host v2.1b10 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
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Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3
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WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51
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TImport 1.331
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TExport 1.32
|
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Timestamp 1.6
|
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Tset 1.3
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Import 3.2
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Export 3.21
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Sundial 3.2
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PreStamp 3.2
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OriginatorII 2.0
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AreaFix 1.6
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Mantissa 3.21
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Zenith 1.5
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UNZIP 1.02b
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Amiga
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Paragon 2.06+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
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TrapDoor 1.50* AReceipt 1.5*
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WelMat 0.35 booz 1.01
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ConfMail 1.10
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ChameleonEdit 0.10
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ElectricHerald1.66*
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Lharc 1.10
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MessageFilter 1.52*
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oMMM 1.49b
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ParseLst 1.30
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PkAX 1.00
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
|
|
PolyxAmy 2.02*
|
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RMB 1.30
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TrapList 1.12*
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UNzip 0.86
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|
Yuck! 1.61*
|
|
Zoo 2.00
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Atari ST
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--------
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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|
FidoNews 7-17 Page 20 23 Apr 1990
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FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00
|
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Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
|
|
QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02*
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GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51
|
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PKUNZIP 1.10
|
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MSGED 1.96S
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SRENUM 6.2
|
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Trenum 0.10
|
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OMMM 1.40
|
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+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
|
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* Recently changed
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|
|
Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
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|
reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
|
|
all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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FidoNews 7-17 Page 21 23 Apr 1990
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NOTICES
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=================================================================
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The Interrupt Stack
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3 Jun 1990
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Comdex/Spring, which will run from June 3-6 in Atlanta, will be
|
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held at the World Congress Center and other locations.
|
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5 Jun 1990
|
|
David Dodell's 33rd Birthday
|
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|
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12 Jun 1990
|
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Fifth anniversary of FidoNet's switch to multiple nets.
|
|
|
|
13 Jul 1990
|
|
Start of Eurocon / Techcon conference in Antwerp, Belgium.
|
|
Further information will follow.
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|
27 Jul 1990
|
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The beginning of the REGION 17 Convention at Menucha Resort in
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the Columbia Gorge, Oregon. For details contact Ken Zwaschka,
|
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1:105/54.
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1 Aug 1990
|
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Start of FidoCon '90. Contact Bill Vanglahn at 1:1/90 for
|
|
details.
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|
|
5 Oct 1990
|
|
21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
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6 Nov 1990
|
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First anniversary of Van Diepen Automatiseert, 2:500/28
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|
14 Nov 1990
|
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Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at
|
|
2:332/16.0
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|
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1 Jan 1991
|
|
Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
|
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Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
|
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|
|
16 Feb 1991
|
|
Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
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|
|
|
7 Oct 1991
|
|
Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
|
|
will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
|
|
Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
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|
FidoNews 7-17 Page 22 23 Apr 1990
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Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
|
|
Islands will retain area code 415.
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|
|
1 Feb 1992
|
|
Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
|
|
eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
|
|
code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
|
|
West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
|
|
Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
|
|
Montebello) will retain area code 213.
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
|
|
calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
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