======================================================================= T h e F i d o G a z e t t e! Volume V Number XI August 1st, 2011 ======================================================================= +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | .----------------------. | dr.debug: dr.debug @ filegate.net | | | A monthly E-Zine | | bbslists: bbslists @ filegate.net | | | published by Fidonet | | articles: fidogazette @ filegate.net| | | to promote BBSing | +------------------------------------------+ | | ____________. | | | | / __ | "Anyone who has never made a mistake | | | / / \ | has never tried anything new." | | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | Albert Einstein | | \_______\(_| /_) | | | \@/ \ | Got Something To Say? | | .---.\ _ | Say it in the | | (jk) _ |usb| \ \\ | =The FidoGazette= | | / | .___. \ ))| | | / | /_ | / \// | Editor: Janis Kracht | | |___| // || _\ / | janis @ filegate . net | | .--`-. (_|(_|(____/ | janis kracht 1:261/38 | | |____| (jm) | | +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ ======================================================================= ==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Contents=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ======================================================================= Table Of Contents Editorial...............................2 New/Returning SysOps....................3 Slightly Crusty SysOp...................4 Old School ToolBox......................5 Pyblosxom Blog..........................6 Cooking: Even SysOps Have to Eat........7 Shortcuts for Windows, Mac and Linux....8 BBS SoftWare List.......................9 FidoGazette BBSList.....................10 Info (How to Submit an Article).........11 FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 1 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= E D I T O R I A L ================================================================= In this issue, Richard discusses netmail and how important it is to us in Fidonet. I couldn't agree more. From the beginnings of Fidonet when Tom Jennings lived in San Francisco, California and wanted to communicate with some friends of his who lived in Baltimore, Maryland, netmail has been our means of individual communication. When Fidonet was in it's infancy, mail was sent from system to system late at night. Telephone rates were much lower at night than they were during the day. Routing netmail in this way allowed people to communicate without spending a fortune on phone bills. When you route your netmail message to a friend, you can send it to your uplink, and he or she will do likewise. Ultimately, your message will make it to one of our Star systems. From there, your netmail will be sent on it's way to one of the Star system's links who handles the area your mail is destined for. Our Star systems maintain 'internal' routing charts that are updated when any major mail system in Fidonet goes down or leaves Fidonet. Mail traffic is typically traded between the Star systems every few minutes, insuring quick delivery between systems. FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 2 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= New and Returning SysOps ================================================================= Returning Nodes: =============== R33 Pietro Bisanti Milano, Italy Welcome Back! FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 3 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= C O L U M N S ================================================================= The Slightly Crusty Sysop Sean Dennis 1:18/200 Wow, it's HOT. It's been in the mid to upper 90s in temperature around here and the humidity has been terrible. That makes working outside quite miserable so my lawn has been looking more ragged these days along with my now being employed, I just don't have a lot of time to do extra things these days and that's why you've not seen too much of me in the FG. But recent events here in Fidonet have prompted me to write down my thoughts. With the change of editorialship in the Fidonews, I think Fidonet has made a great stride in improving itself. It is nice to see someone or several "someones" make a command decision to clean up the infection that has invaded Fidonet. I think that Gary Perkins, while I don't know him very well, was and is an excellent choice to be editor. I believe that he will bring much needed impartiality and levelheadedness to Fidonews and Fidonet. I also appreciate Ross Cassell's participation in this. Ross, who is my RC, and I have not always seen eye-to-eye on many things but I feel that he and others did the right thing. When I originally started the FidoGazette, it was my intention to have this newsletter do what the Fidonews was then unable to accomplish due to its editor. While I am no longer directly involved in many things Fidonet, I hope that people continue to enjoy the Fidogazette. However, if it is decided to shut down the FG in favor of unifying under the Fidonews, I can understand that and am happy that all of you who read and participate in the Fidogazette have done so and will continue to participate. Fidonet needs to be more unified in order to survive and prosper in today's society. This forceful step that was taken was a major step in the right direction and I wish Gary well with his editorialship. I honestly thought I'd never see the Fidonews go from being someone's bully pulpit to being what it was before: Fidonet's official news outlet. I am glad to have been proven wrong. As always, your comments are welcomed but your flames are not. I prefer to be contacted via netmail at 1:18/200 but you can also contact me via email at sysop@kd5col.info. (This column is entirely of my own opinion and does not reflect the opinions of anyone else including the Fidogazette's editor.) FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 4 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Old School Toolbox By Richard Webb, 1:116/901 Strengthening the FIdonet Bond It seems that for the last year or so in this space I've been talking to you about backup plans and personal security. I intend to return to the subject of backup plans and strategies again, but I'd like to give some attention to a subject I discussed in the January 2011 issue. From the dawn of Fidonet it's been said that the nodelist and Fidonews are the glue that holds the net together. Yet I can tell you that from the point of view of an old carpenter often there's a little more than glue needed to create a good bond. Good carpenters either use glue and screws, or glue and nails. Metalworkers braze weld or solder, glue isn't that effective with metals. But, we in Fidonet are more akin to wood, which comes from living organisms, in other words, trees. Our network springs from living organisms too, the people who use our net to communicate, funny that's a topic I keep coming back to in this space too. In fact, to me that bit about communication among people is why we're all here. So let me talk with you a bit about that other fastener that holds our net together, which, like that glue which is made up of Fidonews and the nodelist helps hold it all together. Whether you want to consider it a nail or a screw is your choice, but it's as important for a good bond as those two components of the glue. That fastener is netmail, routed or otherwise, it makes no difference what flavor of netmail, but netmail is supposed to be what it's all about. It is the reason Fidonet was originally developed. Echomail and file distribution came later. I'm going to take a bit of a flier here and state that most Fidonet sysops these days rarely bother with their netmail area. If they use a system which has at its heart a dynamic mailer they figure that netmail area is just a place for the mails that point to bundles of mail and files to be sent. they look at their favorite echoes and local message areas, check out the logs to see who has uploaded or downloaded what, maybe validate a new user or two, but the netmail area just sits there, after all it's the province of their mail moving software. Does this sound like you? First, I'd like you to rethink that position a little bit. I made some arguments for this in the January issue of this fine publication, which hinge on the concept that Fidonet systems should be able to communicate with each other by Fidonet. An echo moderator trying to resolve an issue should be able to communicate with any sysop carrying his/her echo via netmail. Moderators who are not themselves sysops should be able to interact with sysops and echo users via routed netmail. Even though the internet is often our transport mechanism of choice, internet email addresses may not be easy for someone to find, but, by participating in an echomail conference specs say that your system address *must* appear in that origin line, as well as in path and seen-by lines, and other places as well. IF you haven't seen it, have a look at the January 2011 issue for a more in depth look at this. What else should you do in addition to checking out your netmail area once in awhile? Send a piece of routed mail to a Fidonet friend occasionally, just to make sure you've got good connections and that there are no technical problems with routed mail. I know of one major system that has a lot of users that has some technical difficulties with netmails sent from it, or did have as of last winter. As I argued earlier, both in this piece and the January piece, the ability to communicate via Fidonet mail is crucial if we wish to remain a viable active network. What else should you do to assure netmail connectivity? Here are a few other hints for you. Make sure that your preferred method of Fidonet access can see netmail addressed to all the akas you hold, i.e. if you are involved with more than one Fidonet technology network, make sure your system recognizes and can enable you to respond properly to mail sent to any of your akas. For folks who have more than one Fidonet address this is doubly important. For example, a coordinator (anyone with a 0 after the slash in his/her address) should be able to see netmail address to any of those, and respond appropriately. If you are, for example, NC of net 290, and your primary address is 1:290/10 you should be able to see netmail addressed to either 1:290/0 or 1:290/10. Just as important, you want to make sure that you post using the proper address. Again I'll use net 290 as the example, since it doesn't exist anymore. If you're posting with your coordinator's hat on in your net's sysop echo you will probably want to be sure that your 1:290/0 address is shown, where if you're just chatting about who's going to attend the pizza party you might wish to post as 1:290/10. This way folks who receive communications from you with your official hat on can readily discern what's going on. This is even more true when interacting with those you administer via netmail. To sum up, it's nice to have good glue such as our nodelist and Fidonews, but a stronger bond is achieved when using additional fasteners to strengthen that bond. In the case of Fidonet, that additional fastener is to be found in your netmail area. It behooves us all to make sure that we have functional routed netmail capability, and can actually see and respond to netmails sent to our systems. FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 5 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= A R T I C L E S ================================================================= PyBlosxom Blog Software ======================= In case you're thinking of trying it: Requirements: Python 2.4 or higher, but not Python 3 (optional) Sphinx for building documentation Make sure you get the lastest version from http://pyblosxom.bluesock.org/ The current version is 1.5rc3. It's available in gzip format: pyblosxom-1.5rc3.tar.gz Brief overview: Blog Entries, Categories and Storage PyBlosxom stores everything as files on the file system, there is no database. Each blog entry is a file. Blog entry files are stored in a directory hierarchy in your 'datadir'. Each subdirectory in your datadir corresponds to a category of your blog. Themes: Themes in PyBlosxom are called flavours. A flavour consists of a set of templates. Flavours are stored in a directory called the flavourdir. PyBlosxom comes with several flavours: html, rss20, and atom. The PyBlosxom website maintains a flavour registry containing flavours from contributors. Plugins: PyBlosxom has a plugin system, with plugins written in Python. Plugins are loaded using the plugin_dirs and load_plugins configuration variables. The PyBlosxom website maintains a plugin registry for plugins submitted by contributors. FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 6 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= F O O D: F O R T H O U G H T ================================================================= -=-=-=-=-=- F O O D Even sysops have to eat! -=-=-=-=-=- Want to contribute something here? Send recipes, articles, reviews etc. to janis@filegate.net, or fidogazette@filegate.net. A Non-traditional Clam Sauce and Linguine by Janis Kracht, 1:261/38 This clam sauce is more in the style of my 'northern-Italian' family rather than the Sicilian side. When I make a Sicilian clam sauce, I use a lot of extra-virgin olive oil and a lot of garlic, fresh Italian parsley and clam juice. I wanted a lighter and different one for some guests that were coming to dinner, and this recipe was perfect. Ingredients: 2 dozen fresh clams 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced pinch red pepper flakes handful fresh Italian parsley 1 onion, sliced thin 1 cup dry white wine 4 tablespoons butter juice from 1 lemon salt, pepper Discard any clams with broken shells. Scrub the remaining clams well and put in a bowl of salted water for about 10-15 minutes to remove sand. Heat the olive oil in a large 10-inch sauce pan and add the garlic. Saute lightly until golden. Give the oil a sprinkle of red pepper flakes (more or less to taste), add the parsley, the onion slices and then add the clams. Add the wine, cover and steam for about 5-6 minutes. Check to make sure all the clams have opened and released their juices, discarding any that haven't opened. Reduce the heat to low and add the butter and lemon juice. Remove from the heat once the butter melts, giving the pan a good stir. Taste and add a touch of salt and pepper. To make the clams easier to eat, carefully (they'll be hot!) remove the top half of the clam shells on about half the clams. Serve with Linguine and freshly grated peccorino cheese. FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 7 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Window, Mac and Linux Keyboard Shortcuts By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38, janis@filegate.net 1. Add a Bookmark Windows PC: Ctrl + D Mac: Apple key + D Linux KDE Firefox: Ctrl +D 2. Delete Forever Windows PC: Shift + Delete 3. Close Browser Windows PC: Alt + F4 Linux KDE : Alt + f4 5. Find Files or Folders Windows PC: Window key + F Mac: Apple key + F Linux KDE : Search for text in browser content: Ctrl + F 6. Change Zoom Level Windows PC: + scroll mouse wheel Mac: Apple key + plus sign; Apple key + minus sign Linux KDE : + plus sign, + minus sign 7. Reopen Previous Tab in Browser/Open New Tab Windows PC Previous tab: Ctrl + Shift + T Mac Previous tab: Apple key + Z Linux KDE : Open New Tab: + t 8. Switch Between Open Programs Windows PC: Alt + Tab Mac: Apple key + Tab Linux KDE : Switch between Desktops: Click on session window in status bar 9. Take a Screen Shot Windows PC: Print Screen (then paste [Ctrl + V] into a Word document) Mac: Apple key + Shift + 3 Linux KDE : 10. Refresh a Webpage Windows PC: F5, or Ctrl + R Mac: Apple key + R Linux KDE: + R 11. Go to a Previous Location in Browser Windows PC: Alt + Mac: Apple key + 12. Spelling/Grammar Check Windows PC or Mac: F7 Linux KDE: In a console, type look you want to check Example: $] look type type type's typecast typecasting typecasts [...] 13. Add "http://www" to Your Browser's Address Bar Type the webpage you'd like to go to (for example, type "Google"), then press the following keys to add the "http://www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end. Windows PC: Ctrl + Enter Mac: Apple key + Enter 14. Select the Address Bar When you want to type a new URL into your browser, the shortcut below will easily select the address bar for you: Windows PC: Ctrl + L, or F6 Mac: Apple key + L Linux KDE: + L 15. Launch the Windows Start Menu Just tap the keys below for an easy way to view your Start Menu options. Windows PC: Window key, or Ctrl + Esc FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 8 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= B B S S O F T W A R E L I S T ================================================================= BBS Software List Updated 29 July 2011 Maintained by Sean Dennis (1:18/200) Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info F=TIC/SRIF Processor *=Software is available and may be registerable, but no longer supported or updated. @=Website is operating but is no longer updated. ?=Software's updating/support status is unknown. O=Software is open source. This list contains BBS-related software that is available for registration (not necessarily supported), open source software and actively developed/supported software by its author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux, OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX. .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node| `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -' ==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/argus/ | | v3.210 on Mar 29 2001 BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net | | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on Oct 22 2000 BinkD |MI? |http://2f.ru/binkd/ | | maloff@corbina.net | | v0.94 on Jul 24 2000 (Outdated) | |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/ D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm 1:1/130 Nick Andre |I | v3.62 on June 4 2011 FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280 Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net | | v2.4 on Sep 26 2003 FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330 Definite Solutions |? | sales@defsol.se | | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/ |O? | v1.9 RC2 on Apr 20 2010 Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/ (based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm | | v5.0 Jun 12 2006 | | T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only) |? | v2608 on Dec 12 2001 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> MAIL TOSSERS Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/ | | FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/Products/FastEcho/ | | fastecho.html | | v1.46.1 on 13 Nov 2007 | | Registration keys are free and available | | by request from the author Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org | | v4.4.10 on Aug 27 2004 | | FMail |TO*? |http://fmail.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.60 on Mar 8 2008 | | Source code only! Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/ | | v1.11R2 on Jan 1 2009 | | Source code available in the Maximus BBS | | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> BBS SOFTWARE BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222 | | b@bbbs.net | | v4.01 on January 28 2007 EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9 2002 Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501 Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 14 October 2010 | | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT Ezycom BBS |BT |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682 | | v2.15g2 on Nov 16 2009 GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/ | | v19.00 Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/ Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com | | v3.5.10b3 Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/ | | v3.03 | | Source code available at: | | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/ MBSE BBS |BIO? |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802 | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net | | v0.92.0 on Oct 16 2007 Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.0b on Apr 26 2004 Mystic BBS |BO* |http://www.mysticbbs.com | | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001 RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120 | | bfmorse@rapro.com | | v2.62.2SW Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305 | | v1.10/DOS on 3 Oct 2009 Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/ | | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com | | v3.6 on Aug 20 1999 Synchronet BBS |BTIO |http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705 | | v3.16 on 31 Dec 2006 Telegard BBS |B* |http://www.telegard.net | | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on Dec 19 1999 WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com Xpress: Santronics | | Software, Inc. | | +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12 Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 26 January 2011 NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/ | | v2.45b2 on 5 March 2000 TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/ | | 1:120/544 VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/ | | 1:120/544 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES Cheepware |DU |http://kd5col.info/cheepware.html Sean Dennis | | sdennis72@gmail.com 1:18/200 | | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org Ruth Argust | | Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/ | | bbs-door-games.cfm | | scott@jibben.com | | 1995-99 Release dates John Dailey Software |DU? |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ | | nannette@shiningstar.net | | Doors are still registerable via website Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com | | Tel: (404) 256-9518 T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/ Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452 | | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/ | | stanley@brainex.com | | 1994-99 Releases Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ | | jpritch@eisonline.com | | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002 Vagabond Software |DU* |http://http://vbsoft.dhakota.org | | d@dhakota.org | | Last update: Apr 11 2008 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> POINT SOFTWARE CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only) | | pm@crosspoint.de | | v3.12d on Dec 22 1999 FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only) | | support@freexp.de | | v3.42 on Jun 27 2010 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS GoldEd+ |EO*? |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on Apr 29 2010 | | NOTE: Unstable versions released often SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493 | | v1.15 on Dec 15 1999 | | Website is in German and English +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> INTERNET UTILITIES JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/ | | 1:120/544 Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/ | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806 | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001 TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/ | | transnet/index.html | | transnet@ressl.com.ar | | v2.11 on Sep 13 2007 Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net | | crosser@average.org MakeNL |UO |http://www.filegate.net/coordutl/ | | v3.2.9 on Feb 1 2010 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained) http://www.simtel.net http://www.bbsfiles.com http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific) http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721) http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/ Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above) The BBS Software List is published monthly in the FidoGazette. If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information above, please contact Sean Dennis with your information via the FIDOGAZETTE echo, netmail at 1:18/200 or email at sysop@kd5col.info. FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 9 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= B B S L I S T I N G S ================================================================= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= !!! G A Z E T T E B B S L I S T !!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By bbslist @ filegate.net Send updates, changes to address above or to janis @ filegate.net. System.......Capitol City Online FidoAddress..1:2320/105 Phone........502-875-8938 Software.....GT Power OS...........OS/2 C/B Verify...None Access.......First Call access to most of BBS upon finishing new user questionnaire Telnet.......cco.ath.cx telnet access to GT Power BBS - same as dial-up www:.........http://cco.ath.cx This site runs Synchronet under linux. Requires separate user registration. Has same message areas as dial-up/telnet bbs. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= System.......Paragon BBS FidoAddress..1:18/200 Phone........423-434-0851 Software.....Telegard/2 v3.09.g2-sp4/mL OS...........OS/2 Warp 4.52 C/B Verify...None Access.......Partial access on first call; manual verification for full access Telnet.......paragon.darktech.org (standard telnet) , kd5col.info/goto.html (requires flash) www:.........http://kd5col.info =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= System.......Prism BBS FidoAddress..1:261/38 Phone........607-655-5652 Software.....BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 OS...........Linux (Ubuntu) C/B Verify...None Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, file areas, all features of the BBS. Telnet.......filegate.net telnet access offers full features of the standard bbs such as doors, qwkmail, BWmail,Files, chat, group chat, etc. www:.........http:/www.filegate.net:8080/bbbs web interface is limited to reading messages and replying online, or downloading messages in qwk packets, but not uploading them, file download access, guest account. FTP: filegate.net, port 60721. public access to file areas (please note change of port for public access). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= System.......Roach Guts BBS FidoAddress..1:396/60 Phone:.......337-433-4135 Software.....Maximus on Port 23 (primary) Synchronet on Port 24 (temporary) OS...........Windows XP C/B Verify...None Access.......First call access to doors, files and message reading. Message posting requires validation. Telnet.......roachguts.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. System.......Time Warp of the Future BBS FidoAddress..1:340/400 Phone........none Software.....sbbs 3.15b (very beta) OS...........win. (xp pro. sp3) C/B Verify...None Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas. Telnet.......time.synchro.net:24 or time.darktech.org:24 or timewarpfuture.dyndns.org:24 telnet access offers full features of the standard bbs such as doors, messages or file area etc. www:.........http://time.synchro.net:81 Web interface is limited really to reading messages and replying online, or downloading messages in qwk packets, but not uploading them, and file download access. SBBS files available. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 10 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- INFO: Fidogazette is published by Janis Kracht, Editor, with the help of Richard Webb 1:116/901 (Old School ToolBox), and Sean Dennis 1:18/200 (The Slightly Crusty Sysop). If you have an idea for a column or a series of articles, please contact me :) New! MailingList subsriptions via www.filegate.net // lists / ?p=subscribe but of course you can always link into your uplink and use Tick or a tick compatible program. Where to Send Your Articles Unlike most editors, I surely do not mind running my mouth when there is a sparcity of articles for the 'zine. I'd MUCH rather you sent in material... lacking that, I will fill these issues with my meanderings and thoughts and hopefully we will grow into something of consequence here :) Write an article! If you WOULD like to submit an article, feel free to drop your article off at: Email attach to address: janis @ filegate.net Fidonet attach: Janis Kracht at 1:261/38 Modem: 607-655-5652 1:261/100 filegate.net port 24555 via binkp or telnet mailer (If you are using routed fidonet mail, don't send articles as routed attaches. They will fail somewhere along the path before getting here. Send them instead direct to filegate.net). Standard binkp port only supports BinkP (24554). Give it a title, sign your name and network address if you have one and send it along! Don't worry about the format, I can take anything you send me and mutilate it further as you can see above. Linux is nice that way (g). Spell checking your own work will help though (something I'm typically guilty of (g)). To send reviews or recipes to the Food section, email or netmail Janis as above. Email address for submissions to Dr.Debug: To send a question to Dr. Debug, email a question to: drdebug @ filegate.net or post in the fidogazette echo! :) To send a listing to the FidoGazette bbslist, email your listing to: bbslist @ filegate.net or post it in the fidogazette echo! FIDOGAZETTE Vol 5 No 11 Page 11 August 1 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Published with MakeNews by Janis Kracht