======================================================================= The Fidogazette Volume 6 Number 4 February 19, 2012 ======================================================================= +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | .----------------------. | dr.debug: dr.debug @ filegate.net | | | A bi-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 Quote of the Day........................2 Editorial...............................3 Old School ToolBox: Connecting the wetware, Part II.......4 e-ministries Issue #10..................5 Food For Thought: Fried Calamari........6 Fidonet SoftWare List...................7 FidoGazette BBS List....................8 Information (How to Submit an Article)..9 FIDOGAZETTE Vol 6 No 4 February 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================ Quote of the Day ================================================================ Funny is when you're serious. = Harvey Korman FIDOGAZETTE Vol 6 No 4 Page 2 February 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= E D I T O R I A L ================================================================= This week Nick Kill and I played around with our systems a bit.. He called my bbs via modem with his internal Conexant Modem - he was successful, and then I connected to his bbs using my U.S.Robotics Courier. With those two successful connects under our belt, we then moved on to mailer connections a few days later... Here's a clip from my log showing a recent connection by Nick's system: 120215 12:31 CONNECT 31200/V34/NONE 120215 12:31 EMSI mail session 120215 12:31 Amachat BBS, 1:261/1406.0 The neat thing about this for Nick was that he's using a Magic Jack phone line, not a standard POTS line, and the same type winmodem I'd attempted to use earlier over here. If one's internet connection is out, TCPIP connections across fidonet will fail of course... with a POTS line, you'd still be able to connect to a HUB say like mine which uses both TCPIP and a POTS line on two different nodes. Magic Jack works by converting the analog signal used for transmission of voice data via the PSTN (regular landline telephone network) to a digital signal that can be transmitted over the Internet... so if you use MagicJack and your internet goes down.. well you're back to "no-where". To use 'standard' Magic Jack, you need a computer with a high speed Internet connection and an ordinary home phone. You don't need a landline or existing phone service of any kind. Plug one end of the Magic Jack into an open USB port on your computer, plug a standard phone line into the other end of the Magic Jack, and make and receive calls just as with any other phone service, using your regular home telephone.. sounds wonderful doesn't it? There are other considerations though .. among them, from what I understand, your PC must be turned on to make and receive calls. Some customers who use magicjack complain about connection quality and complete device failure. My own sister who calls me with Magic Jack experienced horrendous line quality, dropped words in the conversation and sometimes couldn't even connect here (she'd get the equivalent of "all circuits are busy" when she'd try to call). Others say that Magic Jack software is almost impossible to remove from your computer.. and I've read that Magic Jack software also will display advertisements on your computer. Just what we need :) With a new service, Magic Jack Plus, Magic Jack now offers the ability to connect directly to your router, with no computer required.. the price is a bit steeper than normal MJ - at $69.95 rather than $39.95. I'd be interested to see some reviews of Magic Jack Plus though I can't imagine their technology will improve line quality much.. If I switched to MJ, I'd lose the simple landline connection when storms affect your electricity.. but maybe the $$ I save on the phone bill could be put to one of those gas-driven generators? That could be cool. Before I did that though, I would want to make sure that the MJ technology has improved quite a bit. FIDOGAZETTE Vol 6 No 4 Page 3 February 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= C O L U M N S ================================================================= The Old School Toolbox By Richard Webb, 1:116/901 Connecting the wetware, Part II Last time in this space we discussed the concept of choke points in relation to our fully coupled network and the distributed nodelist. I also made some bold statements about how in circumventing these choke points we help safeguard freedom and liberty. I'll continue that of course this time. Recent discussions in the z1c echo have been all over policy and covered a lot of other ground too. But, one thing should be considered in all that discussion. Fidonet since its early years offered people a communications opportunity that otherwise could be denied them, and still does today. Consider this quotation from a message written by Mark Lewis in the z1c echo. He says: "the whole web/interwebs thing was just a bare dream when many of us got into fidonet... heck, the tianamen square thing in china got out to the world /because/ of fidonet and its connectivity... africa was able to communicate over many provinces(?) due to fidonet and the use of radio as their means of "dial up" connection... later they changed to the much slower TCPIP protocols over those same radio links but at the cost of the speed of transfer of the data... but that's another story... fidonet brought a lot to the world that many folk simply don't know about and likely never will because they don't care to learn the history... this goes for some who have even been part of fidonet during those times... their attention was elsewhere do they simply never saw, heard or learned these things." This is one of the reasons I wrote the articles for the snooze a few years back about why we should maintain that versatility, and pots connectivity, even though our ftsc chairman thinks it's an antique. This is the underlying principle Tom Jennings used to argue for the fully coupled network. Consider what the result would have been were the Chinese government able to shut down the Fidonet links that got the message outside the country. We already know that china has learned from Tianmen square, they are at the forefront of the development of tools and techniques to censor the internet. Developers in the free world have been quick to answer their demand for these capabilities, all to make a buck or two. Give the customer what he/she wants and make some money after all. The fully coupled network utilizing a variety of connection methods circumvents the censors, enhancing one's ability to communicate. The internet is quite cool, but still, other folks have their fingers on the big off switch. Does anybody really think that the despots aren't learning from Tianmen square or the "arab spring" or Myanmar? Don't folks realize that sooner or later they'll sharpen up and pull the big red switch *before* they perform another such act of despotism or genocide? Does anybody really think that any government anywhere won't become despotic if it perceives that doing so will enhance its ability to function, or that great term "security" we keep hearing about? Make the tools easy enough to use you can be sure that governments will use them. Our internet connectivity gives them easy tools to suppress our liberties, and the corporations that provide the routing services will be quick to comply with such instructions, especially if cops or soldiers with guns arrive at the server farms' locations ordering them to do so. How many of you good readers out there refuse to fly because you don't want the TSA looking inside your clothes on your body with their scanners? This is in the name of making us "safer" when we fly. If the cops or soldiers with guns tell that internet router to shut down those servers and routers to make the people safer they won't even have to draw the guns, just show up with the paper. The guns will stay in the holsters, but the connections will be cut. You can take that to the bank. Our fully coupled network with its distributed nodelist and variety of interconnection methods available fits right in with the philosophy of Fidonet's founders. They showed a lot of wisdom and foresight which, coming up on three decades later is still relevant. As we have advanced technologically we've developed ways to communicate even when the choke points are taken down. I'll leave you this time with this thought. If you like me are a student of U.S. history you recall Paine and the other writers of the Federalist papers, all published under the pseudonym Publius, though penned by different individuals. Newspapers of the day that were sympathetic, or were glad to accept money to do so published these. Now consider what would have happened if people with guns had entered the newspaper office and forced the type setter to chuck the writings of Publius into the fire when setting type for the next edition. There would be no discussion today of the principles put forward in the Federalist papers. Remember that even the Federalists writing as Publius were careful to use more than one newspaper to get their writings out. FIDOGAZETTE Vol 6 No 4 Page 4 February 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= E-Ministries ================================================================= ------------------------- - e-Ministries - - by Jon Justvig - - February 3, 2011 - ------------------------- Issue #: 10 We've studied the linage from Adam up to Enoch. We'll continue our study from Genesis 5:19. (KJV) Gen 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: (KJV) Gen 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. Nine hundred and two years is a very long time to live for anyone. I wish I lived that long! Seriously, if we could maintain our health that long and still be productive members of society, that would be quite fascinating. Wouldn't it be interesting to interact with members of our family from that long ago? There would be so much we could learn from each other. (KJV) Gen 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: Are you still with me up to this point? There are a lot of names and the families are so big. Now we have Methuselah. Can you trace back all the way from the beginning with Adam? Here, I will help you. Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah. Are you enjoying it this far? I hope so. Let's continue on... (KJV) Gen 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: (KJV) Gen 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: (KJV) Gen 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Can you imagine that? Enoch did not have to suffer death. When he walked with God, God had taken him to be with him because he favored him. Wouldn't it be amazing if we could live and never have to suffer death? Someday we will and it will be one of the most awesome things we will do. We will live for eternity! (KJV) Gen 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: (KJV) Gen 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: (KJV) Gen 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. (KJV) Gen 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: (KJV) Gen 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. Since Cain killed Able, the blood from Able lead to God cursing the ground we walk on. Men were forever cursed to work the ground from morning until night. The Earth is about to change. We will soon see! (KJV) Gen 5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: (KJV) Gen 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. (KJV) Gen 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Just as you had thought the population was about to grow, now you will see something spectacular happen the Earth and all the evil it had consumed since day one when he created it. We will conclude here and resume with chapter 6 in the coming weeks. If you've enjoyed our meeting, remember to ask your SysOp to carry MINISTER, an echo with FidoNet if he/she doesn't already. Remember also to keep your head up high. May God bless you and keep you! *** This conclude this issue of e-Ministries provided by Jon Justvig. FIDOGAZETTE Vol 6 No 4 Page 5 February 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= 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. My Birthday was on February 1st.. yeah, I may not look like it but I'm darn getting there age-wise Lol.... I must have darn good genes, is all I can figure. Grandma Mary never got a gray hair until she was over 68... wow..That's good Sicilian genes :) Ok some of my parts feel like they've had enough (stop that! (grin)) You _are_ after all only as old as you FEEL.. You can cheat and use the HEX numbering system when someone has the nerve to ask you to confirm the age you are on your driver's license - for example, when I was 39 in Decimal I as only 29 in HEX. Trouble is, when you do that, that hex numbering system doesn't sound as good when you start "getting on" in years Anyway, often enough around here, it's dinner time, and everyone wants to know what what you're going to conjure up ..it's my own fault, I like cooking. Once, I swear, some fellow who'd come to dinner at our house said to Ron, "Wow. You eat like this all the time??" Ron smiled and said "Yeah.....I do". And all I could do was quietly giggle that night.. I mean all I could picture was perhaps this other fellow's life with hamburger helper, and frozen dinner entrees. It's true though.. I can't "just" make hamburgers and french fries, even when I start out feeling like I'm a little to 'tired to fuss'.. I have to do this thing with the fries making them garlic-fries, or make a bowl of roasted chicken gravy to serve on the table with them.. or vinegar and salt dressing,.. and the hamburgers can't just be burgers, the hamburger has to have hamburger mixed with a bit of bread crumbs, slivers of celery, garlic, onions, red pepper flakes and garlic salt and pepper all over them.. If I'm really in a mood, there will also be Swiss cheese topping them, crispy bacon and a kind of twist on thousand island dressing at the table. Or..deciding to make a baked potato, but I can't just stick it in the oven or the microwave, I have to slice the potatoes in half, scrape the insides out and mash them with milk and butter, salt and pepper, and maybe even Swiss or Parmesan cheese.. It's just a THING... If you're going to do something, you (I do at least) feel like I am going to do it well. So on my birthday, when Ron said to me, "I have to take you out to dinner.." I couldn't resist the idea. You know.. who knows what ideas I might pick up, or what entree that we go crazy over, that I might I decide to try on my own just given the taste of the dish. More times than not though, we're disappointed when we go out to eat... certainly with Italian dishes.. We went to Ithaca's premier steak house..John Thomas Steak house restaurant since I'm desperately trying to avoid this gluten thing... so what could go wrong with steak on the menu.. Trouble was one of the antipasto selections was Fried Squid...... something I could die for :)... So.. yes I ordered it. and ate it..loving each single delicately fried piece of squid covered in gluten-y breadcrumbs.. If I was home, I would have used non-gluten bread crumbs (I now have tons of them).. but this appetizer was perfect, NOT over done, tough nor stringy. They essentially melted in your mouth. So here's my own recipe for that..sans non-gluten breadcrumbs.....YMMV as they say... and yes, I paid for that gluten-appetizer later :( But the Fillet Mignon I ordered made up for that! Fried Calamari Preheat oven to 350F 1 pound Calamari, cleaned 1 cup Italian flavored Bread Crumbs 1/4 cup olive oil 1 table spoon olive oil Coat a 13x9 cookie sheet with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Slice calamari tubes into 1/2 inch rings. Place the 1/4 cup of oil in a bowl. Place the bread crumbs in an additional bowl. Dip the calamari rings in the oil, a few at a time, and then dip in the bread crumbs. As you remove the rings, shake off the excess bread crumbs and place on cookie sheet in single layer. Bake at 350F for 10 minutes FIDOGAZETTE Vol 6 No 4 Page 6 February 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= F I D O N E T S O F T W A R E L I S T ================================================================= ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= BBS Software List Updated 6 February 2012 Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/119) Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht, Sean Dennis M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info F=TIC/SRIF Processor *=Software is available and may be registerable, but no longer supported or updated. @=Website is operating but is no longer updated. ?=Software's updating/support status is unknown. O=Software is open source. This list contains BBS-related software that is available for registration (not necessarily supported), open source software and actively developed/supported software by its author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux, OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX. .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |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://binkd.grumbler.org | | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68 | | v.0.9.11 | | v.1.0.5xx (alpha) | | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/mailer | | /binkd/ | |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/ D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm 1:1/130 Nick Andre |I | v3.75 on Feb 2 2012 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/ |EO? | 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/ | | crashmail.html 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.GPL on Mar 8 2008 | | v1.64.0.17 (Beta) on Sep 27 2011 JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de (ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000 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 WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/ | | v1.50 on 23 May 2011 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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://www.mbse.eu/bbsing/mbsebbs 2:280/2802 | | mbroek@mbse.eu | | v0.95.14 on Dec 14 2011 Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.0b on Apr 26 2004 Mystic BBS |BO* |http://www.mysticbbs.com | | http://wiki.mysticbbs.com | | v1.09 on Oct 17 2011 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 | | v3.7 on Jan 1, 2010 Synchronet BBS |BTIO |http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705 | | v3.15b on 8 Oct 2011 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. | | v6.4 AUP 454.1 on Aug 1 2011 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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/tinytic.html | | 1:120/544 VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/vireq.html | | 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://vbsoft.dhakota.org | | d@dhakota.org | | Last update: Apr 11 2008 WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/ | | v3.0 on 27 Jun 2011 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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 FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/fidoip/ | | v.1.0.5 on Dec 2010 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on Mar 20 2011 | | 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 Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net | | crosser@average.org Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/ | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806 | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001 JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/jamnntpd.html | | 1:120/544 Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate/lgate | | gul@gul.kiev.ua MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net | | v3.2.9 on Feb 1 2010 RNtrack |U |hhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/ftrack-as | |2:5080/102 | |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net | | v1.32 on Apr 29 2011 TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/ | | transnet/index.html | | transnet@ressl.com.ar | | v2.11 on Sep 13 2007 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> 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 weekly in the FidoNews. If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/119. FIDOGAZETTE Vol 6 No 4 Page 7 February 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= F I D O G A Z E T T E B B S L I S T ================================================================= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= !!! 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.......Outpost BBS FidoAddress..1:18/200 Software.....ProBoard OS...........OS/2 C/B Verify...None Access.......A guest accoount is available if you just want to look around (no message posting). Full access requires registration and validation. Telnet.......outpost.slyip.net WWW:.........http://kd5col.info Web-based (full capability) BBS access is available on website via fTelnet. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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.......The Positronium Repository FidoAddress..1:393/68 Phone........337-984-4794 Software.....POTS: WildCat + Telnet: Synchronet OS...........Windows XP C/B Verify...None Access.......First Call access to most of BBS upon finishing new user questionnaire Telnet.......cmech.dynip.com www:.........http://cmech.dynip.com Access to live File Areas only, over 37,000 files at 13GB in library ;-) Home for BFDS, APOD (BBS is Filebase.BBS) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 6 No 4 Page 8 February 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= I N F O R M A T I O N ================================================================= INFO: Fidogazette is published by Janis Kracht, Editor, with the help of Richard Webb 1:116/901 (Old School ToolBox). If you have an ideKa for a column or a series of articles, please contact me :) New! 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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 6 No 4 Page 9 February 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Published with MakeNews2 by Janis Kracht 2011-2012 -=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=