T h e F i d o N e w s Volume 30 Number 21 May 27, 2013 +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | A newsletter of the | Published by | | | The FidoNews BBS | | FidoNet BBS community | | | __ | | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | Nightfall Ordain | | (_| /_) | 1:298/5 | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | | | | (*) | \ )) | Editor : | | |__U__| / \// | Jon Justvig 1:1/1 | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | - JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ Table Of Contents Gaming News ............................. 2 Weekly Echomail Stats ................... 3 FileGate File News ...................... 4 New/Returning Sysops .................... 5 Bulletin Board Systems .................. 6 Tutorials ............................... 7 Fidonet SoftWare List ................... 8 Credits ................................. 9 Information (How to Submit an Article) .. 10 FIDONEWS Vol 30 No 21 Page 1 May 27, 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= Gaming News ================================================================= Gaming News by Jon Justvig, 1:298/5, jjustvig@att.net If you have a PC and enjoy gaming, I'd like to introduce you to a game now on the market that will become free to play as of June 12nd, 2013. On that date, you will no longer have to play-by-month and also the software itself will be free to play. So go to the Rift Game website, sign-up (free) and login if you haven't already done so. If you enjoy World of Warcraft like a lot of people that are into multiplayer online games, this is one to check out. It's worth a shot. I played Rift in the past and I am going to try it out when the 12th comes around and I encourage you doing the same. If you are currently a subscriber and have been playing to play this game, you will receive a few bonuses as well. It was made free by a quote "Because players prefer free games!". Short and simple. If only some of the other gaming branches could do the same There are more and more free games coming out. If you don't have a high end system, you can also check out the games on Facebook. A lot of them are free and a lot of them have tricks behind them to upgrade. Rift is not one of these. So be careful! There you have it. June 12nd, in just four short weeks! Keep an eye out for it. FIDONEWS Vol 30 No 21 Page 2 May 27, 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= Weekly Echomail Stats ================================================================= Echomail Statistics Report From Prism BBS Last 7 Days By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38, janis@filegate.net Unsorted Sorted: ======== ====== 0 10TH_AMD 320 COOKING 3 ABLED 269 WEATHER 0 ADEPT_SYSOP 223 FDN_ANNOUNCE 0 ALASKA_CHAT 210 TREK 178 ALLFIX_FILE 187 FN_SYSOP 0 ALLFIX_HELP 178 ALLFIX_FILE 0 AMATEUR_RADIO 166 FIDO-REQ 2 AMIGA 157 SYNCDATA 1 ANTI_VIRUS 121 STATS 7 ANTIQUES 107 MYSTIC 0 AQUARIUM 86 ALL-POLITICS 0 ARGUS 81 HOME_COOKING 0 ARROWBRIDGE 79 FIDONEWS 0 ARTWARE 58 SHAREWARE_SUPPORT 4 ASIAN_LINK 52 BBS_ADS 0 AUTOMOTIVE 51 MAKENL_NG 0 BABYLON5 45 DEBATE 3 BAMA 42 MEMORIES 0 BATPOWER 28 OTHERNETS 0 BBBS.ENGLISH 26 LINUX 0 BBS-SCENE 25 FIDOGAZETTE 52 BBS_ADS 24 DBRIDGE 6 BBS_CARNIVAL 24 BBS_PROMOTION 24 BBS_PROMOTION 17 ENGLISH_TUTOR 1 BBS_INTERNET 16 ESSNASA 5 BIBLE 15 SYNC_SYSOPS 0 BIBLE-STUDY 13 MONTE 3 BINKD 13 FIDOTEST 0 BINKLEY 11 ECHOLIST 0 BLUEWAVE 9 WHO 0 CATS_MEOW 9 VATICAN 1 CBM 9 HAM 0 CBM-128 8 MINISTER 0 CBM-GEOS 8 FUNNY 1 CFORSALE 7 Z1C 0 CLASSIC_COMPUTER 7 SYNCHRONET 0 COFFEE_KLATSCH 7 PDNECHO 0 COMM 7 ANTIQUES 0 CONSPRCY 6 WX_TALK 0 CONTROVERSIAL 6 DOGHOUSE 320 COOKING 6 BBS_CARNIVAL 0 CRAFT-BEADS 5 BIBLE 0 CROSSFIRE 4 TEAMOS2 0 DADS 4 IBBSDOOR 24 DBRIDGE 4 ASIAN_LINK 45 DEBATE 3 WIN95 6 DOGHOUSE 3 IREX 0 DOOM 3 GUITAR 0 DOORGAMES 3 GOLDED 0 DOS 3 FIDOSOFT.HUSKY 0 DOS_INTERNET 3 BINKD 0 EC_SUPPORT 3 BAMA 0 EC_UTIL 3 ABLED 2 ECHO_ADS 2 EMERGCOM 11 ECHOLIST 2 ECHO_ADS 0 ECHOMODS 2 AMIGA 0 EDGE_ONLINE 1 Z1_BACKBONE 0 ELIST 1 WINDOWS 2 EMERGCOM 1 TUB 17 ENGLISH_TUTOR 1 RETAIL_HORROR 0 ENTHRAL 1 POINTS 0 ESPOMEN 1 LS_ARRL 16 ESSNASA 1 FIDO_SYSOP 0 FDECHO 1 CFORSALE 223 FDN_ANNOUNCE 1 CBM 0 FE_HELP 1 BBS_INTERNET 25 FIDOGAZETTE 1 ANTI_VIRUS 79 FIDONEWS 0 ZEC 3 FIDOSOFT.HUSKY 0 Z1_ROUTING 166 FIDO-REQ 0 Z1_ELECTION 1 FIDO_SYSOP 0 YAHOONEWS 0 FIDO_UTIL 0 WINDOWS-NT_BBS 13 FIDOTEST 0 WINDOWS-NT 0 FILEFIND 0 VADV 0 FILEGATE 0 TUXPOWER 0 FMAIL_HELP 0 TORNADO.SUPPORT 187 FN_SYSOP 0 TG_SUPPORT 0 FTSC_PUBLIC 0 TERMINAT 8 FUNNY 0 TAGLINES 0 GECHO_HELP 0 SWL 3 GOLDED 0 SURVIVOR 3 GUITAR 0 SPITFIRE 9 HAM 0 RUSSIAN_TUTOR 0 HAM_TECH 0 RENEGADE_BBS 0 HOLYSMOKE 0 RA_UTIL 81 HOME_COOKING 0 RA_SUPPORT 4 IBBSDOOR 0 RA_MULTI 0 INTERNET 0 RA_32BIT 3 IREX 0 PUBLIC_KEYS 0 LINUX_BBS 0 POLITICS 0 CREATIVE.LINUX 0 POL_INC 26 LINUX 0 POL_DISORDER 0 LINUX-FEDORA 0 PKEY_DROP 0 LINUX-USER 0 PERL 0 LINUX-UBUNTU 0 PCBOARD 0 LIVE_AUDIO 0 PASCAL_LESSONS 0 LORD 0 PASCAL 1 LS_ARRL 0 OS2USER-L 51 MAKENL_NG 0 OS2REXX 0 MATZDOBRE 0 OS2PROG 0 MBSE 0 OS2HARDWARE-L 42 MEMORIES 0 OS2DOSBBS 8 MINISTER 0 OS2DOS 0 ML_BASEBALL 0 OS2BBS 13 MONTE 0 OS2 0 MOVIES 0 NHL 107 MYSTIC 0 NFL 0 NET_DEV 0 NET_DEV 0 NHL 0 MOVIES 0 NFL 0 ML_BASEBALL 0 OS2BBS 0 MBSE 0 OS2DOSBBS 0 MATZDOBRE 0 OS2DOS 0 LORD 0 OS2 0 LIVE_AUDIO 0 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WEATHER 0 BBBS.ENGLISH 9 WHO 0 BATPOWER 3 WIN95 0 BABYLON5 1 WINDOWS 0 AUTOMOTIVE 0 WINDOWS-NT 0 ARTWARE 0 WINDOWS-NT_BBS 0 ARROWBRIDGE 6 WX_TALK 0 ARGUS 0 YAHOONEWS 0 AQUARIUM 1 Z1_BACKBONE 0 AMATEUR_RADIO 0 Z1_ELECTION 0 ALLFIX_HELP 7 Z1C 0 ALASKA_CHAT 0 Z1_ROUTING 0 ADEPT_SYSOP 0 ZEC 0 10TH_AMD FIDONEWS Vol 30 No 21 Page 3 May 27, 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= FileGate File News ================================================================= IFDC FileGate Weekly File Echo Report Last 7 days By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38, janis@filegate.net Directory: /bbs-scene/scenelst/* File name Date kB Dlds File description ========= ==== == ==== ================ synctlst.zip 130522 3k 0 bbs scene Directory: /difflzh/* File name Date kB Dlds File description ========= ==== == ==== ================ nodediff.l44 130523 1k 0 Fidonet Nodelist Diff file l44 Directory: /diffzip/* File name Date kB 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Region 12: Allister Linden Drew Caledon, Ontario Welcome Allister! FIDONEWS Vol 30 No 21 Page 5 May 27, 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= Bulletin Board Systems ================================================================= BBS Name: < 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.1.0.0 | | v.1.0.1 (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 | v3.92 on Apr 20 2013 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/old/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 | | v0.95.15 on Dec 26 2012 Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.0b on Apr 26 2004 Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com |IO | http://wiki.mysticbbs.com | | v1.10 A31 on Apr 13 2013 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. FIDONEWS Vol 30 No 21 Page 8 May 27, 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= I N F O R M A T I O N ================================================================= ================================================================ FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================ FidoNews Article Submission (Updated December, 2011) FidoNews, founded in early 1984, is the newsletter of the FidoNet computer network, for both its Sysops and users. It is passed to its readers electronically via the FidoNet and other computer networks and to non-network readers as well as to the InterNet. Fidonews welcomes articles, editorials, and features of interest to the Fidonet Community. 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"Disagreement is actually necessary, or we'd all have to get in fights or something to amuse ourselves and create the requisite chaos." -Tom Jennings FIDONEWS Vol 30 No 21 Page 10 May 27, 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Published with MakeNews2 by Janis Kracht 2011-2012 -=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=