The FidoGazette Volume 18 Number 5 7 March 2022
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Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Call For Content ......................................... 1
A Shiny New Issue of the FidoGazette! .................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
History repeats itself again and again ................... 3
Pioneer Introduces New Optical Disc Drive ................ 5
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 7
As I See It: Zone 2's Superstitions ...................... 7
4. COORDINATORS' CORNER ..................................... 9
FTSC Election ............................................ 9
5. THOUGHT OF THE WEEK ...................................... 10
6. FIDOGAZETTE BBS LIST ..................................... 11
7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LIST .................................... 13
8. FIDOGAZETTE INFORMATION .................................. 20
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EDITORIAL
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Call For Content
I need your content for the FidoGazette!
I am always looking for articles, reviews, technical content,
what-have-you for the FidoGazette. I know a lot of you are thinking
"I can't write anything" or "I have nothing interesting to say."
You're wrong. Everyone has something to say but doesn't know how to
say it.
That's where I come in: I can help you write an article. Even if you
feel your writing skills aren't the best, I can help you with content
creation and proofreading if need be. If you're not sure where your
content would fit into the FG, drop me a netmail and ask. I am
willing to help. Even if you're not a big fan of me personally, I
still want your content for the FG (except if it's a flame; those go
into the trash).
Grab the FidoGazette Submission infopack and give it a read. If you
have an idea about a subject but aren't sure, ask me. I'd love to get
you published in the FidoGazette.
-- Sean
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A Shiny New Issue of the FidoGazette!
Here's issue 5 of the FG this year. This is our largest issue yet at
20 pages! There's a few new additions to the 'Gazette with this
issue:
-- The FidoGazette BBS List is back! See the end of the list on how
to submit your BBS listing to be included.
-- I have started my own opinion column called "As I See It". This
column expresses my opinions on all things Fidonet. Note that this
column is my personal opinion and does not reflect the opinions of
anyone or anything else.
-- The FidoGazette is now available via the Web! You can get all of
the back issues (starting with volume 18, issue 1) and the current
issue at http(s)://outpostbbs.net/fgazette.html.
-- I have fixed up some internal issues with the FG's layout to make
the table of contents easier to understand.
I've updated the 'Gazette's mast to reflect these changes.
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I hope you enjoy this issue of the FidoGazette and as always, thank
you for reading.
-- Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
FidoGazette Editor
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ARTICLES
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History repeats itself again and again
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854
From a prosperous, modern, well organized European-style democracy and
economy; an enemy without scruples has turned Ukraine into a
Moon-landscape reminiscent at how Berlin looked at the very end of
WW2.
War crimes have been committed, the proof is obvious but that doesn't
make much impression on the rogue-state which Russia now is.
In spring 2019 I went to visit Oradour-sur-Glane in France, near
Limoges. On June 10 1944, 4 days after D-Day in Normandy, a unit of
the German SS entered the village and murdered hundreds of men, women
and children.
The destroyed village has been preserved as a monument.
I could not wrap my mind around it that these German SS soldiers also
had fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers and pretty well were aware of
the atrocity which they were committing without giving it a second
thought. I urge everyone to try and go to Oradour at least once in
their life ...
78 years later soldiers are again uselessly killing innocent
civilians because they were ordered to do so. Soldiers are good at
obeying orders, that's what they are paid for. Switching off the
brain. Follow the order and do not question.
It is 2022 ... a million and a half Ukrainian refugees, mostly women
and children, the largest refugee crisis since WW2 the UN calls it
and Europe is opening its mind and heart and its bank-account for
these people in need fleeing from ... from "what" exactly ... A
regime which has lost all sense for normalcy intent on annihilating a
peaceful well organized European-style democracy and economy ...
The refugees will be safe and taken care of, but can you imagine what
the fate will be of the ones that remain behind in the homeland?
Rape is a weapon for submission, it is recognized as a war-crime. But
Russia has already committed war crimes the past week, which they
know are as good as unable to become prosecuted, and they will not
stop at this one. And Ukrainian women have already been raped by
Russian troops, Russian propaganda will call it ... propaganda ...
but Western human rights watchers still on-site paint the actual
story.
Hundreds of Russian soldiers have died and their families are without
news, mothers having lost a child and unable to mourn it or bury it.
It's all kept out of the media. And please do not call it "a war" or
you risk 15 years of imprisonment ... It seems that during the darkest
days of hard-core Russian Communism people had more rights than in ...
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2022 ...
Eventually Russia is going to do exactly as the Chinese did with Tibet
where the native polution was overwhelmed by an influx of Han-Chinese
and that way trying to destroy the age-old culture and traditions of
the Tibetans.
The same will happen in Ukraine, as a nation ... a people ... a
civilisation will be wiped-out. The country will be rebuilt by ethnic
Russians and hundreds of years of culture and civilisation will be
destroyed by the fire on pyres reminiscent of May 10 1933 when works
of Ernest Hemmingway, Bertold Brecht, Heinrich Mann, Ernst Glaeser,
Erich Kaestner, Erich Maria Remarque and others were deemed corrupted
and decadent presaging an era of state censorship and control of
culture.
In the end the so-called de-Nazification by Putin will be carried-out
by strictly Nazi methodologies and policies ...
To stay mentally healthy, you look for rational explanations. But
some things are inexplicable. Western culture in the decades since
the Second World War has tried to explain everything, to be tolerant
and always to understand the other. But sometimes the other is simply
evil. Pure and simple. We had forgotten the existence of that evil.
Now we see the outcome of that mistake.
It is unbearable to see war as a simple product of an insane mind.
There must be a plan behind it, it must mean something. Who sets up a
catastrophe with their own hands, just because they can?
There's an interesting book explaining how Hitler could continue his
horrible policies against his own population ... "Hitler's willing
executioners" ... Who will write its sequel "Putin's willing
executioners"?
Putin has noticed that his number of followers has dwindled in the
last two years, and does not know how to save his presidency in a
country that is largely integrated into the Western world. So he does
something so horrific that the whole world shuts itself off from him.
Then locks the door from the inside. People are arrested for standing
on the street with a blank sheet of paper in their hands, it is enough
to hold it and get beaten. Perhaps Putin will soon reach for an
Iranian or North Korean scenario. If the country is locked down,
explicit protest is almost impossible. Then every discourse, like the
minds of the people, will be divided into two versions, as in Soviet
times. You stick to the official story if they can see and hear you.
In addition, there is the story that is told within the family.
We need separate what is happening in Putin's head and what is
happening in Russia. Russia is not a collective brain. All polls, even
those of loyalist sociologists, clearly show that the country is not
united.
Support for the war varies in a country where people aren't exactly
open to a man with a microphone asking them what they think of Putin
or the war.
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Russia needs a change of leadership real bad but a revolution is not
really possible anymore there. Putin's state has been preparing for
such a scenario since 2011. They are ready to consolidate its power.
Putin claims he is realigning a brother nation in Ukraine after being
led astray by a "fascist" leadership. How long can that story last in
Russia?
It's the style of newspaper articles from the 1930s and 40s. In a
sense, there is already a civil war raging in Russia and the
riot-police are already there. Putin is trying to drag the people
into a dark past and forcing them to think as if the ideas and
circumstances of eighty years ago still hold true today.
Half of all Russians know someone in or outside Ukraine who can paint
the real picture for them. So it will be difficult to sell the idea
of Ukraine as a Nazi state or historical slave state, as Putin is
trying to do.
Russians cannot continue to pretend that nothing is wrong and to
avoid "war" as the subject. Not talking about it but making its
presence inaudibly known is also a way to protest.
Sometimes silence is a statement on its own.
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Pioneer Introduces New Optical Disc Drive
By Sean Dennis 1:18/200
From: https://tinyurl.com/ya24322v (tomshardware.com)
Optical Discs Aren't Dead, as Pioneer's New Drive Doubles BD Write
Speeds
By Mark Tyson published 1 March 2022
Return of the optical drive
Physical media is back from the dead, or at least that's the opinion
of Pioneer, which just launched a new optical disc drive (ODD) for
desktop or media center PCs with a spare 5.25 inch bay. Yes, it's
2022, but there are allegedly still ODD holdouts. For them, the
[45]Pioneer BDR-213JBK doubles the maximum write speed on Blu-ray
discs and covers the full gamut of reading and writing optical media
including CDs, DVDs, and BDs, plus a multitude of sub-variants.
Pioneer says it improved both recording quality, and this handsome and
not at all over-the-hill device has a textured hairline finish and
blue LED on its facade, alongside the classic silver embossed Pioneer
logo. In case you don't know what you might use an ODD for in 2022,
Pioneer has some helpful suggestions.
"With the spread of telework these days, there are increasing
opportunities to store large amounts of data such as work data and
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online conference recordings at home," writes the iconic Japanese
Hi-Fi and technology brand. "The demand for optical discs and optical
drives is expected to increase," it adds, with some degree of wishful
thinking.
Highlights of the new drive include its up to 16x speed recording
performance on BD-R discs (single-layer 25GB). If you are looking for
greater capacity than speed, Pioneer says that the BDR-213JBK can
record BD-R (2 layers, 50GB) at 14x speed, BD-R XL (3 layers, 100GB)
at 8x speed, and BD-R XL (4 layers, 128GB capacity). For video
playback purposes you might want to burn 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs,
and these can be recorded at 6x speeds. Meanwhile for DVDs the top
recording speed is 16x, and for CDs it maxes out at 48x.
For audio CD recording, a feature called Pure Read 3 may be
attractive. Pioneer says this allows the drive to adjust its reading
method if it encounters difficulty due to a scratch or dirt on the ODD
surface. Another interesting feature of the Pioneer BDR-213JBK is its
high-speed recording capability using M-Discs, which are designed for
long-term archival storage.
And just in case you need some extra software, besides its own system
utilities, Pioneer provides a host of CyberLink software that will
help you to edit videos and burn discs. CyberLink? [46]Now that's a
name I've not heard in a long time... a long time. [Checks calendar
again. Yup, it's still 2022.]
Pioneer has a lengthy and multi-layered table to let customers know
precisely what ODD formats it supports the reading, playback and
writing of. It seems to cover a very wide gamut of formats, but if you
are doubtful whether some particular ODD you are interested in using
is compatible, then please check out the top linked press release.
Some non-format related specs include; the Serial ATA 3.0 interface,
the possibility of horizontal or vertical orientation, the drive's 4MB
buffer, its 148 x 42.3 x 181mm dimensions, and 740g weight.
The Pioneer BDR-213JBK is already up for sale in Japan for the local
equivalent of about $150, including sales tax. So if you're looking at
your PC and thinking, "What this box really needs in 2022 is an
optical drive," Pioneer has got you covered.
Links:
45. https://jpn.pioneer/ja/pcperipherals/bdd/products/
bdr-213jbk/?ad=pr
46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031vKBPk5eA
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COLUMNS
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As I See It: Zone 2's Superstitions
An opinion column by Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
Welcome to a new opinion column in the FidoGazette! This is where I
will express my personal opinions about all things Fidonet.
(Please note that the opinions expressed here are of my own and are
not representative of anyone or anything else.)
So let's start off the column with the latest stupidity: I am being
castigated by several sysops in Zone 2 for trying to "usurp power" in
echoes simply by elisting them and posting echo rules. Now I know
these European sysops operate on feelings rather than facts but let's
start off with a few facts:
-- I am told that I have a "bad reputation" because of all of the
echoes I have elisted and moderate because Zone 2 feels that I am
trying to "usurp power" from unknown persons.
-- I am also told that in Zone 2, I am seen as a bad person by daring
to post echo rules and try to enforce a modicum of civility.
-- Echomail is not an official part of Fidonet. This is an
oft-overlooked fact.
-- I cannot find anywhere in Policy 4 where I have to give credence to
Zone 2's silly superstitions about echomail (read EP1 for more).
-- All of the echoes I control originate in Zone 1.
-- I follow Zone 1's established procedures about elisting echoes.
-- The reason I post echo rules and enforce them are because of the
actions of these very same hypocritical and pious sysops.
-- Policy 4 only means something to these sysops unless it is
supposedly in their favor.
-- None of these other Zone 2 sysops give a damn until someone in Zone
1 takes action.
So, in short, Zone 2 is having puppies about my following my own
zone's established procedures when dealing with echoes.
Several zone 2 sysops havecastrated themselves on the altar of public
embarrassment while flailing their hands and bleating loudly to anyone
who will listen.
If you stop by WIN95, which I recently elisted, Wilfred van Veltzen
(2:280/464)is making a grand ass out of himself in the echo insisting
that I am not the moderator.
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I honestly think that Wilfred and certain others are aching to
rekindle the zone wars and trying to find any excuse to do so.
Wilfred commented recently in FIDOGAZETTE that he thinks the zone wars
are still going on. Sorry, Wilfred...you can cry, whine, act
pedantic, use your best histrionics...but the fact won't change that
your opinion does not matter about echoes that originate in Zone
1...even if you've been participating in them for decades.
Fidonet will finally move on once these people leave the network but
until then, the rest of us are stuck changing these wizened old men's
adult diapers.
And there you have it as I see it.
Constructive criticism and comments are welcomed. Letters to the
editor are also welcomed. Netmail is welcomed also but I prefer the
other methods first (I accept crashmail via BinkD). Leave your
flamethrower and vulgarities at the door or I will just delete your
message.
-- Sean
1:18/200
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COORDINATORS' CORNER
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FTSC Election
Ward Dossche - 2:2/1000
All RCs in all zones please be advized there is an election going on
for FTSC Standing Members. Your participation is important.
All RCs are entitled to vote. Each voter may cast one "yes" or one
"no" vote for each candidate. Voters need not vote for all can-
didates, a non vote will be regarded as "abstain" for that candidate.
Candidates must receive more "yes" than "no" votes to be elected.
The voting started Sunday, 27 February, 2022 and will conclude
Sunday, 20 March 2022, 20:00 UTC.
If you were listed as an RC in your zone's version of the world
nodelist.028 for 2022 then you're good to go.
These are the nominees.
Candidate Node nr. Nmntd by Accepted
Rob Swindell 1:103/705 ZCC(NC) Yes
James Coyle 1:129/215 ZCC(NC) Yes
Tim Schattkowsky 2:2/29 ZCC(NC) Yes
Voters are requested to copy and paste the form below, mark a cross
for each candidate in the "yes" or the "no" column for all candidates
they wish to cast a vote for and post it in FTSC_PUBLIC addressed to
"Election Coordinator with a subject of "Vote".
Voters need not vote for all candidates.
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| Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
|----------------------|-------------|----|----|
| | | | |
| Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | | |
| James Coyle | 1:129/215 | | |
| Tim Schattkowsky | 2:2/29 | | |
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Ward Dossche
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THOUGHT OF THE WEEK
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"Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing."
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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FIDOGAZETTE BBS LIST
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The FidoGazette BBS List
Maintained by Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
Total systems listed: 9
BBSes are listed in alphabetical order.
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BBS Name: Central Ontario Remote
Sysop name: Mick Manning
Fidonet AKA: 1:229/307
BBS Software: Mystic
Telnet address/Phone #: centralontarioremote.com:2323
Website: http://centralontarioremote.com:8080
Desc: Home of the musician's network, BluesNET.
BBS Name: Imzadi Box
Sysop name: Anna Christina Nass
Fidonet AKA: 2:240/5824
BBS Software: Synchronet
Telnet address/Phone #: box.imzadi.de
Website: http://box.imzadi.de/
Desc: Small BBS with several games and message networks.
FTN hub of WeedNet (Zone 420)
BBS Name: Outpost BBS
Sysop name: Sean Dennis (digimaus/KS4TD)
Fidonet AKA: 1:18/200
BBS Software: MBSE BBS
Telnet: bbs.outpostbbs.net ports 23 or 10123
Website: outpostbbs.net
Desc: The home of Cheepware, The Micronet Information Network, the
FidoGazette, and the Ham Distribution Network SDS.
BBS Name: Palantir BBS
Sysop name: Dan Clough (AKA Gamgee)
Fidonet AKA: 1:123/115
BBS Software: Synchronet
Telnet address: palantirbbs.ddns.net
Desc: Multiple echomail networks, old-school filebase and
several CDROMs online. Lots of Doom/Quake/Duke stuff.
Many local and BBSLink doors. New callers welcome!
BBS Name: PiBBS
Sysop name: Shaun Buzza
Fidonet AKA: McDoob
BBS Software: Mystic
Telnet address/Phone #: pibbs.sytes.net:23
Website: pibbs.sytes.net (not enabled)
Desc: When you build a BBS on a Pi, you have a PiBBS!
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BBS Name: Star Collision BBS
Sysop name: Bjorn Wiberg
Fidonet AKA: 2:201/137
BBS Software: Mystic BBS
Telnet address/Phone #: scbbs.nsupdate.info:50023
Website: https://scbbs.nsupdate.info/
Desc: Star Collision BBS was founded in 1993, closed in 1997, and
re-opened in 2019. It will focus on echomail conferences and file
echos for the time being, with more to come in the future.
BBS Name: Roon's BBS
Sysop name: Daniel Path
Fidonet AKA: 2:371/52
BBS Software: Maximus/2
Telnet address/Phone #: bbs.roonsbbs.hu:1212 +36-1-4454412
Website: http://bbs.roonsbbs.hu
Desc: pure retro 90s bbs, original hardware and software :)
BBS Name: The Rusty MailBox
Sysop name: Alan Ianson
Fidonet AKA: 1:153/757
BBS Software: BBBS
Telnet address/Phone #: trmb.ca:2030
Website: trmb.ca
Desc: An old school BBS. File and message areas including Fidonet,
fsxNet, Metronet and Cybernet.
BBS Name: The Thunderbolt BBS
Sysop name: Daryl Stout
Fidonet AKA: 1:2320/33
BBS Software: Synchronet
Telnet address/Phone #: tbolt.synchro.net
Website: tbolt.synchro.net
Desc: Arkansas' longest running Ham Radio/Weather BBS. Note that the
BBS is offline during maintenance, or when thunderstorms are in
the area. Over 350 doors, over 700 message areas, and over
10,000 files. Free Usage, G/PG content. Christian Related
material is online for those who want it.
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If you would like your BBS to be listed, just use the template below
and send it to me in a message in the FIDOGAZETTE echo or via netmail.
BBS Name:
Sysop name:
Fidonet AKA:
BBS Software:
Telnet address/Phone #:
Website:
Desc:
If you don't have a website, just leave that field blank. Please make
your description less than 200 characters.
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LIST
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BBS Software List
Updated 2022-02-13
Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis
M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor
*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.
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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22
BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-113 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.dbridgemailer.com
|I | support@dbridgemailer.com 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v4.00 on 2022-02-12
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FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
| | cdp/fp_deluxe/
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se
Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15
InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:106/201
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12
AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@gmx.com 2:292/140
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.7 on 2017-11-19
HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21
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InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28
JetMail: JetSys |TU |
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:222/2
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16
GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS |BMTFI|https://sourceforge.net 1:1/119
|PO | /projects/mbsebbs
| | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.7.24 on 2022-01-06
Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|I | v1.12 A46 on 2020-08-26
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NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
| | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01
RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW on 2000-10-25
Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.25/DOS on 2021-05-16
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01
Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.19b on 2022-01-02
Telegard BBS |B* |
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v8.0 AUP 454.12 on 2021-05-14
WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.6.1 on 2021-04-23
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:218/720
Ken Johnson | | v6.1.0 on 2019-02-02
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
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Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are registerable via website
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com
| | 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11
WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
APoint |PI |https://stargate.org.uk/apoint/
| | v1.25 on 2001-12-12 (Win32)
| | Needs the binkD Toolkit for Fido-over-IP
| | which is available from the above URL.
CrossPoint |P |http://www.crosspoint.de
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22 (DOS, Shareware)
FreeXP |PO |http://www.freexp.de
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2020-09-25 (DOS)
OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/
| |https://openxp.uk/
| | dev@openxp.uk
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| | v5.0.51 on 2021-12-26
| | (Win32, Linux(64-Bit})
WinPoint |PI |http://www.winpoint.org/
| | Tim Schattkowsky 2:240/1120.29
| | v398.2 on 2022-02-06 (Win32)
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English
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==> INTERNET UTILITIES
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21
JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544
Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua
MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13
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==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS
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Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.
Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.
The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.
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File Archives:
http://archives.thebbs.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.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 FidoGazette.
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDOGAZETTE echo or netmail at 1:320/219.
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