The F I D O N E W S Volume 23, Number 10 06 Mar 2006 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | | | | FidoNet community. | | Netmail attach to (POTS): | | | | | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-960447) | | | ____________| | | | | / __ | Netmail attach to (BinkP): | | | / / \ | Editor @ 2:203/0 | | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | | | \_______\(_| /_) | Email attach to: | | _ @/_ \ _ | bfelten @ telia dot com | | | | \ \\ | | | | (*) | \ ))| | | |__U__| / \// | Editor: Bj”rn Felten | | ______ _//|| _\ / | | | / Fido \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. | | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Table of Contents 1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1 2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2 EU directive kills free e-mail service ................... 2 3. DARYL STOUT'S COLUMN ..................................... 3 HOW DO I ACCESS THESE BBS'S VIA THE INTERNET? ............ 3 The BBS Corner TELNET BBS GUIDE - February 2006 .......... 5 4. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 15 Fidonet Related Websites ................................. 15 5. ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................ 18 FIDONet Software References .............................. 18 6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 23 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 23 7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 25 How to Submit an Article ................................. 25 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 27 FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 1 6 Mar 2006 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. -- Robert Francis Kennedy ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 2 6 Mar 2006 ================================================================= GENERAL ARTICLES ================================================================= EU directive kills free e-mail service. By Michiel van der Vlist, (2:280/5555) Dutch InterNet service provider Ilse stops free e-mail service. In 1996 Ilse was the first Dutch search engine and she was market leader in The Netherlands for some time. Now she is second after Google. As an aside Ilse runs a free e-mail service, used by 40.000 Dutch customers. As of April 7, 2006 these customers will have to go elsewhere for their e-mail. Existing customers can have their incoming e-mail forwarded to another e-mail address until the end of this year, but that's it. One of the reasons for this decision is an EU directive requiring member states to adopt laws that compel telecom and InterNet service providers to store track records of telephone calls for twelve and e-mail track records for six month and keep them available for law enforcement purposes during that time. Such a law is now in the making here in The Netherlands. InterNet Service Providers have protested because of the high cost involved but their protests were to no avail. For telecom providers there is less extra cost as they store the track records anyway for billing purposes, but e-mail providers claim the cost is enormous. Ilse choose not to invest in the resources needed to meet the requirements but decided to close down the e-mail service instead. Who will be next? And who is the victim? The innocent end user of course! These measures were pushed through under the pretence of countering terrorism, but we all know that this will only up the cost for the end user. It will not catch one extra terrorist. Criminals and terrorists will find ways around the system. They will use mail servers located outside the EU or they will just stop using e-mail and find means of communication that are more difficult to trace. In the meantime the innocent end user not only foots the bill but gets Big Brother breezing down his neck as well. When will this folly end? ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 3 6 Mar 2006 ================================================================= DARYL STOUT'S COLUMN ================================================================= HOW DO I ACCESS THESE BBS'S VIA THE INTERNET? Updated 2/06 How Do I Access BBS Systems On The Internet? Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) have been around before the big push of the modern Internet. They were developed back when MS-DOS was king, mice weren't widely used (what's this point-and-click thing?) and when everyone knew what ANSI and high-ASCII meant. Because BBS systems were developed before today's World Wide Web, the way you access BBS systems is different than most people are accustomed to. Instead of using your web browser, most BBS systems are accessed by one of two ways - direct dial-up modem and via Telnet. This list deals with Telnet and that method will be explained here. Telnet is the process of using a computer from a remote location. This is the equivalent of using a computer from the main console (keyboard) but you are at a different location and using the Internet as a transport of data from where you are now to where the computer is. Telnet has been used for many years - even before the World Wide Web. To access a Telnettable BBS, you will need a Telnet "client". This client is a stand-alone program that is different from your web browser. For those who are using Unix or Linux, there is a built-in Telnet client in the command-line shell. For those of you who are using Windows 95 or higher systems, your software also has a built-in Telnet client. It isn't very good and you can download and install other Telnet clients that work a lot better. Telnet syntax is very similar to that of the web. If you are on a Unix or Linux command line, type in the following commands: telnet (host name) (ex: telnet bbs.dmine.net) or telnet (IP address) (ex: telnet 192.168.0.1) Some systems integrate "telnet" into a menu prompt, which after execution will simply ask you to enter the host name or IP address. Most systems use telnet "port" 23. If no port is specified in the listings, more than likely it its port 23 and no special commands are needed. If there is a number beside the listing, you will need to use that port number. The syntax for these is: telnet (host name) (port number) (ex: examplebbs.com 2002) Windows 95 & 98 have built-in Telnet clients and can use the same commands as listed above - however the quality is awful (no color, strange characters, etc). The Telnet clients in Windows NT/2000/XP do FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 4 6 Mar 2006 a fairly good job and operates about the same as the ones for Unix listed above. For Windows users, we highly suggest you use a stand alone Telnet client. The best one we've seen so far is called mTelnet and can be downloaded for free at http://ozone.eesc.com. A comprehensive list of more Telnet clients is available at the Getting Connected (http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/connected.htm) page at The BBS Corner. If you have any questions - please visit the Telnet FAQ (http://www.dmine.com/telnet/faq.htm) page. If you need further help you may contact us (http://www.dmine.com/telnet/contactus.htm). ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 5 6 Mar 2006 The BBS Corner TELNET BBS GUIDE - February 2006 ----------------------------------------------- Copyright by The BBS Corner & Diamond Mine Online Fredericksburg, VA USA Web: http://www.dmine.com/telnet Telnet: bbs.dmine.net E-mail: telnetbbs@dmine.com THIS IS A FREE LIST PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS LIST EVERYWHERE YOU SEE FIT! ===================================================================== WHERE TO FIND THE BBS CORNER COMPLETE BBS GUIDE: WEB: http://www.dmine.com/telnet BBS: Diamond Mine Online BBS Web: http://www.dmine.com Telnet: bbs.dmine.net EMAIL: E-mail inquiries or submissions: telnetbbs@dmine.com DISTRIBUTION LIST: If you want a copy of this list sent to you automatically once a month, subscribe to our distribution list. For details go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/telnetbbsguide NOTE: All Telnet BBS system listed are checked and verified every 60-90 days. If a BBS is down for more than 30 days, it will be removed from the list. If you find a BBS no longer in operation, please send an E-mail to the address listed above. This file can be downloaded from our website or your favorite BBS. File name for this month is IBBS0206.ZIP ===================================================================== * = NEW listing since last edition ===================================================================== A Web Of Kayaus kayaus.serveftp.net Ability Online Support Net bbs.ablelink.org Abuse of Melody bbs.abuseofmelody.com FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 6 6 Mar 2006 Abyss bbs.abyssnode.net Acad's World www.acad.dynip.com ACE BBS & Internet ace.net.au Aces High BBS aceshigh.dyn.dhs.org Active Mud activemud.com Adam's Garden BBS adamsgarden.com Adventurers Guild advguild.myftp.org After-Hours BBS afterhours.tzo.com Alaska Blue www.akblue.com Alex's BBS alexbbs.dyndns.org Alice's Restaurant alicesbbs.com AlleyCat BBS alleycat.synchro.net AlohaBBS alohabbs.org.mx American Connection BBS oldbbs.no-ip.org Anderson's Toolshed toolshed.darkgeek.com Anger Central BBS evilned.dynalias.com Aquarius BBS bbs.goldengate.net Arcade BBS arcade.demon.co.uk Arti Online artibbs.com Artik Breeze BBS artikbre.synchro.net AT2K Design BBS bbs.at2k.org Atlantis BBS bbs.resus.univ-mrs.fr BackAlley BBS web.backalley.net Bad News BBS badnewsbbs.darktech.org Baddog baddog.no-ip.com Barkto BBS harborwebs.com Baud Town baudtown.com Bauding House baudhous.synchro.net Bayman BBS bayman.org BBS Mousenet atari-bbs.kicks-ass.net BBS Networks online.bbsnets.com BBSCel bbs.un.mx BBSMates bbsmates.com Beck's BBS becksbbs.synchro.net * Bed of Nails bedofnails.org BGD Consulting & Graphics bgdcagbbs.com Bible Lighthouse BBS 203.219.204.234 Binary Cafe ryan42.com Bit Bucket BBS bitbucket.homedns.org Black Box bbs.micronick.com Black Knite's Dungeon bloodnet.myftp.org Black Thursday blackthursday.net Bloodquest Knightmare on Realm Street www.bloodquest.com Bluehard BBS bbs.bluehard.com * Boldly Going Nowhere bbs.boldlygoingnowhere. org Box 24 BBS bbs.box24.ch Bozax Bulletin www.bozax.com BrainToys BBS braintoys.org Branch Universal System (The Bus) scorpia.com BraziBBS bbs.brazi.net Broken Toenail brokentoenail.mine.nu Brotherhood of Groovyness www.b-o-g.net Cam's Wildcat House bbs.camcat.com Cannonia BBS cannonia.darktech.org Capitol City Online cco.ath.cx FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 7 6 Mar 2006 Car Enterprise carbbs.ca CarSo Information Server carso.dyndns.org Castle Rock BBS 69.217.147.233 Castle's Dungeon BBS tcdbbs.zapto.org CedarNet BBS cedarnetbbs.com CedarValley BBS cedarvalleybbs.com CedarValley's Arcade cedvalar.synchro.net Ceramic Lighthouse clghthse.no-ip.org Cereal Port BBS cerealport.homeip.net Cetys BBS cetysbbs.mxl.cetys.mx Change OSP www.thechangeosp.nl * Charlie's Place BBS 207.136.234.16:8023 Chowdanet chowdanet.com Christian Fellowship cfbbs.dtdns.net Circle of Protection copbbs.dyndns.org CIS Bulletin Board bbs.cisbbs.nl Cittadella BBS bbs.cittadellabbs.it:4001 City of Angels BBS tcoabbs.org Classic BBS classicbbs.dynip.com Clinic BBS clinic.synchro.net Clockwork Orange clockworkorangebbs.org Closer To Home cth.dtdns.net ClubMet telnet.clubmet.com Coffee Break BBS coffeebbs.com Cold Winter Knights bbs.coldwinterknights.net Collin County Station cstation.synchro.net Colossus bbs.qzwx.com COMM Port OS/2 VMBBS juge.com Common Ground cg.dircsa.org.au Compunet bbs.compunet2.com Computer Connection tccbbsjyo.toolman.net * Computer Rescue cr.savedme.com Connection BBS theconnection.ods.org Cosmic Concourse www.acsplus.com Crazy Castle BBS crazycastle.ndos.net Crazy Paradise paradisebbs.ath.cx Crestview BBS crestviewbbs.com Crystal Aerie crystal-aerie.com Curztech Gaming Network 204.181.115.163 Cyber Station 1 cs1.redirectme.net Cyberdine Systems cyberdine.servegame.com Cyberhouse II cyberhouse.org Cyberia cyberia.darktech.org CyberNetic Café bbs.gexonline.net Cyberspace BBS grnet.com Dark Castle BBS 65.5.251.213 Dark Crystal dcbbs.sytes.net * Dark Plead BBS bbs.nuitari.net DarkSide BBS darkside.dtdns.net DarkSword www.dc-ink.darktech.org Data Stream dsbbs.net Data's Lab datas-lab.nl Dead Society bbs.deadsociety.net Deathspal bbs.deathspal.com Deep Space 69 BBS nwebt.com Deep Space Nine BBS dsnbbs.dyndns.org FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 8 6 Mar 2006 Delaware Online! dol.net Deltronix Online deltronix.com Department 47 dept47.dtdns.net Diamond Mine Online bbs.dmine.net Digital Underground sinep.gotdns.com Dinosaur Act dinosaur-act.ath.cx Dock Sud bbs.docksud.com.ar Doc's Place Online docsplace.tzo.com Dog House BBS bbs.doghousebbs.com Downunder BBS downunderbbs.com Draggonlance draggonlance.dyndns.org Druids Grove bbs.drakkar.org DSE VIP Computer Club www.dse.gen.nz Dynamite BBS 64.251.27.198 Eagle's Dare bbs.filenet.wwiv.net Eclipse BBS eclipse.bbs.us Ecstacy BBS xtcbox.org Eighty-Eighty Eight (8088) Online bebs.net:8088 El Vicio BBS elvicio.net Elwynor BBS bbs.elwynor.com Emergency Scene bbs.emergencyscene.net End of Eternity eoe.d2g.com End of the Line (EOL) eolonline.com Entertainment Connection entconn.com EntMud entmud.com Eric (the BBS) hobbes.gawd.mb.ca Eric's BBS nwn01.is-a-geek.net Escape To Other Worlds etow.com Eschwa BBS bbs.eschwa.com Exec-PC bbs.execpc.com Express Line ex-line.com Eye of the Hurricane BBS hurricanebbs.dyndns.org FamilyNet HQ BBS www.family-bbs.org Fanciful Online online.fanciful.org Fantastic Planet fplanet.com Farpoint BBS www.farpointbbs.com FEI-BBS fei-bbs.hopto.org FesterWerks fwbbs.egl.net FidoTel fidotel.com Fire Chat Online www.firechat.com Fire Escape's BBS Dir HQ bbs.fehq.org First (1st) Choice 1stchoicecore.co.nz * Flaming Star BBS flamingstar.no-ip.info Florida MUDD floridamudd.game-server. cc Flux BBS fluxbbs.org Fluxpod Info Service fix.no Forgotten Realms (1) frbbs.dtdns.net Fox River Net foxriver.net * Frogland BBS bbs.froglandbbs.net Fundación BBS bbs.com.mx * Future World II fw2.cnetbbs.net Gameland BBS gameland.darktech.org GameMaster BBS gamemasterbbs.darktech. org GameMaster's Realm gamemastersrealm.com FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 9 6 Mar 2006 Gamer's Dreamland BBS gamersdl.mine.nu Games 'R' Us bbsgame.bbs.us Garbage Dump BBS dump.metrobbs.com Gateway Networks rockford.com Genesis BBS genesis.synchro.net Ghetto BBS ghettobbs.dnsalias.net Global Village bbs.globalonline.org Glorb BBS bbs.glorb.com Gnomes Guest House bbs.gnomes.org Grave Yard BBS graveyardbbs.kicks-ass. net Greenwood BBS greenwoodbbs.homeunix.com GREX cyberspace.org Grinning Evil Death bbs.darksideresearch.com Hamilton-Wentworth Freenet freenet.hamilton.on.ca Hard Drive Café hdcbbs.net Haven BBS bbs.havencomm.com Haxor's Palace telnet.unknownrealm.org Haz-Mat III haz-matiii.com Heart Of Tennessee hotbbs.net Hell BBS depths.hell.org Hellas BBS hellasbbs.com Hidden Paradise BBS hpbbs.dns2go.com HidraSoft BBS hidrasoft.dyndns.org High Society BBS hs.host.net Hodge Podge II hodgepodge.dtdns.net Holodeck BBS (1) holodeck.myip.us Holodeck BBS (2) www.holodeckbbs.com Holodeck One bbs.holodeckone.com:5000 Holy Innocents Church reu.org Home BBS/ISP homebbs.com Hometown.Net hometown.net HomeWard Bound homewardboundbbs.no-ip. com Hotel California hocalbbs.com Hub BBS hubbbs.com Hub BBS Too hubtoo.com Ice BBS icebbs.com.ar Inetdesign dot org inetdesign.org * Infinity Project BBS twars.tzo.com Inner Circle country-computer.net Inner Sanctum BBS sanctum.com Iowa Student Assc. BBS (ISCA) bbs.isca.uiowa.edu Israfel's Retreat sardaukar.ath.cx IT Games itgames.com Jamming Signal BBS bbs.jammingsignal.com Joe’s Computer joesbbs.no-ip.com Joshua's Den BBS joshuas-den.bbs.us JTP BBS bbs.altoid.org JumpStart BBS www.exciter.ws Jungle Online jungle.net Just Another BBS bbs.hoser.ca Juxtaposition BBS juxtaposition.dynip.com KaraNet karanet.uni-klu.ac.at Keep BBS thekeep.net Kewl! BBS kewl.net FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 10 6 Mar 2006 Kid's Treehouse Internet BBS kidstreehouse.com Killed In Action kiabbs.org Kingdom BBS thekingdom.homeip.net King's Domain kdbbs.dns2go.com King's Domain Software tkdsoftware.com Kobayashi Alternative BBS wcs.tka.com KOJV kojvserver.mine.nu Lair of the Wolverine II; Primal Scream lotw2.servebbs.net Land Of Mysticism landofmysticism.myip.us Landover BBS landover.no-ip.com Legion HQ lhqi.com Lighter Side 70.112.218.72 Lightning BBS lightningbbs.com Linden Room BBS (Lroom.org) lroom.org Lion's Den lionsden.darktech.org * Lizard Lounge Online lizardlounge.dyndns.org LOIS - Link Online Santa Maria lois.org * Looney Bin looney85.dyndns.org Loonie Bin (1) thelooniebin.net Loonie Bin (2) looniebin.dnsalias.net Lucid Dreams BBS luciddreams.mine.nu Lunatic Phringe gtalk.phringe.org Mac Line fc.macline.com Madison PC Users Group mpcug.com Magic Fun House BBS magicom.net Major MUD BBS.com majormudbbs.com Maniac Mansion tmm.d2g.com Masterpiece BBS masterpiece.metrobbs.com Matrix BBS thematrixbbs.dtdns.net McKinley Harbor BBS mmud.net MemphisTW bbs.memphistw.org Metaverse meta.bbs.us Metro Olografix bbs.olografix.org Mezzanine 68.112.56.208 Midnight Café midnightcafe.zapto.org Midnight Hour bbs.falkenbbs.com Midnight Star BBS midnightstar.no-ip.org Mind Pulse Online mindpulse.com Misfits BBS misfits.dnsalias.net Mission: Night Hawk BBS twgs.org M-Net m-net.arbornet.org Monochrome mono.org Moon Base Alpha mba.dnsalias.com MoonDog bbs.moondog.com Mud BBS mudbbs.com Mud Dweller mud.muddweller.com Mud Pit mmud.kicks-ass.net Mud Zone mudzone.dyndns.org MudWar mudwar.com * Music MP3 BBS musicmanmp3.dyndns.org My Desk mydeskbbs.com Mysteria mysteria.com Mysteria Majicka BBS majicka.at2k.org Mystic Cloister BBS mysticcl.synchro.net:2002 Mystic Forest BBS mysticfo.com NAEMT Online bbs.naemt.org FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 11 6 Mar 2006 NerveCenter tncbbs.no-ip.com Netcava BBS bbs.netcava.net * Netvillage netvillage.com Never Never Land nnl.darktech.org NeverEnding BBS bbs.neverending.com New Ware Club BBS bbs.newwareclub.com * Newcity BBS newcity.dynup.net Nexus Game Server bbs.ccsnet.com Night Vision BBS nightvisionbbs.dynu.com Nightowl.net bbs.nightowl.net NightScape bbs.tarix.net Ninja Link ninjalink.com Nite Eyes BBS niteeyes.etowns.net Ocean State Freenet osfn.org Odyssey BBS odysseybbs.net Olympus BBS bbs.hermesii.org Omega BBS omegabbs.dyndns.org On Guard BBS onguardbbs.com One-Armed Scissor bbs.geekmafia.net:9923 Operation DataStorm ods.ods.net Orion BBS orionbbs.synchro.net OS/2 Shareware BBS bbs.os2bbs.com Ottawa PC Users Group (PUB II) opcug.ca Outer Edge BBS outeredgebbs.bounceme.net Outer Reaches outer.reaches.dyndns.org Outpost 2 24.249.100.77 Outpost BBS bbs.outpostbbs.net Overkill World HQ overkill.tarix.net Ozello BBS ozello.no-ip.com Ozone BBS ozone.eesc.com * Parallel parallel.darktech.org Parolas BBS parolas.thebbs.org Particles! BBS particlesbbs.dyndns.org Pause-Cafe cafe.dyndns.org Peazy's Place bbs.peazy.net Phantom Empire phantomempire.com * PhantomRage Studios prs.synchro.net Physics BBS physicsbbs.kicks-ass.net Pilbara Amiga BBS pilbara.sytes.net Pit Stop pitstop.synchro.net Point Blank BBS pointblank.com Polarissima polarissima.com Pony's Corral BBS thecorral.darktech.org Poormans BBS poormansbbs.dyndns.org PowerLink BBS powerlink.servebbs.com Prism BBS filegate.net Prison Board pb.darktech.org Project Old School lord.stabs.org Prophecy BBS prophecybbs.org Proud Pirates Cove ppc.synchro.net Pucela BBS pucelabbs.dyndns.org Pursuit of Happiness www.pcpursuits.com Queen's Castle queens.slyip.net QuickFox BBS bbs.quickfox.org Quicksilver (1) qwksilver.com Quicksilver (2) quicksilverbbs.servegame. FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 12 6 Mar 2006 com RafaSTD BBS bbs.rafastd.org RBB Systems Int'l rbb.bbs.fi Reality Cheque BBS realitychequebbs.no-ip. info Realm BBS therealmbbs.com Realm of Darkness bbs.trod.org Realm of Serion serion.thebbs.org Realmud.com realmud.com Red Dragon BBS reddragon.dyndns.org Retro BBS retro.thebbs.org Retro BBS Games bbs.retrobbsgames.net Richard Fun House richardf.synchro.net Rockford Files BBS rockford.yi.org RogueGamer BBS bbs.roguegamer.com Roughneck BBS theroughnecks.net RuneKeep runekeep.darktech.org Rusty Mailbox trmb.ca * Safe-T-Net BBS 68.45.190.101 Sanctum II sanctumbbs.com Sandnes BBS stokmarknes.org Sanitarium sanitariumbbs.com Santronics Software online.winserver.com SBBS Orillia bbsorillia.com Scanner Enthusiasts BBS scannerbbs.dyndns.org Scooby's Doo BBS scoobys.org Scuttlebutt www.thebutt.net Sea Breeze Gaming Network seabreeze.servegame.com Seattle Community Network scn.org Section One BBS sectionone-bbs.org Servant Of The Lord servantofthelord.org Shakey Jake's bbs.shakeyjakes.com Shaman's Inn shinnbbs.sytes.net * Shimanet shimanet.shacknet.nu Shurato's Heavenly Sphere shurato.darktech.org Shutupandreboot BBS shutupandreboot.net Silent Running silent-running.com Skull Keep skullkeep.com Skulls & Crossbones skulls.sytes.net Slumberland bbs.slumberland.org Smart BBS clubbbs.com SMARTMedia Community Server smartmedia.dyndns.org Smartweblinks smartweblinks.com SMC Computers BBS smccomputers.dyndns.org Smokey's BBS bbs.smokeys.org Snuggler's Cove BBS snugcove.com Space Odyssey bbs.sobbs.org Spilman Resources Unlimited BBS www.srupc.com Square One sq1.no-ip.org Stan's Hut stanshut.com Starpilot's Hanger star.synchro.net * Stormies BBS stormwalker.ath.cx Strategic Telecommunication Systems bbs.sts.net STS-II thests.com SuperMud 3 supermud3.com Sursum Corda! BBS bbs.sursum-corda.com FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 13 6 Mar 2006 Synchronix freebsd.synchro.net Taciturn Seclusion BBS foou.net Tarl's Place tarls.com Techware techware.dynip.com TecMecca tecmecca.ath.cx Tek1 Online tek1systems.com * Tenchi Masaki BBS tmbbs.synchro.net TextZone BBS bbs.textzone.net There Is A Solution BBS thesolution.homelinux.org Thorny's BBS thorny.synchro.net Thunderbolt BBS tbolt.synchro.net Time Machine BBS tmachine.bbs.us Time Warp of the Future BBS time.synchro.net Titantic BBS Telnet ttb.slyip.com Toker's Hut game420.ath.cx Top Hat tophat.dyndns.org Toronto Freenet torfree.net Torshov BBS bbs.torshov.biz * Tower of High Sorcery tohs2.synchro.net Trashcan BBS bbs.thenet.gen.nz Tuneman BBS tunemanbbs.mine.nu Turned Wraith BBS turnedwraith.game-host. org Twin Cities Freenet tcfreenet.org * Ultimate Geeks ultimategeeks.com:2023 Uncensored! uncensored.citadel.org Underground BBS orobas.com UnNamed BBS unnamedbbs.com Utopia utopiabbs.com Utopia Dammit! BBS bbs.utopiadammit.com Valley II valley.darktech.org * Vamperro BBS www.martinlima.com.ar Vampyre's Heaven BBS bbs.ricta.net VBARNET vbarnet.org Vented Spleen ventedspleen.dyndns.org Vertrauen vert.synchro.net Vested Tyme Dataline vtdl.net:2023 Victoria Telecommunity Network freenet.victoria.bc.ca Viking BBS nipha.com Vortex (1) vortx.darktech.org Vortex (2) vortexbbs.com Waka Waka wakawaka.dns2go.com Waldo's Place USA ftn.wpusa.dynip.com Wasteland BBS wasteland.bbs.us Wastelands BBS wastelands-bbs.net WCS Online bbs.wcssoft.com Webspin webspin.serveftp.net WELL well.com WestLine westline.mine.nu WestPole BBS westpole.net Westward Castle BBS bbs.wwcbbs.com Window of Illusion BBS woibbs.org Windside xenons.bbszone.net:24 Windward Pass Games System games.windwardpass.org Witching Hour twh.servebeer.com Wolfman's Lair wolf-lair.dyndns.org FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 14 6 Mar 2006 WorldgroupWare worldgroupware.com Xanadu xanadubbs.ca Xaoszu BBS xaoszu.bbs.us Xaragmata xaragmata.thebbs.org X-Bit BBS x-bit.org Xroads xroads.dyndns.org XTCBBS xtcbbs.com Zirak zirak.org Zone BBS thezone.kicks-ass.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Added in the past 30 days: 23 TOTAL SYSTEMS LISTED : 452 [END OF LIST] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 15 6 Mar 2006 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= Fidonet Related Websites Thom LaCosta 1:261/1352 03/14/2005 One approach to tracking and viewing Fidonet related websites is to visit webrings that specialize in Fidonet. A webring is a method where sites having a common theme advertise other websites with simailar themes. The advantage to the webring concept is that in theory, the sites have an interest in maintaining an accuate listing and can modify their own listings on a site by site basis. It appears that there are two fidonet webrings....the long-running system at http://b.webring.com/hub?ring=fidonet and another at http://www.fidonet.us/fidoring/ The ring at webring.com is larger, but forces the viewer to look at google ads panels. The smaller ring at fidonet.us does not depend on adverstising revenue from ads. Sysops with Fidonet related websites should consider joining one or both rings. Ring News 03/13/2005 Welcome to the Positronium Repository - Software Repository of mostly free/PD packages for DOS, Wins, OS/2 & Linux. Over 20,000 packages ... Sysop: Ben Ritchey 02/17/2005 Fidonet webring welcomes BGD Consulting and Graphics BBS Sysop : Barry Davis Jr 01/15/2004 Welcome to Fidotel -- Free access to Fidonet via Telnet & the Web. Sysop: Shannon Talley 12/27/2004 Welcome to The Thunderbolt -- A Weather Wonder(Arkansas, US) Sysop: Daryl Stout 12/5/2004 It's a pleasure to welcome two new BBS systems to the fidonet.us webring: Pucela BBS (Valladolid, Spain) Sysop: Komunero The Realm of Darkness BBS Sysop: Ken Bowley The most current version of the list below can be viewed at FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 16 6 Mar 2006 http://www.fidonet.us/fidoring/sitelist.html WWW.FIDONET.US - WEBRING PARTICIPANTS BBBS Charlotte and N4RPS.net Home Page Web Page of N4RPS, Rob Sargeant, and Web portal for BBBS Charlotte, a Fidonet BBS located in Charlotte, North Carolina USA (1:379/2). http://www.n4rps.net - 6-November-2003 Fidonet - Net261 - Maryland Fidonet in Maryland - Net261 http://www.fidonet.us/net261/ - 2-March-2003 Rocasa BBS Rocasa BBS is a system accessible as both a traditional Bulletin Board System, via landline or telnet, as well as via the Web for message and file access. It is also the home of the BBBS FDN. http://bbs.rocasa.org - 16-June-2003 Prism BBS Hq of the IFDC FileGate and the Programmers Distribution Network. Prism has been online since 1989. http://www.filegate.net:8080 - 11-February-2003 Fidonet.us The Fidonet Site for all sysops. http://www.fidonet.us - 10-February-2003 The Realm of Darkness BBS A Linux based BBS running in Phoenix, AZ http://www.trod.org/trod.html - 3-December-2004 Pucela BBS (Valladolid, Spain) BBS located in Spain. The web has a lot of information about BBS's and FidoNet in Spain, Argentina, Mexico FidoNet: 2:341/201. Language: Spanish. http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/pucelabbs.htm - 18-November-2004 FTN Gate Fidonet related site; including especially DNS hosting for z1.fidonet.net domains. http://www.ftngate.net - 18-September-2004 Fidonet Region 13 Home page for Fidonet Region 13. http://www.fidonet.us/region13/ - 20-August-2004 FidoNet Primer An introduction to FidoNet: what it is, how it works http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html - 11-February-2003 RuneKeep BBS A great place for new sysops to learn about BBSing and getting help setting things up. A friendly place for people to Play Onlines Games, FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 17 6 Mar 2006 Chat, and participate in International Message Forums. http://runekeep.darktech.org - 10-February-2003 The Elflords' Home Where the FidoMob meets to exercise it's mysterious control over Zone 1 http://www.elflords.net/ - 2-March-2003 Fidonet Parody FidoNet - An Unofficial Page where truth is stranger than fiction, and humor abounds when the Emperor Has No Clothes. http://www.fidonet.ro/ - 2-March-2003 Chowdanet BBS Chowdanet offers mail from several nets, games and a large files base. Dial up and telnet access. http://www.chowdanet.com - 11-February-2003 The Thunderbolt -- A Weather Wonder Arkansas' exclusive GT Power and FIDO BBS, with over 150 message areas, over 5500 files, and over 125 REGISTERED doors. FIDO 1:382/33 GT Power 035/005 http://www.wx1der.com - 26-December-2004 FidoTel Provides free access to Fidonet via Telnet & the Web. Download/upload QWK packets via Telnet or Web, Free Email with every account! Come by and see, Fidotel is Free! http://www.fidotel.com/ Fido 1:275/311 & 100 15-January-2005 BGDCAG BBS has been around since the early 90's. We are always looking for ways to update the BBS. Doors are always being added. Stop by for a visit. http://www.bgdcagbbs.com Fido 1:229/414 17-February-2005 Positronium Repository - Software Repository of mostly free/PD packages for DOS, Wins, OS/2 & Linux. Over 20,000 packages http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/positron.htm 7-March-2005 If you have a Fidonet-related site, join the ring at http://www.fidonet.us/fidoring/ Thom 1:261/1352 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 18 6 Mar 2006 ================================================================= ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= -=:{ FIDONet Software Reference }:=- Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node| `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -' Argus |MI |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84 | | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889 | | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001 BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net 1:1/102 | | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998 BinkD |MI |http://2f.ru/binkd/ | | maloff@corbina.net | | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000 (Outdated) FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280 Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net | | v2.6b on Jul 20th 2005 FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330 Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101 | | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX Husky Project |MTPUI|http://sf.net/projects/husky/ | | v1.4 RC2 on Sep 22nd 2003 Radius |MI |http://radius.pp.ru 2:5012/38 (based on Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463 | | Last Release: v4.010 on Jan 3nd 2005 Taurus |MI |http://taurus.rinet.ru 2:461/701 (based on Radius) | | E-mail: taurus@rinet.ru | | v5.000 alpha on Oct 11th 2004 Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608 | | Website is in Russian only WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204 Software, Inc. | | AUP 451.1 on April 26th 2004 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org | | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.10 FMail |T |http://fmail.nl.eu.org FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 19 6 Mar 2006 | | support@fmail.nl.eu.org v1.60 JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de (ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000 Squish |T |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/ | | Lanuis site redirects to above | | Squish is part of Maximus. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net | | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222 ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002 EZYCom BBS |BT |http://ezycom.sytes.net | |http://members.westnet.com.au/centuryp/ | | ezycom@westnet.com.au 3:690/682 | | v2.0 on 3 May 2003 Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org | | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final Maximus BBS |B |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/ | | v3.03 MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802 Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net | | v0.60.0 on June 5th 2004 Mystic BBS |B |http://www.mysticbbs.com | | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001 Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net | | groberts@nexusbbs.net | | v0.99.41-Beta on Oct 16th 2002 | | [Note: No Longer under active | | development.] Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be | | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002 RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120 Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com | | v2.62.2SW Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/ Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150 | | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999 Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net | | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net | | v3.10L Beta FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 20 6 Mar 2006 Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net | | support@telegard.net | | v3.09g2 SP4 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/ | | Last Update: August 2004 Cheepware |DU |http://cheepware.midnightshour.org Sean Dennis | | hausmaus@midnightshour.org 1:18/200 DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201 Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org Ruth Argust | | DoorMUD |D |http://doormud.com | | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002 | | Website is down after | | past the splash page. Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com | | scott@jibben.com | | 1995-99 Release dates John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com | | support@johndaileysoftware.com Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ | | nannette@shiningstar.net Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com | | Tel: (404) 256-9518 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: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013 Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org | | last update: Jul 17th 2002 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de | |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm | | (English Version) | | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de | | v1.25 2:2426/1210.13 CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de (German Only) | | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999 FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 21 6 Mar 2006 FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de 2:2433/460 | | support@freexp.de | | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot) OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004 | | (Site is in German Only) | | mk@openxp.de v3.8.15 Beta Feb 10th 2004 | | Download Page comes back 404 not found. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ GoldEd+ |E |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/ 2:203/6600 | | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003 SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de | | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999 TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet | | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed | | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com | | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997 Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/ Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806 (Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001 TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/ | | transnet@ressl.com.ar | | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998 TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.start.ca/software/multiboard Communications, Inc.| | Unsure about support now but Free Keys | | are now available. Donations accepted. | | v3.5 (Note: KeyGen is a Windows Program) Ifmail |UI |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net | | crosser@average.org 2:5020/230 | | Ifmail is a FTN <-> E-Mail/News Gateway | | Program. Meltdown-BBS |UI |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/ | | meltdown-bbs.project.petkan | | @spamgourmet.com | | Fido: 2:350/5 | | Meltdown-BBS is an FTN <-> | | Web/PHP/MySQL BBS forum system. MakeNL |U | http://makenl.darktech.org/ | | fidonet.hub2000 [at] gmail [dot] com | | Fido: 1:229/2000 | | FidoNet Nodelist Processor FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 22 6 Mar 2006 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ National BBS List |? | http://www.usbbs.org Hispanic FIDO/BBS's |? | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/ (in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings) +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.net http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org http://www.juge.com http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/ http://garbo.uwasa.fi http://www.simtel.net http://wuarchive.wustl.edu http://maximus.midnightshour.org http://hobbes.nmsu.edu Note: most also provide FTP access (use ftp:// instead of http:// above) *=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=* Please send corrections & additions to: Robert Couture, 1:229/2000 E-Mail: rpa4email (at) rogers (dot) com Telnet: runekeep.darktech.org (Leave Feedback as Guest or create an account) Emeritus: Ben Ritchey, Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 23 6 Mar 2006 ================================================================= SPECIAL INTEREST ================================================================= Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.062 size 710.5kb date 2006-03-03 The nodelist has 5838 nodes in it and a total of 7997 non-comment entries including 6 zones 46 regions 346 hosts 400 hubs admin overhead 798 ( 13.67 %) and 773 private nodes 341 nodes down 247 nodes on hold off line overhead 1361 ( 23.31 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 500 ( 8.56 %) 9600 = 4703 ( 80.56 %) (HST = 87 or 1.85 %) (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %) (PEP = 1 or 0.02 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 1 or 0.02 %) (V32 = 2433 or 51.73 %) (V32B = 156 or 3.32 %) (V34 = 3270 or 69.53 %) (V42 = 2740 or 58.26 %) (V42B = 161 or 3.42 %) 2400 = 44 ( 0.75 %) 1200 = 5 ( 0.09 %) 300 = 586 ( 10.04 %) ISDN = 416 ( 7.13 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 1811 Frontdoor 2.02+ Dutchie 2.90c Binkleyterm >2.1 D'Bridge <1.3 TIMS Xenia -------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 24 6 Mar 2006 XB Binkleyterm 2.0 7 Dutchie 2.90b -------------------------------------- XC Opus 1.1 3 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 2 -------------------------------------- XR Opus 1.03 29 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 246 Tabby KittenMail -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 2483 Frontdoor 1.99b Intermail 2.01 T-Mail -------------------------------------- None QMM 1257 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 2024 ( 34.67 %) MailOnly nodes = 3243 ( 55.55 %) Listed-only nodes = 487 ( 8.34 %) Other = 84 ( 1.44 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 23-10 Page 25 6 Mar 2006 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= How to Submit an Article If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here are some guidelines, if you send it as an attached file; the preferred method if you want reasonable control over how the published article will appear in the Fidonews: a) Plain ASCII text. 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