The F I D O N E W S Volume 39, Number 07 14 Feb 2022 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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Table of Contents
1. HEADLINE NEWS ............................................ 1
A true Fidonet nestor has left ........................... 1
2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
Holger was my grandfather ................................ 2
A long time Fido sysop has left Fidonet .................. 3
Today we say farewell to an oldtimer ..................... 4
And then Holger is gone .................................. 5
3. FTSC INFORMATION ......................................... 6
Service announcement by the ZCC .......................... 6
4. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 7
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 7
5. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 10
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 10
6. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 11
7. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 18
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 18
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 19
8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 21
How to Submit an Article ................................. 21
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 23

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HEADLINE NEWS =================================================================

A true Fidonet nestor has left

What probably was the oldest nodelisted Fidonet sysop in Fidonet
history has signed off.

With only one and the same node number for almost 27 years, not
counting a clerical error in 1996, his line changed just two times.

That also must be some kind of record, and surely will earn him
the title of a true Fidonet nestor.

A recent photo of Holger can be seen here:

http://eljaco.se/files/Holger_Granholm.jpg



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GENERAL ARTICLES =================================================================

Holger was my grandfather
Johan Granholm <jkgranholm at gmail dot com>

Hi Bj�rn,

Thank you for keeping in touch. Holger was my grandfather and he
passed away last Saturday, February 5th at 11 Finnish time at the age
of 91.

He has always been active and independent but he has had a tough time
in recent months. He fell and broke his wrist in early December and
after that he became more and more tired. He went to the hospital the
week before Christmas & got a pacemaker on December 22nd.

However, he had to come home for Christmas so we could celebrate
Christmas together, which was very nice. After the Christmas weekend,
he got worse again, and has been struggling with a pneumonia for the
past month, but his body can no longer bear it.

He has always been an important person in my life and he leaves a
great loss and void behind. I moved to Sweden in 2006 but have gone
home often and visited him & we talked on the phone several times a
week.

Holger was born in Helsinki on January 23, 1931 & he moved to �land
with his wife and children in November 1947 where he was offered a job
and after working for a few years as a radio technician he trained as
a television technician so started his own radio & television business
which he ran until 1972. He was active in motorsport and competed in
both boating and motorsports.

He was also an avid radio amateur & took an early interest in
computers and bought his first computer in 1982. He ran his BBS with
great enthusiasm and I know it was an important interest for him.

He loved to exercise & kept skiing in the winter and long walks the
rest of the year.

He became a widower in 2012 & now leaves children & grandchildren with families.

Funeral will take place on Saturday 26 February at 13:00 Finnish time
in the circle of the next of kin.


Sincerely Johan


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A long time Fido sysop has left Fidonet
Christer Jonson <2:201/0>

I have received the word that Holger Granholm has peacefully passed
away a week ago.

Holger joined Fidonet in april 1995 as 2:20/228 -- HAM-BOX, from the
isle �land, between Sweden and Finland, and he kept that number until
the end.

He was a skilled technician and a dedicated radio amateur, known over
the world as "Sam" with call sign OH0NC. He took part in many
contests and other event and he also created many shareware-programs
for calculating amateur radio antennas of various kinds.

In a newspaper from �land dated 1965, he is seen among other boy
scouts when they participate in a world wide radio event where young
scouts reach out to each other using amateur radio stations.

Holger was a frequent contributor in various echoes, in particular
the AMATEUR_RADIO echo but as he was still using OS/2 he also visited
various OS/2 echos as well as the PCBOARD echo.

In 2007 he moved to net 201 but kept his nodenumber. As we were both
radio amateurs we had many contacts in various matters but we never
had the chance to meet over the air.

From 2007 until the end, his system kept polling my system daily
using plain ol' copper wire technology but now the phone has stopped
ringing.

R.I.P Holger, aka Sam, we miss you!

73
Christer



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Today we say farewell to an oldtimer.

Today we say farewell to an oldtimer. Holger Granholm, AKA 2:20/228.
Or in the other hobby ON0NC. There is a fairly large overlap between
the Fidonet community and the HAM community and me and Holger also
shared that other hobby.

I do not recall ever having made an over the air contact with Holger,
but I might have. And so I mourn the passing of a fellow Fidonet sysop
and a Fellow HAM, now a silent key.

Holger rest in Peace.

--- -. ----- -. -.-. -.. . .--. .- ----- -- -- ...- ...-.-

Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555, PA0MMV



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And then Holger is gone ...
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

February 5th 2022 was going to be a beautiful Saturday in early
spring, as there can be that many ... the grandchildren were there,
there was good food, there were drinks, laughter, joy ...

But somehow the day would not end as joyous as it started because
somewhere while the minutes ticked away the Fidonet-wires grew a
little more silent. Barely noticeable for the average lurker,
something had changed ... Holger Granholm had left us.

Holger and I never met, our interactions were pure Fido-style but
how wonderful they were. I always considered him the main tourist
agency for the Aland island archipelago. He managed to send me
piles of documentation and tried to lure me there for a vacation.
His description was wonderful and very appealing, but it never
materialized due to a number of irrelevant reasons.

We talked about the challenges of living on a Finnish island but
connected to the world via Sweden ... and about global warming, the
rising seas and Aland being that low. We talked about families in
a way that only the intimacy of Fidonet affords us ... a man with a
rainbow of talents and interests ...

Although we never had any physical interactions, when the news hit
it felt as a loss anyway. I think Holger must have been a beautiful
person, he will be mourned by his family and missed by his friends
... there was no way around it, one could only be his friend.

It's only 1 line in the nodelist but the void will be felt by all
that were touched by him.

Signing-off .. unfortunately .. but thankful for a great friendship.

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FTSC INFORMATION =================================================================

Service announcement by the ZCC
Ward Dossche - 2:2/1000

An election for FTSC standing members was announced which starts
on Sunday, 30th of January 2022 at 20:00 UTC.

To ensure a sufficient number of FTSC-members with proven
technical background in Fido-software development, the ZCC has
decided to activate its prerogative to establish a nominating
committee and approach a number of people of whom it believes
they could be a valuable asset.

Ward Dossche
IC - ZCC spokesperson

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LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES =================================================================

List of IPv6 nodes
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

Updated 9 Februari 2022


Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark

1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All f
2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f
4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
6 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f
7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
8 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky Native PCextreme
9 1:154/10 Nicholas Bo�l Native Spectrum f
10 2:203/0 Bj�rn Felten T-6in4 he.net
11 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f INO4
12 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
13 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner f
14 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
15 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0
16 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek T-6in4 he.net
17 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
18 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
19 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline f IO
20 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
21 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
22 3:770/100 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
23 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native TTK-Volga f
24 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
25 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
26 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
27 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
28 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
29 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
30 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
31 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
32 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
33 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native OVH
34 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
35 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
36 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
37 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
38 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
39 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
40 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Amazon.com
41 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
42 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
43 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
44 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
45 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
46 2:467/239 Mykhailo Kapitanov Native Vultr f
47 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
48 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
49 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Xs4All
50 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
51 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
52 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 he.net
53 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
54 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f
55 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
56 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
57 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
58 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native EkranTV f
59 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus
60 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
61 2:5053/400 Alexander Kruglikov Native Oracle f
62 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
63 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
64 2:2452/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
65 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
66 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 NOVATOR
67 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
68 1:102/127 Bradley Thornton Native Hetzner
69 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native OVH
70 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
71 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC-NET
72 1:106/633 William Williams Native LINODE-US PM *1
73 2:263/5 Martin List-Petersen Native TuxBox
74 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
75 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers f
76 1:142/103 Brian Rogers T-6in4 he.net
77 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
78 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
79 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
80 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL
81 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
82 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass Native DTAG f
83 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f INO4
84 1:218/401 James Downs Native ORG-TT1
85 2:5030/3165 Serg Podtynnyi Native DIGITALOCEAN
86 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
87 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native GIGEPORT
88 2:301/113 Alisha Manuela Stutz T-6in4 he.net
89 1:134/100 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
90 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
91 1:134/102 Shelley Petersen T-6in4 he.net f INO4
92 1:134/103 Gordon Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
93 1:134/301 Brandon Moore T-6in4 he.net f INO4
94 1:134/302 Adam Park T-6in4 he.net f
95 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms
96 1:218/840 Morgan Collins Native Linode
97 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin T-6in4 he.net
98 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Vodafone
99 2:280/2040 Leo Barnhoorn Native KPN
100 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
101 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f INO4
102 1:266/420 Scott Street Native Comcast OO
103 1:218/850 John Nicpon Native LINODE-US
104 1:142/104 Clive Reuben Native SNETFCC-1



T-6in4 Static 6in4
T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
T-6to4 6to4
T-6RD 6RD

Remarks:

f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
(zone, net, node in decimal notation)
IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls).
INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls).
PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
but is configured to try IPv4 first)
6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
NO6 The node no longer presents an IPv6 address in the nodelist
and will soon be removed from this list.
HOLD The node is temporarely off-line. Mail may be routed.
DOWN This node is Down for both IPv4 and IPv6 and will be
removed from this list if the condition pertains.
PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.

PM *1 [2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe2b:c319]


Notes:

To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
node config for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
and up when compiled with AF_FORCE=1). If the destination address
is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if
an IPv4 address is present.


Submitted on day 044

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FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING =================================================================



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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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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

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

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

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 | |

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
| | 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

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.

BBS Nexus |# |https://bbsnexus.com
| | This website offers a searchable list
| | of Telnet BBS's.

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File Archives:

http://archives.thebbs.org

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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 1:320/219.

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=================================================================
SPECIAL INTEREST =================================================================

Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
By EchoTime @ 2:203/0

(Some nets may have lost their last
digit for technical reasons)

pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss)
nodes mean dev no mean dev no

154/* 7.8m 5.8m 713 1.5h 6.6h 714
201/* 1.7m 0.7m 5 0.0h 0.0h 5
221/* 1.0m 1.2m 869 5.1h 8.8h 869
280/* 0.8m 1.6m 971 5.7h 7.7h 971
292/* 3.6m 1.7m 39 4.5h 5.1h 38
320/* 3.1m 3.8m 280 2.1h 6.3h 280
502/* 0.8m 0.4m 7 4.3h 6.6h 7

Sigma 2.9m 4.4m 2884 4.1h 7.9h 2884

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Nodelist Stats

Input nodelist nodelist.042
size 186.8kb
date 2022-02-11

The nodelist has 1013 nodes in it
and a total of 1482 non-comment entries

including 4 zones
33 regions
175 hosts
70 hubs
admin overhead 282 ( 27.84 %)

and 110 private nodes
39 nodes down
38 nodes on hold
off line overhead 187 ( 18.46 %)


Speed summary:

>9600 = 46 ( 4.54 %)
9600 = 186 ( 18.36 %)
(HST = 2 or 1.08 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 80 or 43.01 %)
(V32B = 19 or 10.22 %)
(V34 = 88 or 47.31 %)
(V42 = 78 or 41.94 %)
(V42B = 19 or 10.22 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
300 = 780 ( 77.00 %)

ISDN = 33 ( 3.26 %)

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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
IBN Binkp 810 ( 79.96 %) ----------------------------------
IFC Raw ifcico 80 ( 7.90 %) ----------------------------------
IFT FTP 57 ( 5.63 %) ----------------------------------
ITN Telnet 169 ( 16.68 %) ----------------------------------
IVM Vmodem 17 ( 1.68 %) ----------------------------------
IP Other 4 ( 0.39 %) ----------------------------------
INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.49 %) ----------------------------------

CrashMail capable = 870 ( 85.88 %)
MailOnly nodes = 318 ( 31.39 %)
Listed-only nodes = 23 ( 2.27 %)



[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
[ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]

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Hello Everybody,

Holger was my grandfather
Johan Granholm <jkgranholm at gmail dot com>

A life well lived. Never met him, same as most others. But
he did leave an impact on many, including those on distant shores.
He will be remembered. Hopefully in a good way.

Holger was born in Helsinki on January 23, 1931 & he moved to +land
with his wife and children in November 1947 where he was offered a job

Wow! That is the way to do it! First get married and have kids.
Then move to an island and get to work! Not the other way around,
as folks do today ...

and after working for a few years as a radio technician he trained as
a television technician so started his own radio & television business which he ran until 1972. He was active in motorsport and competed in
both boating and motorsports.

Hmmm. Most folks here have to work 'til they drop. And Holger only
had to work some 25 years? And while also having time to compete in
motorsports and boating? Jeezus! What did he do when he retired?

He was also an avid radio amateur & took an early interest in
computers and bought his first computer in 1982. He ran his BBS with
great enthusiasm and I know it was an important interest for him.

Did this guy ever sleep? Nobody has that much time. To work, compete
in motorsports and boating, be ham operator, and also dabble with
computers. And to do it for 25 years, without getting fired? That is
not humanly possible ...

He loved to exercise & kept skiing in the winter and long walks the
rest of the year.

Now wait a minute! There are not enough hours in a day to do all
of that! The sun does set at least once a day so folks can get some
sleep.

He became a widower in 2012 & now leaves children & grandchildren with families.

Well, he always had to find time for her. Or make time. Even when
there was not enough time in a day. Or night. And then, when she was
gone, he had to find time for his kids, and grandkids, ...

Funeral will take place on Saturday 26 February at 13:00 Finnish time
in the circle of the next of kin.

Viking funerals are so much fun. Not uncommon for Vikings to
sacrifice a slave - or two or three - when a respected Viking goes
off to Valhalla. The Norse poem "The Short Lay of Sigurd" describes
how this human sacrifice takes place -

Bond-women five
shall follow him,
and eight of my thralls,
well-born are they.
Children with me,
and mine they were
Are gifts that Budhi
his daughter gave.

As everybody knows, or should know, the most common type of burial
in Viking culture began with cremation on a pyre. Until some ingenius
soul decided to place the warrior's body on a longboat, float it out
to see, and have all attendees stand in silence as a skilled archer
sends a flaming arrow to set the whole thing on fire.

These funeral festivities would carry on for days, sometimes weeks,
and would feature several feasts. Depending on how much beer, or grog,
Vikings could find or handle.

Something tells me virtual Viking funerals would be safer. But
far less fun. Which is why we should all go to Aland and *ENJOY*,
to *CELEBRATE* a life well-lived!

Happy Trails, Holger.

--Lee

--
Nobody Beats Our Meat

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