Polesse #17 31 мая 2000

ZXNet

A Tangled Web - the creation of obschebelorusskoy ZX-Net

               A Tangled Web


(C) KVAZAR



   And in the web ... no, not flies dried up. For
the last three months have occurred most
real revolution. News so that
hands just itching to tell all this
readers ... Now we're in a global ZXNet!
But first, some history.


   Many will remember that our local city grid was established 
and a half years ago, when in Gomel, earned the first station 
BBS. Much time has passed to those glorious long, was bursting 
with crowds of people on single server, and participated in 
get-togethers and other events. Pointovki collected

for 20 people, they came from other
cities. Life was in full swing, as never before. Knew
and we are on other networks, in Minsk and Grodno,
messagami exchanged with them, often
zasylaya on theirs BBS new issues of our
newspapers "Polesie" and "Leaf". At one time,
Ming server One Man'a entirely kept
exclusively on Gomel messagah.

   But progress does not stand still. Having
Gate to Fido, members of Gomel ZxNet got the opportunity to 
read fidoshnye echo conference. Over time there has been 
increasing need to move on FTN-standard

became a de facto in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities of 
global ZXNet'a. Was it is clear that simply sharing messagami 
is an anachronism. 

   Once, during my trip to Grodno, thence the inhabitants of 
C-Net, in the face and Kva MiniSoft'a, propagandize my email 
editor Lara Croft, an analog of the well-known GoldEd on the 
PC. After returning home and pulling out to light newly 
acquired program, I absolutely nifiga not understand. 
Understanding came much later, when I came very close to the 
study of FTN-technology, as long as we continued to throw 
messagi in Zx-Worde, for old.


   However, very soon come heavy
times. First, in Minsk, and then we have
the trend towards extinction network. BBS
closed one after another, users cease to call them, virtual 
hangouts no longer collected by the people. Required to take 
immediate action to save Network ...


   On one of Gomel was pointovok
issued a program for urgent action: what
need to do to the grid is not bent?
At the same time was made the first, timid
attempt to transplant the G-Net on Lara, which
failed miserably. Pointovka become commonplace around the 
famous drinking, where the only sober voice was drowned in the

drunken screams. Two subsequent attempts to
also not been successful.

   We Eazy decided to change tactics. By the time I was 
perfectly oriented in Larissa Ivanovna, worked out of her 
fidoshnyh conferences and knew that Future of FTN-network. 
Hastily trained a Eazy, I began to supply him, at first 
fidoshnye Ehi, and then Hrodna-mail, which

sent to me by Dr.Grifus fidoshnomu soap.
So in Gomel appeared first virtual
node - 500:232 / 1, with two points on the board.

   I wrote a short guide to the
with Lara Croft, where a detailed description of the process
Settings malicious setup, which smashed all of our 
undertakings. Can now users will pay attention to the new 
system? It got to the point that I have prepared for each user, 
individually tuned setup, up to and tirlaynov oridzhinov. 
Distribute these setups, along with addresses anticipated for 
the next 8 th pointovke. Mode messag on BBS was abolished once 
and for all, and PostScript points announced that now they want 
to whether or not they have to go to Lara.



   A two-month efforts were crowned with some success, the new 
system successfully earned in Gomel, on March 5, 2000,

though not without loss. According to various
reasons for this time of the grid left five
people, but they have never been active networker and we went 
through this almost painless.


   Longest resisted Minsk. Thence some users, such as Shadow'a
even declared a kind of boycott of Lara. AND
Only a month later, on pointovke, Brom'u and
Blaster'u could still enter the FTN-system.

   Some time to manually post Tossa
at 500:232 / 1. But after some time
it became clear that having an automatic
tosser, you must have, and automatic node.
Historically, the G-net has developed so that the BBS
Eazy was always e-mail, and my - oriented software. After some 
meetings it was decided to establish a post on stantsiyunodu 
EAZY BBS. So there was 500:232 / 2. By this time, the first 
station is not close, but the address is not intentionally 
altered, For me, it was assumed after the acquisition

pisyuka, use the first node, as fidoshny gate.


   That's how they lived in Byelorussia three local grid: 
Gomel, Minsk and Grodno, by themselves, sometimes exchanging 
e-mail packages, but in Lara. Would live they are so nice and 
long if ... If one crank (will not be here to call it

name), not a sudden itch to combine all
local grid in one - obschebelorusskuyu -
BEL-ZXNet.

   One night a sinister plan was born and
was born ... "Manifesto", there is no Communist Party, but an 
appeal to all spektrumistam local networks. Manifesto

carried within itself the two programs. Program is a "minimum", 
comprises a sequence of stages of association, establishment of 
a single hub, establishing common ehokonferentsy and the such 
nonsense. The program of "maximum" was aimed to achieve the 
combined occurrence of the Belarusian network into a single 
ZXNet. 

   The population of the three lokalok find offers a 
surprisingly unanimous: a single network - to be! I admit, 
expecting obstruction and was not ready for such a unanimous 
consent. The debate arose on only one item - the name of the 
network. The proposal to name the network "BEL", met with 
opposition from residents of Minsk who spoke for the 
abbreviation "BY", as more modern. The network and approved by 
the echo BEL.ZXNET.GENERAL, with a persistence worthy of a 
better a bitter controversy ensued on the topic "BEL" or "BY". 
In the end, proponents of the first option, realizing the 
senselessness of the dispute lost.



   The combined grid to the election
Regional Coordinator (RC). This
responsible position ran Dr.Grifus, Smont and your humble 
servant. Candidates presented their election programs.

Not without its "dirty technologies"
"War of compromising." Along the way, circumstances forced me 
to abandon the further continuation of the election campaign 
and withdraw his candidacy in favor of Doc, who was elected 
coordinator All Belarus.



   Naiperveyshey challenge newly elected,
according to the election program (by the way
lapped one to one with a program of another candidate), and has 
already become history Manifesto, became a progressive 
integration with a global network of Spectrum ZXNet.

Key to successful interaction with this grid - khalyavnykh 
Internet presence, preferably on the job at Inet-master. Doctor 
just had a freebie. Well, once a hub located in Grodno, then 
the very fate of orders to do there and the central drive 
ZXNet'ovskoy mail. Of course, it would be easier if in Minsk 
and Gomel worked pisyushnye station. In Minsk, it was once 
engaged Ars / FTL, at one time flooded CDOS-modems whole of 
Belarus. (Now, Ars grown, settled down, living in Moscow, 
eating yogurt and receives a nemeryannom Grandma :))). In 
Gomel, it could be my site 500:232 / 1, but for obvious 
reasons, it is up to still not working. A bet on hayes

Speccy no one is going, although it would
decided many problems.


   One way or another, but from the beginning of June, we have
appeared more or less stable relationship with
ZXNet, and hence to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, 
Samara, Donetsk and other cities. Walking soap and 
ehokonferentsii possibly not all, but with time the situation 
will certainly improve. 

   Now in the official nodelist ZXNet appeared the network 
addresses of new regions: 500:232 - Gomel, 500:152 - Grodno and

500:17 - Minsk.

   To date, the republic is working 7 stations BBS, most of 
which are the nodes, as a central hub

acts Hrodna HOME BBS, Andrew Eismont. Recently, in Minsk, has 
reopened Chainick - Interactive ABORIGEN BBS.

Established a number of national conferences,
there were moderators, official rulezy.
So, the network life in Belarus does
is not dead, but on the contrary, continues to successfully
develop. Naturally, as long as
at least someone is really interesting and
need ...


   You may ask what this tour? Well,
Firstly, I believe that the history of
our network by itself is quite interesting and instructive.

   And besides, maybe somewhere there are people who want to go 
on our way, Of course trying not to repeat our mistakes, and 
create a network in the city, connecting it then, ZXNet, Fido, 
InterNet ... After all, the experience of others is always 
useful, why they do not share? We have for example, in its

all will be interesting to learn how to create dial-up networks 
in other cities. Write to the editor, we will gladly publish 
your materials.