FIDO - rulez!
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(R)Kristoph
This is not the Internet for you. Everything is simple there - unfasten the measly thirty
bucks a month and never know grief. You can't get into Fido like that, here
you'll have to work hard. The one who is afraid
exhausting work, hardships, blood, mice, nightmarish monsters,
mass mortality of livestock and what Mazdai stores in swap -
may fail. The rest are behind me. The whole point is that Fido
not at all what it seems. The uninitiated know - amateur
non-commercial network, modems send bytes between each other,
stupid people write letters to conferences, or even directly
to each other. Yes, and this happens, perhaps they even send files and
They get morbid pleasure from this pastime.
An escapist gathering of neurotic teenagers emulating
linguistic and cultural environment in which
their subconscious fear of hostile
reality. This is what the common man who reads articles about
Fido in provincial popular science magazines. But you
you read X! And you deserve to know the truth! Fido is... well... sort of...
this is something that can beshow only vague
circular movements of the hands and diligent bulging of the eyes.
In short, instead of describing this miracle of nature to you, I
I’d rather tell you how to get into this world.
So. Many sysops allow users of their boards to read fi
heartfelt echoes like message arias. Sorry. Many system
(www.spektrum.org.ru, FidoNet Reader section). Gated
Fidosh echo conferences can be written, like in Usenet, if
they are pulled by your provider. Look around the newsgroups, for sure.
you will come across the fido7 hierarchy. If not, they can let you use NNTP
servers news.fido7.ru and news2.fido7.ru. Go to www.fido7.ru,
there they will explain all the mechanics about registration, access and
encodings. E-soap (in Fido it’s called netsoap) on fidoshny
The address is also easy to write. So Vasya Pupkin aka 2:5020/891.77
for the Internet it appears as
Vasya.Pupkin@p77.f891.n5020.z2.fidonet.org. And here it will be
it is appropriate to explain the structure of the FIDO network and how such
addresses. The bottom level of FIDO is point (that is, you, behind your
home computer). Looks after Points and is responsible for all of them
actions, feeds mail and files to the node (station, often home,
through which mail goes to several points; something likeInternet provider). The work is terrible, I'll tell you, it's true,
well paid with beer and a sense of power, although
illusory. Nodes are attached to hubs (large stations, such as large
providers, with cool channels that serve providers
smaller) that drive traffic among themselves, but at the same time
are divided into levels, specialize in echomail, netsoap, feh,
all this is incredibly cunning and is no longer important to us. And it is important that
you understood how your fidosh address would be formed.
For example, the address 2:5030/1047.7 is expanded as follows:
zone 2 (Europe), network 5030 (actually - city, St. Petersburg (Moscow -
5020), which is part of region 50), node 1047 and your point
number 7, which you will ask your boss or he will assign to you himself.
Well, now you can react adequately when
someone introduces himself to you, holding out his hand: Two, fifty
twenty, one thousand two hundred twenty three, twenty seven. Well here you are
already 1% is a fidoshnik. You already know the system, all that remains is
dive into this network. Let's assume that you don't want to
read echoes from the Internet from time to time, and become seasoned
fidoshnik. It's not that difficult. Of course, if you have
computer, driver direct hands.sys and modem. However, if not
modem, but I really want it, it’s possible without it. True, for this
need or be a girl(may have to change gender) or
owner of a brewery (no need to change anything, everything is
so wonderful). Without a modem you do everything the same as
normal people (including those who read the article further), only
wandering around to get mail from your crazy boss with a pathetic floppy disk and
you please him more massively. It is pointless to look for such a thing.
If you don’t have him in mind right now, rest. Or rather, work, save
to the modem. In any case, let's move on.
For a spiritual upgrade to the level of a fidoshnik, there are two ways.
The Path of Knowledge and the Path of the Fool. The last one is that
to remain a fool forever, and living as a fool is boring and inconvenient.
We will follow the Path of Knowledge.
It’s stupid to climb into an unknown place. To find out what you're up to
come on, you need to pick up some basic knowledge. You're not the first
and also gain an understanding of your rights and responsibilities.
When you understand who you are going to become in the network hierarchy -
point or file echohub, you can move on. Next
is that you find the software and try it
figure it out. Fidosh farming is a mailer,
echo processor, file echo processor, message editor andmillion
utilities Let's leave the million alone, but let's take care of the first four
denser.
/the following is a description of Mailer, Echo Processor, File Echo Processor
and Message Editor/
Well, now that you understand that you didn’t understand anything, you can start
look for the boss - a ghostly creature through whose station there will be
1806. If possible, write there yourself. You'll see
snapped up in a moment. You can do the classic thing - dig up
fresh pointlist (list of points and nodes of the ftn network, for Moscow
Fido is pnt5O20.ndl) and look for the node that suits you
by operating time, load and location (estimate by
phone number, it’s better if the boss is at your PBX
and the connection is better, and carrying beer is closer). The higher the node number,
the younger she is and, therefore, the higher the likelihood that you
they will take it. Of course, this does not apply to numerological delights
like /7070 and /5555. When the boss is on the lookout, you need to check
connection. Register the node in subst.lst, or learn how to compile nodelists
Tymylov's tnc.exe utility. After this, frank from the TEST node
or FILES. To do this you need... no, I won’t. Frek is a file
request. Look for itcombination of words in the Tymylov doc or help by
F1, figure out how to create it. In general, you should
connect with your prospective boss and understand how much you (and
he) will be satisfied with the connection. This is determined by speed
connections and cps. Every day you may well have to
pump out 400-600 kilos of mail alone, so take your time. Go
under the boss with cps<1500 makes sense only if he
I like you deeply (don't get me wrong). Measured
cps, of course, is not peak, but average, and obtained with
downloading some significant file. And I beg you to be present
during the first call and do not cut off the modem speaker. Nodes disappear
move, make a mistake when sending a line to the nodelist. No need
terrorize timid grannies with ominous night calls.
Is the phrase telephone hooliganism familiar? But suppose
(I'm an optimist) that meek defenseless old ladies didn't put you in jail
behind bars, and cps is fine with you. Then you can write to the node
netsoap from your fictitious address and fill the letter with direct
(gee, I hear the dock pages rustling). It's okay, I assure you.
You access netmail and write a message to your supposed boss from the address
2:5020/999.999, but you put the Direct attribute on it, which
routing is ignored. If you have registered the node correctly or
compiled the nodelist, the soaper will call the right onestations and under
applause will send your application. You will immediately prove yourself
before a potential boss as competent and not annoying
personal contacts guy. In such an application the real name is indicated
(riddle: Kr00toY>what policy have you read, you will pick up the mail
every day and is determined to fulfill his holy point
nodo-drinking debt. The only nodes that are more trusting and naive are hubs. :)
But I am deeply convinced that you, as a beginner fidoshnik, are better off
get to know your future boss in RL, at least by voice, for starters. B
don’t bend your fingers when talking, let them know that you are teachable
newbie. No need to tell the sad story of your life,
hint, lead to thoughts and sigh pitifully into the phone. Boss
This is not your eighth grader. If he can give, he will give immediately, if
it's too busy or for some reason you're not suitable
(too old, too young, boy, girl, driving away rotten carts
something like Good afternoon, let me introduce myself..., or
you start the conversation with the words Hello, brother, you are pure,
point, come on, like!) - he will refuse without mincing words. But if you
If they take you to points, then not a single girl will say Yes! so sweet
how a terrible drunken voice mutters on the phone. From happiness
you won’t even notice what password you told him for the session, but
plunging into a joyful half-oblivion, you will immediately half-forget your
address. Those. you willremember that 2:5020/, but then... But you
Don't be particularly happy. Along with the address you receive and
The duties, however, are not too onerous. First of all you
should at least pick up your mail and files from time to time,
Lack of hard drive space is an occupational disease for all nodes.
But that’s why you got into Fido, right? The second requirement for
don't bother you. Don't call at the wrong time, don't paralyze
operation of the station with a crash floor (continuous dialing), do not receive
too many awards from moderators (soulless monsters,
observing discipline in echoes), do not send mailbombs to enemies through
the node that shelters you (this is done directly), and so on and so forth.
Much depends on the state of your boss's nerves. Well, about the main thing
duties, the scrupulous fulfillment of which will atone
failure to meet all other requirements and will cover absolutely everything
I won’t remind you of your mistakes. No, I'll remind you. BEER FOR YOU!
Well, is your heart already beating? Everything is already set up and you are ready
will they rush into battle? Then imbue yourself with the importance of the moment. Let before
your mind's eye will flash through the torment you endured
on this long thorny path. Wait until your eyes are moisturized.
Even out your breathing. Now you're ready. The time has come to celebrate
knock on some suitable echo, for example, on
HUMOR.FILTERED, my first letter: finally I'm inFido. Me-
can't you see!?
(C) Hacker, number #5, Author: A. Basov
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