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[NOTE: There is no reader version of RIME Times this month to accomodate the BBS Census material.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most recent count of RIME nodes - 1027 covering 72 states and countries --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIME Times Staff Editor.....................................................Curt Akin ->MORE Editorial Associates: Copy Editor and Design Consultant.................J. Barrett ->MORE Security and Safe Computing.......................J. Barrett ->MORE Jackie's Beanstalk..............................Jackie Jones ->MORE ShareWare.....................................Patrick Grote ->SHRPT The Inner View..............................Inez Harrison ->MOONDOG Editor of Poetry in Motion distributed by RIME Plunderings......................................Brian Lee ->THEHUB Who's Who....................................Patrick Lee ->RUNNINGB --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article# Subject Author 1 Frankly, Curt Curt Akin Node ID ->MORE 2 Jackie's Beanstalk Jackie Doty Node ID ->MORE 3 RIME's Infinite Possibilities Morten Sillesen Node ID ->DKBBBS 4 The Inner View Inez Harrison Node ID ->MOONDOG 5 BBS CENSUS FORM 6 Shareware Review Patrick Grote Node ID ->SHRPT 7 Virus Alerts J. Barrett Node ID ->MORE 8 Conference News James Wall Node ID ->DREAM 9 Who's Who and What's What Patrick Lee Node ID ->RUNNINGB 10 Notices -------------------------------------------------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 1 - FRANKLY, CURT From your Editor, Node ID ->MORE =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The twilight sun is particularly quiet tonight, and the sights particularly peaceful as we move between the hills of Pennsylvania toward Indiana. My lap is topped with a new computer which is singularly responsible for eliminating yet one more excuse for not doing. So far, I have been able to resist a modem and cellular phone; so I am out of touch with RIME for a few days; yes, messages will accumulate and seeing several thousand to read will make me a tad crazy. I've been there before; got over it! The big rage these days seems to be bungee jumping, an activity I find closely akin to jumping out of a perfectly good airplane to test the aerodynamics of flailing arms and legs while certain physical constants remain constant (gravity, for example). At breakfast this morning, the entire restaurant was alive with discussions of the newly added event at the local fair -- a rather large and burley man announced that someone would have to put a diaper on him before he would even think of trying it. Neck snapping after falling several hundred feet isn't anywhere on my list of have-to-do's. There is, however, one entertainment goody I'm eagerly awaiting to appear in our fair country: Velcro jumping. Seems as if Australia has started a rage of its own which is slowly migrating. A room is equipped with Velcro fuzzies on its walls and ceiling. One rents a suit made of Velcro hooks, climbs up on a trampoline kind of device and propels oneself at high speed against a surface of choice. It reminds me of the wall walkers that were so popular about 10 years ago (what happened to them? to pet rocks? to hula hoops?). Actually, what seems to excite me the most about this is thinking about the sound. Little half-inch pieces of Velcro make the most curious noise when ripped apart; imagine the thrill of a body-sized rip. Whoa!!! Entertainment comes in infinite varieties, it seems, and RIME has been the object of one curious pasttime: the leaving of tasteless, unbelievably tasteless messages. In the form of both poetry and prose quite foul, these messages have been both an insult and assault on a network that has become known for peace and comfort (I thought better of the word "quiet"). Many SysOps scurrying around to remove messages from their individual nodes, much hair pulling by the SC, much open-mouthed disbelief on your editor's part. Certain folk just don't understand that this network is a place that many call home, and they come into our living room and trash the place to smithereens. Very sad. This month's issue is a tad late -- the editor's choice. The material that appears in Jackie's Beanstalk had been provided by one half of the pair being discussed; Jackie had not heard from the other half, just to make sure this was not another "entertainment." See what happens? I get paranoid, don't I? Anne's response finally appeared, and we go to press. Also, note that Jackie Doty has, by virtue of the benevolent courts of Michigan, become a single woman with associated name change. So, August is here, summer is building to fall. This is the month of the new network software and much work ahead converting. Kip has created a marvel called PostLink; Bonnie is posting descriptions of its capabilities in the RIMENEWS conference. The conference deserves at least a weekly reading. Stay tuned. Until next month, when I hope to bring you more ramblings from the world of RIME... I remain, Frankly, Curt =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2 - JACKIE'S BEANSTALK By Jackie Jones, Node ID ->MORE =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There are times in which we reach out into life and draw back to us a piece of wonder. In my last column, I shared some of my experiences with the magic of the modem. I sent out a plea, baited with my own story, for a sharing from anyone with a tale to tell. The result was a thoroughly entrancing love story. Please meet Anne Abbott and Rob Warenda, both from Toronto, Canada. A few months ago, Rob contacted Curt Akin and offered to share their story with RIMETIMES. Knowing of the Beanstalk's needs, Curt shared the offer with me. After a few futile attempts, Rob and I finally connected. From Rob, dated July 10: I've been having a heck of a time trying to get a reply to you. Believe me, I have been replying. I sent out a large message, outlining how I met Anne and our relationship since. It must have gone through the Bermuda Triangle. Here's one more attempt. To save time, I'll just mention the very important parts... We met over the modem. It was on a BBS called The Free Access Network (FAN). She didn't tell me she has Cerebral Palsy until we were about to meet. I didn't know what CP was, but that didn't matter. I felt like I wanted to meet her. She seemed like a nice person. We met on January 6, 1988, and since then, we got engaged. We can't get married in the near future because the government doesn't want disabled people to get married, so they'll take away her pension, if she marries an able-bodied person. She only loses half if she marries another disabled person. I don't get very verbose when it comes to answering questions. Anne would be better with the answers, since she's a writer. She's also an artist. She paints with one finger and sketches. Too bad you can't add GIFs of her artwork. [Jackie's note: I would love to!] In reply to a question as to their beginnings, I received this post from Rob, dated July 16: The Free Access Network had something called the Talk Channels. I was in there with a few other people when she came in. I'd noticed that she never said anything to me. I was wondering if I had said something that made her dislike me, so I asked her. She said she didn't have anything against me. After that, we started talking more often. We wrote E-mail to each other more than talk keyboard-to-keyboard, even if we were in the Talk Channels at the same time. I guess that was because she was afraid I'd notice her slow typing and become suspicious. At the time, I was very lonely. I didn't have any friends. On FAN, I had a reputation of being one of those guys who would hit on any of the women on the BBS. I was just being friendly. I had trouble meeting people in person, but on a BBS, it was easier. I guess she was interesting to me because she was a female who paid attention to me. After we started writing to each other, I realized she was a very nice person. She would tell me about her dog (Honey), her cat (Lulu) and how she likes to play cards with her brother. That sounds like a nice person to me. The CP didn't matter because I didn't even know what CP was. I had a slight idea what she was like. I couldn't see how CP could make much of a difference. Even though I was uncomfortable at first, I could see in her eyes that there was a mind inside. Her CP is bad enough that some people may think she's retarded or something. I could tell she wasn't. When we first met, she lived in the east end of Toronto, and I lived in the west end of Toronto. It took about 45 minutes to drive there from here. Now, she lives in the north end of Toronto, and that seems to be a little closer. It only takes about half an hour to drive there. We were at a Metropolis meet around Christmas (I'm going to be a typical male and admit that I don't remember if it was last Christmas or the one before that.) Her disability makes it difficult for her to eat some foods. She was having french fries and one didn't go down all the way. When that happens, she has to take a break and wait until it either comes up or goes down. It makes her depressed because it ruins a good time for her. After a while, she finally got rid of it and she was depressed. I thought I would cheer her up by pulling a ring out of my pocket and proposing. It worked. If I could start a successful business, I could either be able to afford to hire someone to look after her while I work or she can work with me and I can look after her. She needs people to do almost everything for her. She can't feed, dress or do much for herself. It doesn't look like my business will be taking off in the near future and at the moment, I'm unemployed. *************************************************************************** With the quietest touch, the modem reaches out and enriches lives. In future times, we will probably take this modern miracle for granted. Right now the history has begun, and we all share in it. The potential is amazing...let's explore it! Talk to you later! Jackie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 3 - RIME'S INFINITE POSSIBILITIES By Morten Sillesen, Node ID ->DKBBBS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= USA-TRAVEL-SCHEDULE ╔═════════════╦════════════════════════╗ ║ WHEN ║ WHERE ║ ╠═════════════╬════════════════════════╣ ║ 8/03-8/15 ║ San Diego, CA ║ ╚═════════════╩════════════════════════╝ [Editor's Note: Morten's idioms have been left intact.] Again it was with mixed feelings that I said goodbye to somebody that had just become my friends. It seems very strange that when you really get close you are going to be separated again, and it's hard to understand that you maybe never will see these people again. Catherine Dotson and her daughter Abby and son Matt was a very good host to me. They live in Greenville, VA which is definitly at the countryside. The family was aware of this, and in the beginning they was afraid that I should get bored. But living at the country gives you a whole bunch of opportunities that a cityperson never have. I went 4-wheel riding, horseback riding, sailing, playing tennis, seeing a "Statler Brothers" concert at the 4th of July and I also went to see the local outdoor theatre in Lexington, VA. This is of course only some of the experiences I had in Virginia while I was there. But just sitting at the porch and looking at the mountains while playing with the kiddins and dogs was such an experience. What maybe seems natural to the local people was a new world to me. It happened that the family had deer and next to the field with deers was a hammack. Can you imagine how wonderful it was to relax in this hammack while the deer was around you...? Thank you Catherine, Abby and Matt for letting me stay at your house and for treating me with great kindness and hospitality. Catherine and her children was not the only people in Virginia who gave me unforgettable moments. The reason why I could visit Virginia at all was Rick Davis, who is active in the GLOBAL-conference. Rick established the contact between me and Catherine since they're old collegues. Rick and his wife Michelle took me on a couple of tours in the local area and showed me things I never would have seen without their guidance. Rick also offered me to use his computer and modem when ever I was at his house, which was a great thing. This way I got the news about the Danish soccerteam and their incredible victory in the European Championships of Soccer. In these moments I felt VERY Danish. Thank you Rick and Michelle for taking me around and for giving me the opportunity to visit Virginia. Without you it wouldn't have been possible. Sunday the 5th of July was the last day in Virginia and my AmTrak-train left from Charlottesville, VA 9:05 PM. 12 hours later it arrived to Atlanta where I should spend the next 16 days with an American friend of mine. This host is the only one who is not connected to a computernet, but that doesn't make it less interesting. I must admit that the days without the ability to use RIME has shown me how powerful RIME (or the BBS world in general) really is. I feel like I live decades earlier, only able to receive informations from the TV, not express then via a computer. "Real" letters is far too slow and international phonecalls is far too expensive. BBS'ing is a genious invention that requires a minimum of knowledge and money - at least from a users point of view. Morten Sillesen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Here's a portrait of Morten seen through the eyes of Lyle Davis, Morten's host during his final weeks in the US. The following is extracted from a public message left in the Writers Conference. I am entertaining a young writer from Denmark who is on a two month visit to America and chronicling his adventures for the "Jylland Posten", Denmark's largest newspaper. His name is Morten Sillesen. He is writing both about his journey and his view of how Americans use their computers. Copenhagen, indeed most of Denmark, has not gotten into computers the way most of America has. They use them in business but the BBS world is just emerging there. I had not met the lad until last Saturday. All I knew was that he was a 21 year old Dane from Copenhagen; a first lieutenant in the Danish Army Reserve (field artillery) who had only recently completed his two year military commitment, and that he was seeking hosts for his journey. He will have had approximately two months in America, having arrived in New York, then to Frederick, Maryland, W. Virginia, Atlanta, Georgia, New Orleans and then Los Angeles. He was to have had two weeks in Long Beach and one week with me but, somehow, his Long Beach host evaporated and he was stuck. A young kid without a lot of money. So, we decided to host him for his three weeks. It was a bit disconcerting at first. I could host most anyone for a week; but three weeks is a long time to be with someone you've never met and don't know. I seldom entertain family for three weeks! (Someone once said family visitors are a bit like fish. After three days they both smell). I didn't know if my unmet guest was going to turn out to be a dork - a cold, standoffish type, a bookish character, or some type of demanding individual. Happily, the answer turned out to be none of the above. He is a handsome lad. About six foot, blond, brown eyes. Sturdy build. An engaging smile, pleasant dry wit, good sense of humor. Smiles easily. He had taken a Super Shuttle from LAX to John Wayne Airport in Orange County where I had agreed to meet him. We found each other without too much difficulty. (Incidentally, the John Wayne Airport is absolutely *beautiful*! I've been in many airports all over this planet; this is the most attractive one I've ever seen.) We had a pleasant drive back to San Diego as we got acquainted. My two sons, who are only slightly older than him, told me they knew many young Southern California ladies if he would like to date (he doesn't; he has a movie star quality beauty back in Copenhagen named Bettina). They both have volunteered to teach him to surf (I taught my kids how to surf and now I won't go surfing with them. They are too damned good! Shows the old man up whenever we get to the beach.) I suspect that he is having a good time. He practically lives in my swimming pool, raves about the blue skies and sunny, warm weather. Today we took him jet-skiing in the ocean, taught him how to boogie-board at Moonlight Beach, showed him La Jolla Cove and the tidepools. We've given him a tour of La Jolla and Rancho Sante Fe (for those outside the area these are the two very, very posh and expensive areas of San Diego). We have driven him throughout downtown San Diego and the various bays and waterfront districts. Naturally, he has been on a tour of my resorts at Dixon Lake and at Moonlight Beach and has enjoyed each of them. He has visited the Wild Animal Park and will soon visit both Sea World and the San Diego Zoo as well as spend a few days with my kids as he learns how to become a "surfer dude". During the balance of his trip we will plan on a trip to Mexico (this coming Monday and Tuesday), probably hit the wineries up near Rancho California, drive to the top of Palomar Mountain, visit Julian (again, for those outside the area, this is a pleasant little village in the mountains, famous for its apple orchards, apple pies in the fall, and a kicked back bucolic area). He has watched me take a couple tennis lessons and I think I can persuade him to take up the sport. (He thinks it looks easy. I told him us pro's *make* it look easy.) He would also like to take a tour of Camp Pendleton (the big Marine base) and the Seal Team Training Center on Coronado. I have contacts at both places so we'll see he gets his tour of the military facilities. He has access to RIME in Denmark. In fact, that's how we met. He is a regular on the Global Conference, where I serve as Conference Host. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 4 - THE INNER VIEW By Inez Harrison, Node ID ->MOONDOG =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Tony Curro is the publisher/editor of ComputerTalk Magazine. ComputerTalk Magazine is an online magazine dedicated to computer users. Started in July 1992 (1st issue). It was felt that quite a few people did not buy magazines at newsstands. And some of the ones who did found them too technical. So an online mag that would review, in fairly simple terms, software/hardware would fit in nicely. Tony does both shareware and commercial reviews. He will be doing a Q&A column, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, articles, and whatever else he can think of. The following is a review by Tony - [NOTE: Please understand that the program name "wINEZ" did not influence me whatsoever in sharing this article. (And if you believe that I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you!)] .................................... . WinEZ . .A Shareware Utility for MS Windows. .................................... Copyright (c) 1992 by Tony Curro. All rights reserved Have you ever opened so many windows that switching between became a chore? You would have to minimize some just so you could have a clear space to double-click to bring up Task Manager. Well, New Generation Software has eliminated that task for you. Using their WinEZ program you never have to minimize a window again! The current version WINEZ v3.0B, dated, May 1992, will work with Windows 3.1 and earlier. Since this is a shareware product you will find it on most BBS's including CompuServe. Of course it will be in compress form. Installation is a snap. All you have to do is extract all the files with a .EXE extension to your Windows directory. Then add it to your LOAD= line in Windows v3.0, or to your STARTUP group in Windows 3.1, and see how easy it is. Of course you will have to start WINEZ the first time, unless you want to restart Windows. When WINEZ is first run it reads your GRP and/or QAG groups and creates its menu. It places two icons on the Title Bar of the current running program. If no programs are running then you will find them on the Title Bar of the Program Manager. WINEZ will always be present on the active window. Clicking on the left icon shows you a complete list of ALL your groups. Selecting one will then show you ALL the program names contained in that group. Highlighting and clicking on the program name will run that program. Once it is running you can again use this icon to select to run other programs. Switching between them is one of the great features of WINEZ. You click on the right icon that is the 'TASK SWITCH ICON,' and just highlight the program you want up front; that quickly it is there, even if it was minimized when you called it; no more double-clicking to bring it up. From this right icon you can also END a running program, or start a new program (Via the RUN option), and change your options of the way WINEZ itself runs. You can change several options and even the position of the two icons. If you put the mouse pointer on the left "FAST PATH ICON" and click the right mouse button, you will instantly have the Program Manager up on screen. I have run the gamut of options to simplify my use of Windows. I have tried having my programs load at STARTUP (which can take forever), and then double-clicking or using Task Manager to switch them. I have used Pub-Tech, and numerous other programs similar to WINEZ. I put my money on WINEZ. The name itself tells you what to expect; an EASY installation, operation, and ease of use. The current version reports show it to work with Norton's Desktop for Windows. You can even have WINEZ switch to the Desktop versus Program Manager if you wish. Matter of fact WINEZ will switch to ANY add-in Windows Shell. WinEZ is $29.95 plus $5.00 if you need the diskette (3.5 or 5.25). Look for WINEZ3B, files dated 5/92, on BBSs or CompuServe, or you can order it directly from the authors. Contact: New Generation Software, Ltd. P. O. Box 9700 Dept. 271 Austin, Texas 78766. Visa, MC, or check payable to: New Generation Software Orders: (800) 964-7638, (713) 283-6760 credit cards only via phone Fax: (512) 388-4053 Also you can order by leaving your CC info, disk size etc. on Compuserve to New Generation User 70312,127. When you register this program you receive a registration name and number, which when placed in the program makes you a fully registered user. .................................... Tony Curro can be reached by sending R/O mail to (0) Conf. on ->MOONDOG. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 5 - BBS CENSUS FORM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jeff Green, editor of ModemNews Magazine, contacted me for assistance in the distribution of his BBS Census questionnaire. Jeff does a remarkable job with ModemNews; his dedication to the modem community is further reflected by the completeness of the census form. I have packaged the form with this issue. The file is TFILE92.ZIP. Please: if you are a SysOp, complete it and get it back to Jeff. If you are not a SysOp, twist your SysOp's arm to complete it. Thanks. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 6 - SHAREWARE REVIEW By Patrick Grote, Node ID ->SHRPT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PROGRAM: Menu Ace Version 1.30 AUTHOR: Blue Ace Software 290 Oakmere Drive Alpharetta GA 30201 RELEASED: May, 1992 REGISTRATION: $10.00 RESTRICTIONS: None NAME/SIZE: MACE130.ZIP, 204414 bytes DL TIMES: 2400: 14.8 minutes 9600: 3.3 minutes SUMMARY: Menu Ace is a very well written, solid menu program that doesn't assume anything about the end user. It is a flexible package that has a few goodies thrown in for extra measure. Software, software, software. We all love it. We all collect it. We all need some way to sort through it! If you are a Windows user, that process has been handled for you already via the use of groups and icons. If you are a DOS user, though, the hard drive can look as unfamiliar as the last trip to Grandma's house. The jungle of the hard drive can be littered with your mainstay programs (word processor, spreadsheet, telecommunications package) and with the adjunct programs that seem to find their way into the land of your hard drive (that game you tried, the math tutor you looked at, the spelling package you browsed over). Most of these programs are programs you need. How can you make sure that you can efficiently get to every program you need? A road map! Road maps for hard drives are called menu programs. Just like their cousins in the restaurant business, PC menus allow you to choose which application (meal) want to run (eat). Just like the restaurant menus, PC menus come in different sizes, shapes and abilities. About the only thing you can't get a menu program to do is sing the choices to you! MENU ACE is a menu program that satisfies the basic need for organization and structure in the jungle of your hard drive, but also adds a few neat features that make computing more productive! The documentation for MENU ACE is 48 pages of well-written, easily understandable instructions. With sections for ERROR MESSAGES and COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS, the manual really sports a professional feel. A novice user will have no trouble getting the program installed between the install utility and the documentation. Installing MENU ACE is as easy as typing install. Simply unZIP the archive into a work directory, type install and specify the directory where you would like MENU ACE to reside. MENU ACE then begins copying all the files to the destination sub-directory. The speed of the install is nice, less than a minute, but the program fails to clean up after itself when it installs. It leaves the unZIPPED files in the work directory. The program also masks the DOS input line when finished, so you cannot see anything you type. Typing MENU begins MENU ACE. After a short (less than two seconds) delayed screen letting you know that the product is unregistered, you are welcomed into MENU ACE by the first menu: Fri 5/29/92 MENU ACE 1.30 9:09:52 am Read all about it. 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The top line is consistent throughout the program. The date and time are always displayed at each menu choice and during the configuration program. The second line contains configurable text that can be changed to whatever you would like depending on which menu you have selected (IE: The DOS Utilities menu could have "DOS UTILITIES" as the title). The menu itself can support up to 18 choices, with unlimited sub-menus nested underneath. Sub-menus are shown with asterisks surrounding them. In the above example, MENU ACE UTILITIES is a menu choice. Under this menu choice you can have 18 more menu choices if you wanted, each branching out to 18 more menus, etc. Controlling MENU ACE is as simple as hitting the ALT key. When you do this your choices' first letter lights up, letting you know that you have a choice. By hitting ALT on the first menu, HELP, CONFIGURE, DATEBOOK, TIME/DATE, LOCK, and RUN-COMMAND's first letter lights up. Hitting the respective letter while holding the ALT key down select that section. MENU ACE also allows mouse control, which is fluid and easy to use. Selecting HELP is disappointing. The only help you receive is the keystrokes necessary to perform a certain command. There is no explanation of the command available to you. CONFIGURE allows you to setup the menu selections and control some environment settings such as color and screen blanking time. The menu setup section is very well designed. The only steps to defining a new menu are telling MENU ACE what to name the menu, where to find the programs to execute and then describing each program. A three step process that is simple. You can even change the title of the menu depending upon the programs being executed. Environmental settings such as color can be setup from within CONFIGURE, as well as the password settings, usage log defaults and much more. The selection DATEBOOK is a simple calendar function that allows you to enter limited notes for certain days of the year. The program doesn't notify you of any reminders on a certain day, so the function is limited. A neat feature in the DATEBOOK is the ability to see how many days fall between two dates. Inputting the information for this is tricky, for you have to specify the 19 in 1992, for the program will do it from any year after 1583. TIME/DATE lets you easily change the system's time or date. This function should be password protected with the system password specified in CONFIGURATION, but it isn't. LOCK is a neat feature that allows you to lock your keyboard before leaving your desk. After the specified time in CONFIGURATION, the screen blanker kicks in to avoid that "phosphorous high" your monitor can get. What is missing is the ability to make MENU ACE lock itself after a period of inactivity; it does screen blank after a period of inactivity. RUN-COMMAND allows you to run a quick DOS command from within MENU ACE. This is password protected with the DOS password specified in CONFIGURATION. Kicking the tires on MENU ACE makes you realize that the shareware goal is still attainable: well written, inexpensive software. MENU ACE meets all the basic menu needs of any computer user and peppers the performance with features such as usage logging, password guarding and screen blanking that the advanced user will enjoy. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 7 - VIRUS TRIGGERING IN AUGUST By J. Barrett, Node ID ->MORE =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Any program *may* be good, but we (RIME) do not take responsibility for it? August 15 Casino (FAT and .COM growth) August 16th August 16th (.COM file growth) ------------------------ [ Note: The following list will only be in every other issue of RIMETIME. Most articles are directly from the VSUM??? program. ] Activation Date/Day of Week Virus Name Sundays (any) Sunday Sunday-2 Mondays (any) Carfield I-B (BadGug) I-B (BadGuy 2) I-B (Exterminator) Mondays the 28ths Crazy (Eddie) Tuesdays (any) Ah I-B (Demon) I-B (Demon-B) Kamasya Tuesday the 1st Jerusalem (JVT1) Tuesday the 13th Jerusalem (Anarkia) Wednesdays (any) Victor Thursdays the 12ths CD Fridays (any) Frere Jacques Smack Friday not the 13ths Jerusalem (Payday) Friday the 13th 1720 Friday the 13th COM Jerusalem RAM Virus Surlv 3.00 Westwood Friday the 13ths (starting in 1992) Hybryd Fridays after 15th of Month Jerusalem (Skism) Jerusalem (Skism-1) Saturdays (any) Italian Pest (Finger) Jerusalem (Phenome) Migram Saturday the 14ths Saturday The 14th 2nd day of any month Flip Tormentor-1072 (Nuke) 5th day of any month Frog's Alley 8th day of any month Taiwan 10th day of any month Day10 13th day of any month Monxla 18th day of any month FORM-Virus (Form-18) 20th day of any month Day 10 24th day of any month FORM-Virus 30th day of any month Day 10 Jan 1 - Sept 21 Plastique-COBOL Year is 1992 Europe-92 Were Here Year 1992 [ The following are excerpts from the hack report as seen in the RIME conferences Shareware and Software. They are meant to be alerts only. We at RIMETIME take no responsibility in the reporting and/or the validation of this report. ] ------------------------ XTRATANK Hoax Alert: You guessed it: XTRATANK again, The Hoax That Would Not Die. Kyle Pinkley (1:3803/1) forwarded a message from Dave Hanley of Lafayette, LA, that has reported some potentially damaging behavior by XTRATANK (seen as archive name XTANK). Dave ran PC Tools' FIXDISK program with XTRATANK installed, and wound up trashing 20 megs of files before he could hit the reset button. Kyle also tried the program himself, and had "Sector not found" errors after he deleted the program. Tony Summerfelt (1:249/99.2) reports that the following file is listed on the Nightowl 6 CD-ROM: XTRATANK.ZIP 47454 05-07-91 XtraTank v1.14 - it is designed to double the space available on a hard drive or drives. This is from the MASTER.LST file on the disk, according to Tony. For those of you who think that you may have XTRATANK actually working as advertised, here is the now-famous Fitzgerald Test, devised by Tim Fitzgerald of 1:3800/18.0. Try this if you think you have managed to get XTRATANK to work on your system. Follow these simple steps: 1. Run CHKDSK and write down the free space it reports as free. 2. Do a DIR command and write down what XTRATANK reports. 3. Copy any text file to a new text file. 4. Repeat steps 1 and 2, and compare. You will see that XTRATANK reports that twice as much disk space is taken up by the new text file. Tim concludes that XTRATANK fools you into thinking that it gives you more space by doubling what the DOS DIR command reports. If you get different results, _please_ send them to me immediately! Until then, consider XTRATANK a hoax that doesn't work. appropriate credit to the FidoNet International Shareware Echo (and the author <g>). ------------------------ By RICHARD STEINER QEdit QEDIT500.* QEDIT215 Reported by: Onno Tesink (ILink, via Richard Steiner, 1:282/85) A file was sent to Hack Central Station by Michael Kerr (1:309/7), called NPV2.ZIP. This file contains something called the "Non-Programmer's Virus." According to Michael, the file is unusual in that the virus source code is contained in the file. To compound matters, the file contains an infected version of LIST.COM which is not caught by McAfee's SCAN. Michael, like many of us, fires up LIST right after unarchiving a file to read the docs, so the infected version executed before the one on his path, and boom! His system was infected. Michael says that the program is supposedly an aid in testing anti-viral software. With this in mind, a copy of this file has been sent to Bill Logan (1:300/22), an agent of McAfee associates, for testing. Results of his tests will be reported here as soon as they arrive. A quick update on COMPILER.ARJ, reported here last week. If you remember, there were two phone numbers listed in the doc file - a 1-800 number (for a phone sex line), and another regular phone number. Bruce Diamond (1:130/47) reports in the FidoNet PDREVIEW echo that this second number is disconnected. Good thing it wasn't a voice number, though. ------------------------ Seen in the conferences: ?????Questionable Programs????? I received a message on The ECS BBS (1:382/87) from Patrick Pfadenhauer, who says he is 12 years old, about a file called EPW27.*. He has an earlier release, EPW12, which he likes, so naturally he downloaded what he thought was the latest version. He said that the archive contained 4 new .COM files which were supposed to be "Drivers that must be loaded before you run the program," but which turned out to be virus droppers. The reason I have this in this section is that I have no idea what EPW12 is really supposed to be, and I hope that someone can help out on this. I also have no information on what virii were in the .COM files. If Mr. Pfadenhauer is reading this, or if anyone else can help, please contact me. Which, of course, sequels into our next section... ------------------------ Here's a twist: a file that looks like it might be a hoax, but isn't! Harold Stein (WildNet, via Ken Whiton) reported a file with the following description: PKCONTST.ZIP 14568 Win $1000 from PKWare if you can decrypt the ZIP file contained herein. Suspicious looking, but according to Douglas Hay of PKWare (in the CompuServe PKWare Support Forum (PCVENC)), this is a legitimate release from the folks at PKWare. At first, this looks odd: PKWare encouraging hacking? However, after some discussion in FidoNet, I have to hand it to PKWare for the ingenuity of the idea. (Maybe they'll be able to hire a top-flight programmer from the entries! <grin>) ------------------------ From: RICHARD STEINER Subj: Hack Report #19 Up#1 2/4 The Hack Update Update #1 for July 1992 Hoax Alert: Kim Miller (1:103/700) forwarded a message to the SHAREWRE echo from an unidentified user about a file called SPEEDUP.COM. The message stated that this is a "harmless" hoax that doubles the length of each second of your computer's clock and resets it to use 30 of these new seconds per minute. I'm not sure what this means, but keep your eyes open anyway. John Grothman left a message on The ECS BBS about a possible hoax file called FISHTRO.ZIP. This file claims to be an "amazing VGA demo," but all it does is spin your hard drive requiring a reboot to regain system control. John looked at the file using LIST, and found a comment about a party for "PC and Amiga Types" in a town outside of Helsinki. This may just be an incompatibility problem with John's system, but it could be a hoax. Update: A copy of XTRATANK has been sent to Bill Logan (1:300/22) for testing. Results will be posted here as soon as I receive them. Thanks to Brian Durham (1:3612/210) for reporting a file called XT_HOAX which "debunks" the entire XTRATANK hoax. Also, thanks to Steve Baker (1:114/116) for his warning that you must "uninstall" XTRATANK rather than just delete its files (if you have been caught by this hoax). A friend installed it, tested it, and confirmed the hoax on a Tandy 1000, then found that deleting the files made the hard drive inaccessible. The Trojan Wars Robert Hinshaw (1:291/16) and Eric Kimminau (1:120/335) both forwarded a message by Eric Pullen (USTGNET) about a couple of Trojans. First, Eric reports a Trojan called TG27FAST that claims to "speed up" Telegard. The .ZIP file (5097 bytes) actually is a disk-eater: when ran from a floppy, the floppy was damaged enough to be unrecoverable. When he ran it from an old hard drive, the HD required reformatting. Dangerous. Eric also found a Trojan called 240TOMNP that at first glance looked like another MTE pirate. However, this file (.ZIP 5295 bytes) trashed another floppy (apparently the same way as TG27FAST - Eric didn't elaborate). Herb Oxley (1:101/435) forwarded a message to the COMM echo from Tom Ward, SysOp of the BCS TI99 BBS (617-331-4181) about an ASCII text file bomb (actually appears to be an ANSI bomb) called FREEHST.ZIP. This file is supposed to tell you how to get a free HST modem (its advice: steal one). It also does several keyboard remapping tricks, including a fake C> prompt and a few FORMAT invocations. The DOS Type command is somehow intercepted and translated into a FORMAT command as well. The best way to avoid ANSI bombs is to use an ANSI driver that can disable keyboard redefinitions, such as NANSI or PKSFANSI. Mark Evans (1:382/87) forwarded a message from Michael Masters, SysOp of the Conceptual CAD Design BBS in Tempe, AZ, about a file called MOBYZ.*. The message stated that this file will "do a number on your hard drive." Michael said he uploaded the file to the McAfee BBS, who confirmed its Trojan nature. No further details were given, but this seems like enough to warrant avoiding the file. David Ekins (2:254/78) reports in the VIRUS echo that he just spent 2 days recovering from an attack on his BBS by a file called BILLNTED.EXE. This bogus journey begins with a message that says, "Decompressing database, please wait......" It then says, "Looks like Evil Spirits's Bill'N'Ted has formatted your drive,dude." This file trashed David's partition table and formatted the first 50 tracks of his hard drive. David goes on to say it does not appear to affect non-boot drives. I have further information from Patrick Pfadenhauer (via Mark Evans, 1:382/87) about a file called EPW27.*. The real EPW protects .EXE and .COM files with passwords and encrypts the password file. The dropper, v2.7, contains three virii: ITTI-A, ITTI-B, and Rock Steady, loaded by a batch file that installs "drivers" and runs the program. HackWatcher Ken Whiton forwarded a message from Jim Lambert (WildNet Shareware Conference) about a file called SHIELD20.*, which claims to protect you from Trojans. Instead, Jim says the file is a Trojan itself. He did not elaborate. Ken also forwarded another message from Gary Meade, SysOp of the Tiger Run BBS in Sioux Falls, SD, about a file called VGA835.* which claims to be a VGA game. In fact, it wipes out your hard drive. Dan Stark (1:247/101) found a file called VIRTUAL.ARJ, claiming to be a virtual reality game. One of the files in the archive has the text string, "This bombing was compliments of A.C.K. and its affiliates." He says he sent this to McAfee, who say it will trash your hard drive. Dan also reports a file called BACKFIND.EXE that has several obscene text strings in it. He didn't know what it would do, but from the strings, it seems that it will do serious damage to your system's drives. Another report from Dan concerns a CVIR.EXE (2336 bytes), a claimed virus scanner. This one also has some obscenity in the .EXE: an abridged version shows, "/Checking drive for VIRII/TROJANs. Please wait.EHAHA God your a ****ing moron. YOU HAVE BEEN HIT BY A TROJAN! HAHA". Looks nasty. Finally, Dan reports on WHALE.COM, claimed to be a VGA graphic of a whale. Virus watchers would suspect this immediately, and correctly - it is the straight WHALE virus code. Thanks to Dan for these reports: I hope none of them hit his system. An update on the COMPILER.ARJ file reported in the last full issue of The Hack Report: Dave Doehrman (1:236/21) reported in the PDREVIEW echo that he uploaded a copy to the McAfee BBS for testing. A reply from Spencer Clark on this BBS stated that when the file was run, it erased the COMMAND.COM file in the current directory. So, our suspicions were correct: this is a Trojan. ?????Questionable Programs????? HackWatcher Richard Steiner (1:282/85) did some further research on the status of a so-called shareware version of SimCity. According to a Maxis representative on America OnLine, "SimCity *is* not shareware, *has* not been shareware, and *will* not be shareware." Enough said. Also on the game front, some official information about which Apogee releases are shareware. According to Jay Wilbur (1:124/6300) of Id Software, episodes 1 and 4 of Commander Keen, along with the demo version of episode 6 are distributable, as is episode 1 of Wolfenstein 3-D. Other versions of these games are not supposed to be posted for download. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 8 - CONFERENCE NEWS By James Wall, Node ID ->DREAM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PLEASE NOTE!!! There will be no new RIMECONF file or CONFLST file sent out this month. The new Postlink software will be available August 8th and a new listing will be sent out at that time denoting the new Conferences and a new file (I'm not sure of the name) will be sent out for the Postlink Software. New Conferences: NAME: CHINESE NUMBER: 215 DESCRIPTION: The Chinese conference discusses Chinese Software (i.e. Chinese version of Windowa and Dis, Chinese WordProcessors, etc.) and hardware, languages, cultures, history, foods (recipes), travel guides, current events, martial arts, medicine, old sayings, inventions, education, music, religions...and everything Chinese. HOSTS: Kai Liang Node ID ->MAGNET Jing Liang Node ID ->SINEWAVE NAME: QUALITAS SUPPORT (Qualitas) NUMBER: 227 DESCRIPTION: Technical support for all Qualitas products, including the very popular 386 TO THE MAX program. HOST: David Reinheimer Node ID ->QUALITAS NAME: PCBCOMM NUMBER: 291 DESCRIPTION: This conference is open to users who are owners of PCBCOMM. All technical questions will be answered directly by the staff of Clark Development. HOST: David Terry Node ID ->SALTAIR The following are new Conference Hosts: Andy Corbin Node PHOTOSTR POLICE (143) Bob Waller Node FIAWOL ALT-ENT (245) Patrick Grote Node SHRPT OMEN (90) Lisa Powell Node CRS WOMEN (80) Warren Royal Node ATLWIN MS-WORD (122) Frank Yang Node FILELINK IBM (60) Jude Saucier Node PUMA GAYISSUES (125) Lisa Powell Node CRS GAYISSUES (125) The following Conference Host has changed nodes: Sue Smith is now hosting PETS (52) from Node CMCORNER The following conference has been discontinued: METASYS/SPITMAIL Conference 183 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 9 - WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S WHAT By Patrick Lee, Node ID ->RUNNINGB =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The following is a list of "Who's Who" in RelayNet: Steering Committee: Bonnie Anthony RUNNINGA Rex Hankins IBMNET Howard Belasco RUNNINGB JThomas Howell MORE Mike Glenn PARTY Conference related: Paul Hileman BAYOU Conference Liaison (handles all intra-conference problems) Rick Kingslan OMAHANET Marketing Coordinator (PR) James Wall DREAM Conference Manager Patrick Lee RUNNINGB Statistician AUTOSEND lists: Bonnie Anthony RUNNINGA Nodes listing (RIME.ZIP) James Wall DREAM Conference list (CONFLST.ZIP) James Wall DREAM Conference list (RIMECONF.ZIP) BBS software that currently has an UTI interface with PCRelay: Auntie MajorBBS Remote Access dBBS Maximus Searchlight EIS PCBoard/ProDoor Spitfire Executive Host QuickBBS TriBBS GAP RBBS UltraBBS GT Power Wildcat! The Maximus UTI has been released. (It was listed in the April RIME Times but it was not released at that time; it is now.) The filename is MXUTI21A.LZH and can be found on the author's support board at (513) 237-7737. The Executive Host UTI is a new addition. For information on obtaining a copy, contact either Jeff Smart ->DESIGN or Steve Wood ->WOODSHED. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 10 - NOTICES =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= RIMETIMES is now dispatched by Bonnie Anthony to all nodes in the network. No AUTOSEND list is required. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To make life easier for the staff, the following submittal guidelines are suggested: 1) To be included in the next month's newsletter, articles must be received by the 15th of the current month. 2) A routed, receiver-only (private) message in the COMMON conference is acceptable. 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