From wnbell@sed.csc.com Wed May 11 14:58:47 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: wnbell@sed.csc.com (William Bell) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.bbs.misc Subject: RFD: comp.bbs.falken Followup-To: news.groups Date: 9 May 1994 19:55:42 -0400 Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation - Systems Engineering Division Lines: 57 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <2qmihu$4of@rodan.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5055 news.groups:103124 comp.bbs.misc:9974 Newsgroups line: comp.bbs.falken The Falken BBS from Info*Share, Inc. CHARTER comp.bbs.falken (unmoderated) will be a newsgroup for the general discussion of Falken BBS matters. Discussion topics would thus include the use, availability, installation, operation, networking, porting and configuration of Falken BBS on all platforms for which it is available, including but not limited to MS-DOS. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE: The Falken BBS program was written for MSDOS in late 1987 by Herb Rose of Info*Share, Inc. It started as a 16 line BBS program providing an internal multitasker (C-Switch) without the need for DeskView, Windows, or OS/2. Falken BBS is marketed under the shareware concept (try-before-you-buy). A demo 2 line version is available for trying. Falken has a very powerful Teleconference with features similar to TBBS UltraChat and MajorBBS's, global user commands, a nice message base, file area with (Xmodem, Zmodem and Ymodem), and other features standard on most BBS's. The modularity of the Falken C-API makes adding Falken modules easy and very powerful. All multitasking, port I/O and communication between users is done by Falken. Because of this easy C programmers' interface, there are lots of powerful add-on modules at minimal cost or FreeWare available. The latest modules include FidoNET, QWK, CD ROM Offline Requester, Account Utilities, Western Teleconference, some very nice strategy games, D&D games, and matchmaking. The Falken Demo BBS is available at (703) 749-2889/2890 where Info*Share currently handles support questions. The Demo version of Falken BBS is in the SimTel repository (oak.oakland.edu under SimTel/msdos/falken). Falken currently support 32 lines on one PC, and future versions are said to have support for 64 lines. This comp.bbs.falken newsgroup would target those users who want Falken specific information. Info*Share would be able to provide easy, cheap, quality and faster support with one newsgroup devoted to Falken. Plus us Falken sysops and developers would have easy access to technical experts. Many of these people are either highly experienced users or have actively participated in the authoring, maintenance, enhancement, or porting of Falken code, so a significant base of "technical experts" exists online to assist those newly involved with the software. NOTE: After this proposal appears on Usenet, it will be forwarded on to numerous Falken BBSes, both independent and networked. Some of the original forwarding will be done by the proponent (wnbell@sed.csc.com) but it may be forwarded beyond those sites by others. -- Bill Bell Falken BBS Doors Programmer wnbell@sed.csc.com From rdippold@qualcomm.com (RonDippold) Tue Jun 14 14:42:02 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: rdippold@qualcomm.com (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.bbs.misc Subject: CFV: comp.bbs.falken Followup-To: poster Date: 14 Jun 1994 11:54:53 -0400 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers Lines: 81 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Expires: 6 Jul 1994 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: References: Reply-To: voting@qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold Voting Alias) Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5205 news.groups:106248 comp.bbs.misc:11148 FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group comp.bbs.falken Newsgroups line: comp.bbs.falken The Falken BBS from Info*Share, Inc. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 5 July 1994. After this CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups it will be sent to numerous Falken BBSes, both independent and networked. Some of the original forwarding will be done by the proponent (wnbell@sed.csc.com) but it may be forwarded beyond those sites by others. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com. For questions about the proposed group contact Bill Bell CHARTER comp.bbs.falken (unmoderated) will be a newsgroup for the general discussion of Falken BBS matters. Discussion topics would thus include the use, availability, installation, operation, networking, porting and configuration of Falken BBS on all platforms for which it is available, including but not limited to MS-DOS. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE The Falken BBS program was written for MSDOS in late 1987 by Herb Rose of Info*Share, Inc. It started as a 16 line BBS program providing an internal multitasker (C-Switch) without the need for DeskView, Windows, or OS/2. Falken BBS is marketed under the shareware concept (try-before-you-buy). A demo 2 line version is available for trying. Falken has a very powerful Teleconference with features similar to TBBS UltraChat and MajorBBS's, global user commands, a nice message base, file area with (Xmodem, Zmodem and Ymodem), and other features standard on most BBS's. The modularity of the Falken C-API makes adding Falken modules easy and very powerful. All multitasking, port I/O and communication between users is done by Falken. Because of this easy C programmers' interface, there are lots of powerful add-on modules at minimal cost or FreeWare available. The latest modules include FidoNET, QWK, CD ROM Offline Requester, Account Utilities, Western Teleconference, some very nice strategy games, D&D games, and matchmaking. The Falken Demo BBS is available at (703) 749-2889/2890 where Info*Share currently handles support questions. The Demo version of Falken BBS is in the SimTel repository (oak.oakland.edu under SimTel/msdos/falken). Falken currently support 32 lines on one PC, and future versions are said to have support for 64 lines. This comp.bbs.falken newsgroup would target those users who want Falken specific information. Info*Share would be able to provide easy, cheap, quality and faster support with one newsgroup devoted to Falken. Plus us Falken sysops and developers would have easy access to technical experts. Many of these people are either highly experienced users or have actively participated in the authoring, maintenance, enhancement, or porting of Falken code, so a significant base of "technical experts" exists online to assist those newly involved with the software. HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: voting@qualcomm.com Check the "To:" address before you send your vote if you want to be counted. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on comp.bbs.falken I vote NO on comp.bbs.falken You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome. Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. The votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge- ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly. One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list. From rdippold@qualcomm.com (RonDippold) Tue Jun 21 19:49:56 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: rdippold@qualcomm.com (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.bbs.misc Subject: 2nd CFV: comp.bbs.falken Supersedes: Followup-To: poster Date: 21 Jun 1994 18:06:18 -0400 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers Lines: 87 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Expires: 6 Jul 1994 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: References: Reply-To: voting@qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold Voting Alias) NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5249 news.groups:106826 comp.bbs.misc:11412 LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group comp.bbs.falken Newsgroups line: comp.bbs.falken The Falken BBS from Info*Share, Inc. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 5 July 1994. After this CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups it will be sent to numerous Falken BBSes, both independent and networked. Some of the original forwarding will be done by the proponent (wnbell@sed.csc.com) but it may be forwarded beyond those sites by others. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com. For questions about the proposed group contact Bill Bell CHARTER comp.bbs.falken (unmoderated) will be a newsgroup for the general discussion of Falken BBS matters. Discussion topics would thus include the use, availability, installation, operation, networking, porting and configuration of Falken BBS on all platforms for which it is available, including but not limited to MS-DOS. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE The Falken BBS program was written for MSDOS in late 1987 by Herb Rose of Info*Share, Inc. It started as a 16 line BBS program providing an internal multitasker (C-Switch) without the need for DeskView, Windows, or OS/2. Falken BBS is marketed under the shareware concept (try-before-you-buy). A demo 2 line version is available for trying. Falken has a very powerful Teleconference with features similar to TBBS UltraChat and MajorBBS's, global user commands, a nice message base, file area with (Xmodem, Zmodem and Ymodem), and other features standard on most BBS's. The modularity of the Falken C-API makes adding Falken modules easy and very powerful. All multitasking, port I/O and communication between users is done by Falken. Because of this easy C programmers' interface, there are lots of powerful add-on modules at minimal cost or FreeWare available. The latest modules include FidoNET, QWK, CD ROM Offline Requester, Account Utilities, Western Teleconference, some very nice strategy games, D&D games, and matchmaking. The Falken Demo BBS is available at (703) 749-2889/2890 where Info*Share currently handles support questions. The Demo version of Falken BBS is in the SimTel repository (oak.oakland.edu under SimTel/msdos/falken). Falken currently support 32 lines on one PC, and future versions are said to have support for 64 lines. This comp.bbs.falken newsgroup would target those users who want Falken specific information. Info*Share would be able to provide easy, cheap, quality and faster support with one newsgroup devoted to Falken. Plus us Falken sysops and developers would have easy access to technical experts. Many of these people are either highly experienced users or have actively participated in the authoring, maintenance, enhancement, or porting of Falken code, so a significant base of "technical experts" exists online to assist those newly involved with the software. HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: voting@qualcomm.com Check the "To:" address before you send your vote if you want to be counted. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on comp.bbs.falken I vote NO on comp.bbs.falken You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome. Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. The votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge- ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly. One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list. comp.bbs.falken Bounce List - No need to revote ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No bounced votes at this time From rdippold@qualcomm.com (RonDippold) Tue Jul 12 15:09:57 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: rdippold@qualcomm.com (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.bbs.misc Subject: RESULT: comp.bbs.falken fails 37:42 Supersedes: Followup-To: news.groups Date: 11 Jul 1994 23:47:51 -0400 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers Lines: 159 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5328 news.groups:108164 comp.bbs.misc:12125 RESULT unmoderated group comp.bbs.falken fails 37:42 There were 37 YES votes and 42 NO votes, for a total of 79 valid votes. There was 1 invalid ballot. For group passage, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES and NO) votes. There also must be at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes. There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted. Unless serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the group may not be voted on again for six months. Newsgroups line: comp.bbs.falken The Falken BBS from Info*Share, Inc. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com. For questions about the proposed group contact Bill Bell CHARTER comp.bbs.falken (unmoderated) will be a newsgroup for the general discussion of Falken BBS matters. Discussion topics would thus include the use, availability, installation, operation, networking, porting and configuration of Falken BBS on all platforms for which it is available, including but not limited to MS-DOS. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE The Falken BBS program was written for MSDOS in late 1987 by Herb Rose of Info*Share, Inc. It started as a 16 line BBS program providing an internal multitasker (C-Switch) without the need for DeskView, Windows, or OS/2. Falken BBS is marketed under the shareware concept (try-before-you-buy). A demo 2 line version is available for trying. Falken has a very powerful Teleconference with features similar to TBBS UltraChat and MajorBBS's, global user commands, a nice message base, file area with (Xmodem, Zmodem and Ymodem), and other features standard on most BBS's. The modularity of the Falken C-API makes adding Falken modules easy and very powerful. All multitasking, port I/O and communication between users is done by Falken. Because of this easy C programmers' interface, there are lots of powerful add-on modules at minimal cost or FreeWare available. The latest modules include FidoNET, QWK, CD ROM Offline Requester, Account Utilities, Western Teleconference, some very nice strategy games, D&D games, and matchmaking. The Falken Demo BBS is available at (703) 749-2889/2890 where Info*Share currently handles support questions. The Demo version of Falken BBS is in the SimTel repository (oak.oakland.edu under SimTel/msdos/falken). Falken currently support 32 lines on one PC, and future versions are said to have support for 64 lines. This comp.bbs.falken newsgroup would target those users who want Falken specific information. Info*Share would be able to provide easy, cheap, quality and faster support with one newsgroup devoted to Falken. Plus us Falken sysops and developers would have easy access to technical experts. Many of these people are either highly experienced users or have actively participated in the authoring, maintenance, enhancement, or porting of Falken code, so a significant base of "technical experts" exists online to assist those newly involved with the software. comp.bbs.falken Final Vote Ack Voted Yes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ault@cs.albany.edu Jim Ault benjamin@texxen.richmond.bc.ca Benjamin Salopek brad_friedman@cville.win.net cblaise@mole.uvm.edu Chris Blaise chrisman@CERF.NET Mitchell Chrisman cjackson@csugrad.cs.vt.edu Chris 'PGP is neato' Jackson clstampe@mailbox.syr.edu Chris Stamper dbd@utkux.utcc.utk.edu doc@DGS.dgsys.com Ron Walters eab@msc.edu Edward Bertsch francesco_moriconi@promrising.win.net gberigan@cse.unl.edu Greg Berigan gerralr@tssbbs.win.net Gerral Reeves HLEBASKO_JOSEPH_C@Lilly.com Joe Hlebasko horizon@netcom.com Teresa L. Hensley jeff.grossman@easyst.com Jeff Grossman jim_ferrin@mstlywin.win.net jrm@globalvillag.com John R. MacWilliamson jvogel@DGS.dgsys.com John Vogel kherron@ms.uky.edu lando@DGS.dgsys.com Brett Sarkissian LANTZR@AppleLink.Apple.COM Physio Control, Lantz Rowland,NAT m.purcell@pos.apana.org.au Mark Purcell mrstampe@mailbox.syr.edu Marjorie R. Stamper paula.mader@swcbbs.com pb3j+@andrew.cmu.edu Paul J Bordallo peter@melanie.gaeacorp.com peter hoffman quinn@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Michael J. Quinn rfrey@miami.win.net RAY SKORSTAD rufinus@cae.wisc.edu rulej@tahoma.cwu.edu Honeybucket smann@online.com Stephen Mann TMPBBS@delphi.com tyler_guidice@midnght.win.net Vangogh292@aol.com whitmore@tahoma.cwu.edu Rattlesnake Stu wnbell@sed.csc.com William Bell Voted No ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ antersbe@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Stefan Antersberger apolzer@cs.ucsd.edu Andreas Polzer bailey@hagar.ph.utexas.edu Ed Bailey bbacon@clark.net Bill Bacon bson@ai.mit.edu Jan Brittenson crd@netcom.com Craig Dickson crosby@nordsieck.cs.Colorado.EDU Matthew Crosby crouchkp@flidh102.delcoelect.com darknight@octapode.cuc.ab.ca dholland@husc.harvard.edu donovan.seidle@t8000.cuc.ab.ca dst@hardy.u.washington.edu Trif eps@cs.SFSU.EDU Eric P. Scott fsspr@camelot.acf-lab.alaska.edu Sean P. Ryan geoff.armstrong@t8000.cuc.ab.ca ggw@wolves.durham.nc.us Greg Woodbury greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu Greg Trotter gspear+@CMU.EDU Geoffrey Spear iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Ian Jackson j414@midway.uchicago.edu mary-frances jagod jace@clt.fx.net jace carlson - CStar jacobsd@ucsu.Colorado.EDU JACOBS DRU THOMAS jfortt@dorsai.dorsai.org Joseph Fortt john@iastate.edu John Hascall julian@bongo.tele.com Julian Macassey Kari.Hurtta@fmi.fi Kari E. Hurtta mb@agar.oche.de Marcus Breiing mmt@RedBrick.COM Maxime Taksar KC6ZPS peterb@telerama.lm.com Peter Berger pierre@shell.portal.com Pierre Uszynski pwilson@widow.spydernet.com Patrick Wilson randy@psg.com Randy Bush rick@bcm.tmc.edu Richard H. Miller seawolf@yesanext.sbay.org Sameer Manek:SysOp smarry@turing.toronto.edu Smarasderagd srogers@tps.mcs.eds.com stainles@bga.com Dwight Brown teffta@cs690-3.erie.ge.com Andrew R. Tefft tina@octapode.cuc.ab.ca val@mitre.org Colin Valentine wanagin@kingkong.escape.de Ulf Bahrenfuss WARD@ernie.van.forintek.ca Ward F. Bush Votes in error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sysop@avsoft.com ! Invalid address