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.
