Coordinator's Corner

Backbone Echo Changes [Nov-Dec]
by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/16
lisa@psg.com

Summary of backbone & quasi-backbone echo changes during Nov & Dec.

Brought to you courtesy of (unix) diff.

diff (backbone.na + backbone.no) 03-Nov-96 05-Jan-97 [edited].

Echo tag change

< GENREPLY            Tiny Tafel Reply [old echotag]
> FIDOGEN             Fidonet Genealogy Sysop Disc [new echotag]

Added to the backbone

> BODYART             Tattoo's, Piercing, Ect
> CDRECORD            CDR: CDROM/DVD Recording Discussion
> CRICKET_ECHO        Cricket News and Discussion Conference.
> CRIME_VICTIMS       Crime Victims' Rights and Criminal Justice
> DEMOCRATS           Democratic Party policy and strategy
> FNOS_HELP           FNOS version of KA9Q, mods by Marc Blakel
> FTSC_PUBLIC         Fidonet Tech Standards Committee Public Echo
> GAF.CHAT            German-American Friendship Networks Chat Echo
> IBBSDOOR            InterBBS DOORgame discussion area
> MILLENNIUM          Millennium TV show discussions
> MOORCOCK            Michael Moorcock Discussion Echo
> MS_IE               Microsoft Internet Explore Discussions
> NATIVE_ISSUES       Native American Issues
> NEXUS               Nexus BBS Software Support Conference
> OBLIVION2           (low traffic since 12/1/97)
> ROK                 Realm of Kisom Support
> SACRED_MAGICK       Discussion about Magick and it's Mythos
> SENIOR_CLASS        For issues concering those over 50 years of age
> WINDOWS-NT          Windows NT Discussion and support forum
> WINDOWS-NT_BBS      Windows-NT BBS Discussion and Support Forum
> WRESTLING_CHAT      wrestling Chat Echo

Removed from the backbone or quasi-backbone

< AMIGA_OS&EM         (not in EchoList since 10/1/96)
< AMIGA_PD            (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< AMPUTEE             (low traffic since 10/1/96)
< BH90210             (not in EchoList since 10/1/96)
< CANADIAN_POLITICS   A forum for discussion of Canadian Politics
< CHILD_ABUSE_ISSUES  (low traffic since 10/1/96)
< EARTH2              (not in EchoList since 10/1/96)
< FMS                 (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< JAMMAIL             JamMail Amiga FrontEnd Mailer Support
< K.L.A.W.            (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< MDNDP_HLP           (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< MFILEPMSUP          (low traffic since 10/1/96)
< MPS                 (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< MUSICSYN            (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< NEWOPUS             (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< NIGHT_SHIFT         Gramps Kiersarge and The Crew. Gen Disc Echo
< NIGHT_SHIFT_CP      Night Shift Cross Post
< NIGHT_SHIFT_DEBATE  Debate Subjects discussed in Night Shift Echo
< OKILLERS            (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< OMNINET             OMNINET Technical Development Conference
< PARADOX             (not in EchoList since  9/1/96)
< PATCHES             (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< PC_CONSULT          PC Consultants Echo
< POST_POLIO          International Post-Polio Survivors Forum
< PRO_VIDEO           (low traffic since 10/1/96)
< RAINBOW             (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< RAPTORBBS           (low traffic since 10/1/96)
< RAUSW               (low traffic since 10/1/96)
< SIP_AABUS           (low traffic since 10/1/96)
< STEP_PARENT         (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< SUST_AG             (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< TPWTECH             (low traffic since  9/1/96)
< TWINS               (low traffic since  9/1/96)

• There are 779 echos in backbone.na [05-Jan-97] (down 14)
• There are 67 echos in backbone.no [05-Jan-97] (up 2)
• for a total of 846 backbone & quasi-backbone echos (down 12)

Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 010
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|Zone|Nl-348|Nodelist-355|Nodelist-362|Nodelist-003|Nodelist-010|%%|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|  1 | 10737|10564  -173 |10452  -112 |10370   -82 |10370     0 |36|
|  2 | 16150|16127   -23 |16104   -23 |16056   -48 |15979   -77 |55|
|  3 |   882|  878    -4 |  876    -2 |  869    -7 |  868    -1 | 3|
|  4 |   572|  413  -159 |  556   143 |  552    -4 |  554     2 | 2|
|  5 |    94|   93    -1 |   93     0 |   93     0 |   93     0 | 0|
|  6 |  1003| 1003     0 | 1075    72 | 1073    -2 | 1073     0 | 4|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
     | 29438|29078  -360 |29156    78 |29013  -143 |28937   -76 |
     +------+------------+------------+------------+------------+