Echoing

North American Backbone Echo Changes [Jan-Feb]
by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/16
lisa@psg.com

Summary of backbone & quasi-backbone echo changes during Jan & Feb.

Brought to you courtesy of (unix) diff.

diff (backbone.na + backbone.no) 05-Jan-97 02-Mar-97 [edited].

Added to the babackbone

> ALT_DOS             OPENDOS and FREEDOS discussion area
> AUTOMOBILE_RACING   Discussion of all types of auto motorsports
> BT-XE               BinkleyTerm-XE Support
> C&C                 Command & Conquer echo
> CARIBBEAN_CHAT      (low traffic since  2/1/97)
> DTP                 Desktop Publishing discussion
> FDN_ANNOUNCE        File Distribution Networks Files, Info, & Links
> FIDOWEB             FidoNet Web Page Conference
> FRONTDOOR_APX       FrontDoor APX Support Conference
> GAMES4SALE          Games for sale
> GRAMPS_ECHO         Clean chat echo about current events, UFO's etc
> IEEE                Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
> JDSSOFT             John Dailey Software Support
> OCCULT_CHAT         Occult Chatter
> WC4DOS              WildCat 4 upgrade to wc5, winserver, etc.
> WEATHER             National Weather Network

Removed from the backbone or quasi-backbone

< 4DOS_TC             (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< AAGENE              (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< CONSULTING          (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< FANTASY_SPORTS      (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< F_KNIGHT            (not in EchoList since  1/1/97)
< GREEN.029           (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< ICOM                (low traffic since 11/1/96)
< IRONOX              (low traffic since 11/1/96)
< K9COPS              (low traffic since 11/1/96)
< LAW_TECH            (low traffic since 11/1/96)
< LIBRARY             (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< MACHYPE             (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< MEET_AFT            (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< MELEE               (low traffic since 11/1/96)
< MOTOROLA_MODEMS     (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< OBLIVION2           (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< OLDTRUCK            (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< OLD_ENGINE          <No title>
< OOII                (low traffic since 11/1/96)
< PCWRITE             (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< PROZ                (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< RACE_UNITY          (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< RED_CROSS           (low traffic since 11/1/96)
< REEF_KEEPING        (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< STARTREK_RUMORS     (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< STUDIO_101          (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< TAG_OS2             (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< THUNDERBYTE         (low traffic since 12/1/97)
< WIN_SURFING         (low traffic since 12/1/97)

• There are 778 echos in backbone.na [02-Mar-97] (down 1)
• There are 55 echos in backbone.no [02-Mar-97] (down 12)
• for a total of 833 backbone & quasi-backbone echos (down 13)