Subj : FidoNews 41:14 [01/06]: List Of Fidonet Ipv6 Nodes To : Rob Swindell From : Michiel van der Vlist Date : Mon Apr 08 2024 02:12 pm Hello Rob, On Friday April 05 2024 10:05, you wrote to me: >> f Has a ::f1d0::: style host address. >> (zone, net, node in decimal notation) RS> I think this could be clarified better: The zone, net, and node values RS> of the FidoNet address are actually in *hexadecimal* notation, but RS> only using the hexadecimal digits 0-9, so that when viewing the IPv6 RS> address in hexadecimal (as is the norm), it can be more easily RS> visually compared with the decimal representation of that equivalent RS> FidoNet address. Here we probably run into a case where more explanation will actually lead to more confusion. In the beginning it was considered self explanatory. Until some wise guy created an address with zone, net and node in actual hexadecimal and claimed the "f" for it. That conflicts with the idea of the zone, net and node number being easely identafiable by humans. So I declined and added the explanatory line. And now that leads to confusion. Perhaps just giving an example will be better. How about this: >> f Has a ::f1d0::: style host address. >> Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555 Cheers, Michiel --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20130111 * Origin: Michiel's laptop (2:280/464.5555) .