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514 lines
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CBBS(R) 4.0.3b
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09/05/89 22:46:04
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Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U
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?^U
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?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss
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Logging name to disk...
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You are caller 208497; next msg =42442; 370 active msgs.
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Prev. call 09/02/89 @ 05:37, next msg was 42423
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Recording logon for next time.
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Use FULL? to check assignments
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?^U
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?xxxxx
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"Mine" command checking fo
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>Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-30 log,ward c;or;*;short
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LOG. 9
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KILLED. 9
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SUMMARY. 24
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09/05/89,22:46:07,208497,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
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42423 09/02/89 BILL WOLFF => ROY PLUM: "R/DTP WITH HP LASERJET SERIES"
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42424 09/02/89 COLIN SCHROEDER => ED FOSTER: "R/VM/386"
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42425 09/02/89 BRENT JONES => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/PRODIGY WARNING"
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dup. chars.
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>Function:?short
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No dup. chars.
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>Function:?type log,ward c;or;*;short
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09/02/89,05:37:50,208389,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
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09/02/89,05:43:32,208390,X,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,2
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09/02/89,06:00:42,208391,1,JIM FLANAGAN,,3
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09/02/89,07:56:28,208392,1,BOB COVYEAU,,4
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09/02/89,08:39:08,208393,2,BILL WOLFF,,
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E#42423,16
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09/02/89,08:56:20,208394,1,BOB COVYEAU,,6
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09/02/89,09:11:27,208395,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,3
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09/02/89,09:54:57,208396,1,DAVE SMITH,MYTOWM,
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09/02/89,09:58:41,208397,2,RICH KURTZ,,3
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09/02/89,11:12:20,208398,2,JIM SACKETT,,8
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09/02/89,11:23:16,208399,3,STEVE FARMILANT,,4
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]Have you dc/d the bulliten board list???
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STEVE FARMILANT,
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09/02/89,11:29:56,208400,2,JIM SACKETT,,1
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09/02/89,13:33:35,208401,2,DENNIS STAHL,,3
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09/02/89,13:45:04,208402,1,COLIN SCHROEDER,,
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E#42424,
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09/02/89,13:52:57,208403,1,COLIN SCHROEDER,,4
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09/02/89,15:21:09,208404,1,JOHN DORION,franklin park,4
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09/02/89,16:43:11,208405,1,ERIC SIEBERT,,12
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09/02/89,17:37:45,208406,3,ED FANTA,,4
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09/02/89,17:45:39,208407,1,CHARLIE KESTNER,,4
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09/02/89,19:16:34,208408,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,2
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09/02/89,20:04:22,208409,2,DONALD CROSS,,4
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09/02/89,20:37:00,208410,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,1
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09/02/89,20:39:52,208411,1,JOHN GREAGER,,
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]CHAT: I would like to know more about this bbs,
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09/02/89,21:53:56,208412,1,BRENT JONES,,
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E#42425,
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E#42426,
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E#42427,
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E#42428,13
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09/02/89,22:35:17,208413,2,ERIC VANN,Wheaton/IL,4
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09/02/89,22:39:09,208414,2,JIM POLOUS,,2
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09/02/89,22:43:03,208415,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,1
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09/02/89,22:54:36,208416,2,TIM FAIRBANK,Chicago/ IL,
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E#42429,10
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09/02/89,23:10:10,208417,1,JENNY VAGLIENTY,,3
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09/02/89,23:46:53,208418,2,PHIL JERN,,2
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09/03/89,02:33:16,208419,2,BILL MATTSON,,6
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09/03/89,04:36:35,208420,1,DAN EGER,van nuys/ ca,3
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09/03/89,04:40:00,208421,2,JERRY OLSEN,,9
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09/03/89,05:17:07,208422,2,ALEX ZELL,,
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09/03/89,08:25:35,208423,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
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E#42430,
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E#42431,
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E#42432,
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E#42433,
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E#42434,21
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09/03/89,09:34:42,208424,1,DANNY VAISRUB,,5
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09/03/89,10:38:48,208425,1,JIM FLANAGAN,,
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E#42435,11
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09/03/89,11:57:26,208426,1,SCOTT TEIPE,,
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E#42436,11
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]um, ward, i don't see my bbs in the list...any reason for that?
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SCOTT TEIPE,
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09/03/89,14:06:35,208427,2,BOB VON BORSTEL,,4
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09/03/89,14:17:24,208428,2,MARTY DIPPEL,,22
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09/03/89,15:31:04,208429,2,JIM SACKETT,,8
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09/03/89,15:39:03,208430,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,2
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]Jeez, teipe is a pain. I'm gonna have to go lookin' for the BBS list
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again, or AZ, you willing to do this "for me"? Don't if it is a problem!
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WARD CHRISTENSEN,
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E#42437,5
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09/03/89,17:48:40,208431,2,MIKE COOK,,7
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09/03/89,19:15:02,208432,1,BOB COVYEAU,,5
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09/03/89,19:43:18,208433,1,BOB COVYEAU,,6
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09/03/89,19:54:02,208434,3,DAVE LAWNICKI,,12
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09/03/89,21:03:45,208435,2,GEORGE POND,chicago il,5
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09/03/89,21:14:38,208436,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,
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E#42438,5
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09/03/89,21:48:16,208437,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,5
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09/03/89,22:12:21,208438,1,BRENDAN ROSS,toronto .ont,
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]CHAT: does any body know any cannadian bbs's,6
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09/03/89,22:32:03,208439,2,MIKE SANDMAN,,20
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09/03/89,23:40:07,208440,3,JEREMY COLE,Chicago/Ill,5
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09/04/89,00:29:37,208441,2,JIM POLOUS,,
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E#42439,2
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09/04/89,00:58:21,208442,2,BILL MATTSON,,10
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09/04/89,03:05:06,208443,1,CHARLIE KESTNER,,7
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09/04/89,09:33:06,208444,2,RICHARD HINTON,,
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E#42440,6
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09/04/89,10:17:53,208445,1,JOE JESSON,,12
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09/04/89,10:39:01,208446,1,BOB COVYEAU,,10
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09/04/89,10:58:01,208447,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,7
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09/04/89,12:00:18,208448,1,SCOTT TEIPE,,0
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09/04/89,12:55:10,208449,3,DAVE LAWNICKI,,10
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09/04/89,13:34:11,208450,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,1
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09/04/89,13:37:02,208451,1,BILL WOLFF,,7
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09/04/89,14:53:19,208452,1,LANE LARRISON,,1
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09/04/89,15:00:30,208453,1,LANE LARRISON,,4
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09/04/89,15:09:02,208454,2,KEN WALANSKI,,5
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09/04/89,15:22:17,208455,1,BOB COVYEAU,,3
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09/04/89,16:23:26,208456,1,JIM EGAN,,15
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09/04/89,17:49:26,208457,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,3
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09/04/89,17:57:10,208458,2,ALEX ZELL,,1
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]No, no problem at all. If you havent already (I have not looked in
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msgs yet) done so, I shall leave him a little explanation in
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basic English explaining why we don't add BBS's to the list between
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editions. I'll bring over the latest edition. Damn! Gotta look and
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determine which is his listing and if it is in the new edition.
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Should have it tonight and will upload in chinet.
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ALEX ZELL,9
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]Ah, OK, he has provided enuf info so that if it is not in the new
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edition I can put it in.
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ALEX ZELL,11
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]Betcha dc/d mediscarded. he he
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ALEX ZELL,
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09/04/89,18:49:44,208459,2,DAVID GIBBS,,4
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09/04/89,19:08:04,208460,2,THOM QUICK,,8
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09/04/89,19:26:59,208461,3,BOB ELLIOTT,Chicago/ IL,12
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09/04/89,19:46:49,208462,1,CHRIS KINSELLA,,2
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09/04/89,19:50:41,208463,1,RYAN ROSE,Evansville/IN,3
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09/04/89,20:07:00,208464,1,RYAN ROSE,,
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>Help: SYSOP,
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]CHAT: the BBS i'm thinking of starting,
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>Help: ALL,
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>Help: ALL,4
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]I need to talk to a SYSOP about starting my BBS. PS- GREAT system
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RYAN ROSE,
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09/04/89,20:31:59,208465,1,ED GORNY,,21
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09/04/89,21:18:13,208466,2,ALEX ZELL,,
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09/04/89,21:26:18,208467,2,ALEX ZELL,,0
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]Geez. Let him talk the the expert on running BBSs -- Scott Teipe.
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==You will find in my files list.alpha (I sorted by city alpha)
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the new edition, 1 Sep. I did a little spelling correction
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in the introductory material, added the provision (TWICE) that
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they should call STILLWATERS with corrections and information.
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The appendices with the explanations of codes I omitted since
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they have not changed. Lemme know if more is needed.
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ALEX ZELL,
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09/04/89,21:53:49,208468,1,LKJ LKJ,,1
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09/04/89,22:16:00,208469,1,JIM FLANAGAN,,2
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09/04/89,22:53:36,208470,2,JIM POLOUS,,0
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09/05/89,00:11:20,208471,2,JERRY OLSEN,,80
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09/05/89,00:53:57,208472,2,RANDY IMAGEN,,
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09/05/89,03:17:22,208473,2,RANDY IMAGEN,,8
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09/05/89,05:29:34,208474,2,PETE JONES,,2
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09/05/89,05:31:51,208475,2,PETE JONES,,1
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09/05/89,07:00:05,208476,1,MICHAEL MCDANIEL,,
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09/05/89,07:03:08,208477,1,MICHAEL MCDANIEL,,3
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09/05/89,08:11:14,208478,2,DENNIS STAHL,,5
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09/05/89,08:46:13,208479,1,PAUL FARR,Bolingbrook/Il,5
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09/05/89,09:15:13,208480,1,JEAN BARBER,,27
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09/05/89,13:36:20,208481,2,STEVE AIDIKONIS,,3
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09/05/89,14:07:53,208482,2,PAUL FARR,,
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]CHAT: f*CAN WE SELL PROGRAMS THAT WE DONT NEED?,6
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]I AM A FIRST TIME USER AND I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO CALL SOMEONE
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OR SOMETHING FRIENDLY . THANKS. I'LL BE CALLING AGAIN WHEN I GET BRAVER.
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GOODBYE
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PAUL FARR,
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09/05/89,14:47:15,208483,1,JUNE QUERCIA,Chicago/ IL,9
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09/05/89,15:04:31,208484,1,COLIN SCHROEDER,,6
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09/05/89,15:29:16,208485,2,RICHARD HINTON,,3
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09/05/89,15:35:11,208486,2,ALEX ZELL,,
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09/05/89,16:04:24,208487,2,JOHN FIELDS,Lemont,1
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09/05/89,16:11:09,208488,2,ERKIN CUBUKCU,white plains/NY,
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>Help: XMODEM,13
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09/05/89,16:59:23,208489,2,JIM THALE,,10
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09/05/89,17:29:41,208490,1,MIKE KAVADIAS,,
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09/05/89,18:37:11,208491,1,MICHAEL BLAKE,,2
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09/05/89,19:36:19,208492,1,AUSTIN WYMAN,,50
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]THIS IS A GREAT INFORMATION CBBS!!!!!!!!
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AUSTIN WYMAN,
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09/05/89,21:27:10,208493,2,STEVE COHEN,,
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E#42441,4
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09/05/89,21:39:29,208494,3,JASON TREVOR,,
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09/05/89,21:54:23,208495,1,KEVIN KING,BENSENVILLE/ ILLINOIS,
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09/05/89,22:34:08,208496,2,ALEX ZELL,,
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09/05/89,22:46:07,208497,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
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42423 09/02/89 BILL WOLFF => ROY PLUM: "R/DTP WITH HP LASERJET SERIES"
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42424 09/02/89 COLIN SCHROEDER => ED FOSTER: "R/VM/386"
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42425 09/02/89 BRENT JONES => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/PRODIGY WARNING"
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42426 09/02/89 BRENT JONES => BRENT JONES: "R/PRODIGY WARNING"
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42427 09/02/89 BRENT JONES => BRENT JONES: "R/PRODIGY WARNING"
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42428 09/02/89 BRENT JONES => ALL: "PRODIGY-REACTIONS TO?"
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42429 09/02/89 TIM FAIRBANK => WARD: "THE FATHER OF THE BBS"
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42430 09/03/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => TIM FAIRBANK: "R/THE FATHER OF THE BBS"
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42431 09/03/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => STEVE FARMILANT: "BBS LIST"
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42432 09/03/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BRENT JONES: "R/PRODIGY WARNING"
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42433 09/03/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "LPTN VS LPTN:?"
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42434 09/03/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "LINE NOISE & 9600S"
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42435 09/03/89 JIM FLANAGAN => BILL WOLFF: "R/DTP WITH HP LASERJET SERIES"
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42436 09/03/89 SCOTT TEIPE => JIM MATLOCK: "R/INFO ON STARTING A BBS"
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42437 09/03/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BRENT JONES: "R/PRODIGY WARNING"
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42438 09/03/89 ERIC BOHLMAN => WARD: "LPT2"
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42439 09/04/89 JIM POLOUS => ALL: "NOVELL"
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42440 09/04/89 RICHARD HINTON => BRENT JONES: "R/PRODIGY-REACTIONS TO?"
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42441 09/05/89 STEVE COHEN => STEVE FARMILANT: "NOVELL-S"
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- End of summary -
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Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts.
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Msg 42423 is 15 line(s) on 09/02/89 from BILL WOLFF
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to ROY PLUM re: R/DTP WITH HP LASERJET SERIES
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Hmm. sounds like I am missing out on something. GeoLaser doesn't
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seem to support postscript support as far as I can tell. Perhaps
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some more info on this postscipt. With your regular word processors,
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postscript meant that you entered codes for your formatting. Perhaps
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we are talking about something different on the laser printer?
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With GeoLaser, it only prints 75DPI on the HP LaserJet II. But with
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an Apple Laser (or whatever the apple word for it is called), it
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supports 300 DTI.
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If I am not mistaken, isn't the HP LaserJet II only good up to 300
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DPI? Or can this be expanded?
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I believe Word Perfect only prints out to the Laser at 300 DPI too.
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Also Word Star 5.5 the same.
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Msg 42424 is 10 line(s) on 09/02/89 from COLIN SCHROEDER
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to ED FOSTER re: R/VM/386
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thanks for the info.I hadn't realized that that was the problem.
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One of our programmers also told me that WP may be hogging certain
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video ports on the cpu that vga needs.so it may be an insoluble
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problem. I'm running fine with WP on the vga and other vms on the
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Hercules, so i'm happy. I wouldn
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't recommend VM/386 to everyone, but it is nice for me because now
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my machine works like I do, on three or four things at once.
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right now i'm running WP at the same time, and can also start up
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SYSTAT and run analyses concurently! (but, see Dvorak's column in
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the latest PC Magazine-he may be right! Talk to you later.
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Msg 42425 is 30 line(s) on 09/02/89 from BRENT JONES
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to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/PRODIGY WARNING
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Ward,
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I sent the following message out on CompuServe (IBMCOM Forum):
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I would recommend that you definitely try out Prodigy. It is not
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as zippy as BBS or CompuServe but this is due to the high use of graphics.
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To see color you need EGA, but the monochrome CGA on my Toshiba 1200F looks
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pretty good. The price is definitely right-$9.95 per MONTH -not $12.50
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per hours like Compu$erve (as some spell it).
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Draw backs 1) little 3 line graphics ads on each screen-but you have
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about that much in a magazine 2) slow response time-what do you expect
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with PCs at 2400 baud and 8088/6 chips [I have to admit that the
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"mainframe" used by IBM and Sears sure acts like a Commodore 64 acting
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as a file server for 100 terminals, but lets give them a chance to
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speed it up over the next year before we finally judge.
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The Prodigy kit costs $39.99 (mine was $42.69 after the state of IL took
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their "cut") but this includes 3 months of free service. You buy it at
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Sears. I wish that I could have gotten one of the free kits but I wanted
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to get on-line as soon as I could.
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Finally, I do not work for IBM, Sears or have anything to gain from
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your use of Prodigy. But don't criticize it until you have spent some
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time giving it a try. There is a PC Club by the way.
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The kit is returnable for a full refund within 30 days.
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==================
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I got this nasty reply [I hope he isn't a SYSOP]
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#: 156119 (P) S8/Village Inn [C]
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01-Sep-89 21:51:04
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Sb: #155768-Prodigy
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Fm: Jay T. Blocksom 76657,3375
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To: Brent Jones 71301,1742
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Msg 42426 is 29 line(s) on 09/02/89 from BRENT JONES
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to BRENT JONES re: R/PRODIGY WARNING
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continuing=======
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#: 156119 (P) S8/Village Inn [C]
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01-Sep-89 21:51:04
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Sb: #155768-Prodigy
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Fm: Jay T. Blocksom 76657,3375
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To: Brent Jones 71301,1742
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Brent -
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I think your message is in EXTREMELY poor taste.
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Most of the Prodigy discussion here died out shortly after
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the service was introduced. The general conlusion was that
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- due primarily to the very poor performance and meager
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services offered - it was next to useless, and suitable
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only for the rankest novice.
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But more important is the sheer inappropriateness of your
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unsolicited "ad", for a competing service, yet! Would you
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walk into a Chevy dealer and procaim loudly to all the
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customers present, "I think Fords are the greatest, and you
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really should ought's try one."?!?!?
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Do yourself a favor, and DELETE that message, before it
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embarrasses you further.
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- J.T.B.
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Msg 42427 is 07 line(s) on 09/02/89 from BRENT JONES
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to BRENT JONES re: R/PRODIGY WARNING
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I would love to hear about any other reactions to Prodigy. My number
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there is KNCV48A. I sure wish that they would use something easier to
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remember-like my phone # or Social Security #.
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-
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Ward, What is your Prodigy #? I want to try and send you a message to
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get a feel for their replies method. Sure do like this wonderful
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message system.
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Msg 42428 is 06 line(s) on 09/02/89 from BRENT JONES
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to ALL re: PRODIGY-REACTIONS TO?
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Please let me know your initial impressions of Prodigy. I don't
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work for IBM or Sears but feel that they have a system for the common
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man. My Prodigy # is KNCV48A [if you use CompuServe I'm known as
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71301,1742. Isn't it nice the way Randy and Ward let you be your own
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self.
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Brent
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Msg 42429 is 05 line(s) on 09/02/89 from TIM FAIRBANK
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to WARD re: THE FATHER OF THE BBS
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WeWard, you really started something here, didn't you?
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Now FidoNet is talking about having 100,000 nodes in a few years.
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(I must say, however, that there has been progress in the user-intce
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area since you began.)
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Msg 42430 is 18 line(s) on 09/03/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to TIM FAIRBANK re: R/THE FATHER OF THE BBS
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Yep! I know there's been progress on the user interface. I nearly GAG
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when I call a "modern BBS". CBBS' principles of "no centering, no lines
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of dashes, no lines of *'s, no "cutesie" things, makes me nearly CHOKE
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at all the "garbage" the more "modern" BBSs throw at you.
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There's a MIDI BBS in the Chicago area which I plan to call (for the
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2nd time - now that I'm registered). and I had to force myself, several
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times, to NOT just hang up on it for the ton of junk that is thrown at
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the user. I guess an inexperienced user, willing to spend 20 minutes on
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the phone and suck down several "K" of lines of asterisks, "pretty formatting"
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etc will do well with the modern BBS's, but give me one like CBBS, or
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Compuserve, which can "darn near" be kept from giving you any "trash",
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and I'll prefer it a LOT.
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But then again I guess it is mostly a matter of familiarity - once you get
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to know a system, etc, it can be more efficiently handled.
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One other think, was that that BBS didn't "respond" like CBBS does - to ^S
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and other things - it was like driving an automatic transmission from the
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back seat, rather than CBBS which I liken more to a sports car - including
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the quirks. ;-)
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Msg 42431 is 02 line(s) on 09/03/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to STEVE FARMILANT re: BBS LIST
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You asked "Have you dc/d the bulliten (sic) board list?".
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Beats me, I hope not! What is "dc/d"?
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Msg 42432 is 30 line(s) on 09/03/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to BRENT JONES re: R/PRODIGY WARNING
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Ooh, what you did was in poor taste - not your Prodigy message - for there
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is nothing more useful than someone "talking up" something they like!,
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but rather that you - I'm presuming without permission - took a PRIVATE
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message to you on Compuserve and are "blabbing" it on CBBS. ;-)
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There have been discussions on Compuserve about private messages, and the
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concensus was that the person made it (P) for a reason, and therefore if the
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recipient would like to share it with someone else, they should get the
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original messager's permission (but not a big deal).
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P.S. if the guy WAS a sysop, he'd have a 76703 or other "fairly well
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known" sysop account (I'm 76703,302).
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Not to worry! If there's one thing about BBSs, it is the unfailing right
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of its users to express their opinions, and for that matter to ACCEPT
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feedback from others. Matter of fact, > I < would have jumped down the
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throat (nicely, like I'm doing to you about private msgs) saying I was just
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expressing an opinion, and blow away his "general opinion that it was
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useless".
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Anyone who thinks that Prodigy is a competitor for Compuserve doesn't know
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what it is. It is specifically NOT going to allow file transfers, for
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example. I also don't think I'm going to be doing any grocery shopping
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on Compuserve - at least in the near future - while I might be doing so on
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Prodigy.
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I have yet to try my Prodigy kit - because I have a COM3: modem until my
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it-was-lost-for-2-months-in-UPS 9600 external comes back. I > think < I
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can just patch the BIOS area to put the COM3: addresses in where COM1 is,
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and then fire up Prodigy. I'm just sad that my commo system has only CGA
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(for who needs more for text applications) won't work well in the
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graphically-oriented Prodigy setup.
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Stick by your guns! Leave a PUBLIC message to Blocksom saying you have
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your right to express your opinion, and while I'd not use these words, the
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inclination I have is to say "the majority be damned". ;-)
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Msg 42433 is 09 line(s) on 09/03/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to ALL re: LPTN VS LPTN:?
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Gee, I ran into a strange one Friday! I was installing the latest
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software for a local are network with a postscript printer.
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When I copied a Postscript file from a user to the file server via
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LPT2, it failed, causing the printer to have to be reset by copying a
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null file to its adapter (EPT).
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When I copied the same file to LPT2: (note the ":"), it worked fine.
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The problem was reproducable! Lpt2 always failed, lpt2: always worked!
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Anyone have any ideas on this? Might this be a bug in the local area
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network software, which supplies the LPT2 intercept? Strange!
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Msg 42434 is 10 line(s) on 09/03/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to ALL re: LINE NOISE & 9600S
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My 9600 baud modems have been found (one for CBBS). It was in an
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obscure corner of UPS, due to some kind of UPS problem, the labels had
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gotten unreadable, etc. Randy tracked them down and just heard from them.
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I apologize for the terrible line noise - at least I see it here a lot.
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Remember, CBBS has a "full line" editor ala wordstar, with word right,
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word left, char insert (inserts a space, doesn't go "into" insert mode
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though), char delete, etc. Makes it easy to correct any line you've gotten
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botched. Use the "FULL" command at the command level. Also, when you
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get into message entry, the "E" command will put you in this full LINE
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edit mode, not just the old mode where you get to do character substitutions.
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Msg 42435 is 07 line(s) on 09/03/89 from JIM FLANAGAN
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to BILL WOLFF re: R/DTP WITH HP LASERJET SERIES
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Sorry to but in but are you talking about the product from Berkley
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Softworks. If so it supports 300 DPI when printing thru the serial port to
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An Apple Laser printer. You should contact Berkley but it should work with
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another Postscript compatible Laser printer when using serial ports.
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I assume when you use the regular LJ it emulates a dot matrix printer with this
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program and so 75 DPI makes sense.
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Jim
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Msg 42436 is 11 line(s) on 09/03/89 from SCOTT TEIPE
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to JIM MATLOCK re: R/INFO ON STARTING A BBS
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i saw your message in the message list and it popped right out at me.
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first let me interduce my-self, my name is Scott Teipe i'm the sysop at the
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Mad Master/Rocco bbs. it is an ibm compatible bbs. if u have any questions
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about starting a bbs or running a bbs u can contact our computer at (312)-
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698-3091
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thanks,
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Scott Teipe
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Msg 42437 is 06 line(s) on 09/03/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to BRENT JONES re: R/PRODIGY WARNING
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Well, because of your message, I gave Prodigy a try today - it is OK!
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I had some problems, since my modem is on COM3, but I was able to find
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where to put in a 1-byte patch so COM1: is really COM3:.
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So far, I'm pleased with what I see, but would MUCH rather be running
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it on an EGA or VGA. My commo system is strictly CGA, because I've never
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had reason to upgrade it - I have a VGA on a fast 286 for "graphics" ;-)
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Msg 42438 is 06 line(s) on 09/03/89 from ERIC BOHLMAN
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to WARD re: LPT2
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Were you just using COMMAND.COM (i.e. "COPY") or some program that came with
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the network? What's done at the interrupt level shouldn't matter as the name
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is immaterial at that point. It's possible that the network is putting
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LPT2: (but not plain LPT2) in its redirection list, with the result that
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LPT2: goes out the network, but LPT2 doesn't get intercepted and is treated
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as the local printer.
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Msg 42439 is 06 line(s) on 09/04/89 from JIM POLOUS
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to ALL re: NOVELL
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Are there any books on the market that would help a programmer to write
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software that is Netware-aware. I want to be able to get various infor-
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mation about the network environment, but I need these routines to be
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directly callable from a Turbo C 2.0 program. If anyone knows of a list
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of these functions, please leave a message to me here. Thanks
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Jim Polous
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Msg 42440 is 02 line(s) on 09/04/89 from RICHARD HINTON
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to BRENT JONES re: R/PRODIGY-REACTIONS TO?
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What is a Prodigy? Is it some kind of new network?
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Thanks.
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Msg 42441 is 04 line(s) on 09/05/89 from STEVE COHEN
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to STEVE FARMILANT re: NOVELL-S
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Hey, you must be THE Steve Farmilant. I used to work with
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Janine, and once looked at your 68S system and advised on
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upgrade options. Did you ever get that worked out? Hope so.
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Leave me a message. Steve Cohen.
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dup. chars.
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