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º January 1994 Volume 2 Number 1 º
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ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ
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º Board of Trade BBS New Port Richey, Florida (813) 862-4772 º
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In This Issue
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þ Special First Anniversary Issue, A Year of the Pasco BBS Magazine
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þ Exclusive interview with British Shareware author Graham Cluley
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þ A look back at some special features, and much more!
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Editor's Welcome
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Over a year of doing the Pasco BBS Magazine! Geez, sometimes it seems like
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ten years. So much has happened and so many words have been written. It is
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hard to believe what a year this has been. The way I ramble on in this issue,
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you would think I discovered a cure for cancer or something. But, I feel more
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like the proud father talking about how successful his child has become.
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There is an article that pretty much tells how the magazine has reached the
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current level of success. I do not hold back anything, or claim these are
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secrets that only I know. While I hold the copyright on anything that is
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printed, and how it is presented, I cannot claim any copyright on how I obtain
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information. I also really do not believe that telling all will lead to an
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explosion of new competitors, as few would be willing to put in the work to
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really make it happen. Things tend to evolve, so I may be using different
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methods soon anyway. If there are more, higher quality on-line magazines
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because I have told how I did it, that is great too. There is more than
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enough room for us all to enjoy our hobbies!
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There is much in this issue on the first year of the Pasco BBS Magazine, and
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about the future. There have also been some minor changes in the magazine's
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distribution procedures which are discussed in this issue. To keep this issue
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from seeming like one long Editor's Welcome there is also an exclusive
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interview with British Shareware author Graham Cluley. This all makes for a
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very Special First Anniversary Issue.
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The only thing left to say is thank you. Thank You!!
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ Official Pasco BBS Magazine Distribution Sites ³
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³ February Tele Com BBS Zephyrhills, FL (813) 783-9926 ³
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³ Night City South Lutz, FL (813) 949-5751 ³
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³ Pegboard BBS Clearwater, FL (813) 596-7148 ³
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³ March Software Creations BBS Clinton, MA (508) 365-2359 ³
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³ May Phoenix BBS Valparaiso, FL (904) 651-4423 ³
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³ BirdLand BBS Largo, FL (813) 596-9239 ³
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³ Twilight BBS St. Petersburg, FL (813) 323-6023 ³
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³ June Attention to Details Mira Loma, CA (909) 681-6221 ³
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³ Snowshoe BBS Snowshoe, WV (304) 572-2531 ³
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³ July Mulligan's Place BBS Mundelein, IL (708) 566-6183 ³
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³ The Great Beyond BBS South Bend, IN (219) 233-8854 ³
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³ August InnerZone BBS Tampa, FL (813) 238-0707 ³
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³ ArrowHead BBS West Palm Beach, FL (407) 833-0878 ³
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³ September SeaScape BBS Morehead City, NC (919) 726-9364 ³
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³ October Xenakis BBS United Kingdom +44 933 460744 ³
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³ November Odyssey Systems Oshawa, Ontario (905) 579-9241 ³
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³ December The Last Shekel BBS Shiller Park, IL (708) 671-9263 ³
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³ Galaxy BBS Daleville, AL (205) 598-9509 ³
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³ The Laser BBS Cortlandt Manor, NY (914) 734-7045 ³
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³ January The Bit Bucket System Allentown, PA (215) 391-0185 ³
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³ Night Moves BBS Baton Rouge, LA (504) 927-6492 ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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One Year of the Pasco BBS Magazine
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The Pasco BBS Magazine has done something that few on-line magazines have
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accomplished, released a First Anniversary Issue. There are two ways I could
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go with this article. One, make it primarily a fluff piece talking about the
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great articles we have run and be purely self serving. Or, lay all the cards
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on the table and tell everything which has brought the magazine to this level
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of success. Since information is worthless if not shared, the choice was
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easy. I hope people will enjoy reading about how the magazine has beaten the
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odds, and it should be very interesting to anyone who has undertaken such an
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effort in the past or is considering doing their own on-line magazine.
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It was just over a year ago that I began kicking around the idea of starting a
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monthly BBS magazine. Why would someone even consider such a thing when the
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past track record of such publications is horrible? The typical on-line
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magazine lasts a few issues and disappears before most people even know that
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it existed. One reason is that many of these efforts left much to be desired.
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The last thing I want to sound like is my magazine is great and all others are
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junk, after all I notice typos and such in the Pasco BBS Magazine too. But,
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most of the magazines were primarily recycled text files and original writings
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were full of spelling and grammatical errors. Many of the magazines found on-
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line are nothing more than glorified ads for a particular BBS, and die a quick
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death because they are nothing but self-serving and offer little that someone
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else would actually want to read. I hoped to learn from others mistakes and
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put together a quality publication that would last over the long run. Another
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reason is to increase the exposure of my own bulletin board, the Board of
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Trade BBS. Obviously, these reasons alone are not enough to motivate someone
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over the long run. I looked at it as a hobby, and as something I would enjoy
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doing. That was the key to all future accomplishments.
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I knew that unless the magazine had some quality original features, and did a
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better job in the proofreading department, it would die a quick death. The
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first thing I wanted to do was obtain a "name" interview for the premiere
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issue. This would open some eyes and get the magazine off to a good start.
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This was where I got my first introduction to the hassles of doing a monthly
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magazine. I attempted to get an interview with a BBS game door author and
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uploaded some questions to his BBS. The uploading of questions was used at
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first, as seemed to be the easiest way to get interviews done. There was
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absolutely no response from this author, not even the courtesy to say "no
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thank you." This has happened again since then and I cannot believe that some
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people can run a business with so little concern for public relations. I
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should note that on the whole most people in this business have proven to be
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most helpful, but there will be more on that later. So after the initial
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rejection, I began to think that maybe this was not such as good idea. The
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Pasco BBS Magazine was close to death before it was even born. I decided to
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try again and called Nels Anderson's board and left a message asking if he had
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any interest in being interviewed for the first issue of a new BBS magazine in
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Florida. When Nels Anderson responded that he would love to be interviewed,
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the magazine had it's name interview for the first issue. The next step was
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to talk to a couple of people involved in BBSing at the local level, without
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tipping my hand too much, to see if they would be interested in helping with a
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new BBS magazine. While their help has proved to be sporadic, it was enough
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to ensure the birth of the Pasco BBS Magazine.
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I also talked to a couple of people who had attempted such efforts in the
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past. One told me that it would be much easier if I used text files, after
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all there are thousands of files floating around in the BBS world. The
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magazine has featured a few text files over the first year, but like I said
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that was not the way I wanted to go with this magazine. Another told me that
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he did a magazine for three months, but felt no one was reading it and gave it
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up. I went into this realizing that the reaction would be slow and that for
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every person who commented on the magazine there were many who had just read
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it, deleted it and moved on to something else. Another told me that I should
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realize that I would get no help with the magazine. While admittedly the
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level of help has been disappointing overall, I have received some wonderful
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pieces from several different people. All of them said doing a magazine or
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newsletter was fun for awhile, but none of the people I had talked to had
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released more than a few issues. Despite all the doom-sayers the first issue
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was released the day after Christmas 1992.
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² Board of Trade BBS New Port Richey, Florida ²
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² Home of the Pasco BBS Magazine ²
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² Home of Shadoware ²
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² Bytor Computer Systems, Inc. presents the PC Help Forum ²
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² (813) 862-4772 12/24/48/96/14400 baud ²
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² Member of... ²
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² Electronic Frontiers Foundation and American BBS Association ²
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² Official Distribution Site for the following: Alive Software, ²
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² Apogee Software, Digital Reality, Epic MegaGames, Gamer's Edge, ²
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² MVP Software, Software Creations and Westcoast 813 BBS Directory ²
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² BBS Voice Line (813) 863-5886 ²
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The reaction was as anticipated, should I say modest? A couple of people left
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messages on my BBS that made it all worth while. Then another lesson was
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learned, no matter how carefully you proofread something there will be
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mistakes. And what a mistake to make. After Nels Anderson had been so
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gracious to agree to be interviewed, I had his BBS telephone number wrong in
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the article. I really felt bad, but also quickly realized that things like
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this would happen again. So, welcome to the world of running corrections.
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The idea of having Official Pasco BBS Distribution Sites was introduced in the
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first issue. The first issue said that the idea was to have several boards in
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Pasco County, so that readers would not have to call long distance to get a
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copy of the magazine. Boy was I thinking small! To this day some say that I
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need to change the name of the magazine, and that no one will want to be a
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Distribution Site for a "local" magazine. That has proven to be a falsehood,
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but more on that later. I had uploaded the magazine to numerous Tampa Bay
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boards and several popular boards through out the country. Soon a call came
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from a Sysop from a neighboring county who wanted to be a Distribution Site.
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I had originally intended to begin listing Distribution Sites in the March or
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April issue, thinking that it would start very slow. I left a message on a
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Pasco County board located in another dialing area and a board in different
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neighboring county asking if they would like to become Distribution Sites.
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Both Sysops responded in the affirmative, and when another Tampa Bay area
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Sysop requested to become a Site, the February issue was released with four
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Official Pasco BBS Magazine Distribution Sites not including the home board.
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I only knew Dan Linton as the Sysop of the Software Creations BBS in
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Massachusetts and as the author of a couple of Shareware programs. I thought
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he would be a great subject for an interview and went the uploading questions
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route to obtain an interview for the March issue. Dan left a message
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suggesting I call him voice to do the interview. Later he said that he
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thought I had uploaded some great questions, but that to answer them would
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take quite a bit of typing. I gave him a call and as it turned out he was
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quite busy getting ready to go on vacation, but he did take my call. We
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talked for a few minutes and discussed doing the interview when he got back
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from vacation. Out of the blue Dan suggested that we get together while he
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was in Florida and that way I could write I had interviewed him in person. I
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said I really do not want to impose on somebody during their vacation. He
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said he loved meeting people from the boards. Wow! He got out his itinerary
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and a date was set for the interview. Dan called right on schedule, and
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suggested that he and his wife drive up to Pasco County and we could have
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dinner. It was a wonderful dinner, and afterwards, it was a great interview.
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Dan even agreed to become the first Distribution Site from another state,
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which gave, and continues to give, the magazine a wide distribution.
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º -ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-- Software Creations BBS -ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-- º
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º - Dedicated to the Development and Distribution of GREAT Software - º
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º -ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ "Home of the Authors" ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-- º
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º * Software Creations Voted #1 BBS for 1993 * º
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º -ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ-- º
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º 1200/2400 V.42/MNP Lines : (508) 365-2359 º
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º 2400-14.4k HST USR Robotics Lines : (508) 368-4137 º
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º 2400-14.4k V.32/V.42bis Twincom Lines: (508) 368-7036 º
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º * Software Creations BBS continues to bring you the Best of the Best * º
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º Member of the Worcester County Sysops Association º
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º Clinton, Massachusetts Sysop: Dan Linton º
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I had found out that voice was the way to go with the interviews, and for the
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most part have done so ever since. The thing about doing the interviews over
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the phone is that it is much easier for the person being interviewed. It is
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considerably more work on my end, since interviewees will have much more to
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say by voice than if they type it themselves. The whole thing also seems to
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flow much better and it makes for a improved interview. From this point on,
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most of the possible interviewees were given the option of having me call
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them, or the uploading of questions if they preferred. I would explain in the
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message that it would only take about twenty minutes of their time, but some
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of the phone calls lasted over an hour. When someone gets talking about
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something they love doing, they can go on for quite awhile. Not only was it
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interesting and educational to talk to some of the biggest names in this
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business, but it was a lot of fun.
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Everything was going quite well and the May issue named three more
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Distribution Sites in Florida. When you do a magazine you have to look ahead
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for timely stories for future issues. One thing I had thought of early on was
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doing an article on the very popular game Wolfenstein 3D one year after it was
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first released. I talked over the phone with Jay Wilbur of Id Software and
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Joe Siegler of Apogee Software in preparation for the story which ran in the
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May issue. It turned out to be a popular feature and over the next two months
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boards from four more states had signed up to become Distribution Sites.
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It never ceases to amaze me when I call the Distribution Sites and see the
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Sysop has the magazine displayed on his board better than I do on the home
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board. Or when a Sysop from Indiana tells me that someone uploaded the
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magazine file to his broad, and that he thought it was the best thing he ever
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saw and printed out a copy. As I said before, recognition is slow in coming,
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but a few comments like that does help maintain the energy to continue. By
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summer, comments and calls were coming in from all other the country. It
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quickly got to the point that it was hard to keep up with requests to become
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Distribution Sites, and several Sysops no doubt got lost in the shuffle. I
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made some changes in the way Distribution Sites were named to make it easier
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on both myself and the applying Sysops. There is more on the distribution in
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a separate article in this issue.
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The magazine seemed to be out of control. I had become the home board for
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Shadoware and some Windows' programming tips were run under the name
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ShadowNotes. Through Dan Linton I met Dave White of the CyberScape BBS who
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was doing live interviews with BBS personalities in the Chat Conference on his
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BBS. The Best of CyberScape LIVE! was run in the Pasco BBS Magazine. It now
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seemed that I had some regular features which I would not have to write
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personally, so the future seemed amazing bright. The issues were getting
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huge, more than I had ever imagined. Unfortunately, both of these features
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only lasted a few issues. It is hard to expect people to write something
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every month, since almost everybody involved in the BBS/Shareware business is
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incredibly busy. This is a free publication, so there is no monetary
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compensation for anyone who contributes. I do what I can with ads and by-
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lines, but that is all that can be done.
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As I write this now, I am still surprised at how seldom someone will get in
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touch or write something for the magazine. At this point the magazine is
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distributed literally all over the world. Why don't more Shareware authors,
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network administrators or whatever get in touch. I wish I knew. I know that
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few consider the marketing aspect of their product, which is why there are so
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many here today, gone tomorrow companies. There is more about writing
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something for the magazine in an article on the future of the Pasco BBS
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Magazine in this issue.
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August was the ONE BBSCON '93 which lead to several articles in several
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issues, including a great piece written by Clint Bradford who ran the
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Association of Shareware Professional booth at the convention. Clint is a
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Distribution Site in California and has helped out with the magazine on
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several occasions. He even put some fliers together about the magazine to
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pass out at the BBS convention. The amount of help he has been is quite rare.
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Ever wonder why some boards have an ad in every issue, while others have to
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rotate ads with the other Distribution Sites? Well, those who help with the
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magazine get special consideration on ads. As much help as Clint has been I
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do not think I would ever publish an issue without an ad for his board. In
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any case, the BBSCON was a great experience. It helped to strengthen contacts
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in the BBS world in addition to generating some articles which I particularly
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enjoyed.
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By fall the magazine had an international list of Distribution Sites. Dylan
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Harris of the Xenakis BBS in the United Kingdom signed on, as did Odyssey
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Systems in Canada. Many more boards would have been named as Distribution
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Sites, but a good number of Sysops had filled out the questionnaire then never
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called back to see if they were accepted. I thought I had made it so simple,
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just fill out a questionnaire and you will be notified by message within 24
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hours of your acceptance. If someone never called back I never followed up on
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their request, as my days of chasing down Distribution Sites are over. One
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thing that I never considered a year ago was that there would be more
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Distribution Sites than advertising space. In that first issue I ran an ad
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for a friend who runs a firearms store, just to have more ads. I even told
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him I would run the ad a few times, but with Distribution Sites being named so
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quickly I never did have to run it again. The growth of the magazine has lead
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to some difficult decisions about who's ad to run, but most of the
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Distribution Site Sysops must be understanding since no one has complained. I
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have tried to be fair, and to reward those who have been the most help. I am
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also a little surprised that no one has inquired about paying for an ad. I
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have seen how much some other publications charge for ads, and with not nearly
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the wide distribution of the Pasco BBS Magazine.
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By November I was spoiled. I had not had to leave any messages on a BBS, in
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an attempt to get interviews, in six months. I seemed to be falling into
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stories. One interview resulted from calls to my board, a Shareware author
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uploaded a registered copy of his program for me to evaluate, or a new
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Distribution Site had something interesting to write about. The explosion of
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information from ONE BBSCON '93 made the October and November issues fly by.
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In my mind there was little left to prove. I was wrong.
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What is always left to prove is that you can keep it going. Many people have
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done excellent on-line magazines of superior quality to this. Some people
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have managed to celebrate a "first anniversary." Few free magazines have been
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able to keep it going. There are some magazines that have survived for some
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time primarily on text files and extractions from message bases. The longest
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running on-line publications are probably BBS lists, since most of the text
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does not have to be rewritten each month the chances of survival are much
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greater. Maybe a good article would be on some of the longest running on-line
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publications, but it would be incredibly difficult to research any statistics.
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How about this? Any editor from a free on-line magazine or newsletter, which
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has been around for over a year and has come out at least every month, send
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along a write-up and I will run it this magazine. We will see what happens.
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For the December issue I went back to the uploading questions procedure to get
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an interview. The interview did not work out, and after having delayed the
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release of the issue until the last possible minute, the December issue was
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run without a major feature article. This was really the first time that
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something like this had happened, and I wrote in the Editor's Welcome that
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luck had been with us to that point. But luck had nothing to do with the
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magazine's success. The truth is in the old adage that luck is a result of
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preparation. If you want to have a successful on-line magazine you must be
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working ahead, working on more than one issues at a time, and have backup
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features incase there is a problem. There is no such thing as taking a week
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off before starting on the next issue. These are lessons that all publishers
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learn, and will relearn if they become complacent. It is painfully true that
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you are only as good as your last issue.
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The sad truth is that writing a magazine does not get easier as time goes on,
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since now you have the expectations factor to worry about. If your magazine
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is just a few days late, people will begin to wonder if your publication has
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run its course. If you want take an on-line magazine to the level of having
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international distribution, you have to change your mind-set. There may not
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be a deadline for getting the magazine to the printers, but if the magazine is
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not released on some sort of schedule you will lose the credibility you have
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worked so hard to build. There have been magazines which have survived
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despite an erratic release schedule, but that is all they have done, survive.
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Sure, people realize that the magazine is being done primarily by one person,
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a person who still has to go to work at their real job and has all the time
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consuming commitments that we all do, but the bottom line is they really do
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not care. Unfortunately, in our society quality and competence have
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diminished to the exception rather than the rule. The on-line world has a
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history of people trying things and not following through. It does not take
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much to be quickly included with the fly-by-nighters, and it is easy to
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understand why others are skeptical.
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Is there pressure and stress resulting from all these expectations? Yes, I
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have to admit I have slipped into the why am I doing this syndrome more than
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once. But, it is all self inflicted. If you continue to work hard, do your
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homework and cover your bases there should be no problem you cannot deal with.
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The fact is you are the only person who is responsible for the magazine, there
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is no one else to take any blame or share in the credit. You are the editor,
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writer, distributor and marketing agent. As the effort grows, so does the
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work. The magazine will not write itself, and what ever happens you have to
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make happen yourself. Few realize the work involved and that is why most
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magazines fail quickly. If you get complacent, people will soon be talking
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about your magazine in the past tense.
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Would I personally recommend that anyone start up an on-line magazine or
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newsletter? If you are doing it to make money, no. You will spend more time
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and money than you can realistically ever hope to re-coup. If you are doing
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it to provide a forum for other people's writings, no. You will end up
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writing most of it yourself. If you are doing it to increase the traffic on
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your BBS, it does help, but the time would be better spent working on your
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board. If you get into it for any other reason than it sounds like something
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you would enjoy doing, you are destined for failure. Yes, the rewards are
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great. I still cannot believe every thing that has happened over this first
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year. The only thing that has motivated me to continue has been the fact that
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it has been so much fun. I no longer harbor any of the other illusions.
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Recently the editor of the Pasco BBS Magazine had the opportunity to ask a few
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questions of British Shareware author Graham Cluley. Since this issue is
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released in the middle of the holiday season, what better time to talk to
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author of popular Shareware the Christmas adventure game Humbug. Graham
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Cluley tells us a little about his Shareware releases, and about the British
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Shareware industry. I think you will find his comments most interesting.
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Pasco BBS Magazine (PBM): As an introduction, maybe you could give us some
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background information?
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Graham Cluley (GC): Well, I'm 24. Born in Hampshire, England but currently
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living in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire. I studied computing at the Bristol
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Polytechnic (now called the University of West England). No wife, no kids,
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and no goldfish.
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PBM: In the documentation for Humbug you call yourself a "poor, dishevelled
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computer programmer looking for a 'real job.'" Have you found one, or are you
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still looking? :)
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GC: Yes, I have found a job, but I'm still looking for a real one <g>.
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Eventually I got a job just by accident. I received a letter one morning from
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Dr. Alan Solomon, one of the world's leading experts in computer virus
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research. His young daughters enjoyed my games so he sent me some cheesy
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biscuits and a letter which basically said "If you're looking for a job give
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me a ring." I have been working at his company (S&S International) for about
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two years now, there are about 100 people working here, and I'm one of the
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main programmers of Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit.
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PBM: How did you get into writing Shareware adventure games?
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GC: It was really a case of writing an adventure game for fun (JACARANDA JIM)
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and then someone telling me about Shareware. I thought I had nothing to lose
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so I released it. When I saw what a response there was, I decided to write a
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new and more advanced adventure: HUMBUG.
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PBM: Could you tell us a little about the background and development of the
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Christmas adventure Humbug?
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GC: Humbug was first released round about December 1990. I was very much
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inspired by old Infocom games such as Lurking Horror and Zork. I wanted to
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write something as good as an Infocom game, but make it available as
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Shareware. I also wanted to write a game larger, more complex, and more
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satisfying than Jacaranda Jim. Not to say Jacaranda Jim is bad, its just that
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Humbug is far more sophisticated, both in plot and the underlying technology.
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PBM: What about the premise of Humbug, old grandad seems a little eccentric.
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GC: Yeah, there are some pretty wacky characters in my games. Alan the
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Gribbley from Jacaranda Jim seems to have become almost a cult figure! I
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guess it's my natural English eccentricity. I've always loved good characters
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in games and its fun to make them amusing.
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PBM: I was playing Humbug the other day and it seems more user-friendly than
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most adventure games on the market. Has user feedback been helpful in that
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regard?
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GC: A certain amount of user feedback yes. For instance recently someone
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asked if they could have on-line hints in my adventures, so I integrated that
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facility over a weekend (the hints module is available in the registered
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versions of the games). But mostly it comes down to me being a bit of
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a perfectionist. If the game isn't "just right" I'm willing to spend hours
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making it as user-friendly as possible. I've also found this to be useful
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in my "real job" where I spend a lot of time considering the user interface
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of the various Windows programs I am writing.
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PBM: Do you typically notice an increase in Humbug registrations as the
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Christmas season approaches?
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GC: Not really. Registrations tend to rise when there has been a lot of
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publicity. For example, a good review in a magazine.
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PBM: Jacaranda Jim is an amusing adventure, could you tell us about the game?
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GC: I first started writing Jacaranda Jim in 1987, and I think it must have
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been first released in 1988. Seems such a long time ago now. It was really
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written to amuse a group of friends at college. The original implementation
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was for a Prime mini-computer and later I ported it to the PC. Alan the
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Gribbley was a homicidal maniac I knew who used to demonstrate how he could
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kill cows in 157 different ways with his bare hands. Sadly he used to use
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me as the demonstration. Completely barking mad. Anyway, he did have a
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beard, hum smugly and carry a copy of PC Tools Deluxe with him everywhere.
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PBM: You have also written a couple of other Shareware programs.
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GC: I have written two arcade-style games: Blox and Wilf. Blox must be one
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of the earliest Tetris clones that came out. The great thing about it was the
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boss screen. Its a virtually working spreadsheet! Wilf is a CGA maze-style
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game, and was one of the first games to incorporate SoundBlaster digitized
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noises. Everyone seems to have done it these days. The two adventures,
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Humbug and Jacaranda Jim, tend to be far more popular with the public. I
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guess there's more addictive qualities in an adventure game.
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PBM: Do have any plans in the works for future releases?
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GC: I keep the games maintained, but at present have no firm plans to write
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more Shareware. Working in the virus field means long hours and the last
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thing I tend to want to do when I get home is sit in front of a computer.
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Mind you, I have found Shareware very profitable and enjoyable, so I might
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come back with another adventure. I have a few ideas lurking in the back of
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my mind.
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PBM: How did you decide on the Shareware method of distribution, and how
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successful has it been?
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GC: Shareware can be very successful if you market yourself correctly. I
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have had 2000+ registrations for my games which I think is doing quite well
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for a UK author. My first year I only received 20 registrations. Then I had
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an opportunity to ship my games on the front of a UK magazine (we have cover
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disks as an incentive to buy magazines over here in the UK). Suddenly, I was
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receiving 20 registrations a day! This is big money when you're a poor
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impoverished programmer on a meagre student grant.
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PBM: I understand the very popular Shareware author Nels Anderson is the U.S.
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representative for your software.
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GC: I've known of Nels for quite a long time. I had seen his games
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(particularly Mah Jongg) and had been impressed. He seemed to be a real
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professional and I knew that was the kind of chap I wanted to represent my
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software in the States. American players are greatly discouraged in sending
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registrations abroad, so it seemed sensible to get someone to represent me in
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the States. I was lucky enough to have Nels say yes. I think he's done a
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great job.
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PBM: And programs can be registered directly through you as well.
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GC: Certainly can. The benefits of registering my games is that you get
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on-line hints, fully detailed maps and several secret clues as to the games.
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PBM: Could you tell us a little about the British Shareware/BBS industry?
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GC: British Shareware has never been as organized as USA Shareware. From
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discussions I've had with UK authors I seem to be about the only chap who has
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had any real success in selling their software. I think that is largely down
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to a knowledge of how to market the games best. If you can't present the
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games properly and put them in front of the end-user, they'll never register
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them. Also, you must have a good reason to register the games. Otherwise,
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people's natural reaction will be that they won't bother.
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I don't know too much about BBSs, but have just bought myself a US Robotics
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modem. I have a company account on a system called CIX which is kind of the
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USA equivalent to CompuServe.
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PBM: Do you get much of a chance to call any BBSs yourself?
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GC: Not a lot. Phone bills are very pricey in the UK.
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The Future of the Pasco BBS Magazine
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If there is going to be a long and prosperous future for this publication,
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than the future has to be attacked head-on. There have been several changes
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made which should help guarantee the future of the Pasco BBS Magazine. You
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may have noticed that some of the file names have been changed from the names
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used in previous issues. This was done to conform to the more standard file
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names used in most files released for electronic distribution. This is
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something which will be done very infrequently, as it does affect those using
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on-line text viewing doors to display the magazine on their BBS. The method
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of naming Distribution Sites has also changed, but there is an article on that
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elsewhere in this issue.
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There will now be a date for the release of each issue and a deadline for any
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submissions. Beginning with the next issue, February, the magazine will be
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released the 22nd of each month. This means that the magazine will be
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available on, or before, that date each month. For example, the February
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issue will be released by January 22. This way everyone will know when the
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magazine is scheduled for release. In addition, the deadline for submissions
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will be the 15th of the month. Items submitted after that date may have to be
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run in a later issue.
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One thing which would guarantee the survival of the magazine would be
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receiving original articles from other sources. It would be great to receive
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articles from those reading the magazine. Shareware authors could write
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something about their programs. Network Administrators could write about
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their networks. Sysops could write an article and mention their board in it.
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Anyone could send in their opinions on BBS related issues. The possibilities
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are endless. The thing to watch out for is making the piece too self-serving.
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Please do not submit an article which is only a glorified ad, as it should be
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something that people would want to read.
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The bottom line is that the Pasco BBS Magazine will continue for some time.
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How long will it continue to be published? There is no way to tell. In a
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way, it is difficult to imagine not doing the magazine. After all, I am the
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Dr. Frankenstein to this monster. Doing this First Anniversary Issue has
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renewed the spirit to continue, however, it can be fleeting. I will try to
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keep cranking it out each month, and hope that people enjoy reading it as much
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as I enjoy doing it.
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The Best of Computer Humor
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Definitions by Tom Gordon, New Port Richey, FL
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Adaptive Dialing--Constantly changing one's phone # to avoid solicitors.
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Answer Mode--Situation one is point in by a talk show host.
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Bandwidth--Rock singer Meat Loaf's waist size.
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Basic--Nauseated Buc's fan.
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Batch File Transfer--List of unmarried men sent elsewhere by frustrated
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female bosses.
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Caller Log--A piece of wood that uses the phone.
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Capture Memory--Rare lucid moment in an alcoholic's life.
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Characters per Second--What Steven King and Dean Koontz are able to produce.
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Control Character--Person with a lie for any occasion.
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Crash Recovery--Coming back from a binge.
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Crippleware--Pots and pans for the handicapped.
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Cyclic Redundancy Check--Another name for the promised but unreceived raise.
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Data Bits--The commander from STAR TREK: THE NEW GENERATION's snack food.
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Destructive signaling--Getting the attention of someone waving a gun.
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Dumb Terminal--Some poor fool who's going to die.
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Escape Key--Death.
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Expansion Board--Fashion designers for Oprah Winfrey's new wardrobe.
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Flow Control--Staying continent.
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Handshaking--Alcoholic's wake-up call.
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Hardware--Clothes for body-builders.
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Help File--What the government's been unable to produce.
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Hertz--Car rental company that guarantees to put you in a painful seat.
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Hot Keys--What was for sale after Liberace's piano was stolen.
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Inactivity Timer--A bartender.
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Interface--The midpoint of Michael Jackson's plastic surgeries.
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I/O--My usual monetary state.
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Kermit Protocol--Political etiquette for frogs.
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Line driver--Baseball batter who never hits flies, pop-ups or grounders.
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Line Feed--What's used in most bars.
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Local Area Network--All you'll be lucky to see without cable.
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Machine Language--Aronld Schwarzenegger's acting.
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Mainframe--Enclosure for a portrait of our easternmost contiguous state.
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Memory--Usually, something best left forgotten.
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Message Base--Where a baseball player learns he's either safe or out.
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Modem--What the lawn mower did to the lawns.
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Non-volatile memory--An unmarried person's recollections.
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Null Character--Typical Pasco County resident.
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Odd Parity--Strange satirical writing.
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On-line Games--Sobriety tests.
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Operating System--Surgical priority according to patient's bankroll.
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Packet Switching Network--Moving contraband.
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Port--Wino connoisseur's favorite drink.
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Protocol--Telephone message from an amoeba.
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Quick Scan--First glance at people on the beach.
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Registered User--Legal drug user.
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Ring-back--What the two-timing fiance got when discovered.
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Ring Indicator Signal--A girl's hint at engagement.
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Role Playing Game--Marriage.
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Script Language--Hack-job done by a screen-writer when a novel's turned into
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a movie.
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Serial Interface--A drunk trying to eat Cheerios and missing his mouth.
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Serial Port--Police jargon for a left-handed mass murderer.
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Stand-alone program--Plan using scapegoat for corporation's failed project.
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Status Line--Row of fat people at the food stamp office.
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Terminal Program--Government agenda for the poor.
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Throughput rate--Tollbooth charge.
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UART--Paintings of female sheep.
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Upload--Helping your mother-in-law onto a horse.
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Verified User--Normal politician.
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Word Wrap--A crass form of music.
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One of the favorite BBS names that we have ever run across is The Constipated
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Cow BBS. Walter Dreksler was the Sysop, and his board was named in February
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as one of the earliest Pasco BBS Magazine Distribution Sites. Unfortunately,
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when he moved from St. Petersburg to Florida's east coast, the board had to
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be shut down. However, Walter did say he might set up another board down the
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road. The last time I talked to him he was working on some new game program,
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and had gone out to farms taping cows for the sound card support. Maybe we
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have not heard the last of the Constipated Cow.
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Here is the ad that ran in the early issues of the Pasco BBS Magazine, only
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the telephone number has been removed.
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ± Û± Û± ÛÛÛÛ± ³ SYSOP : WALTER DREKSLER ³
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Û± Û± Û± Û± ³ COSYSOP : HENRY MORGNER ³
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Û± ÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛÛ± ³ RUNNING : PCBOARD 14.5 REGISTERED ³
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Û± Û± Û± Û± ³ STATS : NODE 1 1200-2400 ³
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Û± Û± Û± ÛÛÛÛ± ³ MAIL NETWORKS : SOON TO GET FIDONET ³
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Walter Dreksler was a big help to the magazine, after he shut his board down
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he helped line up a couple of new Distribution Sites. I hope all is going
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well for him, as it has been awhile since I have seen him on-line.
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A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but never what you
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ßßßÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ
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ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßßÛÛÛÛßß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛß ßÛÛß ßÛÛß
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A TRIBBS SYSTEM-2400 BAUD RATE-24 HOURS-40 DOOR GAMES-ADULT SUBBOARD
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LOCATED IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN LUTZ,FL. AT 813-949-5751 SYSOP: CLAPTON
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Revised Distribution Method
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The idea behind having Official Pasco BBS Magazine Distribution Sites was to
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increase the exposure of the magazine, but the way the sites where being named
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actually hampered the growth in the number of sites. To this point, the
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editor had granted an area exclusively to a board, checked out all potential
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Distribution Sites prior to naming them and attempted to upload the magazine
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to all Distribution Sites each month. All this caused the distribution of the
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magazine to be rather hectic at times, and lead to considerably more work on
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this end. So, the way in which future sites are named will be more like the
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way the major software vendors name their sites. It will be far less
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restrictive, and pretty much allow anybody who wants to be a Distribution Site
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to do so.
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Here are the simplified procedures to become an Official Pasco BBS Magazine
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Distribution Site. First, set up a Pasco BBS Magazine File Directory on your
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BBS and set up the magazine for on-line viewing. Call the home board and
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download all the files in the Pasco BBS Magazine File Directory, and take the
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Pasco BBS Magazine Script Questionnaire on the Board of Trade BBS. You will
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be notified, normally within 24 hours, of your acceptance by message on the
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home board. This is when approved Sysops should upload an ad to the Board of
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Trade BBS for inclusion in the magazine and BBS Log files. To continue to be
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listed in the magazine as an Official Pasco BBS Magazine Distribution Site,
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the Sysops must call the home board at least once every four months and re-
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take the Script Questionnaire. This is required to guarantee all sites listed
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in the magazine are still active, and will assure the information contained
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within the BBS Log is up to date. This way a Sysop could get the magazine
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from a source other than the home board, say Software Creations, and still be
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a Distribution Site. Sysops who do not call the home board the required three
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times a year will see their board dropped unceremoniously from the list of
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Official Pasco BBS Magazine Distribution Sites.
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Hopefully, these new procedures will increase the number of boards carrying
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the Pasco BBS Magazine. There will never be any fees associated with being a
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Distribution Site, or any other part of the distribution for that matter.
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Interested Sysops should see the file SYSOP.DOC for more details.
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. º GENE GEIGER º º (813)323-6023 (1:3603/60) º º ú 38,400 ú º ú
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For the first six issues of the Pasco BBS ÜÜÜÜÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÜÜÜÜ ÜÛÜ
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Magazine the Word Games feature was known ÛÛÛÛ øø ÛÛÛÛ Û
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as Floppy Fredie's Puzzle. While I am ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛ ÀÄÄÄÄÙ ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛ
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not much of an ASCII artist myself, someone Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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with talent could actually do some pretty ßÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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nice artwork. Look at the BirdLand BBS ad ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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which runs in this issue of the magazine. ÛÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛ
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It would be great to get some ASCII artists Û Û
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to send something along for the magazine. ÜÜÛ ÛÜÜ
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The first two issues ran a short computer fact called "Did You Know?"
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Over 10 GIGS ÜßÜ Node #1: (205)-598-9509³Main Board
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Online NOW !Üß ßÜ Node #2: (205)-598-9561³SysOps: Mike Howe
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No PRIVATEÜß ßÜ Node #3: (205)-598-9568³ David Basile
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Nodes, Üß ßÜ Fax # : (205)-598-6547³ Lamar Saxon
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ALL Û Û All nodes USR DS ³ Amiga Conference
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FREE !Üß ßÜ Courier HSTs ³ SysOp: Perry Martindale
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Üß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Üß ÛÛÛÛ ßßÛÛÛ ßÜ ÛÛÜÜÜÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÜÜÜÛÛ ßÛÛÛß ÛÛÜ ÜÛÛ
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Üß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛß ßÛÛ ÞÛÝ
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Üß ÜÜÜßßßÜ ßÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
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Û ÜÜßß ßÜ Û ÛÛÜÜÜÛß ÛÛÜÜÜÛß ÛÛÜÜÜÜ º FIDO Node: º
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Û Üßß ßÜ Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛß ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
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Û Üßß ßÜÛ The Completely Free BBS !
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Û ÜÛ Distribution Site for: ÛÛ No fees for anything ! Amiga support !
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ÛÛ Apogee, Software Creations,Û Instant verification even for LD calls!
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Û Jibben, Epic Mega Games, ÖÄÄ¿ ÖÄÄ¿ ÒÄÄ¿ ÖÄ¿ Alabama Computer
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Cygnus, & coming soon ÇÄÄ´ º ÇÄ ÓÄ¿ Enthusiasts Society
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Shadoware & Shareable ! Ð Á ÓÄÄÙ ÐÄÄÙ ÓÄÄÙ Support BBS
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Word Games
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Can you figure out this months word puzzle? Complete the puzzle by choosing
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the letters from the columns directly underneath. Each letter can only be
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used once and the left over
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words spell out a message. ÉÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍÑÍ»
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It might be best to hit º ³²³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³²³ ³ ³²³ ³²³²³²³²³²³²º
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your print screen key, as ÇÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅĶ
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it is hard to write on º²³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³²³ ³ ³²³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³²³ ³ ³ ³ ³ º
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your monitor. The answer, ÇÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅĶ
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and another puzzle, will º ³ ³ ³²³ ³ ³ ³ ³²³ ³ ³²³ ³ ³ ³²³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ º
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appear next month. ÌÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØÍØ͹
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ºT³G³C³P³U³M³R³O³T³O³P³E³O³P³Y³E³A³T³R³I³L³Nº
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Last month's answers: ÇÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅĶ
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We wish you a Merry ºH³A³E³O³W³P³P³T³Y³E³F³E³O³S³E³A³P³D³O³A³O³Lº
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Christmas and a Happy ÇÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅÄÅĶ
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New Year. Left over ºA³H³R³O³M³O³I³K³F³N³E³W³I³N³L³E³R³E³O³S³N³Gº
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letters spell: ÈÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏÍÏͼ
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Have a great holiday.
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² Board of Trade BBS New Port Richey, Florida ²
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² Home of the Pasco BBS Magazine ²
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² Home of Shadoware ²
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² Bytor Computer Systems, Inc. presents the PC Help Forum ²
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² (813) 862-4772 12/24/48/96/14400 baud ²
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² Member of... ²
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² Electronic Frontiers Foundation and American BBS Association ²
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² Official Distribution Site for the following: Alive Software, ²
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² Apogee Software, Digital Reality, Epic MegaGames, Gamer's Edge, ²
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² MVP Software, Software Creations and Westcoast 813 BBS Directory ²
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² BBS Voice Line (813) 863-5886 ²
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As of press-time, an answer has not been received for a major interview for
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the February issue. So, we cannot tell you who we might have, but there are
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always many possibilities. The series on BBS commands, scheduled for this
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issue, will pick up next month.
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Important Information
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The Pasco BBS Magazine is distributed free of charge, as long as it is
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unaltered and complete. When uploading make sure the original archive is
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intact with all files included.
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The Pasco BBS Magazine is the sole property of the Board of Trade BBS and
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Richard Ziegler. It is legally copyrighted material and all rights are
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reserved. No part of this magazine may be used without permission. By
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submitting something, you are agreeing to allow publication of the material
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in the magazine. Articles reprinted with permission remain the property of
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the cited source. Guest contributions may not necessarily reflect the views
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of the Pasco BBS Magazine. The editor reserves the right to edit
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submissions, however, this is normally only done to correct spelling or
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grammatical errors. The editor makes all determinations on what and when
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articles will run.
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Every effort is made to insure that all information contained within the
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Pasco BBS Magazine is accurate, but inadvertently mistakes can appear.
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The Pasco BBS Magazine, Board of Trade BBS or Richard Ziegler cannot be held
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liable for information contained within this document. It is intended that
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this magazine exists for the personal enjoyment of the readers.
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Rather than place a trademark symbol at every occurrence of a trademarked
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name, it is stated that trademarks are only being used in an editorial
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fashion with no intention of any infringement of the trademark itself.
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More information can be found in the other files distributed with the
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magazine's archive.
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Comments, questions, suggestions and submissions can be left on the Board
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of Trade BBS (813) 862-4772, or mailed to Board of Trade BBS, P.O. Box 1853,
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New Port Richey, FL 34656. There is also a voice number now available at
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(813) 863-5886.
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(C)Copyright 1993 Richard Ziegler - All Rights Reserved
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