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º September 1995 Volume 3 Number 9 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 ONE BBSCON '95 First Impressions
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þ Hurricane Erin: CyberStorm
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þ The Catalog of Free On-Line Magazines
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þ BBSs, Shareware, the Internet, the Media and Censorship
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- by Paul Pollack
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þ The latest news, reviews, humor, and more
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Editor's Welcome
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It happened! The ONE BBSCON came to Tampa! It is still hard to believe that
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the ultimate on-line convention was held right here in Tampa Bay. It was a
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lot of fun and those who opted not to attend really missed a golden
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opportunity. Who knows if the event will ever come back to this area. Next
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year's BBSCON will be held a bit further away, in San Francisco. There is a
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short article called ONE BBSCON '95 First Impressions in this issue, but time
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only permitted a few paragraphs to be written before the deadline for
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publication. Next month's issue will feature full coverage of this historic
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event for the Tampa Bay area on-line community.
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The ONE BBSCON was not the only interesting occurrence since the last issue.
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In this very active hurricane season, Hurricane Erin tracked across Pasco
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County. While Erin was downgraded to a rather intense tropical storm before
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the storm center went through our county, it still was the first storm to pass
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through here in decades. And, let's hope it is that long before another comes
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our way. This issue looks at the on-line activity generated by Hurricane
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Erin, as many people went on-line to get the latest on the storm, in an
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article entitled Hurricane Erin: CyberStorm.
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This month's issue has The Catalog of Free On-Line Magazines, which gives a
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bit of publicity to some of our competitors. Paul Pollack writes about "BBSs,
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Shareware, the Internet, the Media and Censorship." Thanks go out to Paul for
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another interesting article. There are also reviews, humor, more of our
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Favorite Taglines and much more. I hope you enjoy this month's issue and do
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not miss next month's Pasco BBS Magazine, as we continue the most
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comprehensive coverage of ONE BBSCON '95 found anywhere!
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Until next month, thanks for reading!
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ONE BBSCON '95 First Impressions
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ONE BBSCON '95 closed Sunday in Tampa. There are so many stories to relate,
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so many people to quote and so much to write about, that I wish this article
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could be a complete report. The past couple of years, the September issue was
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released prior to the BBSCON, so that allowed plenty of time for full coverage
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in the October issue. This year the full coverage will also have to wait
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until October's issue, but I wanted to give you just a taste of what went down
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in Tampa. This article is sort of a preview of next month's complete coverage
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of ONE BBSCON '95.
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First Impression: Hot! It was warm to say the least. Many were talking
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about how hot it was down in Tampa, but some Northerners did say that they had
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become more accustom to the heat because of the record high temperatures
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posted around the country this summer. Many were heard to say they thought
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that Tampa was a wonderful and beautiful place, however, some were talking
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about how Tampa was a hick town where they rolled up the sidewalks at 6:00 pm.
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The editor of the Pasco BBS Magazine asked many of the attendees how they
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liked Tampa, so that could even appear as a separate article in next month's
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issue.
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The Welcoming Reception on the Tampa Convention Center's river-walk was
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wonderful. It actually featured the best food of the convention and it was a
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pleasant night. A bit humid, but at least no rain. The Welcoming Session on
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Thursday morning was like a rock concert, complete with the laser light show.
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A record number of educational sessions and vendor exhibits took place in the
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traditional BBSCON precision. There was plenty of conversation, networking
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and fun.
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There was talk, that will be elaborated on next month, of how the fact that
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Tampa was out of the way for most people caused a leveling off in the
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attendance. About 4,000 attended ONE BBSCON '95, about the same number as
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last year. The attendance had just about doubled each of the first three
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years. Event organizers do not think that will be a problem when San
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Francisco hosts ONE BBSCON '96 on August 3-7, 1996.
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Information overload may be the buzz word for those returning home from the
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Tampa BBSCON. I will try to sort through all the literature, disks and tapes;
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and try to put together something coherent for next month's issue. Look for
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the October issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine for more of the most comprehensive
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coverage of ONE BBSCON '95 found anywhere.
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ÆØ Home of the Pasco BBS Magazine ص
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³ Home of the 813 BBS Directory ³
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³ Home of DragonHawk Productions ³
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ÆØØØØØ Official Support BBS for ØØØØص
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ÆØØØØØØØ Pasco ComPats Computer Club ØØØØØØص
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ÆØØØØØØØØØØØ Member: Electronic Frontier Foundation ØØØØØØØØØص
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Hurricane Erin: CyberStorm
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Hurricane Erin was no Andrew, but its trek through Florida was historic for
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many reasons. Erin was the first storm center to track across Pasco County in
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over 30 years, the first hurricane to landfall in Pensacola in almost 70 years
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and the first hurricane to hit Florida twice in over 50 years. But, it was a
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nation's quest for information about the storm that caused Hurricane Erin to
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be called the first "CyberStorm."
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This has been the most active hurricane season in three decades and two
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hurricanes have already made landfall in Florida. Hurricane Allison went
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ashore at St. Marks on June 5, the earliest hurricane to ever hit the Sunshine
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State. Hurricane Erin first made landfall in the early morning hours of
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August 2 at Vero Beach, but the damage was not as bad as initially feared.
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Erin then raced across the state that Wednesday exiting Florida just north of
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the Tampa Bay area causing minimal damage. Erin then surprised the Florida
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panhandle by slamming into Pensacola on the morning of August 3 causing
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substantial damage. Damage estimates from Hurricane Erin topped $300 million.
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The majority of people still rely upon the traditional methods for getting
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the latest weather updates, such as the local media and cable television's The
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Weather Channel. However, people from all over the country turned to the
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newer on-line technology to get the latest on Hurricane Erin. Maybe they
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wanted to get information because they could not reach relatives in Florida by
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telephone. Perhaps, the comfort of exchanging e-mail and chatting with family
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and friends in the besieged state was what some were looking for. Maybe some
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did not have cable television, or lived in a part of the country where the
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local media was not covering the storm as intensely as the media in Florida.
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Whatever the reason, going on-line was a valuable source of information and
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may have made Hurricane Erin the most talked about hurricane in history.
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Weather related Internet World Wide Web home pages were jammed. Some of the
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more popular sites were almost impossible to access due to the volume of
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callers trying to get the latest on Erin. The most active site was the
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National Hurricane Center's home page. If you were lucky enough to get
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through, there were updates on Erin's position, path and strength, along with
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satellite images of the storm. When the overload threatened the system and
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possibly the computers needed to monitor the storm, the NHC had to shut down
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the Internet site. Other sites, such as the home page for Ohio State
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University's atmospheric science program, also were down for a while from
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overuse.
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Other popular World Wide Web home pages included the National Weather Service,
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the Weather Information Superhighway (which is the National Weather Service's
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Tallahassee office), the Federal Emergency Management Agency and numerous
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universities. Despite the fact that The Weather Channel was broadcasting the
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latest information on Erin approximately every ten minutes on cable tv, their
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WWW home page was also very active. All the major commercial on-line services
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also got into the act. America On-Line had special message boards and chat
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rooms dedicated to the storm. Tampa Bay Online, an area on Prodigy operated
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by the Tampa Tribune, had a special chat room set-up and staff answered
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questions throughout the storm.
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While it may be easier to monitor The Weather Channel for the latest
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information, on-line proved to be a valuable source of information. Noted
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hurricane forecaster Dr. William Gray, a professor at Colorado State
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University, has revised his forecast for this season up to 16 named storms and
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9 hurricanes. Without a doubt, Hurricane Erin will not be the last
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CyberStorm.
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Editor's Note: Here are the addresses for the World Wide Web home pages
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mentioned in this article: Federal Emergency Management Agency:
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http://fema.gov/fema/hurricaf.html, Ohio State University atmospheric science
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program: http://asp1.sbs.ohiostate.edu/tropicaltext.html, The Weather
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Channel: http://www.infi.net/weather and the Weather Information Superhighway
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(NWS's Tallahassee office): http://thunder.met.fsu.edu/nws/public. For
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information about Tampa Bay Online call (800) 4TBO-NOW.
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º Since 1985 - Pasco County's Oldest BBS º
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º Sysops - Rob & Carolyn Marlowe º
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º Popular Chat Board, On-Line Games, CD-ROMS, Internet, FidoNet º
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The Catalog of Free On-Line Magazines
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Trying to compile a catalog of free on-line magazines is an impossible task.
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New ones are published every month and others fall by the wayside after a few
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issues. There are hundreds of on-line publications that live in relative
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obscurity, due to the fact that the magazines are not actively marketed.
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There are others that have done fairly well and have been around for years.
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This article originally had the working title of "The Complete Catalog of On-
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Line Magazines" but, after realizing that it was infeasible to list every on-
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line publication, the complete was dropped from the title. It is possible
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that this may be the most comprehensive listing of on-line magazine ever
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compiled, but it is far from a complete listing.
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The criterion for a magazine to be listed in this catalog was not very strict.
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It had to be a free electronic publication and had to be published at least
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twice. Since this is a BBS magazine, the publication had to have some sort of
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distribution through bulletin boards. This does not mean that the editor has
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to be a Sysop, or that the magazine must have a home board, just that the
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magazine was commonly found on BBSs. Since this catalog was intended to list
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magazines which might be of interest to a large group of readers, the
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publication had to be more than a glorified ad for a particular system, or
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software. Unfortunately, many intriguing sounding magazines were downloaded,
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then quickly deleted when they were discovered to be just blatant ads for a
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particular board or product.
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Some other magazines, which may have met the loose criterion, did not make
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this catalog for different reasons. Some did not make the catalog because
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they required additional files, or had hefty hardware requirements, which made
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the publication more of a hassle than it was worth. Some editors are more
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fascinated with technology than making their publications easy to read. No
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matter what type of gizmos are used to display on-line magazines, there should
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still be a way for someone to read the text using a simple file viewer. The
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same goes for rude, user unfriendly BBSs. If the home board is structured in
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such a way as to make it difficult to get information about the publication,
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there was no option but to exclude the publication from this article. If a
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guy who runs a BBS as a hobby cannot figure out how to get around the home
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board, I'd say that alone is reason enough to not list the publication here.
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This article tries to list the as many magazines as possible, but it is
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realized that many have been missed. If you know of other publications, or
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have additional information on those listed here, it would be greatly
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appreciated if you got in touch. Hopefully, in the future, the Pasco BBS
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Magazine will again run a catalog of free on-line magazines. Maybe at that
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time we will feel more comfortable putting the word complete in the title.
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BBB III TTT SSS BBB Y Y TTT EEE SSS
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B B I T S B B Y Y T E S
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BBB I T SSS AND BBB YYY T EEE SSS ONLINE EDITION
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B B I T S B B Y T E S
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BBB III T SSS BBB Y T EEE SSS
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Magazine: Bits and Bytes Online
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First Issue: July 13, 1993
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editor: Jay Machado
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Bits and Bytes Online magazine started out to be a "weekly electronic
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newsletter." Cherry Hill, New Jersey, resident Jay Machado is the magazine's
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editor.
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Magazine: The CAT Chronicle
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First Issue: May 10, 1993
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editor: Claude DiDomenica, Bessie Hadley
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Home BBS: Dr. Furball's BBS (617) 455-8415
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The CAT Chronicle began as a monthly publication of Children's Animated
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Television, Inc. The magazine, which concentrates on social issues of
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importance to children and teens, began weekly publication in June of 1995.
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" C O M I C B O O K E - M A G "
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"Brought to you by the fine folks at the COMIC BOOK Network!"
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Magazine: Comic Book E-Mag
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First Issue: March 1995
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editors: Ed Dukeshire/Mike Imboden
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The Comic Book E-Mag is a weekly publication from the people who operate the
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Comic Book Network. The magazine covers comic books, movies and other related
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features.
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CompuNotes
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Magazine: CompuNotes
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First Issue: April 1995
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editor: Patrick Grote
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Home BBS: Support U. (314) 984-8387
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CompuNotes, a weekly publication based in Saint Louis, Missouri, features
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reviews, interviews, and commentary concerning the PC industry.
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ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ Ü Ü ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛÜÜÛ Û Û Û ÛÜ ÛÜÜÛ
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ÛÜÜÜ ÛÜÜÛ Û Û Û Û ÛÜÜÛ Û ÛÜÜÜ Û ÛÜ
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ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ Ü Ü ÜÜ
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Û ÛÜÜÛ Û ÛÜÛÜ
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Û Û Û ÛÜÜÜ Û Û (tm)
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ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ Ü ÜÜÜÜ
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Û Û Û ÛÜÜÛ Û ÜÜ ÛÜÜÛ ÜÜß Û Û Û Û ÛÜ
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Û Û Û Û Û ÛÜÜÛ Û Û ÛÜÜÜ ÜÛÜ Û ÛÜÛ ÛÜÜÜ
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Magazine: Computer Talk Magazine
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First Issue: July 1992
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Last Issue: April 1994
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Editor: Tony Curro
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Home BBS: MoonDog BBS (718) 692-2498
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Computer Talk Magazine was a monthly magazine of reviews, news and other
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computer related articles.
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>C O M P U T E R U N D E R G R O U N D<
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>D I G E S T<
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Magazine: Computer Underground Digest
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First Issue: March 1990
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editors: Jim Thomas, Gordon Meyer
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Originally designed as a forum for the computer underground, CuD is a weekly
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magazine of re-prints and re-posts of information found in the on-line world.
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| C Y B E R S P A C E |
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| V A N G U A R D |
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| News and Views of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Universe |
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Magazine: Cyberspace Vanguard Magazine
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First Issue: 1993
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editors: T.J. Goldstein
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Home BBS: Cyber Wolf BBS (216) 475-4808
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Based in Garfield Heights, Ohio, Cyberspace Vanguard Magazine is a bimonthly
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publication covering the world of science fiction and fantasy.
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ÛÛÛÛÛÛ» ÛÛÛÛÛ» ÛÛÛ» ÛÛÛ» ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ» ÛÛÛÛÛÛ» ÛÛ» ÛÛÛÛÛ» ÛÛ» ÛÛ»
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ÛÛÉÍÍÍͼ ÛÛÉÍÍÛÛ» ÛÛÛÛ» ÛÛÛÛº ÛÛÉÍÍÍͼ ÛÛÉÍÍÛÛ» ÛÛº ÛÛÉÍÍÛÛ» ÈÛÛ» ÛÛɼ
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ÛÛº ÛÛÛ» ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛº ÛÛÉÛÛÛÛÉÛÛº ÛÛÛÛÛ» ÛÛÛÛÛÛɼ ÛÛº ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛº ÈÛÛÛÛɼ
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ÛÛº ÛÛº ÛÛÉÍÍÛÛº ÛÛºÈÛÛɼÛÛº ÛÛÉÍͼ ÛÛÉÍÍͼ ÛÛº ÛÛÉÍÍÛÛº ÈÛÛɼ
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ÈÛÛÛÛÛÛɼ ÛÛº ÛÛº ÛÛº Èͼ ÛÛº ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ» ÛÛº ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ» ÛÛº ÛÛº ÛÛº
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ÈÍÍÍÍͼ Èͼ Èͼ Èͼ Èͼ ÈÍÍÍÍÍͼ Èͼ ÈÍÍÍÍÍͼ Èͼ Èͼ Èͼ
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Magazine: GamePlay
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First Issue: 1993
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editor: Paul Pollack
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Home BBS: Board of Trade BBS (813) 852-4772
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GamePlay started out as a small ASCII text file, which grew into a huge
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database of game information in a menu driven graphical environment. The
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magazine is released on an irregular schedule and, since most of the text is
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carried over from issue to issue, each release has a version number.
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Ò ÖÄÄ¿ ÒÄÄ¿ ÒÄÄ¿ ³ Ò ÒÄÄ¿ ÖÄÄ¿ ÒÄÄ¿ ÖÄÄ¿ ÒÄÄ¿ ÖÄ¿
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º º ³ ÇÄÂÙ ÇÄ ÚÄÅÄÄ º ÇÄ º Ä¿ ÇÄ º ³ º ³ ÓÄ¿
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ÐÄÄÙ ÓÄÄÙ Ð Á ÐÄÄÙ ÀÄÙ ÐÄÄÙ ÐÄÄÙ ÓÄÄÙ ÐÄÄÙ Ð Á ÐÄÄÙ ÓÄÄÙ
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Magazine: Lore & Legends
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First Issue: March 1993
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Last Issue: April 1993
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Editor: Alberto Able
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Home BBS: None
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Lore & Legends was a short lived magazine put together by then Port Richey,
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Florida resident Alberto Able. The magazine was based on games, all types of
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games, from video games to role-playing games to card games. Each issue
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included something extra, such as ANSI artwork or a joke program.
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ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
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ɼ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ º
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º Û ÜÜÜ Û Û ÜÜÜ Û Û ÜÜÜÜÛ Û ÜÜÜÜÛ Û ÜÜÜ Û º
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ɼ Û ÜÜÜÜÛ Û ÜÜÜ Û ÛÜÜÜÜ Û Û ÛÜÜÜÜ Û ÛÜÛ Û º
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º ÛÜÛ ÛÜÛ ÛÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ º
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Éͼ Û ÜÜ ÛÜ Û ÜÜ ÛÜ Û ÜÜÜÜÛ º
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ɼ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ º
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º Û Ü Ü Û Û ÜÜÜ Û Û ÜÜÜÜÛ Û ÜÜÜ Û ÛÜÜÜ ÜÛ ÛÜ ÜÛ Û ßÛÛ Û Û ÜÜÜÜÛ º
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ɼ Û Û Û Û Û ÜÜÜ Û Û ÛÜÜ Û Û ÜÜÜ Û ÜÛßÜÛÛÜ ÜÛ ÛÜ Û ÛÜß Û Û ÜÜÜÛÜ º
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ɼ ÛÜÛßÛÜÛ ÛÜÛ ÛÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÛÜÛ ÛÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÛ ÛÜÛßÛÜÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ º
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ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÊÍÍÍ»
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ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
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Magazine: Pasco BBS Magazine
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First Issue: January 1993
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editor: Richard Ziegler
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Home BBS: Board of Trade BBS (813) 862-4772
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The Pasco BBS Magazine has been published each month since January 1993. Now
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in its third year of existence, the magazine has featured a wide range of
|
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articles from various sources, including exclusive interviews with some of the
|
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biggest names in the on-line world. PBM just recently published a "Special
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ONE BBSCON '95 Commemorative Issue," as the Tampa played host to the event.
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PPPPPP AAA SSSSSS CCCCCC OOOOOOO BBBBBB BBBBBB SSSSSS
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PP PP AA AA SS CC OO OO BB B BB B SS
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PPPPPP AA AA SSSSSS CC OO OO BBBBBB BBBBBB SSSSSS
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PP AAAAAAAAA SS CC OO OO BB B BB B SS
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PP AA AAASSSSSSSS CCCCCC OOOOOOO BBBBBB BBBBBB SSSSSS
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NN N EEEEE W W SSSSS L EEEEE TTTTT TTTTT EEEEE RRRR
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N N N E W W S L E T T E R R
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N N N EEEE W W W SSSSS L EEEE T T EEEE RRRR
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N NN E W W W W S L E T T E R R
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N N EEEEE W W SSSSS LLLLL EEEEE T T EEEE R R
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Magazine: PascoBBS Newsletter
|
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First Issue: October 1991
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Last Issue: February 1992
|
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Editor: Clark Gilbo
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Home BBS: None
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The PascoBBS Newsletter, which may be Pasco County's earliest on-line
|
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magazine, was basically a compilation of text files and it was published for
|
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three issues. One thing unique to this publication was a BBS listing, which
|
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was the beginnings of Clark Gilbo's Westcoast 813 BBS Directory.
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______ __ __ __ ______
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/ __ / / \ \ \ \ \ / _\/_ \
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/ /_/ /andom / /\ \ccess \ \_\ \umor | |____| |
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/ _ _/ / ____ \ \ __ \ \__ \____/
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/ / \ \ / / \ \ \ \ \ \ |_\____|
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The Electronic Humor Magazine
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Magazine: Random Access Humor
|
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First Issue: September 1992
|
|
Last Issue: February 1995
|
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Editor: Dave Bealer
|
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Home BBS: The Virtual Word BBS (410) 437-3463
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Random Access Humor was a monthly humor magazine published ten times a year,
|
|
as there was no July or August issues. Editor Dave Bealer described RAH in
|
|
the first issue as "a rag-tag collection of fugitive humor, some of which is
|
|
vaguely related to the BBS/Online System world." The magazine became fairly
|
|
well known and in August of 1994 Robert Hankins put out a parody called "HAR -
|
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-- Humor Accidentally Read." After publishing Random Access Humor for over
|
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two years, Dave Bealer decided to try his luck with a subscription magazine.
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RAndY's RumOR RaG
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Magazine: RAndY's RumOR RaG
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First Issue: Unknown
|
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Last Issue: Still Published
|
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Editor: Randall Ainsworth
|
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Home BBS: None
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RAndY's RumOR Rag is a monthly magazine of announcements and rumors about
|
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computer related products and issues.
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ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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Û ROTFL Digest! Û
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ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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Magazine: ROTFL Digest!
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First Issue: August 1993
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Last Issue: Still Published
|
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Editor: Sandy Illes
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Home BBS: CAP/Canada BBS (416) 287-0935
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ROTFL Digest! is a monthly humor magazine published by Access Media Systems.
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For the uninitiated, ROTFL is an acronym for Rolling On The Floor Laughing.
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Magazine editor Sandy Illes came out with the first issue in August of 1993,
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and has only missed a few months of publication over the magazine's first two
|
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years.
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SILICON TIMES REPORT
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INTERNATIONAL ONLINE MAGAZINE
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=============================
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Magazine: Silicon Times Report
|
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First Issue: 1987
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editor: Ralph Mariano
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Home BBS: The Bounty BBS (904) 786-4176
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The Jacksonville, Florida based Silicon Times Report calls itself "The
|
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Original Independent On-Line Magazine." This weekly magazine features news,
|
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information, current events, tips, rumors and other articles.
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S u n l i g h t T h r o u g h T h e S h a d o w s (tm)
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O n - L i n e M a g a z i n e
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Magazine: Sunlight Through The Shadows
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First Issue: July 1993
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Last Issue: Still Published
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Editor: Joe DeRouen
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Home BBS: Sunlight Through The Shadows BBS (214) 620-8793
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Sunlight Through The Shadows is published monthly by Addison, Texas resident
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Joe DeRouen. Along with computer related articles and reviews, the magazine
|
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features poetry, fiction, book reviews and music reviews.
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That Olde Brain Matter
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Warning: Do Not Eat!
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Magazine: That Olde Brain Matter
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First Issue: 1993
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Last Issue: September 1994
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Editor: Chris Demmons
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That Olde Brain Matter was published on an irregular basis by a group of
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students at Pasco-Hernando Community College in New Port Richey, Florida. The
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humor magazine was published "when the stars are right," but they did manage
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to put out ten issues of TOBM.
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|| From the files of The Hack Squad: ||
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|| The Hack Report ||
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Magazine: The Hack Report
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First Issue: January 1992
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Last Issue: January 1994
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Editor: Lee Jackson
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Home BBS: None
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The Hack Report was started by Lee Jackson, who was the moderator of a FidoNet
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conference on Shareware and warnings. The monthly magazine helped identify
|
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fraudulent and corrupted files that were found in the on-line world. The
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report became very popular and he published the report for close to two years,
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before health problems forced him to give it up. Bill Lambdin did publish one
|
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issue after that, but that was the end for The Hack Report.
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+ + + + +
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ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸
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³ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ³
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³ The Most Comprehensive Listing ßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³
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³ of Computer Bulletin Board ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³
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³ Systems in Pasco, Pinellas ßßßß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³
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³ and Hillsborough Counties ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³
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³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³
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³ ÚÄÒÄ¿Ò Â ÖÄÄÄ "Ö¿ Â ÖÄÄÄ Ò Â" ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ³\ÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ³
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³ º ÇÄÄ´ ÇÄÄ ºÀ¿³ ÇÄÄ Ó·Ú¿ÚÙ ³ÞÛÛßßÛÛÛݳ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³
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³ Ð Ð Á ÓÄÄÄ Ð ÀÙ ÓÄÄÄ ÓÙÀÙ ³ ß ÜÜÛÝ ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³
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³ ÖÄÄ¿ · ÄÄ· ÖÄ· ÖÄ· ÖÄÄ ³ ßÛÛß ³/ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ³
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³ ÇÄÄ´ º Ķ ºÄз ºÄз ÓÄ· ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÛÛÛßßÛÛÛÛݳ
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³ ÓÄÄÙ Ó ÄĽ ½ÄĽ ½ÄĽ ÄĽ ßÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛ³
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³ ÒÄÄ¿ Ò ÖÄÄ¿ ÖÄÄÄ ÖÄÄ¿ ÚÄÒÄ¿ ÖÄÄ¿ ÖÄÄ¿ Ò Â ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³
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³ º ³ º ÇÄÂÙ ÇÄÄ º º º ³ ÇÄÂÙ ÓÄÒÄÙ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛݳ
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³ ÐÄÄÙ Ð Ð Á ÓÄÄÄ ÓÄÄÙ Ð ÓÄÄÙ Ð Á Ð ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³
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³ ßÛÛÛß ³
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³ ÜÜþ ³
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³ CLARK D. GILBO, Editor & Founder ÜÜßßßß ³
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³ ³
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³ GILBEAU PUBLISHING CO. P.O.BOX 3397, HOLIDAY, FL. (813) 938-6975 voice** ³
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³ THE 813 BBS DIRECTORY HOME BOARD IS BOARD OF TRADE BBS, DATA # IS 862-4772³
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ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ;
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+ + + + +
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BBSs, Shareware, the Internet, the Media and Censorship
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Written by Paul Pollack, editor GamePlay Magazine, New Port Richey, FL
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I'm a big fan of the shareware concept; after all, where else can you find a
|
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seemingly never-ending stream of software packages without having to shell out
|
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an equivalently never-ending stream of money? And if you're not satisfied
|
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with a shareware program, you've neither gained nor lost anything, except
|
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perhaps a tiny amount of time. The whole concept seems like a fine idea to
|
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me, and I'm sure to many others.
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But shareware's gotten a bad reputation in the press today, especially with
|
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today's fear of viruses (virii?) running rampant throughout American
|
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civilization. The places carrying the shareware, Bulletin Board Services,
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haven't exactly been treated that well either.
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Even though much of the publicity has subsided, you can't help hearing about
|
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all the bad things that are "happening" on BBS's -- child pornography, easy
|
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access to adult materials, child-molesting sysops, etc. But what they fail to
|
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point, and this is what upsets me, is that these things don't happen on every
|
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BBS -- far from it... In fact, never once have I ever called a board with any
|
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of the forementioned problems, and yet we never hear that pointed out on
|
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television. All you see on television are reporters sitting down at a
|
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computer, calling a "sex web site" and then saying something like "Isn't this
|
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absurd?" They then follow with an incredibly stupid line like "You mean it's
|
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this easy? Would you want your child to have access to something like this?!"
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Of course, they conveniently fail to point out that you don't just stumble
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onto something like this, you have to be looking. Besides, if kids would
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visit these sites, they probably already have other sources. It all boils
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down to the fact that bad news sells a whole lot more papers (and gets a whole
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lot better ratings) than good news.
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When you stop to think about it, the mainstream press has a lot of power.
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With a few strokes of typewriter keys they can destroy a person's reputation -
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- if their information is inaccurate and the person is innocent, well, they'll
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probably just publish a tiny `correction' on the back page, where nobody ever
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seems to look. But as I said earlier, it's even worse with how the press has
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handled Bulletin Board Services; they haven't even bothered to print a
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correction. In fact, they haven't even pointed out (and they may not even
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realize) that what they reported has implications that are simply put, lies.
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But I digress.
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The way I see it, shareware already has a strike against it -- the previously
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mentioned virus craze. Add to that the low reputation of shareware in
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general, and many people equate the word shareware with "junkware." You see,
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shareware has a bad, and not entirely underserved reputation for being "low
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quality." While much of it isn't quite up to the standards of commercial
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software, there are many programs out there that are, made by programmers who
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have genuine concern about their both their programs and the people who use
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them.
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That's the real tragedy here; people who produce quality shareware and care
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having their software's reputation being ruined by people who don't on both
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counts. I've said it myself, and be sure you listen carefully as to not
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misinterpret what I'm about to say: 90% of shareware is crap, but then again,
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so is 90% of everything else. (A modified version of Sturgeon's law) You
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see, most shareware is junk -- useless programs designed for long-outdated
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purposes. When a rare jewel comes along, it really stands out, and boy does
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it make an impression.
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Before the release of Wolfenstein in '92, those who played Apogee/id games
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were a fairly small group; no one at that time actually believed that a
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shareware game could be commercial quality. But with the release of
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Wolfenstein, users began to doubt their initial assumption, and with the
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release of Doom, it became clear that shareware products could rival, if not
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surpass, commercial products. The effect this had on the shareware market,
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not to mention the commercial market, was profound: shareware developers and
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commercial developers alike set their sites on an attempt at recreating what
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made those games so popular. But what they forgot was that they were trying
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to recreate the one thing that simply cannot be recreated: originality. But I
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digress.
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I'm now on the Internet; paul@gnet.com is my official Internet address. I
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also receive groups called Usenet newsgroups, forums for discussion on various
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topics. Serious discussion goes on here about the nature of the Internet, and
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what, if anything, should be censored?
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I did a paper on computer controversy, which examined what exactly the
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controversy was about, and while doing the report, I came across a point which
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I believe sums up much of the issue: it is essentially a battle between those
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who wish to censor the 'Net and those who see censorship as an infringement on
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their right to do what they want, when they want, in their own home. Both of
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these points are valid, and each of them has its own set of pros & cons.
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Obviously, some of the material posted online is obscene, material that is
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illegal to knowingly distribute to minors. However, the Internet is not
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censored, nor is it hooked up in such a way as to scan what the age the person
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logging on is. In order to stop the distribution of such materials, it
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becomes necessary to destroy the groups altogether, even for adults licensed
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to see it. This is again, obviously not a preferable course of action.
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Most of the users of the Internet simply do not want the government
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interfering with what has been an uncontrolled operation for virtually as long
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as it has existed. What do they fear? Invasion of their right to privacy --
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the Internet is a free domain, kind of an intercontinental link, where people
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are free to speak to each other about any topic they choose, without fear of
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being arrested. If the government interferes first with censoring adult
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files, many 'Net users ask what's to prevent it from taking it a step further,
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and censoring any messages they feel are anti-government, racist, or violate
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whatever standards they wish to use?
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You know how it is; you've found a nice, relaxing place, without a care in the
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world (and with all your friends there with you), and all of a sudden an old
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teacher of yours walks in through the door. The previous calm, relaxing
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atmosphere clearly dissipates, as the teacher walks through the door. Even if
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you have nothing to hide, you're not just among friends anymore.
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This is symbolic of the Internet. It's always been an electronic melting pot,
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a place where ideas are freely exchanged among friends. In walks the
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government, though, and the feeling of freedom seems to fade away; it's not
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that you have anything to hide; you just simply don't like having yourself
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watched. But that may be exactly what happens, if Senator Exon gets his wish.
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Senator Exon proposed a bill that would censor adult materials from the
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Internet; where did he get the idea? Not from the 'Net itself; Senator Exon
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has never even accessed the 'Net! He got his idea from a show doing a report
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on child pornography and the 'Net! I've already stated my opinions of such
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reports and I believe that before Mr. Exon passes judgment on the Internet, he
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should access it and explore all the things that are positive: you'll never
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hear about that from the mainstream media.
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Enforcement: The Information Superhighway is just that, Super. It expands
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over millions of computers, covering thousands and thousands of topics,
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containing hordes of files, and consisting of millions of unique individuals.
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Even if bills were passed allowing censorship of the Internet, think about the
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time and manpower that would be required to enforce such a move. Destroy one
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segment of the Internet, and you destroy the atmosphere that has been building
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up for years.
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Like I said before, if people want obscene materials, they'll get them, with
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or without the Internet. Government intervention will only create anarchy
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amongst the users of the 'Net, and that could transform into very real riots.
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Internet users are resourceful though; I'll paraphrase a quote I once heard:
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If the government invades the Internet, there will be a new Internet tomorrow.
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Editor's Note: Thanks again to Paul Pollack for another great article. There
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will be more from Paul and GamePlay in next month's Pasco BBS Magazine. Paul
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be reached at Gator's Place BBS (813) 376-0087, or Dr. Duck's BBS (813) 849-
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Trade BBS (813) 862-4772.
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wall socket while holding your other hand in a bowl of water. If several
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working satisfactorily.
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Turn it on. A red LED display will appear by the button that says "Answer."
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product but there's not much point in trying to return it since we'll simply
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ignore you until the warranty expires or Hell freezes over - whichever comes
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first.
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Hit the button that says "Fax." This will enable you to send faxes if the red
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LED display is on. If the red LED display is not on, pressing the "Fax"
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allowing the above to be reprinted from a prior issue of the on-line humor
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magazine. For more information on ROTFL Digest! contact Access Media Systems
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at (905) 847-7362 (Voice/FAX), or call the CAP/Canada BBS at (416) 287-0935.
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"California legislators consider 10 to 15 letters and faxes to be a *strong*
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showing of support for a bill (in a state of 31-million population!)"
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- Jim Warren, GovAccess Internet newsletter, 08/04/94
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Editor's Note: The Electronic Frontier Foundation Quote of the Month is a
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PC Magazine, the largest computer related magazine in the country, has once
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again awarded its "Editors' Choice Award" to Clark Development Company's
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PCBoard Bulletin Board Software. A complete review and comparison of the
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various BBS software packages on the market appears in the August 1995 Network
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Edition of the magazine. This is not the first time that PC Magazine has
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prestigious award.
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Windows 95, the most hyped software release in recent memory, is scheduled for
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release on August 24, 1995. Microsoft will spend $150 million advertising the
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new version. Microsoft operating systems, DOS and Windows, are currently
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installed on approximately 80% of the today's personal computers and Microsoft
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believes up to 25% of them will be upgraded to Windows 95 over the next year.
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In a related issue, the Justice Department announced on August 8, 1995, that
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they will not take any antitrust action against Microsoft prior to the
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scheduled release date of Windows 95. The Justice Department will continue to
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investigate the new on-line service, called Microsoft Network, which is being
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distributed with the new version of Windows.
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Apple Computer Inc. announced that they will be cutting the prices on their
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Power Macintosh line of personal computers. The price reductions will range
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from 25% to 40%, depending on which machine is purchased. Apple made the
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announcement just weeks before the scheduled released of Windows 95 and hopes
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that the pricing change will make Macintosh computers more competitive.
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Analysts believe that the price cuts will not stop Apple's dwindling share of
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the personal computer market.
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International Business Machines (IBM) announced on August 7, 1995 that they
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Some bulletin boards and off-line mail readers are set-up to add taglines
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to network type messages. This is typically done to add a humorous thought
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onto the message. The Pasco BBS Magazine will on occasion run some of our
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... OOPS ... Tried to steal my own tagline!
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Spell chequers dew knot work write.
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I'd like to help you out - which way did you come in?
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If God wanted us to vote, he'd give us REAL candidates!
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If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
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SYSOPING: More fun than being beaten over the head with a sledgehammer.
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Committee: A group that keeps minutes and loses hours.
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Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.
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Windows: The least pirated piece of software ever made.
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Lawyer (n): Larval stage of a politician.
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"Apple" (c) Copyright 1767, Sir Isacc Newton.
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By the way, what does BTW mean?
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Computer Lie # 1: You'll never use all that disk space.
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Deja Moo: The feeling you've heard this bull before.
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Writing to Washington won't help -- he's dead!
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2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do!
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Spock & Data in '96. Anything else would be illogical!
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³ Special Requirements ³ None ³
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Meeting Meter Review
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The Meeting Meter calls itself a "taxi meter for meetings." It was written to
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help those attending meetings become more aware of the value of their
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collective time. The program is being distributed as Shareware to help
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promote awareness of what the Institute for Better Meetings calls the
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"meetings problem." It is also their intention to distribute the Meeting
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Meter without charge to all government agencies, as they say "in the hopes
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that it will have some impact on the excessive spending associated with
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inefficient meetings."
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The Meeting Meter can operate as a TSR, or as a stand alone program. You
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enter the combined rate of pay for those in attendance and watch the cost for
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the meeting rise. You can also enter a budget for the meeting and the program
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will sound an alarm when that total is reached. The meter can easily be
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turned on and off, and the information can be saved for meetings that last
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more than one session. The program also displays a "Meeters List" which, if
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people come and go, can be changed to reflect the current participants.
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The authors of this program, Bernard DeKoven, Neal Margolis and Robert
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Leyland, can be reached at the Institute for Better Meetings, 2972 Clara
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Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94303. Registration for non-government users is $40.00.
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PBM Flashback - September 1993
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In the September 1993 issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine, Dan Linton of Software
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Creations BBS commented on winning The Boardwatch Top 100 Reader's Choice BBS
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Contest. His Clinton, Massachusetts based board, which went on-line January
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1, 1990, also won the subsequent year. Here is some of what Dan Linton said
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two years ago this month, when he was asked how it felt to be named the top
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bulletin board.
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"Sure, it feels good, what can I say. I think it was the help of many, many
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people that put us on top. All the Authors writing great software for us to
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release, all the companies like APOGEE with their support and promotion, and
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all the great users who voted us into the spot. Everyone deserves the
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congratulations."
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Editor's Note: PBM Flashback will appear on a regular basis in future issues.
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Most issues will have this brief look back at some of the features which have
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appeared over the history of the Pasco BBS Magazine.
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Shareware Game Review
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Written by Matt Murrell, Hudson, FL
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ Program Name: God of Thunder ³ Company: Impulse Software ³
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ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
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³ File Names: GOT110-1, GOT110-2.ZIP ³ File Size: About 794k ³
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³ Comments: In this game you have to guide a man named Thor through the ³
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³ enchanted forest. You have to fight evil trolls, and other creatures, to ³
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³ save the peace and return the land to normal. You have in your defense ³
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³ magic and your mighty hammer. Not a bad game. ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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Editor's Note: Look for another of Matt Murrell's Shareware Game Reviews in
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next month's issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine. If you need to contact Matt he
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can be reached at the Board of Trade BBS, (813) 862-4772, FidoNet 1:3619/10.
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² ²
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² Board of Trade BBS New Port Richey, Florida ²
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² ²
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² Home of the Pasco BBS Magazine ²
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² ²
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² Home of the 813 BBS Directory ²
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² ²
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² Home of DragonHawk Productions ²
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² ²
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² Home of Shadoware ²
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² ²
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² (813) 862-4772 ²
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² ²
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² 12/24/48/96/144/28800 baud ²
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² ²
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² Official Distribution Site: ²
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² Alive Software, Apogee Software, Epic MegaGames, Gamer's Edge, ²
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² Id Software, Impulse Software, MVP Software, Safari Software, ²
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² Software Creations, Soleau Software and Union Logic Software ²
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Next Month
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The October issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine will wrap up the most
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comprehensive coverage of ONE BBSCON '95 found anywhere. There will be a full
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report on the Tampa BBSCON in next month's issue. Also, look for a review or
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two, more from Paul Pollack, another PBM Flashback and all our regular
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features.
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Do not miss the October issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine, which will be
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available on or before September 22.
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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. No
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compensation of any kind may be received for the viewing, distribution, or
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for any other use of the magazine files.
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By submitting something, you are agreeing to allow publication of the
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material in the magazine. Articles reprinted with permission remain the
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property of the cited source. Guest contributions may not necessarily
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reflect the views of the Pasco BBS Magazine. The editor reserves the right
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to edit submissions, however, this is normally only done to correct spelling
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or 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.
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(C)Copyright 1995 Richard Ziegler - All Rights Reserved
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