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º January 1997 Volume 5 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 Fourth Anniversary Issue - Four Years of the Pasco BBS Magazine
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þ Nels Anderson's Arcanum Computing
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þ Computer Basics - Written by Ed Garwood
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þ What is a ZIP File?
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þ The latest news, humor and more!
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Editor's Welcome
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Has it really been four years since the first issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine
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was released the day after Christmas in 1992? Sometimes it seems like only
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yesterday and, yes, sometimes it seems more like forty years. Thanks are due
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to all those who have helped make it possible (you know who you are)! Thanks
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also to the faithful readers and the occasional readers too! It has been an
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incredible run. Thank you!
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This is a Special Fourth Anniversary Issue and we do reflect back on the past
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year. We take a look at Nels Anderson's Arcanum Computing and include some
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comments from the popular Shareware author. Ed Garwood continues his very
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informative Computer Basics series and BBS Basics returns with an updated
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version of What is a Zip file? There is also another extraction from the on-
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line humor magazine ROTFL! Digest.
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In this issue, I insinuate that this magazine will be around for some time to
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come. After I wrote that, I did slip into the old "why am I doing this"
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syndrome. It made me think how vulnerable this publication really is. An on-
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line magazine, software company, or anything else that is primarily the
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creation of a single individual, does have a high level of vulnerability.
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Whether it be health problems, changes in priorities, or changes in attitude,
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such creations are susceptible to an unexpected and unexplained demise. There
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are things that can increase the odds of survival, such as receiving articles
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from readers of the magazine. I know sometimes it sounds like a broken
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record, but it would be great to receive more articles from other people.
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But, I guess that is enough of that type of stuff. This issue, and next
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month's Special Fiftieth Issue, are celebrations of the Pasco BBS Magazine.
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And yes, there is much to celebrate.
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I am proud of what has been accomplished and remain optimistic about the
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future of the Pasco BBS Magazine. I am very grateful to those who have helped
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over the years. It has been a humbling experience. Thanks for reading and
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best of luck in the new year.
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Four Years of the Pasco BBS Magazine
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This issue begins the fifth year of publication for the Pasco BBS Magazine.
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That means before we forge ahead, it is a time to reflect. In this article
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we'll continue the tradition of briefly looking back at the history of this
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publication, with the emphasis placed on the previous year. We will thank
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those who have helped make it possible for the magazine to enjoy a fourth
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anniversary. It should be noted that previous anniversary issues have gone
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into great detail about this magazine, so this article does not intend to
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rehash everything that has happened over the last four years.
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The very first issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine was released on December 26,
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1992 and it has been published every month since. Forty-nine straight months
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have made this "Tampa Bay's oldest free on-line magazine." In fact, there is
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only one publication in the state, a free on-line magazine out of
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Jacksonville, which has been around longer.
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The January 1996 issue kicked off the fourth year of publication with a bang.
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I attempted to log into every BBS in west Pasco County and presented my
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findings in an article titled "Pasco BBS Tour." The article was promoted as
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not just an article, but an event, the first ever Pasco BBS Tour. It was also
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called the most detailed look at our local on-line community ever published.
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It was quite an undertaking, one which will undoubtedly never be attempted
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again, at least by me. That article generated the most feedback of 1996. I
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pulled no punches and was left with a negative impression of some systems, an
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impression I had no problem sharing with readers of the magazine. Actually,
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considering some of what was written, I was surprised that there were not more
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negative comments about the Pasco BBS Tour. The positive feedback outnumbered
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the negative by a 2-1 ratio. No system operator took up the offer of
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rebutting what was written in the article.
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Some of the other highlights of the past year included an exclusive interview
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with Kathy and Michael Sussell, the system operators of New York City's
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Invention Factory BBS. The March issue was our second Special Gaming Issue
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and the Complete Shareware Gaming Catalog, which was now a separate file,
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looked at over 250 of the most popular Shareware games. In April, a series of
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articles began called "Computer Basics," which were written by local computer
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club activist Ed Garwood. That issue also featured a couple of comments from
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readers. John Zagar sent along an article called "Remembering Computers,"
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which sort of became the theme for the July issue. In August, the last in a
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long series of articles written by Paul Pollack was published. Paul has
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written some wonderful pieces, which have run in the magazine over the last
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couple of years. Paul moved on to other projects, but I would imagine we have
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not heard the last of him. The September issue was related to gambling and
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computer related gambling programs and was called a "Special Gamble 'zine
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Issue." Throughout the year, we continued to run extractions from ROTFL!
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Digest, an on-line humor magazine.
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What remains the biggest surprise and disappointment about this publication?
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The fact that so few people contribute to the magazine. I would publish
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virtually anything computer related, so people could generate some publicity
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for their endeavors. I am so thankful to those who do contribute, but am
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surprised that more people do not. Considering how long I have been at this,
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I guess I should not be surprised any longer. I guess it would not be an
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anniversary issue without me mentioning this frustration.
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What about the future? There is no reason to believe that the Pasco BBS
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Magazine will not be around for some time to come. A fifth anniversary issue,
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a tenth anniversary issue, who knows. It is hard to say. As long as I'm
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living in this area, and running a hobby BBS, the magazine should be published
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each month. Thanks again to everyone who has made it all possible.
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Nels Anderson's Arcanum Computing
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In the first issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine, popular Shareware author Nels
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Anderson was featured in an exclusive interview. Born in Connecticut, Nels
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Anderson moved to Massachusetts following graduation from Worcester
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Polytechnic Institute in 1978. He had jobs at Honeywell and Prime Computer,
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where he worked with Dan Linton and Dick Olsen, before going into
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Shareware/BBSing on a full-time basis in 1989. He released his first game Mah
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Jongg in 1987 and today, under the name Arcanum Computing, he has an entire
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line of Shareware Games. This article looks at the programs in the Arcanum
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Computing collection, along with a peek at his home page on the World Wide Web
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and his Xevious BBS. Some comments from Nels Anderson, extracted from the
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January 1993 issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine, have been included.
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GAME: Cipher, Cipher For Windows
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INITIAL RELEASE: Cipher 1990, Cipher for Windows 1991
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ABSTRACT: Cipher is a crypt-quotes type word puzzle game, similar to the
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puzzles that have appeared in newspapers for years in a variety of forms.
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A crypto-quote is where a phrase is written with one letter of the alphabet
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being substituted for another, forming a cipher. As its name implies, Cipher
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and Cipher For Windows are computerized versions of these puzzles. One
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problem with working a cipher on paper is that the trial and error involved
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just wears out the paper. A computer screen is much better for this task.
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With Cipher it's easy to try different letters, erase the ones that don't seem
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to work, start over from scratch and so on. Another problem with printed
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puzzles is that if you get stuck your only alternative is to look at the
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answer. With Cipher, you can get hints that will help you along without
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giving everything away. You have your choice of just how much help you want
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to get. Over 200 quotations are included with the registered game and
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additional puzzle collections are available.
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COMMENTS FROM NELS ANDERSON: "Very few game ideas are totally original and
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that's been the case with all my games. Cipher was taken right out of the
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newspaper puzzle section."
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GAME: Dragons Bane: Mah Jongg II
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1995
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ABSTRACT: This is a second generation version of the popular and addictive
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solitaire tile game Mah Jongg. Dragons Bane takes only a few minutes to learn
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to play, but winning is always a challenge. It is easy to play and filled
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with features. The game supports SVGA and VGA graphics, plus SoundBlaster and
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other sound cards. It includes many tile sets plus an editor to make your
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own. The program includes different board layouts and an editor for layouts
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too.
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GAME: EGATrek
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1988
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ABSTRACT: Even back in the early days of computers there were computer games.
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EGATrek is an updated version of one of the very first computer games. It
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plays the same, as those who experienced the original minicomputer versions
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will agree, but it has graphics updated for the '90's. EGATrek puts you in
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command of a starship in a battle to save the galaxy. A large invasion fleet
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has arrived and you alone are responsible for fighting off the invaders in
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your quadrant. You'll be kept busy figuring out battle strategy as you go
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from encounter to encounter. In addition, you'll need to find star bases to
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re-supply your ship. You may be called on to make rescues of other ships or
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planets. And you must do it all as quickly as possible without running out of
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fuel or getting your ship destroyed. This challenge has kept players coming
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back since the earliest days of computing. The game can be played at five
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difficulty levels, to suit the beginner or the expert. The highest level has
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been set to be almost unbeatable but expert players have been able to do
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it...maybe you can be one of them!
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COMMENTS FROM NELS ANDERSON: "EGATrek was inspired by the classic
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minicomputer game, one of the first computer games ever, that I've traced back
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at least as far as 1971."
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GAME: Mah Jongg
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1987
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ABSTRACT: Since its original release Mah Jongg has proven to be a very
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popular and even addictive solitaire game. It is very easy to learn to play,
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but always a challenge to win. All that is required is finding matching pairs
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of tiles from the selection placed face up on the playing surface. The game
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comes complete with a tile editor utility called Tile Maker that lets you
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create your own tile sets or edit an existing sets. In this way you can have
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your own customized version of this classic game.
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COMMENTS FROM NELS ANDERSON: "Mah Jongg was a computer game long before I did
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my version, though I did not know of any version for MS-DOS PCs when I first
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did mine. I guess Mah Jongg is still my favorite. Partially because it was
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my first, but also since it's one of the few games that I can play myself.
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One disadvantage of programming games is that the ones you create are often
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not much fun to play, since you already know all the tricks! The game was
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actually a combined learning experience rather than something that was
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originally intended as a product. I was trying to learn PCs, the C
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programming language, and how EGA graphics worked, all at the same time. My
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tinkering gradually developed into my Mah Jongg solitaire game."
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GAME: Second Guess
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1993
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ABSTRACT: Concentration solitaire is easy to play, but it is a good test of
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your memory. Starting with a board of tile pairs placed face down you must
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find the matching pairs. However, Second Guess is more than just a standard
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concentration solitaire game. It can be played competitively by two to four
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players, or you can play against the computer. Second Guess includes a tile
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editor.
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GAME: Shih Dao
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1994
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ABSTRACT: Shih Dao is a Windows based tile strategy game, which challenges
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the player to earn points by placing tiles of the same color or pattern next
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to each other. Built in hints can help you place tiles and players can look
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ahead at upcoming tiles to plan future moves. There is also graphical online
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help. Careful play will get you a high score, while careless moves will bring
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the game to a quick end. Finding four way matches will rack up the points.
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GAME: Shooting Gallery
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1990
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ABSTRACT: Shooting Gallery is a combination of target shooting games using
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colorful graphics and sound effects. Seven different rounds of shooting fun
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are included! From the arcade shooting range where its name comes from to
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skeet shooting to quick draw, Shooting Gallery has something for everyone.
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There's even a wild west shootout in the final round where you must pick off
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the bad guys.
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COMMENTS FROM NELS ANDERSON: "Shooting Gallery was suggested by a friend,
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though the real life shooting ranges it represents have been around for a long
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time."
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GAME: SuperFly
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1991
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ABSTRACT: The flies have invaded your house, along with a host of other
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insect pests. In SuperFly, you must use strategy plus quick reflexes to
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eliminate the insect menace! SuperFly includes 20 different levels, each of
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which requires a different strategy to complete. Armed with fly swatters and
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other objects you find during play you must swat your way around the house
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until you can get the Super Fly.
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COMMENTS FROM NELS ANDERSON: "SuperFly is actually an updated version of
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another pre-PC era computer game. Where I worked we had a programmable
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computer terminal (the screen and keyboard you use when connected to a
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minicomputer) and this terminal could play exactly one game: 'Fly.' The
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terminal did not support graphics, so the flies were just asterisks. A very
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simple game, it was still very addictive and many lunch hours were spent
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moving the cursor around swatting asterisks. SuperFly is a graphical version
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of basically the same game, though with multiple rounds, different bug types
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and other obstacles a lot has been added to the original concept."
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GAME: Tile Match
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1992
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ABSTRACT: Tile Match is a solitaire game that makes a great companion for Mah
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Jongg solitaire. It's based on concentration solitaire (also known as memory
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solitaire) and uses the same tile sets as Mah Jongg. The game is simple to
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play. You start with a group of tiles placed face down and the object is to
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find matching pairs as you turn the tiles over two at a time. Different board
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sizes and number of identical tiles make for a game that can be as easy or as
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difficult as you wish. It is not just solitaire either, it can be played by
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two to four players, or you can play against the computer. The game comes
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complete with a tile editor utility called Tile Maker that lets you create
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your own tile sets or edit an existing sets.
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NELS ANDERSON'S HOME PAGE
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URL: http://www.ultranet.com/~nels
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ABSTRACT: Nels Anderson's Home Page on the World Wide Web features
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information on Arcanum Computing and the latest versions of all the programs
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can be download there. He is also a fan of flight simulators and writes a
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column for MicroWINGS Magazine. The home page contains plenty of information
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on flight simulators, general aviation and weather resources, and contains
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links to related sites.
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COMMENTS FROM NELS ANDERSON: "One of my favorite activities is flight sims,
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and I started and am currently the host of the RelayNet (or RIME) flight sim
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conference. I still love playing computer games or using Microsoft Flight
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Simulator. In fact, a year ago I got my pilot's license--I needed an excuse
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to get out of the house more often, since spending a lot of time at home can
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be a disadvantage at times."
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XEVIOUS BBS
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TELEPHONE NUMBER: (508) 788-6951
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ABSTRACT: The Xevious BBS, located in Framingham, Massachusetts, is a full
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service bulletin board system offering over 20,000 MS-DOS and Windows files
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plus some 100 messages conferences, including RelayNet conferences. Xevious
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has been in operation since 1983 and Nels Anderson has been Sysop since 1985.
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The board is the support BBS for Arcanum Computer and specializes in flight
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simulators and aviation, with one of the best collections of such files to be
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found in any one place. Currently over 2,300 files on this topic are
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available for download. Xevious also has an exclusive collection of aviation
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photos available in the Xevious Aviation Gallery.
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COMMENTS FROM NELS ANDERSON: "The original Xevious was started by another
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fellow way back in 1983 and was located in Needham, Massachusetts. It was my
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favorite BBS. When he announced he was shutting down I talked it over with
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some of the other regular users and ended up buying the system from him and
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eventually moving it to my home in Framingham. It's been here since mid-1985.
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Originally the system was run on Apple II's, which is what I and all my
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friends had in the early 1980's. When my Shareware business got going I
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converted the BBS to MS-DOS computers and it's grown like crazy, right along
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with my Shareware business."
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NCSA - National Computer Security Association
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Message Networks: MustangNet USNet CoveNet Internet
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Official Bulletin Station of the ARRL - American Radio Relay League
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ATTENTION to Details BBS is managed in compliance with the
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Computer Basics
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---------------
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Written by Ed Garwood, Hudson, FL
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Deleting Files
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Volume in drive A has no label
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Volume Serial Number is 3920-15EC
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Directory of A:\
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POINTER <DIR> 10-27-96 9:23a
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SIMPLE TXT 4,659 10-29-96 2:20p
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SIMPLE2 TXT 4,659 10-29-96 2:20p
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SIMPLE3 TXT 4,659 10-29-96 2:20p
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BAD FILE TXT 4,659 10-29-96 2:21p
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BAD FILE 001 4,659 10-29-96 2:21p
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BAD FILE 002 4,659 10-29-96 2:21p
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DELETING TXT 4,659 10-29-96 2:23p
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NOGOOD3 TXT 961 10-27-96 9:09a
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DIR TXT 0 10-29-96 2:27p
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NOGOOD TXT 961 10-27-96 9:09a
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NOGOOD2 TXT 961 10-27-96 9:09a
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12 file(s) 35,496 bytes
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267,264 bytes free
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At one time or another, we find the need to delete one or more files from
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either our hard drive, or from a floppy disk. If it is a simple "run of the
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Mill" file, it should prove no problem. However, not all files are simple,
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and therefore do become problems.
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But, let's take the simple case first. Let's assume we have a file called
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"SIMPLE.TXT" on an A Drive Floppy. Go to the A Drive, and type
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DEL SIMPLE.TXT and press ENTER
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The file will probably disappear from the A Drive directory list. (If it
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doesn't, and you get an Error message, it was NOT a simple file, and we'll
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discuss that a little later.
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BUT, suppose you only use WINDOWS, not DOS. OK. Put the floppy in the A
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Drive, and Open up FILE MANAGER in Windows, and click on A (upper left corner
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of window). This will display the directory list of the A Drive floppy.
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Click on the file to be deleted. This will highlight that file. Click on
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FILE. Now click on DELETE. The DELETE window will open, displaying the name
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of the file you have highlighted. If you agree with the filename, click on
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OK. The CONFIRM DELETION box will now appear and ask you if you want to
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delete the file whose name appears. If you agree, click on YES. Now you can
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close the File Manager Box and go about your business. You may also wish to
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stop and reflect on why I prefer the simple commands of DOS to the long
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rigmarole of Windows.
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Now for the "Not so Simple" cases involving Error Messages.
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One of the most common error messages is "Access Denied." Why are you denied
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access to your own files, you wonder. Well, for one reason or another, some
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files are protected by something we call an ATTRIBUTE. Attributes are
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"System", "Hidden", or "Read Only."
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There are many reasons for attributes, some good, and some not so good. But,
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they are a fact of Life in computers. So, we must live with them. For
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instance, I have made my AUTOEXEC.BAT file, CONFIG.SYS file, and all of my DOS
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commands "Read Only" so I do not accidently delete them.
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Hidden files and System files have to do with the proper operation of your
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computer and its operating system. Hence, it is most unlikely that you may
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wish to delete them. If in doubt, DON'T.
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So, the file you have been unable to delete probably has a "Read Only"
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attribute. Assume you have a file named "NOGOOD.TXT" which you are unable to
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delete. At the prompt, type
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ATTRIB A:\NOGOOD.TXT and press ENTER
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and the screen will display the message:
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A R A:\NOGOOD.TXT
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The R means "Read Only," to remove the R attribute, just type
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ATTRIB A:\NOGOOD.TXT -R and press ENTER
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The Read Only attribute has been removed, and you may now delete the file.
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To do this in Windows, go to File Manager, click on A Drive, and in the file
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menu, choose the file. Then click on File and Click on Properties. This will
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bring up the properties window. At the bottom of this window are four boxes,
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marked Read Only, Archive, Hidden, and System respectively. There will
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probably be a "X" in the "Archive" box, which is normal. If there is a "X" in
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any other box, the file has that attribute. For instance, if there is a "X"
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in the Read Only box, the file is a read only file. To remove the read only
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attribute, put your mouse arrow on that box and click. The "X" will
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disappear. You may now delete that file.
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Another error message will say "Unable to find file." Either you have not
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spelled the file name (or the extension) correctly, or the file name is
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flawed. The latter situation occurs when you have a file name with a space in
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it. For instance, BAD FILE.TXT is a flawed file name because of the space
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between BAD and FILE, which is a definite NO-NO.
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There are two possible remedies here. In one case, rename the file by typing
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a "?" in the space. For instance, in DOS, type:
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REN BAD?FILE.TXT BADFILE.TXT and press Enter
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and then proceed to delete BADFILE.TXT. Or, you can type:
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DEL BAD?FILE.TXT and press ENTER
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In either case, the "?" acts as a 'wild card' entry as part of the file name.
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NOTE: Deleting BAD?FILE.TXT will work in Windows, BUT, renaming BAD?FILE.TXT
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cannot be done in WINDOWS
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You may delete a block of files all at once. For instance, if you have
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BADFILE1.TXT, BADFILE2.TXT and BADFILE3.TXT, you can delete BADFILE?.TXT and
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delete all three at once. Or, you could say Delete *.TXT which would delete
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ALL files with the .TXT extension. Be careful in this case and make certain
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that you do not inadvertently include a .TXT file which you do NOT want to
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delete.
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Editor's Note: Look for another installment of Computer Basics in next
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month's issue. Ed Garwood may be contacted by leaving a message on the Board
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of Trade BBS at (813) 862-4772. He is also active in the Pasco ComPats
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Computer Club. The club meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at
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the New Port Richey City Council Chambers at the intersection of Main and
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Madison Streets in New Port Richey, Florida. For more information about the
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Pasco ComPats Computer Club, contact club President Robert Donbar at (813)
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863-3963.
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º º
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º ßÛß ÛßßÛ ÛßßÛ Ûßßß ÛßÛ Ûßßß ÛßßÛ ÛßßÛ ÛßßÛ ßßÛßß Û Û ÛßÛßÛ º
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º Û Û Û Û Û Ûß ÛßßÛ ßßßÛ ÛßßÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û º
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º ßßß ß ß ß ß ßßßß ß ß ßßßß ß ß ß ß ßßßß ß ßßßß ß ß º
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º º
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º ÛßÛ ÛßÛ Ûßßß º
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º ÛßßÛ ÛßßÛ ßßßÛ º
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º ßßßß ßßßß ßßßß º
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º º
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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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º Ten Lines - (813) 848-6055 Voice - (813) 845-0893 º
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º telenet: sanctum.com º
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º READ THE PASCO BBS MAGAZINE AT: http://www.sanctum.com/pasco º
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ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
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ROTFL!
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------
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Computer humor courtesy of Sandy Illes
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The Way You Post E-Mail Reveals Your Personality (c)1995 Sandy Illes
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After years of scientific study and several minutes of profound thought, it
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has now been conclusively proven that the way you post e-mail reveals your
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personality! Why sit back and let others do the analyzing when you, too, can
|
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become a noted net psychologist?
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Lesson 1
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Sample: Were r all the warez, d00d?
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The person who wrote this is obviously a pathetic teenager who desperately
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needs a girlfriend, a life, and some spelling lessons. If you try to tell him
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|
that, he will respond by insulting your mother, calling you a fag, and
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threatening to upload a virus to your computer. In reality, he knows as much
|
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about viruses as, say, your cat - but he talks a good game of scare tactics.
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Lesson 2
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Sample: I need a copy of [insert name of commercial program here].
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This person is a lamer pirate, oblivious to the fact that large corporations
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(such as those that make commercial software) and government agencies
|
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regularly surf the nets. He knows as much about software as he does about
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discretion.
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Lesson 3
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Sample: [in a non-tech conference] Help! My modem doesn't work.
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While it is easy to pity someone whose modem doesn't work, it behooves me to
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ask: Exactly how did he get online without a modem? The fact that he was
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unable to read the conference name before posting a message to the entire free
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world makes me wonder if he even belongs online in the first place. This
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person probably took a week to find the turbo key on his computer and still
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doesn't know how to set his VCR. Never, ever, ask him any hardware questions
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because he will - God help you - try to answer them.
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Lesson 4
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Sample: So what are you wearing right now?
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This person is so incredibly lonely - not to even mention ugly -that he has to
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flirt with every person whose name sounds female. While he sits at the
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keyboard telling the object of his affection how good looking, smart, and
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talented he is, it's easy for him to forget that the recipient is probably
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some dorky 13-year-old boy who has chosen a female alias for a quick thrill.
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The only way to deal with people like this is to tell them where to find the
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x-rated GIF's.
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Lesson 5
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Sample: Why don't you just shut up, idiot?
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This person, fresh from Charm School, wants attention and is willing to become
|
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flamebait to make sure he gets noticed. The only way to deal with rude people
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like this is to find out who they really are, track them down, and shoot them
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like the dogs they are.
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Lesson 6
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Sample: You're false christian (sic) scum.
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You have just met Steve Winter, Fidonet's most intolerant and verbally abusive
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resident moderator. There is no way to deal with him so just forget it and
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move along to another conference.
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Lesson 7
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Sample: What kind of crap is this, you dumb etc., etc., etc.
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This person is obviously starved for attention and will do anything to get it.
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Never mind that the kind of attention is along the lines of "Do you EAT with
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that mouth???" he's happy that he's not being ignored. The best way to deal
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with him is to introduce him to Steve Winter.
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Lesson 8
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Sample: If you connect your modem to your food processor and set it to puree,
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you can connect to the Internet for free. This works best if you use a null
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modem cable and say 10 Hail Marys while making the sign of the Spam.
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This person is not in touch with reality. If they were, it would be even
|
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scarier for you. Ignoring them will not make them go away - the best thing
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you can do is reply and tell them that Elvis speaks to you through your
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toaster. The key is to be weirder than they are.
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Lesson 9
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Sample: Why does Michael Jackson shop at K-Mart? Because boy's pants are half
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off. Hahahahahaaaahahahahaaaaaa
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While this person thinks he is funny, in fact, he is telling the oldest net-
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joke known to man. Another variation is "What did Jeffrey Dahmer say to
|
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Lorena Bobbitt?" This person deserves to be flamed, not just because his
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jokes are prehistoric, but because he should have read backwards in the
|
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conference for 5 messages and then he could have seen his joke. Probably more
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than once. Ignoring him will not make him go away so your only recourse is a
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quick and clever flame.
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Editor's Note: Thank you to ROTFL Digest!, and its editor Sandy Illes for
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allowing the above to be reprinted from a prior issue of the on-line humor
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magazine. ROTFL Digest! is published by Access Media Systems, which may be
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contacted at (905) 847-7143, or (905) 847-7362. You may also email Sandy
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Illes at sandyi@pathcom.com, or visit their home page on the World Wide Web at
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http://www.pathcom.com/~sandyi.
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EFF Quote of the Month
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"Democracy is not a spectator sport."
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- Craig Wilson
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Editor's Note: The Electronic Frontier Foundation Quote of the Month is a
|
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collection of the wittiest and stupidest, most sublime and most inane comments
|
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ever said about cryptography, civil liberties, networking, government,
|
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privacy, and more. For more information on the Electronic Frontier
|
|
Foundation, contact the EFF via the Internet, phone, fax, or US Mail. The
|
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, 1001 G Street NW, Suite 950 E, Washington, DC
|
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20001, (202) 347-5400 (voice), (202) 393-5509 (fax), (202) 638-6119 (BBS),
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Internet: ask@eff.org.
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²²²²± ²²± ²²± ²²± ²²²²²²²± ²²± ²²± ²²²²± THE NEWS
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²²± ²²± ²²± ²²± ²²²± ²²± ²²± ²± ²²± ²²± ²²± ²²± DIRECTORY
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²²± ²²± ²²± ²²²²±²²± ²²±²± ²²± ²²± ²²²±
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²²± ²²± ²²±²²²²± ²²²²± ²²±²±²²± ²²²± A brief look
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²²± ²²± ²²± ²²²± ²²±²± ²²²²²²²± ²²²± at some of
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²²± ²²± ²²± ²²± ²²± ²²± ²²± ²± ²²²±²²²± ²²± ²²± the news of
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²²²²± ²²± ²± ²²± ²²± ²²²²²²²± ²²± ²²± ²²²²± the month
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The Tampa Tribune's site on the World Wide Web was named "Best Media Page of
|
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1996" by Windows magazine in their December issue. This site may be accessed
|
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at http://www.tampatrib.com. The Tampa Tribune began Tampa Bay Online, an
|
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area on the Prodigy commercial service, in August of 1994. They launched
|
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their World Wide Web efforts this past July.
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On December 6, the Supreme Court justices voted to review the controversial
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Communications Decency Act. Two judicial panels have declared the new law
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unconstitutionally vague, however, the Supreme Court granted an appeal by the
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Clinton Administration to review the case at the highest level. A ruling is
|
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not expected until next July.
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A recent survey found that the 36 million United States households hooked into
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the Internet make up almost 63% of the world's on-line community. Another
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study estimated that there are almost 9,000 different CD-ROM disks available
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for the PC.
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ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛ The ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Electronic ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Frontier ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ Ûß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ Ûß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Foundation ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Fighting for our on-line rights! ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ 1001 G Street NW, Suite 950 East, Washington, DC 20001 ÛÛÛ
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ÛÛÛ (202) 347-5400 (Voice), (202) 638-6120 (BBS), eff@eff.org (Internet) ÛÛÛ
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What is a ZIP File?
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The majority of the files found on bulletin boards are in the archive format,
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which always gives the novice BBS user problems with the first few downloads.
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Most people log on a board and download some great sounding program and cannot
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figure out how to get it to work. This leads to more calls to the boards,
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reading bulletins or paging Sysops, in an attempt to find out how to use this
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file they cannot wait to try. Since most bulletin boards use files with a
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.ZIP extension, users learn quickly about file compression.
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Why are almost all files on bulletins boards found in the compressed, or
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archive, format? There are basically two reasons. One reason is to compress
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the file's size, thus reducing the amount of time it takes to transfer the
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file via the modem connection. The other reason is to group all the files
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necessary to operate the program under a single name, so the caller does not
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have to download a bunch of different files to get one program to run.
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There are many different authors who have released archive programs, but the
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.ZIP format archive is by far the most common in the BBS world. Other file
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extensions include .ARJ, .LZH, .PAK, .ARC, .ICE, .ZOO, among others. When
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these archive utilities are downloaded they come in a self-extracting format,
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so you do not have to know any complicated commands to extract the files.
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Just type the file's name and the program will extract itself, provided that
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there is enough disk space. Each archive utility includes complete
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documentation on the program's operation.
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The commands for each archive utility differ slightly, but it is a relatively
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simple command line for extracting files from .ZIP files. The best thing to
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do is to place the archive utility's executable files, for example PKUNZIP.EXE
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and PKZIP.EXE, in your system's path. It is unfortunate, but most DOS manuals
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do not give a very good explanation of how the path works. By putting the
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utilities in your path, the commands will work anywhere on your system
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including diskette drives, so the utility does not have to be in the current
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directory to operate. Your root directory is always on your system's path, so
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copying PKUNZIP.EXE to C:\ will work if you do not have a thorough
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understanding of DOS's path. However, it is better to place all the utilities
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you wish to use universally on your system in a directory, for example C:\BIN,
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since a cluttered root directory will slow down your system. The path
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statement, which can be edited with any text editor, is found in your
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AUTOEXEC.BAT file. In the above example, you would add C:\BIN to the end of
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the path statement, but remember to separate all directories on the path with
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a semi-colon. For example:
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Old path - PATH C:\;C:\DOS
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New path - PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:\BIN
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If a file named PBM.ZIP was downloaded, the following is an example of how you
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would extract the files you just downloaded.
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PKUNZIP PBM C:\HOLD
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The above assumes that you wish to extract the files within PBM.ZIP to a
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directory called C:\HOLD. PBM could be replaced with any file name you might
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download and it is not necessary to type the .ZIP extension. C:\HOLD could
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also be replaced with the directory of your choice, or if you want to extract
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the files to the directory where PBM.ZIP currently resides, leave the
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directory off and just type PKUNZIP PBM.
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Under Windows, it is best to exit to DOS to unzip files. The unziping
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function can then be preformed as described for DOS. Recently, a Windows
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version of PKZIP has been released, which features a menu-driven interface for
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unziping files.
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There are other commands and many features included with the popular archive
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utilities, but this should get those first downloads unziped.
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Definition by Tom Gordon, New Port Richey, FL
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Mainframe -- Enclosure for a portrait of our easternmost contiguous state.
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³ For a list of the highlights from back issues of the Pasco BBS Magazine ³
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³ see the BACK.INF file distributed within the PBM archive. ³
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PBM Flashback - January 1993
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Popular Shareware game author Nels Anderson was featured in an exclusive
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interview in the first issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine in January of 1993.
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There is an article in this issue looking at his programs, which includes
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some of the comments he made in that interview four years ago. PBM Flashback
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also goes back to that first issue for more of that interesting interview.
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Here is how Nels Anderson responded when asked if he had any comments on how
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popular his games have become. Was he surprized or disappointed by the
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number of registered users?
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"I've been quite surprised at how many people have wanted to register my
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games. When I first released Mah Jongg I told my friends at work who had
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helped me with testing and suggestions, that if I ever made $100 off of it
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I'd take them all out to lunch. Well, my first registration arrived in
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about a week and it wasn't long before we had our lunch date. I started
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putting pins in a U.S. map where each registration came from, but it wasn't
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long before no more pins would fit in some areas! Even after five years I
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still think it's great that a system like this can work. I've had
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registrations from all fifty states and over fifty foreign countries as
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well. Amazing!"
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Editor's Note: PBM Flashback will appear on a regular basis in future issues.
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Each issue 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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² Board of Trade BBS New Port Richey, Florida ²
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² (813) 862-4772 12/24/48/96/144/28800 baud ²
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² The Hobby BBS for the Entire Family! ²
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² Pasco County's Information Source ²
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² Home of the Pasco BBS Magazine, DA BUCS and BBS Basics ²
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² Call here FIRST for the BEST in Shareware 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 February issue will be a Special Fiftieth Issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine.
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We will have some of the highlights from the first fourty-nine issues of this
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publication.
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Look for this special issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine, which will be available
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on, or before, January 22. Make sure you do not miss a single issue of Tampa
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Bay's oldest free on-line magazine!
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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 for
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any other use of the magazine files.
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By 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 submissions,
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however, this is normally only done to correct spelling or grammatical errors.
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The editor makes all determinations on what and when articles will run.
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Every effort is made to insure that all information contained within the Pasco
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BBS Magazine is accurate, but inadvertently mistakes can appear. The Pasco
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BBS Magazine, Board of Trade BBS or Richard Ziegler cannot be held liable for
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information contained within this document. It is intended that this magazine
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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 fashion
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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 1996 Richard Ziegler - All Rights Reserved
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