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BTN: Birmingham Telecommunications News
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COPYRIGHT 1988
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January 1989 Volume 2, Issue 1
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Table Of Contents
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Article Title Author
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Policy Statement and Disclaimer................Mark Maisel
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Editorial Column...............................Mark Maisel
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Swiss Army Shell...............................Mark Maisel
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Whatever Happened To...(A Response)............Bill Freeman
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Styles Of Sysoping, etc........................David Shockey
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Amiga On The Loose.............................Richard Foshee
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Profile: Jay Enterkin.........................Chris Mohney
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The Dixie SysNet...............................Bill Freeman
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Message Board..................................Barry Bowden
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Known BBS Numbers..............................Mark Maisel
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Disclaimer and Statement of Policy for BTN
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We at BTN try our best to assure the accuracy of articles and
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information in our publication. We assume no responsibility for
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damage due to errors, omissions, etc. The liability,if any for BTN, its
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editors and writers, for damages relating to any errors or omissions,
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etc., shall be limited to the cost of a one year subscription to BTN,
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even if BTN, its editors or writers have been advised of the likelihood
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of such damages occurring.
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With the conclusion of that nasty business, we can get on with our
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policy for publication and reproduction of BTN articles. We publish
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monthly with a deadline of the fifteenth of the month prior to
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publication. If you wish to submit an article, you may do so at any
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time but bear in mind the deadline if you wish for your work to appear
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in a particular issue. It is not our purpose to slander or otherwise
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harm a person or reputation and we accept no responsibility for the
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content of the articles prepared by our writers. Our writers own their
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work and it is protected by copyright. We allow reprinting of articles
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from BTN with only a few restrictions. The author may object to a
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reprint, in which case he will specify in the content of his article.
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Otherwise, please feel free to reproduce any article from BTN as long as
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the source, BTN, is specified, and as long as the author's name and the
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article's original title are retained. If you use one of our articles,
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please forward a copy of your publication to:
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Mark Maisel
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Editor, BTN
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221 Chestnut St.
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BHM, AL 35210-3219
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We thank you for taking the time to read our offering and we hope that
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you like it. We also reserve the right to have a good time while doing
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all of this and not get too serious about it.
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Editorial
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by Mark Maisel
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I certainly hope that everyone has enjoyed the holidays. I, for
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one, am glad that they are over as I work for the Post Office and we
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experience our peak of business at this time. It is extremely difficult
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to run and visit relatives every evening until late at night and be
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expected to get up at 5 a.m. and go to work! Sorry to be a bit late
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with this issue but the holidays took its toll on our contributors as
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well. We hope that you will find this issue well worth the wait.
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We have an excellent selection for you this month which you should
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find amusing and stimulating. SAS or Swiss Army Shell, which has been
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floating about on some local boards is reviewed by me in its latest
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revision. Bill Freeman has made two contributions this month. One is a
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rebuttal to Christian Minton's article last month on Pay boards and the
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other is an invitation to a meeting that I will leave for you to
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discover. Suffice it to ask, is this an idea whose time has come? We
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have some great humor from David Shockey in regards to the management
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styles of some of our local sysops. I am sure that you will find this
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very amusing, providing you are not one of the victims! We have a plug
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for the Commodore Amiga, a powerful graphics machine, from Richard
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Foshee. Jay Enterkin fell to the ProFile harvest of Chris Mohney this
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time around. Watch out as you could be next. As usual, we close our
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issue with Message Board from Barry Bowden and our Known BBS Numbers.
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In the upcoming year, I will be sharing editorial space with anyone
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who wishes the opportunity. I will be working on a series of articles
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for BTN overviewing each system in town. It will be a bit time
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consuming so if you have something you want to say, then you have your
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chance to do so in the editorial. All you need to do is contact me on
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EZNET and we can make necessary arrangements. If you would like to help
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with the series, I welcome any assistance and/or suggestions that might
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come my way. One other project that I am considering is the expansion
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of our Known BBS Numbers list to include much more information than it
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currently carries. If you would like to give me your feelings on this
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item, then please do so through EZNET. Until whenever, have fun!
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***LAST MINUTE ADDITION***
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The Birmingham Business Board has been down due to hardware
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problems. It will be reincarnated as The Professional's Board and it
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will begin operation 1/12/89. Please be on the lookout for it. When
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you see it, please take the time to try the new BTN Reader Door. This
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door is the work of the sysop, Joe McDonald, and he and I both hope that
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it will make reading BTN easier for his users.
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SAS: Swiss Army Shell version 1.13x
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An Overview & Review
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by Mark Maisel
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Swiss Army Shell, hereafter referred to as SAS, is a DOS shell for
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machines that use MS-DOS. It is an easy to use shell that will not
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limit an advanced user while also providing a simple method of
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communicating with DOS for the neophyte. SAS offers all kinds of file
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manipulation allowed by DOS and does so in a flexible manner. SAS was
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written by a local programmer by the name of Steve Lee. Steve placed
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SAS onto the ST BBS as shareware and I highly encourage you to take a
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look at it if you use a DOS shell of any kind.
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SAS, as previously stated, supports a variety of operations on
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files that most shells will perform. It has one more that I have not
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seen in that it will manipulate ARC files. Archive management is
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extremely handy, especially for those who are afraid of or don't
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understand the cryptic method of using an ARC program from DOS. This
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function makes handling ARC files as easy as possible. If it were any
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easier, it would have to be illegal.
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Once you call up SAS, it creates a file in your root directory to
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help it work faster. This file must be updated with a command each time
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you make a change to your directory structure. The display for SAS is
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visually appealing and easy to follow. Two panels, left and right
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respectively, offer the names of your current drive's directories and
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your current directory's files. The left panel presents your
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directories in a graphic tree form and the right presents your files
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with filename.ext and no other information. The bottom four lines of
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the screen contain information on the current drive, directory, and
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file. This method makes viewing an overwhelming amount of information a
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simple and understandable task. To move between directories and files
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requires a few keystrokes. The response time is incredible when moving
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around on a hard disk.
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There are two ways, aside from quitting the program, to run
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programs from SAS. If a file is one that can be run, highlight it and
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press "X" and then "Enter". If you must have the DOS prompt, then you
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can shell back to DOS from SAS. If you are working with files that are
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not executables, then "H" is the only key I will mention specifically.
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It calls up an extensive list of commands for SAS.
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Flexibility is another strong point of SAS. Viewing, editing, and
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finding of files is supported though none of these functions is coded
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into SAS. SAS allows you to choose your own favorite file viewer,
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editor, and finder for use with it. Recommended utilities for
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performing these jobs are, Vern Buerg's LIST, your favorite text editor,
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and PKFIND. SAS uses PKARC and PKXARC to perform its tricks with ARC
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files so you will need them as well. SAS will behave just like any DOS
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shell without any of these programs but in order to be fully functional,
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you should have these other programs in your path. All that is required
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of you to use any of these programs from within SAS is to highlight or
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tag the file(s) to be acted on and press the appropriate key for the
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action. The first thing I found in SAS that I did not care for, though
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it is no big problem, is that you must use certain filenames for your
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utilities in order for SAS to use them. If you use other than LIST,
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EDIT, PKFIND, PKARC, PKXARC, then those functions will not work. I
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would prefer to see a setup program where the names of the utilities can
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be given to SAS rather than limiting me to certain names. This is
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picky, assuredly, but I often work from DOS and I am too lazy to
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remember the names that SAS uses for my utilities.
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Without giving too much away, I think that SAS is a useful addition
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to my software library. I do use it on a regular basis and I think that
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you will also find it worthwhile. The ARC functions are particularly
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nice. I have only one complaint aside from the one I made earlier and
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that is the lack of mouse support. I am a heavily mouse dependent
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person and I enjoy the quickness and flexibility they offer. I have
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been in contact with the author and he tells me that mouse support is in
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the works. He also says that macro capabilities will be added in the
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near future. This version I have been testing for the past two months
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is not a release version and the most current version I have seen on
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boards in town is version 1.1. Be on the lookout for a version 1.5,
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hopefully, very soon. I will definitely grab one as soon as possible.
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Whatever Happened to... (a response...)
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by Bill Freeman
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I beg your pardon, Christian. Most of the SysOps around town, both
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PAY and Non-pay boards, still run their boards because of the enjoyment
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that the hobby provides. By classifying the boards the way you have,
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you are being somewhat unfair. There are advantages and disadvantages to
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having a "PAY" board, and I want to point some of them out to you.
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Our board is a "free" board that also has subscription accounts
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available to its users, with all the users coming into the board for the
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first time starting out on an equal footing. We use a file ratio system
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to make sure that users are encouraged to replace what they take, so
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that the system grows, the users can take more, and will (in a circular
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way) have more to offer back to the board. Of course it doesn't always
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work this way, as human nature drives us all to take more than we give
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back. We do try to structure these ratios so that someone who can't pull
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his weight in returning new files to the system (new users who are just
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getting started) can enter the system and not be penalized while they
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gather files.
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One method that new users should use is to make master lists of the
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files from all the bulletin boards they use, then compare these lists to
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determine who has what, and then plan to play the role of broker:
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downloading a file here or there and re-uploading it to another system
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to build up a healthy ratio. This is a lot of trouble for the user,
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though.
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A justification for requiring users to help out in bringing new
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files to the board is to prevent stagnation: to keep interesting new
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things coming into the file areas of the board. This approach serves the
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BBS community better than the "take what you need, we'll settle later"
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approach because of the human nature aspect I mentioned a minute ago. As
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you point out in your article, the subscription approach can be
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confining and coercive. The people that most perceive these limitations
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are the ones who do not follow the responsible user profile. Several
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users on our system upload many more files than they take down, and I'd
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bet they like the system of having a ratio. They have very high security
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levels and extended access as a rule.
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Now, what about the user that doesn't want to bother with "counting
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calories" (oops, that should be files!)... Well, the subscription mode
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of the board gives them an avenue to support the service that supports
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them, not having to worry about counting anything. Our rates are low on
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the average, only $25/year buys a subscription. A year is a fairly long
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time, and $25 for 32850 minutes (547 hours) of potential use ain't bad
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now, is it? The subscription accounts let users feel like they have a
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vital interest in a board, and share a fraternal relation with the SysOp
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in running the board.
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You point out that "SysOps should either pay to run their own
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boards or get out" of the kitchen. If the SysOp is running his board
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with intentions of having FULL control over it, I guess you're right.
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Problem is, when your board starts approaching a half gig (500
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megabytes), it is difficult if not impossible for a single person on a
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law students income (personal experience here folks) to run the system.
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As I said earlier, when a system gets to be that size, a chunk of the
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users want to have an elite status on the system, and a subscription
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system is the most fair way to do this.
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Does a SysOp get rich running a BBS? No, I don't think so. In fact,
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we have a very hard time paying the bills most of the time. I'd be
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guessing, but I don't believe ANY board in Birmingham would have a
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windfall from subscription dues. They are, for us, barely enough to pay
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for the phone lines. The equipment that runs our board, by and large,
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was put there by a small group of three people that run The Connection,
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and subscriptions don't even touch the cost of things like 225 Mb hard
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disks (look them up in Computer Shopper!).
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If running a big board is so much a hassle, why in the hell do you
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do it? Because it is enjoyable. We have some extremely heated debates
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now and then, and I get to see the newest software first-hand. Its also
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very much like a coffee shop, and SysOps get to hear the gossip around
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town first. This has its bad points too, especially when you end up
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being the butt of the gossip. Was it P. T. Barnum that said he'd take
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the bad publicity with the good? Sometimes I understand what he meant.
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The bad aspect I can see about the system we are using in running
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our board is that it forces smaller boards to compete in more refined
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areas. A small board usually is SysOp-supported because it doesn't have
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the "oomph" to draw the subscription dollars. This makes these boards
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less stable, and more likely to go down over the course of time. The
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small boards often seem overwhelmed at the task of matching their
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competition. Some boards fight this problem by being very specific in
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their purpose, providing only a message base on a particular topic, or
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limited files in a given area. I guess this can be as much an asset (to
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an optimistic small board) as a liability. On the plus side of the
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SysOp-supported BBS, the owner/SysOp has the freedom to do with his BBS
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what he wants to. Subscription services give up much of this freedom.
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The way I see it, those guys that are running a strictly business
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BBS are even doing a service to the community. They are pushing back the
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boundaries of the hobby (sometimes going too far and then hearing angry
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cries from users - sometimes bringing a new service to the community
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they serve). Now, I've tried to talk about the "why" of a subscription
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BBS. Perhaps you believe that in the fraternity of BBS users, there
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should be no subscription services. In a Utopian BBS community, I'd
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agree with you, and it would be nice. In the real world, though, people
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have to work together to accomplish great things, and in my opinion
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running a subscription side to the "free" board we provide is a means to
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that end.
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Wouldn't the abolition of the large subscription boards be a
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reactionary approach that would return us to smaller, more limited BBS
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systems, instead of serving to increase the options available to users?
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I think it would, and I don't think this would be in the best interest
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of the BBS community. A subscription to a bulletin board is an option
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for the user. Sometimes, if we accidentally encroach upon a person's
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feelings by being too strict, it is up to that person to let us know. I
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think that most people still believe that SysOps, even the subscription
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ones, want to be nice guys too.
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STYLES OF SYSOPING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A USER
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by David Shockey
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Lately I have been doing extensive research on the styles of Birmingham
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sysops and co-sysops. I have compared the styles of our sysops to those
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in other parts of the country and I'm here to tell you that we users
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have a pretty strict and boorish bunch to deal with. What we think is a
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friendly sysop here in Birmingham would be considered intolerable in
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cities like New York or San Diego. I think that after you read some of
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the facts that I have gathered about our local sysops you will agree.
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Take for instance, Ice Princess of the "Point of No Return". The Ice
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Princess believes that all users, deep down in their hearts, want to be
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abused. You realize this when you are greeted by the familiar "Do you
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want graphics?" message. If you reply N to this seemingly innocent
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query then her BBS program answers "Too bad worm!" and your screen fills
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with garbage. If you are looking for files to download then the
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Princess has many and she encourages you to try them all with no penalty
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for your download/upload ratio. If you have ever read "THE DIRTY
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DOZEN", the list of virus and trojan programs that is published and
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distributed periodically by Eric Newhouse, then you have seen the
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Princess' file listing. She sometimes changes her number without notice
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so that she can determine who her most loyal users are. She feels that
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only the users that have a sincere desire for humiliation will spend the
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time and effort to get the new number and call again. Currently she has
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changed to an unlisted number, has anyone tracked it down yet?
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Then there is "The Pinson Valley Board" run by David Alge. David is
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also something of a sadist but he can be dealt with, unlike the
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Princess. The way to get around Dave is to leave a message every day
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telling him how great his board is and how grateful you are that he has
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allowed you to get on his great board. If you do not leave the messages
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then Dave purges your name from the validated list. This may not sound
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too bad at first, but, purged users on Dave's board get only 1 minute
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per day when they return. Add to that the requirement to fill out the
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137 question questionnaire for validation and you should get the point.
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Copious begging via ECHO can usually get you back on within six months.
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Dave figures that this process weeds out everyone but the users who
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really want to be on the best bulletin board in Pinson Valley.
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It couldn't get any worse than that right? Wrong! "The Connection BBS",
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run by Bill Freeman, has the capability to switch languages. You might
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think that this is great since now people that speak other languages can
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use the board also. The truth is that absolutely no one uses this
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feature but Bill, who uses it to punish users that write messages that
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displease him. For instance, just because I said that Michael Dukakis
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was a weenie I now have no choice but to sign on to his board using
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ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. If I were a weenie like the Duke then I
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would complain about it.
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Speaking of complaints. How many of you that use "America Online" have
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noticed what a nice guy Rocky Rawlins seems to be and what a vicious
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Nazi Tom Egan is? Tom Egan's answer to most users that have a problem or
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complaint is "go to hell!". Well I have it on good authority (a certain
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redhead named Natashia who has a ummm ... dominant personality and a
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leather fetish) that there is no such person as Tom Egan. Rocky just
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uses the persona of the non-existant co-sysop when he wants to tell
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someone to "go to hell!". She tells me that he even changes clothes and
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speaks with a different voice when he assumes the Tom personality. Very
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strange.
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The most extreme case is Bob (psuedonymn) who runs a private board. If
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you irritate Bob then he will have an FCC agent come out to your home
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with a bonafide search warrant and they will confiscate your modem. Then
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the FCC agents will roam around your neighborhood asking your neighbors
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whether or not they have ever seen you doing anything strange such as
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wearing clothing of your opposite sex. (Everybody lives close to some
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old lady with binoculars, and the guys at the FCC know this.) I don't
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know where he gets this kind of clout but I'm not so sure that I want to
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know either. (Rumor is that he's ex-CIA.)
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How about that "LZ Birmingham", hosted by Loren Levson and various other
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ex-Hitler Youth? At LZ they have three levels of conferences. The
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pretense is that anyone can use the main conference, only veteran
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supporters get to use the Supporters conference, and only actual
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veterans get to use the Veteran's conference. This is (if I may use the
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words of Brett Thorn) "blatant bullshit". I had access to the other
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conferences at one time and all they do in the other conferences is plot
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new strategies for textually assaulting the unsuspecting "liberal pinko
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fags" that sign on to the main conference. I was "exterminated" from
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the higher level conferences when they found out that I once dated a
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girl whose mother was present at a peace rally back in October of 1965.
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How's that for strict?
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I don't know about the rest of you but I think that we users should not
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put up with this kind of abuse. I think that we should stand up for our
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user rights and demand considerate treatment. A boycott is what we
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need! We could arrange an hour of modem silence just as a warning. Let
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me know what you think. My name is Fred Smith and I can be reached on
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the "The Jokes on You BBS", 24 hours at 930-5689. The Joke BBS gives
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unlimited time on all ten nodes with no bothersome upload/download
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ratio. What is better, IT HAS NO SYSOP! You see, it runs on a
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Timex-Sinclair 1000 that made its way to the the Jimmie Hale mission
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after it was struck by lightning at a nuclear waste site that was
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visited by extraterrestrials. But that's another story.
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Amiga on the Loose
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(c) 1988 by Richard Foshee
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There seem to be a lot of people in the computing community that are
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curious about this relatively new machine by Commodore Business
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Machines, so here I am to try and help you all understand what the Amiga
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is, and hopefully some information about it.
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Approximately 4 years ago, Commodore released this "fantastic" new
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machine that was capable of amazing computing power never before seen in
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a micro computer. These included, literally thousands of colors
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(actually shades of colors), a multi-tasking operating system, and
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multitudes of expandability options. At this same time, Atari was about
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to release it's new machine, that would supposedly keep them up with
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Commodore, but that's another article all together.
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As the Amiga became better known, and Commodore's user base grew, rumors
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began to surface about it, and a lot of these rumors were circulated as
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absolute fact. Some of these rumors were, the Amiga was a nice GAME
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machine, and was not capable of anything else, or that it was extremely
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limited in a variety of other areas. But enough of the rumors, here is
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some absolute fact.
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The Amiga uses a Motorola 68000 chip, as it's central processor, and is
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capable of producing 4096 shades of colors in HAM mode (Hold And
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Modify), which is a special graphics mode that allows the machine to
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display all 4096 colors simultaneously. It also has several other
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graphics modes, in which, 32 colors are the maximum allowed. Although
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now there are many paint programs that use what is called "Extra Half
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Brite Mode" which will allow up to 64 colors to be shown.
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All of the Amiga's, in addition to the 68000 chip, have three additional
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chips, which each have a specific job to perform, totally independent of
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the 68000 itself. Because of these chips, the 68000 can perform
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whatever function is required of it, while the other 3 can perform there
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own thing. These chips are, a graphics, animation, and stereo sound
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chip, as well as a blitter chip, which assists in drawing graphics.
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The Amiga has a clock speed of 7.16 MHZ, which is quite enough for
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whatever tasks you may set before it. The Amiga, when first released,
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could access up to 8.0 MEGS of RAM, this has since been upgraded to 9.5
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MEG. All Amiga model's come with an internal 880K disk drive, and more
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can be added fairly inexpensively.
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For the first time, Commodore has used industry STANDARD ports on their
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machines, a definite turnaround for CBM. Due to this change, Commodore
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machines can now use a great many extras previously not available to the
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earlier Commodore machines, such as hard disks, modems, and printers,
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without having to spend that extra money on interfaces.
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Well, I see this article is getting a bit long, so I will have to finish
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up. There are currently 3 Amiga models in release, with more coming
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soon. There should be at least one model in anyone's price range.
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Ranging from $500 and up for the Amiga 500, or if you have an
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extravagant taste, the Amiga 2000 starting at $2195 (Suggested retail).
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If you get the change to see a demonstration of any Amiga, don't miss
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it, you won't regret the experience.........
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If anyone has any questions or comments, address your comments to
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CoSysop One on the Pinson Valley BBS.......
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PRO FILE
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by Chris Mohney
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The Pro File is a short, half-serious biographical sketch given to various
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computer telecommunications personalities around Birmingham. Victims are
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selected randomly from a group of names put into the notorious Hat. Anyone
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who thinks himself brave or witty enough may petition for admittance to the
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Hat by leaving E-Mail to me (Chris Mohney, most boards around town) to that
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effect. Anyone who wishes to suggest more questions or sneakily nominate
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someone without their knowledge may take the same route ....
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Pro File on JAY ENTERKIN
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Age: 30
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Birthplace: Panama City, Florida
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Occupation: System Support Analyst
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My hobbies include: Reading, tennis, hiking, frisbee, photography,
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strategy games, coin collecting, and of course BBS's and computers.
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Years telecomputing: less than one year (since 3/88)
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Sysop, past of: NEMESIS Private Host
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My oddest habit is: I have too many unusual habits to single one out.
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My greatest unfulfilled ambitions are: to be an outstanding parent,
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to get in top shape (physically fit) and to write a book.
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My favorite performers are: Rolling Stones (at least thru 1981).
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The last good movie I saw was Windwalker.
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The last good book I read was The President's Wife (about Rachel Jackson).
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If they were making a movie of my life, I'd like to see my part played by:
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Ben Murphy, in de-elevator shoes, or Michael J. Fox in elevator shoes.
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My pet peeves are: bureaucratic red tape, network television, arrogance,
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crowds, waiting in line, parents who behave worse than their children but have
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no patience with them.
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When nobody's looking, I like to: rock out with 60s and 70s music.
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The Dixie SysNet
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by Bill Freeman
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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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% Dixie SysNet SysOp Meeting %
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% %
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% For ALL Bulletin Board System Operators %
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% %
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% Saturday, January 14th 9:00 AM %
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% %
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% Shoney's Restaurant %
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% 412 18th Street South %
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% Birmingham, Alabama %
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% Topics to be discussed: %
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% %
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% Bulletin Board Publicity: How to %
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% Let Users Know Your Board is There. %
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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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The Dixie SysNet: what is it? All who have seen the welcome screen
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to The Connection BBS have seen it proudly proclaimed that it is a
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member of The Dixie SysNet. Until now, it has not been a whole lot.
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After meeting with several sysops and users at a BTN gathering and
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contacting several local boards, The sysop of The Connection, Bill
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Freeman, is going to try to establish a formal organization for local
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sysops. Just what this organization will provide is still to be
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answered, hopefully by a consensus among those present at the
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aforementioned meeting. There have been several good ideas tossed
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around for discussion at the meeting. Sharing information on bbs
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related subjects and providing advice and assistance to new sysops are
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but a few of the topics that have been mentioned by Bill and others who
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have expressed an interest in his idea.
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If you have any interest in this idea, please make every attempt to
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attend this meeting as its outcome may vastly improve the potential for
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telecommunications business and fun in Birmingham. If you just would
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like to meet some sysops, yes they are human, for the most part, then
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you may attend for that reason alone. Keep an open mind and see what
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happens!
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PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND! IF YOU CAN READ THIS, THEN YOU ARE INVITED!
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MESSAGE BOARD
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by Barry Bowden
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J A N U A R Y
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1 9 8 9
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S M T W T F S
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!1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !
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!New Year's! ! ! ! ! ! !
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!Day ! ! ! ! ! ! BAC !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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!8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! BCCC ! ! CCS-C64/ ! ! ! ! BAC !
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! ! ! C128 ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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!15 !16 !17 !18 !19 !20 !21 !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! !Martin ! CSS-Amiga! � ! BEPCUG ! BAC !
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! !Luther ! ! ! ! ! !
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! !King, Jr. ! ! ! ! ! !
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! !Day ! ! ! ! ! !
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!22 !23 !24 !25 !26 !27 !28 !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! BCCC ! ! CSS-C64/ ! ! ! ! BAC !
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! ! ! C128 ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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!29 !30 !31 ! ! ! ! !
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BEPCUG CCS
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Birmingham East PC Users Group Commodore Club South
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Jefferson State Jr. College Springville Road Library
|
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RUBY Carson Bldg. 1st Floor-Computer Lab Huffman, Alabama
|
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3rd Friday of Every Month 2nd and 4th Tuesday (C64/C128)
|
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5:30PM to 9:00PM 3rd Monday (Amiga)
|
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Paula Ballard 853-1200,ext 1463 (Days) 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
|
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Maurice Lovelady 684-6843
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BCCC BAC
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Birmingham Commodore Computer Club Birmingham Apple Core
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P. O. Box 59564 POB 5542
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Birmingham, Alabama 35259 Birmingham, Alabama 32555
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UAB School of Ed. Bldg. Room 153 Regular meetings - 1st Sunday
|
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2nd and 4th Sundays UAB Building #2, Rm 115 at 2PM
|
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Starts at 2:00 PM Informal get-every Saturday
|
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Emmett Ferretti 823-3987 morning at 8:30AM at the
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Rusty Hargett 854-5172 Kopper Kettle in the Brookwood
|
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annex next to AC3
|
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Boris Datnow, Bill Bankson
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P. O. Box 5542, Birmingham,
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AL 35255
|
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Thomas Woods 664-0708
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If you belong to or know of a user group that is not listed, please let
|
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us know by sending E-Mail to me, Barry Bowden, on The Bus System BBS.
|
|
Please leave the following information :
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User Group Name
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Meeting Place
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Meeting Time(Day/date,Time)
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Contact Person
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Any Other Important Information
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Known BBS Numbers For The Birmingham Area
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NAME NUMBER BAUD RATES SUPPORTED
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68FREE 933-7518 300, 1200
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America Online Nodes 1-3 324-0193 300, 1200, 2400
|
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America Online Node 4 251-2344 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
American BBS 674-1851 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Bus System BBS 595-1627 300, 1200, 2400
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Channel 8250 785-7417 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Club Phoenix 942-0252 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
D3 Systems BBS 663-2759 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Duck Pond BBS 822-0956 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Elite Empire 967-8479 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Fortress BBS 664-9040 300, 1200
|
|
Joker's Castle 744-6120 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
LZ Birmingham 870-7770 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Magnolia BBS 854-6407 300, 1200, 2400, 9600
|
|
Nouveaux BBS 871-5551 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Pinson Valley Node 1 854-9661 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Pinson Valley Node 2 854-9662 300, 1200, 2400, 9600
|
|
Primary One 853-1175 300, 1200
|
|
ProSoft Systems BBS 853-8718 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Role Player's Paradise 631-7654 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Smitty's BBS 849-7349 300, 1200
|
|
ST BBS 836-9311 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Sperry BBS 853-6144 300, 1200, 2400, 9600
|
|
The Connection Node 1 854-9074 1200, 2400
|
|
The Connection Node 2 854-2308 1200, 2400
|
|
The Outer Limits 969-3262 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
The Professional's Board 856-0679 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
The Realm Of Tarot BBS 870-7776 300, 1200
|
|
Twilight Zone 856-3783 300, 1200
|
|
Willie's DYM Node 1 979-1629 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Willie's DYM Node 2 979-7739 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Willie's RBBS 979-7743 300, 1200, 2400
|
|
Ziggy Unaxess 991-5696 300, 1200
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