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BTN: Birmingham Telecommunications News
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COPYRIGHT 1988
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January 1989 Volume 2, Issue 2
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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...............................Randy Hilliard
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Our Local Bulletin Board Systems...............Mark Maisel
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Profile........................................Chris Mohney
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From The Kitchen...............................Chez Stephan
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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,
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its 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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Guest Editorial
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By Randy Hilliard
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When Mark offered (requested) that I write the editorial for this
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issue I agreed before finding out that I really had to do something
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like write an editorial (I should have known better; I've dealt with
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this scoundrel before.) I always thought that editors were these
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highly paid, under worked leaches with a severe god complex who sat
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around having flunkies (and writers) do everything for them while
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they took the credit.
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After I learned of my duties Mark told me "Be very careful on your
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delivery." O.K. How about this:
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Hyuk! Hyuk! Hyuk! Well hullo kids....
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Nah, I can do better than that:
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Hello boys and girls. Welcome to Mr. Rogers neighborhood! Can you
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say "Neato?" I didn't think so. I wouldn't have said it either.
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Hmmm... Maybe I can't do better.
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This issue of BTN has followed the standards that the staff of the
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BTN have tried so hard to maintain in our previous issues. In short
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it is well written (nah, we ain't prejudiced in our favor),
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interesting (we hope), varied (you find a relationship between
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burgers & BBS's), late (as always), and best of all; CHEAP!
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In this issue Mark has started his sojourn into our local Bulletin
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Boards by visiting The Bus BBS, Chris Mohney has provided an
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interesting profile on a local legend (Rocky Rawlins), Chez Stephan
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has brought his 'Kitchen' article back with advice on burgers, Barry
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Bowden has given us the February calender of local events, and Mark
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appears again with his local BBS numbers list. I had a very
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informative 30 meg article I was going to add to it but I figured
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that I'd let this editorial take its place instead (could you imagine
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30 megs of this drivel?).
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Evidently Mark caught some flack from one of the articles in the
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last issue of BTN. As you read this issue (or any of the others)
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please remember that as fledgling writers we are prone to use very
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tongue-in-cheek humor; It is not our intent to maliciously offend
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anyone. Please take and read these articles in the spirit in which
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they were written. Even the articles written by Michele Cahoon and
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Bubba Flavel were in jest albeit we found later that some had taken
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them seriously. With this in mind enjoy this issue! If you have
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questions or comments about this or any other issue then leave a
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message to the author of the article or to Mark Maisel by way of
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EZNET.
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Randy Hilliard
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* From the desk of Mark Maisel *
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* *
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* PLEASE READ *
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* BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED THIS MONTH, I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE *
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* TO STOP AND READ THIS AS THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION AMONG OUR *
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* READERS! *
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* Last month, we published "Styles Of Sysoping, etc" and apparently *
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* some people got the wrong idea. This article was intended *
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* strictly as humor and there was no intent to harm anyone's *
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* character or feelings. If there is some doubt about this, please *
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* feel free to read the editorial included in BTN9. From time to *
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* time, we will make fun of each other and for that reason, we must *
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* all keep an open mind and eye. Thank you for your time and now *
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* back to BTN10! *
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* Maisel *
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Our Local Bulletin Board Systems
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Number One In A Series
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by Mark Maisel
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Name: The Bus System
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Sysop: Tim Straughn
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Software: PC Board 12.1/D (going to 14.0/D as soon as EZNET is ready)
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Been Around: 14 months
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Baud Rates: 300-2400
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Bulletins: Programmer Humor, General System Information
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Conferences: 2 freelance discussion conferences - Immortals & Reviews
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EZNET - local PC Board network mail
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Writers' Conference for BTN - the newsletter you are
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now reading
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Computers Supported: IBM & Assorted Clones
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Files Available: variety of shareware and public domain offerings
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transfers are disabled from 6 pm until midnight
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Doors Available: Card Guppies, Bay Street Bulls, PKX Door, ProDoor
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Special Information: Host and co-author of EZNET
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Q. Why did you start your BBS?
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A. Curiosity.
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Q. What has been your greatest reward from running your BBS?
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A. The learning experience dealing with PCs, telecommunications, and
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communications in general.
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Q. What are your greatest regrets and annoyance associated with running a
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BBS?
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A. Maintaining file libraries is the biggest annoyance in running a BBS.
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Another bad one is users who call me with questions on my voice line.
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Q. What are your future plans for the BBS?
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A. I plan to get EZNET upgraded to handle all versions of PC Board message
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bases and get PC Board 14.0/D running right after that.
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Q. What is the funniest thing that has happened on your BBS?
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A. I had a new user call in while I was watching. They followed my
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procedure for online validation and I decided to upgrade them while
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they were online. They got either scared or confused when the BBS,
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appeared to them, to be running automatically without their input and
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they hung up.
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Q. What is your favorite hobby/pastime outside of your BBS and computers
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in general?
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A. CB radio and playing with my VW rate pretty highly.
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Q. What do you think your system offers that might cause someone to
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prefer your board over others?
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A. It used to be easy access. I can't really think of any particulars
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but board traffic has increased steadily anyway.
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Q. Why?
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A. At one time, the registered users numbered less than 250. Therefore,
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it was easy to log onto my system at almost any time. Within the
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last three months, the number of users has doubled. With only one
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system at home and me tying it up working on EZNET has also made it
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more difficult to get on. My method of running the board, shutting
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down transfers during peak hours, has caused some ruffled feathers
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but for the most part, it gives users who use the message bases a
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chance to reach an outlet and an EZNET node. It also increases
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overall activity on the system by doing this.
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PRO FILE by Chris Mohney
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The Pro File is a short, half-serious biographical sketch given to
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various computer telecommunications personalities around Birmingham.
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Victims are selected randomly from a group of names put into the
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Notorious Hat. Anyone who thinks himself brave or witty enough may
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petition for admittance to the Hat by leaving E-Mail to me (Chris
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Mohney, most boards around town) to that effect. Anyone who wishes to
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suggest more questions or sneakily nominate someone without their
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knowledge may take the same route ....
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Pro File on Rocky Rawlins
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Age: 37 most of the time, but it depends on the day of the week and can
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range from 10 to 90
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Birthplace: Ft. Sill, Oklahoma during a sandstorm in the little stone
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house between the two buildings of the Army Artillery Museum
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Occupation: Technical Analyst (Mainframe Babysitter) and Micro
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Consultant
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My hobbies include: Reading, backpacking, canoeing, models, computers,
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ships in bottles (building), restoring my house,
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writing, woodworking, sex, religious history,
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wargaming, Chaos Theory, and discovering and
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mastering new hobbies
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Years telecomputing: 15 years
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Sysop, past/present/future of: Protective BBS (3 yrs), B'ham BBS(2 yrs),
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America OnLine (2 yrs)
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My oddest habit is: Playing opera arias on the guitar naked on the couch
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at midnight while being caressed by a dozen naked
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slave girls imported from Nome, Alaska. (It really
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drives my fiance crazy.)
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My greatest ambition is: Build computer centers in every neighborhood
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in the city where anyone under 18 would have
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access to unlimited computer support.
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The single accomplishment of which am most proud is: Michael (13 yrs old)
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Nicholas (10 yrs old)
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My favorite performers are: Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavaroti
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(Opera Singers)
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The last good movie I saw was: Aria
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The last good book I read was: Chaos - The Making of a New Science
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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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Woody Allen
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My pet peeves are: Bigots and Fanatics of any kind
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When nobody's looking, I like to: Watch everyone else
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From The Kitchen
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by Chez Stephan
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Hey Guys and Gals:
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Miss me? I know you did.
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Anyway, this warm weather we have been having has caused me to pull the
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old grill out and do a little outdoor culinary experimenting. As I was
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doing this I thought to myself, " Gee, I bet the boys and girls would
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sure enjoy this."
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So here are some burger recipes for you.
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Oh yeah, if you don't want to pull the grill out these will work on the
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stove.
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Burger number one sign in please:
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Beer Burgers:
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1 1/2 lbs. Ground Chuck
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1 tsp. Salt
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2 tbs. Minced Onion
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3 tbs. Steak Sauce (I prefer Lea & Pearins)
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1/3 cup catsup
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1 tbs. Prepared Mustard
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1/2 tsp. Accent
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1 tbs. Sugar
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1 can of your favorite beer (1/2 can is for the recipe the
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other half is for you)
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Combine first 3 ingredients and shape into patties. Heat remaining
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ingredients in a saucepan until mixture thickens. Grill patties 4 to 6
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minutes over a hot fire. Serve on grilled English muffins and top with
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beer sauce.
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Burger number two sign in please:
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Onion Burgers:
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2 lbs. Ground Chuck
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1 envelope dry onion soup mix
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2 tbs. Water
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3 tbs. Worchestershire Sauce
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1 egg
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8 slices of smoked Cheddar cheese (optional)
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Combine all ingredients except cheese. Shape into 1/2 inch thick
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patties. Grill over medium-hot fire. Top with cheese slices about 4
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minutes before done. Serve on onion rolls.
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Burger number three sign in please:
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Sweet and Tangy Burgers:
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2 lbs. Ground Chuck
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1/4 cup catsup
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3 tbs. Molasses
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2 tbs. Worchestershire Sauce
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1/2 onion, coarsely chopped
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1 clove garlic, minced
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1/4 tsp. Ground Ginger
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1 tsp. Salt
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1/2 tsp. Black Pepper
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1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
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1/4 tsp. Ground Nutmeg
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Combine all ingredients except ground chuck in a blender. Blend well.
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Add to ground chuck mixing well. Shape into 8 patties about 1/2 inch
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thick. Grill patties over medium fire for 4 to 7 minutes on each side.
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I think if you will try these that you will enjoy so have at it and
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don't eat to much. You can serve fries or chips or potato salad with any
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of these along with some baked beans and PLENTY of cold beer.
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MESSAGE BOARD
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by Barry Bowden
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F E B R U A R Y
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! ! ! ! !Ground Hog! ! !
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!BAC ! ! !Ash ! ! ! !
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!Lincoln's ! !Valentines! ! !BEPCUG ! !
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!B-Day ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! ! !CCS ! ! !BACE ! !
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!BCCC ! ! (C64/128)! ! ! ! !
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! !Day ! !B-Day ! ! ! !
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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 Corp
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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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BACE
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Birmingham Atari Computer Enthusiasts
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3rd Friday
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7:00 PM Vestavia Hills Library
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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 EzNet.
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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
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American BBS 674-1851 300, 1200, 2400
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Bus System BBS 595-1627 300, 1200, 2400
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Channel 8250 785-7417 300, 1200, 2400
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Club Phoenix 942-0252 300, 1200, 2400
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Crunchy Frog 956-1755 300, 1200, 2400
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D3 Systems BBS 663-2759 300, 1200, 2400
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Duck Pond BBS 822-0956 300, 1200, 2400
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Fortress BBS 664-9040 300, 1200
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Joker's Castle 744-6120 300, 1200, 2400
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LZ Birmingham 870-7770 300, 1200, 2400
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Magnolia BBS 854-6407 300, 1200, 2400, 9600
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Pinson Valley Node 1 854-9661 300, 1200, 2400
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Pinson Valley Node 2 854-9662 300, 1200, 2400, 9600
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Primary One 853-1175 300, 1200
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ProSoft Systems BBS 853-8718 300, 1200, 2400
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Role Player's Paradise 631-7654 300, 1200, 2400
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Smitty's BBS 849-7349 300, 1200
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ST BBS 836-9311 300, 1200, 2400
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Sperry BBS 853-6144 300, 1200, 2400, 9600
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The Connection Node 1 854-9074 1200, 2400
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The Connection Node 2 854-2308 1200, 2400
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The Outer Limits 969-3262 300, 1200, 2400
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The Professional's Board 856-0679 300, 1200, 2400
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The Realm Of Tarot BBS 870-7776 300, 1200
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Twilight Zone 856-3783 300, 1200
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Willie's DYM Node 1 979-1629 300, 1200, 2400
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Willie's DYM Node 2 979-7739 300, 1200, 2400
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Willie's RBBS 979-7743 300, 1200, 2400
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Ziggy Unaxess 991-5696 300, 1200
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