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BTN: Birmingham Telecommunications News
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COPYRIGHT 1989
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April 1989 Volume 2, Issue 4
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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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Semi 'Guest' Editorial Column..................Randy Hilliard
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S.E.A. ARC 6.00 vs PKWARE PKZIP 0.90...........Rocky Rawlins
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Top Ten Users Peeve List.......................Chris Mohney
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Our Local BBS Systems..........................Mark Maisel
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BBS Security Update............................Steve Turner & Joey Bruno
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Profile........................................Chris Mohney
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From The Kitchen...............................Chez Stephan
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PC-SIG Files Found.............................Barry Bowden
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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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Semi-Guest Editorial
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by Randy Hilliard
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It's that time again, Boys and girls!
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I have once again been asked [spelled BLACKMAILED!] into writing
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the guest editorial for this month's BTN. It seems that when Mark
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'crowned' me guest editor that he had put super-glue on the interior of
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the 'crown'. I hereby formally swear that I will never again drink
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heavily at a BTN meeting; it is too incriminating and Mark tends to take
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notice of things that benefit him.
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
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IT IS BTN'S FIRST BIRTHDAY!
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I once had a woman show me a mutated dog with two heads. She
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proudly told me that "He is one year old today! Isn't he pretty!"
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Yeah... Sure. I'm real impressed, lady.
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Well, some people are proud of it anyway. In honor of this great
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occasion, Mark, has promised to give away a brand new 1989 Cadillac
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Seville from the monies he has garnered from BTN (as soon as he gets
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some).
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This issue should prove to be a goodie: Rocky Rawlins has written
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an interesting article on the SEA version 6 vs PKZIP version 090. Chris
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Mohney has compiled a list of top ten user peeves about Sysops as well
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as the ProFile this month, which is on Keith Cahoon. The Sysops of the
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ST BBS have provided us with a revelation in BBS security. Barry Bowden
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has an article on another source for PD software as well as his regular
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Message Board. Mr Extortion is back with the local BBS Profile and the
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Known BBS List. Chez Stephan is also back with some nice recipes on
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grilling either filet mignon or veal chops.
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I'd like to take a moment to point out that this issue of the BTN
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is Volume 2, issue #4. Our resident Idiot-in-Chief apparently cannot
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count from one to four correctly and the March issue of BTN was
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incorrectly labeled as Volume 2, issue 4. He has promised to make
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restitutions which as yet are unspecified and to always remember that
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three comes between two and four.
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Mark also asked me to inform all of our readers that in order to
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increase BTN revenues and therefor acquire the Cadillac even sooner,
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that as of this issue, BTN has doubled in price...
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I didn't have the heart to tell him. Maybe next month we'll teach
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him a little multiplication to go with his addition.
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Last Minute Info For You!
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If you are a regular caller to Amiga Alliance, then please don't be
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alarmed or impatient. The sysop is testing some new software and is
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having a troubles. Among them is a problem with the modem answering and
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connecting at 2400 baud. Please be patient and try to help the sysop by
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commenting on the new software. If you have trouble connecting at 2400
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baud, please switch down to 1200.
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If you have not done so, please take the time to call one of the
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new boards in town, Sparta PCBoard. This is one huge system and it
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appears to be well organized and run. All four nodes are on rotation
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and calling the first will get you into the first available one. The
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first threee nodes have HST 9600 baud modems and fourth has a Hayes
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V-Series 9600 baud modem.
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America Online has a HST 9600 baud modem on node four and would
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appreciate it if you would help them to evaluate its usefulness. If you
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have one of these modems, please try to connect using node 4 so they can
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determine if they need to keep the modem.
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There will be an open house at the end of this month. If you are
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interested in meeting some folks face to face, then keep a lookout on
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EZNET and a few other systems for details.
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Comparing S.E.A.'s ARC 6.00 and PKWARE's PKZIP 0.90
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by Rocky Rawlins, Sysop of America Online
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As some of you may know, there has been a great deal of
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controversy in the last few months over the Systems Enhancement
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Associates' (SEA) lawsuit against Phil Katz ("author" of the PKARC
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series of compression programs). There has been a lot of hearsay,
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innuendo, name calling and mudslinging by both sides and by a lot of
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third parties.
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The background of the suit in a nutshell is this. SEA developed a
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series of programs several years ago to compress and combine files.
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They used several different publicly available and well known algorithms
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written in a reasonably easy to use program and then distributed it
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widely as Shareware. It of course caught on quickly in the BBS
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community and there are few of us that haven't used it at one time or
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another.
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They made a point of making the file format and the source code
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easily available to everyone. Several other folks used this source code
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in variations of the ARC program and other specialized applications.
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Some time later, Phil Katz released a program series called PKARC which
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always seemed to be a step ahead of the SEA ARC program in speed
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features and efficiency. It was not long before the PKARC program
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eclipsed SEA's ARC program almost entirely.
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Late last year, SEA brought a lawsuit against Phil Katz alleging
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that he was using their source code in his program and that he had
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failed to obtain either a license or to respond to their requests that
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he license the code. The case went to trial and allegedly at the point
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that an expert witness testified that the PKARC program did indeed
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contain much of the SEA code verbatim, Phil Katz settled out of court
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and asked that the record be sealed. Part of the settlement was that he
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would no longer use the code in question and would no longer develop
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programs to access the ARC file format.
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After the trial, there was a flurry of accusations,counter-
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accusations, charges, and slanderous remarks thrown in all directions by
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everyone with an opinion, informed or otherwise. The general impression
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was that big, bad SEA was using the courts to put tiny little Phil Katz
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out of business for fear of the competition. Interestingly enough, Phil
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Katz's company is many times the size of SEA and primarily from the
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sales of PKARC.
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After the fury had settled down a bit, I began to do my own
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investigating. I found the SEA folks to be courteous, helpful, friendly
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and quite pleasant to deal with. I found the people at PKWARE to be
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hostile, aggressive, unfriendly, and quite unpleasant. This was true in
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all dealings with the two companies. At this time in late 1988 and
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early 1989, SEA was touting their new release of ARC (Version 6.00)
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which was to be released shortly and was said to be quite superior to
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older releases. Katz was putting out some beta releases of a
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compression utility that was quite poor in just about every respect.
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Based on the situation at that time, we on America Online made what
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seemed to be the only reasonable and ethical decision; we chose to
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continue using the ARC format as our standard compression format. Well,
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so much for good intentions....
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Another month rolled by and SEA released ARC 6.00. PKWARE released
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PKZIP 0.90. Then the fun began. On a whim expecting to see blinding
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speed and efficiency from ARC 6.00, I ARC'ed several large files. After
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10 minutes I rebooted the machine because I had decided that it had gone
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off to Never-Never Land. I began to test it on some smaller files and
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found out that is was not as efficient in terms of compression as the
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six month old PKARC and was decidedly slower. Figuring I had nothing to
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lose, I tried PKZIP. I was done so quickly that I knew there had to
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have been a problem However when I checked, sure enough, there was a
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.ZIP file with the right name and when I Un-Zipped it, the file restored
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quite nicely. That is when I began to have some serious reservations
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about the decision we had made.
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Over the next few days, I ran a series of tests comparing the two
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programs on a variety of file types and sizes and in the case of PKZIP,
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with various levels of compression efficiency. The following chart
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displays the results:
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ARC 6.00 vs PKZIP 0.90
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Comparison
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(using Maximum and Default compression switches on PKZIP)
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File DOS size ARC ZIP % of ZIP % of
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(Default) ARC (max) ARC
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Test0 5,962,222 4,039,586 3,888,639 96 3,403,011 84
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Test1 976,534 598,957 579,373 97 488,831 82
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Test2 973,368 729,030 721,514 99 656,917 90
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Test3 1,560,647 1,146,857 1,101,871 96 972,204 85
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Test4 524,597 360,649 358,016 99 299,631 83
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Test5 847,723 488,355 477,496 98 408,068 84
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Test6 47,744 47,775 47,866 101 47,866 101
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Test7 486,069 347,069 333,773 96 277,477 80
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Test8 57,753 52,022 54,701 105 46,421 89
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Test9 329,716 99,996 91,086 91 87,199 87
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TOTAL 11,766,373 7,910,296 7,654,335 97 6,687,625 85
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ARC ZIP ZIP
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(default) (max)
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Bytes Saved: 3,856,077 4,112,038 5,081,748
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% of Original: 67% 65% 57%
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Compression: 33% 35% 43%
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TIME (Minutes)
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Compression 48 21 80
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(All)
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Uncompress
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(Test0) 12 7 8
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There are a couple of things you need to know to fully understand
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the above figures. PKZIP has variable compression efficiency
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parameters. The default setting are level 2 (out of 4). As the
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efficiency of compression increases, the time required also increases.
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The default level of 2 provides in almost all cases a marginally
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superior compression ratio to ARC and takes about half the time. It
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provides overall about a 2% improvement in overall compression with
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about a 50% reduction in time. The higher levels of compression
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efficiency in PKZIP were markedly superior to ARC but as can be seen in
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the results requires almost twice the time.
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So the results are pretty clear: the SEA product, the newest and
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best of a long line was soundly trounced by the PKWARE program in it's
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first release. I was, quite honestly, a little shocked and was
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disappointed that the SEA product was so poorly done. It was only
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marginally better than the earlier versions and in fact was not able to
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perform all of the operations that earlier versions could. All in all,
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it was a great disappointment.
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The results of our study was a decision to reverse our earlier
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stand and move to embrace the .ZIP standard on our board. First and
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foremost, the .ZIP standard is quite clearly superior to the .ARC
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standard both in compression efficiency, flexibility, and in speed.
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Second is the less obvious factor that in the microcomputer industry the
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"good" guys don't always win. It is a fact of life that the better
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program usually prevails and in this case, there is little question as
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to which is the better program.
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So, our plans on America Online now encompass taking the board down
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for about 2 days and doing a wholesale conversion of over 6000 files
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from the .ARC format to the .ZIP format. While the conversion itself
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will be simply a matter of automated brute processing for a lot of
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hours, the task of updating over 6000 DIR entries with new names and new
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file sizes promises to be a real treat, but we have automated as much of
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it as we can. We are currently planning to switch over in late March or
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early April.
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Regardless of which format you personally prefer, you are going to
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have to become accustomed to working with both standards since files are
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beginning to show up on most boards in both formats and there is no way
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to prevent it. Most of the board around the area now have copies of the
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PKZIP programs which are distributed as an .EXE file which un-
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ZIPsitself. There is also a very convenient file out called ZIPQUIK5
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which will convert from just about any compression to any other format.
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This one is definitely a good one to have in a multi-format world.
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Whichever way you choose to go, you are going to be different from
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someone else.
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As things look now, the .ZIP format seems to have the best future,
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but like most standards in the microcomputer industry, those calls can
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really only be made in hindsight. never with reliable foresight.
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TOP TEN LIST
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by Chris Mohney
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This feature is an unashamed copy of the regular sketch of the same
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name on "Late Night with David Letterman". The entire thing is a joke,
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and should be seen as such; no offense is ever intended, it's just
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something to laugh about. If you do have any complaints, write them on
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the back of a postage stamp along with return address and I will do my
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best to ignore them. Thank you.
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TOP TEN THINGS USERS HATE ABOUT SYSOPS
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10 - They're gutless, overblown, bourgeoisie slime tyrants.
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9 - They always disappear when there's heavy lifting to be done.
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8 - None of the Birmingham sysops really exist; they're just facets of
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Rocky Rawlins' multiple personalities complex.
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7 - If you hang around them long enough, you might become one.
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6 - Some will attempt to blackmail you into doing favors for them by
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holding their own BBS hostage until you give in.
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5 - They all have brain damage from staring at CRT's too many hours per
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day.
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4 - Some of them are tightwads who won't give away 120 minutes a day or
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free downloads. Sheesh!
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3 - They won't answer their phones at 3 AM just to answer a simple
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question!
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2 - They weeble and they wobble but they won't fall down.
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And now,
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the #1 thing that users hate about sysops:
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1 - They're high in cholesterol, carcinogenic, and they promote the
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exchange of bodily fluids!
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Our Local Bulletin Board Systems
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Number Three In A Series
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by Mark Maisel
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Name: ST BBS
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Sysop: Steve Turner
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Software: PC Board 12.1/D (working on conversion to 14.0/D)
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Been Around: 1 year
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Baud Rates: 300-2400
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Bulletins: General System Information
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Conferences: EZNET - local message echo
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Diplomacy - 2 online Diplomacy conferences for playing
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strategy game of the same name
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Computers Supported: IBM & Assorted Clones, Commodore 64 & 128, and
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Amiga
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Files Available: variety of shareware and public domain offerings,
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selection of adult oriented text and graphics files
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Doors Available: ProDoor, Card Guppies, Bay Street Bulls, 2 Trade Wars,
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MOTU, and Star Trek
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Special Information: another great place to call for information,
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files, and online games
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Q. Why did you start your BBS?
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A. I got involved with telecommunications and became extremely interested.
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I was looking for a hobby and decided to set up my own board.
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Q. What has been your greatest reward from running your BBS?
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A. Meeting some extremely interesting people through messages and in person.
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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. I have not really had the problems that other sysops have had. I have
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only had to trash can a few folks for rules violations and that is
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about all I have had.
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Q. What are your future plans for the BBS?
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A. I am going to upgrade to PCB 14.0/D. I probably will be adding a second
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line for subscribers only. I hope to do this within the next two months.
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Q. What is the funniest thing that has happened on your BBS?
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A. With Joey Bruno as co-sysop, most everything ends up being funny.
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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. I like to go camping. Getting away from it all is very relaxing.
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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. A wide variety of doors to use and a diverse message base. Some of the
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opinions of our users keep the board always interesting.
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Q. Why?
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A. Lots of users call here because I don't exert pressure on them to leave
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messages or files. I try to stay in the background as the boss and
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interact more as just another user.
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BBS Security Update
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By Steve Turner & Joey Bruno
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BBS security has been a problem, not only in our area, but around
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the country for years. Too often have well established boards been
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crippled and even taken down because some, too-big-for-his-britches,
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wise guy, hacker has broken down a boards defenses. This leaves the
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Sysop and his or her board in a dangerous position. The worst case
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would mean losing another board, or at least, many a long evening trying
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to rebuild what is left of a well fragmented system. But have no fear,
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help is on its way.
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In the late seventies the U.S. Government, in an effort to increase
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security and identify valid users, developed a program named Algorithmic
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Process Redundancy Intelligent Logic File Output Operator Location
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System. ( We will refer to this as A.P.R. ) A.P.R. had the ability to
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identify it's users by the style of type input by the user. We aren't
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talking about fonts, but rather the characteristics of a user's typing;
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ie. spacing, speed, wording etc. These factors were combined and were
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recognized as a "fingerprint" to the computer. The main system, through
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a very complex artificial intelligence scheme, could deduce who was
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accessing its information and from where.
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Today A.P.R. has been introduced into the public domain as a
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support file for P.C.Board and R.B.B.S. This file resides with the
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other watchdog files as a mainline for security. When you log onto a
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system, the board you are calling will go through its regular NAME &
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PASSWORD checks. Once this clears, A.P.R. goes into action. It will
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monitor your activities and update the system log, while also checking
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your "fingerprints". If all checks out, then you will continue on with
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no problem. The program is invisible to the user and lightning fast, so
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no major slowdown should be evident.
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If, however, A.P.R. does suspect foul play, it will first alert the
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sysop that a security violation has occurred. The board will drop
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offline while maintaining the modem connection. The computer is then
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instructed to call the local authorities, which will trace the
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connection that is being held open. The police and F.B.I. will then
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proceed to the location of the originating call and take what actions
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are necessary. The BBS computer would then download all it's
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information on the user in question, reset itself, and then continue
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it's operation. Total downtime for the BBS is only three minutes.
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So the next time you are planning to do a little hacking for fun or
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profit, or are just trying to show off for your friends, think about
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Algorithmic Process Redundancy Intelligent Logic File Output Operator
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Location System. Or just remember " A.P.R.I.L. F.O.O.L.S. "
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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 KEITH CAHOON
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Age: 33
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Birthplace: B'ham,Al.
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Occupation: Electronic Engineer Specialist
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My hobbies include: writing and playing music, woodworking, romancing
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my wife, target shooting and reloading bullets
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Years telecomputing: 10 years
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Sysop, past/present/future of: Co-Sysop of my wife's bbs, Point of NO Return
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My oddest habit is: playing the guitar
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My greatest unfulfilled ambition is: to write a song which sells.
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The single accomplishment of which I am most proud is: my family
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My favorite performers are: Edward Van Halen, Eric Clapton,Jimmy Page,
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Steve Vie, Lesley West
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The last good movie I saw was: Clint Eastwood in the Dead Pool
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The last good book I read was: C Programming for the IBM PC by Microsoft Press
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(Charles Prezold)
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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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Clint Eastwood
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My pet peeves are: dishonesty, messes, and brown nosers.
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When nobody's looking, I like to: act goofy.... being myself.
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From The Kitchen
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by Chez Stephan
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I just can't seem to put my grill up and the weather is getting to
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be such that I really don't have to. So here we go again and this time
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we're going to something a little more special.
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Step #1: Go to the store (I recommends either Mr. P's Market in
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Bluff Park or Vincent's at the Brookwood Convenience Center) and
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purchase either 2 nice Filet Mignon or 2 nice Veal Chops. Each should be
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about 2 inches thick and somewhere in the 1 pound range. Act like you
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know what your doing and what you want and they'll work with you a lot
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more at Vincent's. At least that is what I do.
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Step #2: Get yourself a nice bottle of red wine. Actually I suggest
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getting 2 bottles because the first one always seems to go so fast. In
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this range I suggest a Stag's Leap Cabernet Savignion, it's a little
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expensive but well worth the evening I'm going to cook up for you.
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Step #3: Get your mother or mother-in-law on the phone early in the
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week and let her know she will be getting the kid's on Friday afternoon.
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Grandparents never seem to mind this so try for the whole weekend but
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settle for the night.
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Step #4: Friday afternoon leave work a couple of hours early and
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get the kids on their way.
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Step #5: Put 2 large potatoes on to bake and open a bottle of the
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wine. Red wine should always be allowed to breath for 30 minutes or so
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before drinking. Try this at a restaurant, sometimes it will impress the
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hell out of your waiter.
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Step #6: Fry 3 strips of bacon and set aside to drain. Chop 1
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medium onion and saute in the bacon fat until clear. Peel 1 small tomato
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and finely chop; put in a cup and set aside. Shred 1/2 cup of sharp
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Cheddar cheese and set aside.
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Step #7: Get the grill going and put on one of those old Righteous
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Brothers albums so that you'll be ready when the wife wheels in the
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drive. Pour her a glass of wine and send her to get into something that
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will be fitting for a meal and wine but not dressy. Say, oh, blue jeans
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and a T-shirt. Don't worry about the clothes. The music and the wine
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will handle all those details.
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Step #8: Lightly salt and pepper the steaks. Put them on the grill
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and flash grill them over HIGH heat to sear. Turn the grill down low and
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get back to the kitchen.
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Step #9: When the potatoes are ready squash them up real well and
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slice the tops. Take a spoon and dig the shells out and place in a large
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bowl. Add all the ingredients from step #3 and mix well. If you want you
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can leave a little cheese out to garnish the tops with. After every
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thing is thoroughly mixed put the mixture back into the potato skins and
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place them in a warm oven.
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Step #10: Pour the wife another glass of wine. Comment on the way
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she looks and check the steaks. If you burn these suckers you might as
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well go get the kids and bring them home. Please do not over cook the
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meat. Either selection should be cooked no more than medium.
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Step #11: Bernaise Sauce. 4 egg yolks; 2 tablespoons tarragon
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vinegar; 4 tablespoons heavy cream; 3 tablespoons freshly chopped herbs;
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1 shallot finely chopped; salt and white pepper to taste; one half stick
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of butter melted. Combine vinegar, shallots, herbs and reduce slightly
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over heat. Put in a double boiler and add egg yolks. Whisk vigorously
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till mixture begins to thicken. Gradually add butter and cream, whisking
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until light colored and THICK.
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Step #12: Retrieve steaks and place on dinner plates with potatoes.
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If you want you can have a salad and some bread that you picked up when
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you bought the meat. Slice the meat across the grain and pour on sauce.
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Light the candles, put on the Marvin Gaye album , pour two glasses of
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wine and serve dinner in the living room at the coffee table where you
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have placed 2 pillows for you each to sit on.
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Step #13: After dinner, if you need to, pull out a Mrs. Smith's pie
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for dessert. By this time you'll be able to get away with anything so
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don't worry if you forgot to get ice cream or something to cover the
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pie.
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Enjoy and Ciao,
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Chez Stephan
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PC-SIG Files Found
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by Barry Bowden
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While calling several BBS's one morning, I discovered a note
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someone left about free software at the downtown Birmingham Library.
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Being the cheap,err I mean bargain hunter that I am, I had to
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investigate this mystery.
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I had never been to the downtown branch before, yet I was
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impressed with the library overall. I began looking for clues as to the
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whereabouts of this free software. My search took me to the third flour
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where I found a PC sitting on a table all by itself in the business
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department. I said, 'This looks tempting' and proceeded to sit right
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down and play with computer. I noticed a small sign on top of the
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monitor and on the keyboard which said, 'This Laser Disk Contains Only
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Disks 1-1000', to which I started getting excited. I found a book
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laying next to the computer entitled, 'PC-SIG Library Disks' and started
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leafing through it to see what goldmine I had found.
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What I had found was the library has purchased the first laser
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disk with program disks 1 through 1000 for the popular PC-SIG library.
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It has several hundred (probably thousands) of public domain and
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shareware programs for our free use and all you need do is bring a 5 1/4
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inch floppy disk to copy it on. The system allows you to format disks
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there although you can save time by formatting them at home first. If
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you do be sure to format your disks as Double Sided/Double Density.
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The program is pretty straight forward to use. It will first ask
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whether the files are to be copied ARCed or UnARCed to your disk. I
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would suggest ARCed because it takes up less space. If you do not have
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a program that UnARCs a program, then get PKARC by Phil Katz from this
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CD, but have the program UnARC it first. Then when you are finished
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getting it, tell the program to ARC all your other files.
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I was told by one of the librarians that the main branch may be
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buying the next CD when it becomes available, but not until it has disks
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1001-2000 because they are expensive. I urge everyone who has thought
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about ordering from the PC-SIG library and go to the library and use the
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computer set up there. It is free (you do not even have to have a
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library card) and if they know the computer community is using this
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service, they will be encouraged to offer more services for our use.
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While you are there, be sure to browse the collection of computer
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text and manuals. All systems are represented: Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
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compatible, Commodore 64's and Atari computers are a few I have seen.
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Topics range from programming, to the legal aspects of copyrighting your
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software.
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Whether you check out a book or copy a few disks, tell the
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librarians that you like what they are doing and please feel free to
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give helpful hints or suggestions to better improve this idea.
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MESSAGE BOARD
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by Barry Bowden
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A P R I L
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1 9 8 9
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S M T W T F S
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� � � � � � !1 !
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! ! ! ! ! ! !April !
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! � � � � � � Fool's!
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! ! !BAC !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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!2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !
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!9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !15 !
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�BCCC ! �CCS � � � � !
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! ! ! (64/128) ! ! ! ! !
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!16 !17 !18 !19 !20 !21 !22 !
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� � �CCS � � �BEPCUG � !
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! ! ! (Amiga) ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! !BACE ! !
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!23 !24 !25 !26 !27 !28 !29 !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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!BCCC ! !CCS ! ! ! !OPEN !
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!----------! ! (64/128) ! ! ! !HOUSE !
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!30 ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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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 Corps
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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 MODEM TYPE
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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, 9600 HST
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American BBS 674-1851 300, 1200, 2400
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Amiga Alliance 631-8367 300, 1200, 2400
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Bus System BBS 595-1627 300, 1200, 2400
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Channel 8250 744-8546 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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I.S.A. BBS 995-6590 300, 1200, 2400
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Jim's Place 787-5512 300, 1200, 2400
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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 HST
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Pinson Valley BBS 854-9662 300, 1200, 2400, 9600 HST
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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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Sparta PCBoard Nodes 1-3 979-0193 300, 1200, 2400, 9600 HST
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Sparta PCBoard Node 4 979-0196 300, 1200, 2400, 9600 Hayes
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Sperry BBS 853-6144 300, 1200, 2400, 9600 Hayes
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ST BBS 836-9311 300, 1200, 2400
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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 1200, 2400, 9600 HST
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The Islands BBS 870-7776 300, 1200
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The Professional's Board 856-0679 300, 1200, 2400
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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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