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BTN: Birmingham Telecommunications News
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COPYRIGHT 1990
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October 1990 Volume 3, Issue 9
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Table Of Contents
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Article Title Author
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Policy Statement and Disclaimer................Staff
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Editorial Column...............................Mark Maisel
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EZ-Reader 1.33: A Review.......................Ricky Morgan
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ProFile: Special Quadrophile..................Chris Mohney
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? Why I Compute ?..............................Andy Anaconda
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Music Reviews..................................Tyros & Dean Costello
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From De Kitchen................................Chez Stephan
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A Game Review..................................Karsten Propper
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Known BBS Numbers..............................Staff
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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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N E W S F L A S H
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We are going to have another party!!! This past summer, for the good
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parties we got to have, it just wasn't enough! We are going to invade
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Rocky's again for another Halloween Masquarade Party!!!
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The following is a map to his place from the main streets in downtown
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Birmingham near UAB. Rocky and I both will gladly offer more directions
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over the phone for any who need them. Please be advised of Rocky's
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house rules in the invitation/map before you arrive so you know what to
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expect.
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Rocky's Rules
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1. Bring your own whatever so long as it is legal.
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2. If you are a minor, then stick to soft drinks.
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3. Costumes are mandatory.
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<--- Downtown 20th Street Homewood --->
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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³ ³ MAP TO BTN HALLOWEEN PARTY
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³ ³ ROCKY'S HOUSE
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UAB ³ ³11th HOME OF The MATRIX BBS
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CAMPUS ³ ³Ave.
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AREA ³ ³ Rocky Rawlins (205) 323-6608
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³ ³ Mark Maisel (205) 956-0176
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ÚÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³
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Business ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ (Next to the ³ ³
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& ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ last house ³ ³
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Engineering³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ on the right) ³ ³16th
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School ÀÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³Ave
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(3 story brick) ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄXÄÄÄÄ¿ ³
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³ ³ 11th ³³ 1426 ÛÛ ÛÛ³ ³
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³ ³ St S. ³³ 11th ³ ³
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³ ³ ³³ St. S ³ ³
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F R E E B I E : G E T I T W H I L E I T S H O T !
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The following boards allow BTN to be downloaded freely, that is with no
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charge to any existing upload/download ratios.
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The Connection LZ Birmingham Alter-Ego
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Channel 8250 Bus System Joker's Castle
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Crunchy Frog Myth Drannor Posys BBS
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If you are a sysop and you allow BTN to be downloaded freely, please let
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me know via EzNet so that I can post your board as a free BTN
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distributor. Thanks.
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Editorial
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by Mark Maisel
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Time for another issue. How about that? I actually have a few
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things to say this time around so get ready for some enlightenment.
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I read several trade papers and magazines each week, don't ask how
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I get them, and there seems to finally be a movement toward a standard
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in 9600 baud modems. I had been putting hopes on V.32 as a standard
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that manufacturers would gravitate toward despite its drawbacks, no
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error correction or compression. V.42bis looked very promising to me as
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it combined, at least to my feeble understanding, the best of V.32 plus
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MNP errror correction/compression. Unfortunately, it did not look like
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the modem makers wanted to standardize. It now looks as though that has
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changed and all the new modems that anyone would use with PC's are V.32
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and V.42bis compatible. They are cheap, relatively speaking. Intel is,
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YES INTEL!; is now offering a 9600 baud modem that is V.32 and V.42bis
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compatible for a suggested retail price of $799. This could easily
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translate into $450-500 on the street and mail order for a modem from a
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company that is not known for low to reasonablly priced hardware.
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Microcom, the originators, if I remember right, of MNP, also have a
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comparably priced modem ready to go and it supports up to MNP level 10,
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whatever the hell that is. US Robotics, makers of the HST and Dual
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Standard modems, very popular these days, recently started an upgrade
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program for their modems already in use. For $50, an owner of one of
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the newer models of HST or any DS, could upgrade their modem to handle
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V.42bis. USR's newest incarnations of these models come with V.42bis.
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Can you say standard? With the final coming of a standard, prices will
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be dropping like a rock. Be looking for a drastic increase in boards
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and users who have these very fast and efficient modems.
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We have come above ground, so to speak. From my understanding,
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Carter Shanklin, a user many of you, no doubt, have seen on local boards
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thought we were interesting enough to tell a reporter about us. The
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reporter apparently thought we were interesting enough for an article in
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the Birmingham News. It appeared a few weeks ago on the front page, no
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less. I have had my concerns and voiced them but the place for that is
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not here. If you missed the article, try to find someone who has it.
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There is a hilarious picture of Rocky, clean shaven, with his computer
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room, CLEAN!!! I think he must have spent a week getting it to that
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state as it has never been so spotless in all the years that I have
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known him. If you can't find a copy of the article or picture, then you
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will have to wait to see the Matrix computer room at the Annual
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BTN/Matrix Halloween Party!
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Off-line mail readers have become quite popular in the last
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month or two in Birmingham. They have been used for quite a bit longer
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in other places. This is not the first time however, that they have
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been offered in Birmingham. How many of you have been BBS'ing long
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enough to remember Pinson Valley BBS? It was the first board in town to
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carry nationally echoed message bases and it also had a mail door, and
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off-line reader software for those who prefered to take their time in
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answering mail or read so much it could not be read in one on-line
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session. I remember and I tried the software. It was slow, kludgy, and
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annoying to say the very least. If you or the BBS screwed up a packet,
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your message pointers were destroyed and you had to manually try to find
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your place and catch up before you got another packet. Needless to say,
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this soured me on off-line readers... until now. I tried EZ-Reader at
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Randy's request and I entered into it with every bit of prejudice I had
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from my earlier experience. I found EZ-Reader to operate almost exactly
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as the old software had done excepting that it was much faster and
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recovering lost pointers was easier thanks to the MarkMail door on
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Randy's system. I have found myself greatly enjoying the Bytebrothers
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conference on Crunchy Frog, but that is another story. It averages 150
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messages per day and it is tough trying to read every message on-line
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and reply to those of interest. Jimmy Pearson, who moderates BB, was
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talking about some new and wonderful mail reader he was testing, and
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then, one day last week, he said it had been released. I promptly found
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myself a copy and for those of you who have not noticed, I have been
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using it like a fiend. Life is much easier with this reader. A review
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is on its way and the reviewer, per our agreement, is at liberty to
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distribute it or hold it over anyone's head who wants it badly enough.
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What the hell, life is not kind so why should he be, we both reasoned.
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I am sure it will find its way onto local systems very soon. The name
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is Silly Little Mail Reader, SLMR or Slimer for short. The filename to
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look for is SLMR10.ZIP if you are inclined toward such things. I would
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suggest that anyone with an interest in off-line reading take a look at
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it, especially those who have never used an off-line reader. Even the
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documentation is entertaining.
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Whew, almost done! I know you are still reading this absolutely
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delightful, disjointed, alleged editorial and for this, I thank you and
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I will give it up very soon. This issue has some very interesting
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things in it. Speaking of off-line mail readers, Ricky Morgan presents
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a most complete and informative look at EZ-Reader for those of you
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considering using MarkMail doors that are popping up around Birmingham.
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For those of you already using EZ-Reader, you may find some helpful
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hints for making even better use of EZ-Reader. Chris Mohney is doing
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strange things these days and his ProFiles are no exception. Those of
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you who frequent MetroNet on Channel 8250 or Matrix will know the
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victims of what Chris calls his Quadrophile. Those of you who came to
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the last BTN party will know 3 of the fellows as they attended it. Our
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world is expanding and its size is shrinking. Who'd 'a thought it? At
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long last, the long desired, on my part, Why I Compute? column has come
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to life. Thank you Andy! I would like to see all of you contribute to
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this since all of you are victims of computers, so to speak. Music
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Reviews is back and this time it is another format put together by Tyros
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and Dean Costello. I have been hearing lots of interest in this column
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but no more articles have arrived at my doorstep or even offers to try
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to write any. Lets go people! Chez Stephan, after far too long an
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absence for my liking, is back, and with a vengeance. His recipes are
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once again sure to tickle your tastebuds and satisfy your appetite. My
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perennial reviewer, Karsten, has been downloading games again. Please
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Mr. Sysop, don't drop his security. It is for an article in BTN. See
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what he has to say about the game he got this time around. The BBS
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listing is full of changes, this time on the part of the boards. Use it
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to your hearts desire as each board on it has been called at least once
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during the last month.
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EZ-Reader
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* Version 1.33 *
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Review By Ricky Morgan
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Last month I gave you a look at how the MarkMail system of off-line
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mail retrieval worked. MarkMail being the system that you use to
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capture mail and download it to your system in a zip file. The MarkMail
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packet you receive is pretty useless by itself. Enter EZ-Reader, the
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off-line mail reader that is the answer to all your needs.
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Together, MarkMail and EZ-Reader allow you to spend a minimum of
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time on line, yet will let you read every message on a bulletin board as
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well as reply (should you be so inclined) to every message. I'm rarely
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on-line more than two minutes, during a mail run. Of course during that
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mail run, MarkMail captures all new messages, any updated bulletins, new
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News and a listing of new files. You could, conceivably, use the vast
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majority of your on-line time just wading through half of this.
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So for a minimum of on-line time, I get the maximum the BBS allows
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me, with time left over for browsing, chatting and
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uploading/downloading. Is it any wonder more boards are going to the
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MarkMail system? Two boards (The Bus and The Crunchy Frog) have added
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MarkMail since last month.
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So, let's look at how Ez-Reader works. First a very brief over
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view of how the two work together:
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1.) Log onto a BBS that has MarkMail
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2.) Enter the MarkMail Door and Download a mail packet
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3.) Log off the BBS
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4.) Run EZ-Reader
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5.) Read, reply and/or enter new messages.
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6.) Save your replies in a .REP file (this is automatic)
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7.) Log back on to the BBS.
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8.) Upload the .REP file
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9.) Log off/upload/download/chat (whatever) with your
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remaining time.
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That's all there is to it; once you have everything configured
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properly. Rest assured, the set up process is, for the most part, swift
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and painless.
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In this particular review I will be dealing strictly with EZ-Reader
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Ver. 1.33. There are still some earlier versions floating around but to
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my knowledge 1.33 is the most up to date.
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Installing EZ-Reader is simple. UnZip the file into a
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sub-directory of your choosing and run install. From there on out it is
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pretty much answering multiple guess questions in order to get EZ-Reader
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working with your system. Probably the toughest area to get working
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properly is the Editor; and even that is simple. While EZ-Reader comes
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with its own editor (PC Magazine's TED editor), I would suggest using
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your own editor. That way there is no need to re-learn a new editor.
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All this is completely configurable to match your desires.
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Speaking of configuration. Once you have the files unzipped and
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start the install program you will be greeted with:
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CONFIGURING EZ-READER
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É CONFIGURE »
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º Archive º
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º Colors º
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º Editor º
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º Flags º
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º Hot Keys º
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º Paths º
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º Replies º
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º Save º
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º Taglines º
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ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
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You can select the option of your choice to open the window and,
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once finished, press Escape to close the window. Your first choice
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should be selecting the Archive option. This is where you tell
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EZ-Reader what type of archive the .QWK files will be in. Most of the
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boards around town use PKZIP. Don't let the QWK extension confuse you.
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The file is still in a ZIP format.
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I am not going to attempt to cover the entire configuration
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procedure, as it is well documented and basically simple. I do want to
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touch on an item or two that seem to cause confusion. The first being
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the editor set up.
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EDITOR:
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ EDITOR ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ Editor: PE2 ³
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³ Options: /Q ³
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³ Reply filename: REPLY. ³
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³ Message filename: MSG. ³
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³ Does the editor accept two files on the command line [Y/N]?: Y ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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EZ-Reader will need to know the name of the editor you choose to
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use. Full path names will need to be used if the program isn't in the
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EZ-Reader directory or your path statement.
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The option field is for any optional switches or commands you wish
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to load when calling up your editor. You don't need to include the file
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name of the message; EZ-Reader does that for you. This option is for
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loading Macros into you editor, skipping the opening screen, etc.
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The Reply and Message filename options are the names EZ-Reader will
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use to create the message and reply files in your editor and can be any
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valid DOS file name. Extensions are optional.
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If your editor will accept two file names on the command line
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answer yes (Y) to the last question. This will allow you to switch
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between the original message and your reply. This is useful for
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referring to, marking and copying (ie. quoting) the original and
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stealing other peoples taglines. My editor doesn't allow two file names
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on the command line but once EZ-Reader loads my editor I can open my
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reply file and toggle between the message and reply. The possibilities
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are limited only by your editor and your knowledge of it's abilities.
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Another item that casues some problems seems to be in the
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Re-Arcing option. It is under the reply window.
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REPLIES:
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ÚÄ REPLIES Ä¿
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³ Prefixes ³
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³ Re-Arcing ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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These are those cute little, RM>, type prefixes that show up in the
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message when you quote someone. You may select INITIALS, NO for no
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prefixes or YES and define your own. I'll leave that process to the
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more adventuresome of you.
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Re-Arcing can be a bit confusing. EZ-Readers DOCS cover the entire
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process very well and since the process can get complicated if you don't
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understand, I'm just going to say: Read the DOCS. Keep one thing in
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mind. When you Reply or enter a new message, EZ-Reader creates a .REP
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file. This is the file you upload back to the system. It is very
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possible AND highly likely that at some point in time you will
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accidentally upload a reply packet that can contain duplicates of old
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messages. It happens. Don't worry, I haven't heard on any ones
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security level being decreased because of it (there are some rumors of
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crucifixions but they are just that; rumors). Just watch the .REP file
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and read the DOCS on the subject of replies.
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Now, another thing to remember is this. While in EZ-Reader you are
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viewing the messages. When you get ready to enter or reply to a
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message, EZ-Reader will prompt you for certain info; depending on where
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you are. Once you accept the information, you will be placed into your
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text editor for actual message/reply entry. Once you have that figured
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out all should run smoothly.
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When you start up EZ-Reader you get the usual copywrite message and
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after pressing <F10> you hit the main menu. EZ-Reader will list the
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available files (remember you will need to download a MarkMail Packet
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before you can go any further).
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Once you choose a Mail packet, EZ-Reader will un-archive the mail
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packet into its work directory. Then you may read new Mail, Bulletins,
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News, etc. A conference listing will be presented, showing any
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conferences with new mail. EZ-Reader gets all this info from the .QWK
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file from each board so it is always up to date.
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Once you select a conference you will be placed into the mail
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viewer and begin to read mail. From the viewer you have access to the
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following commands:
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Summary of Commands in the Message Viewer
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+ View the next message
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= View the next message
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- View the previous message
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_ View the previous message
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<Enter> Go to the next message
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<Space> Page through the message and go to the next message when
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we reach the end of this message
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<Esc> Quit reading the messages
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A Address Book (available in registered copies only)
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B Bulk mark multiple messages
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E Enter a new message
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G Go back one message
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I Select an individual message to look at
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K Kill a reply
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M Mark the message for archiving
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P Print the current message
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Q Quit reading messages
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R Reply to the message you are reading
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S Save the current message
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T Change the Thread order
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<Ctrl><PgDn> Jump to the start of the next thread
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<Ctrl><PgDn> Jump to the end of the previous thread
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Because of size restrictions, I'm going to, once again, leave it up
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to you to figure all these out for yourself. Most are pretty self
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explanatory.
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Sooner or later, you'll want to enter a message or reply to someone
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elses message. Lets take a quick look at that process.
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When entering a message or reply, EZ-reader prompts you with
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specific information, ie. the person you are addressing the message to,
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the conference you wish the message to go in, etc. You may let
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EZ-Reader prompt you with this info BEFORE you enter the message or
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AFTER you enter the message. The message information window looks like
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this:
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ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Message Information ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
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º º
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º From: RICKY MORGAN º
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º º
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º To: º
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º º
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º Subj: º
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º º
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º Conf: 0 Main Board º
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º º
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º Private: N Send Copies: N º
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º º
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º Current tagline: º
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º EZ_Reader; simply the best! º
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º º
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º <F1> - Help º
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º <F5> - Address Book <F6> - Add Tagline º
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º <F7> - Tagline ON <F8> - Pick Conference º
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º <F9> - Accept/Edit <Esc> - Exit/Cancel º
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ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
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If you are replying to a message, certain fields will be filled in
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for you. You may still edit them.
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ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Message Information ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
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º º
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º From: RICKY MORGAN º
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º To: MARK MAISEL º
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º Subj: Your article is LATE!! º
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º Conf: 12 BTWNA º
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º Private: N Send Copies: N º
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º º
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º Current tagline: º
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º AWWW! Mark, blow it out yer. . . º
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º º
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º <F1> - Help º
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º <F5> - Address Book <F6> - Add Tagline º
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º <F7> - Tagline ON <F8> - Pick Conference º
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º <F9> - Accept/Edit <Esc> - Exit/Cancel º
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ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
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At this point you can <F9> Accept the info and you will be placed
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in your editor. You can change the conference, tagline etc. On-line
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Help is available by pressing <F1>.
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You also have the option of sending carbon copies of the same
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message to other people. You can set up a list of up to 20 names in the
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carbon copy list and each person will receive a copy of your
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message/reply.
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There is MUCH, MUCH more to EZ-Reader but if I keep going, I'm
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simply going to end up with another copy of the documentation. I'm sure
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no one wants that. So let me close out with the thing every body want
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to know about TAGLINES.
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TAGLINES:
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---------
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You may have up to 50 taglines per tagline file. You may have
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multiple tagline files and provisions are included with EZ-Reader to
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allow you to switch files. The possibilities are unlimited.
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Over all I have been well pleased with EZ-Reader and I think you
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will too. There is a lot I didn't have space to cover. The main point
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I would like to make (and I feel is the most important) is that
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EZ-Reader IS simple to operate. Don't let the configuration examples
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scare you. I have found EZ-Reader, used in conjunction with MarkMail, to
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be superb in operation and reliability.
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Plus it allows me to actually KEEP up with all the conferences and
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messages on each board with out living "ON-LINE". I can read the mail
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when I choose too or as time becomes available. Try it. I, for one,
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think EZ-Reader is well worth the $25.00 registration fee.
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* EZ-Reader is a copyright of Thumper Technologies, 1988-90
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+ Qmail is a copyright of Sparkware, 1988
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+ MarkMail is a copyright of Mark Turner, 1988
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ProFile
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by Chris Mohney
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ProFile 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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SPECIAL BONUS ECONOMY-SIZE LIP-SMACKIN' FEATURE:
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With the advent of Metronet, we here in Birmingham have seen a lot
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of the folks over in Georgia. Since our never-ending mission here at
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BTN is to educate the heathen, here is a bit of infotainment consisting
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of the ProFiles of four of the most prominent Metronet denizens.
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Quadrophile on KEVIN BUCHAN
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JEFF FREEMAN
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GARY HASTY
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MARTIN KROLL
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---------
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Age:
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KB - Too old to hang out at the teen clubs and too young to go to the
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adult ones. (Umm ... that comes out to an even two decades.)
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JF - 24
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GH - A ripe and tender yet adventurous 22
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MK - 42
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Birthplace:
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KB - Miami, Florida - aka "Little Cuba"
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JF - Chatsworth, Georgia
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GH - Marlaville (Dalton, Georgia)
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MK - Bluefield, West Virginia
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Occupation:
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KB - Full-time BBS'er, Student, and Carpet Order Proccessor
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JF - HVAC & electrical contractor
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GH - Programmer/Analyst (full time), Personal Savior (part time)
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MK - Lift Truck Service, Sales, & Parts
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My hobbies include:
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KB - Getting lost in Birmingham, answering questionnaires, computers,
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raquetball
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JF - Computers, guns, pets, reading
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GH - Comics, Pub Crawlin', Bashin' Edwin, Wrasslin'
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MK - Computing, bow hunting, guns, "tinkering"
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Years telecomputing:
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KB - About 8 months. Been on message bases even less time.
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JF - Started in 1980 or so
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GH - I don't know. Off and on maybe 2-3 years ... you pick.
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MK - 10
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Sysop, past/present/future of:
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KB - Future sysop of "The Spider's Web." It shall be the single most
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wonderful BBS in all of Dalton. It'll have files, messages, two
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nodes with HST's at both, a toll-free number, CD-ROM drives ...
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umm, maybe I'm just dreaming.
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JF - Front Porch BBS
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GH - Jeff "Squeal like a Pig" Freeman
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MK - Fort Mountain BBS
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My oddest habits are:
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KB - Stroking my chin in the manner of a man with a beard even though
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I couldn't grow one to save my modem.
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JF - Hmmm ... can't think of the most odd (heh)
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GH - Basically talkin' to myself as I scan this damn packet of 600
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messages ... and liking it!
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MK - I only pick my nose in private
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My greatest unfulfilled ambition is:
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KB - To finish college with my MA degree in Textile Engineering and
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enter the job market (read: rat race)
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JF - To be wealthy enough to do as I please
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GH - To lick John Waters' hands
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MK - To pilot an F4 or greater
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The single accomplishment of which I am most proud is:
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KB - Getting my external protocols to work correctly, consistently.
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JF - Being half the man my grandfather is
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GH - Going to a Church of God seminar on Satanic Rock-n-Roll and not
|
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being asked to leave within the first 10 minutes ... I was also
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X'ed out by Rev. Jim (Leader of the God Squad) at Ga. Tech as a
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sinner ...
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MK - I'm still alive
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My favorite performers are:
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KB - Pink Floyd (older stuff), Tom Petty
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JF - Clint Eastwood and various others
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GH - Foetus, Dead Kennedys, Seka, Robert Tilton
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MK - Eddie Murphy, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Candy Evans
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The last good movie I saw was:
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KB - Young Guns II. I saw it in Birmingham, too!
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JF - I rarely go to the movies, but I'll watch whatever comes on HBO
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or Showtime ... sad.
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GH - OC & Stiggs (I enjoyed the social meaning)
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MK - The Abyss
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The last good book I read was:
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KB - The Dragonlance series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
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JF - Non-fiction
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GH - The comic book TICK
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MK - Trading with the Enemy
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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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KB - Either Matthew Broderick or Arnold Scwarzenegger. Matthew has
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style and finesse to pull off the character traits and Arnie has
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a comparable body.
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JF - Someone with a sense of humor with enough balls to tell the
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director to stick it when he starts changing the facts.
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GH - Dennis Hopper
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MK - Me, of course!
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My pet peeves are:
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KB - People who play stupid, people who rearrange my stuff, people who
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get drunk at parties they've never been to before.
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JF - People with attitudes, bimbos looking for cash
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GH - People who WHIIIINE, blind faith, New Kids, people who DARE to
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take me seriously ...
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MK - People doing 40 in the left lane on 55 mph four-lane
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When nobody's looking, I like to:
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KB - Put my spider on my shoulder and BBS in my underwear.
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JF - Call long-distance BBS's
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GH - Fondle Jeff's dawg
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MK - Scratch my nuts!
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? Why I Compute ?
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by Andy Anaconda
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What a strange question. I have never really put much thought into
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it to tell you the truth. I use my machine at work, at home and at play.
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I use it to access information systems when I'm writing papers for
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school. I use it to project sales and track inventory at work. I use it
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to roam the "Land of the Lounge Lizards". I use it to keep track of
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every day events, as well as what small sums of income I might glean
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|
from my company. But why do I compute? The first thing that comes to
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mind is, because it's there. It is more than that though.
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Computing is something I draw great enjoyment from. It is my way of
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|
unwinding and letting go of the everyday mundane world we all have grown
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|
accustomed to. It is the wave of the future as well as a sign of the
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|
times. Whether it is tracking a space shuttle flight or projecting the
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|
total sales for next month, I draw pleasure from the speed and accuracy
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|
my machine allows me. It is as if there is a special place my computer
|
|
can take me where the worries of the world seem not quite as foreboding
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|
as before. My computer is a trusted and reliable friend. Always there
|
|
for me when I call and not a bother when I need my own space. It may
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|
sound strange but it is a friendly companion.
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|
The interaction with other people through the local and national
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|
BBS communities also has quite a bit to do with the reason I turn my
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machine on daily. Having no formal training in computers or computer
|
|
science, most all of what I have learned has come from the help of
|
|
friends I have made over the phone lines. Virtually all of my knowledge
|
|
in the BASIC language came through reading and studying programs that
|
|
others had written. By adding my own bells and whistles to these
|
|
programs and seeing just how someone else had solved a certain problem
|
|
in their own special way, I was able to increase my own knowledge and
|
|
proficiency. The local BBS scene provides me with entertainment and a
|
|
wealth of knowledge I would not otherwise have at my disposal. If I'm
|
|
having a problem with an application or need a certain type of
|
|
interface, the answer is only a phone call away. We are very fortunate
|
|
here in Birmingham to have such an extensive array of boards and above
|
|
all such a dedicated group of Sysops. Most all of the system operators
|
|
in this area will bend over backward to help anyone with any type
|
|
problem they are encountering. My hat is off to these people. They just
|
|
don't get the credit they deserve.
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|
So why do I compute? I compute for the fun and the fellowship that
|
|
is offered to me by simply pressing a button, listening for a few beeps
|
|
and whirs and then prest-o change-o, the world is at my fingertips. What
|
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more could a person want? Very little I'm quite sure.
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Music Review
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by Tyros & Dean Costello
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NURSERY CHRYME - Genesis (1971)
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Tyros: Slightly skeptical I was, slightly skeptical about hearing a
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Genesis album, especially one of the early ones that seem to be
|
|
representative of Dean's passion <ahem> for '70s art rock. Was
|
|
I converted? No. That doesn't change the fact that this stuff
|
|
is what I had feared it was all along: darn good. It's kind of
|
|
interesting in a way to hear what was obviously the building
|
|
blocks for latter day artsy types like Kansas. Lots of keyboard
|
|
effects with thumpety-thumping drums in the back to ensure it
|
|
makes it into the "rock" section at the record store. It's very
|
|
self-involved music, and it all seems to run together, but it's
|
|
SO well crafted, I can't help but feel like it's not completely
|
|
worthless.
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Dean: "Nursey Cryme" is what I would consider state-of-the-art art
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rock circa 1971. This was the way Genesis was supposed to be,
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with a real drummer, guitar player, etc., etc.; and not the
|
|
backing band for Phil Collins. This version of Genesis
|
|
consisted of Peter Gabriel (Lead Vocals and flute), Tony Banks
|
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(keyboards), Phil Collins (drums, and only drums), Steve
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Hackett (a mean guitar), and Mike Rutherford (bass). It has a
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nice orchestral feel to it, in that there is a lot of Mellotron
|
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strings and such so that there is always a lush, textured feel
|
|
to the music. Not quite as bad as Geoff Downes and his "Wall of
|
|
Sound" playing, however. The opening track, "The Musical Box"
|
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starts with a hunk of minstral- sounding music complete with
|
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flutes and a little acoustic guitar work, plus Gabriel
|
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whispered lyrics. The song than kicks into a very nice harder
|
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rock section, where the organ is used as a rhythmic device
|
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while the drums and bass go their merry way. Hackett's guitar
|
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work is just as scorching as anything that is generated today
|
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by the numerous Van Halen clones, and a damn sight better than
|
|
most. He was said to be the first to use the finger-tapping
|
|
method that Eddie Van Halen made so popular in "Beat It"; with
|
|
a hallmark of very precise, very judicious playing. The song
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than slips back into minstral mode for a while, and then Tony
|
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Banks gets a chance to strut his stuff for a while. This song
|
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is indicative of the entire album, which shows the problem with
|
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this album is that is shows the die-hard Genesis fan what the
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band could have been like. Right now, most people associate
|
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Genesis with such songs as "Invisible Touch" and "Tonight,
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Tonight, Tonight", which to me is a sad reflection that Genesis
|
|
is the backing band for a Phil Collins bent on reducing them to
|
|
another pop band, a la Billy Joel or Jefferson Star- ship.
|
|
Genesis still hits its stride every so often, as is evidenced
|
|
by "The Last Domino" and "The Brazilian" on Invisible Touch, or
|
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"Home by the Sea" and "Second Home by the Sea" on Genesis; but
|
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for those of us that when they think of Genesis, "11th Earl of
|
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Mar" comes to mind, or "Firth of Fifth", or "Squonk", or "Dance
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|
on a Volcano". But, alas, most of the stuff that Genesis
|
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generates does not equal this, and thusly makes this album that
|
|
much more bittersweet.
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Dean: Tyros, you make art rock out to be this evil influence generated
|
|
by Trevor Horne. What's the big deal about it? I happen to
|
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like the slew of keyboards, the slightly overproduced feel to
|
|
it, the lyrics that really don't matter, all that kind of
|
|
stuff.
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Tyros: No, art rock isn't evil - just superfluous. You almost admit
|
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that liking the stuff is a guilty pleasure - as it should be.
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Dean: Superfluous? You could very easily make that claim about any
|
|
type of music, not just art rock. What makes you single art
|
|
rock out?
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Tyros: Because of almost any genre, this kind of music is almost
|
|
obsessively keyed on overdoing it. It's painfully obvious that
|
|
even when Genesis or Yes go the minimalist or acoustic route,
|
|
it's out of a pronouced aim to be self-consciously significant
|
|
- and it's a sticky trap that nearly all British musicians in
|
|
the main- stream are stuck with these days because of bands
|
|
like Genesis.
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Dean: But Tyros, you can still make that claim out of dance music and
|
|
'pop' music that is of the Terry Louis/Jimmy Jam mold. You
|
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cannot in all consciously single out 'art rock' as being
|
|
overproduced, etc., given that almost all music is
|
|
'overproduced' these days. I like to think that Madonna and
|
|
Whitney Houston kind of say it all for me.
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|
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Tyros: Which illustrates a completely different problem of
|
|
perspective. But we're not reviewing Madonna, and more
|
|
importantly, I'm not singling out Yesesis to the point of
|
|
shutting everything else out. What I am saying is that it's
|
|
easy to see how all of the rampant overtexturing in pop music
|
|
today might have been learned from the early '70s period.
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Dean: Ooooh. The Dale Carter method. When in doubt, use debating
|
|
tactics. Is your position that weak, chump?
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Tyros: I don't have a position, I just call'em as I see'em.
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Dean: Oh yeah? <whap> .........
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|
PORCUPINE - Echo and the Bunnymen (1983)
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Dean: Well, I now know what happened to all of the gear used by Big
|
|
Country. They apparently had a fire sale, and sold it all to
|
|
Echo and the Bunnymen. The vocals have that whiney lilt that
|
|
we all know and cringe from in English noveau music. The
|
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guitars sound like bagpipes. The drums sound like "Rythms, by
|
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Roland". But you can dance to it, if you are so inclined.
|
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Doesn't change out of 4/4 to save its life. This is on the
|
|
first song, "The Cutter". Also, I am halfway through the third
|
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song, and hoping against all hope to hear a key change. I am
|
|
not optimistic. Tyros, their ostenbible fan, doesn't know what
|
|
they are singing about. A libretto, a libretto, my kingdom for
|
|
a libretto. Basically, this is music of the genre defined by
|
|
REM about 5 years ago. Icky pseudo-pop that "Rolling Stone"
|
|
magazine loves. I do hear a hint of U2 on the song "My White
|
|
Devil", more specifically, it sounds like they have obtained
|
|
The Edge's guitar work (albeit without the bagpipes) from
|
|
"Bullet the Blue Sky", and Ian McColloch (sp?) sings like he is
|
|
in a Bono Sound-Alike contest. And it gets worse. The rest of
|
|
the album sounds like, well, U2. The vocals that are echoed
|
|
into oblivion, the mystical stringy noise every so often, the
|
|
Important Lyrics, the chickie-chickie guitar lines. Their
|
|
perogative, I suppose, but Echo and the Bunnymen sure as shit
|
|
don't sound like they have an original musical thought in the
|
|
world. There isn't much on this album that I haven't heard
|
|
better somewhere else, probably a U2 album. I wonder if they
|
|
pay them royalties?
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|
|
Tyros: The Porcupine album is not the best album with which to get
|
|
acquainted with a band like this, and it's evidence as to what
|
|
an erratic style Echo & the Bunnymen had before they broke up
|
|
last year. 1988's self-titled album veered in the other
|
|
direction - slick and uninspired, it was a play for Depeche
|
|
Mode/ New Order/U2 top-40 success that fell short of being
|
|
successful. Porcupine suffers from the opposite problem - the
|
|
music is written with too specific a bent, with the goal of
|
|
reaching too small an audience. There are some nice moments,
|
|
and I bet it sounds pretty good live, but as it is, the music
|
|
just sort of sits there meandering through stock early-80's
|
|
British post-new wave guitar scratching.
|
|
|
|
Tyros: As a follow-up, Dean, I believe that you really haven't heard
|
|
enough of this stuff to make all those snide U2 references in
|
|
good faith. To accuse Echo & The Bunnymen of being U2 clones
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is to fundamentally disparage nearly everything produced in
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England since 1981, and since you do that anyway, 'nuff said.
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Dean: You are being oversimplistic, Tyros. It isn't just the
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production, but the tone of the guitar sound, the echoes in the
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vocals, the whimsical, whispy noises infiltrating the
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background. Dammit, if it sounds like U2, and it looks like U2,
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they had better start paying royalties.
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Tyros: Whimsical whispy noises condemn the music as U2-reject? Never
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mind. If all we're arguing about is whether or not they sound
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like U2, then there isn't a real argument. U2 aren't gods, nor
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are they the most exciting thing to come down the pike, so
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there's no point in debating either blasphemy or wannabe. My
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position is that while there is a vague similarity, they do NOT
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sound like U2, and that's all there is to it.
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Dean: Tyros, you assume that I like U2, which is an abject falsehood.
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Few bands strike me as being as pretensious and full of
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themselves as U2. No, they aren't gods. But it sure sounds
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like Echo and the Bunnymen sure are trying for U2 wannabe-ness.
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But this isn't about U2, it is about E&tB. E&tB don't have
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original musical thoughts. Everything was obviously derived
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from groups of the same time and genre. And that is what has
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been bothering me, I think. Derivation is a time- honoured
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tradition in rock/pop/nouveau Brit. Ick. music. But they could
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have at least stolen their riffs from late 70's music, as
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opposed to contemporary stuff.
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From De Kitchen:
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Yo, Home Boys and Girls. I have been to the mountain top and I have had
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a dream. A dream of a land where food tastes good and the fixins' are
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easy. Actually, after spending several months with Paul and Kay Prudehome
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in New Orleans (actually Nawlans), I have come back to earth and
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rediscovered the simple delight of just plain good home food. It was I
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that drifted from the path not the path that had drifted from my feet.
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Anyway onward and upward with some simple and delightful things to
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titilate the tastebuds.
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Crusty Beef-Cheese-Noodle Casserole
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3 tbls. hot pepper oil (take vegie oil and soak a cayenne peper in it
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overnight, if you want make a cup or so of this,
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just use more peppers, good in all kinds of
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stuff)
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1 onion chopped
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1 lb. of ground ROUND get the grocer to coarse grind it
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3 slices of bacon
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1 can of sliced mushrooms
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1 can (16 oz.) of meatless RAGU sauce
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1 tsp sea salt I started using sea salt and it is much better
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1 package (8 oz.) Egg noodles (the broad kind) COOKED AND DRAINED
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1 1/2 cups of Coon Brand cheddar cheese (GRATED)
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2 goods dashs of Tobassco
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1/2 tsp pepper
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1/4 tsp white pepper
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1/4 tsp paprika
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1/4 tsp oregano
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Cook bacon in oil and then crumble, add onion and cook until
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transparent. Add spices. Add mushrooms and meat and cook until meat
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loses color. Add sauce and heat through. Layer noodles, meat sauce and
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cheese in layers until you fill the casserole or you run out of junk to
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put in it. Just make sure the last layer is cheese. Bake at 325 degrees
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for 1 hour. The top should be nicely browned. Makes 8 to 10 generous
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servings. This can be made and frozen before you cook it if you want.
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Serve this concoction with a salad and french bread. and lots of cold
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beer. Set some extra Tabassco sauce on the table for the stout hearted.
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This is good stuff in the winter. Make it in the morning and put in the
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fridge so you can pop it in the oven when you get home from work.
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JUST A HINT:
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When frying chicken or mushrooms or onion rings or what ever, use
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buttermilk to coat your stuff in before adding the seasoned flour
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coat. This makes stuff crispier and a tad sweeter than using
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regular milk or egg.
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Cauliflower Sour Cream Slaw
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1 large head of cauliflower
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1/2 cup french dressing
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1 cup sour cream
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1/2 cup sliced green onions
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1/2 cup celery leaves chopped (Yeah The Leaves)
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1 1/2 tsps. carraway seeds
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1/2 tsp. sea salt
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Cut cauliflower into THIN slices. In a bowl marinate cauliflower in
|
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french dresing and chill for several hours. Meanwhile, in a small bowl
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fold the onion, celery leaves, carraway seeds, and salt in the sour
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|
cream. Drain cauliflower if necessary and toss with the sour cream.
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Corn Puddin'
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1 can cream corn
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2 tblsps. flour
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1/2 tsp. salt
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1/4 cup sugar
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1/2 cup milk
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2 eggs, beaten
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1/4 stck of butter
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Combine flour, sugar, eggs, milk, and stir in corn and butter. Bake at
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350 degrees until firm, about 30 to 40 minutes.
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Well Guys and Gals, dis is Chez Stephan. Happy smacking Dudes and
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Dudettes.
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A Game Review
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by Karsten Propper
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I have chosen two Public Domain games to review. Both may be found on
|
|
most public boards. Most likely you will find it on The Matrix. The one
|
|
I am reviewing this month is called Arcade Volleyball.
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|
|
|
When you load up the game by typing in "AV" (or whatever your
|
|
execution file happens to be called), a welcome screen appears showing
|
|
the two figures that you will be using throughout the game jumping
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|
merrily up and down. You have seven options from here. Using your cursor
|
|
keys to highlight the appropriate selection, you may choose any of the
|
|
following:
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Play - This obviously allows you to proceed with the game.
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PL1 - This allows you to choose the method of which to control your
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figure. Keyboard, Joystick, etc.
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PL2 - This allows you to do the same as above, except with player two.
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Sound - This is used to toggle sound on and off.
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|
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Define Keys - Allows you to choose the keys on the keypad that you would
|
|
like to use in which to control your figure.
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|
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Set Joystick - This is the joystick calibration mode.
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Exit - Exits you to DOS
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|
|
After you have logged in all of your desires, you may now highlight
|
|
the "PLAY" option, and play the game.
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|
|
The game is a simple volleyball match between you and the
|
|
computer, or, if you are lucky enough to find a companion, play against
|
|
him. The two figure are in a small arena. They look a lot like Q-Bert's
|
|
mutant cousins without giant holes in their noses. A ball has been
|
|
suspended in mid-air above the first player's figure. To start, you just
|
|
hit the ball by jumping in the air at the correct angle. This puts the
|
|
ball into play. Your opponent will smash it back at you, and you must
|
|
move your figure into the correct position to keep the never-ending fun
|
|
going. This game will run on a CGA monitor.
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|
|
|
This game, I felt, was actually very silly. The creatures were
|
|
especially goofy. I thought that this is the type of game which you
|
|
download, play a few days, and then get sick of and delete. As far as I
|
|
could tell, the author did not request any sort of a donation. From the
|
|
looks of the game, I felt that he was smart in not wasting his time
|
|
asking for money he wouldn't get.
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Known BBS Numbers For The Birmingham Area
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NAME NUMBER BAUD RATES MODEM BBS SOFTWARE
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SUPPORTED TYPE
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* Alter-Ego BBS 925-0707 300-2400 ProBBS/ProDoor
|
|
* American BBS 674-1851 300-2400 PC Board 14.5
|
|
* Bus System BBS 595-1627 300-2400 PC Board 14.2
|
|
* Byte Me! ???-???? 9600 HST/V.42 WWIV 4.07
|
|
Camelot BBS 856-0679 300-2400 Teleguard 2.5
|
|
-* Channel 8250 Node 1 744-8546 300-9600 HST/V.32 PC Board 14.5
|
|
-* Channel 8250 Node 2 744-5166 300-9600 HST PC Board 14.5
|
|
* Crunchy Frog 956-1755 300-2400 PC Board 14.0
|
|
D3 Systems BBS 663-2759 300-9600 HST/V.32 Quick BBS 2.04
|
|
+ Duck Pond BBS 822-0956 300-9600 HST/V.32 Opus-CBCS 1.03c
|
|
EzNet Central 785-7417 1200-9600 HST PC Board 14.2
|
|
Graphics Zone Node 1 870-5306 300-9600 V.42 TBBS 2.1(16)
|
|
Graphics Zone Node 2 870-5329 300-9600 V.42 TBBS 2.1(16)
|
|
Hacker's Corner 674-5449 300-2400 MNP4 PC Board 14.5
|
|
+ I.S.A. BBS 995-6590 300-9600 HST TCOMM
|
|
* Joker's Castle 744-6120 300-2400 PC Board 14.0
|
|
K-9 Corner 424-8202 300-2400 Image 1.2
|
|
* Little Kingdom Node 1 969-0007 300-9600 HST/V.42 PC Board 14.5
|
|
* Little Kingdom Node 2 969-0008 300-2400 MNP4 PC Board 14.5
|
|
LZ Birmingham 870-7770 300-2400 PC Board 14.5
|
|
* Magnolia BBS 854-6407 300-9600 HST PC Board 14.2
|
|
@ Missing Link 853-1257 300-2400 Image 1.2
|
|
^ Myth Drannor 699-5811 1200-2400 MNP4 WWIV 4.11
|
|
Outside It's America 951-2473 300-2400 MNP4 WWIV 4.11
|
|
Owl's Nest 680-0851 300-2400 PC Board 14.2
|
|
Panic Zone 870-0434 1200-4800 MNP4 Vortek 1.47
|
|
@ Pirate's Cove 942-7429 300-1200 Image 1.2
|
|
Posys BBS 854-5131 1200-2400 RBBS CPC17.3
|
|
* Radio Free Troad 979-6183 300-9600 HST/V.42 PC Board 14.2
|
|
Safe Harbor 665-4355 300-2400 GT Power 15.00
|
|
Shadetree BBS 787-6723 300-2400 Phoenix 1.36
|
|
Sperry BBS 853-6144 300-9600 Hayes PC Board 14.5
|
|
* ST BBS 836-9311 300-2400 PC Board 14.2
|
|
@ The Commodore Zone 856-3783 300-2400 Image 1.2
|
|
The Connection 854-9074 1200-2400 PC Board 14.1
|
|
The Dog House 425-9255 300-1200 Image 1.2
|
|
The Hanging Tree ?938-2145? 300-2400 WWIV 4.11
|
|
The Kingdom Of Teletech 674-0852 300-2400 WWIV 4.11
|
|
- The Matrix Nodes 1-4 323-2016 300-2400 PC Board 14.5
|
|
- The Matrix Node 5 251-2344 300-9600 HST PC Board 14.5
|
|
The Outer Limits 985-1725 1200-2400 Teleguard 2.5i
|
|
VCM(ee) BBS Node 1 655-4059 300-2400 Oracomm Plus
|
|
VCM(ee) BBS Node 2 655-4065 300-1200 Oracomm Plus
|
|
Victory Express 425-0821 300-1200 Image 1.2
|
|
Willie's DYM Node 1 979-1629 300-2400 Oracomm Plus
|
|
Willie's DYM Node 2 979-7739 300-2400 Oracomm Plus
|
|
Willie's DYM Node 3 979-7743 300-1200 Oracomm Plus
|
|
Willie's DYM Node 4 979-8156 300-1200 Oracomm Plus
|
|
Ziggy Unaxess 991-5696 300-1200 Unaxess
|
|
|
|
Boards with a "*" before their name are members of our local network,
|
|
EzNet, and public messages left in the EzNet Conferences of any of these
|
|
boards will be echoed to all members.
|
|
|
|
Boards with a "@" before their name are members of our local Commodore
|
|
network, Image Network, and e-mail left on any member board may be
|
|
directed to any other member board.
|
|
|
|
Boards with a "+" before their name are members of FidoNet, an
|
|
international network that provides a variety of public forums as well
|
|
as private mail services all over the world.
|
|
|
|
Boards with a "-" before their name are members of MetroNet, an
|
|
international network that provides a variety of public forums as well
|
|
as private mail services all over the world.
|
|
|
|
Boards with a "^" before their name are members of WWIV-Net, an
|
|
international network that provides a variety of public forums as well
|
|
as private mail services all over the world.
|
|
|
|
If you have any corrections, additions, deletions, etc., please let us
|
|
know via EzNet.
|
|
|
|
Ed. Note - The Hanging Tree is being moved and the new
|
|
number, the one within question marks in the list, is
|
|
supposed to be the new number as of the 2nd week of October.
|
|
Please don't try to call prior to 10/7.MM
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
EzNet Multiple Echo List
|
|
|
|
EzNet now supports multiple conference echoing but there are a few
|
|
things you should be aware of regarding private mail.
|
|
|
|
A. You have one 'address' for private mail. If you are registered for
|
|
private mail on Channel 8250 and someone sends you a private
|
|
message in the MS-DOS conference from Crunchy Frog it will wind
|
|
up in the Hardware conference on Channel 8250 as it should.
|
|
|
|
However, if you were registered for private mail on Magnolia and
|
|
someone sends you a private message in a conference that Magnolia
|
|
does not support (echo) then the message will wind up in the
|
|
twilight zone.
|
|
|
|
B. If you go by a handle on one BBS and your real name on another even
|
|
if the private message goes where it is supposed to, you will not
|
|
be able to read it because it is addressed to someone else as far
|
|
as PC Board is concerned. PC Board has no way of knowing that Red
|
|
Foxx and John Doe are the same person. No tickee, no washee.
|
|
|
|
Advice on sending private mail: If you don't know if the person you
|
|
are sending private mail to is registered for private mail then keep a
|
|
copy of the message in case you have to find an alternate route. EzNet
|
|
Central will delete your private, undelivered message and inform you
|
|
that the user you attempted to reach is not registered for private mail
|
|
on any EzNet Node.
|
|
|
|
This is a list of the current echoes that I am aware of. More are
|
|
in the making and will be posted in future issues. If you are a sysop
|
|
and are running an echo not listed for your board, please make us aware
|
|
of it so we may correct it next issue.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eznet Program IBM Adult Scitech BTNWA
|
|
|
|
Alter-Ego ........... * ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..
|
|
American BBS ........ * ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..
|
|
Bus System BBS ...... * ..... * ..... * ..... ..... * ..... * ..
|
|
Byte Me! ............ * ..... * ..... * ..... * ..... ..... ..
|
|
Channel 8250 ........ * ..... * ..... * ..... ..... * ..... * ..
|
|
Crunchy Frog ........ * ..... ..... * ..... * ..... ..... * ..
|
|
Joker's Castle ...... * ..... ..... * ..... ..... ..... ..
|
|
Little Kingdom ...... * ..... * ..... * ..... * ..... * ..... ..
|
|
Magnolia BBS ........ * ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..
|
|
Radio Free Troad .... * ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..
|
|
ST BBS .............. * ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..
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