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BTN: Birmingham Telecommunications News
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COPYRIGHT 1993 ISSN 1055-4548
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January 1993 Volume 6, Issue 1
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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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From The Editor................................Scott Hollifield
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Letters to the Editor..........................BTN Readers
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BBSing In The Real World.......................Damion Furi
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Installing 4DOS on a PC........................Jeffrey Morley
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Principia Discordia............................Discordians
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Local Music in January.........................Judy Ranelli
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Carnal Chameleon Quarterly [promo].............Chris Mohney
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Disktop Publishing Association [promo].........Mark Maisel
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The Bill of Rights.............................Our Founding Fathers
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BTN ProFile: Gwendolyn Norton..................The Bishop
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Special Interest Groups (SIGs).................Barry Bowden
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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 damage
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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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Publisher, BTN
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606 Twin Branch Terrace
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BHAM, AL 35216
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(205) 823-3956
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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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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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ADAnet One Alter-Ego Bone Yard
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Bus System Channel 8250 Crunchy Frog
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DC Info Exchange F/X BBS Gateway BBS
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Homewood's Hell Hole Joker's Castle Lemon Grove
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Martyrdom Again?! The MATRIX Milliways BBS
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Night Watch The Outer Limits Owlabama BBS
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Owl's Nest Playground Safe Harbor
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Southern Stallion Starbase 12 Teasers BBS
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T.G.U.E. BBS Thy Master's Dungeon Weekends BBS
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(Please note that this list includes some systems which are not local to
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Birmingham and therefore not included on our BBS Numbers list.)
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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 The Matrix or Crunchy Frog so that I can post your board as
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a free BTN distributor. Thanks. SH
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N E W S F L A S H
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BTN PUBLISHES THE CORRECT NUMBERS FOR THE CRUNCHY FROG!
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For the first time in our new administration,
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the BBS list is accurate, at least in this regard.
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(See Known BBS Numbers list at the end of the issue,
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to verify for yourself.)
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BTN WRITERS WANTED! DESPERATELY!
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See "From The Editor" for details.
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From the Editor
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by Scott Hollifield
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Well, I hope everyone had a decent December, whatever holiday you may
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celebrate.
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Thanks to the holidays, this issue will be a little late getting out,
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and it'll also look a little different from most issues. Instead of
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all-original material, I had to scrounge a little to get enough articles
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to make a whole BTN.
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The 4DOS article was written two or three years ago by Jeffrey Morley; I
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took it from the Crunchy Frog's download library. Not knowing anything
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about the subject, I hope SOMEONE can still find it useful. Also, from
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the Frog's libraries, we're printing an excerpt from the Principia
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Discordia, a tome of wisdom written by some very strange people who
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would probably like for you to give them money. Whether you do so or
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not is completely up to your own free will, such that it is. And
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you'll notice that I slipped in a piece of very choice reading, of which
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everyone should be cognizant: the Bill of Rights to our nation's
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Constitution. Desperation on my part, true, but you could find worse
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things to read.
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We still managed to get in a few pieces from our local and beloved
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stable of writers. The Bishop's ProFile on Gwendolyn Norton, which he
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turned in about five minutes too late for last issue, is here, and Judy
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Ranelli continues her opinion-spiced recap of the coming month's
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musical events. And please welcome Damion Furi to our little family.
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You'll be seeing more of his writing here, since I have no less than
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two more of his articles ready to be published.
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To boot, we also have another letter. Hey, not too bad after all.
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Still, if we want to see something a little more original than excepts
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from the Constitution, more contributions are going to have to come in.
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If you have any kind of writing at all, I'd love to see it. The way you
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submit something to BTN is, you upload it as a private submission to The
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Matrix or the Crunchy Frog, and let me know about it in a private
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message. That's it.
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I'm running so late this month I don't even have time for a proper
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editorial. So let's get to the rest of the issue.
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Letters to the Editor
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From: David Hogan
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Posted on: The Matrix
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This is a response to the latest BTN issue [Dec. '92, "BBS Business
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or Hobby"]. This may be added to the ongoing comments in that article.
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I've already expressed to Rocky how valuable the Matrix has been to me,
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starting a business, and watching two toddlers as well, The Matrix has
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been both a wealth of information I would not have time to search out at
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the local libraries, and a outlet for my state of mind. As far as the
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direction of BBS's I feel that lies with the operators intent. As a user
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I will decide which one fit my needs, when they do I intend to
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contribute in some way, as I do on the Matrix, and feel the subscription
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cost on the Matrix to be one of the best investments I ever made.
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However even with the gracious amount of extended time I enjoy from
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subscribing, I try to never stay online for one session for more than an
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hour. Yes I paid my money but I feel it no different than if I was
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keeping people at the library from enjoying something because I'm too
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greedy to get out of the way and give someone else a chance. So, while
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I am a consumer, in so many words, I feel an obligation to respect the
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board that I contribute to and be courteous to others. And more
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important to be attentive to the operator of the boards concerns. If he
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or she is worried anbout their lines being tied up, then I will do my
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business and chat some other time when I see less people on line. I
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think that most people(I may be wrong) are willing to comply with any
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little needs that the board has. At any rate I'm greatful to anyone who
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has taken the time to provide a BBS to the public.
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BBSing In The Real World
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by
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Damion Furi
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I purchased my first modem in the Spring of this year. I paid $80
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for a QuickTel 9600/2400 fax/modem. I knew that wasn't very fast, but I
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was more interested in the fax capability - it was the cheapest "fax
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machine" I could find. The professional benefits of having an internal
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fax card are too numerous to mention here, and beside the point as well.
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A few months prior to this, a friend of mine had introduced me to a
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few local BBSs (The Crunchy Frog and The Matrix, and one or two others),
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but I had all the responsibilities I could eat and didn't have the free
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time to indulge in "calling a bunch of computer geeks."
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Talk about being outside looking in!
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I think about my old attitude sometimes, and I'm able to laugh at
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myself and acknowledge how much I've grown and how much I've learned
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thanks to the Birmingham area's BBS offerings. I owe more than I could
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ever hope to repay to the sysops out there that have been extremely
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generous with their time, their advice, and their technical knowledge.
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I owe a similar debt of gratitude to the many users out there that have
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been equally helpful. I could easily clog up this issue with a list,
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but I won't do that. I'll simply say, "Thanks!" to those who have been
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so helpful, and take it on faith that they know whom I'm addressing.
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The Birmingham area BBS community continually amazes me. It is
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almost as if none of these people have ever taken part in the rude,
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selfish, self-centered so-called "real" world.
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Oh, sure. There are obnoxious people on the boards. I'm not
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saying otherwise. But they are outnumbered roughly 100 to 1 by a
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generous, helpful, intelligent, educated, and informed user base.
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Offline is another story...
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I knew a fair amount about computers before I signed on to my first
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BBS with my new modem. I can't begin to describe the blow to my ego
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when I discovered, first, that I was out of my depth, and second, that
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here were several thousand people that knew much more about computers.
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I felt almost as if I had never touched a computer before!
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What it boils down to is this: I experienced my first case of
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culture shock. For the most part, I've gotten over it. But I still
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endure minor flashbacks occasionally. It keeps me somewhat reigned-in,
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if not exactly humble.
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I've been very active on the boards ever since I discovered the
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variety of people and interests available - which amazes me, because I'm
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not the most sociable person on the planet. And, too, I had thought, at
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first, that I would be more interested in trying to swallow The Matrix's
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file directories whole than in carrying on online conversations. As it
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stands, I have downloaded relatively few files at all.
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My phone directory carries more than 100 BBS numbers, though I am
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active on only a handful of them. I maintain accounts on most of them,
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though, for odd occasions and odder moods.
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I spend quite a bit of time playing on the modem. I won't try to
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estimate it, though, because I don't really care to confront that much
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fact all at once. Suffice it to say that I spend enough time online -
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or on online-related activities - that people have made jokes about me
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disappearing from the "real" world entirely.
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But I have thought about that. Some people would prefer that I do
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"normal" things, like watch television or read the newspaper. Well, I
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despise television, and newspapers aren't a hell of a lot better. I
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listen to NPR, switch back and forth between 95 & 99, and listen to my
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tapes. I pick up more hard facts, information, and ideas from the
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boards. Otherwise, I read a lot. That pretty well accounts for most of
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my free time.
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The "real" world? Screw it. If push comes to shove, the "real"
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world sucks. It stinks on ice. I can smell it from here. The people
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are obnoxious, arrogant, ignorant, provincial, and rude.
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I've been told to "get a life." Why? I have two lives, and I'm
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happy with both of them. I live with my girlfriend and her two
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children, and I work and I play. And then I have my life on the
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boards...
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Damion Furi owns Freelance Support Services, an administrative
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and computer support service primarily serving other
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freelancers, which he runs from home.
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Installing 4DOS on a PC
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by Jeffrey Morley
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I have now installed the 4Dos operating system replacement on my PC
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at home, and have to say that this is the finest piece of ShareWare
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to come along since List (or possibly Qedit). 4Dos replaces the
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DOS command processor (Command.Com), adding a slew of new INTERNAL
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commands, and enhancing many of the old. The real advantage of
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4Dos is that it can replace many of the TSR and utility programs
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that you currently have, with instant online help, and all DOS
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original commands supported.
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Why do I say that you can replace TSR and utility programs? Look
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at what it did for me...
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My old program: Replacement:
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Move.Com - Moves files Internal Move command
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across Dirs and Drives. including across drives.
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History or Ced Internal command line
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Command line edit/recall. edit/recall with options.
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KeyFake or Stakcey Keyfake capabilities built
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Fake keys to progs/batch. in - Driver in Config.Sys
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Sweep - Perform actions Internal Global command.
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across directories.
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DelBut - Deletes all "but" Internal Except command.
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specified filespec. (Works on ALL commands,
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not just DEL.)
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Various SDir Cdir... Internal enhanced DIR with
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directory programs. tons of options!
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CDD - changes directories Internal CDD command.
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and drives with one command.
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Various environment editors Internal ESet command to
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change environment.
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Tons of Xtree clones to Internal Select command to
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manage files. perform point/tag & shoot
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actions on files.
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PushDir/PopDir - to save Internal PushD and PopD
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the current directory in commands to do this.
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a batch, and restore at
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completion.
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All of the commands that I have listed as internal (including an
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interal version of LIST itself!) are truly internal. They execute
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instantly!
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Let's go on with a few goodies, before I start with the warnings/tips:
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* The batch file commands have been enhanced and added to.
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* Commands can be stacked on one command line with separator char.
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* ECHO can be turned off at bootup, eliminating @Echo in .BAT files.
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* Internal Stopwatch to time program execution.
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* Built in capability to add descriptions to directories.
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* Fantasic Alias command, much like CED's alias capabilities.
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* Enhanced ANSI.SYS included, with better speed and more functions.
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* 4Dos can be loaded into 64K of EMS memory (all but about 5K), or
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"disk swap" mode if you have no EMS. This means 4Dos takes up
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LESS memory than IBM/MS DOS 3.3, with lots of added capabilities.
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* So far, I have found 4Dos to be comletely at home on my system.
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I have a 20mhz 286 class machine, with 1 meg of EMS (not EEMS,
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but it's not required for 4Dos operation.) I am also running
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VFeature 2.7 to partition a 60meg drive - RLL'd (Omti) to 91meg.
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I have a Paradise bottom-of-the-line VGA card. There have
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been no conflicts with IBMBIO or IBMDOS, and all DOS commands
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function normaly (except those replaced with commands of the
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same name, and those work better!).
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Now the warnings/tips:
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Tip!
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4Dos should NOT be the entry in the Comspec environment variable,
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as shelling out to another command processor in this case will
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eat up 57k of additional RAM memory. You should boot from 4Dos,
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and then be sure to set Command.Com as the Comspec entry. I will
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give an example of this in a second. This is needed becuase the
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second 4Dos command processor loaded via any kind of "shell" will
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load the entire 57K program into RAM. Shelling to Command.Com
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will solve this, although you won't be able to use the interal
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4Dos commands while in the shell. You are supposed to be able
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to load the second 4Dos command processor in EMS as well, but I
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have found this method to be a tad touchy, probably because I
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use the rest of my EMS for caching.
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Use the following line in your Config.Sys if you have EMS:
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SHELL=C:\4DOS.COM /S:E /E:1024 /p
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or this one if you don't have EMS, and want to "disk swap"
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the program. Don't worry, it's still VERY fast:
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SHELL=C:\4DOS.COM /S:D /E:1024 /p
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Use the following line in your Autoexec.Bat:
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SET COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM
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Now when you ALT-R out of QModem, you will be "shelling" to
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Command.Com (6K) instead of another copy of 4Dos (57k!).
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EXIT still returns you to your program, and back into the
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4Dos environment.
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Tip!
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4Dos has an internal LIST command, and this functions much like
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Vern Buerg's LIST.COM. But it ain't... You may want to
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use the ALIAS command to set up the following alias:
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ALIAS LIST=C:\UTIL\LIST.COM
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This will force 4Dos to use the loadable LIST.COM in your
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\UTIL directory instead of the internal version.
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Tip!
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The 4Dos internal DIR command defaults to sorting the directory
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by filename, so be careful of using things that are dependant
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on where in the directory the files are listed. An example of
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this would be PCopy's /F: /L: parmeters to start/stop at certain
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files. You can use the /OU parameter on the DIR command to get
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an unsorted listing.
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Tip!
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I suspect that the version of ANSI.SYS supplied with the program
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may have a few bugs, or conflicts with my hardware in some way.
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I can't consistantly get bright colors with the esc[1;xxm command,
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and some things using DOS/ANSI calls have come up in strange colors.
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Speed106.Com (a little gizmo to test your processor speed) now is
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in Cyan instead of the normal Yellow. I have gone back to using
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NAnsi or ZAnsi or even DOS' original ANSI.SYS. They work fine in
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the 4Dos environment though.
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My conclusion is that 4Dos may well be the answer for many of
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you who like the power you get using lots of TSR and utility
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programs, but don't want to give up the RAM or the time lost in
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loading them. The version I have been testing is 4Dos 2.0(a), and
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is available on my system as 4DOS20A.ZIP. Don't forget that you
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are REPLACING your command processor, so be sure to:
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1) READ the documentation that comes with the program. I have
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given some brief examples of a setup for MY machine, but
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you may want/need to modify parameters.
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2) Back-up your hard drive before installing.
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3) Have a DOS boot disk handy in case you don't have the same
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success I did.
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Jeffrey S. Morley
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Sysop, The Interconnect BBS
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(703) 827-5762
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(A file consisting of excerpts from the PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA, a non-copyright
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book which serves as a "bible" for Discordians. It may answer some
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questions about Discordianism -- but, then again, it may not.)
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(Eris = Goddess of Confusion; slightly adapted from Greek mythology.)
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(For the complete book, write to: Loompanics Unlimited, PO Box 1197, Port
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Townsend, WA 98368 - unsolicited advertisement.)
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PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA
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The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger
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(excerpts) ALL RITES REVERSED (K) REPRINT WHAT YOU LIKE
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Dedicated to the Prettiest One
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POEE is one manifestation of
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the DISCORDIAN SOCIETY
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about which
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you will learn more and understand less
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We
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are a tribe
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of philosophers, theologians,
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magicians, scientists,
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artists, clowns,
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and similar maniacs
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who are intrigued
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with
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ERIS GODDESS OF CONFUSION
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and with
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Her Doings
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"There are trivial truths and there are great truths. The opposite of a
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trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true"
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--Neils Bohr.
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ON PRAYER: Mal-2 was once asked by one of his Disciples if he often prayed
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to Eris. He replied with these words: No, we Erisians seldom pray, it is
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much too dangerous. Charles Fort has listed many factual incidences of
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ignorant people confronted with, say, a drought, and then praying fervently
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-- and then getting the entire village wiped out in a torrential flood.
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THE LAW OF FIVES:
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The Law of Fives is one of the oldest Erisian Mysterees. It was first
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revealed to Good Lord Omar and is one of the great contributions to come
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from the Hidden Temple of the Happy Jesus.
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POEE subscribes to the Law of Fives of Omar's sect. And POEE also
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recognizes the holy 23 (2+3=5) that is incorporated by Episkopos Dr.
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Mordecai Malignatius, KNS, into his Discordian sect, the Ancient Illuminated
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Seers of Bavaria.
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The Law of Fives states simply that: ALL THINGS HAPPEN IN FIVES, OR
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ARE DIVISIBLE BY OR MULTIPLES OF FIVE, OR ARE SOMEHOW DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
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APPROPRIATE TO FIVE.
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The Law of Fives is never wrong. In the Erisian Archives is an old memo
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from Omar to Mal-2: "I find the Law of Fives to be more and more manifest
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the harder I look."
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POEE (Pronounced "POEE") is an acronym for the
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PARATHEO-ANAMETAMYSTIKHOOD OF ERIS ESOTERIC. The first part can be taken to
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mean "equivalent deity, reversing beyond-mystique". We are not really
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esoteric, it's just that nobody pays much attention to us.
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MY HIGH REVERENCE MALACLYPSE THE YOUNGER, AB, DD, KSC, is the High
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Priest of POEE, and POEE is grounded his episkopotic revelations of The
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Goddess.
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The POEE HEAD TEMPLE is the Joshua Norton Cabal of The Discordian
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Society, which is located in Mal-2's pineal gland and can be found by
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temporaly and spatially locating the rest of Mal-2.
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POEE has no treasury, no by-laws, no articles, no guides save Mal-2's
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pineal gland, and has only one scruple -- which Mal-2 keeps on his key
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chain.
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POEE has not registered, incorporated, or otherwise chartered with the
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State, and so the State does not recognize POEE or POEE Ordinations, which
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is only fair, because POEE does not recognise the State.
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ORDINATION AS A POEE PRIEST:
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There are no particular qualifications for Ordination because if you
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want to be a POEE Priest then you must undoubtably qualify. Who could
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possibly know better than you whether or not you should be Ordained?
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NO TWO EQUALS ARE THE SAME
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THE DISCORDIAN SOCIETY
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The Discordian Society has no definition. I sometimes think of it as a
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disorganization of Eris Freaks. It has been called a guerilla mind theatre.
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Episkopos Randomfactor, Director of Purges of Our People's Underworld
|
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Movement sect in Larchmont. prefers "The World's Greatest Association of
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What-ever-it-is-that-we-are." Lady Mal thinks of it as a RENAISSANCE THINK
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TANK. Fang the Unwashed, WKC, won't say. You can think of it any way you
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like.
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An EPISKOPOS OF THE DISCORDIAN SOCIETY is one who prefers total
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autonomy, and creates his own Discordian sect as The Goddess directs him.
|
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He speaks for himself and for those that say they like what he says.
|
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The LEGION OF DYNAMIC DISCORD: A Discordian Society Legionnaire is one
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who prefers not to create his own sect.
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If you want in on the Discordian Society
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then declare yourself what you wish
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do what you like and tell us about it
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or if you prefer
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don't.
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There are no rules anywhere.
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The Goddess Prevails.
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The Hell Law says that Hell is reserved exclusively for them that believe in
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it. Further, the lowest Rung in Hell is reserved for them that believe in
|
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it on the supposition that they'll go there if they don't.
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-- HBT; The Gospel According to Fred, 3:1
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CONVENTIONAL CHAOS
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GREYFACE
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In the year 1166 B.C., a malcontented hunchbrain by the name of Greyface,
|
|
got it into his head that the universe was as humorless as he, and he began
|
|
to teach that play was sinful because it contradicted the ways of Serious
|
|
Order. "Look at all that order about you," he said. And from that, he
|
|
deluded honest men to believe that reality was a straightjacket affair and
|
|
not the happy romance as men had known it.
|
|
It is not presently understood why men were so gullible at that particular
|
|
time, for absolutely no one thought to observe all the DISORDER around them
|
|
and conclude just the opposite. But anyway, Greyface and his followers took
|
|
the game of playing at life more seriously than they took life itself and
|
|
were known even to destroy other living beings whose ways of life differed
|
|
from their own.
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|
The unfortunate result of this is that mankind has since been suffering from
|
|
a psychological and spiritual imbalance. Imbalance causes frustration, and
|
|
frustration causes fear. And fear makes a bad trip. Man has been on a bad
|
|
trip for a long time now.
|
|
It is called THE CURSE OF GREYFACE.
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HERE FOLLOWS SOME PSYCHO-METAPHYSICS. If you are not hot for philosophy,
|
|
best just skip it.
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The Aneristic Principle is that of APPARENT ORDER; the Erisitic
|
|
Principle is that of APPARENT DISORDER. Both order and disorder are man
|
|
made CONCEPTS and are artificial divisions of PURE CHAOS, which is a level
|
|
deeper than is the level of distinction making.
|
|
With our concept making apparatus called "mind" we look at reality
|
|
through the ideas-about-reality which our cultures give us. The ideas-
|
|
about-reality are mistakenly labeled "reality" and unenlightened people are
|
|
forever perplexed by the fact that other people, especially other cultures,
|
|
see "reality" differently. It is only the ideas-about-reality which differ.
|
|
Real (capital-T True) reality is a level deeper than is the level of
|
|
concept.
|
|
We look through the world through windows on which have been drawn
|
|
grids (concepts). Different philosophies use different grids. A culture is
|
|
a group of people with rather similar grids. Through a window we view
|
|
chaos, and relate it to the points on our grid, and thereby understand it.
|
|
The ORDER is in the GRID. That is the Aneristic Principle.
|
|
Western philosophy is traditionally concerned with contrasting one grid
|
|
with another grid, and amending grids in hopes of finding a perfect one that
|
|
will account for all reality and will, hence, (say unenlightened westerners)
|
|
be True. This is illusory; it is what we Erisians call the ANERISTIC
|
|
ILLUSION. Some grids can be more useful than others, some more beautiful
|
|
than others, some more pleasant than others, etc., but none can be more True
|
|
than any other.
|
|
DISORDER is simply unrelated information viewed through some particular
|
|
grid. But, like "relation", no-relation is a concept. Male, like female,
|
|
is an idea about sex. To say that male-ness is "absence of female-ness", or
|
|
vice versa, is a matter of definition and metaphysically arbitrary. The
|
|
artificial concept of no-relation is the ERISTIC PRINCIPLE.
|
|
The belief that "order is true" and disorder is false or somehow wrong,
|
|
is the Aneristic Illusion. To say the same of disorder, is the ERISTIC
|
|
ILLUSION.
|
|
The point is that (little-t) truth is a matter of definition relative
|
|
to the grid one is using at the moment, and that (capital-T) Truth,
|
|
metaphysical reality, is irrelevant to grids entirely. Pick a grid, and
|
|
through it some chaos appears ordered and some appears disordered. Pick
|
|
another grid, and the same chaos will appear differently ordered and
|
|
disordered.
|
|
Reality is the ultimate Rorschach.
|
|
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|
THE LAST WORD
|
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|
|
The foregoing document was revealed to Mal-2 by the Goddess Herself through
|
|
many consultations with Her within his Pineal Gland. It is guaranteed to be
|
|
the Word of Goddess. However, it is only fair to state that Goddess doesn't
|
|
always say the same thing to each listener, and that other Episkoposes are
|
|
sometimes told quite different things in their Revelations, which are also
|
|
the Word of Goddess. Consequently, if you prefer a Discordian Sect other
|
|
than POEE, then none of these Truths are binding, and it is a rotten shame
|
|
that you have read all the way down to the very last
|
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word.
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January Music Treats
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by Judy Ranelli
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Sun. 3
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|
REV. HORTON HEAT/BARKING TRIBE at The Nick
|
|
Okay, I know you may be reading this too late, but the Rev. Horton
|
|
Heat is going to be at the Nick and he is well worth the hangover Monday
|
|
morning. If you missed it, and are a dedicated follower of cool bands,
|
|
you can see him at the Ivory Tusk in Tuscaloosa on Monday the 18th. His
|
|
excellent rock-a-vegas album was produced on a four track. Barking
|
|
Tribe opens featuring a new drummer, keyboardist and saxist.
|
|
|
|
Mon. 4
|
|
ITCHY WIGS at The Nick
|
|
I zipped over to their December show on my break from work last week
|
|
to see 10 minutes of Mark Kimbrell's innovative jazz guitar. The 15
|
|
minute drive there and back was time well spent. Go see this.
|
|
|
|
Thur. 7
|
|
TONY LOMBARDO QUARTET at Dugan's
|
|
My brother plays drums for this jazz quartet, but I like them
|
|
anyway. Tony Lombardo, guitarist, is also the teacher of a UAB Special
|
|
Studies class about the Andy Griffith show. Also Thurs. 14.
|
|
|
|
Fri. 8
|
|
HILLBILLY FRANKENSTEIN/MAN OR ASTROMAN at The Nick
|
|
I told you Hillbilly Frankenstein is a kitchy-Blue Velvet
|
|
soundtrack-Russ Meyers film poster band last month. And as an added
|
|
bonus, Man or Astroman is a weirder-than-50's-sci-fi-fans-watching-"Plan
|
|
9 From Outer Space"-and playing-Twister-band.
|
|
|
|
Wed. 13
|
|
PINKY THE STABBER at The Nick
|
|
They play three Wednesdays this month: the 13, 20, and 27. They
|
|
did 'Felize Navidad' for me for Christmas. And they are mind blowingly
|
|
good.
|
|
|
|
Sat. 16
|
|
DEREK TRUCKS at The Nick
|
|
Irregardless of whether or not you like Allman Brothers covers, it
|
|
is strange to see a preteen boy playing perfect slide guitar.
|
|
Especially if, like me, you never figured out how to play slide in the
|
|
first place.
|
|
|
|
Sun. 17
|
|
VOVA NOVA/AUTUMN LORDS at The Nick
|
|
Birmingham giants Vova Nova are performing with Autumn Lords,
|
|
featuring Chris Lowery (formerly of Electric Circus) singing, and
|
|
several other fellows I don't know. Chris dented my car hood by
|
|
pushing a Nick bartendress onto it in a drunken parking lot dance. But
|
|
he is quite talented and we have affectionately dubbed him "Lush King".
|
|
|
|
Mon. 18
|
|
SPACE CAMP at The Nick
|
|
No, the Nick is not paying me for these endorsements. It's just the
|
|
way the band lineup fell together. Space Camp just gets better and
|
|
better. Don Tinsely is the high priest of cheap speaker feedback and I
|
|
am his humble follower.
|
|
|
|
Wed. 20
|
|
SPIN DOCTORS at The Alabama Theatre
|
|
You like 'em? Go see 'em. I don't know anything about them. But I
|
|
like the Alabama.
|
|
[tickets available through Fastix]
|
|
|
|
Fri. 22
|
|
FIVE EIGHT/TOMBSTONES at The Nick
|
|
Georgia onslaught. Bring ear plugs. Wear dance shoes. Or drive to
|
|
Pensacola and see me play at Sluggo's.
|
|
|
|
Sat. 23
|
|
THURN AND TAXIS/THE SLEEPYS at The Nick
|
|
Someone told me Thurn and Taxis is a great band. I will be off
|
|
work, so I'll probably go see them.
|
|
|
|
Wed. 27
|
|
MR. BUBBLE/OTEYS at The Nick
|
|
Happy Sam Timberlake, my amp repairman (and he's a good one), who
|
|
used to live in a pink house, writes strange and inventive ska-pop with
|
|
upbeat melodies and cynical lyrics. I like them.
|
|
|
|
Sat. 9
|
|
STRUTTER (a "Kiss cover band")
|
|
Sat. 30
|
|
DUST AND BONES (a "Guns and Roses tribute band")
|
|
at Louie Louie
|
|
|
|
I saw the Back Doors' singer imitate Morrison. I saw Stairway to
|
|
Heaven's drummer plod through the solo on 'Moby Dick' for at least 10
|
|
minutes with triggered lights flashing. I was embarrassed for them.
|
|
Some people enjoy tribute bands, and since they only rarely tour through
|
|
here you might want to give one a try. *I* don't want to see someone
|
|
imitate Axl Rose; however, seeing blood spatter and flames fly in a
|
|
small club might sound tempting enough for me to peek in on Strutter's
|
|
show. But if you're gonna see this, why not spend some money some other
|
|
time on a local band? We need you.
|
|
|
|
REMEMBER: All Dates, Locations, Performers, ad infinitum SUBJECT TO
|
|
CHANGE.
|
|
|
|
----
|
|
Judy Ranelli plays guitar for a local band called the Ticks,
|
|
and knows more about being hip than you do.
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[The following is a unpaid promotional announcement. My payment is, as
|
|
always, the continual furtherance of justice and truth in the world.
|
|
-SH]
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|
|
|
Feeling left out because you're not a card-carrying member of the
|
|
cultural elite? Then suffer no longer, friend!
|
|
|
|
ANNOUNCING ..... the debut of the Southeast's newest and most profoundly
|
|
innovative small press magazine. After a long and painful struggle, not
|
|
unlike giving birth to a mongoloid with an unusually large skull
|
|
diameter, the first issue of Carnal Chameleon Quarterly is completed and
|
|
ready for sale. Edited-in-chieftanship by Chris Mohney, called by some
|
|
"the most powerful man in show business," CCQ prominently features the
|
|
best in new-wave protosurrealist metafiction, with some poetry and
|
|
artwork thrown in. For the first issue, in addition to the usual crowd
|
|
of Yanks, we have writers from England and Canada as well, so splurge on
|
|
a copy and recreate yourself in your own image. Sample copies are
|
|
$4.50, and subscriptions are $14.00 a year (4 issues). Check or money
|
|
order payable to Carnal Chameleon Quarterly.
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|
|
|
We're also looking for submissions of poetry, fiction and artwork for
|
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the succeeding issues. Complete guidelines can be had by sending an
|
|
SASE to our address below, or you can just go ahead and submit. We're
|
|
also open to correspondence, comments and suggestions.
|
|
|
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Send all missives to:
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Carnal Chameleon Quarterly
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PO Box 11206
|
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Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-9669
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Thank ewe!
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[Here follows a reprint of the DPA promotion we ran last month. Some
|
|
editions of the December BTN made it out without this item, so I said
|
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I'd print it again. It was submitted by Mark Maisel. - SH]
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Disktop Publishing Association
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Official Member
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Announcement
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November 1992 is Disktop Publishing Month
|
|
|
|
The Disktop Publishing Association (DPA) is publicly promoting
|
|
paper-free publishing this November for the first time. This form of
|
|
publishing covers a wide world of electronic publications. The DPA is an
|
|
Association of computer users who are interested in writing, publishing,
|
|
distributing and reading electronic documents of all varieties.
|
|
|
|
DP includes fictional works, technical and reference documentation,
|
|
instructional material, catalogs and directories, poetry, hardware and
|
|
software reviews, magazines, and every other imaginable category of
|
|
publication. Each is prepared electronically with an ASCII text editor
|
|
or word processor. They are then edited electronically for spelling,
|
|
punctuation, grammar and content. A reader software package must be
|
|
selected depending upon the document type and content. Graphical images
|
|
may be included in VGA level documents and readers. They are then
|
|
distributed via disk, via BBS and via E-Mail systems.
|
|
|
|
Paper-free disk based publications are the trend of the future in
|
|
document publishing for individual authors, corporations and governments
|
|
alike. They save time, money, and natural resources while providing more
|
|
writers the opportunity to publish works important to their respective
|
|
field. The ease with which revisions, updates and new editions are
|
|
published literally makes the printing of paper based documents
|
|
obsolete. Contact the Disktop Publishing Association today for more
|
|
information.
|
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|
|
Ron Albright
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Disktop Publishing Association
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1160 Huffman Road
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Birmingham, AL 35215
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Phone 205-853-8269
|
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Fax 205-853-8478
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BBS 205-854-1660
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The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
|
|
(otherwise known as The Bill of Rights)
|
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1st Amendment
|
|
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
|
|
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
|
|
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
|
|
petition the government for a redress of grievances.
|
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|
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2nd Amendment
|
|
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free
|
|
state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
|
|
infringed.
|
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|
|
3rd Amendment
|
|
No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quarters in any house, without
|
|
the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be
|
|
prescribed by law.
|
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|
|
4th Amendment
|
|
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
|
|
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
|
|
violated; and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported
|
|
by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
|
|
searched and the persons or things to be seized.
|
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5th Amendment
|
|
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise
|
|
infamous, crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury,
|
|
except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia,
|
|
when in actual service, in time of war, or public danger; nor shall any
|
|
person be subject, for the same offence, to be twice put in jeopardy of
|
|
life or limb; nor shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a
|
|
witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
|
|
without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public
|
|
use, without just compensation.
|
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|
|
6th Amendment
|
|
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a
|
|
speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district
|
|
wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have
|
|
been previously ascertained by law; and to be informed of the nature and
|
|
cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him;
|
|
to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to
|
|
have the assistance of counsel for his defence.
|
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|
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7th Amendment
|
|
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed
|
|
twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no
|
|
fact, tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the
|
|
United States than according to the rules of the common law.
|
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|
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8th Amendment
|
|
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor
|
|
cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.
|
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|
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9th Amendment
|
|
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be
|
|
construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
|
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|
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10th Amendment
|
|
The powers not delegated to the United States shall not be construed
|
|
to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against
|
|
one of the United States by citizens of another State or by citizens or
|
|
subjects of any foreign state.
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BTN ProFile
|
|
by The Bishop
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|
The ProFile is a light-hearted attempt at allowing the BBS community
|
|
to get to know the selected user or sysop better. The harassees...er...
|
|
candidates for the ProFile are selected purely by random (or maybe not -
|
|
read up on 'chaos'). If anyone has any suggestions for questions to be
|
|
included in the ProFile or for users to be harassed by the ProFile, then
|
|
feel free to E-Mail them to me (The Bishop on Crunchy Frog, or Aaron
|
|
Dees on most other boards in town)...
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PRO FILE: Gwendolyn Norton
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Age: 17
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Birthplace: Durham, NC (known to locals as Duuuuuuurm)
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|
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Occupation: Student and god
|
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|
|
My hobbies include: Knitting exciting underwear for llamas and lamas
|
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|
|
Years telecomputing: Almost 1
|
|
|
|
Sysop, past/present/future of: None, none, and someday I will have an
|
|
entire LlamaNet Empire and take over the world and
|
|
force all who oppose me to listen to '70's dance
|
|
music.
|
|
|
|
My oddest habit is: My handshaking fetish
|
|
|
|
My greatest unfulfilled ambition is: to shake Albert Eistein's hand
|
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|
|
The single accomplishment of which I am most proud is: remembering
|
|
which fork to use first
|
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|
|
My favorite performers are: Monty Python, Jim Cummings (he does almost
|
|
every cartoon voice on FOX), Tony the Tailess Llama,
|
|
Gorbachev (he faked the coup for publicity)
|
|
|
|
The last good movie I saw was: AKIRA
|
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|
|
The last good book I read was: The Metamorphosis or The Vampire Lestat
|
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|
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If they were making a movie of my life, I'd like to see my part played
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by:
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Elvis. He came over last week and discussed the deal extensively
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with me. Unfortunately, he wanted more money than the production
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could offer. However, the aliens that brought him back for a
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visit said that they are more than willing to give give the part
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a go.
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My pet peeves are: Writing a message of incredible wit and humor and
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having no one reply to it. I also hate it when I walk into
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doors.
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When nobody's looking, I like to: Count my vertebrae to make sure
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that they're all there. Sometimes I get other
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people to do this for me (blindfolded, of course!
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Otherwise they'd be looking.)
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SIG's (Special Interest Groups), Computer Related
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BEPCUG CCS
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Birmingham East PC Users Group Commodore Club South
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Jefferson Sate Jr. College Springville Road Library
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Ruby Carson Hall, Rm 114 2nd & 4th Tuesday (C64/C128)
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3rd Friday, 7-9 PM 3rd Monday (Amiga)
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Paula Ballard 251-6058 (after 5PM) 7:30-10 PM
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BCCC BIPUG
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Birmingham Commodore Computer Club Birmingham IBM-PC Users Group
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POB 59564 UAB Nutrition Science Blg
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Birmingham, Al 35259 RM 535/541
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UAB School of Education, Rm 153 1st Sunday (delayed one week
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2nd and 4th Sundays, 2 PM if meeting is a holiday)
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Rusty Hargett 854-5172 Marty Schulman 967-5883
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BACE FAOUG
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Birmingham Atari Computer First Alabama Osborne Users
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Enthusiast Group
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Vestavia Library, downstairs Homewood Library
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2nd Monday, 7 PM 1st Saturday, 1PM
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Benny Brown 822-5059 Ed Purquez 669-5200
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CADUB BGS/CIG
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CAD Users of Birmingham Birmingham Genealogical Society/
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Homewood Library Computer Interest Group
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3rd Tuesday, 6:30PM-8:30PM Birmingham Public Library
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Bobby Benson 791-0426 3rd Floor Auditorium
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2rd Sunday, 2:30 PM
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Robert Matthews 631-9783 or
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Bone Yard BBS
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RAHSPCUG
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Ramsay Alternative High School PC Users Group
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Ramsay High School
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1800 13th Avenue South
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last Wednesday of each month (September-April)
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from 3:02-3:35
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Lee Nocella 581-5120
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SIG's, Non-Computer Related
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BBC Birmingham Astronomy Club
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Blue Box Companions Subject: Astronomy
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Subject: Dr. Who Red Mountain Museum Annex
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Hoover Library 4th Tuesday, 7:30PM
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1st Saturday, 2PM-5PM
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If you belong to or know of a user group that is not listed,
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please let us know by sending E-Mail to Barry Bowden on
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The Matrix BBS.
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Known BBS Numbers For The Birmingham Area
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Special notes:
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Mark always told me that updating the BBS list was ten times more time-
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consuming than everything else involved with BTN, and he was right. In
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fact, this process is so tedious, I'm going to cut back very very
|
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slightly on the way I do this.
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Don't panic! Just keep reading. Normally, I call every board every
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|
month, and check the conference listings to see if any networks have
|
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been dropped or added. However, this is not always easy to do.
|
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Sometimes I'm not sure about the status of a network or something, and I
|
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have to drop the sysop a line about it, which involves calling back
|
|
before deadline.
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So for this month, I didn't take the trouble to check everyone's network
|
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connections. I checked SOME of them, but I didn't go very far out of my
|
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way to do it. And this not to say that I won't have time to do it next
|
|
month. I'm just letting everyone know that the networks section of the
|
|
list is not as studiously verified as it once was. In a lot of cases,
|
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just making sure that the board was still up satisfied me.
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This is more important for sysops than for non-sysops. If you're a
|
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sysop, I strongly suggest that you examine your listing with a keen eye
|
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and let me know if the networks, or anything else in the listing, needs
|
|
updating. And if any non-sysops notice anything that needs changing,
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that would also be ultra-peachy fine-cool.
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As said elsewhere, I can most easily be reached via email on The Matrix
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or Crunchy Frog.
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- Scott Hollifield
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NAME NUMBER BAUD RATES MODEM BBS SOFTWARE
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SUPPORTED TYPE
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ADAnet One (Nodes 1-3) 854-9074 1200-2400 PCBoard 14.5
|
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[ez, fi, ad]
|
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ADAnet One (Node 4) 854-5863 9600-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, fi, ad]
|
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Alter-Ego BBS 925-5099 1200-9600 USR HST PCBoard 14.5
|
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[ez, ml]
|
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Asgard 663-9171 300-9600 V.32 WWIV 4.21a
|
|
[ez, al, te]
|
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Baudville (Node 1) 640-4593 300-2400 Major BBS 6.02
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[none]
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Baudville (Node 2) 640-4639 300-2400 Major BBS 6.02
|
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[none]
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Baudville (Node 3) 640-7243 300-2400 Major BBS 6.02
|
|
[none]
|
|
Baudville (Node 4) 640-7286 300-2400 Major BBS 6.02
|
|
[none]
|
|
Bert's BBS 424-2872 300-2400 WWIV 4.21
|
|
[none]
|
|
Bone Yard, The 631-6023 300-9600 USR HST PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[fi, ez]
|
|
Bus System 987-5419 300-2400 PCBoard 14.2
|
|
[none]
|
|
Byte Me! 979-BYTE! 2400-14400 USR HST WWIV 4.12
|
|
[ez, th, al]
|
|
Cannibal Cafe 942-9576 300-2400 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[none]
|
|
Castle, The 841-7618 300-2400 C-Base 2.0
|
|
[none]
|
|
Castle Rock 995-9900 1200-19200 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[vi, al]
|
|
Channel 8250 (Node 1) 744-8546 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, un]
|
|
Channel 8250 (Node 2) 744-5166 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, un]
|
|
Christian Apologetic 808-0763 300-14400 V.32bis Wildcat! 3.55
|
|
[wi, bc]
|
|
Crunchy Frog (Node 1) 823-3956 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, ml, lu]
|
|
Crunchy Frog (Node 2) 823-3957 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, ml, lu]
|
|
DataLynx 328-7688 300-2400 WWIV 4.21
|
|
[ez]
|
|
Deep Space 9 980-1089 300-14400 Wildcat! 3.51
|
|
[di]
|
|
Den, The 933-8744 300-9600 USR HST ProLogon/ProDoor
|
|
[ez, ml, il]
|
|
Disktop Publishing 854-1660 300-9600 V.32 Wildcat! 3.01
|
|
[pl]
|
|
Drawing Room 951-2391 300-2400 Wildcat! 3.02
|
|
[di]
|
|
EcoBBS 933-2238 300-2400 WWIV 4.22
|
|
[al]
|
|
F/X BBS (Node 1) 823-5777 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ri, cc]
|
|
F/X BBS (Node 2) 822-4570 300-14400 V.32bis PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ri, cc]
|
|
F/X BBS (Node 3) 822-4526 300-14400 V.32bis PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ri, cc]
|
|
Family Smorgas-Board 744-0943 300-2400 PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, fi, mj, bc, fa, ic, cf, cd, np, ag, hs, ve]
|
|
Flip Side 798-3961 300-2400 Renegade 8.27
|
|
[none]
|
|
Forest Palace 942-4581 300-57600 V.42bis VBBS 5.52
|
|
[none]
|
|
Gateway BBS 425-8772 300-2400 Image 1.2
|
|
[none]
|
|
Genesis Online (Nodes 1-4) 620-4144 300-14400 V.32bis Major BBS 5.3
|
|
[mr]
|
|
Graphics Zone (Node 1) 870-5306 300-2400 MNP4 TBBS 2.1(16)
|
|
[none]
|
|
Graphics Zone (Node 2) 870-5329 300-2400 MNP4 TBBS 2.1(16)
|
|
[none]
|
|
Hacker's Corner 674-5449 1200-2400 MNP4 PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[none]
|
|
Hardeman's BBS 640-6436 1200-14400 Wildcat! 3.51
|
|
[wi, di, bc]
|
|
The Headland BBS 991-0947 300-2400 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[he]
|
|
HellBound BBS 444-9043 2400-14400 USR DS VBBS 5.52
|
|
[none]
|
|
Homewood's Hell Hole 870-9067 2400-14440 V.32bis VBBS 5.52
|
|
[he]
|
|
Hoots With Owls 520-9540 1200-14400 V.32bis TriBBS 3.3
|
|
[cc, tr]
|
|
Illuminatus BBS 871-0489 1200-9600 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[vi, al]
|
|
Intruder Enterprizes 969-0870 300-9600 V.32 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[vi, al]
|
|
Island BBS 870-4685 2400-9600 V.32 Hermes 2.0
|
|
[fi]
|
|
Joker's Castle 664-5589 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, ml, un]
|
|
KickAxis BBS 733-0253 1200-14400 USR DS VBBS 5.52
|
|
[none]
|
|
Last Word 663-4721 300-2400 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[none]
|
|
Lemon Grove 836-1184 300-12000 V.32/42bis SLBBS 2.25
|
|
[fi, sl]
|
|
Lion & The Unicorn 424-1599 1200-57600 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[none]
|
|
Magic City 664-9883 300-14400 V.32bis Wildcat! 3.55
|
|
[cc]
|
|
Magnolia BBS 854-6407 300-14400 USR HST PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, ml]
|
|
MATRIX, The (Nodes 1-13) 323-2016 300-2400 PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, ml, th, il, in, al, sh, sc, gl]
|
|
MATRIX, The (Nodes 20-23) 323-6016 9600-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, ml, th, il, in, al, sh, sc, gl]
|
|
MATRIX, The (Node 25) 458-3449 9600-14400 V.32 PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, ml, th, il, in, al, sh, sc, gl]
|
|
MetaBoard 254-3344 300-14400 USR DS Opus
|
|
[fi]
|
|
Milliways BBS 956-3177 2400-14440 V.32 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[he]
|
|
Missing Link 853-1257 300-14400 USR HST C-Net Amiga 2.31
|
|
[none]
|
|
Neon Moon 477-5894 300-2400 TriBBS 3.1
|
|
[none]
|
|
Night Watch 841-2790 1200-14400 USR DS TriBBS 3.3
|
|
[cc, tr, di, fi]
|
|
Nirvana 942-6702 300-14400 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[al, vi]
|
|
Outer Limits (Node 1) 425-5871 1200-9600 USR HST Wildcat! 3.01
|
|
[fi]
|
|
Outer Limits (Node 2) 426-2939 1200-9600 V.32bis Wildcat! 3.01
|
|
[fi]
|
|
Outer Realm 856-7034 300-2400 WWIV 4.21
|
|
[none]
|
|
Owlabama BBS 856-2521 300-14400 GTPower 17.00
|
|
[gt]
|
|
Owl's Nest 680-0851 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, ml, lu]
|
|
Party Line 856-1336 300-14000 V.32bis TriBBS 2.11
|
|
[cc, tr, di]
|
|
Penny Arcade 699-4625 300-2400 Running Force! 3.75
|
|
[none]
|
|
Playground 836-4200 300-14000 V.32 TriBBS 3.3
|
|
[tr, di, cc, ez, al]
|
|
Posys BBS 854-5131 300-9600 V.32
|
|
[none]
|
|
Razor's Edge 995-0412 300-2400 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[he]
|
|
Reaper's Keep 853-6560 300-2400 Supra 128 4.2
|
|
[none]
|
|
Safe Harbor (Node 1) 665-4332 300-2400 GTPower 17.00
|
|
[gt, ez]
|
|
Safe Harbor (Node 2) 665-4355 300-14400 USR DS GTPower 17.00
|
|
[gt, ez]
|
|
Safety BBS 581-2866 300-2400 RBBS-PC 17.4
|
|
[none]
|
|
Sleepy Hollow 970-0518 300-2400 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[none]
|
|
Sperry BBS 853-6144 300-2400 V.32/42bis PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[none]
|
|
ST BBS 836-9311 300-2400 PCBoard 14.2
|
|
[ez]
|
|
StarBase 12 647-7184 300-2400 TriBBS 3.1
|
|
[none]
|
|
Southern Stallion 699-4797 300-2400 PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[ez, th, lu, an]
|
|
Teasers 987-0122 300-2400 WWIV 4.20
|
|
[al]
|
|
T.G.U.E. BBS 681-0002 1200-2400 PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[none]
|
|
Thy Master's Dungeon 940-2116 300-9600 V.32 PCBoard 14.5
|
|
[none]
|
|
Torch Song 328-1517 300-2400 Wildcat 3.01
|
|
[pr, se, st, do]
|
|
Trauma Room 823-9127 300-9600 VBBS 5.52
|
|
[vi, al, ww, lo]
|
|
Viper's Pit 856-2464 300-9600 V.32 WWIV 4.21
|
|
[al]
|
|
Weekends BBS 841-8583 300-14400 USR DS Wildcat! 3.50
|
|
[none]
|
|
Willie's DYM (Node 1) 664-9902 300-2400 Oracomm Plus
|
|
[or]
|
|
Willie's DYM (Node 2) 664-9903 300-2400 Oracomm Plus
|
|
[or]
|
|
Willie's DYM (Node 3) 664-9895 300-2400 Oracomm Plus
|
|
[or]
|
|
Willie's DYM (Node 4) 664-9896 300-2400 Oracomm Plus
|
|
[or]
|
|
Word, The 833-2831 300-2400 WWIV 4.12
|
|
[al, ez]
|
|
|
|
The many symbols you see prior to the names of many of the bbs' in the
|
|
list signify that they are members of one or more networks that exchange
|
|
or echo mail to each other in some organized fashion.
|
|
|
|
ad = ADAnet, an international network dedicated to the handicapped
|
|
ag = AgapeNet, a national Christian network, multi-topic
|
|
al = AlaNet, a local network, multi-topic
|
|
an = Annex Network, uncertain at press time
|
|
bc = BCBNet, a local network, religion-oriented
|
|
bh = BhamTalk, a local network, multi-topic
|
|
cc = City2City, a national network, multi-topic
|
|
cd = CDN, a national Christian network for file distribution
|
|
cf = CFN, a national Christian network, multi-topic
|
|
di = Dixie Net, a regional network, multi-topic geared toward the south
|
|
eastern United States
|
|
do = DoorNet, uncertain at press time
|
|
ez = EzNet, a local IBM compatible network
|
|
fa = FamilyNet, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
fi = FidoNet, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
gl = GlobalLink, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
gt = GTNet, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
he = HellNet, a local network, multi-topic
|
|
hs = Home-School-Net, a national network for home schooling
|
|
ic = ICDM, an international Christian network, multi-topic
|
|
il = ILink, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
in = InterNet, an international network, linking businesses,
|
|
universities, and bbs', multi-topic
|
|
lo = LocalNet, uncertain at press time
|
|
lu = LuciferNet, an international network, adult oriented
|
|
ma = MAXnet, a local network, connecting WWIV and VBBS systems
|
|
mj = MJCN, an international network for Messianic Jews
|
|
ml = Metrolink, an international network which echoes RIME, multi-topic
|
|
mr = MajorNet, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
np = NPN, a national network for new parents
|
|
or = OraNet, a national E-mail network
|
|
pl = PlanoNet, a national network, multi-topic
|
|
pr = PrideNet, a local homosexually oriented network
|
|
ri = RIME, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
sc = Science Factor Net, a national network, science and technology
|
|
oriented
|
|
se = SEC, a regional network, homosexually oriented geared toward the
|
|
southeastern United States
|
|
sh = Shades N Shadows Net, a national network for role-playing games
|
|
sl = SearchlightNet, a national network, multi-topic
|
|
st = StudsNet, a national network, homosexually oriented
|
|
te = TECHnet, a local network, hardware and utility oriented
|
|
th = ThrobNet, an international network, adult oriented
|
|
tr = TriBBS Net, a national network, multi-topic
|
|
un = Uni'Net, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
ve = VETLink, a national network for military veterans
|
|
vi = VirtualNet, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
wi = WildNet, a national network, multi-topic
|
|
ww = WWIV-Net, an international network, multi-topic
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you have any corrections, additions, deletions, etc., please let me
|
|
know via a message on the main board of The Matrix or Crunchy Frog.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following BBSs appeared to be down or malfunctioning the last time I
|
|
tried to verify their existence. If you have any information on their
|
|
status, please drop me a line.
|
|
|
|
The Castle Forest Palace Genesis Online
|
|
Island BBS Posys BBS Viper's Pit
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