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Volume 3, Number 28 21 July 1986
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Editor in Chief: Thom Henderson
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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FidoNews is the official newsletter of the International FidoNet
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Association, and is published weekly by SEAdog Leader, node 1/1.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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FNEWSART.DOC, available from node 1/1.
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The contents of the articles contained here are not our
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responsibility, nor do we necessarily agree with them.
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Everything here is subject to debate.
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES
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2. COLUMNS
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Speeding Up Batch Files
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Computer Industry Spotlight
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Job Market Research Part III
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5. NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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CARTOON: Generic George, by Bruce White
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FidoMail Diplomacy - Game F2
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SPLTNEWS - A New Fido Sysop Utility
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Fidonews Page 2 21 Jul 1986
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ARTICLES
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Don Daniels NODEFIX.EXE
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SYSOP, FIDO 107/211 Ver 1.00
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When using ECHOMAIL, it is necessary to run TOSSMAIL against
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the incoming mail in your mail area in order to move ECHOMAIL
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messages to their appropriate areas. TOSSMAIL 1.30 searches for
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mail which contains your Net/Node number as indicated in
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MAIL.SYS. This presents no problem if you are a standard node.
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But, if you are a Hub and/or a Host, it is possible that senders
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have used one or more different (alias) Net/Node addresses than
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that given as the primary in MAIL.SYS. Such messages will NOT
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be relocated by TOSSMAIL 1.30.
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NODEFIX addresses this situation by changing the Net/Node
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numbers of appropriate messages to a common value as specified
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by the user.
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NODEFIX.ARC, which includes NODEFIX.EXE and accompanying
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documentation, is available for downloading from:
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D2-FIDO (107/210) 516-682-8525 evenings or weekends at 2400 bps, or
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DANIELS-FIDO (107/211) 516-367-9626 most any time or day at 1200-300
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It is distributed as shareware.
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Fidonews Page 3 21 Jul 1986
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COLUMNS
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SPEEDING UP BATCH FILES
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Bob Unferth
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Wilmette, IL
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Batch files make life a lot easier, but they are very slow. Even
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when using batch files in RAM disks, execution time is quite
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noticeable. It reminds me of the time when a batch file meant a
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batch of cards. The techniques described here reduce the time
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required to execute batch file by as much as an order of
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magnitude.
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Execution time is closely related to the number of lines rather
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than the number of characters. To save time put as many commands
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on one line as possible. Some ways to do this:
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1. Instead of using a lot of lines for remarks, put what you have
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to say in a file and issue the batch command TYPE FILE.
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TYPing a file takes less than 30% as long as echoing the same
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information from a batch file.
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2. Instead of using a lot of lines to issue commands, put all the
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commands in a FOR subcommand. For instance, your autoexec.bat
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file might start out:
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fastdisk
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parint
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scrnsave
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spool 7
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sk
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c:
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Instead, just say:
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for %%f in (fastdisk parint scrnsave spool:7 sk c:) do %%f
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This reduces six lines to one. In DOS 2.1, but not in 3.0,
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you can eliminate spaces and slightly decrease execution time
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like this:
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for %%fin(fastdisk parint scrnsave spool:7 sk c:)do%%f
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Note the colon between spool and 7. You can't have any spaces
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within the parentheses except to denote the beginning of a new
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command.
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3. When copying files use the FOR subcommand and wild cards like
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this:
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for %%fin(print v sp)docopy a:%%f???.*
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The FOR subcommand does not support wild cards within the
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parentheses.
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How much time the FOR subcommand will save, if any, depends on
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how the disk buffers are used while the subcommand is being
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executed. DOS remembers the entire subcommand. It doesn't
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have to go back to disk to read more of the subcommand as it
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goes along. But DOS doesn't remember the contents of the
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batch file unless it is held in disk buffers. Whether or not
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the disk buffers keep the contents of the batch file depends
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on what you're doing between batch commands.
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4. The IF subcommand supports conditional commands and the FOR
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subcommand. For instance, you might want to see if a file
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exists and, if it does, to run several programs and then to
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return to the menu; or, if it doesn't to display a message and
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return to the menu. A batch file for this task might look
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like this:
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If exist myufile goto programs
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echo File does not exist. Try again.
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d:menu
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:programs
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myprog.ram
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second.prg
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third
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d:menu
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But it will run faster like this:
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If exist myfile for %%fin(myprog.ram second.prg d:menu)do%%f
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for %%fin(echo d:menu)do%%f File does not exist. Try again,
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5. When a command processor or another batch file is invoked,
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batch processing for the first batch is terminated. You don't
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need to exit the batch file. For example, in the batch file
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fragment below, the command GOTO GETOUT (and probably the
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label :GETOUT) is unnecessary and will increase execution time
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in some cases:
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..
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command c:
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goto to getout
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..
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..
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:getout.
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6. A fast way to get out of the middle of a batch file is to
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issue a command for another batch file, say a file called
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exit. EXIT can contain only the command REM or just a dot or
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better yet nothing. A file that contains nothing doesn't take
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up any disk space. You can create such a file with another
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batch file, say autoexec.bat, by inserting this command:
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for %%fin(echo rem)do%%f >d:exit.bat
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The rem part of the command can be any command that doesn't
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look for parameters on the command line, e.g. cls or pause or
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sk.
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7. Of course, running batch files from a RAM disk is a big help.
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It's sometimes worth transferring control to a batch file that
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has been copied onto your RAM disk. The time required for
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handling the batch operations in a RAM disk is less than a
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third of that required for a floppy.
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8. Putting an end-of-file marker (ASCII 26 or Control Z) on the
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same line and immediately after the last command, will prevent
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annoying multiple prompts at the end of batch processing.
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Fidonews Page 6 21 Jul 1986
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William/Eunhee Hunter
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Fido 109/626
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Computer Industry Spotlight on:
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TELEX COMPUTER PRODUCTS, INC. -- Telex Computer Products, Inc. is
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a leading electronics and communications concern, which designs,
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manufactures, markets, and services computer peripheral
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equipment. Operations are managed from offices in more than 175
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locations throughout the U.S., Canada, and major worldwide
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cities. Job opportunities are regularly available for field
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service technicians with training and previous hands-on
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experience maintaining magnetic tape drives, disk drives,
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printers, and a variety of terminal equipment. There is
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excellent opportunity for advancement into management. Field
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service offers management training courses to those employees who
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express a desire to move into managerial positions and have an
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aptitude for management. Courses include formal seminars,
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structural on-the-job situations, and computer associated
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instruction.
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Contact: Nina Newberry, Personnel Representative/Recruiter,
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Telex Computer Products, Inc., 6422 E. 41st St., Tulsa, OK
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74135.
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Fidonews Page 7 21 Jul 1986
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William/Eunhee Hunter
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Fido 109/626
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THE NEXT STEP -- RESEARCH SELECTED COMPANIES
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When this initial phase of your research effort is finished,
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you'll find yourself already well ahead of the game. Unlike most
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of your competitors in the job market, you will have achieved a
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clear idea where you're going and what you're trying to
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accomplish. You have established for yourself a well-defined
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area -- a specific industry (or industries) -- on which to
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concentrate your search. (You may of course, wish to narrow the
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focus even more, to a specific geographic area.) And in the
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process, you've learned a good deal about the industry and are in
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a position to begin researching specific employers and to start
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making all-important personal contacts with people in the
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industry. Furthermore, you're now able to talk knowledgeably to
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industry officials about a subject that interests them greatly:
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their industry. And your knowledge will progressively increase
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and become more detailed as you continue your search.
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The second and final phase of your research focuses on
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SPECIFIC COMPANIES within your selected industry. Your immediate
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task here is to compile a list of employers -- as lengthy a list
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as possible -- which appear to have suitable opportunities in
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your field. After you have compiled this list you will then do
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some additional work to determine which department within each
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listed company hires people in your field and who the
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department's hiring official is. Most major industries have
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industry directories -- often published by the industry trade or
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professional association -- which provide company listings and
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officer names and titles. Trade journals and company
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stockholder's reports may also help. Or you may wish to simply
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call the personnel or public relations office of a company to
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obtain the needed information.
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TRADE JOURNALS AND INDUSTRY PERIODICALS. These publications
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often contain news about current recruitment needs and plans of
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major companies; in addition, nearly all of them include a
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"Positions Available" classified section.
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CORPORATE DIRECTORIES. Although it is not recommended that
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such directories be used for indiscriminate "scatter-gun"
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mailings, corporate directories can be very useful in helping you
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to identify firms which may have current opportunities in your
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field. But before you mail your cover letter and resume to a
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listed company, make an effort to determine its current hiring
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needs (through additional library research or by contacting the
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firm directly). Then slant your cover letter in such a way that
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any relevant interests or accomplishments are highlighted. The
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best corporate directories are: THE COLLEGE PLACEMENT COUNCIL
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ANNUAL, the S & P REGISTER, and DUN'S MILLION DOLLAR DIRECTORY.
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SMALL BUSINESS AND ASSOCIATION REFERENCE MATERIALS. Two
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important areas often overlooked by job seekers are small
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businesses and trade/professional associations. A "small
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business," incidentally, need not be particularly small.
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Companies with sales under $25 million are considered to fit the
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usual definition. A good starting point in researching these
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firms is the INC. 500 DIRECTORY (published by INC. Magazine),
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which lists and profiles the 500 fastest-growing small companies
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nationwide. Another very good source is so obvious you might
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overlook it -- the yellow-pages telephone directories (many
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libraries maintain yellow-pages directories for all major U.S.
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cities). As for associations, your best source of company
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information is the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS, also available
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at most libraries.
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION SOURCES. In the course of your
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research, you'll uncover many additional information sources on
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your own. Here are a few additional ones that have wide
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applicability. O'DWYERS DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRMS;
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THOMAS' REGISTER OF AMERICAN CORPORATIONS; EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS,
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THE IRREVERENT GUIDE TO CORPORATE AMERICA. (The last source
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mentioned, EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, contains major company histories
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and profiles that are especially useful in preparing for job
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interviews.)
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The next and last article will present THE ALL IMPORTANT
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HUMAN FACTOR.
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Distributed via FidoNet BBS by NOVA_WEG Fido 109/626, W.E.G.
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Systems, P.O. Box 5072, Springfield, VA 22150. Permission is
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hereby given to reprint this article providing the contents
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remain unchanged.
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Fidonews Page 9 21 Jul 1986
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WANTED
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Daniel Tobias, Soft Fido, 19/216: (318) 636-4402
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WANTED: IBM PC PROGRAMS FOR PUBLICATION!
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SOFTDISK, INC., the already-successful publisher of magazines on
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diskette for Apple II and Commodore 64 computers, will produce a
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monthly disk-based publication for the IBM PC.
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The first issue of this publication, to be named BIG*BLUE DISK,
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and which will be contained entirely on a floppy disk, will be
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shipped to thousands of retail outlets in September, including B.
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Dalton Booksellers and Waldenbooks.
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- - OFF-BROADWAY - -
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If you have written a program for the IBM PC, please consider
|
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publishing it on BIG*BLUE DISK; it's your chance to make some
|
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money, and get your name in print. Programs of all categories
|
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are being accepted: utilities, educational, recreational, home,
|
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business, graphics, music, etc.
|
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- - YOUR REWARD - -
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We will select the best programs submitted, and publish them on
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issues of BIG*BLUE DISK. If we choose to publish your program,
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we will pay you a minimum of $50, and possibly more-- as much as
|
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$500, depending on the nature and quality of the program. This
|
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money is for the privilege of publishing your program. You
|
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retain full rights to it.
|
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- - HOW TO SUBMIT IT - -
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Submissions can be sent by FIDONET to node 19/216, or uploaded
|
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directly to our BBS at (318) 636-4402.
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Alternatively, you can send them on a floppy disk to:
|
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BIG*BLUE DISK, PO BOX 30008, SHREVEPORT, LA 71130-0008.
|
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You will receive a new blank disk in return mail, to replace the
|
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disk you sent.
|
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BIG*BLUE DISK is a widely-distributed, carefully-prepared
|
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publication, so make sure your programs are well-tested and
|
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debugged, and include adequate instructions within the program.
|
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Include a note (on paper, in a text file, or in a message to the
|
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sysop of our BBS) describing what your program does, what files
|
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are necessary to run it, and what system configuration (hardware
|
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and software) is required.
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- - NOTE TO SYSOPS - -
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There is a finder's fee of 10% for you if you submit a program on
|
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behalf of one of your users and it is published. Thus, you may
|
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wish to publicize BIG*BLUE DISK and our search for programs on
|
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your board.
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Fidonews Page 10 21 Jul 1986
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Justin Norman, System Operator
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Northwest Super Fido (#105/2)
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Are there any large Fidos out there?
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I recently started to look into a larger and more powerful MS
|
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or PC-DOS based machine to run my Fido on, and also run some
|
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other applications. I have noticed that the IBM PC/AT or clones
|
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are the most leader. So what I want you to do is if you own a
|
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computer system or systems that meat or exceed the following
|
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specs to please send me more information.
|
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System must have at least:
|
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A 6Mhz processor
|
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512Kb of Random Access Memory
|
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CRT controller of some type
|
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40 MegaBytes total of hard disk storage
|
|||
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One floppy drive of some type
|
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|
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Send me this information if your system qualifies:
|
|||
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Your name
|
|||
|
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Computer Name
|
|||
|
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Name of all the parts
|
|||
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How you have everything hooked up (configuration)
|
|||
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Any extra devices hooked up (printers, graphics cards, etc.)
|
|||
|
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Total cost for everything
|
|||
|
|
Where you purchased or ordered the items
|
|||
|
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Do you like the machine (keyboard, monitor, etc.)
|
|||
|
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Have you had any problems with the machine?
|
|||
|
|
If so, what are/were they?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Thanks alot, your help is appriciated!! If your system does
|
|||
|
|
qualify, please send the information requested to me via one of
|
|||
|
|
the following resources:
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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Voice: Justin Norman, 503/692-5976 or 503/692-3511
|
|||
|
|
Date: Northwest Super Fido, 300/1200/2400 baud,
|
|||
|
|
24 hrs, 365 days a year, 503/692-6243
|
|||
|
|
FidoNet: Fido node 2 in net 105 (#105/2)
|
|||
|
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US Mail: P.O. Box 1085
|
|||
|
|
Tualatin, Oregon 97062
|
|||
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|
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|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
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|
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|
|
Fidonews Page 11 21 Jul 1986
|
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|
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|
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|
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=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
FOR SALE
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE FOR YOUR PC!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SUPERDOTS! KALAH!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Professional quality games include PASCAL source! From the
|
|||
|
|
author of KALAH Version 1.6, SuperDots, a variation of the
|
|||
|
|
popular pencil/paper DOTS game, has MAGIC and HIDDEN DOT
|
|||
|
|
options. KALAH 1.7 is an African strategy game requiring
|
|||
|
|
skill to manipulate pegs around a playing board. Both games
|
|||
|
|
use the ANSI Escape sequences provided with the ANSI.SYS
|
|||
|
|
device driver for the IBM-PC, or built into the firmware on
|
|||
|
|
the DEC Rainbow. Only $19.95 each or $39.95 for both
|
|||
|
|
exciting games! Please specify version and disk format.
|
|||
|
|
These games have been written in standard TURBO-PASCAL and
|
|||
|
|
run on the IBM-PC, DEC Rainbow 100 (MSDOS and CPM), CPM/80,
|
|||
|
|
CPM/86, and PDP-11. Other disk formats are available, but
|
|||
|
|
minor customization may be required.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BSS Software
|
|||
|
|
P.O. Box 3827
|
|||
|
|
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For every order placed, a donation will be made to the Fido
|
|||
|
|
coordinators! Also, if you have a previous version of KALAH
|
|||
|
|
and send me a donation, a portion of that donation will also
|
|||
|
|
be sent to the coordinators. When you place an order, BE
|
|||
|
|
CERTAIN TO MENTION WHERE YOU SAW THE AD since it also
|
|||
|
|
appears in PC Magazine and Digital Review.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Questions and comments can be sent to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Brian Sietz at Fido 107/17
|
|||
|
|
(609) 429-6630 300/1200/2400 baud
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fidonews Page 12 21 Jul 1986
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Now available from Micro Consulting Associates!!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Public Domain collection - 550+ "ARC" archives - 20+ megs of
|
|||
|
|
software and other goodies, and that's "archived" size! When
|
|||
|
|
unpacked, you get approximately 28 megabytes worth of all kinds
|
|||
|
|
of software, from text editors to games to unprotection schemes
|
|||
|
|
to communications programs, compilers, interpreters, etc... Over
|
|||
|
|
55 DS/DD diskettes!!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This collection is the result of more than 15 months of intensive
|
|||
|
|
downloads from just about 150 or more BBS's and other sources,
|
|||
|
|
all of which have been examined, indexed and archived for your
|
|||
|
|
convenience. Starting a Bulletin Board System? Want to add on
|
|||
|
|
to your software base without spending thousands of dollars? This
|
|||
|
|
is the answer!!!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
To order the library, send $100 (personal or company check,
|
|||
|
|
postal money order or company purchase order) to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Micro Consulting Associates, Fido 103/511
|
|||
|
|
Post Office Box 4296
|
|||
|
|
200-1/2 E. Balboa Boulevard
|
|||
|
|
Balboa, Ca. 92661-4296
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Please allow 3 weeks for delivery of your order.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Note: No profit is made from the sale of the Public Domain
|
|||
|
|
software in this collection. The price is applied entirely to
|
|||
|
|
the cost of downloading the software over the phone lines,
|
|||
|
|
running a BBS to receive file submissions, and inspecting,
|
|||
|
|
cataloguing, archiving and maintaining the files. Obtaining this
|
|||
|
|
software yourself through the use of a computer with a modem
|
|||
|
|
using commercial phone access would cost you much more than what
|
|||
|
|
we charge for the service...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Please specify what type of format you would like the disks to be
|
|||
|
|
prepared on. The following choices are available:
|
|||
|
|
- IBM PC-DOS Backup utility
|
|||
|
|
- Zenith MS-DOS 2.11 Backup Utility
|
|||
|
|
- DSBackup
|
|||
|
|
- Fastback
|
|||
|
|
- ACS INTRCPT 720k format
|
|||
|
|
- Plain ol' files (add $50)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Add $30 if you want the library on 1.2 meg AT disks (more
|
|||
|
|
expensive disks). There are no shipping or handling charges.
|
|||
|
|
California residents add 6% tax.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For each sale, $10 will go to the FidoNet Administrators.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fidonews Page 13 21 Jul 1986
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
NOTICES
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Interrupt Stack
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
14 Aug 1986
|
|||
|
|
Start of the International FidoNet Conference, Colorado
|
|||
|
|
Springs, Colorado. Contact George Wing at node 1/10 for
|
|||
|
|
details. Get your reservations in NOW! We'll see you there!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
24 Aug 1989
|
|||
|
|
Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you have something which you would like to see on this
|
|||
|
|
calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1/1.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Generic George by Bruce White, 109/612
|
|||
|
|
+-------------------------------------------------+
|
|||
|
|
| LOOK AT THIS PHONE BILL!!! We're being |
|
|||
|
|
| / charged for more than 3,000 message units!! |
|
|||
|
|
| / This is impossible, right? Right, George?? |
|
|||
|
|
|/ |
|
|||
|
|
| Oh. Well ... ah ... um .... |
|
|||
|
|
| You see, anything's possible____\__ |
|
|||
|
|
| with autodialing. \ |_| \ |
|
|||
|
|
| \ _____ |\ |
|
|||
|
|
| | _ | | |
|
|||
|
|
| ______ | |_| | | |
|
|||
|
|
| __(______)_|_____|___ | |
|
|||
|
|
| ||-----------------|| | |
|
|||
|
|
| ______ || || | |
|
|||
|
|
| \ {} / || || | |
|
|||
|
|
|(c) 1986 bw \__/ ||-----------------||__|__|
|
|||
|
|
+-------------------------------------------------+
|
|||
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|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Robert Eskridge
|
|||
|
|
Fido 124/109
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Diplomacy Game F1 has been running for almost six bloody weeks
|
|||
|
|
on The Diplomat, which puts the game at the end of 1902. It's
|
|||
|
|
been quite a fracas. Russia, Germany and Turkey have almost
|
|||
|
|
eliminated Austria with a brutal combination of blitzing armies,
|
|||
|
|
propaganda, espionage, and deceit. It has been a good time!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For those that missed out on joining Game F1, we are now taking
|
|||
|
|
applications for players in the next game, F2. Turns will be due
|
|||
|
|
weekly and diplomatic messages are your responsibility. For more
|
|||
|
|
information contact Bryny at 124/109.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fidonews Page 14 21 Jul 1986
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- THE DIPLOMAT -
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fido 124/109
|
|||
|
|
(214) 242-9399
|
|||
|
|
2400 baud
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Hallo allemaal, er zijn nogal wat problemen met de mogelijkheden
|
|||
|
|
van de commodore computers in Fido.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1e. Uploaden. Dit gaat niet met de Teletron 1200 en de Multimodem
|
|||
|
|
64.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
2e. Downloaden. Dit gaat ook niet met deze modems. Een aantal
|
|||
|
|
leden heeft me al meerdere malen gevraagt wat we (ze) daaraan
|
|||
|
|
kunnen doen.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Heeft een van jullie een oplossing, of is er misschien dan toch
|
|||
|
|
een modem die deze problemen niet heeft.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Ik zelf zit met 2 nieuwe programma's die ik graag in mijn node
|
|||
|
|
zou willen hebben. Bijde van commodore gebruikers.De programma's
|
|||
|
|
waren gemaakt voor het Micro-Master toernooi en ik mag ze als
|
|||
|
|
Publik-Domain gebruiken. Dus als iemand er iets op weet, laat
|
|||
|
|
het mij dan weten.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Vriendelijke groeten Loek Jansen Sysop Rozenburg 1.
|
|||
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|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Jim Fullton
|
|||
|
|
158/104
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SPLTNEWS - A New Fido Sysop Utility
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SPLTNEWS is a program designed to allow Fido BBS users
|
|||
|
|
easier access to the information contained in the weekly
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews "publication". When used in conjunction with SEND-
|
|||
|
|
MAIL (written by Jeff Rush at the Rising Star Fido 124/15),
|
|||
|
|
it allows each page of the the FidoNews document to be
|
|||
|
|
entered as a message into a specific message area. The
|
|||
|
|
users may then "browse" through the news by entering that
|
|||
|
|
message area and reading the messages. A particular article
|
|||
|
|
in the table of contents may be accessed by entering its
|
|||
|
|
page number as a message number. Casual readers may read
|
|||
|
|
each page by just pressing return at the message prompt.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sample command line syntax:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SPLTNEWS FIDO325.NWS
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This example will create PAGE.001, PAGE.002, PAGE.003...
|
|||
|
|
in the current directory - one for each page in the
|
|||
|
|
original document.
|
|||
|
|
Fidonews Page 15 21 Jul 1986
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The format of a PAGE.nnn file is thus:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MSG: 0 DATE: 30 JUNE 1986 -- date from 1st line
|
|||
|
|
FROM: FidoNews Splitter
|
|||
|
|
TO: Everyone
|
|||
|
|
SUB: FidoNews Page n -- the actual page number
|
|||
|
|
*
|
|||
|
|
* -- the actual text
|
|||
|
|
* -- from page n
|
|||
|
|
*
|
|||
|
|
END
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is the format required by SENDMAIL.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Although this program was written for use with FidoNews, it
|
|||
|
|
may also be used to split other types of files. The program
|
|||
|
|
and C source code are available on Fido 158/104. The author
|
|||
|
|
will respond to comments and suggestions by FidoMail.
|
|||
|
|
Please address any correspondence to Jim Fullton.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
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|
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