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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
2 ********************** REMOVED 22 AUG 84 *******************
3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
4 ************************************************************
5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION PLACED ON
6 THIS SYSTEM.
7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
11 i may find you out on the streets and beat your face in...
12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
18 ************************************************************
19
20 HAWTHORNE: IF YOU 'MUST' USE A CONTROL CHARACTER, THEN USE A NULL (00)
21 WHILE THIS CAN'T BE GENERATED ON SOME EQUIPMENT, AT LEAST I HAVE YET
22 TO RUN INTO ANYTHING THAT RALPHED OUT ON IT. (PAM MENTIONED ONE TIME
23 THAT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH HER PRINTER, BUT LATER
24 DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE 128 CHARACTER LINES WHICH MANY JUST HAPPEN
25 TO HAVE NULLS AT THE END OF.
26 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
27 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444
28 TODAYS WEATHER:
29 MOSTLY CLEAR EXCEPT FOR BREIF PERIODS OF DEPPRESSION.
30 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444
31 5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555
32 TOMORROWS WEATHER:
33 VERY DARK EXCEPT FOR VERY BREIF PERIODS OF LIGHT SHINING THOROUGH
34 DENSE LAYERS OF NUCLEAR FALLOUT. RADIATION LEVEL: 364 RADS.
35 SUNBATHING NOT RECOMENDED. BACKYARD GARBAGE BURNING IS NOW PERMITTED.
36 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555
37
38 TO THE ABOVE: TRY USING A LINE FEED INSTEAD OF A NEW LINE WHEN YOU WANT SO MANY BLANKS. EG.
39 SEE?
40 JODY--
41 WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF COMPUTERS .HOPE YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH YOUR NEW SYSTEM !!!
42 --BILL WAGNER
43 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
44 To the mad line-feeder: Ok, I'm dizzy now, you can stop.
45 Hello all, I've returned from a long period of absence. Have I missed any
46 really big stuff? (besides the names debate, I caught most of that on DB.
47 I've been in and out of town for a while now, and thus is the reson for
48 my lack of interjecting my drivel here and there. Worldcon was nice, but
49 Westercon had a far superior film and video showing. Anyone else down
50 there?
51 Fast Fred
52 BSAL
53 Ps: Count me in for the NAPP.
54 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
55 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
56 Gee, I missed all those line feeds - my system filters them out since
57 they act as a LF/CR combo (as does a CR). One of the idiosyncrasies of the
58 Radio Shack line. (It also necessitates getting rid of all the 0As in
59 the Archives - truly a monumental task).
60 Prometheus - You are definitely having some problems finding a nice,
61 unobtrusive control character that offends no one. I have my terminal program
62 set up to print out the control character OR 40H (i.e. control O prints as O ).
63 Ergo, your last message had strings of Os in it. My problem, not yours, of course.
64 If you can tweak your program properly, I think it would definitely be a
65 good idea to use nulls.
66 And, I went back to Thursday's Oregonian, and found your picture.
67 All I could see of your face was from your nose down, but then, that's all I ever
68 Have seen of you. Congratulations, you're a star...
69 ????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????????
70 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
71 To Promethius Hawthorne -- the frantically searching for delay chars.
72 I'll vote for the null (hex 00) for delay chars.
73 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
74 The piper inflated his pipes and announced, "Now let's have one for
75 Johnathan Chance -- Paddy O'Rafferty, an Irish jig!"
76 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
77
78 MY MIND WANTED DESPERATELY TO FIND THIS UNCERTAIN STRANGER, SO I DECIDED
79 TO GO ON AN EXPEDITION WHEN I AWOKE. I WOULD SEEK OUT THE CHILDREN OF
80 TRUTH IN THE CAVE OF ANSWERES WHICH WAS LOCATED IN A DESTINATION KNOWN AS
81 THE BLUELANDS. THE HIKE WOULD TAKE ALL NIGHT SO I BROUGHT A LUNCH AND ALSO
82 REMEMBERED TO PUT PROTECTION PADS ON MY FEET. IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE
83 I HAD TRAVELED AND IT FELT GOOD INSIDE MY BODY. I WALKED EAST OVER THE SAND
84 THAT WAS SURROUNDED BY FERN SHRUBS ABD INTO THE WET MARSHES BROUGHT ON BY THE
85 DRY RAINS OF THE BLUELANDS.
86
87 MY HEART SANG OUT TO ME WHICH MADE ME JUMP SINCE I HADN'T HEARD MUSIC IN SUCH
88 A LONG TIME. IT WAS A HAPPY TUNE ABOUT TRAVELING WITH A SPECIAL FRIEND AND I
89 KNEW THE SONG WELL. I KEW I WAS GETTING NEAR THE BLUELANDS FOR THE CANYONS
90 WERE BEGINNING TO FADE A CHALKY BLUE. I FOUND A COMFORTABLE ROCK TO HAVE MY
91 LUNCH WITH AND I NOTICED THAT MY FOOD HAD ALREADY MUTATED. IT WOULD NOT BE
92 LONG BEFORE MY HANDS AND FACE WOULD DO SO AS WELL. I ACCEPTED THIS WITHOUT
93 THINKING MUCH ABOUT IT SINCE IT WAS A NATURAL FACTOR IN THE BLUELANDS. WHEN
94 I APPROACHED THE CAVE OF ANSWERES THE TREES BEGAN TO RING OUT NOTES OF BLUE
95 THAT ECHOED THROUGH THE CANYONS. I KNEW THE CHILDREN WOULD BE ANXIOUS. THE
96 LAST TIME I HAD TRAVELED TO THE CAVE SOME OF THE CHILDREN LOST THEIR TONGUES
97 OF HONESTY FROM TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT. I HOPED THEY WERE A LITTLE MORE RELAXED
98 THIS TIME.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Story by SU-SUN~~~~
99
100 HELLO THEUS!! FINALLY GOT TO SEND YOU A MESSAGE ON BACKWATER!!
101 LIVE LONG AND PROSPER,
102 ZIPSTER
103 NATIONAL BULLETIN BOARD LISTING SERVICE
104
105 This service constantly keeps up-to-date listings of all known
106 bulletin boards accross the country. There is a need to update the Portland
107 Metro area listings, due to some recent changes. There is one last chance
108 to keep the service from deleting the listing. Please respond with the current
109 status of the following bulletin boards:
110 The KGON BBS503-657-xxxx
111 Portland Atari Club503-245-xxxx
112 Dune II503-297-xxxx
113 IBM System503-284-xxxx
114 Hillsboro BBS503-640-xxxx
115 ASCII Express BBS503-635-xxxx
116 Chris Bradley BBS503-777-xxxx
117
118 Thank you for your time and effort. This BBS will be checked in 24 hours,
119 and all those boards that have no valid explanation for them will be
120 stricken from the files of the National Bulletin Board listing.
121
122 hello, I call myself I/O (insane one)
123 soon I shall be terrorizing all BBS's like doctor who has been doing lately.
124 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
125
126 BLUE;
127 WHILE THIS EVENING, IF YOU WANT TO CHAT, GIVE ME A CALL
128 Someone mentioned looking through Arcive Files of the system.
129 Would somene explain the procedure to me ? Iam looking for
130 those few tidbits of rare wisdom ? Does an abstract exist.
131 Is it too early (or too late) for a discussion of presidential
132 candidates.
133
134 solongsolongsolongsolongsolongsolongsolongsolongsolongssowhat?
135 solong: The archives are available from Cistop Mikey for $5 a disk (archive disk
136 is standard 8" CP/M disk with 5 BWMS "disks" on it) or printed copies can be
137 arranged for a similar fee. Some of us have copies of the archives in various
138 formats (TRS80 Model I & III, IBM PC, & PDP-11). We might be persuaded to make
139 copies for you if you supplied the disks AND enough money for our time (plus a
140 small royalty for Mikey...)
141 __________________________________Leonard_______________________________________
142 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^
143 L.O'ers, could that posibly stand for the school that you go to? L.O is the
144 initials for the school that I go to so that makes me an L.O'er. But please
145 don't mix me up with anyone else that uses LO.
146
147 "Let's hear it for L.O football team. Smallest school in the toughest
148 district around and is two and ZIP! YEAH!"
149
150 Take care all!
151 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"Mark^"^"^"^"^"^
152 HAH! LO CERTAINLY DOES NOT MEAN SOME WIMPY WESTSIDE HIGHSCHOOL!
153 LO STANDS FOR SOMETHING FAR MORE IMPORTANT, MEANINGFUL, WORTHY,
154 INTELLIGENT, NEEDED, WANTED, LOVED, CHERISHED, AND BEHOLDEN
155 UNTO. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANY TWO AND ZIP
156 FOOTBALL TEAM IN A VERY WEAK CONFERENCE. TAKE CARE AND MIND YOUR
157 TONGUE.
158 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
159 MIG AND VOYEUR: CORRECT YOU ARE! I CAN ADDRESS AN ENTITY I KNOW AS VOYEUR,
160 FOR EXAMPLE, AND "KNOW" WHO I AM TALKING TO, BUT A BORDER TELLS VERY LITTLE.
161 (EXCEPTION: I THINK MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE PIPER'S BORDER, AND HIS NAME
162 IS OFTEN IN HIS TEXT.)
163
164 PIPER: HOW APPROPRIATE! IS IT COINCEDENCE THAT YOU CHOSE AN IRISH TUNE? IT
165 HAPPENS THAT A LARGE PART OF MY HERITAGE IS IRISH, AND I AM VERY PROUD
166 OF IT! DID YOU KNOW THIS BY YOUR ARTS, OR WAS IT A GOOD GUESS?
167 IN ANY CASE: PLAY ON!!!!!!!
168
169 MIG: A CERTAIN NON-ENTITY IS CRYING FOR HIS "PURPLE CRYSTALS!" WHAT SHOULD I
170 TELL HIM? THE ODD DELL WAS AT CHS TODAY, ALONG WITH HER GUEST. A VERY
171 INTERESTING PERSON!
172
173 ANYBODY: I HAVE ONE BURNING QUESTION. IS THIS N.A.P.P. PLACE ONE WITH
174 RIDICULOUS RESTRICTIONS ON THE AGE OF IT'S PATRONS? IF SO, THIS COULD POSE
175
176 A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR ME. PLEASE RESPOND ASAP! THANKS A LOT.
177 JONATHAN CHANCE
178 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
179 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
180 Voyeur attention was easily gained, and Milchar asked about the current status of the Inn. Voyeur, a little wisful for
181 something he called "The Good Old Days", was quite depressed at the moment.
182 "Ahh, then, my friend, I shall relate all I know about the mystical Ruby Valley, and you may decide for yourself if it
183 would be worth the trip.
184 The ancient sages, in their quest for knowledge, discovered that all that exists in this multiverse has a center. A
185 good example of this, of course, is the naturally perfect circle. They reasoned further that if everything has a
186 center, then naturally the Multiverse itself must have one. The difficult part was to prove it, for no one knew which
187 way to go to get there.
188 And so this theory was just that until only a few milennia ago, when a certain illustrious Mage of no small ability
189 (Only known to others as Dimat) discovered the way, a long, drawn-out spellcasting affair which caused many trying to
190 perform the rite to collapse from exhaustion. But so great was Dimat's power that he created a lesser gate, but one
191 which would only open at certain times of great importance. Exactly what all of these times are no one knows, but a
192 which would only open at certain times of great importance. Exactly what all of these times are no one knows, but a
193 few of these times are known to his students. I am Dimat's last student. He still lives, but deals with matters I
194 cannot even begin to imagine.
195 But enough of the background. This gate that Dimat created is called Nor-gate, and it opens directly into the Ruby
196 Valley's northern reaches. Ahh... the Valley.
197 The Valley itself is a wonder to behold, plants and earth forming patterns and shapes to please the eye and the soul.
198 But the foremost reason most travel there is to behold what comes every revolution of The Clock- the Valley map. This,
199 in itself, is something that would take a novel to explain, and not clearly even then.
200 Small Ruby-Creatures swarm from myriads of tiny holes in the plants and the earth, and line themselves into patterns and
201 rows and shapes, just finishing as the last ray of light fades at sunset... and then, and only then, can one see a
202 map of the entire Multiverse at one glance, detailed by the rays of the dying sun reflecting from the Ruby-Creatures.
203 The sight...the sight..."
204 Milchar begins to weep, and only with a few moments of determined effort is he able to contain himself.
205 Milchar, 12:04 pm on 9/17/84
206 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
207 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
208 From Prometheus: INDECIDED ONE
209 Good Morning Everyone, are you all rosy, and cheery? If not please let me share with you the joy of having a functioning
210 127 ASCII code terminal.
211
212 Gee, now what do i do? I could go scream from mountain tops that i have won the war of the terminal programs.
213 I'll stop praising myself now.
214
215 AH, MIG; Are you currentlly living anywhere per se? If I don't receive an answer in three days I will report them to the
216 Authorities.
217
218 ZZZZZipster; Well, what are your impressions, dear boy? Oh, yes, before I forget I haven't used your name for eight months.
219
220 Milchar; Where why and who is The Doctor at the moment? Where can he be reached? Leave me a message (Prrivate) on PCS- CBBS,
221 eh?
222
223 Riskers; If it is possible i choose to claim blue for my color. Man In Gray is bringing gray pieces so I think I'm safe. Am
224 I?
225
226 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
227
228 i]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]IA[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[
229 I am Tome, and I want you to give me some answers, to someu-
230 estions even!
231 Let's start simply; How much does the planet Earth weigh?
232 ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[ ]I[
233
234 WEATHERWEATHERWEATHERWEATHER;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
235
236 TODAYS WEATHER:
237
238 TODAYS FORCAST WILL BE A BIT SKETCHY THE NEW PADDING THAT THEY ADDED TO MY FLOOR AND WALLS TENDS TOCOVER UP
239 MOST OF MY WINDOW. HOWEVER MY LITTLE FRIEND FLEW BY TODAY AND TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE FAIRLR CLEAR BEFORE HE
240 FLEW OFF TO CONTINUE HIS SOUTHWAD JOURNEY.
241
242 6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666
243
244 arggg! what trash!
245
246 Gee how crummy backwater has become in only a couple days!}
247
248
249 ########################################DAMIEN II AKA CYM########################################
250 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
251 PROMETHEUS: Congrats on the terminal program. I'd just like to say none
252 of your prior control characters have affected me badly, but then again,
253 I've got a micro-bolo scanning my phone lines anyway.
254 Fast Fred
255 BSAL
256 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
257 ##############################################################################################################################
258 ?`?? ?`? `? ? ?@? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ?`? ? ? ? > ? ? ? > ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
259 Jonathan Chance:Oops! I will get him his purple crystals tomorrow. I hope you can open up our locker, because
260 I sure can not. I have memorised another...
261 Prometheus:did you find your`little card?
262 I had an interesting evening after I left Sarahs, Crispin, Saul and I discussed life and weither you were
263 tualy going to make it to the bus stop. After going our seperate ways I went to PC&S and tipped a few down.
264 The had this wonderfully load brass band there, I enjoyed myself. Then I went home, and they bitched, and yelled, and were
265 nearly violent with me. And the best part about it was being able to deal with it all by not being fully aware of my senses.
266 Then this morning I found a pira|e in one of my pirated VAX accounts. Pissed me off to no end when he locked the account
267 by putting some`fun stuff in my LGIN.COM file. If the initials E.R. mean anything to you, tell him he has about 48 hours to
268 live. Violence? nah, not me. How is Sarah doing?
269 444&555:remember me? I was the one dressed entirely in gray with the orange backpack. At the Nuke war presentation in Metro.
270 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
271 ;-;-;=;9;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;=;-;-;-;-;-;-?-;-;=;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
272 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
273 Well, once again I've managed to stir up some person's ire. Sigh! In the first place, I do usually
274 leave my name. I noticed that some times people get upset over whether the system's left safe or not
275 and so forth and so on. I left some nasty little ol' control characters in a couple of times, with
276 no actual intention of doing so. I heard about that and feel that was very legitimate gripe. Accidentally
277 pirating someone elses border got me in trouble too. Jeeze! I don't really feel that to know my name is to
278 know me. Up to this point I have taken everything I've read here with a hefty dose of good old, all
279 American common sense: Consider the source. I've gone the warpath and been the subject of a couple
280 of scalp huntings also. I just pray to Altair you can show as much objectivity yourself when the next
281 time comes. Now I think I'll take my little keyboard into the closet and cry!
282 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;FIN
283 }}}}<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>
284
285 DEAR MIG,
286
287 HOW DID YOU LIKE THE NUKE WAR PRESENTATION? REAL HAPPY TALK DON'T YOU THINK? I AM STIL WORKING ON THE
288 STAPELER. WELL THATS IT .
289
290 ASP
291 <+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+>
292
293 ^$^$^$
294
295 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
296 AHHHH, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY! DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WEEKS OF RAIN WAS LIKE?
297 I TRY NOT OT THINK ABOUT IT. PLEASANT MEANDERINGS GENTLEPERSONS! FIN
298
299 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
300
301 THIS IS A TEST. THIS IS ONLY A TEST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
302
303 WOW, DID I DO THAT?
304 oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
305 TOME-
306 WEIGHT IS A RELATIVE TERM. THE EARTH HAS MASS, BUT YOU CAN NOT GAUGE
307 THE WEIGHT OF SOMETHING AGAINST ITSELF.
308
309 ROCKY
310 oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
311 :
312 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
313 Prometheus: The Whatever-the-<bleep>-youu-are-today:
314 Since I am having a lot of trouble deciding if the above is the correct spelling
315 of your name, I have decided that a private message may not reach you on PCS so
316 here's the info: The Doctor is attending school right now, hasn't been on-line
317 for awhile because he's having phone problems (not the modem, the phone). Do
318 you have a message? He was interested in that he wasn't forgotten during his
319 absence (he was here when I was on, but didn't have the time to reply).
320 Milchar, 6:42 am on 9/19/1984
321 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
322 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
323 The piper, who was wearing a blue glengarry with two black feathers
324 aslant on his head, swept off his cap and bowed to Johnathan Chance.
325 "Ahh ... the Irish are an honored race. I am glad for you that you share
326 the Celtic heritage with so many of our fine friends (among which we can
327 number the absent barmaid Pam!). To such appreciation, I can only offer
328 another portion of the same ...."
329 The piper filled his pipes and broke into another jig -- Paddy's Leather
330 Breeches.
331 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
332 GARAGE SALE SATURDAY 22 9AM TO 5PM: COMPUTERS CALCULATORS,MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AN
333 D FURNITURE. ALOHA
334 ***************************************************************
335 For those of you who were wondering what happened this morning
336 when you called and the system answered but wouldn't respond
337 to any commands; It seems that the drive belt on drive A broke
338 since BWMS has to load in the first sector information to turn on,
339 and the motor wasn't running, it no worky. But it is all fixed
340 now, and everything is hunky dory.
341 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
342 Piper: Can you think of anything we could do to entice PAM to
343 return? I don't even know if she looks in here any more. Sigh....
344 ****************************************************************
345 ..............................................................
346 : $5 $5 :
347 : :
348 : The Users Guide to Portland's :
349 : Bulletin Boards :
350 : :
351 : :
352 : This guide was written to ease the frustration of :
353 : exploring Portland's bulletin board systems. :
354 : :
355 : For newcomers it has an introduction giving tips on :
356 : using Portland's bulletin boards as well as :
357 : explainations of frequently encountered commands. :
358 : :
359 : The guide contains eighteen current Portland bulletin :
360 : board numbers, hours, baud rates, and sysop names. :
361 : :
362 : It also includes the system command listings for :
363 : Backwater, West Side, KGON, PMS, CBBS, TI, Bit Bucket, :
364 : Atari, Olympus, and the Nurd. These should be :
365 : particularly helpful to those of you who don't have :
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370 : :
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375 ..............................................................
376
377 The typical half-life of BBS info is about 6 weeks!
378
379
380 ********************************************************************************
381
382
383 TODAYS WEATHER:
384
385 HELP,!!!!!! I'M BEING HELD CAPTIVE INSIDE MY WEATHER STATION!
386 PLEASE SEND A HELICOPTER TO PIKES PEAK STA. #254 . BE CAREFUL MY MONKEY
387 LEARNED TO OPERATE MY COMPUTER AUTO-PROTECTION SYSTEM AND HE HAS A GUN!
388 OH! NO! HE TURNED ON THE AUTOMATIC BAROMETERIC CONTROL UNTIT !
389 I CANNT BREATHH IIIIMM CCH_K INNG H EL L
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390
391 ********************************************************************************
392
393 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
394 Laseter watched from his hotel window as the transport craft settled on it's
395 landing gear. That damnable Fin had found him any way. He could only figure
396 that Fin had some how managed to trace the key. Grumbling to himself that
397 he might of known, the key was tossed down the laundry chute and he hastily
398 grabbed his few possesions and headed for the door. With luck he could be
399 gone before a goon squad showed up and dragged him back to the confines of
400 the transport. So much for peace and quiet.
401 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
402 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
403 Gary Olson:just what have you been smokeing? The`NErd has been`replaced by
404 KAMAS BBS for over 5 weeks`now. And it is spelled N-E-R-D, no U's in`sight.
405 And you probably have the old phone number too! Try calling the systems you
406 recomend in your erstwhile guide.
407 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
408 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^
409 MR. OLSON - DO YOU HAVE ALL OF THE SYSOP'S WRITTEN
410 CONSENT FOR INCLUSION OF THEIR SYSTEM'S
411 INFO IN YOUR GUIDE ? ALTHOUGH PUBLIC
412 ACCESS IS GRANTED, THEY ARE STILL PRIVATE
413 SYSTEMS.
414 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$ LAISSEZ-FAIRE $^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^
415 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
416 CDP, just a thought about this "NAME" issue: I noticed that you haven't
417 put up YOUR name, just initials. At least I use one of my names when I
418 do sign off (which is most of the time) and though I've been rather a
419 reluctant fellow at attempting to make it to PorSiFis (is that right?)
420 meetings and such I don't mind identifying myself with an AKA. If your
421 really interested in studying an "emerging culture" I suggest you move to
422 Antelope. WHOOOPSS! That should have been Rajneesh. Now I' have to wash
423 the terminal and modem becuz I used a nasty name! Well, gotta go!
424 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-Fin
425 L'homme: I finally got the disk/video interface!
426 Unfortunately, they left out PART of a socket adapter. I called but it
427 was too late. They're going to find one (or else!), but in the meantime I've
428 got it kluged together!
429 Eighty columns really do make a differnce, but the green screen takes
430 some getting used to.
431 ______________________________________Leonard___________________________________
432 HELLO THERE, FELLOW HACKERS!
433
434 THIS IS THE FIRST CONNECTION! I JUST BOUGHT AN APPLE-CAT ][ 300 BAUD SYSTEM
435 FOR MY FRANKLIN 1000. JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD GET THIS ONE TO WORK..
436 SEE YOU ALL LATER....
437
438 BRANT KATKANSKY
439 (THE PHANTOM III)
440 En
441 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
442 Well, maybe if you tried the straight forward aproach.
443 How about it Pam? Are you still out there? You've got
444 a lot of worried people out here wondering what happened.
445 If you're reading this, nod once for yes or twice for no.
446 Was that a yes?
447 ++++++++++++++++++++++ T ++++++++++++++++++++++++
448 @*@**@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@
449 Fin-
450 If you really took the time to read ALL the messages on this board you
451 would have seem that I have left my name twice. If you are not quick enough
452 to catch it then your loss.
453
454 All-
455 I would like to try and clarify this one more time ( and I promise it will
456 be the last, so help me ). The subject of names was not the point. My question
457 was 'how will the ethics of an emerging sub-culture complement or contrast
458 the culture we deal with everyday'. I guess that proposing a question about
459 our human condition dates me ( the 60's and all that ), but I also am a true
460 believer that, to paraphrase, those that ignore history are definitly doomed
461 to repeat it.
462 CDP
463 @*@*@*@**@*@*@*@*@*@**@*@*@**@*@***@**@*@*@**@*@**@**@*@***@**@*@**@*@***@*@*@**
464 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
465 CDP: IT IS A FACT THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WRONG
466 WITH HISTORY!
467 (FROM 366 WAYS THINGS CAN GO WRONG: A MURPHY'S LAW CALENDAR)
468 ANYBODY: ANY MORE NEWS ABOUT N.A.P.P?
469
470 MIG: YES, I DO HAVE IT MEMORIZED. DO YOU NEED OR WANT IT? IF SO, HOW SHALL
471 I GET IT TO YOU?
472 JONATHAN CHANCE
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475 Huh. I'm off for 60 hours, and when I come back, it's still the same disk.
476 Amazing. I see that without my presence, the quality deteriorates, too.
477 L'homme: as you can see, I've got it working (sort of). I don't really know
478 what the problem was, I just kept poking around until it decided to work
479 (by stages). Right now, I'm missing my graphics. My cursor is a graphics
480 block...I HATE NOT HAVING A CURSOR!!!
481 I can't find any reason for the graphics to be out, either. (the proper
482 character is stored in video RAM, but it's never printed). I've checked all
483 the traces, but they all check out. I have no way of checking the chips,
484 (that I know of), so.....
485 The computer is currently sitting on my desk, or rather, strewn around on my
486 desk. The case is in the basement, the circuit board is sitting here getting
487 dusty. Sigh... I was going to leave you this msg (& more)
488 on PCS, but they aren't accepting new msgs. So I was going to leave it on
489 Bit Bucket, but it was down for improvements (I found myself in CHAT with
490 Bensene!!!) He's trying out a 1200 baud modem.
491 # Nice of you to say Hi this evening. #
492 I don't want to waste any more of this already pathetic disk on this personal
493 stuff, so I'll talk later. (I'm curious about my 'report card' for this morning).
494 ::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::
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496 Mikey -- I don't have any constructive suggestions as to how to reach PAM.
497 I have seen her a few times on the bit bucket, but not even that lately.
498 Speaking from my own experience, I have had spells that communicating via
499 modem is just too much trouble ... I used to visit Backwater before it became
500 the Inn (whatever happened to the DBB Sysop? Did they take the padding off
501 his cell?) and also remember the first call by the Dragon Lady, although faintly
502 I stopped using the modem at that point, as work pressure was getting too great
503 and did not start again for a couple of years steady use. I guess my point is,
504 that Pam will have to decide of her own free will that she wishes to associate
505 with us. We can but extend the invitation, let her know that she is welcome
506 and missed, and let time take its course. I hope that her absence is not as
507 protracted as mine was, but although we feel impatient, she must work out
508 the twists and turnings of her life in her own way. I only hope that the river
509 of time brings her once more to our shores. In the same vein, I miss d, our
510 Dragon Lady who started the whole Inn concept. It was her clear vision that
511 brought a disparate group of souls into a type of reality that has been nearly
512 everyone's home away from mundane reality. There is a table near the back
513 that has good light, a smooth surface, and has been recently cleaned. A stock
514 of sharpened pencils, sticks of willow charcoal, and various papers are at hand.
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535 Piper: Sigh.. Yes, you are of course right. Though I do miss her input.
536 As I have said before, I get the machoistic approach to life all day
537 long, and the Inn offered an escape from it. You haven't lived until
538 you get a call from some jerk who says he's going to sue you for selling
539 him a program that he couldn't learn because the manual wasn't good
540 enough. (He learned Wordstar so therefor he is an expert computer wiz.)
541 Then he proceeds to say he is going to sic the FTC and every other
542 official sounding agency after me. This was after I spent several hours
543 on the phone helping him get it going. And he didn't even buy the
544 program from me! It's enough to make you sour on the whole human race!
545 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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