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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 27 JUL 85 *********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 Voyuer: Further along, it now communicates sort of.... two bugs still,
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21 one in the 2000, and one in CL+. The one in CL+ is that when you tell
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22 the modem to hangup, the program dies. The bug in the 2000 is that when
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23 the screen scrolls, it uses the next attribute I write to the screen
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24 with instead of the one I told it to use. I think I can work around that,
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25 I still don't know what the problem is with the hangup.
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26 L'homme: If you're listening, I'm now turning off the cursor before updating
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27 the clock, (it was bugging me, so I spent the time to impliment the code
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28 to do so.)
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29 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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30
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31 [/] [/] [/] [/] wow i'm AT THE TOP! [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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32 Cistop: so, at least Copylink (kinda) works. If you don't mind reloading
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33 after each call, it's a one-shot program. (so make the most of the
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34 connections you make). I'm really glad to know that you are able to work
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35 around Tandy's ideosyncracies and lack of data. (thank god for the Sanyo, eh?)
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36 I'm looking forward to getting my machine back, (not to mention CL).
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37 This Model 1 is a nice place to (re)visit, but I DON'T want to live here.
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38 :::::::::::O O:::::::01:03:::::::::::voyeur:::::::::07/27:::::O O:::::::::::
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39 @@ 02:06 in the morning... Zzzzz... @@
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40 ++ 06:39 in the morning. + Milch +++++
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41 ?? 08:28 in the morning. ?? Doc. ?????
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42 )_*)_$*^)_*^_)*^)_@*^)_^)@_#*^)_@^)_@*^)_@#*)_*&_$*%)_&_&(^&#(&!_%*_)%**^*#^#*$
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43
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44 "I will not leave here until I know the truth! What does this man mean to
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45 you Mary? Do I still mean anything to you? Have we lost everything we once had?"
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46 The voice erupted over the intercom speaker, but even cheap Asian electronics
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47 could not hide the emotion that went into the plea.
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48 "That's Kosta's voice!", cried agent Parity, as he too reached for his
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49 weapon. "In we go Fellows."
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50 The two agents burst into the inner office, the room they knew had to be
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51 at the other end of the intercom they had listened to. There against one
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52 wall stood a petite, strikingly beautiful woman, wearing a smart pink
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53 chiffon dress. Next to her stood Mr. BMW. Parity could spot the look in a
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54 second, dark glasses pushed up on tanned forehead, Izods and Botany 500
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55 completing the wardrobe. The man currently doing all of the talking was one
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56 agent Kosta, formerly with NET, now gone in to business for himself. As the
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57 door crashed from its hinges, Kosta swung around, quickly drawn gun in hand.
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58 Fortunately agent Fellows was just a bit faster, for in the blink of an eye
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59 Kosta was disarmed and Parity and Fellows had everyone covered. The nosey
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60 secretary from the outer office peeked in, saw the situation, and ran screaming
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61 from the room.
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62 "Don't worry. Farley will pick her up and bring her back" said Fellows.
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63 "So you thought you were safe, eh Kosta?" queried Parity. "You thought we
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64 fell victim to a well-placed C-bomb. You were wrong, and now you are going to
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65 be sorry too."
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66 "Uh, er, L'homme? I didn't know it was you! I swear!" There was panic in
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67 Kosta's voice. "Someone was following me. I didn't know they would send you
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68 after me so soon. Ian has more gumption than I thought. You must know I would
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69 never try to kill an old accomplice like yourself. I hardly know Fellows and
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70 Farley, above them being capable agents. I have forgiven you for taking me
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71 away from Mary so long ago. Please L'homme!"
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72 At this Miss Mary Lamb broke into tears. Shrugging the hold Mr. BMW had on
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73 her, she ran across the room at L'homme, crying and screaming. Parity swung
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74 around to meet her, and grabbed her shoulder before clawing hands could reach
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75 his face. "I did not realize the consequences of my actions then." His voice
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76 seemed to crack. "I didn't know how much...how much you meant to each other."
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77 Mary crumpled at these words, sobbing, her whole body shaking with grief
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78 and sorrow. She looked up at L'homme, and then at Kosta. Her words came out
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79 slowly but with gathering strength. "You...didn't...have to go, did you?
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80 Couldn't you have stayed here with me? I thought you loved me...I thought
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81 you loved me!!!"
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82 Her head sunk again, and the other factor, Mr. BMW, went to her side and
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83 carefully lifted Mary to her feet. "It's all over Mary. Please Mary, Kosta
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84 is going away now," and then to the NET agents, "isn't he?"
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85 "Yes..." started Fellows, before Parity cut him off.
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86 "Kosta must come with us. But I see now the terrible ramifications of what
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87 I did so many years ago. I must tell you, I can't keep it in any longer. Part
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88 of my choosing Kosta was for his skill, and part was because I was jealous of
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89 his relationship with you Mary. Kosta told me much about you, but I guess I
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90 could never relate to your relationship because I was without one myself. We
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91 all have a dark side in ourselves, and mine chose that particular time to
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92 surface. I have made a mistake that I can never make up for. I have come
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93 between two people who obviously loved each other. I have transcended the bonds
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94 of our agency through my own weaknesses. For that I will give you a little
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95 more time together. I realize it is like a drop of water in a dry sea-bed,
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96 but it is all I can do. Kosta, I must have your word, your word on our
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97 friendship, for I too forgive you for your wayward attempt at murder, that
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98 you will not try to escape. Fellows and I will wait outside, along with
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99 this other gentleman. Take as much time as you need, and then we must be off."
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100 "I am not going anywhere without Mary, and I am certainly not going to
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101 leave her alone with this madman!" Mr. BMW roared. But his cries were cut
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102 short by a well-placed hold applied by a stern-faced Fellows. The two agents
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103 and the angry suitor left the room and retired to the outer office, leaving
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104 Mary and Kosta alone to settle whatever had to be settled.
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106 &*%_$*%_@#&*^%)_@#*@#_)%&*@#)_@# L'homme sans Parity *%_#)@*%)_@#*%@_#)%*_)@#*
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108 PS: Mikey: I think that will look much better. Bad news on the VT100 graphics.
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109 It appears that no one knows anything about them because no one uses or
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110 writes special programs that utilize them. When I say no one I of course
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111 mean no one I can find at Tek or at PSU. Since one of the beauties of
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112 UNIX is its ability to operate with a truckload of different terminals,
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113 all using the special termcaps, software written for the VT100 in
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114 particular would not have very universal applications. If we could find
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115 someone who was doing a special project that involved a VT100, we might
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116 be in luck. Unfortunately I have not been able to find this elusive
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117 person. I have already talked to several knowledgeable people on this
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118 without any luck. Any ideas?
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119 _*^)_#$*)_$*_@)*^)_*)_@*^_)@*_)^@#*^ L/s/P *%_)*%_@#*_)@#*%_)*@%_)*@_)%*@*@)_#%*
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120 OH my god! that was boring! Is it still morning, that was so long I would think the sun had gone
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121 down...
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122 GROOGROOGROOGROO BORDERMARK GROOGROOGROOGROOGROOGROOGROGROOGROOGROO
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123 L'homme & Mikey: For what it's worth, one of CIS's 'standard' terminal
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124 types is VT100. You don't suppose *they* use the graphics?
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125 _______________________________Leonard_____________________________________
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126 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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127 WANTED TO BUY
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128 I am soon to be in need of a good para-temporal tracker, new
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129 or used, (used just enough to break it in preferably). It
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130 must have cross temporal capabilities, up to the third
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131 magnitude, and be handsized.
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132
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133 Also needed: A new pair of hiking boots for all terrain.
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134
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135 Will trade for either or both, I have a large farm, many bovines
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136 etc. that I won't be needing in the immediate future. Also, several
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137 good wolf and rabbit traps.
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138
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139 Leave message at the Inn for Emu.
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140 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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141 :::::=====
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142 Rabbit Traps, Emu? For shame!
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143 :::::=====
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144 HIGH ALL JUST WANT TO SAY BYE
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151 +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ *=*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*=
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152 L'Homme: How does one get into NET>?
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153 Join it I mean.
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154 *= The Dark Dragon *=*
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155 +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++= =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*=
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156 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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157 Max: Terminal works ok, I had to modify the attack-dial routine because
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158 it takes longer for connections when you're out in the boondocks. Perhaps
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159 the next time we meet I can supply you with an 'improved' version. Hmmm,
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160 redefined keys, some sort of up/download protocol...although I like the text
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161 upload feature.
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162 Doctor: No excuses, now. C'mon, you can do it, entering something won't take
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163 but a small bit of your time.
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164 +++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++ July 27, 1985 +++++++++
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165 *%_#@*%_#)*%_@#)*%)_*&_)*_)%*#)_*_)#*%_)%)_@_%)*_)%*@_%*^)_*^_#*^_#$*^#_^*#^
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166 COPYLINK BAD NEWS REPORT: Mikey: Copylink does NOT work on a standard IBM
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167 PCjr with 128k. The program begins loading and then locks the machine up,
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168 requiring a cold boot to get control again. I imagine it is a memory
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169 problem, because a jr with 128k has only 89k free memory according to CHKDSK.
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170 I do not have access to a jr with more than 128k, so this is only conjecture.
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171 Copylink 2.41 works fine. Does the memory problem make sense to you? Any
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172 ideas on this too?
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173 Leonard:Yes compuserve runs VT100, that is what I use when I log on to the
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174 system, but that does not include VT100 graphics, only ANSI screen format-
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175 ting.
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176 *%)_#@*%_)@#%)@*#%)_@#*%_)* L'homme sans Parity *%_*@#%_)@*%_)*@#%_)*@#_%)*
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177
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178 Hi, I'm new to this, I was given this number as a computer to call.
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179 Is this private, or can anyone join in?
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180 (&)(&)(&)(&) Dren (&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)
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181
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182 **********************************************************************
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183 L'homme: Ack! I don't know what the problem might be, CL+ only needs
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184 about 75K to run. And, too, if it was too large for the DOS, the dos
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185 should say so, and if there isn't enough space for CL+'s buffers, it
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186 will say so. As such, you should get SOME error message from someplace.
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187 Hmmm, does the PCjr have a system clock? There is one thing about CL+,
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188 when it first loads, it looks at the system clock, and waits for one
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189 second to pass before continuing. It does this to find out the computation
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190 speed of the system so that it can adapt its internal software timer.
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191 The other thing is that it needs something at com1 when it comes up
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192 since that is where it is normally configured unless it was reconfigured
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193 for com2. That's about the only thing I can think of. Hmm, maybe I better
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194 check on that system clock thing, that could be nasty on systems that
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195 don't have one....
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196
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197 Voyuer: The screen problem is fixed now, so all that's left is the
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198 hangup problem. I got a feeling that IT isn't going to be as easy to
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199 find.
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200 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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201
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202 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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203 well it has been a while hasn't it. good to be back, causing trouble.
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204 hello everyone. and to those that i have met through numerious nerd-o-fests,
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205 well, what they don't know woun't hurt them will it.
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206 michael (0), you are right, the vespa is a great time. more than you know.
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207 late night, too tight, need some sleep to set me right.
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208 [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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209 That's it? Only one entry? What's going on here?
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210 *_)$*_@)#$*)_@#*$_*%_)@#*_)@#*%_)&%_)!*!+)_@%_)&%_)!(%_&*%_)*%)_@#*%_)@*_@%
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211 Mikey: The jr has a system clock just like the regular PC so that is not it.
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212 Remember that the jr ALSO has its internal COMM port configured as COM2: not
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213 COM1:. The Internal modem, if it is installed, is set for COM1:. Perhaps
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214 that is the problem. A note on that though: The old version of Copylink that
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215 I have (2.41) is set up for COM1: and it loads correctly on the jr, but it
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216 doesn't send anything out to the rs232 port when it should. Does CL+ lock
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217 up if the expected comm port is not there???
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218 %*_#)@*%_@#)*%_@#*%_@)#*%@ L'homme sans Parity *$%_@)#*%_)@#*%_)@#*%_)#@*%@
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219 ????? The Doctor ?????
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220 For the first time in my pitiful existance, tilean
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221 I have seen through your own dialect of English grammar and punctuation and
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222 have enjoyed your entries. I take my de-appreciation back...
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223 (_ times 10 + : times 10) times 8.....
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224
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225 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`, [seeking computer programmers for Apple]
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226 Me and my Apple are having problems...
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227 I'm writing a board program for my computer and things are going okay. But
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228 there is one problem that I have, I can't tell if there is a carrier there
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229 or not - if someone hangs up in the middle of a line and doesn't tell the
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230 computer, mr Apple here sits around and doesn't do anything about it. I
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231 have tried a few things, but none of them worked. There must be some CALL
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232 or PEEK that would see if the Micromodem //e was still connected. SO! If
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233 you know how to do these things please leave me a message here or somewhere
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234 else, just don't forgett to tell me where though... Or if you can't leave
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235 a message here, my number is 635-xxxx - give me a ring.
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236 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`, [Mark Forsyth]
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237 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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238 NEOHAMA
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239 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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240 IAtomic Probelems..
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241 (1) chapter 5 s.s.
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242
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243 It all started one day when my Social Studies class was studing a news
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244 paper. HEADLINE "Russians Launch Fleet of Nuclear Subs...
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245 "
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246 The article was all about atomic subs and how 1 of them could send
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247 the world into a nuclear winter. Just one! The class dicused what to do about
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248 it. I was paticularly suprized at the amount of power each sub had.
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249 For the rest of the day I was thinking about it. What could I do to save
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250 myself if there was a war. I thought about the planets in the solar system
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251 and if any could support human life. None would. Mars had too thin of an
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252 atmosphere, venus was to hot (600 degrees average) and the rest of the
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253 planets hardly had any atmosphere either. Venus could probably be changed
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254 but it would take a long time to get there.
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260 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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261 NEO
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262 _>_>_>_>_>
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263 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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264 24 EMPTY TUBES,
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265 A MUSHROOM CLOUD,
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266
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267 AND NOW IT'S MILLERTIME!
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268 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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269 (&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)
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270 99 silos with missles in them all.
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271 99 silos with missles in them all.
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272 Shoot one off and it'll come down.
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273 98 silos with missles in them all.
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274 ect...
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275 (&)(&)(&)(&)(&) Dren (&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)
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276
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277 ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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278 While it's nice to think that only one sub could send the world into
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279 a nuclear winter, it is hardly based in fact. The best it might do is
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280 to drop the temp a couple of degrees, hardly enough to plunge the
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281 world into a devistating winter. Also, the effects vary radically
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282 depending on the conditions at the time. Summer would be a much worse
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283 time then winter, since the needed fire materials will be much easier
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284 to set off. Look at what happens with forest fires, they are almost
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285 unheard off in the winter, but come summer, and they are all over.
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286 Fire follows the same rules, no matter what starts it. Weather has a
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287 lot to do with it as well. If it is raining, the fire isn't going to
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288 be as easy to maintain itself. Clouds are going to inhibit the progress
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289 of any smoke that might go up. Another aspect that some try to proport,
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290 is that all the fuel dumps will go up at the first indication of an
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291 atmomic blast. Poppy-cock! The problem of fire-strorms being created
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292 by a fuel depo going up is hardly new, and much has been done to
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293 inhibit the possiblity from happening. Since it doesn't take a nuclear
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294 blast to set one off, a lot of things can and have. I wouldn't worry
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295 all that much about gas stations, there is a reason why the stuff is
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296 stored in underground tanks. It's the tank farms that have the tanks
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297 above ground that will be a problem, but even there the have to be ruptured,
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298 or be exposed to a rather intense heat to blow them up. We're talking
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299 an average bomb within a mile or two here. Also, you might be interested
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300 to know that the figures that Carl Sagan and friends used to arive at
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301 the results they did were considered 'absolute worst case' as well as
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302 they ignored many of the inhibiting factors such as weather and terrain.
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303 Nor did they chose a normal expected drop pattern, but rather a wide
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304 spread in the worst possible areas they could determine. The end result
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305 of all this is that yes there would probalbly be a reduction in temperature,
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306 but not anywhere near the prediction of Carl and friends, and definately
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307 not as long. A few weeks instead of months. They did the standard things
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308 a scientist will do to project into an area he knows nothing about,
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309 linear projection despite that time and time again it has been proven
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310 over an over that nature does not work that way. There have also been
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311 tests that have proven that particals that do get into statasphere will
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312 rain out, and not stay there indefinately as Carl and friends say.
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313
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314 In short, it is not the nuclear winter that is so grossly overstated
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315 of late that I worry about, it is the disruption of services, esential
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316 operations, transport of food, contamination of water and land. And of
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317 course the 50/50 chance that I'll be in the wrong place at the wrong
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318 time when the thing goes off. The nuclear winter thing is largly a
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319 nightmare dreamed up by Carl and friends to try to scare the populance
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320 into submission. I don't like being lied to, and if he'll lie to me
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321 about his figures, how much else can I belive what he says?
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322
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323 I don't like the concept of nuclear war, but I don't like being lied
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324 to either. Nuclear war is insane, but so is thinking you can get away
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325 with lieing. Beware Carl and friends, it will catch up with you in the
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326 end.
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327 ````````````````````` Irrate war hater ``````````````````````````````
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328
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329 *******************************************************************************
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330 L'homme: Hmm interesting, I don't know, possibly it would hang if there wasn't
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331 anything at the comm port. I do know that the PCjr's RS232 port is always at
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332 the hardware com2 location (it is relocated in software depending on whether
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333 you have the modem installed or not. But since COPYLINK doesn't go through DOS,
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334 it doesn't care what it does. Anyway, maybe if you were to reconfigure CL+ to
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335 come up as com2 (give the command "MODEM 2" then CUSTOM) and try it again?
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336 That should indicate if it will run right. Fun stuff there eh? If COPYLINK
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337 will run, CL+ should run (where have you heard that before?) but they are
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338 very different in how they work with the machines, so there is always the
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339 posiblity of something going wrong... By the way, you need to pick up an
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340 updated version of CL+ sometime too, or would you rather I sent it to you?
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341 **************************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
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342 +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +
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343 Mr. L'homme: How does one get into NET? Or is it one of those closed
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344 organizations? I'd be happy to submit my stats, if it could get me in.
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345 *=* The Dark Dragon *=*
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346 +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*=
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347 Dark Dragon: The only way that I have seen people get into the NET is to
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348 start writing spy stories...good spy stories. Make them interesting,
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349 believable, and try not to kill of the existing members of net. These and
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350 a couple others are the stats you need to get into the NET. Let your
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351 imagination get you in. -confused.
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352
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353 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`, [by the way...\]
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354 Mr Apple still needs help. If you can help, please send your donation in
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355 to the... No! Sorry, no donations needed, just some programming tips.
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356 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`, [Mark Forsyth.]
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357 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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358 IWH: Just one question... Where did
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359 you get *your* facts?
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360 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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361 (*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{l'oeuf}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)
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362
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363 After an abnormally quiet session at the bar, Fencer decided to do
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364 something he'd never done before, only heard of by warm firepits in small
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365 inns, not unlike this one. He had made up his mind, to heck with all
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366 those frivilous quests- *he* wasn't gonna waste his life chasing something
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367 he knew nothing about. So, with his canine companion alongside, he set off
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368 in search of something worth finding: the Savoy Truffle.
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369 (*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(**)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}
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370
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371 +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*=
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372 Dark Dragon sipped his wine, as he sat across from another man. Dark
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373 Dragon'S name fit him well, as he was garbed in all black, and it was
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374 not a usual pblack, it had an unnerving quality that see,med to warp
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375 any light that dared intrude upon it. His black gloved hand touching the
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376 transparent glass, raising it to his lips. His features, although masked
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377 partly by the dim light of the room, were ddeeep. His narrow icy blue
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378 eyes seemed to be staring across the room, through the other man, and ths
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379 caused the second man to shudder.
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380 The other man swas about 20, blonde hair and a set of bushy eyebrows t
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381 that nearly shadowed his face. His green eyes looked deeply and intently
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382 at Dark Dragon., never taking his eyes off of the black garbed gman as he
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383 slowly, as if it were some great task, drank the glass of wine he had
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384 ordered earlier.
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385 "TIs that wine 1675?" asked the blonde man, eyeing Dark Dragon as he
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386 drank.
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387 "No, but you can try a sip."
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388 "Good, I'll do that, but first what of the sky."
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389 "It's green."
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390 The men finished the coded passwords and smiled at each other.
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391 Z"Nice to see you again Russel."
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392 "You too, D.D."
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393 "Dark Dragon, please.
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394 "Oh."
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395 "Besides, now isn't the time to get all sentimental! This is, after all
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396 is said and done, a business meeting."
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397 "I know. I know. Do you have them?"
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398 "Yes."
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399 "You're sure??"
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400 "Aren't I allways?"
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401 "Yes, and it annoys me to heck!"
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402 Dark Dragon curved his hand upward, seemingly sending shards of light
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403 screaming away with his black glove. He pulled from beneath the glove, a
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404 after looking around, a small devi, or rathrrer a set.
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405 Russel smiled at them. "Perfect miniatures."
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406 "Yes, if you call something like that "perfect"
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407 "I do, and remember, D.D..."
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408 "Dark DRAGON!" sneered Dark Dragon.
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409 "Whatever, remember that thiere isn't room for *peace thoughts* now!"
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410 "Believe me , I know."
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411 Dark Dragon glared at the blonde man, his eyes making Russel shudder.
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412 "I just don't like the idea!"
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413 *=*Dark Dragon *=*
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414 +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*= +++ =*=
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415 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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416 FOR SALE
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417
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418 Forty acres prime farm land, cattle, hogs, horses,
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419 machinery, etc. Everything you need to raise barley
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420 crops, dairy products, ham and eggs over easy.
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421
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422 All structures built within the last ten years including
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423 generic split-level ranch house, red barn complete with
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424 South American swallows, chicken house and brand
|
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425 new two seater privy.
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426
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427 Must see to apprieciate! Follow Wendelin River south
|
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428 eight miles to fork with Milton Creek, follow Milton
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429 up two miles. House is on the left, top of the rise.
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430
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431 Or ask for Emu at Innisfal.
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432 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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433
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434 Mister Forsyth, I am experienced in the Micromodem II and unfortunately,
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435 not the Micromodem IIE. If they work similarly, then perhaps you can translate
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436 this line in BASIC to whatever language you are using.
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437
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if peek(1656+modemslot)>127 then print "carrier detected"
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438 If this works for you, the other notes I took ought to be able to help you
|
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439 also. I am Prometheus Hawthorne and you can reach me on PCS CBBS at 775-xxxx.
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440 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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441 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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442 The piper looked around the inn. Where were those quest-bound souls who
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443 should be planning with wild enthusiasm? The flickering light of the open
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444 fire illuminated the dark reaches of the inn's common room fitfully and faintly
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445 with dim fingers of light, combing the encroaching shadows in search of
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446 folks ripe for adventure.
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447 Shrugging his shoulders, the piper began his preparations for the coming
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448 adventure. Dirk hanging at belt -- check. Skean dubh in right stocking top
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449 -- check. Emergengy supplies packed in sporran -- check. Spare drone reeds
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450 with resonator crystals in sporran -- check. Scotch whiskey for medicinal
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451 purposes in sporran -- check. Scotch whiskey for non-medicianal purposes
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452 in sporran -- check. Emergency supplies of Scotch whiskey in sporran --
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453 check. Hmm -- ...
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454 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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455 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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456 KARL SAGAN IS A COMMUNIST FINKO RAT.
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457 ------------------------------------------I DON'T BELIEVE IN BIG-BANG THEORY --
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458 Irrate war hater: At least we know where Carl Sagan came by his figures and
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459 theory. (And they do not seem to be as out of proportion as you suggest).
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460 Perhaps, I am too trusting of the man who has told me about billion and
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461 billion of stars... But, I have read many of his books in fields other than
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462 astronomy, and they seemed worthy enough. To me, you sound like nothing
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463 more than one of these people so commonly found here that is attacking some
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464 figure for the sake of debate. It is very likely that you are not so. But,
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465 for what reason should I believe that? You have given no evidence to back
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466 your claim. Even if in truth, there would be holes in your arguement.
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467 --trusting the scientist
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468 :::::=====:::::
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469 Trusting the scientist: The best thing to do if you don't agree with
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470 somnone on this board is to ignore them toally and completely. They'll g
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471 get tired of talking and leave if you ignore them.
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472 :::::=====:::::
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473 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH A CHOCOLATE MILK-SHAKE ***
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474 Mark Forsyth: don't do it, don't do it... There are enough BBSs already
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475 on apples and they are all SLOW! Besides, in basic???? (0)
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476 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH AN ORDER OF ONION RINGS ***
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477 L'homme: Upload coming your way. -Kosta..
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478 huh?
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479 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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480 Piper, Prometheus, Loam? hello-
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481 Aa
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482 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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483 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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484 Obviously, you're not interested in debating the matter, accepting what
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485 Carl says as truth without looking into the underlaying figures and
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486 components that he used. a well, such as it is. I admit that I took an
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487 extrem aproach to the subject, but I also still feel after looking at
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488 both sides of the story, that Carl and friends theory leaves a lot of
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489 questions in my mind too many assumtions and adjustments to the facts
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490 were made to make things the way they wanted them to turn out. For a
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491 good summary on the oposition, get a hold of the may 85 issue of
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492 Reason magazine. Of course you will also want to read the August 84 (83?)
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493 issue of Scientific American for Carl and friends side of the story.
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494 Never assume you know everything about a subject unless you have read
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495 both sides of the issue. I have had my conclusions changed before simply
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496 by allowing the alternate view as a possiblity.
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497 ''''''''''''''''''''''' Irrate war hater ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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498
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499 *****************************************************************
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500 Voyeur: This was written on the Tandy 2000 using WordStar, and
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501 then uploaded to BW with COPYLINK PLUS. Of course you probably
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502 know what that means don't you? It WORKS! <ahem>
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503
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504 The hangup bug turned out to be a two year old hidden bug
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505 that decided to raise its ugly head on the 2000. It seems that
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506 given a certain set of circumstances that the RTS line will be
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507 dropped when the hangup is initiated. Since the cable I was using
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508 had RTS tied back to CTS, that caused the machine to lock up
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509 because it didn't have the CTS on to allow it to transmit. he
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510 funny part about it is that had I tried it with a real live modem
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511 I never would have had the problem since I use a ribbon cable,
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512 which would have properly suppied the CTS signal from the modem
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513 regardless of the condition of the RTS signal. Thus the problem
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514 would have been there, and I never would have seen it. Instead,
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515 it never got past the first stage of modem emulation running
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516 against the Sanyo.
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517 So anyway, it is all done now, I'm in the process of
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518 cleaning things up here, and it should be done by tommorow.
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519
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520 P.S. I'll include a disk full of utilities for the 2000 for you
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521 as well, a bunch of misc files including a ram disk program.
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522 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY ***************************
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523
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524 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI
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525 "AAAAACHHHHEEEEWWW!!!" Trainor sneezed like no one at Inisfal had ever
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526 seen before.
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527 "KAAAZUUNHITE!!!" several patrons responded.
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528 "I am sorry, I don't know what <sneeze> has come over me! Our race of
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529 <sneeze> people usually don't suffer from these <sneeze> irritating <sneeze>
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530 ventilation problems <sneeze>."
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531 The last sneeze caused the rabbit sitting on Trainor's shoulder to bound
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532 to the other side of the room. It seemed the more distance between Trainor's
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533 nose and the rabbit's hide, the less severe the sneezing attack became.
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534 "Haha!" chortled one partially drunk inn-goer. "Trainor doesn't get along
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535 with rabbits! And such a pretty rabbit too."
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536 Trainor looked sullen. "I am afraid that man is correct. We didn't have
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537 such animals in our land. I must be allergic to its fur. I'm afraid to tell
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538 you this Zepher, but I would rather not go sneezing my way from reality to
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539 reality in the Pell-mell. Speaking of the Pell-mell. Let me give you a tour
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540 of my fine machine, and we can make final plans for our quest."
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541 Trainor tossed the innkeeper an odd-fashioned coin, which the friendly
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542 bar-man caught with the greatest dexterity. In a quick jump Trainor departed
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543 the Inn. Several seasoned-looking adventures followed, including Bard, Piper,
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544 Emu, and Scarlet Lion.
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545 "This, my companions, is a Pell-mell." A sweep of Trainor's arm encompassed
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546 a view of the entire machine, from ornate hood to baroque cockpit. "Yes, isn't
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547 she a beauty!" Trainor was obviously proud of the machine. Unfortunately,
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548 Trainor's taste is trans-reality devices left a little to be desired with the
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549 other adventurers.
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550 "Ah, ya, nice." said Emu.
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551 "How...lovely." chimed in Scarlet Lion.
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552 "Ha..ah, yes, quite lovely. Fine lines." continued Bard.
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553 "It certainly is an interesting looking device." piper added
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554 diplomatically.
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555 "I knew you would like it!" said Trainor, oblivious to the cautious
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556 comments from his new-found friends, friends who were above hurting Trainor's
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557 feelings with true sentiments.
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558 "And now...", started Trainor.
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559 "The Adventure!" the others finished.
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560 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI
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561
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562 the not-so-hum adventure
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563 continues...
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565 Kosta: uploading term available! see msg on PCS...
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566 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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567 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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568 ????? The Doctor ?????
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569 <><><><><><><><><>10987654321IMPACTATGROUNDZERO<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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570 IRATE WAR HATER, ETC.: Whether there is a severe nuclear winter or not,
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571 the fact remains that normal human life on our earth will be ruined.
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572 Did you see 'Testament' ? No nuclear winter occurred, but things weren't
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573 exactly wonderful. The point is to make sure that a nuclear war NEVER
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574 happens again (Hiroshima and Nagasaki still suffer) if we care at all
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575 about any Terrestrian life forms.
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576 ++++++++++JUST PLAIN WAR HATER+++++++++
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577 (((((((((((((JPWH((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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578 No matter how you hate, WAR will always be here. FAT BOY is the
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579 best thing that ever happened to Japan. Don't feel sorry forthem.
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580 That's the price for the prosperity that they enjoy today.
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581 Don't worry too much about life forms. They could take care of
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582 themselves. Have you been previously a dinosaur? Then, you should
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583 be grateful that your life has been "ruined"! That way you were
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584 spare more sufferings! from atomic radiation etc. Let nature and
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585 man take its course. Nobody can alter it. It is predestined
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586 and it is written.
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587 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Albert(((((((((((((
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588 -+- "Would it matter to know that the light always shines? Ah, not an -+-
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589 -+- outstanding question, but a relavent one none the less. Do you know? -+-
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590 -+- The glass is empty, another please?" I struggled to maintain my -+-
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591 -+- balance on the stool before the Innkeeper, who was attempting to -+-
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592 -+- ignore my banterings but couldn't as he knew of what I refered to. -+-
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593 -+- "This shall have to be your final one for the evening. Your lip -+-
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594 -+- is slipping more and more from the rim of the glass to that delicate -+-
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595 -+- subject. Please, mention it not while I must listen to it knowing -+-
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596 -+- that there is nothing I may do to remedy the situation..." The glass -+-
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597 -+- was placed silently before the multi-colored performer of tricks, -+-
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598 -+- tumbles, and laughter. -+-
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599 -+- "But there is always a something that may be done. You know the -+-
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600 -+- cure as well as I. Do it, it is as simple as you allow it to be. -+-
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601 -+- You are only making it harder on yourself. Why? WHY? -+-
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602 -+- Do it. Call Her name..." -+-
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603 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+Juggler+- -+-
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