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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 2 AUG 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 (&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)
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21 Hey! I'm at the top! WOW! WOOPEE! YAHOO!
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22 Eat yer hearts out suckers!
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23 (&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&) Dren (&)(&)(&)(&)(&)
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24 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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25 Voyeur: I do believe that the 'T' in the 'DT' meams Tone, as in DialTone,
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26 as opposed to DP (Dial Pulse). Both are normally preceded by the AT
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27 (ATtention) command.
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28 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> dan <+><+><+><+>
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29 <+><+><+><+><+> sorry for the typos... <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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30 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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31 DAMN!!!! Missed it again...
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32 ??????????????? The Doctor ???????????????????????? Aug. 2, 85 at 10:08 ???????
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33 PS: No story from Guido tonight, either...
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34 ??????????????? The Doctor ????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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35 Guido? As in Guido the Killer Pimp?
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36 no Guido Sarduchi, that hilarious charicature of a Roman Catholic priest.
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37 zztr
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38 :::::::=====
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39 Trainor: Forget it. It's okay. I7'll just slink off, since nobody here has
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40 any use for my rabbity skills at the moment. Mayhap, yes. It just might
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41 work out anyway. I have been working on my computer devising a story
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42 plot that would fit my character. I could get all the other characters
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43 made up, yeah. "The Quest for the Darkherb." Hmmm....weyry interesting
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44 idea. Does it sound okay to you? I seem to have a distinct knack for
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45 writing stories that no one seems to enjoy, and therefore make enemies
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46 with my entries. This is something I don't want to do, and I wish that
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47 the good citizens of Inisfall could forgive and possibly forget. M
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48 "Quest for the Darkherb." Sounds good, do you like the title?? You
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49 seem to be an experienced writer, way aboe me in writing skill,. But
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50 it seems that everyone is.
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51 :::::=====
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52 I REALLY DO NOT THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO WRITE STORIES, ISN'T THIS
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53 A PUBLIC BB ?????? WHERE ITEMS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE MASSES ?????
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54 I SUGGEST YOU TRY USING A WORD PROCESSOR FOR WRITTING ANY MAYBE EVEN
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55 CONTACT A PUBLISHER, ----- YOU NEVER KNOW SOMEONE MIGHT SNAP UP YOUR
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56 LITTLE GEMS (?) AND SLAP THEIR OWN COPYRIGHT ON IT AND ALL YOUR EFFORT
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57 GOES DOWN THE TUBE. JTO..
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58 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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59 JTO: Check what I said on the last disk. It seems to have a lot of
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60 relavence.
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61 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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62 ::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::::
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63 dan: quite true - T means Tone, normally following D, for dial, normally
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64 following AT, for attention. The point was that the terminal program in
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65 question has a setting for Tone, Pulse, or modem default. It was set to Tone,
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66 but the T in the dial command still seemed to be required.
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67 Cistop: the CP/M emulator is invoked by typing "RUN program", correct? CP/M
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68 is not a normal state of being, but only exists for the duration of the process?
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69 ::::::::::::::::O O::::::08/03::::::voyeur::::::::::01:26::::::::O O::::::::::::
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70 That's all that everyone enteredd last night??
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71 Probably so. And this is all people have entered this morning? sheesh.
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72
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73 A marker, a marker, we
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74 love the markers, the
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75 markers with the golde
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76 (n) flair. Don't miss
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77 one, you'll be glad
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78 that you saw the
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79 marker that never
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80 grows old... Hee Hee
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81 DAN? Is that really yo
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82 u? Can it be true? The one and the same Dan from olden times? Hello, welcome, hail and well met. It is good
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83 to see you again. ATDT
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84 ..........
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85 "are we the last ones to survive?
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86 are we the last human beings
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87 left alive?"
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88 .......... rush .......
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89 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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90 Neohama
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91 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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92
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93 Chapter 4
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94
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95 I had gotten all my screens mapped and all I had to do was color them.
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96 After 3 days I had everything in multi color and the subroutines for
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97 drawing the screens were done. Now I started making the figures for the
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98 treasures. It took me awile to make them but I finely got it done. Now I
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99 had to make the main program.
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100 What I had to do befor I could program it in was learn to use the
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101
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102 kernal routine SAVE. I tried it but it didn'd work. I checked all my work
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103 and tried it again but it still didn't work.
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104
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106 _<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<
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107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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108 Max: Terminal program is now in final testing stage, dial & terminal portions
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109 working correctly. New punter transfer section not tested yet. Oh, by the
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110 way, the terminal is now ML (not a 5-line BASIC loop), eliminating the quite
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111 fustrating garbage collection. Portions of the code are from MEBterm, some
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112 from Microterm, some of my own...and the ASCII translate works (gasp) correctly
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113 this time around!
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114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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115 I jost gots to axt cain`t inny one speal er a speel opps spell enny more
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116 on this bored???"tl"
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117
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118 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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119 Yes, it was true! Sir Ben of Fish was still alive! Yes, it's true that he is
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120 still on the trail of the evil Jeffslime! Yes, it's true that life has no
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121 purpose! Yes, it's true that Wyoming bakes the most pancakes every year! Yes,
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122 it's true that I don't know why I'm writing this or how to end it...
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123 The valiant Sir Ben got on his trusty steed, Rustbucket II, and once again went
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124 after the evil Jeffslime. The immortal creature which had slashed the King's
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125 credit rating just last year.
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126 He urged his mule onward. "Onward" he urged. Rustbucket II sped off at a
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127 lightning rate of 5 mph. In no time they had caught up with the Jeffslime. As
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128 they neared it, the slime creature turned around. It was an ugly sight to
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129 behold. The Jeffslime had been wounded in one of their earlier battles and
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130 there was dried blood all over his computer keyboard and modem.
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131 He laughed maniacally (sp?) at Sir Ben, and screamed, "Aaauugghh!!"
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132 Sir Ben trembled at the sound. It was incredible, but his knees did not
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133 jellify!!
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134 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guido !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aug. 3, 85 at 9:15 !!!!!!!!
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135 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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136 I turned, leaving the memory of future quests in the back of my
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137 rabbity mind. If therse people didn't want a rabbit around, that was all
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138 fine and right with me. I fished through the little bag concealed by
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139 my fur and retrieved a truffle. Popping the little rare mushroom into
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140 my mouth, I entered Inisfall, as the tasty little juices from the truffle
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141 trickled down my throat. I managed a samall and weak smile as I hopped
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142 up onto my faritvorite table and curled pup to sleep as the sun set down
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143 from the grey and black sky (Rabbits are colorblind, you know. It should
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144 be "Red and purple sky") and the little animals returned to their homes.
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145 I slept, my mind filling with thought after thought about the wonderful
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146 device that was known as thee Pell-Mell. My little whiskers twitched as
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147 I slept, for now I was dreaming of the Scarlett Lion, brandishing a knife
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148 and hacking away at my brothern. My mind raced, my heart beat faster as
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149 my nose and whiskers began to twitch uncontollably in irritation.
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150 Sleep was not going to come easy for me tonight, but itt would come.
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151 Rest assured. (No pun intended.) it would....come,...* (snore)
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152 :::::=====:::::=====:::::======:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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153 = = = = = = = = = ===== = = = = = = =
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154 Okay, what ever happened to Pam? I really miss her writing! And
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155 it's about time that the story return to the profound and lovely ones
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156 of times past... Where has Pam gone?
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157 = = = = = = = = = ===== = = = = = = =
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158 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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159 An interesting question raised its ugly head on the last disk. How does one
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160 use this system at 300 baud? My particular answer is this: Set MEX to download
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161 then start the system outputting. Go away. Wait for a few minutes. Eventually
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162 the output stops, write file to disk. Hang up. Read file on Wordstar. The
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163 benefit is that I can read as fast as I am capable (900 baud equiv.) and
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164 skip the boring parts. If I entered a lot of messages, I might compose them
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165 on the WP, then upload them.
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166 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( P. V. Jeltz ))))))))))))))))))))))))
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167
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168 ????? The Doctor ?????
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169 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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170 The Doctor quickly glanced at the monitor while searching for the travel packs
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171 stored in the TARDIS, something particularly difficult if you haven't had a
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172 lot of practice. Grann was gaping helplessly at the monitor, eyeing the dozen
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173 or so Republic Guards that had casually walked into the barn. I tried to think
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174 of an easy way out of the situation.
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175 No ideas came, at least at first. The Doctor was mumbling, "...toothbrush...
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176 three pairs of socks...portable chess set...sonic screwdriver..." as he packed
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177 the last TP. "Now where is that spacetime ripple detector? I never can find
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178 that thing. It always seems to jump up and hide from me."
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179 Hide? The Doctor had an idea, but forgot to yell "Eureka!". Hide! If those
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180 guards weren't looking for the TARDIS specifically, then perhaps we could
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181 escape their notice long enough for them to conclude their business in the
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182 barn, whatever it was. Obscuration magic. I ran down a list of such spells
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183 in my mind, looking for the one most suitable for the situation.
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184 Shadow magic. That would work. There are enough shadows in the barn.
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185 "Yeltaw Rebfem, Uspovi Edaghindaltu!" I whispered, hoping that none of the
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186 guards had spotted the TARDIS as I had thought of a spell to use.
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187 It seemed that none had. If they had been looking in the right direction,
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188 they might have seen a blue box, about 2.5 meters tall, fade slowly into the
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189 surrounding shadows. The guards instead had taken several digging implements,
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190 then left. Emergency over.
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191 I turned back to the Doctor. "...under the console, maybe? No? Grann, have
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192 you seen the ripple detector? It looks rather like... well, a pocket radio.
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193 What? You've never seen a pocket radio? Well, they look just like this
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194 thing, here." The Doctor pointed to the ripple detector that he had left
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195 sitting on the console. "I'm not sure where it is, but I'll find it, soon
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196 enough. Help me look for it."
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197 Grann looked at the Doctor, then at me. I smiled at him faintly, then gestured
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198 him to pick it up. He did, then held it out silently as the Doctor hunted
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199 about the rest of the control room.
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200 "Not here...or here. Where....? Grann, any luck y-" He stopped, and stared
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201 at the small device that Grann held.
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202 "You seem to have a knack for finding things, Grann. I'd love to be able to
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203 find whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. Things just seem to jump out of my
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204 way when I want them."
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205 We smiled knowingly at each other, then grasped our packs as we explained to
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206 the Doctor what had happened. "We must depart, and lock the TARDIS behind us.
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207 Our destination is somewhere nearby, but it will not come to us; we must go to
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208 it."
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209 We left the TARDIS, and carefully made our way out of the barn. The harsh
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210 sunlight struck our eyes painfully. The wind stirred the planted corn in a
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211 nearby field; the rustling almost, but not quite, drowned out mumbling from
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212 the Doctor: "...on the console?"
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213 +++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++ August 3, 1985 ++++++++++++++++
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214 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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215 I WAS GOING TO ENTER SOMETHING, BUT DECIDED AGAINST IT AT THE
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216 LAST POSSSIBLE INSTATNT. YOU MUST WAIT FOR ANOTHER INTERESTING
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217 CHAPTER SOME OTHER DAY.
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218 (C) OF
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219 GUESS-WHO
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220 #$#$#$#$#$#$
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221
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222 zztr
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223 [/]
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224 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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225 Zephyr -- Please don't miss the point. The reason folks are irritated is
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226 not due to your writing (it seems quite capable to me) but due to your making
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227 major decisions for other characters. Perhaps in another clime you worked
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228 at a story where the authors allowed others to manipulate their characters
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229 to a greater degree than we here do -- however, as a mutual defense, we
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230 cannot relinquish the control of our characters under normal circumstances.
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231 Remember, this is an open board. No checking is done, and for most of
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232 the existence of the board it was the utopia of "all allowed."
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233 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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234
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235 The piper was sitting on the floor of the machine holding his throbbing
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236 head. The major reality shifts seemed to have subsided and he had attention
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237 to spare only for his internal troubles. This was perhaps the most difficult
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238 part of an adventure -- the adjustment period while the team learned to work
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239 together. With as fiercely independent a group as Trainor had gathered,
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240 this learning period could be quite trying.
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241 Heaving a sigh, the piper rummaged in his sporran. There it was -- now
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242 was this medicinal or non-medicinal? Irritated, he put the bottle back and
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243 pulled out an identical container. Smiling the piper removed the cap,
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244 placed the bottle of medicinal scotch whiskey to his lips and carefully
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245 counted four swallows.
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246 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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247 :::::=====:::::=====
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248 Piper- Thanks.
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249 All - Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am no longer able to
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250 continue my "Quest for the Darkherb" storyline. Within a 2 month periosd
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251 I will return and finish it up.
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252 Thank you.
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254
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255 =============================================
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256 We tell ourselves all love is foolishness,
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257 and still disappointment is a lucid madness.
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258 =============================================
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259
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260 BUT WHAT OF THE LOVE FOR FOOLISHNESS, IS THAT
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261 MADNESS?
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262 Well that is only half true.
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263 g on a new
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264 ersion of the software. The
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265 nferences on the board are
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266 working really excellent.
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267 doors subsystem just needs
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268 ttle more work to get it
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269 in working shape. For
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270 those of you who don't know what
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271 the hell I am talking about
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272 n why don't you give the system
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273 ll. The number is 626-xxxx.
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274 operates 24 hours a day at 300,
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275 1200. Give it a try now.
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276 Chris Wells
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277 (SySoP)
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278
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279 erator Justin
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280 erator Chris (not me but a differnt
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281 ne)
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282
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283
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284 /E
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285 /S
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286 Chris Wells: read the help file....and learn a few things eh? Not all the
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287 boards are the same, read the help file.
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288 \=-\=-\=-
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289 **************************************************************************
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290 lurk-modious
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291 just a note: just remember that I NEVER use a alias.
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292 ********************************kathyd************************************
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293
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294 ______________________________________________________________
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295 I'll remember that... Quote for the Week:
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296 "If you put your mind to it, anything is possible!"
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297 __________________________________________________________mg__
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298 Hello , anyone out there play RuneQuest?
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299 Hello, anyone out there play RuneQuest?
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300 If you do put a message on this boa
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301 ...........................................................................
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302 A DAY OFF
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303 So you want the day off. Let's take a look at what you are asking for.
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304 There are 365 days per year available for work. There are 52 weeks per
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305 year in which you already have two days off per week, leaving 261 days
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306 available for work. Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you
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307 have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. You spend 30
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308 minutes each day on coffee break that accounts for 23 days each year,
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309 leaving only 68 days available. With a one hour lunch period each day, you
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310 have used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work.
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311 You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20
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312 days available for work. We are off for 5 holidays per year, so your
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313 available working time is down to 15 days. We generously give you 14 days
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314 vacation per year which leaves only 1 day available for work and I'll be
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315 damned if you're going to take that day off!!!
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316 (The above was posted on a bulletin board at work...)
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317 __________________________________Leonard__________________________________
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318 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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319 Sounds like the place I used to work
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320 at.
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321 By the way, lines 215-220 are not mine
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322 as the person who wrote them would
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323 like you to believe. (Who set the
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324 margin so low?)
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325 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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326
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327
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328 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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329
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330 Hey all ya awsm' C/64 users out
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331 there...
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332 I want to start a programing group.
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333 It would be for making exelent prg's
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334 for the 64. Hopfully, the group could
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335 make games that would make BEACH-
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336 HEAD II look like trash! Any and all
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337 dudes interested please leave a
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338 message.
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339 ^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^><^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>
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340
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341
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342 Say...
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343 Awile back I read that Zephyr was
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344 "Taking 2 months off". Maybe the
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345 rest of you more civilized computer
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346 wizes can have some disk space. I
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347 look forward to a great " months!!!!!!!!
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348 thats 2 months.!!!!!!!!!
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349
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350 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_
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351 ( I'm continuing my old story)
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352
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353 I was trying to find a way to
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354
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355 earn money for my spaceship when my
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356 buddy called me up. As we was talking,
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357 I asked if he had any ideas on how
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358 to earn money.( Texas style "I'm
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359 reffering to oil"). He said all he
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360 could think of for a kid of my age
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361 was paper delivering. I thought about
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362 it for awile and decided to give it a
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363 try.
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364 I called the Oregonian and asked
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365 if they had any paper routs that I
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366 could do and they said they didn't
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367 but would call me if any came up. up.
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368 I wasn't in to much of a mind for
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369 waiting so I just continued my work.
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370 _>_>_>_>_>_>_NEOHAMA>_>_>_>_>_>_>_
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371 (Crazy Changing Border)
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372 ^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>
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373 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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374 Neohama -- Just a few suggestions for you.
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375 1. Most folks that use this system use 80 col displays. Your 40
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376 entries are quite wasteful of disk space. Better yet, (if you don't care
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377 how you look to the 80 col. folks) use 120 cols for your entries and cut
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378 your disk usage to 1/3 of what you are now taking up.
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379 2. Please refrain from using control characters in your messages. Some of
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380 us use them differently from the C-64. (On my terminal, for example, it
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381 can put the terminal into graphics mode -- the terminal then scrawls lines
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382 around until I change it back. Other folks have machines that do other
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383 things.) To combat this, I use the "CC n" command. It makes some of the
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384 things some folks (not necessarily you -- try it sometime) look quite silly.
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385 3. Appeals for "awsm' C/64 users" are more likely to be productive on one
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386 of the many boards run by and for them.
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387 I'm not trying to put you down, just trying to suggest that energy spent
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388 on reaching a wider audience might be very well spent.
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389 good luck
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390 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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391 ntpntpntpntpnntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntp
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392 4. Also the use of six lines per message just for boarder is a bit excessive.
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393 5. The phrase "awsm' C/64 user" is a contradiction in terms.
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394 best wishes
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395 not the piper ntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntp
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396 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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397 HELLO BACKWATER COMMODORE 64 USERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL A GOOD ALTERNATIVE
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398 BBS SYSTEM CALL 233-xxxx CELESTIAL BBS.
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399 ON 24 HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THEMAJORITY OF THE SUB-BOARDS(OVER18) ARE
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400 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AFTER REGISTRATION VERIFICATION. WE ARE CURRENTLY TAKING NEW
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401 SUBSCRIPTIONS UNTILL WE WILL HAVE TO CLOSE OFF THE PRIVATE SECTIONS TO SUBSCRIP
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402
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403 IONS
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404
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405 BYE GIVE IT A TRY YOU TO ZYPHER!11111
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406
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407 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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408 MIG: "A SHARD OF LIGHT GLINTED OFF THE STAINLESS STEEL OF A......
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409 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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410 off the stainless steel of a brand new Ginsu Stake nife kit! It was so
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411 wonderfull I could hardly breathe, and in just a few moments it would be
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412 mine, all mine! I just couldn't hold back the excitment, my hands are
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413 shaking so badly I don't think I'll be able to control myself, I must get
|
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414 those steak nives! Mine, they must be mine! Ever since the day I ordered
|
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415 them I have been waiting for this moment when the UPS truck would pull up
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416 to my door! MY DOOR! And here it comes, comming up the street I can see it
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417 now. Just a few more moments, I think I'll go outside - save the driver the
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418 trouble of comming to the door.... ..Standing in the middle of the street
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419 I can see my nives in the front window of the truck, getting closer and closer!
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420 Mine! All mine!
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421 -----------------------new flash------
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422 Wierd child hit by speeding UPS truck found in the middle of the street
|
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423 Monday, August 8th. If you are missing a child that was wearing a yellow
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424 sweater with a large black jagged strip on it, please come peel him off
|
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425 the street, the flies are getting to bother the neighbors.
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426 -----------------------^^^^^^^^^------
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427 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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428 CUTE! JUSP WAIT, YOU'LL EAT THOES WORDS!
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429 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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430 Yes, I'll jusp wait here... Take that back, I'll jusp sit here (middle of
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431 street ya know) and wait to eat those words. I just imagine how good they'll
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432 taste when some friend sprinkles them all over my flat little body, can't wait
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433 to see them soak into all this goop that used to be me! Just call me been dip.
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434 ---------------------------jusp waiting--
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435 No, we shouldn't really call you "been" dip, because that would tend to imply
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436 that you are no longer a dip. How about "being" a. dip? Sigh, and the disk
|
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437 was going so well just 6 hours ago. Ah well...
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438 #$#$#$#$#$#$#marker#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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439 Okay, my speeling erors getinnggg thee betterr off mi. that was supposed
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440 to be BEAN dip, even tastes good with sour cream and union!
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441 -------------------
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442 State of the union?
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443 (&)(&)Dren(&)(&)(&)
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444
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445 *****************************************************************:
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446 Voyeur: Right, the emulator is just a transitory state. (It's just a
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447 state of mind.... dee do dee do dee do you are now entering the
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448 emulator zone.....
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449 L'homme: While rummaging through my files, I ran across a file marked
|
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450 LNW80, in it I found: 1.) manual labeled LNW-CP/M operating system.
|
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451 2.) pages 74 - 88 of LNW owners manual. 3.) pages 36-40 of an unlabeled
|
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452 section of an LNW manual refering to the serial port.
|
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453 If any of this is of interest to you, I'd be glad to let you have copies
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454 of it. P.S. in the file there is a reference to a R. Brooks of RCA corp.
|
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455 Hanover, MD 21076 who apparently knows something about
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456 the LNW. I believe the information came from him.
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457 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
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458
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459 REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR PATH NAME.
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460 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A LIN<MUNCH!>
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461
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462 L'homme: don't make too many comments about B protocol. One of your favorite
|
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463 term programs supports it!
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464 ____________________________________Leonard__________________________________
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465 &_@#%&_@#*%_@)#*%_)@*)_!*@_)%*!@*%!_)&%!_@)(%_!)@%_!)@*%_!)@*%_)!*%)_!@*%!_@
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466 Mikey:Sure I would be glad to get a copy of the LNW stuff. I probably already
|
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467 have most of the stuff, but who knows? I wasn't able to get in touch with Hrothgar this weekend, so I wasn't
|
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468 able to check out the PCjr stuff. I will try sometime this weekend. No new information for you on Copylink. I did try
|
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469 the generic MSDOS version on the Tandy, and it loaded ok and didn't crash. I didn't have a modem to check out the
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470 program with. I think this qualifies as no new information. I'll try some more AT tests tomorrow too. When would be a
|
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471 convienent time to drop by US Digital this week?
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472 Leonard: B protocal? What do you think I said now? Yes ProYAM does support it, as well as Compuserve's graphics protocal
|
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473 s.
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474 *)$_#*^_)#$*^)_#*^#)_*^_#^*%*_@#)%*z*z&t(r$(@#*$*L'homme sans Parity *#@_*%_@#%*_@*%_@#*%_@)*%_*^@#_*@#_%*@)_*@_*@%
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475 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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476
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after a prolonged absence... the disks leave me speachless... perhaps it
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477 is better that way...
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478 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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479 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$marker#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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480 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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481 The flowers that you gave me
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482 hang limp and yellow with age
|
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483 as they did yesterday
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484 No matter how hard I try
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485 I haven't found it in me
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486 to throw them away
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487 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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488 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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489 -+- No, there's no hiding in the shadows for me this time... -+-
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490 -+- Try as I might and try as I may, there is no work left for us -+-
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491 -+- here these days. Not that the other has been looking to go at -+_
|
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492 -+- those duties recently, but I can always hope. -+-
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493 -+- No matter what you may think, I am not alone in waiting. -+-
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494 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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495 -+- Hello again, Innkeeper.... -+-
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496 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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497
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498 ******************************************************************************
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499 I wonder when will the night end
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500 and life begin again
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501 days dash by without a trace
|
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502 nothin done nothin done
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503 I wonder if the night will end
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504 to be with you, I wonder still
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505 nothin done nothin done
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506 I held the answer in my hand
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507 to find that it had gone im all locked in and i feel the pain but i won't
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508 change the night.
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509 *******************************************************kathyd*****************
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510 ppppppppppppppppppppppp in an am rush ... ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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511 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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512 Isaac: It looks like, TJ means Trash Jews or Trash Japanese.
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513 I hope not
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514 T r a s h Jim D' Rake
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515 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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516 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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517 Temporary LURKUS MODEMUS...............
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518 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Tony Ross -- 6 Aug, 1985 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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519 Lurkus Modemus? Sounds like some weird disease to me... Ah, must be what
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520 happens to people when they spend to much time in front of a computer! Their
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521 hair falls out and all known muscle tissue goes to the waist. They have to
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522 buy special chairs to support the new form but somehow they don't seem to mind.
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523 Just sit and stare while someone writes about total jibberish, they just sit
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524 and stare... hello? still there? You have the disease too!
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525 \=-\=-Why don't I practice what I preach? ... I'm not the kind of person
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526 \=-\=-I preach to.
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527 ------------------------------
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528 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_
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529 NEO
|
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530 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_
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531 I didn't mean to take up disk space. I just used the margin that was set,
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532 nomatter what it was. Say.... who wrote that message anyway? As I remember,
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533 that was Zephers border(or is that spelled Zephyr or Zypher). If it wasn't
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534 Zeph., no insult intended.
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535 Most of that message I didn't understand anyway. (Like controll chars. )
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536 I dont use ctrl chars. anyway. (at least I dont think I do)
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537 _>_>_>_>_>LATER_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_
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538 Um, Tony, you wouldn't happen to be the Tony my sister (Kathrin Ayer) knows,
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539 would you?
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541 AH YES, THE MAN HAS A WAY WITH WORDS!
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543 More
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545 Boarders!
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547 I love em!
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548 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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549 yeah!
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550 _>_>_>LATER_>_>
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551 (((Ripple)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
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552 I was hoping to join in on the adventure that had been going on but I am
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553 having a bit of trouble downloading my entrance to the story hopfully
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554 I will be able to get things straightened out and enter it tomorrow.
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555 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((Ripple))) Aug 6, 16:55
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556 Why don't you be a normal little person and TYPE them in? You don't
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557 have to worry about taking up other poeople's time! And if you are taking
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558 up their time, what would they do with it if you weren't on? They would
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559 list all the disks a couple of times to make sure they have seen them.
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560 And that would take more time than you would have. And on top of all that!,
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561 they don't care who's time they are taken so all that comes out of it is
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562 you get ripped, Ripple. Be agressive! Get in there and go go Go GO!
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563 People will never get to read your story if you never get it up.
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564 (ps. hopelfully your story isn't one of those that is 30+ lines that just
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565 put the reader asleep anyway. If it is, disregard this message, wait 'till
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566 you figure out how to download)
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570 HELLO!
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571 CALL A GREAT
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572 ALTERNATIVE BOARD
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573 233-xxxx 24 HRS 300 B.
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574 1 STOP B. 8 B.WORD PARITY OFF
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577 COMMODORE USERS CALL THE ABOVE BOARD ITS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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582 CALL COMODORE BBS AT 233-xxxx
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583 hey twits - sending data TO a BBS is -> UPLOADING <-
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584 getting data FROM a BBS is -> DOWNLOADING <-
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587 From Prometheus; Nadir
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588 Gee, Zephyr, it wasn't very nice of you to talk to Ripple
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589 that way. Ripple was only trying to conserve everyones time
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590 and storage. Unlike yourself.
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593 +++++++Still having problems with New Punter upload-arrrrrgggghh!++++ Milch +++
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594 To Prometheus: shove it (no, this isn't Zephyr)!
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595 -------\=-
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596 Things are getting a little nasty around here! But then again, that depends
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597 on how you view all this mess. Oh Prom, not nice to fool Mother Nature.
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