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Note: Due to the problems once again of someone deleting messages, the system
was once again placed into enter only (no deleteing, no changing allowed).
1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
2 *************** INSTALLED: 13 OCT 84 *****************************
3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
4 ************************************************************
5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
18 ************************************************************
19
20 ******************************************************************:
21 Until further notice, we will be running enter only until someone
22 out there learns a little bit of responsibility.
23 ******************* CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
24 ]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[
25 Mike,
26 Backwater is a good board, what is it run on? I have lately
27 been trying to simulate this board on a Apple but there has been no
28 luck yet. Did you write this for yourself or got it from a friend or
29 was it bought? Finding another system like this one has been on the
30 tough side.
31 Mark
32 ]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[
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34 From Prometheus: Gratefull
35 Cistop Mikey; Please don't get too frustrat, we aren't all like that. In fact most of us aren't at all.
36 [This enter only stuff isn't great for the complexion of my messages...]
37 I appreciate what you do for Backwater, and I thank you very, very much for it. It has done wonders for my maturity [I *am*
38 an adolescent after all]
39 My thanks to you. If I can help in any way please don't hesitate to ask.
40 Leonard; Please explain what you meant in more detail, please?
41 To whom that asked; MLCBBS should be up in about a week or so from what I've heard I go to MLC anyway.
42 [Error; exchange carriage return and periond for comma] and will post updates every few days, or so.
43 I'm going to quit while I'm behind as far as SPELLCHECK is concerned. 'Day all.
44 JUST VISUALIZE ALOT OF COLONS< JUST VISUALIZE ALOT OF COLONS< JUST VISUALIZE ALOT OF COLONS, JUST VISULALIZE ALOT OF COLONS...
45 Oh, yes, MiG; Your Tribble came in at a weight of about three ounces and is with S'rah at the moment. It's grey, don't ask how
46 , it justt is.
47 visualize more colons, so on, and so forth...
48 HI THERE L@THIS IS ABOEUT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN BABLE TO GET INTO THIS NET. WHATS IT ALL ABOUT ALFE
49 BUT ONE INCH MAKES THREE. BUT THAT IS WHERE THE WEE PEOPLE MEET. THATS HERDE.
50 -=--
51 --=--==--===--====--=====--======--=======--========--=========--==========
52 Hi all,
53 Why do we help other poeple, even when it puts us in danger? Why do
54 we give money, when we know we will never get it back? Are we as selfish
55 as the cynical cartoonists and editors (A random sampling of cynical sterotypes)
56 would have us to believe? Is there still good left in this world?
57 Of course there is good in the world, otherwise, who would run all the
58 BBS's? Putting up with the rampaging deleters can be a problem, but this
59 enter only mode seems to spoil their fun (Maybe they will go someplace else,
60 or get their own to mess up.)
61 A lot of people start out playing Good Sam, hoping to receive the same
62 the same treatment one day. But then, they get into a strange habit,
63 they start doing helpful things without thinking of future rewards.
64 The gratitude of the people they help seems to be enough to satisfy them.
65 Just go out and do something nice, it may happen to you....
66 Sunday, 0:43 10/14/84 - Friar Tuck -
67 -==-==-==-==-==-==-
68 PASDOS: I like you add. It explains the need for and the uses of your
69 program. You fill a big gap. If we are going to have ads, keep them
70 useful and informative. (That means no "GALATICSN-SNAK = Great game,
71 send $10.")
72
73 If anyone wants my name, just remember I am a very sili-person on weekends..
74 --==========--=========--========--=======--======--=====--====--===--==--=--
75 Is there something strange going on? I just hung up, and BW called me.
76 Freaky. Have you got a flash button Mikey? Or is this WarGames.
77 Please get back to me.... - FT -
78 --==========--========--========--=======--======--=====--====--===--==--=--
79 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
80 Oh no... enter only. now I have to fix this wretched mess again...
81 Mark:Pascal has one thing over basic, decent file handler routines. It woould take a few days on intense work to do it in
82 basic. The phone number isn/t even known to me yet, I have no idea of when it will be up for public use, it must be twit-
83 proof berefore it goes online.
84 Mikey:I am afraid that I am u~able to understand your reference to Nerdolux, mayhaps you could explane? or tell Aaron?
85 The reason that H would bother to put up a BW type system is that I *ENJOY* seeing people use there minds. I am one of those
86 few folks who get off on creating things and helping people.My only sugestion is that you use the board that I am currently
87 building to replace the one that BW normaly uses. It hooks up to a modem, 2 sa400's and a power supply. Hang in txere, anti-tw
88 it hardware can doo
89 can do wonders for a BBS's looks.
90 Theus:My tribble?!? in gray? why thank you! Can you be at MLC tuesday?
91 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ?/
92 ? ? ? ? ? ?
93 Later, after some thought, " a very sili person on weekends"??
94 perhaps you shoot paint pellits at people?
95 PASdos folks:Half of the functions you mentioned I have public domain stuff for, the other half I have been using a
96 disk editor to do for a coupla years ~ow.
97 thats "years now"
98 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?MiG again/? ? ? ? ?
99
100 && && &&
101 The biggest problem with enter only is that I can't delete the above. For those of you who get here after Mikey
102 fixes things up, rest assured it is eminently deleteable. Consider it deleted, in spirit if not in fact.
103 && The Mad Actor &&
104 && && &&
105 The Poet noticed, as he monitored some of the more distant realities, that several people had taken the Magic
106 Words he had given them (top of drive B) to enter a very confusing but satisfying otherworld. One had even left
107 an addition to the cast of characters assembling there... someone named Chimp or Gibbon or something like that.
108 He smiled at the thought of his Backwater friends having someplace to go when they couldn't get into the Inn,
109 and sipped his last ale of the evening. Life was good. Maybe a quick check of that adventure his friends were on...
110 He gazed into his pocket just in time to see the flying horse he'd seen earlier disappearing into the maw of some
111 huge reality-nexus. Too late, he noticed the regular ripples marching across the Gate's face, ripples that could
112 only be the residual effects of his earlier tampering with reality... waves of shimmering green energy exploded
113 from his pocket, engulfing him. By the time the Innkeeper turned back to ask him to take care of his tab, he was
114 gone. Shrugging, the Innkeeper simply filed it away, without a thought of how he'd left without notice.
115 && TMA &&
116 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
117 Mikey -- thanks for the rescue. That entry took quite a bit of work to get
118 right. Just now, only 4 lines look trashed, but just the same.....
119 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
120 Many things in this world are addictive. We come to love our dependencies
121 on automobiles, creature comforts, music, adventure and other pleasurable
122 things. We can grow to despise ourselves due to dependencies on drugs --
123 alcohol, tobacco, the vast street pharmacopia -- and for some the visceral
124 thrill of combat or the exhilaration of power that comes from taking a life.
125 Others seem positivley -- how can I phrase it? -- anti-addictive. Their minds
126 and bodies reject some of the addictive portions of our lives -- violently
127 reject in mindless spasms of agony -- reject as thouroughly as the piper was
128 rejecting the throat-burning remains of his breakfast.
129 As soon as the adrenaline push, put their by peril, faded, the piper began
130 to reflect on recent happenings. Over the past few weeks he had slipped out
131 of the Inn and befriended the pegasus in a quiet forest glade. He had felt no
132 sense of peril when, fascinated by the incredible beauty of this magnificent
133 beast, he had walked up to press his bearded face agains the silky warmth of
134 her white neck. Oblivious of peril, blinded by a wild, obsessive love, he
135 had spoken his hear to her as he came towards her in that clearing. He had not
136 noticed the tensing of the great flying muscles under the satin softness of
137 her coat -- he was lost in the deep pools of her eyes, caught in the
138 wind-whipped fabric of her mane. Only much later did he realize the mortal
139 danger he had faced that day. He had come to the clearing just to be near her,
140 and she had come out of the sky to meet him. A sudden gust, and she was
141 flung too near a tree, nearly a foot in diameter, over fifty feet tall. Heart
142 beating wildly, the piper waited with that strange sense of loss for her to
143 crash into that tree, the rending, breaking of beloved flesh into shapelessness
144 and death. It seemed to happen in slow motion.
145 His eyes caught every nuance. She turned sideways -- perhaps she would only
146 break a wing. Only break a wing! How do you set a pegasus' wing?
147 Suddenly, quick as thought, her wing snapped forward, propelled by the power
148 of the muscles that gave her the freedom of the skies. The wing was half
149 folded, and she struck the tree just inside the large main joint. The softly
150 feathered leading edge of her wing snapped through the bole of the tree,
151 pulling the base along with her. She had flown clear of the area and landed
152 before the tree had fallen and stopped quivering. He inspected it after she
153 left -- while she was there, he had no though of anything but her presence.
154 Her coat was unruffled, and the most minute inspection of the wing revealed
155 only a few drops of pitch that he carefully removed, but the tree she had
156 felled left a stump over six feet high, and the piper could not span the
157 splintered end with his hand.
158 These images -- the splintered tree, the graceful curve of her neck --
159 dissolved into the terrible image of her wing striking into the face of the
160 ambusher. He reched helplessly, bent over a rock, as he remembered the
161 startled expression on --- the quick look of amazement and disbelief --- the
162 impact of the wing--- his fierce
163 joy as the being's head seemed to nearly explode in slow motion -- the agony
164 that showed in the eyes as they parted -- NO! NO!
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168 He placed his arms about the pegasus' warm neck, buried his face in her mane,
169 and wept his heart out as she nickered and tried to comfort him.
170 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
171 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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173 DEAR MIG,
174
175 Hello, do you rember when you suggested a 'C' book for me? Well i still havent found it, however
176 ve a new toy(so to speek). You see one day i was wandering arround PCC. not realy doing aneything and suddenly
177 a rather tall man ran up to me and said(Allmost yelled more like)" Do you want PASCALL?", i said sure so hear i
178
179 am, plagued(sp) with this coppy of pascal. So, what was this message about?. Oh ya now i rember(i have problems
180 on sundays i tend to get a bit long winded ans (did your screen just do something? mine did)oh well, to make a
181 long story even longer. do you know of aney good pascal books?
182 THANX
183 ASP?
184
185 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
186
187
188 PASDOS
189 BY
190 LINNTON SYSTEMS
191
192
193 Portland, Oregon 97231
194 (503) 286-xxxx
195
196 ---- $39.95 INCLUDES SHIPPING ----
197
198 PASDOS is a utility program written in Pascal and assembly for the Apple II
199 computer to allow transfers of files between Dos 3.3 and U.C.S.D
200 Pascal.
201 Pasdos will run under both the old and new versions of Apple Pascal.
202
203 Using this program one is able to
204
205 1..View a Pascal directory or a Dos 3.3 catalog.
206 A single keystroke command determines and displays
207 the proper directory (Pascal or Dos) from the drive
208 selected.
209
210 2..Transfer text files in both directions with automatic conversion.
211 Text files from Dos 3.3 are made compatible with the U.C.S.D.
212 editor and Pascal compiler. Text files generated with the
213 Pascal editor are made compatible with many word proccessors
214 that run under Dos 3.3.
215
216 3..Transfer other files with optional addition or removal of the
217 Dos 3.3 length and starting address header.
218
219 4..Use the U.C.S.D. Assembler to generate binary files that
220 can be 'brun' under Dos 3.3.
221
222 5..Demonstrations are included to show you how to transfer and
223 load hires picture files, and how to use the U.C.S.D
224 assembler to create binary programs that will run under
225 Dos 3.3.
226
227 6..Various data base programs are written under Dos 3.3 or Pascal.
228 With Pasdos you can transfer hires graphs to your favorite
229 operating system for printer dumps etc.
230
231 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
232
233 Pasdos requires that you have Pascal and Dos 3.3.
234 You must have two floppy drives.
235
236
237 I hear rumors that there are some alleged 68000 knowledgable people out there. All though I doubt they really know
238 what they are talking about, I would like to ask them a few questions regarding the MPU they think they know so
239 well. Many unsuspecting or innocent junior level hardware hackers consider the 68000 to be a very regulat
240 processor. Orthagonal (look it up) is the word the quote-unquote experts use. Defenders, not the ones here I
241 imagine, can make excuses for the many irregularities found equating them with the inline philosophy of the
242 original architects. But some of these irregularities go beyond simple design philishophy. I wish to propose
243 entering some of these irregularities here on this board that is so laden with experts, and see what their
244 reponses are. If I get no reponses, then I will know the rumors of expertise I heard were just rumors, and
245 once again some group is having
246 their collective leg pulled by a phony.
247 1) The CMP instruction performs is subtraction in the opposite order from most other machines; the sequence CMP P,Q;
248 BLT LAB branches if Q<P. Why did they do this? Why did they make it different from other machines? How did the
249 architects of the PDP11 solve the same problem.
250 2) The CHK instruction works only on short (16-bit) indices.
251 3) CHK, CLR, TST, and arithmetic shift instructions do not work on address registers, complicating their use as
252 index registers. Why?
253 4) There is no SWAP instruction that swaps the bytes in a word. Why leave this command out? Is there another
254 way to do it?
255 I have many many more little problems that have been discovered about the 68000. I will wait to enter these
256 after I read the responses from the resident experts on one through four here. Explain to me why each of
257 these things were done. Tell me how to get around it? Better yet, tell me a better way to do it, if you can
258 think of one. Prove to me you know what you all are talking about here. Put you mind where your mouth is.
259 Just sign me Skeptical.
260
261 ********************************************************************::
262 HUH? WHAT'S A 68000? NEVER HEARD OF IT. FOR THAT MATTER, WHAT'S A 'CMP'
263 OR 'BLT' SOUNDS LIKE SOME WIERD CODE TO ME.
264 ***********************************************************************
265 HMmm.... Methinks he doth protest too, too much...... tPG.
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267 MiG - I believe Mikey was referring to the Twit-hunting capacity of the Nerd
268 vis-a-vis the recent damage done here lately.
269 PASDOS - two massive entries already? The first one is still present;
270 there is no need for the second one already.
271 _innocent bysitter_
272 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
273 68000/skeptical:There are no 68K experts on this board, you have indeed been misled. I think that part of the reason for
274 the instructions you mentioned being different is microcode rom space, they didn't have much to work with.
275 My fields of expertise concern 8-bit MCU/MPU's and some of the 68020 and ns 320XX. If indeed you need to know w
276 why those things are so, contact Jim Carlson at the Beaverton Motorola office, he is MORE then helpfull on matters.
277 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ~ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
278 Prometheus: Explain WHAT? Please remember that when I read your msgs, I may
279 not remember the msg you are replying to. Or I may not be certain which one
280 of my msgs you are asking about.
281 Mikey & other BW rewrite people:
282 I have a couple of 'minor' changes that I'd like feedback on.
283 1. Have the MA return to a 'default' setting after log-off. (No more "who keeps
284 leaving the system in MA 22?!") After all, many of the other parameters return
285 to default values for each session.
286 2. If you are in favor of #1, what value should txe default be? 32? 40? 64? 80?
287 3. I know that SOME of us have GREAT difficulty uploading to BW. Would it help
288 if BW sent an XOFF after the CR/LF pair (in ENter mode) & sent an XON when it
289 was ready to for the next line? (for those who don't know, XOFF= ctrl S,
290 XON= ctrl Q).
291 4. (Mikey) It was suggested that we go to a "more common" disk format. IBM
292 360K disks were mentioned. I get a rough figure of 2000 lines /disk! How
293 about CP/M 8 SSSD? That would be "only" 1200-1300 lines/disk. (I'm assuming
294 128 char records). Unfortunately, ther isn't a 5.25" standard....
295 ___________________________________Leonard_____________________________________
296 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
297 At last, the party had reached the Gazebo. It was a rather large structure, all white and open on all sides. The sun
298 had sunk near the horizon, and the atmosphere of the place was... well, as if the world were awaking and paying
299 attention to the show about to come.
300 An echo of a large destructive blast made itself heard; the attackers had not given up the chase yet. Milchar estimated
301 they would arrive in a half-hour: plenty of time to see the sunset and then leave. Two problems preyed on his mind:
302 The sudden appearance of a homicidal maniac, and the strange blue water that had appeared to heal them all. Giving the
303 problems up for now as unsolvable, Milchar directed the party to sit down, and watch.
304 The sun was very low now, almost completely gone... Far off, a small spark, a tiny glow appeared. Suddenly, hundreds
305 of its kin appeared, moving, dancing, swaying to some unheard music. Millions of them were out now, Billions- and still
306 they came. They began to form thousands and thousands of lines, curves, and other shapes... they stopped... and the
307 map was finished just as the last ray of the sun was consumed by the thirsty outcropping of rock on the horizon.
308 Milchar hurriedly motioned, and spoke a few low words, and the Ruby-creatures glowed for just a brief moment longer .
309
310 Then it was over, the Ruby-creatures were gone, the show over for tonight. Slowly, Milchar stood up. He was panting
311 softly with the effort of that spell. Weakly, he said, "Now, what did you all see in the map? Especially you, Former.
312 Did you see anything that struck a chord somewhere in your being?"
313 Thinking hard, the group was silent for a few minutes. "I saw a pinnicle of tall rock, perfectly smooth and perfectly
314 made. I saw a door in it. I saw that I must attempt that door.", Milchar said. "Did anyone else see their destiny?"
315 ++++++++++++++
316 "Drat, my most twisted servant, slaughtered by a Pegasi. I should have known that fool would tell the others to
317 restrain themselves- he wanted to kill them all by himself. Now I have to do it alone- or they will discover what they
318 should do. Damn Hargo! If you only would have taken them all out, instead of playing with them! At least you got
319 that meddling mage...", Narfaal cursed to himself. "Sorgin, do not fail as he did. Destroy them, or meet his fate."
320 +++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10:37 on 10/14/84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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322 The road lay like a twisted ribbon thrown on the mountain
323 side. His hands fiercely gripped the wheel as the car speed into
324 the turn. He accelerated through the turn and gave it more
325 throttle, and watched the numbers tick upwards on the dash....
326 80... 90.... 100... Then another turn quickly came up. A quick
327 tap on the brakes to reduce the speed and begin the transition
328 through the turn. Slowly drifting to the outside lane as the
329 tires screem their torment. Inches away from the guardrail, and
330 the worst is over, slowly begin increasing the throttle, pushing
331 the car to the limits of its performance. Then the turn was
332 behind, and he was accelerating to speed again. Almost
333 immediately another turn loomed ahead, and again the process was
334 repeated. Yet pushing himself to the limit, requiring total
335 concentration, and the use of all his senses, still it did not
336 help. Still he could not run away from life and his past. Try
337 as he might, still it intruded upon him. The turn... going too
338 fast... slam on the brakes, got to slow down... the painful
339 squeal of the tires fills the cold moutain air as the car skidded
340 into the turn. Try as he might, he could not slow down enough.
341 Head for the inside, try to get as much room as possible, hope
342 the car can make it thru the turn. Heading for the inside,
343 releasing the brakes to gain traction, dirt and leaves fly from
344 beneath the wheels, and the turn begins. Drifting too fast, not
345 going to make it. Then another car looms ahead. Over reaction...
346 too late to recover... and the car plunges over the embankment...
347 tumbling over and over into the bottomless dark black ravine.....
348 In a darkened corner of the Inn, a huddled figure screems
349 out in fear, disturbing the few late night customers at the Inn.
350 *O* Tarn *O*
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353 For a moment he could hardly believe his ears. Snapping his head up
354 from the chart his eyes strained to make sense of the shapes that swirled
355 and faded in the mist. Yes, there was that sound again, that most dreaded of
356 sounds that can assail a captain's ears. Turning his head toward the sound
357 and cupping his hands around his ears served to confirm his worst thoughts.
358 Indeed, it was one of the few things that could strike fear in the heart of
359 a salt-seasoned sea captain, the sound of breaking surf. Just at that moment
360 the swirling mist shifted and thinned to give a clear view to starboard, he
361 almost wished it hadn't. The wall of water rising up, broad on the starboard
362 bow, was taller than the foremast and the top was beginning to bend under
363 its own weight. 'Southwind' was already beginning to climb the face of the
364 wave. During the next few seconds every move would count!
365 `'`'`'`' -alchemist- `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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ALL DIS PURPLE PROSE IS TOO MANY FOR ME. HOWEVER, MY SUGGESTION IS THIS:
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AN ETERNITY OF AGONY TO THE NEXT HACK WHO USES AN ADJECTIVE OF MORE THAN THREE
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SYLLABLES. ALSO, LET US DISPENSE WITH THE GRASPING FOR LATINISMS. . WORDS
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WITH AN ANGLO-SAXON ROOT ARE USUALLY THE BEST. . .CLEARER AND MORE EXPRESSIVE.
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WHY IS IT THAT AMATEUR WRITERS ALWAYS FLAUNT THEIR VOCABULARIES AND END UP
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LOOKING LIKE ASSES
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TODAYS WEATHER:
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COLDTIL TOMMOROW, THEN COLDER, HOW DEPRESSING. SOMEBODY GIVE ME A GUN.
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WHO WANTS TO BE A WEATHER FORCASTER IN A REGION LIKE THIS!
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390 The show was over. I was deeply touched by what I had seen. "Milchar, I too saw a rock
391 that holds our destiny. But the rock i saw had no door apparent. Instead, I observed
392 a deep pit concealed beneath the path one must take to the rock. I also saw the Rowan tree
393 that was planted in the grove growing swiftly, to guide our souls." I feared, again, for
394 the safety of our group.
395 "Should we not leave this place now, my friend ? I fear that our enemies are approaching
396 faster than we had anticipated." I shouldered the goatskin bota that I had collected the
397 healing water in, and prepared to leave when Milchar wished.
398 In less time than one can tell, a lavender glow appeared in the center of the gazebo. What
399 new member of our party was appearing, I thought. Perhaps an inhabitant of this valley,
400 hoping to aid us in our search?
401
402 Friar Mossback
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404 [][][][][[[][][][]][][][][][][][][[]]HAVE ANY OF THE FICTION WRITTERS EVER THOUGHT OF SENDING YOUR MAT
405 BLISHERS? SOME OF THIS STUFF IS REALLY GREAT. I COMMEND ALL OF YOU WHO ARE REGULAR FICTION WRITTERS ON THIS SYSTEM
406 ONCE AGAIN I SAY YOU ARE EXCELLENT. SEND SOME MATERIAL TO A PUBLISHER AND LET THE NON-COMPUTING WORLD GET A TASTE>
407 OF YOUR GREAT TALENT.
408 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ THE THINKER $$$$$$$$$$$$$
409 UP 20
410 HELP
411 BACKWATER IS COOL
412 I'M SORRY IF PASDOS GOT IN TWICE I COULD HAVE SWEARED THAT I SAW
413 THE SYSTEM GET PURGED THE OTHER NIGHT
414
415 AUTHOR OF PASDOS
416 Dear "Author of PASDOS":
417 There are *TWO* files. when you "logon" you are on drive a. Type DB
418 and you will be on the previous disk.
419 Type DA to return to the current disk...
420 Mikey: I'm curious. Is there any reason to retain the ON, OFF, & EXIT functions?
421 Do they serve some purpose in maintaining the system?
422 __________________________________Leonard_______________________________________
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425 gWEETINS TOO ECHE AN EVEWY WUN AH Y'ALL, MAH NAIM ISZE MISPIKT AN AH WANNA TANK *OH* *TAWRN* *OH* FER NOTT USIN NULZ INN
426 HITH STOWY.
427 DEY SCWEW MEE ALL UHP AN AH DONT LAHK IT! NOTT WUN BHIT! bUTT AHS ISZE KINDA FINNIKY AAH DON WANNA BEE AH PWOBLEM.
428 AHZE ITH GONNA MESSUP SPELCHEK WEAL BAD, AIN AH? SOWWY, AH WEALLY AM!
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431 LEONARD: NO, THE ON/OFF IS LEFT OVER FROM OLDER TIMES WHEN THE SOFTWARE
432 WORKED IN A REAL LIFE ENVIORNMENT. THE ON LOADED IN A NEW DISK, WHILE THE
433 OFF CLOSED THE OLD ONE (IT IS DONE AUTOMATICALLY WITH THE CONTROL C NOW,
434 BUT WITH THE VARIOUS METHODES OF STORRING DATA ON THE OLD SYSTEM, IT
435 COULDN'T BE DONE THAT WAY.) THE OLD METHODE WAS TO DO A CHECK POINT AFTER
436 EVERY 5 LINES OF ENTRY (IE SAVE CURRENT POSITION) THEN DO A FINAL UPDATE
437 IF THE OFF COMMAND WAS GIVEN. THE EXIT REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING, IT USE
438 TO BE PART OF THE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS ROUTINES, BUT SINCE BWMS DOESN'T
439 HAVE THAT CAPABLITIY, IT IS NO LONGER IN THERE, SO ALL THAT HAPPENS IS THAT
440 ANYTHING YOU TYPE GETS ECHOED BACK TO YOU. (THE SPECIAL EXIT IS GOOD FOR GOING
441 TO THE OUTSIDE CPM COMPUTER WHEN IT WAS RUNNING THOUGH.) OTHER THEN THAT,
442 IT IS ONLY REALLY USEFUL FOR TESTING. (SEND A CHARACTER AND SEE IF IF COMES
443 BACK OK.)
444 I'M LOOKING AT THE PACKER'S GAME ON TV, I DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT'S SNOWING!
445 IT'S ONLY OCTOBER! GAD!
446 OH WELL, BACK TO WORK...
447 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
448 L'homme: The SEP2783 file has a slight glitch. part of line 561 is missing.
449 ALL of line 562 is gone & a block of 3 lines from about ln 409 is inserted.
450 (the same block is at the end of the file). Wha' hoppen?
451 _____________________________Leonard________________________________________
452 --=--==--===--====--=====--======--=======--========--=========--==========
453 Hi All,
454 How about a little SF tonite....
455 The player looked around, and gunned his turbines nervously.
456 He softly slipped out the field effect clutch and moved slowly down the
457 dirt track. The night was black, good hunting. Hopefully, there would
458 be others out tonight, for he was drasically falling off of his pervious
459 lead.
460 A movement off to the left! The player jumped his car forward, and
461 trained his beams on it. Damm! he thought, only a Shatik, one of annoying
462 animal population. When he looked again, the hugh hippocephalic creature
463 was gone. (THINKER: Damm the critics! Full speed ahead!) As he turned
464 off his lights, he noticed a light in the blackness. Prey at last! The
465 player had lost the thrill of stalking an unknowing oppenent, but he
466 had to fight or run. Running never won The Game.
467 The player crept his car down the road, looking for any signs
468 of life. He turned right, following the light. Suddenly, another car
469 roared out of the darkness, passing in front of him. Getting carless,
470 thought the player, a good driver wouldf had him. Not spending another
471 thought on remorse, he took off after the other car.
472 The player followed the car, turning right, left, skidding around
473 unbanked curves, nethier gaining on the other. The other car turned down
474 another lane, much like the others,
475 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
476 ... and then the person typing in that intriguing story lost his carrier and didn't finish it. Too bad, maybe in
477 another entry...
478 ++++++++++++
479 "A Pit, you say? Nay, I did not see that, perhaps we all got just a small glimpse of our common goal. What's that?",
480 Milchar asked, referring to the violet glow that was growing stronger by the second. A Voice? "Go... you have your
481 guides now... you have the knowledge. Redeem thy race from the abhorrence that follows you."
482 Milchar was taken aback. That couldn't be, not here, a place where even the most minor magics are tremendous efforts to
483 cast... No One had the power to transmit his voice here, in The Center Of All Things... but someone had, someone that
484 wanted their persuers stopped. Milchar asked the glow, "Who...?"
485 "You shall see."
486 "Why...?"
487 "Is it the place for heroes to ask why they were chosen?"
488 "No, but..."
489 "Would you have gone on this quest anyway, without any side interference?"
490 "Yes, but..."
491 The Voice did not say any more, but silenced the group by slowly dissolving, becoming nothing again.
492 "Let us go, we must find a camp to stay and clear our thoughts. I only wish I had the answers to a fifth of my
493 questions."
494 Everyone heartily agreed, quite tired by the battle, the fast riding, and the exhaustingunset.
495 ++++++++++++++
496 "They're tired, Master, and should be easy to pick off. Some strange things have been occurring in the valley, though."
497 "What, for instance?", Narfaal asked sarcastically.
498 "When I send someone out to shoot game, they come back with a carcass that revives almost as soon as it touches the pot
499 we cook 'em in."
500 "What? By themselves?"
501 "Aye, We just throw them into the water the boys collected..."
502 +++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 11:35 on 10/15/84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
503 CARWARS author - as it stands, it bears a striking similarity with
504 The Last of the Wild Ones, by Roger Zelazny. Or possibly its prequel, Devil Car.
505 If true, I find it interesting how that author keeps showing up here. If coincidence, well. . .
506 _innocent bysitter_
507 ATTENTION FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS! DO YOU FIND NIRVANA IN ONE
508
509 SYLLABLE WORDS? IS YOUR I.Q. NUMBER BELOW ROOM TEMPERATURE?
510
511 YOU MAY QUALIFY INSTANTLY FOR THE "88888888" CLUB. WHY SHOW
512
513 YOUR IGNORANCE ALONE. . .JOIN NOW
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517 High on a finger of rock, shilouetted against the evening sky, a horselike
518 figure, wings raised against the evening skyglow stood braced. The muscles in
519 her curved neck stood out like cables under the soft white-covered skin, her
520 teeth firmly clamped in the woolen tunic of an unconcious figure that appeared
521 to have nearly fallen from their precarious perch. With a single lunge, the
522 pegasus pulled the unconcious body of the piper from certain death as his
523 body began to topple off the precipice on which they stood. Tugging him gently
524 to a small level area nearly free of rocks, she nudged him gently to straighten
525 his sprawled limbs, then carefully folding her legs under her, covered him with
526 one of her huge white wings.
527 The piper's conciousness was nearly a mile southeast of his body at that
528 instant. His crisis of concience had eased, but left him vulnerable as the
529 creatures of the Ruby Valley began their magnificent show. His attention was
530 caught, and he had not even noticed as his body was left behind as he moved to
531 the center -- drawn like a floating chip into the center of a whirlpool. The
532 glowing red patterns teased his mind along, looping swirls that nearly had
533 complete meaning, leaving partial questions nearly unasked, answering profound
534 questions with those of more profindity. He had just noticed that the patterns
535 were not limited to the ground -- fainter and more subtile traceries filled
536 the air above the valley, seeming to center on a point slightly above a small
537 gazebo in the center of the valley. Mesmerized by the increasing subtleties
538 of the ruby pattern, the essence of the piper passed over the rest of the
539 party, unnoticed, shrinking into the infinite reaches of the pattern --
540 following it down, down, down the scale of size -- sensing far beyond a glow,
541 a power, perhaps answers for his stained and blackened soul.
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543 increased his throttle? Hah! what amateurs! Car Warz ripoffs. We have seen
544 them before, and we will no doubt see them again. Poor Roger. If he only
545 knew what he had started.
546 && && &&
547 Images... Bodiless, floating, somehow sensing the flow of incomprehensible energies all around... Against the roar
548
549 of power, a familiar touch... L'Homme? But he was on the "horse"... did he fall in transit? ...Gone now... helpless
550 in the current, the Poet moved to an unimaginable destiny... and exploded into icy cold air. Suddenly returned to
551 his body, he rejoiced, stretched, thrilling to the feeling of his muscles moving under the skin. Life! How sweet!
552 He turned his senses to the world outside and recieved a rude shock: he was falling! Apparently from quite a height,
553 too, as he'd been falling all through his reverie and the ground was still out of sight in the darkness below. Only
554 one chance: his emergency transport/shift device. Killing his momentum would take most, if not all of it's energy
555 reserves, but he had to not only get to the ground but dissipate the energy or he'd be splattered regardless...
556 As he began the adjustments, he passed through the last layer of cloud and saw the ground below. Suddenly his mind
557 was no longer on the fall, for he was seeing the most amazing pattern, formed by countless dancing crimson lights.
558 A mountain... a gate... an enormous army, destroying all in its path... a huge, golden bird...
559 The pattern shifted and dissolved, and the Poet realized he'd let himself go for too long; the ground was only a
560 hundred meters below! Frantically, his fingers found his device, twisted it to maximum dissipation, activated...
561 ...and he thumped bruisingly to the ground, amid the smell of burning insulation. His device had performed it's
562 final service, faithfully but self-destructively. So he was alive, for now; but with no way out of here--whereever
563 "here" was!
564 && The Mad Actor &&
565 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
566
567 DEAR MIG,
568
569 Well, how did
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572 LIKE IT TODAY? I PERSONALY ENJOYED MY SELF.
573 But enof of that(Please excuse the shift in shift, I am using my ATARI
574 as you know and the 'BREAK' key is findeshly close to the CR.)
575 Well, whear was I? Oh well, the pascal we discussed was writen BY Norman
576 Draper, and was produced by Draper Softwear. If you know aneything about
577 ia good book for it I would realy like to know. Meanwhaile(sp) I am
578 looking for that 'C' book but now one seems to have it ( not even B
579 Daltons) so , I gusses i'll be seeing you later. when are you attending
580 our little retreat again? It is nice having you their. I had better be
581 saying ta ta now.(I tend to get mushey when I am tired and i dont think
582 that aneyone wants that) So, TA TA
583
584 ASP
585
586 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
587 ####$$$$####$$$$ TO THE ABOVE: I HAVE DRAPER PASCAL, THE ONLY BOOK THAT'LL HELP YOU IS THE ONE THAT COMES WITH
588 IT. IT'S *VERY* NON-STANDARD. MAY I SUGGEST A GOOD BOOK ON SPELLING INSTEAD? $$$$####$$$$#### <$ WIZEGUY #>
589
590 (PAM, Oh PAM, where have you gone? We miss you terribly!)
591
592 TO THE PERSON WHO FILLED DA W/ LINE FEEDS ONLY - A FOOL WHO CANNOT UNDERSTAND
593 SOMETHING THEN TRIES TO DESTROY IT. AN INTELLIGENT PERSON TRIES TO FIND OUT
594 MORE ABOUT THE ITEM.
595 YOU ARE INDEED THE FOOL.
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