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C.A.B.L.E.
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(Cleveland Area Bbs List Extra!)
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for Issue #10
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Tradewars...
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Martini:
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You people out there like Tradewars 2002? We need a response on this one...
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I'm gonna take a poll as to who likes this online game. Personally, I hate it,
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especially when I want to play Doom II, but there are people playing Tradewars
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hogging up the lines and even playing Tradewars instead of Doom II! Just mail
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me, Martini, at the Spectrum or at the I-net address alexander.koo@spec.org!
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I'm waiting for YOUR response... just give me some input and I'll show the
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results in the next issue.
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Centepeede:
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Personally I think Doom II Sucks. It went out a while ago, and with Doom
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there is no building up your level. You just run around shooting people
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up. In Tradewars you work as a team, and it can take you months to earn
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a respectable level. Each planet "upgrade" takes maybe a week on average,
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its not like you run around, get a gun and just go shooting people. Die,
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swear then go start over. It really takes a LONG time and a lot more
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intellegence then. OOOOOO.. SHOOT. =). Ok Theres mine.
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Medieval Realms
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Medieval Realms has undergone more changes. For donators, a new
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node has been added, this line will Call Forward Busy to the 356-2341 number.
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This means less busy signals, and interuser Lord, Usurper, The Pit and other
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game battles.
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Apple ][c computer for sale...
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Though an antique, there is an Apple ][c for sale. It comes with a Imagewriter
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II printer, paper, a monitor, joystick, and software. The system is good for
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a cheap alternative to type up reports or to play those old favorite games
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(Joust, Lode Runner-the original, Donkey Kong, etc.). Please call
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(216)835-9725 and just mention that you are interested in purchasing this
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system. Asking for around $225.
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Interview with Denebian Prime of Star Base (1) Microsystems (216-441-2168)
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BBS Name: StarBase One MicroSystems
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BBS Phone #: (216) 441-2168
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Voice Support #: (216) 441-2316
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# of Nodes: 4 (Roll over from main number)
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Baud: 28.8 V.34
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Modems: 2 US Robotics Courier v.Everything
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2 Supra Fax Modem v.34
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Sysops: Denebian Prime (Troy Cefaratti)
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Space Kadet (Ken Cefaratti)
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Supports: ASCII, ANSI & RIP (Rip is not supported fully by the CD-Rom
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Module, but we are working on fixing this.)
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Online Since: The anniversary of the moon landing (sometime last August)
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Software: The Major BBS v6.25 by Galacticomm 8 node license
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The Major Gateway / Internet (for USENET & Mail)
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The Major CD LAN Module (CD-Rom Module)
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The Entertainment Pack (Expanded Teleconference, Registry
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and online games)
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Microsoft (Yuk!) DOS 6.22
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Novell Netware 3.12
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OS/2 Warp
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Hardware:
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BBS Computer: 486 DX2/66 processor on a VL-Bus Motherboard
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16 Megabytes of RAM
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230 and 1080 Megabyte Hard Drives
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Caching IDE VL-Bus Controller with 16 Megabytes
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of Cache RAM
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Two 2-Port Serial cards with 16550 UARTS
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Conner Tape-Stor 250 w/Iomega accelerator
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File Server: 486 DX2/66 processor on a VL-Bus Motherboard
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32 Megabytes of RAM
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240 Megabyte IDE Hard Drive and Controller
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Two 1.3 Gigabyte SCSI Hardrives w/Adaptec Controller
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CD-Rom WS: 486 DX/33 Processor on a 16-Bit Motherboard
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8 Megabytes of RAM
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340 Megabyte IDE Hard Drive and Controller
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One Toshiba 3401 Double Speed CD-Rom Drive
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One NEC ???? Double Speed CD-Rom Drive
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Two Pioneer DRM-602X 6-Disc CD-Rom Changers
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Pro Audio Spectrum 16 (To control single drives)
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Future Domain SCSI controller for Changers
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Colorado Jumbo 250 w/Iomega accelerator
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Mail Tosser: 486 DX4/100 processor on a PCI Motherboard
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8 Megabytes of RAM
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420 Megabyte IDE Hard Drive
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Conner Tape-Stor 420
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Diamond Stealth 64 2 Megabyte DRAM PCI
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(Also used for viewing pictures)
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Other: 3 Foot Satelite Dish (Planet Connect)
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Norstar 19.2 bps satelite receiver
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HP Deskjet 500
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Nets: Internet Mail and USENET Newgroups via a Planet Connect Satelite
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Receiver and a UUCP account with New Age Consulting Services.
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(Should be working right by the time you print this)
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Online Games: Blademaster! Our most popular game, it's an arena combat
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game very similar to The Pit.
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Archery: A game of skill in which you can win free credits.
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Kyrandia & Fazuul: Text adventure games.
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Super Nova: Battleship in space.
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Super Lotto: Buy tickets and win system credits
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Androids: Real time multiplayer ANSI game.
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Files: We have a large collection of files on both our CD-Roms and our
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Hard Drives. For Shareware enthusiasts (sp) we have Nightowl 14 &
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15, Pier 6, and the 4-disc Shareware Extravaganza set from PC-Ohio.
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For gamers we have the Software Vault Games 2 disc. There are a
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total of 12 CD-Roms online (2 empty drives) now, others include
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Forbidden Subjects 3 (Hacking, Anarchy, etc.) and California
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Beauties (adult)
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On the Hard Drive we have a fairly large Image Base, including scans
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from popular Science Fiction movies and tv shows, Fantasy art scans,
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and some of the hottest swimsuit scans around. The Hard Drives also
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provide an area for new games, utilities, pics, BBS lists like this
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one and other information
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Adult Access: We do offer adult access, but only with POSITIVE PROOF of
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The users age. This requires an additional form and
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a photocopy of your drivers license. You will also
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receive a voice call for verification.
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With Adult access you will be able to download from the
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California Beauties and Amature Models 1 & 2 CD's as
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well as from the Adult libraries on the Hard Drive.
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You will also be able to receive the Alt.Binaries.
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Erotic and Alt.Sex Newsgroups.
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Future Plans: We plan to upgrade to Worldgroup (actually version 7 of
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MajorBBS) when it becomes available. This is a windows
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based Client / Server setup in which the user has a
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special Client on their computer that does most of the
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work, enableing the BBS Server to do more. Users will be
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able to download in the background while chatting in the
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teleconference or reading their mail. There are many more
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improvements but i won't go into those now.
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Once we get the Planet Connect Satelite feed working
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properly we plan to pick up additional Nets and Services,
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such as FidoNet, RIME, Weather Maps, TV Listings and
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whatever else seems interesting. Planet Connect is also
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Beta testing a 100mbps feed, which will allow us to
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receive 40 Megabytes per hour over the satelite.
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We will be adding more Online Games in the near future as
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money permits (people registering helps!). We have many
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game demo's online and which ones we purchase will be based
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on user preference.
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Now that we have 4 nodes, I have also been sotting around
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the idea of hooking up to Chatlink at specific times. This
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will depend on user interest and willingness to pay.
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Registration: All New Users are given 36,000 credits on their first call
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to explore the system. After this, however, Registration
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is required to continue to access the system.
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To Register, you need to download, fill out, and mail back
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to us the REGFORM.TXT and the RULES.txt files (Also the
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ADULT.TXT file if you want Adult Access). Payment is not
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necessary at this time, because you will be given an
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additional 36,000 FREE credits just for registering.
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If you are under 18, a parental signature is required on
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these forms. Also, if a parent so requests, specific areas
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of the BBS can be locked out from their children.
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Payment: This BBS operates on a Credit based system. This means that you
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are only charges for what you actually do, unlike monthly or
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yearly subscriptions, in which you are charged if you call or not.
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The standard rate of consumption of credits is 1 per second of
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access time, or 3,600 per hour. Some areas of the BBS also have a
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surcharge, which would increase or decrease the rate of credit
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consumtion. Each function of the BBS has it's own charge, so you
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are only charged for what you actually use.
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There are also many ways to get FREE credits, such as winning the
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Lottery, winning Archery, converting Kyrandia Gold to credits or
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Uploading files. When you Upload a file, connect time charges are
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stopped, AND you get a royalty off the file everytime it is
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downloaded, currently ranging from 10 to 40 percent. This means
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that if a file cost 100 credits to download, you will receive up
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to 40 credits everytime your file is downloaded!
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Credits can also be purchased directly from us, for as little as $5
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Credit Prices: $5 360,000 Credits
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$10 720,000 Credits
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$25 2,160,000 Credits
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Users can also purchase credits through our 900 number service
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(see info and disclaimers online) Current Prices are as follows:
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$10 320,000 Credits
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$25 2,000,000 Credits
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With the 3,600 per hour consuption rate, you can get up to 600
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HOURS of access time for $25!
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Me: I currently work at HLK & Associates, and electronics parts Broker and
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Distributor where I am in charge of Shipping and Receiving and assist
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in network management. I plan on going back to college as soon as i
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get some of me bills paid (Running a BBS is expensive!).
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I do not really have any "hobbies". I spend my time watching Science
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Fiction shows and movies, listening to music (just about anything) and
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reading Sci-Fi Fantasy books. I think the Star Wars movies are some of
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the best movies ever made and I am anxiously awaiting the new ones. I
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believe Babylon 5 and The X-files are the best Sci-Fi on TV. Anne
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McCaffrey is my favorite Author, but i ran out of books to read so I
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moved on to the Chronicle of Amber by Roger Zelazny.
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My experience with computers started in 5th grade way back in 1983,
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where i learned to program in Logo and Basic on Atari 400 and Atari
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800 computers (Pretty high speed stuff at the time). By the time I
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got to Junior High and High School, we had moved up to Apple IIe' and
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then Apple IIgs', on which i programed stupid little programs in
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Apple BASIC (I even got suspended in high school for a nasty program
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i left running on the Journalism computers).
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Our first home computer was an Enhanced Apple IIe that we bought from
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MicroCenter back in 1986 (we had to go down to Columbus back then).
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It was a good computer at the time, considering Apple ruled the
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educational market back then and it was what we learned on at school.
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We still have this computer, and it still works.
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I bought my first PC in 1992 when is was in Germany (in the Army). I
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bought a 486DX/33 from MicroExperts (Definitely not an endorsement)
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and had it mailed over to me. Since in Germany the phone company
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charges for every call you make (no local calls, everything is metered)
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I did not do any modeming until returning in December of 1993. This
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computer is now the CD-Rom server (what parts are left of it).
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I bought a Macintosh Quadra 840av in January of 94, which I use in
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my Desktop Publishing business. It has a 230 MB HD, 24 megs of RAM, a
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20 inch greyscale monitor, a HP Scanjet IIcx and a HP Laserjet 4mp. A
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nice setup and i use it mostly for Pagemaker 5 and Photoshop work. I
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can also do custom scanning and digitizing for BBS Users, but only of
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non-copyrighted material.
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We (Me & Space Kadet) have since purchased the two DX2/66's and the
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DX4/100 along with the rest of the equipment to run the board.
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I have taken Programming in C at college and have Borland CÄÄ, but
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use it very little. I am definitely NOT a programming genius. I
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have a hard enough time keeping the BBS going.
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I am also not an artist, and will probably recruit somebody else to
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do any cool ANSI or RIP stuff i feel i need for the BBS
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SK: You'll have to ask him, but i can give you an overview. He started out
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at the same time i did, in the Apple world at school. He has since
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started a popular Apple BBS called the Space Station GS, which runs
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METAL and Futurevision on an Apple IIgs. This BBS is still in
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operation and is a good source of old apple files as well as new apple
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and IBM stuff. He now also works at HLK & Associate as the Office/
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Network manager. He is in charge of a 12 node Netware 3.12 LAN as well
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as a 27 session IBM System 36 Mini. He also programs in dBase and has
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heavily rewritten the inventory and sales programs used here. This is
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why he is the network Guru for the BBS (I am better with the hardware)
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