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STARK NAKED
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The Journal of Stark County Telecom
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Brought to you by: The Necropolis BBS
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(216)/966-8970 (3/12/2400 8N1 24 hrs)
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Running Renegade Beta
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Located in North Canton, Ohio
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Sept 20, 1992 : Volume #1, Issue #5
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>> Now Serving Stark County & Summit County <<
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[ Mandatory Participation: Growing Trend or Ancient Relic? ]
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Just recently, Tim Stedman announced that his BBS, the
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Amiga Asylum, will begin enforcing a mandatory
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participation rule. Thus, the Amiga Asylum becomes the
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third local bulletin board to enforce such a rule.
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While many sysops feel that mandatory participation is
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a great idea, there are others who feel that it is not
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something that is necessary. This ideology is far from
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how things used to be: expressions like "post or roast"
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could be seen on just about every bulletin board. But
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today, many sysops don't like the idea of using BBS
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priveleges as an incentive to participate.
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Mandatory participation goes beyond the mere upload-
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download ratio. Mandatory participation often means the
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use of PCRs -- Post/Call Ratios. For every call, the
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user must post so many times or BBS rights will be
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taken away. Often, the BBS program will automatically
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do this for the sysop.
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Mandatory Participation Stances in Stark County
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The Necropolis - A post/call ratio is in effect for
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online games. Long-time lurkers are
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deleted.
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Arrakis - Selective rights: if a user posts,
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he has access to the subs. If not,
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his access there is revoked.
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Amiga Asylum - New anti-lurker attitude.
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Rising Power - None.
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Canton Conn - None.
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Walkman's Ware - Unknown.
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The question that must arise is: do programs like these
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work? Does mandatory participation help out a bulletin
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board? The first few days after the Asylum began the
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mandatory participation rule, people who never posted
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began to post. Reports of success from the Necropolis
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have also supported the theory.
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It is the opinion of STARK NAKED that post-call ratios
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and mandatory participation is in the best interest of
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Stark County telecommunications.
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[ The Shareware Update: Continuing News on New Releases! ]
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STARK NAKED will attempt to offer readers current news
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on Shareware programs in each issue.
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PKWare :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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PKZip v2.x will be out soon, according to Phil Katz.
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Remember that v2.01 and v2.2 are HACKS and you will
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not want to use them.
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PKWare has also signed a business agreement with ASi
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(a multi-platform development company out of Dayton)
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that will, among other things, allow PKWare Data
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Compression libraries to be ported to other computer
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platforms. In the plans right now are ports through
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Unix, MacIntosh, MVS, Amiga, and Ultrix. A rep from
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ASi hopes that PKWare/ASi will become an industry
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standard for data compression.
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TradeWars 2002 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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Gary Martin is planning a release of TradeWars 2112
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within the next two years. Current registered sysops
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will have to re-register. Little other information
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is available on TradeWars 2112.
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[ Bob Larson Comes to Akron: Necropolis Users Set to Go! ]
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Radio talk-show host and Christian fundamentalist, Bob
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Larson, is coming to the Akron Civic Center to speak on
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issues relating to occultism October 23. The Necropolis
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BBS, which is known for "Bob-bashing," is planning on
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organizing a Necropolis Caravan to see Bob speak. If
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interested in going, users should contact the Sorcerer,
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Elminster, or just leave sysop feedback on the
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Necropolis. Information will be posted publicly at the
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Necropolis BBS on the Theology Sub.
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[ Akron Sysop Organization Cancelled: Pegasus Goes Down ]
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The proposed Akron Area Sysop's Organization (AASO) was
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recently cancelled along with the Pegasus BBS, an Akron
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bulletin board running on Maximus. According to Dan
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Steill, the ex-sysop of Pegasus, the bulletin board had
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to be taken down because of personal reasons. With the
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the Pegasus BBS went the sysop group. Steill does think
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that a sysop organization would be helpful for all area
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sysops. An FBI agent was scheduled for the first meet
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to discuss pirated software and copyright laws.
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[ Random Scribblings: Various Notes from Various BBS'es ]
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... Still no word on the future of Seraglio BBS. Attempts
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to contact the sysop have resulted in busy signals!
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Stay tuned to Stark Naked for further developments.
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... Power Man's BBS (the name of which is unconfirmed)
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is allegedly going to be carrying the Boondock nets.
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In response, the Necropolis BBS will be dropping the
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Boondock nets in favor of an international network
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which has yet to be named. One echo that will be
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definitely pulled will be a Christian echo, which
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will balance the Pagan/New Age selection currently
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on-line. The Boondock/MSI/Wildnet nets are also
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being carried by the Confederate BBS and the Pentagon
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BBS.
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... Several issues of Stark Naked were recently sighted
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on a bulletin board in South Carolina! The editors
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of Stark Naked would like to know who uploaded them
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there ... to thank them! Stark Naked has also been
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making rounds on packet radio boards! The message
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of Stark Naked (aside from the news of local events)
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is for freedom of telecommunication ... hopefully
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that message is being spread!
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... A new conference at the Necropolis ... the Star
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Trek / Science Fiction conference has been put up
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not only for ST/TNG fans ... but also for political
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reasons. Apparently, after a small war on the USS
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Paramount BBS, the Sorcerer decided to put up a
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"conference that would teach the Paramount how to
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run a Star Trek theme." The conference features a
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Star Trek echo, Science Fiction echo, TradeWars
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2002 Echo, as well as a number of sci-fi related
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files. The sysops of USS Paramount refused to
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comment.
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... Several changes have occured at Stark's first
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commercial BBS ... Canton Communications. The
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most apparent is the addition of a high speed modem.
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Other changes include a more efficient logon method,
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addition of the Fred Fish library for Amiga, and
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the entire CD-Rom collection for IBM and Amiga. A
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new SIG, the Debate Sig, headed by Andy Curlutu,
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was also added. The high-speed modem line number
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is 478-0548.
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... With the recent events in campaign politics, the
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Perot for President ECHO has been re-activated.
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The echo, which is part of the Searchlight net,
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was running in an effort to spread information
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about Ross Perot, the Texas billionaire whose name
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is now on the ballot of every state.
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... In the next issue of STARK NAKED, we'll be taking
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an in-depth look at the world of x-rated BBS'ing!
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Features will include an update on Akron Anomoly
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(hopefully), a special section on Chat Sex, as well
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as legal implications of running an adult board.
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Also, a new feature that will hopefully be added to
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STARK NAKED is a New BBS Spotlight. If you know of
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a new bulletin board system in the Stark/Summit
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area, let us know and we'll do a feature article on
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them. The world needs more good boards!
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[ NEW BBS Software on the Market: Spec Sheet Available ]
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Synchronet Version 1a
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Features
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* Designed from the ground up as a reliable and feature rich
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multinode BBS
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* Up to 250 simultaneous nodes with multinode chat and online
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program support
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* Enhanced DESQview operation mode
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* Runs under DOS 3.0 or higher on any 80x86 compatible computer
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with 500k free RAM - BBS can shrink to 16k to execute external
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programs
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* Pay BBS features:
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Time credits, user expiration dates, credits, and 900/976
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billing.
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* Interrupt driven COM I/O for the fastest through-put possible
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- even with multiple nodes per CPU via DOS multitasker
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* Any COM port configuration supported (one IRQ line per COM port)
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* Blazing fast even on a 10mhz XT
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* Familiar hotkey user interface with '?' activated menus at every
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prompt
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* The most advanced BBS security ever: Impenetrable to remote
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hackers, 100 security levels with 52 sysop configurable flags
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per user, Sysop can allow or disallow users to choose their own
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passwords, Sysop can force periodic password changes (uniqueness
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is also forced), External programs cannot access the command
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processor
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* QWK mail packet support built-in
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* Up to 10,000 message groups, up to 20,000 total message
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sub-boards with up to 5,000 messages per sub-board.
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* Up to 10,000 file libraries, up to 20,000 total file directories
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with up to 5,000 files per directory.
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* Extensive File Transfer Section:
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Up to 500 transfer protocols with optional DSZLOG support
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Batch uploads, downloads, and bidirectional file transfers
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Transfer credit system is completely configurable
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File viewing, extraction, and partial downloading of archives
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File descriptions can contain content rating and multidisk
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numberings
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Personal user to user(s) file transfers
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Optional batch download file flagging for user convenience
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Internal support for offline directories
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Multiple sysop file removal/move/edit search criteria
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Directories can be sorted by filename or date, ascending or
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descending
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Advanced extended descriptions
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Complete CDROM and other slow media support
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* Professional error handling and logging
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* Sysop inter-node control (remote or local):
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Interrupting - hang-up on any node
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Locking - only sysops can logon a locked node till lock
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is removed
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Rerunning - reexecutes BBS, reinitializing configuration,
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etc.
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* Inter-node message services:
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Current node status - user online, action, connect rate,
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and more, User activity - credited downloads, mail activity,
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logons, and logoffs, User communications - paging, one-line
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messages, and multinode chat
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* 48 Local macros and sysop function hotkeys
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* Real-time user database:
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Amazingly complete user edit function
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Remote changes to online-user data are immediately effective
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Disk image is always current for enhanced system fault tolerance
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Linked free-form data file for every user
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* Online, sysop configurable, chatting artificial intelligence
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engine
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* Up to 500 online external programs:
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Multiuser or single user programs
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Programs that use DOS I/O (don't use COM port directly)
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supported
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Multiple door file formats created
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Supports native WWIV color code expansion
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Free Software Development Kit (SDK) avaiable for program
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development
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* Multiple Events
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Logon and logoff events
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New user events
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Upload events (integrity testing, adding of comments,
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virii scan, etc.)
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Node and system daily events
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Timed event that supports forced exclusive execution
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* The most configurable BBS available today:
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Powerful object oriented menu driven configuration program
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All menus, text, and colors are sysop configurable without
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source code
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The use of aliases can be allowed or disallowed
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New User Questionaire is available and customizable
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Source code available for nearly unlimited customization
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(extra cost)
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To download the DEMO version of Synchronet (and purchasing information),
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call Vertrauen (Synchronet development site) at 714-529-9525 (2400bps)
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or 714-529-9547 (V.32bis/HST)
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
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STARK NAKED :::: The Journal of Stark County Telecom
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Editor: The Sorcerer :::: Support BBS: The Necropolis BBS
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Published Periodically :::: (216) 966-8970
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September 20, 1992 :::: Sysops interested in becoming a
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"If your sysop doesn't :::: Stark Naked Support BBS, please
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carry Stark Naked on :::: contact the Sorcerer. Users who
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a regular basis ... :::: are interested in reporting can
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find out why!" :::: also contact the Sorcerer.
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::: Stark Naked appreciates _any_ feedback that readers might
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::: have. Stark Naked also accepts any letters to the editor
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::: concerning issues raised in Stark Naked.
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
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