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| |___) | | | | (_ | Rhode Island Computer | Volume 2, Issue 2 |
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| | \ | |__ |__| __) | Underground Society | March-April, 1993 |
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|______________________|_______________________|_____________________|
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RICUS Table of Contents 2.02
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1 ... Opening to RICUS 2.02
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2 ... RICUS Feedback
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3 ... ESS? What's That?!
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4 ... The CLAN Library Network
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5 ... The Edge Resigns from Telecom
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6 ... Lamah Wars (Story)
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7 ... Hate (Poem)
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8 ... New Group: Sons 0f Liberty
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9 ... Closing
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1: Opening to RICUS 2.02
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Welcome to yet another issue of RICUS. This issue is also special,
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because it marks the first birthday of RICUS...
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In this issue, we have some cool stuff for you. Particularly,
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that CLAN article is really neat, and I'd like to thank the CLANMan
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for submitting it!
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We even got some "Letters to the Editor"-type feedback over
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the last issue! Which is more than I can say for any other... It seems
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our friends in Southern RI weren't too happy when we included their
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OmniNet nodelist/conflist!
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Have fun,
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CyNom
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2: RICUS Feedback
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Date: 01-28-93 (17:28) Number: 17432 of 17439 (Echo)
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To: RICUS GUYS... Refer#: NONE
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From: DANIEL PODGURSKI Read: NO
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Subj: WEENIE WRITER Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
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Conf: -NENET COMMON (1) Read Type: GENERAL
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Pulled from the RICUS newsletter:
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9: Omni-Net Information
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OmniNet is a network based on FrontDoor/FidoNet technology, originating
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from southern RI. Someone though it would be cool to get the nodelist,
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conference tag names, etc. So, here they are:
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[Editors Note: OmniNet nodelist from RICUS201 not included. ]
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Heh, some fool thinks that he has the nodelist for the net...I
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suggest that this f00l get his info straight before he writes for
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RICUS...
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Here come the Rh0dents...bah...
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BMO
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--- WM v2.06/91-0061
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* Origin: Exploding piglets!!! My god, it's raining bacon! (1:323/105)
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The Editor's Response:
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Are you saying that WASN'T the nodelist? I am aware it was a quite old one,
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but much of the information is still valid. I am also aware that some of the
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systems that were supposed to be added to the net and left commented in
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that version of the nodelist were uncommented.
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At any rate, it's nice to see the networks being used to their full
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potential.
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3: ESS? What's That?!
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Question: What # ESS is your phone under?
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Have you ever wondered this? No...? Well, Squinky has! So, he called up the
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Operator on his 3-way calling and asked what Electronic Switching System his
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phone was under.
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First off, the Electronic Switching System is the computer/switch/piece of
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hardware down at your NE Telephone central office. There are different
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"types" of ESS systems. Different capabilities, etc. There are even other
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switches put out by different companies (like a DMS switch) that perform
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the same function as an ESS.
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ESS provides call waiting, call forwarding, three way calling, speed dialing,
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and other neat services that weren't available without it. I think the first
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one was installed in the mid-1960s. It also has the ability to do nasty things,
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like provide dialed number registers (DNRs) and such, which record *every*
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number you dial (obviously including BBSes and other electronic "things.")
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Maybe someone who reads this could give us some more info on ESS, what
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types there are, different companies who make similar systems, etc.
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In any case, we wanted to fine out what type of ESS we were on, model #,
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whatever... This also provided an opportunity to see how many operators
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actual knew any of the acronyms you see in text files.
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This was done to about 15 or 20 operators. (Hell, they're probably not
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doing anything else! ) After one couldn't answer the question or sat there
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for a while (stumped!) we hung up and called another one.
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Most operators had absolutely no clue what the hell we were talking about.
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We were looking for something like "you're prefix is under 5-ESS" or
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"you are under a DMS-10 switch..."
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One of them *did* know the acronym, though. Another one offered to transfer
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us to maintainance or something.
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Sample conversation with one of the more knowledgeable operators:
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Us: "Hi.. what number ESS are we under?"
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Her: "Well, I _want_ to say Electronic Switching System, but I'm not sure!"
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<That was the most hilarious one of the bunch!>
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One of them said we aren't under ESS anymore, and that "they're all
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being changed in different places." Then she said, "maybe you are
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under it." I got the distinct impression that these people were
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totally, absolutely, utterly clueless.
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Many of them fell silent, unable to understand the query. This was just
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pathetic. You'd think they'd have some clue.
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One of them blatantly stated "ESS? This is something I never heard of
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before!" Another one replied "Uh.. I have noooo idea what you're
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talking about!"
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After dialing about 15 or 20 times, we got one of the same Operators
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again. She said "Okay! This is something we've *all* never heard of
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before! Hold the line to speak to my supervisor..." They must've been
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chatting among themselves or something.
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Well, Squinky didn't feel like holding the line... so he hung up.
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How rude... I wanted to hear the Supervisor!
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The next day he called up the operator again. This time a male operator
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answered. As usual he asked "what number ESS are we under?" This time
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the answer was "Sorry, I can not give that information out." Yes, _sure_
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you can't, like it's highly secretive or something.
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Well, that's that. This just points out that operators aren't very useful,
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as far as "technical" info as concerned (not that we'd think they WOULD be,
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anyways.)
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4: The CLAN Library Network
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---------------------------
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****************************************************
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* The RICUS Editor takes no responsibility for the *
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* content of the following article. *
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****************************************************
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How to Hack the CLAN network By:The CLANman
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1 February 1993
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I noticed the little ditty at the end of the last RICUS letter,
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and since I know alot about the CLAN, I typed this up.
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I. Disclaimer:
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I provide this information as an educational tool only. I would
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like to remind anyone that engaging in offensive actions on the
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network is a Federal Crime. This system has potential for abuse, as
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does any. I know many of the "other" features, but I am only showing
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how to do an online search when the libraries are closed. Passwords,
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phone numbers and programs for the circulation modules have been purposely
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not included.
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II. Getting to buisness:
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The CLAN system is run out of the Providence Public Library, on
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CLSI and WYSE hardware running Dynix library cataloging software in a
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UNIX environment. It's principal phone number, as of this writing was
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(401)455-8087 N81 1200 bps max. Once you call with your modem, press
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enter a few times, and you'll get a logon screen. It is straitforward, as it says DYNIX v1.3.2 and then asks for a login and a password.
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For the login, they are easy. Just put your library's RILN
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identifier, followed by Pub. (For example Warwick Public Library's
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login is WARPUB, Cranston is CRAPUB, North Providence is NPRPUB. IT
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MUST BE IN LOWER CASE! ALL CLAN COMMANDS ARE IN LOWER CASE. If you try
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this and you can't get in, I'll explain later how to get your
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library's passcode.)
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Library logins:
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Pawtucket pawpub (*note: password protected for no
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reason)
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Providence propub (" ")
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Cranston crapub
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Warwick warpub
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Greenville gvlpub
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Newport nptpub
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North Prov. nprpub
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West Warwick wwrpub
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Barrington barpub
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East Providence eplpub
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(Any other RILN identifier can be found by ordering a book from
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the library that you want the idenfifier from, through interlibrary
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loan. It'll be written on the blue sheet that is stuck in the cover.)
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In the event that they password protect the logins, do the
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following: go to your library, and sit at a computer. Look at the
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screen and you will see the options menu. Type the letter q, then this
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screen comes up:
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THE COOPERATING LIBRARIES AUTOMATED NETWORK
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WELCOMES YOU TO
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[Yourtown's Public] LIBRARY
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ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG
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TO USE THE CATALOG PRESS THE KEY LABELED "<RETURN>".
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FOR THE HELP SCREEN PRESS "?" THEN THE KEY LABELED "<RETURN>".
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PLEASE ASK A LIBRARIAN FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE.
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Type the word LATER and press enter a few times. Isn't that
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simple? The terminal will logoff to a command line. (This is exactly
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what you see if you call on a modem.)
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Press enter many times to get the screen to scroll, as to hide the
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fact that you logged off the terminal. Now act like a stupid patron
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and walk up to the information desk and say that the computer you were
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using went down. Your helpful librarian will go to your terminal and
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log you back on. Watch her and you got the password. If you work at a
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library, and you don't know the password look on the sides of the
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computer screens. Providence Public Library has the passcodes taped to
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the monitors, and I've seen this done at many other libraries.
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Once you've got a password, call and log on and now you can look
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for books after the local library is closed! Congrat's you have your
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own private CLAN node. (How special.)
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II. Other goodies on the network:
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The rest of this article is on things you can do at the library,
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besides look up books.
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Logoff the computer, using the proceedure outlined beforehand.
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(LATER, etc.) Now you can log it on again as a different town's
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library!
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One fun option is Control-Right Arrow. This makes the info bar on
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the top of screen dissappear. But the best option is Control-Caps
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Lock. (Press control first, and then without lifting up on Ctrl, press
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caps lock.) This will get you into WYSE Works.
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This option has several accessories, namely a calculator,
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calendar, alarm clock, and ascii table. For the most fun, go to the
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alarm clock. Set about five of the computers to go off during the
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lunch period, when the library is understaffed! It's very fun. (Most
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of them haven't a clue that WYSE works exists, nevermind how to shut
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off the clock.)
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The last command is Ctrl-Break, this "Pauses" the computer until
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pressed again. This is great for reserving the computer if you are
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going to walk away for a few minutes.
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III. Glossary:
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CLAN: Cooperating Libraries Automated Network. The common network of
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almost all Rhode Island Public Libraries.
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CLSI: Computer Library Systems Incorporated. The primary supplier of
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libary hardware.
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Dynix: The best selling library cataloging software system.
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[Editor's Note: DYNIX is actually the name of the flavor of AT&T System V
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Release 3.2 UNIX the system uses.]
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Module: A computer node for a dedicated purpose.
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PAM: Public Access Module. What you use when you use the computer at
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library to find a book.
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RILN: Rhode Island Library Network
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WYSE: WYSE systems Inc. A computer firm
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IV. Appendix A:
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If you are interesting in seeing detailed information on the operating
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mechanics of CLAN, the following instructional videos are in the
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Newport Public Library:
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Video: Call Number:
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Dynix new user overview VR/I/02899/REF
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File Maintanance Circ. Desk VR/I/02898/REF
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Searching on Dynix Circ. Desk VR/I/02900/REF
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Cataloging Circ. Desk VR/I/02901/REF
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Also, a quick search through a periodicals catalogue under CLSI or
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Dynix will get you a list of magazine articles in Library Trade
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Journals on the system.
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V. Appendix B: This is the text capture from a CLAN logon:
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DYNIX/ptx(R) V1.3.2
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System name: clan
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login: warpub
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UNIX SYSTEM V RELEASE 3.2.0 I386
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CLAN
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COPYRIGHT (C) 1984 AT&T
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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DYNIX/PTX(R) V1.3.2 #7 (): THU AUG 6 12:10:17 EDT 1992
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COPYRIGHT 1988 SEQUENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
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UNIVERSE COMMAND LANGUAGE 5.4
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(C) COPYRIGHT 1989 VMARK SOFTWARE INC. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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ACC.PUB28 LOGGED ON: [CENSORED] 22:04:32 1992
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PLEASE INDICATE WHICH TERMINAL YOU ARE USING.
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1. VT100 EMULATION
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2. WYSE 30 TERMINAL
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3. WYSEL, ADDS VP ENHANCED
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4. ADDS VP 60 EMULATION
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5. QUIT (LOGOFF)
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ENTER SELECTION> 3
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PLEASE TYPE IN THIS TERMINAL'S STATION NUMBER: 24
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THE FOLLOWING IS A TEST OF THE VIDEO CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUR TERMINAL
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***********************************************************
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* *
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* TEST DISPLAY *
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* *
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**************************************** WAIT
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WAS THE TEST SCREEN READABLE? (Y/N) Y
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%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=
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DYNIX, INCORPORATED
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151 EAST 1700 SOUTH
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PROVO, UTAH 84606
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*** RELEASE 130 ***
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COPYRIGHT (C) 1990
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%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%
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PROCESSING SECURITY CLEARANCE######################### CLEARED
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THE COOPERATING LIBRARIES AUTOMATED NETWORK
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WELCOMES YOU TO
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THE WARWICK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG
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TO USE THE CATALOG PRESS THE KEY LABELED "<RETURN>".
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FOR THE HELP SCREEN PRESS "?" THEN THE KEY LABELED "<RETURN>".
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PLEASE ASK A LIBRARIAN FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE.
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VI. In Closing: This is not the final doc from the CLANman!
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As I compile more info and data, it will appear in furture RICUS
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letters. If you find anything out, just upload it seperately to the
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"proper channels" for RICUS newletter. I can not be reached on any
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local BBSes.
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One last note, I provide this information for informational
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purposes only. I really don't give a crap if you play in the CLAN
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system, but do not abuse it. A brief reminder that true hackers don't
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trash systems, or do other nasty things. If someone crashes CLAN, its
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security will be raised incredibly, so that none of us can get in it.
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Secondly, on that same note, don't be a piss-off to the librarians.
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They are not the computer people and most of them know how to operate
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the basics, but know diddly when it comes to technical stuff. In
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short, don't harrass the librarians about the computers, if you don't
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they'll be much more helpful than if you are brash. In case you
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haven't realized it, the stereotype of the freaky fat old fart
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librarian isn't completely true.
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Well have fun, and don't get into trouble.
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tHE
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____
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I
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I
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I___ l a n M a n
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Any Questions?: Call CLAN director Peter Bennett at the Providence
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Public Library, or Assistant director Paul Halliday at the Cranston
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Public Library. (Riiiiight).
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NEXT ARTICLE: HOW TO CRACK THE CLAN BARCODE!
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[Editor's Note: Thanks a lot, ClanMan! That was pretty cool... It's also
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good to know some people actually read those RICUSes. Naturally there's
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gonna be a lot of bitching over this article, but I look at it this way:
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Your tax money (or your parents') go to pay for the CLAN system, since it
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is public access. Why shouldn't you be able to call in and look up
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a book from home? I also heard from someone that a new computer system
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is going to be installed in the RI libraries, so this info may be
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invalid very soon.
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While in one of the libraries for a legitimate purpose (doing term paper
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research) I heard one of the librarians talking about _Internet_ I couldn't
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hear many details, but they recieved some information packet from somewhere
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about Internet and it wouldn't surprise me if the local libs became netted
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to it eventually. It's like this in some other states already...
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Also, if anyone can figure out how to get to a UNIX Shell from a CLAN
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terminal, you'll be able to apply the UNIX info in RICUS 2.01. Remember,
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never delete anything that isn't yours. If they get troubled, they'll
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just password everything, and you'll have real problems looking up books
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from home. ]
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****************************************************************************
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** Disclaimer: As usual, the RICUS Editor is not responsible for your use **
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** and/or abuse of the above information. **
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****************************************************************************
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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5: The Edge Resigns from Telecom
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--------------------------------
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[Editor's Note: The Edge/Deprived Child (a user on some local boards) asked
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me to put his "resignation" from BBSing into the next RICUS. It seems he
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wants to be normal or something equally illogical.
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Some RICUS dudes were allegedly present at that computer fair on March
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6th at CCRI, where we are able to observe The Edge. I personally couldn't
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see why he would _want_ to be normal, but at any rate...
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Here's his resignation: ]
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Well...I give up...I had a full BBS'ing life...I enjoyed 99% of it...I
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have decided to resign from BBS'ing..I have got to go off and out to the
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real world...This is a formal resignation...I probably won't come back...
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I would like to thank a few people..
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Wonko The Sane: He taught me what a modem was and how to use and abuse
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it.. For this I will be forever greatful.
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Darwin: He helped me go on through BBS'ing he helped me along without
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him I would be a regular Lord Soth
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Daver: Taught me some technical knowledge and let me on his board.
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Runaway Train: Well...For Never losing patience with me
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Prince Machiavelli: Helped me through a difficult time with a bad SysOp
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People Who helped me through RI Telecomm
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Albertus Magnus
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Boy Elroy
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The Black Knight
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Flash
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Thanks For a wonderful 8 months of Telecomm...All of You..For Taking
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me on one of the most Wild Rides of my life So far..
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Well..That's it...
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[Sniff.. -ed]
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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6: Lamah Wars
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-------------
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LaMah WarS
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"General Soth! The Kewl BBSers are attacking! What will we
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do?" whined one of the newly acquired underlings of Soth, ruler of
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all LaMahs.
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"h0 h0! They dare attack me, ruler of ALL laMahz? I'll
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transform into my 'Laser' form and then prepare to defend my Domain!"
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said the pathetic loser.
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"Sir," cried Major Protogen, they have assembled a decent army!"
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"But they are no match for us! You forget, my lame friend,
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that there are thousands of lamahs in Rhode Island alone, while eLEEt
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d00dz come few and far between! They shall be crushed at the hands of
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my vast army of geekz." Soth assured the major.
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"Dammit, Soth, I'm telling you that these people are very
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formidable! They are lead by the all-powerful Runaway Train!"
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Protogen yelled.
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"Hmmm. RT IS a tough one. Well, get BERN on the phone, call
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in the Springboard branch of laMahs." Soth ordered
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As the eLEEt d00dz drew nearer, little Marshall began to
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worry, "What if my army ISN'T enough? How strong are they? Where are
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the Springboarders? What is the mass of a pregnant anteater with
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herpes?"
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Soth sighed with relief at the sight of that wAcKy screamer,
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BERN, and band of babbling idiots from Springboard,"Sigh! Ahh, BERN,
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good to see thou, let us get them, shalt we?"
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"STOP TALKIN' LIKE AN OLD ENGLISH GEEK, MARSHALL!" screamed
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BERN.
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"h0 h0! Let's g0!" yelled Soth, "Ash Maljere, you and Blondie
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send in your group o' laMahs first!"
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"Yes, sir! Let's go Darkness, Blondie, Gravewalker, and the
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rest of you!" Ash Maljere's team flew off, typing lame conversations
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in on their in-ship computers and firing them out in the form of
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photon torpedoes.
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Below the castle of Soth, on fonKi little land speeders (like
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the ones in Star Wars), flew the eLEEt, kewl, and generally non-lame
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d00dz. In the front, leading the pArtY was RT, flanked by High Priest
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and Prince Machiavelli (in the form of the mighty beat-downer,
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Officer Mac). Behind them were the newly trained RiCUS teenagers. Wonko
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the Sane, Darwin, Morlock, Daver, and Squinky led this group, which
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consisted of the cool people from Morlock's Tower and TMoK.
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"oH nO! It's aSh maLjErE! said RT in a frighteningly sarcastic
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tone. "You may have lots of soldiers, LaMer, but we have pEEps and Clear
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Tab, and we all know Kung-Fu!"
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Well, this threat didn't scare Ash and his band of bumbling
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idiotz! No, they kept on firing Lame phrases and sickeningly sappy love
|
||
tidings. And RT and his army kept deftly dodging the torpedoes, but once
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in a while a torpedo would hit a potentially cool modemer, turning him
|
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instantly into a permanent laMah.
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RT then typed in a command on his commodore, and all of the small
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land speeders instantly transformed into X-Wing fighters. "What do you
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think about this LaMah? I just don't know..." RT exclaimed.
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"Come in Soth! What do we do? They're beating us with their
|
||
superior knowledge of computers!" Ash cried on the intercom.
|
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"I'll send my team of new user lamers for backup. Also, if you see
|
||
any other people in the battlefield who just got new computers and
|
||
don't know what's what in modem land, catch them with the LaMah
|
||
tractor beam." Soth advised.
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||
|
||
"Eat Tolkein, f00l! The three eLEEt leaders fired
|
||
leather bound editions of The Lord of the Rings at the Lamahz.
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||
Ka-Boom! The losermobiles exploded and spiralled helplessly
|
||
to the ground.
|
||
RT, High Priest, and Prince Mac then considered firing their
|
||
mighty pEEps and clear Tab at the enemies, but quickly discarded the
|
||
idea because they decided they'd rather have the g00dies for
|
||
themselves. The Kewl ones were running out of weapons so RT punched
|
||
in a command, and Squinky shot out from his ship and locked on to the
|
||
opposing ships, destroying them one by one.
|
||
"This psycho missile will surely eliminate the forces of
|
||
lameness!" cried RT, happily.
|
||
|
||
But he was wrong. Dead wrong.
|
||
|
||
From the distant castle the eLEEt army soon found that their
|
||
champion Kamikazi missile was heading back at them. Squinky was
|
||
fleeing?
|
||
"How can this be?" everyone wondered. (Yep. In unison. Weird,
|
||
huh?)
|
||
Squinky, on the way back, hit the passing by Necromancer's
|
||
ship, formatting his harddrive.
|
||
Soon they saw the reason why Squinky was scared away.
|
||
|
||
It was big. It was bad. It was back for more. It was LABBE!
|
||
|
||
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! NOOOOOOOO! It's Flabbe Labbe!" the
|
||
group wailed, "We have to get out of here!"
|
||
"Hello little boys!" Labbe smiled, menacingly, "Would you
|
||
like to play with me?"
|
||
RT kept his cool and calmed down the party. "No. We will not
|
||
leave. We have to put an end to this terror once and for all. Follow
|
||
my lead."
|
||
So they all fired out all of the Labbe jokes ever made
|
||
since his little scandal.
|
||
He laughed and shrugged them off.
|
||
Then they combined skills and hacked his board, destroying
|
||
"tHe fRieNdliEst BbS iN tHe couNtRy".
|
||
He grunted, but recovered, yelling, "Ph00lz! My board does
|
||
not give me the kind of thrill I get from ramming little boys like
|
||
you up the azz!"
|
||
The people gasped. RT's eyes then stared straight at Labbe,
|
||
bloodshot. Rubbing his palms together like a psychotic villain, he
|
||
said quietly, "Well, I guess we'll have to fix that, now, won't we?
|
||
Hah hah."
|
||
He then typed in...
|
||
|
||
C:\>cd\missile
|
||
C:\missile>castrate /Labbe
|
||
|
||
And so the missile locked on to Labbe's sack of fun, flung
|
||
from RT's X-Wing, and hit its target. Labbe was not a happy boy.
|
||
|
||
"Hah!" Yelled RT as his troops swarmed into the now
|
||
defenseless castle of LaMeness and finished off the surviving loozahs.
|
||
"Now Modem-Land is safer for all of us c00l m0deming d00dz!"
|
||
And everyone flew back to the Kung-FU ThEaTre and ate pEEps
|
||
and drank clear Tab and were happy.
|
||
|
||
Until they realized that there were always going to be
|
||
modemers looking for some fun, and sometime, somewhere, some new
|
||
LaMah is going to get Telegard, set up a board, advertise it, attract
|
||
more LaMahs, and build a new army. Would RT, High Priest and Prince Mac
|
||
be able to lead their army to victory and preserve the forces of g00d
|
||
throughout Modem-Land once again?
|
||
|
||
To be continued....
|
||
|
||
-=<3D>[Taurus]<5D>=-
|
||
|
||
[Editor's Note: Any similarity to actual BBS users and/or sysops, living or
|
||
dead, is of course purely coincidental. The above story is completely
|
||
fictional and any named entities, as far as we are concerned, do not exist
|
||
either by their names or handles. >grin< ]
|
||
|
||
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|
||
7: Hate - A Poem
|
||
----------------
|
||
|
||
Here's a poem I wrote when I was feelin' real mad. Real bad.
|
||
Maybe I still feel that way..
|
||
I don't care.
|
||
|
||
It's called _HATE_.
|
||
|
||
If you enjoy this, you're sick.. But feel free to anyhow.
|
||
----
|
||
Society. I loathe you.
|
||
|
||
I hate your bubbling sitcoms.
|
||
|
||
I hate your cheerleaders and your jocks.
|
||
|
||
I hate your leaders and your enemies.
|
||
|
||
I hate you all.
|
||
|
||
I hate you for your mindless happiness that can never be mine.
|
||
|
||
I hate you with a with a rage that burns inside my mind, inside my being.
|
||
|
||
I hate your social events, your rules, your authority and most of all I
|
||
hate your lies. Your lie of a dream, your lie of a hope. Your lie of a
|
||
better tomorrow. Your lie of reality.
|
||
|
||
I hate you because I need you.
|
||
|
||
I hate myself for needing you.
|
||
|
||
I hate you because I love you.
|
||
|
||
I hate you for being me and reflecting in me.
|
||
|
||
I hate you for never letting me go, never giving me peace.
|
||
|
||
I hate you for creating me.
|
||
|
||
I hate you for confining me.
|
||
|
||
I hate you for pleasing me, for making me glad.
|
||
|
||
I hate you for blinding me.
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
Thanks to the staff of Sam/Dave Tregar for making this possible:
|
||
-Wonko The Sane
|
||
-Suicide King
|
||
-BUS2SPIRIT
|
||
|
||
[Editor's Note: I enjoyed that, I must be sick! I like depression. You all
|
||
knew that anyways, though.]
|
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
8: Sons of Liberty
|
||
------------------
|
||
|
||
RICUS has a "sister" textfile group, known as Sons 0f Liberty. RICUS
|
||
has traditionally published in the e-zine format, with more than one
|
||
article per file. In contrast, S0L publishes small textfiles, one article
|
||
per file.
|
||
|
||
S0L also publishes the more offensive material, and is under a seperate
|
||
management/seperate editor. (Some may wonder if it can get any more offensive
|
||
than some past RICUS articles.. believe me, it can! )
|
||
|
||
The concept of S0L has been around for months and months, it just took
|
||
something to "inspire" the group to start moving. This inspiration came
|
||
in the form of another textfile group in RI, SpEaKer fOr tHe PeOpLe, which
|
||
circulates in IBM .COM file format, even though it's all text. [Note:
|
||
recently they changed over to all .txt format... good going guys.]
|
||
|
||
Look for the S0Lxxx.TXT series of files on a info/text board near you!
|
||
|
||
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
9: Closing
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
This concludes RICUS Volume 2, Issue 2. There weren't as many articles
|
||
submitted as I would've like to see. As usual, we welcome feedback through
|
||
any of the RI local nets, including Fido-323 (General Chat), NENet (NECommon),
|
||
WinCNet (preferably in the Teen echo.)
|
||
|
||
Also, anyone can submit an article to RICUS. Even those big-board sysops
|
||
that always seem to get bashed!! ;) The article needs to be submitted through
|
||
the "proper channels." If you relatively intelligent, it shouldn't be to
|
||
difficult to discover who your submission should be given to. If you aren't
|
||
relatively intelligent, you shouldn't be reading this anyways! <Grin>
|
||
|
||
CyNom, RICUS Editor
|
||
|
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| |___) | | | | (_ | Rhode Island Computer | Volume 2, Issue 2 |
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| | \ | |__ |__| __) | Underground Society | March-April, 1993 |
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