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# <Tolmes News Service> #
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Issue Number: 29
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Release Date: March 1, 1988
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All of Tolmes News Service Issue #29 will be filled with various little
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things about the modem community... sort of an issue of QuickNotes and
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LongNotes.
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Bellcore: Back?
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The facts surrounding whether or not Bellcore Systems will return are rather
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sketchy at the moment.
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All I can say: maybe? maybe not.
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Bell South is trying out a new feature called the Intelligent Network which
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is able to complete a variety of tasks. More information later.
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Nothing has yet become of the "Max Headroom" TV Pirate... so it's likely
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that nothing will ever become of it.
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Chris Bender has modified some hacker programs for the C-64 to hack against
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the false carrier (most recently implemented by Allnet). For those who need
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a Commodore hacker program that works against the false carrier, contact him.
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The Pawn: Busted?
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Upon calling his 410 mailbox, The Pawn received the following message. This
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is not the exact message but effectively what was stated:
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"Hello... This is the phone company and we're calling about some
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conference calls that were set up with the number 1-800-241-xxxx which were
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made fraudulently, and we'll contact you about it later."
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Once The Pawn heard this he began to panic. He got rid of any bad codes or
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bridges and took several other precautions. It most probably that someone
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saw it on an Alliance bill and called it up. Anything that happens with this
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will be explained in later issues of TNS.
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Pirate Communications: Back!
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Pirate Communications Systems came back recently after being down for about
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4 months or so. It is not the greatest board but you might consider giving it
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a call.
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Pirate Communications.... (206) 362-4008
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NOTE: Pirate Communications Systems has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with
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the files that I wrote called Pirate Communications Productions. I don't even
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call PCS.
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For those whoER has returned after being gone for
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a long time. I'm sure most people are familiar with SLAVE DRIVER and everything
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that he has been involved with.
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Return of Atlantis:
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Atlantis has reportedly returned. This is not certain but here is the report.
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Atlantis (804) 355-7327
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Sysops: Peter Gunn
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The Lineman
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Sir William
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The OLD Atlantis (215) was taken down by federal authorities when it involved
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attempts to card some stuff. Several youths were, supposedly, busted for
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carding. When the authorities asked how they learned to card, they said from
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files on Atlantis.
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TROUBLE:
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The Lineman reportedly gave over the entire bbs to federal authorities and
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gave authorities the entire userlog with everyone's name and everything.
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This makes one wonder what will become of this new board. It is not at the
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same number and Peter Gunn is involved.
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The following is what was said in Phrack World News about how Atlantis was
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taken down:
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[All quoted material from PWN-Issue #15]
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"One of the offshoots of this investigation is the end of The Lost City
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of Atlantis and The Lineman's treason against the community he once helped to
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bring about. In Pennsylvainia, 9 people were busted for credit card fraud.
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When asked where they learned how to perform the art in which they had been
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caught, they all responded with the reply of text files from The Lost City Of
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Atlantis."
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"So, the Secret Service decided to give The Lineman a visit. Lineman, age 16 (a
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minor) had no charges against him, but he panicked anyway and turned over the
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bulletin board, all g-philes, and the complete userlog to the Secret Service.
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This included information from the "Club Board." The final outcome of this
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action is still on its way. In the meantime, many hackers are preparing for
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the worst."
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Since it came from PWN, it might not be true. Here are some messages from the
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"new" Lost City of Atlantis concerning the new Atlantis and everything else.
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The first thing is the newuser message that explains how the Lost City of
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Atlantis went down because of "technical difficulties."
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><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
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ATLANTIS IS A PRIVATE SYSTEM. IT WAS STARTED IN THE FALL OF 1985, RUN BY THE
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LINEMAN IN PHILADELPHIA. SUMMER OF '87, ATLANTIS WENT DOWN, DUE TO TECHNICAL
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DIFFICULTIES, AND UNTIL EARLY FEBRUARY OF '88, THE SYSTEM STAYED DOWN. NOW,
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SHE IS BACK UP UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
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ATLANTIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE DISCUSSION OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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INVOLVING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MAIN FRAME SYSTEMS, CHEMISTRY, ETC. ITS USERS
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ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR ACCESS, AND RECEIVED ENOUGH VOTES IN
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THEIR FAVOR FROM THE HIGH-ACCESS USERS TO BE ALLOWED ON. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO
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ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS IN FEEDBACK AS YOUR APPLICATION FOR VALIDATION, AND ONCE
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COMPLETED, IT WILL BE VIEWED BY THE HIGH-ACCESS USERS AND THEY WILL EACH IF YOU WILL BE ACCEPTED. IN THE APPLICATION BELOW, IF YOU ARE NOT
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KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE TYPES OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION MENTIONED ABOVE, PLEASE
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LET ME KNOW.
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USER FEE:
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LOCAL USERS ARE WELCOME ON ATLANTIS, BUT THERE IS A $5 ANNUAL USER FEE. THIS
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FEE DOES NOT APPLY TO LONG-DISTANCE USERS.
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ATLANTIS CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING:
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* APPLE //E 128K 80 COLUMNS
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* 2 APPLE DISK ][ DRIVES
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* XEBEC 30 MB HARD DISK
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* TIMEMASTER ][ H.O. CLOCK
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* US ROBOTICS COURIER 2400E MODEM
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OPERATING AT 300/1200/2400 BPS
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IF YOU ARE LOCAL, LET ME KNOW IN YOUR APPLICATION. I WILL ALLOW YOU ONE
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VALIDATED CALL, IF YOU ARE VOTED ON, TO LOOK AROUND THE SYSTEM AND DECIDE ABOUT
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SUBSCRIBING.
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ONE MORE THING: IT IS REQUIRED THAT YOU DO NOT USE YOUR REAL NAME ON THIS
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SYSTEM. INSTEAD, YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALIAS TO USE HERE. USERS CAUGHT USING
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MORE THAN ONE ACCOUNT ON ATLANTIS WILL NOT BE WARNED.
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The "NEW MANAGEMENT" is Peter Gunn (who seems to be doing an excellent job).
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The new users aren't the same as the old users, though I'd expect many of
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the users from the "old" Lost City of Atlantis to return now that they know it
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is back up.
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The user fee is something new, as is the allowance of locals to get on as
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long as they pay $5.
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Here are just a few messages on the new Atlantis from the first sub-board:
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45/71: User fee & other private...
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From: PETER GUNN
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Date: MON FEB 22 3:22:10 PM
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As of now, all newusers who log on will notice that there will be a $5
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subscription fee for all newusers who are voted onto the system by the
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high-access users. I hope this doesn't upset anyone, but the $5 is good for
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one year, and all users who got passwords before this became effective will
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have the rest of the year free. All newusers who get voted on will have one
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call to look around the system, once validated, and then they can leave
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(f)eedback to me with their decision. This will help me pay for the drastic
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improvements to Atlantis, or at least buy cigarettes, and it will also help to
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keep the user quality up. I like running Atlantis, but I don't like to have
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unproductives on the system, and neither do the productive users. I'm sure you
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inderstand. Later...
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-Pg->
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54/71: WARNING!
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From: PETER GUNN
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Date: WED FEB 24 2:52:43 PM
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This is a warning to all... This system is devoted to the discussion of
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telecommunications and technical information of all types, but there are places
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where things that have nothing to do with telecommunications may be posted. In
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other words, everything has its place here, so keep that in mind. The jist of
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this message is that, for example, on the Main Frames conference, you may be as
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explicit as you want with your message, but do not under any circumstances post
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any illegal access codes there. Same goes for the Telecom conference. E-Mail
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is private, and so are the Club Board and Upper Class, so you may post anything
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you want there. For the super-high acces remember to keep anything
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you don't want accessed by just anyone on the private sectors of this system.
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This is a rule I must enforce, and I think you all know why. Thanks...
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-Pg->
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56/71: CODES
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From: PETER GUNN
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Date: THU FEB 25 1:36:22 AM
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This message is for the information of the long-distance users. Atlantis
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Management will not tolerate the posting of codes, passwords, etc, on this
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board. This is the PUBLIC board! I just want that to be clear. In fact, you
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should use the telecommunications or main frame boards to even discuss that
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stuff. You may use E-Mail for things like codes and passwords, or the two
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PRIVATE conferences on this system, but only there. Nowhere else on this
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system in the subs, or in g-files or articles. There are other users on this
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system, and that's why the private sections of Atlantis are there. Also, do
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not rag on the local users. They are mostly cool, wit.[h very few exceptions, so
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unless a user is completely out of line with something, lay off the ragging. I
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will lock out users for abusive behavior. Thanks. I know this system will get
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whwhere it's going as long as you all can be civilized, and let me get the
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system moving along.
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Also, I want to let everyone know what the term: Leech means.
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A leech is someone who posts just to access the g-files section. There have
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been a few offenders, and they have been warned. If it happens again, his
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account will be deleted indefinitely. I don't mind if you access the g-files
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to your limit, if you are a productive user, but if you post useless, pointless
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messages, and then access all the g-files you can get your hands on, I will
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know, and so will the other co-sysops. Hell, you can just read a post and tell
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if it was a g-file post! Also, the user log tells me what everyone does on
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here, and when. Please, if you don't plan to contribute as much as you take
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from this board, then don't call. Most of you are model users, but there are a
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select few who are looking out for #1.
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Also, the g-files are scheduled for a little updating. I am working on that
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department now, so I will let you know when new files and articles are made
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available.
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-Pg->
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61/71: Re:Re:Does anyone
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From: THE LINEMAN
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Date: SAT FEB 27 3:18:07 PM
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Mormon:
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Must you use incorrect spelling on this system (e.g. "bux", instead of
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bucks; "STUPH", instead of stuff) ?
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ciao-
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The Lineman
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64/71: Wow...
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From: THE DISK JOCKEY
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Date: SUN FEB 28 1:08:51 AM
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really strange to be on it again after all this time, and to see messages from
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some of the people that were once so regular of callers... Hope the system
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becomes active again.
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-The Disk Jockey
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Wish the tabs key worked....
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Messages from the old Atlantis are still on this board (they haven't been
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wiped out even though they are from last summer).
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New users are, of course, welcome to call... so please do:
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The Lost City of Atlantis
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(804) 355-7327
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