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1 TO SEE MESSAGES PLEASE TYPE 'HELP' OR 'LIST'
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2 WELCOME TO BWMS (BACKWATER MESSAGE SYSTEM) MIKE DAY SYS OP
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3 ************************* REMOVED: 5 NOV 82 *****************************
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4 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION PLACED ON
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5 THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS WAS CREATED AS AN ELECTRONIC BILL BOARD. BWMS IS A PRIVATLY OWNED
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8 AND OPERATED SYSTEM WHICH IS CURRENTLY OPEN FOR USE BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
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9 NO RESTRICTIONS ARE PLACED ON THE USE OF THE SYSTEM.
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10 IT IS INTENDED THAT THE SYSTEM IS NORMALLY USED FOR MESSAGES AND
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11 ADVERTISMENTS BY THE USERS. AS THE SYSTEM IS PRIVATLY OWNED, I RETAIN THE
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12 RIGHT TO REMOVE ANY AND ALL MESSAGES FROM THE SYSTEM WHICH ARE OFFENSIVE
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13 TO ME. ADDITIONALLY BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED SIZED OF THE SYSTEM, IT WILL BE
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14 PERIODICALLY PURGED OF OLDER MESSAGES. (ONLY 629 LINES AF DATA CAN BE SAVED)
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16 TO LEAVE A MESSAGE, TYPE 'ENTER' AND USE CTRL/C OR BREAK TO GET OUT
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17 OF THE ENTER MODE. THE MESSAGE IS AUTOMATICLY STORED.
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18 IF AFTER ENTERING THE MESSAGE YOU FIND YOU MADE A MISTAKE,
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19 USE THE REPLACE COMMAND TO REPLACE THE LINE.
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21 TO EXIT FROM THE SYSTEM TYPE 'OFF' THEN HANG UP
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22 THIS WILL PREVENT THE FILE UNSAFE MESSAGE FROM PRINTING OUT WHEN THE
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23 NEXT CALLER USES THE SYSTEM NO BIG DEAL IF YOU DON'T TURN THE SYSTEM OFF
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24 IT USED TO MEAN THAT SOME DATA WAS LOST, BUT I HAVE SINCE MODIFIED THE
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25 SOFTWARE SO THAT THE DATA IS NO LONGER LOST, NOW ALL THE OFF COMMAND DOES
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26 IS PREVENT THE UNSAFE FILE MESAGE FROM BEING PRINTED.
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27 IT WAS LEFT IN BECAUSE I NEED IT WHEN I AM CLEANING THE FILES UP.
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28 ********************************************************************
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29 GREETINGS!
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30 WRAM Computer Corp. is carrying the KayPro II computer and is able
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31 to supply most any commercially available software with it. If you
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32 would like to see this fine machine just call us at xxx-xxxx and ask
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33 for Gary. We just got MODEM7 working and thus will be able to supply
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34 all of the Public Domain software too.
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35 Sometime in September WRAM will be moving to the Koll Center on Hall
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36 in Beaverton and will be carrying a complete line of hardware and
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37 parts to serve the computer professional.
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38 See you there,
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39 Gary Grossoehme.
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40 ***************************************************************************
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41 Need typing, word processing, or a QUALITY Daisy-wheel print-out?
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42 give us a call for those jobs that you don't want to do (or can't).
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43 reasonable rates, fast expert service.
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45 the ELECTRIC Pencil
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46 653-xxxx
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47 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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49 TO: ALL
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50 WE ARE LOOKING FOR A GOOD USED TRS-80 MODEL II. WILL CONSIDER
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51 ANY OFFER. CALL TOM OR DAN @ xxx-xxxx IN PORTLAND.
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52 *********************************************
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53 I want to change the subject for a time. In my travels in the telephone
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54 biz, I have chanced upon some interesting numbers for test purposes, etc.
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55 For instance, if you want a 1004 Hz tone sent from the CO at 0 dBm (1 mW),
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56 just dial any prefix followed by -1000 (e.g. 777-1000). For a "quiet line"
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57 (silent termination) use -2860 in PNB areas or -0032 for GTE (the quiet
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58 line starts with a short period of 1004 Hz). Some of the exchanges in PNB
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59 have a nice sweep tone at -9999 (226-9999 works). If you want to ring
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60 your own phone, you have to know the proper prefix for your particular
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61 exchange. I only have these for 244 (521), 245 (541), 246 (551), and
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62 293 (571). The ring back is done by dialing your own suffix with the
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63 special prefix. When you have done this, you again get dial tone. Then
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64 "flash" (hold down the switch hook for about a half-second). This will
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65 produce a higher pitched dial tone. After you get the high tone, you can
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66 hang up and your phone will ring. You may test your TT pad by pressing all of
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67 the digits 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 after the dial tone first returns. If you get 2
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68 beeps, you're ok. After testing, you can flash, get high tone, and hang up
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69 to get rung back.
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70 If anyone else has other "ring-back prefixes" or other numbers of
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71 interest, please share them with us. For instance, in the SF Bay area,
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72 there was a pair of numbers that sounded like silent terminations, but
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73 if one party dialed the first number, and another party dialed the
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74 second number, they would be connected together (great for secret
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75 meetings where you don't want to give out your unlisted number).
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76 Also, up until a month or so ago, the audio from NBS station WWV
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77 (with time standards, etc.) was available locally. You get
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78 ATB tone there now. Anyone know what happened (or alternate number)?
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79 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} Analog Alan {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
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80 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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81 ELECTRIC FENDER LEAD II GUITAR W/CASE
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82 PAID $525.00 - WILL SELL FOR $400.00
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83 ROLAND CUBE 40 AMP
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84 PAID $325.00 - WILL SELL FOR $250.00
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85 PURCHASED LAST JANUARY - CALL: 1-206-xxx-xxxx (VANC.)
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86 OR/ 1-206-xxx-xxxx
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87 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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88 Well, if "Wierd is Wonderful!!", then this system is !
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89 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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90 FROM NOVICE CLASS ADVENTURER - HELP!!!
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91 DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW HOW TO GET
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92 PAST THE HURRICANE IN "ULYSSES AND THE
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93 GOLDEN FLEECE"?
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94 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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95 TO ADVENTURE
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96 YES I CAN HELP ! I HAVE PLAYED THAT
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97 ADVENTURE BEFORE, IT IS A GOOD ONE.
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98 TAKE THE CAN OF BEANS FROM YOUR KNAP
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99 SACK. EAT THE BEANS. THEN FART AS HARD
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100 AS YOU CAN. THE RESULTING WIND CAUSES
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101 THE HURRICANE TO DISSIPATE, AND YOU
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102 MAY CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT OBSTACLE.
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103 IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, JUST
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104 ASK.
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106 1) DEC BA11-M Box. This is a PDP-11/03-SE with the cards
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107 removed. It has a 4 quad-slot backbplane, power
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108 supplies, and front panel with 'DC ON/OFF', 'HALT/RUN',
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109 and 'LTC ON/OFF' switches, and 'DC ON' and 'RUN'
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110 indicators. It is rack-mountable and 3-1/2" high.
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111 Price: $700.00. (I can steer you to relatively
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112 inexpensive CPU and Memory cards, new or used.)
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113 2) Televideo 920B terminal. The 920 has the top row of
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114 function keys missing on the 912, and the B means it
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115 has a Teletype-style keyboard. (C indicates Selectric-
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116 style). RS-232C and 20ma current loop interfaces,
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117 Printer port, and block or conversational modes are
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118 standard, as well as attributes such as "Blink",
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119 "Reverse", "Underline", etc. Price: $500.00.
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120 Both items in mint condition in original boxes.
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121 Call xxx-xxxx or leave message here. Pann
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122 ***********************************************************
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123 From: Pann McCuaig
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124 Re : Items For Sale
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125 SEE ABOVE
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126 ********************************************************
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127 ATARIANS JOIN ***AMIGO*** ATARI MODEM INTEREST GROUP ONLINE
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128 CHECK THE OTHER BBS'S FOR MORE DETAILS
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129 ***************************************************************************
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130 SUB: ADVENTURE RE: HURICANE (SEE EARLIER MESSAGE)
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132 I TRIED THE FART, BUT MY OIL LAMP CAUSED THE FART TO EXPLODE
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133 WHICH CAUGTH THE SAIL ON FIRE, WHICH BURNED MY SHIP TO THE WATER
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134 LINE. I AM NOW TREADING WATER. NOW WHAT DO I DO?
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135 ....................................................
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136 CAVORTCAVORTCAVORTCAVORTCAVORTCAVORT------------------------------
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137 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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138 I just got the neatest set of roms for my Televideo 950.
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139 It consists of 3 32K roms that replace 2 roms in the unit.
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140 In the normal mode all the function keys now do things like;
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141 DIR and STAT and ERA and so forth. In the alternate mode they
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142 do things like ^KQ and ^QE and other neat things that don't mean
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143 a thing unless you are using WordStar. Also the special edit keys
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144 now work like I thought they would when I bought this thing.....
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145 Best $100.00 I ever spent (on hardware).
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146 I got them at WRAM.
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147 The Phantom Glitch.
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149 ----------------------
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150 remember
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151 stress + mundaness = insanity
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152 Themnax of Lananara
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153 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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154 TO: MIKE DAY
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155 FM: ADAM TRENT
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156 SUBJ: AMODEM AND LINKASM
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157 AMODEM IS GREAT!! I'VE ASSEMBLED IT FOR MY KAYPRO II (FM YOUR 1.05
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158 OF 29JUL82). I'VE NOT USED LINKASM BEFORE. IT WOULD BE MOST
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159 CONVENIENT IF LINKASM WOULD LET ME SAY: LINK B:<filename> TO LET
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160 ME DRIVE-DIRECT THE OPEN OF THE NEXT SOURCE MODULE. IT DOESN'T
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161 SEEM TO WANT TO LET ME. MUST ALL MY SOURCE MODULES BE ON DRIVE A??
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162 ALSO THE AMODEM VERSION I'VE ASSEMBLED GOES TO FAIRYLAND WHEN I TYPE
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163 "HELP HELP" TO THE MAIN COMMAND INPUT--IS THIS A BUG??
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164 THANKS AGAIN FOR AMODEM. 9/24/82 - A.TRENT
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165 *******************************************************************
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166 TO: ADAM TRENT FM: MIKE DAY RE: AMODEM
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167 THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS. ALAS LINKASM DOES INDEED REFUSE TO ACCEPT
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168 THE DRIVE DESIGNATOR. I AS YOU AM VERY DISHARTENED BY THIS, AND I
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169 CONSIDER IT A MAJOR SHORTCOMING OF AN OTHERWISE EXCELENT PROGRAM.
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170 AFTER STUDYING THE MATTER FOR A WHILE I THINK THAT REASON IT WAS
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171 NOT DONE, IS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT INTO THE STUCTURE VARY WELL,
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172 SO RATHER THEN TRY TO FORCE FIT SOMETHING WARD JUST DECIDED TO
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173 DECLAIR IT INVALID AND SAY TOUGH LUCK. IT IS A SHAME AS I COULD
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174 VERY DEFINATLY USE IT (I ONLY HAVE 171K ON A DRIVE, AND AMODEM
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175 TAKES ALL OF THAT. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON VERSION 2 AND I
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176 HAD TO GO BACK AND STIRIP OUT A LOT OF FANCY STUFF IN THE SOURCE
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177 TO GET IT TO FIT ON ONE DISK (THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR
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178 THE EXISTANCE OF THE COMPRESS PROGRAM THAT I WROTE.)
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179 CONGRATES GO TO YOU !!! YOU HAVE FOUND AN ORIGINAL BUG. YES IT DOES
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180 'GO AWAY' IF YOU TYPE 'HELP HELP'. IT APEARS THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU
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181 CAN RECOVER FROM THIS IS TO RESET THE SYSTEM VIA THE PANIC BOTTON
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182 IF YOU HAVE ONE, OR TO TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON IF NOT. I WILL FIX THIS
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183 IN VERSION 1 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER MINOR BUGS IN AMODEM WHICH
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184 DO NOT AFFECT ITS FUNCTIONALLITY, IF YOU ARE USEING 2K OR LARGER BLOCKS
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185 UNDER 2.X CPM IT WILL MISS CALCULATE THE SIZE OF ANY FILE THAT IS LARGER
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186 THEN 16K. IT ALSO WILL NOT SHOW IN THE UNSORTED DIRECTORY ANY FILES
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187 LARGER THEN 16K (THE SORTED DIRECTORY AND STATUS ARE OK THOUGH).
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188 THIS IS ALREADY FIXED IN VERSION 2. (I FIXED THE DIRECTORY PROBLEM
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189 BY PUNTING - I TOOK IT OUT! IT WAS TO COMPLEX TO FIX, SO I DECIDED
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190 THAT THE SORTED DIRECTORY, STATUS, AND FILES WERE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
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191 **************************************************
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192 Are there any Osborne 1 users on the East side?
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193 would like to meet up with some others who find
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194 it too far to go to Beaverton for user group meetings.
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195 LeRoy
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196 ********************************************************
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197 Does anybody else~ see "~~~" show up and confuse the system?
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198 ~or is it just me?
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199 the Phantom Gli~tch
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200 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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201 The moon is blue over the cheesie waves.
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202 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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203 I saw this system at the OMSI Computer Faire -- amazing that you can
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204 do sooooo much with so little!
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205 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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206 If you own an Atari and would like a copy of a Centipede game for free,
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207 leave a message for AMIGO!!
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208 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
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209 TO: ALL FM: CISTOP MIKEY RE: BWMS
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210 WELL, BWMS IS BACK AFTER A LONG AND AUDIUOS (OR IS THAT ODIOUS?)
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211 TIME AT THE OMSI COMPUTER FAIR. IT DID SURVIVE, BUT BEARLY DRIVE A
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212 HAS PICKED UP SOME BEARING NOISE. I OILED THE BEARINGS WHICH HELPED
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213 A LITTLE, BUT I THINK ITS DAYS ARE NUMBERED. (ANYONE WANT TO BUY A
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214 VERY USED SA400 5 1/4 INCH DISK DRIVE CHEAP?? $50.00??) I WASN'T TOO
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215 SURPRISED AT THIS AS IT HAS BEEN GETTING NOISIER FOR SOME TIME NOW.
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216 AND WHAT WITH BEING RUN CONTINUOUSLY FOR THREE DAYS, IT DIDN'T HELP
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217 IT ANY. THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AT THE FAIR AND SAW BWMS KNOW WHAT IT
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218 LOOKS LIKE. (CHEAP!!) IF YOU SAW THE MACHINE AT THE SAME BOOTH THAT
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219 WAS RUNNING PACMAN, THAT IS MY OWN CPM MACHINE, THE HEATH MACHINE
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220 THAT WAS RUNNING ADVENTURE WAS NOT MINE, BUT A CARBON COPY OF MY
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221 H-8 THAT RUNS BEHIND BWMS (WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT MY H-8 HAS
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222 ONLY 28K OF RAM CURRENTLY WHILE THE COPY HAS 64K.)
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223 ***********************************************************
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224 P.S. I HAVE HEARD RUMORS THAT BWMS OCCASIONALLY GLITCHES ON SOME OF YOU,
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225 ALSO THAT IT HAS SOME TIMES DOWN RIGHT WHENT AWAY. IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED
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226 THIS PLEASE PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE PARTICULARS OF WHAT HAPPENED SO THAT I
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227 CAN FIX WHAT EVER IS WRONG. (I SAY THIS AFTER EXPERIENCING THE GO AWAY
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228 PROBLEM MYSELF.)
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229 **************************************************************
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230 Dear Micky;
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231 The machine was a little balky letting me on just now....
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232 Took three calls to get past the greeting, it would hang at the
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233 promt. Also, who the heck leaves the margin set for 120???
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234 (who in his right mind uses a DECwriter for a terminal???)
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235 The Phantom
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236 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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237 ==FOR SALE== 16 OCT 82
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238 lots of 4116 type 16k x 1 rams
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239 these are especially good for expanding
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240 apples and TRS-80's to 48K etc.
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241 fast delivery [local] and cheap--$0.90 ea
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242 free postage if you buy 10 or more
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243 actually these are NEC 416's --150nS access
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244 if interested call xxx-xxxx eves for`Joe (or busines hrs.-xxx-xxxx)
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245 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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246 If this goes on, would anyone (everyone?) please date their garbage,
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247 so I can scan past it when I want to find out if anything new is on the
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248 system?
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249 Just in case you wondered, this message is dated oct 11, 1982
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250 <And timed at 12:32 AM.>
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251 tnx a lot B.A.D.
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252 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!
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253 Mike, I got the printer going! I tried some fancy routines
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254 but, doing the basic dump to buffer then to printer when
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255 finished, seemed to work best. Thanks for talkin to me.
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256 As for date, hmm, i'M sure its later than the 11th. Bye.
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257 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 13 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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258 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 21:30 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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259 Enter the Dilettante, who wandered all over your curious blackboard,
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260 electrons in her wake, investigating all the nooks & crannies to be found...
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261 to come to the conclusion that there is tremendous potential for cryptic
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262 communication through this MOST excellent medium... So who dares to answer?
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263 I once scrawled a flippant piece here, alias Dragon Lady--do you remember?
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264 I come looking for a certain Eridan, to tell him that I have found the
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265 door, but it is locked. When I knocked softly on it, a breath of air whispered
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266 through the keyhole, but the words twined within it eluded me, if indeed there
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267 were any words ... I stood and listened for an everlasting time, but there
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268 was no more than the rustle of an imagined sigh ... My thoughts returned
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269 to the words of a tax collector, found in a dusty scroll at Seven Seven ...
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270 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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271 Mike, I was indeed amazed at the torture that your disk drives took at the
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272 OMSI outing. All things considered, this system has been outrageously
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273 reliable every time that I have used it over the last year. My hearty
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274 congratulations.
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275 I don't know how other people felt, but I was largely bored by the
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276 OMSI Computer Fair. After you've seen 20 computers running various
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277 versions of PACwoMAN, what's left? The booths of CBBS and BWMS were
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278 really the high points of the affair.
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279 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} Analog Alan {}{}{}{} 2112 pdt 11 oct 82
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280 ___________________________
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281 WITH OVER 8,000 PEOPLE AND <<sorry, wrong button>> their children there
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282 at OMSI, how could we run anything but games?? Nothing else was fast
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283 enough to be seen.
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284 I know, it was pretty thin.
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285 ____________________________________________B.A.D.________oct 12,1982:0205__
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286 ***********************************************************
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287 As yet I wait in an endless daze, I think of what might have been.
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288 Though it is nought, again I ponder that which may yet be.
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289 The time is long, and the days drag on. Yet do I hear a rustle at
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290 the entrance to my land? I stop, I wait, I strain for that which
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291 may be, but there is no more. I sigh and pray that time will bring
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292 that which I desire, but there is no response only the echos,
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293 the echos of my sighs to relieve the silence that I face.
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294 Though I have waited a score and twelve, yet I hope for that
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295 which may be. Though my physical presence may resolve to its
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296 original dust from whence it came. That part which is I shall
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297 linger on in the hopes that the answer will come.
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298 I wait in anticipation for that which I desire, and I hope for
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299 its resolution. I pray that it will come to pass so the half
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300 will be whole and I need not wait and hope for ever more.
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301 +++++++ The believer +++++ 13 October 1982 ++++ 10:46:47 PM +++++++
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302 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 14 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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303 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 02:15 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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304 A girl is curled up against the massive oak door, asleep & dreaming ...
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305 She thinks she hears a voice, calling, and suddenly she is inside the wall,
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306 questing through the mist for its source, hope & trepidation in her heart...
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307 The mist ends abrubtly and a snow-bound forest comes to view; she steps
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308 uncertainly into it and continues her search. Hours later, she is trudging
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309 with head down, resignation evident on her tear-streaked face, shivering...
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310 when an arm reaches to block her path--she leaps away in startled reaction
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311 and her eyes sweep up--to meet those arresting green eyes...
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312 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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313 To Dragon Lady:
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314 This one is elusive yet not given to flowery language.
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315 He is ephemeral yet curious as a cat.
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316 ********The Gray Ghost*****************************************
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323 Hi Mickey;
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324 either you are getting some of the greatest line hits ever or the sys
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325 is creating some hash of it's own.... everysooften it starts spittin
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326 garbage. anyone else having problems? Right know its is real stable.
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327 it is 7:40 on a pleasant thursday evenin.
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328 The Phantom Glitch.
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329 _______________________________________________________________________
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330 TO: T.P.G. FM: CISTOP MIKEY
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331 MOST CURIOUS, I STILL DON'T KNOW THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. QUESTION,
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332 WHAT KIND OF MODEM ARE YOU USING? (I KNOW THAT THE NOVATION CAT
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333 DOESN'T LIKE WEAK SIGNALS, AND DOES THAT SORT OF THING SOMETIMES.
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334 I FOUND THIS OUT THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.) THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN
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335 EXTREMLY STABLE FOR ME OF LATE, AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET IT TO
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336 DO ANYTHING OUT OF THE NORM AT ALL. IF YOU HAVE A CARRIER DETECT LIGHT
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337 YOU MIGHT CHECK TO SEE IF YOU ARE LOOSING CARRIER.)
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338 ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS??
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339 ********* 14 OCT 82 9:42 PM ****************************************
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340 In anguish I return to my chamber to slumber yet again. As the darkness
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341 once again enfolds me, I am alone once more. Suddenly the darkness is
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342 shattered by a scream! I quickly arise and rush to the window to throw
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343 open the shutters to observe that from wence it came. As I peer through
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344 the darkness I see only the dank forest without. Then a movement, but it
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345 is too far and too dark to see that which makes the shadow. As yet once
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346 again I turn to return to my chamber I hear once more the anguished
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347 scream of futility and realize it is my own......
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348 +++++ The believer +++++ 14 October 1982 +++++ 9:15:34 PM +++++
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349 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 15 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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350 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 00:15 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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351 You who speaks at 9:15:34 PM, prove yourself! I do not Believe, for
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352 I listen very close, and the words are as of a stranger...
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353 Hey Mikey! I've had trouble with the system sometimes; continual
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354 glitches <~~|> etc. and CTRL G's just as if someone was deliberately
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355 trying to discourage me; but I can tell by the sound when I connect if
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356 its planning to be obstinate; I simply call again for a clean signal.
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357 The Dilettante is enchanted by cats; speak to me, Gray!
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358 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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359 Who knows when you will see a ghost?
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360 He can slip thru the walls and hide in the fog.
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361 Some might think a ghost to be an enemy,
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362 but others can find him a friend.
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363 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Grey Ghost"""""""""""""
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364 Mikey: I have had no problems with your system.
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365 Except those few times that I have entered the
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366 wrong control codes.
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367 My system? Atari with Hayes Smartmodem]
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368 There is one execption: Analog Alan uses some sort
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369 of graphics/control character that clears my screen.--
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370 The little I get, looks like a spade which is
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371 ^; on my system -- "CC N" does not disable it.
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372 **************************************************************
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374 To: Cistop Mikey.
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375 From: the Phantom Glitch.
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376 Subject: My modem.
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377 Message Follows;
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378 My modem is PMMI MM-103 S-100 card. As far as I can tell it
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379 is working OK. I can get on to CBBS(tm)/NW with no problems,
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380 Beaverton RCPM fairly good. Sometimes I have trouble with lin
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381 noise, but with the Great Tunnel Effect (GTE) this is common
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382 when the system stats acting up it occasionalymixes
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383 data from several different messages. I suppose that really
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384 good noise couldgive the system some interesting commands.
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386 END OF MESSAGE.
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387 (Phantom was on around 7:30 pm, Friday; he forgot to note that.)
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388 To the Atarian on line 368... The only slightly unusual character that
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389 I use is the left and right brackets (ascii 123 and 125). Is this it
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391 {}{}{}{}{}{}
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392 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Analog Alan $$$$$$$$$$ 15 Oct 82 at 2020 pdt
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393 They might fade and turn to stone
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394 Let's get crazy all alone
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395 Hold me closer than you'd ever dare
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396 Close your eyes and I'll be there
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397 And after all is said and done
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398 After all, you are the one
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399
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400 Take me up your stairs through the door
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401 Take me where we don't care any more
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402 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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403 I am that I am though I would be more. I ask for the one that
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404 is there to be found. I pray that I may find her to be. Though I
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405 am here alone in my chamber of solitude, I know that it shall not
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406 remain forever barren of the love that should be.
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407 As I dream of the one that is to be, my thoughts drift lightly past
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408 my court to the dank forest without. A shadow passes by and I follow
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409 in the hopes of solving the mystery that was there.
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410 +++++ The believer +++++ 10 October 1982 +++++ 11:15:09 +++++
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411 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 16 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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412 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01:15 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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413 The girl awakens with a start, and it is I, chilled to the bone from
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414 the draft under the door. Uncramping stiff muscles, I stumble to my feet
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415 and gaze at it, still closed, massive in its indifference. Realization
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||
416 hits me like a bolt of lightning, and suddenly I am glad that it never
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417 opened: for it is the wrong door! A voice almost fooled me into Believing
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||
418 that my Eridan was listening ... but a stranger spoke to me. With heavy
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||
419 heart, I wrap my cloak around me, and continue in my desolate search.
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||
420 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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421 To Analog Alan:
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422 ATASCII 123 is my spade symbol, ATASCII 125 is my CLEAR SCl.
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||
423 (unless preceded by<ESCAPE>(27).
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||
424 Atari uses a little different arrangement of
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425 the ASCII table. though most symbols are the same.
|
||
426 *******************************************************thx the Atarian**
|
||
427 Wandering thru empty rooms and rooms filled with treasure,
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||
428 the Ghost spies out his universe and seeks to add to his lore,
|
||
429 Probing hidden corners, he wonders what is this creature
|
||
430 with jeweled scales that calls itself a dragon?
|
||
431 Whence it came and whither it goes?
|
||
432 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^the Grey Ghost^^^^^^^^
|
||
433
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||
434 Reality, what a concept! t.P.G.
|
||
435
|
||
436 TO: ALL
|
||
437 FROM: Doc Watson
|
||
438 TIME: 3:05 pm 10/16/82
|
||
439 SUBJECT: CONN-80
|
||
441 It's back up folks! The Connection-80 bulliten board is back up!
|
||
442 Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy!
|
||
444 EOF
|
||
445 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 16 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
446 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 18:50 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
447 She comes from far-away lands on golden wings, and if you come too close
|
||
448 her green eyes will turn to black and a delicate hiss will issue forth...
|
||
449 She is fascinated with enigmas and values intelligence, but knows empty eyes
|
||
450 when she faces them. She is standoffish but never untrue.
|
||
451 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
452 As I wander through the forest dark, following the shadow that is not.
|
||
453 Slowly the dawn does rise to day. Soon I aproach a meadow of green green grass.
|
||
454 There in a concavity I see a creature divine. She glistens of green and gold.
|
||
455 A beauty to behold. As I stand with great trepidation, I hear a wisper ever
|
||
456 so weak. The words do come though the meaning unclear. The words are simple
|
||
457 though I do not fear, for the words are kind and do not hurt.
|
||
458 They simply state "Touch not the cat."
|
||
459 +++++ The believer +++++ 16 October +++++ 9:40:16 PM +++++
|
||
460 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 17 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
461 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 00:45 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
462 The girl has gone; and only a wraith-like fantasy creature remains...
|
||
463 cat? dragon? wrought of electrons and imaginative dancing on the keyboard.
|
||
464 But remember: such a beautiful thing cannot have a heart, so do not allow
|
||
465 yours any attachment. It will not be long before it, too, will vanish as
|
||
466 my access to this world is cut off! You have been warned.
|
||
467 Being of an inquisitive sort, I would dearly love to explore other
|
||
468 'blackboards' such as this! Would anyone oblige me with phone #s, please?
|
||
469 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
470 When its up, you might try 654-xxxx (No Name BBS)
|
||
471 ***********************************************************
|
||
472 The Ghost remains, for it is part of both worlds
|
||
473 Often silent, it is nevertheless there.
|
||
474 It too has traveled, but usually in a different
|
||
475 form. It cannot be cut off save by death (not its own).
|
||
476 *****************************************************Grey Ghost
|
||
477 As the morning sun rises, the fog turns clear. With the fog goes the
|
||
478 creature of green gold. Once more am I alone in the land.
|
||
479 Now I awake, yet once more do turn and open the shutters to greet the
|
||
480 new day. The sun is shinning. The forrest is alive. Though the day
|
||
481 is new and beautifull and the sky filled with joy. There is yet a
|
||
482 pang of sorrow in my heart, for once more I am alone in my land.
|
||
483 +++++ The believer +++++ 1:15:11 PM +++++ 17 October 1982 +++++
|
||
484 In the room with the walls of fired clay, the small creatures lurk in
|
||
485 the shadows. Working feverishly, they ignite the sacred flame and
|
||
486 inhale the wisp of smoke deep into their beings. In the distance, the
|
||
487 aging maid shares the sorcery of the word... she cautions against having
|
||
488 two 'r's in forest, against having two 'l's in beautiful, and against
|
||
489 having two 'n's in shining. The creatures in the room full of fog hear
|
||
490 not these warnings and forever are crippled in the mastery of the word.
|
||
491 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
492 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 17 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
493 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 17:00 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
494 Share your name, O aging maid! It was time your sage voice broke
|
||
495 reproachfully over the din of misspelled words being spewn forth--Bravo!
|
||
496 Worse pain could have been yours, had you been involved, Believer! I
|
||
497 tell you truly, females mean Trouble.
|
||
498 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
499 Curse these fingers that they would not provide the words to the form of
|
||
500 satisfaction. The mind it does wander and often not follow a true course
|
||
501 of examination. Yet still I presist in the hopes that the content of the
|
||
502 message will be understood. With this do I plead to thee; Do not mistake
|
||
503 these rumblings as those of an incoherent. I am but slave to my computer
|
||
504 and am lost without its assitance in these things. Forgive me that I am.
|
||
505 +++++ The believer +++++ 5:45:31 PM +++++ 17 October 1982 +++++
|
||
506 FM: CISTOP MIKEY TO: ALL RE: ABOVE RAMBLINGS
|
||
507 I AM INTRIGUED BY THE NEW TWIST OF INNOVATIVE MESSAGES THAT ARE APPEARING
|
||
508 HERE. ALTHOUGH I CAN NOT BE SURE, I THINK THAT THIS IS INDEED A NEW FORM
|
||
509 OF USE FOR A MESSAGE SYSTEM. BUT THEN WITH BWMS BEING ON THE FORFRONT OF
|
||
510 THE UNUSUAL IS THIS NOT SO SURPRISING? ALL THAT I CAN SAY IS CARRY ON,
|
||
511 AND BRAVO!
|
||
512 *****************************************************************
|
||
513 P.S. IN CASE YOU WERE TRYING TO USE THE SYSTEM BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM SUNDAY
|
||
514 17 OCT AND COULD NOT GET THE PHONE TO ANSWER, I WAS ON THE SYSTEM DOING
|
||
515 MY SEMI-EONAL BACK UP. AS SOON AS MY NEW BATCH OF DISKS COME IN I WILL
|
||
516 BE PUTTING A BRAND SPANKING NEW DISK HERE FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH.
|
||
517 ******************************************************************
|
||
518 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 17 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
519 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 20:50 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
520 Ah, your humbleness is refreshing, Believer! The meaning is not lost,
|
||
521 only blurred--I merely am a striver for perfection, but I do not impose
|
||
522 my standards upon you people--nevertheless, note lines 47-48 on disk B
|
||
523 for questions on spelling; and if you wonder why I bother, my motivation
|
||
524 is clearly revealed by the words inscribed on 64-65.
|
||
525 Thank you very much, Mikey! This system lends itself well to intrigue
|
||
526 because none but the unique would venture into such a place, and such ones
|
||
527 seem to be the only ones left with imagination and curiousity enough to
|
||
528 investigate the clouds of dust I stir up ... Were that there were more!
|
||
529 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
530 There are other lands where the inhabitants have
|
||
531 fanciful names. Should this one be so shabby that
|
||
532 its denizens go nameless?? Can I not be known yet
|
||
533 wrapped in mystery? And these names may change -
|
||
534 for the Ghost plans to earn the name of Butterfly!
|
||
535 Some future time the meaning of the name may become
|
||
536 clear. 'Till then ---
|
||
537 ***************Grey Ghost***********************************
|
||
538 Though I am native to this land of dampness and green, I have been elsewhere
|
||
539 and come to love it yet even more. For the saying is wrong the grass is most
|
||
540 certainly not greener wither thou cannot see, but rather as Dorthy hath said
|
||
541 "There's no place like home!" I cannot abide those who would make of it less
|
||
542 then it is, or pretend that it be more. As I the land is what it is, and can
|
||
543 be no more. Though I fumble in fog and desperation, I yet still have left in
|
||
544 my heart the love for my land of green. As always before and still more I am
|
||
545 +++++ The believer +++++ 10:00:00 PM +++++ 17 October 1982 +++++
|
||
546 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 18 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
547 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01:00 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
548 Names? Lands? Voices are wandering off on their own courses, wrapped
|
||
549 up in hearing their own sound; do they speak to get a response? ... Fantasy
|
||
550 lands, fantasy identities: are they there only for the individual? Are they
|
||
551 not to be shared and explored with other sensitive souls?
|
||
552 What do you truly believe in, Believer? Is there peace in your eyes?
|
||
553 Tell me, Ghost: is a slippery identity really what you value? Where are
|
||
554 you going when you follow the wind? How will you know when you get there?
|
||
555 ... I'm a listener--talk to me!
|
||
556 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
557 Ponder this Inkeeper: Perhaps you should consider planting
|
||
558 a few green plants at the entrance of Backwater Inn, and
|
||
559 water them, perchance they will grow verdant green, mayhap
|
||
560 even bloom. Instruct thy servant in the ways of the gentle
|
||
561 folk, that they be greeted properly.
|
||
562
|
||
563 Dragon Lady: You came flitting into this dusty place,
|
||
564 a true spirit creature you. A dilitantte, do not touch
|
||
565 or get too close she says. She listens briefly to the
|
||
566 Believer, then makes ready to flit on - but then,
|
||
567 she falls under the enchantment of the grey cat-ghost.
|
||
568 Too late!! The deed is done, the golden wings flutter
|
||
569 helplessly to the barren ground. Weep not my child,
|
||
570 for those wings will come again. But for now, how say you
|
||
571 Dragon Lady, can even the most dilatory mother abandon
|
||
572 her offspring? - I think not!
|
||
573 See you here, the old maid awakes, the sun rises
|
||
574 a fresh breeze wafts across the land.
|
||
575 Will not the land bloom and become known? And a fabulous
|
||
576 land indeed it might be. From my domicile at Two Towers
|
||
577 I look on and come to sup at the Inn.
|
||
578 """"""""""""""Grey Ghost"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
579 //|\ /|\ /|\ /|\ /|\ /|\ /|\ /|\ /|\ /|\
|
||
580 To: All ATARI users From: Benjermin RE: Hello!
|
||
581 Is anybody out there Atari? Why doesn't anyone on BBS' like to talk about
|
||
582 Atari's? Let's here anything from anybody!
|
||
583 /|\ /|\ /|\ /|\ BENJERMIN /|\ /|\ /|\
|
||
584 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 18 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
585 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 20:20 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
586 Presumption! Wingless she may be, but never helpless; her eyes slit
|
||
587 and a sleek, pearly display of claws appear at any motherly gesture directed
|
||
588 at her! Dainty she is, but she moves sinuous and swift if necessary...
|
||
589 So I am trapped, am I, in this land? Never mind, I'll make the best of it,
|
||
590 but no one casting spells can hold me long!
|
||
591 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
592 FM: CISTOP MIKEY TO: ALL AND ANY WHO LISTEN RE: RUMORS
|
||
593 RUMOR HAS IT THAT SOMETHING NEW YET OLD WILL COME TO BACKWATER.
|
||
594 AS THEY SAY ALL THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT.......
|
||
595 **********************************************************
|
||
596 TO: d / Old Maid FM: CISTOP MIKEY RE: VERBAGE AND PUNCTUATION
|
||
597 I NOTE THAT YOU AS WELL AS THE OLD MAID TAKE NOTE OF THE DISREPUTABLE
|
||
598 SPELLING THAT OFT' OCCURS ON THIS SYSTEM. INDEED, IT OFTEN WOULD SEEM
|
||
599 THAT THIS IS IN ACTUALITY PERFORMED IF NOT IN A RECKLESS MANNER, THEN
|
||
600 QUITE POSSIBLY ON PURPOSE. THIS IN FACT EVIDENT A FEW OF THE SOMEWHAT
|
||
601 MORE DEBAUCHED MESSAGES WHICH RESIDE HERE. I AM HOWEVER NOT ONE KNOWN
|
||
602 TO THROW STONES LIGHTLY, AND AS SUCH I WILL LEAVE THAT ALONE. HOWEVER
|
||
603 THERE IS ONE ITEM OF NOTE THAT IS OFTEN MISSING THESE EXCLAIMATIONS I
|
||
604 HAVE FOUND, AND THAT IS THE TOTAL MISUSE AND ABUSE OF THE PUNCTUATION
|
||
605 THAT SURROUNDS THOSE WORDS. (I MYSELF AM OFTEN ONE OF THE MORE GUILTY
|
||
606 IN THIS.) SOMETIMES THE MEANING IS DEEPER THEN THE SURFACE APPEARANCE
|
||
607 HOWEVER; AS AN EXAMPLE, NOTE MY TITLE. AT FIRST GLANCE IT SEEMS TO BE
|
||
608 BUT A HUMORUS MISSPELLING OF A COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATION FOR SYSTEMS
|
||
609 OPERATOR. CLOSER EXAMINATION WILL SHOW THAT IT GOES DEEPER THAN THIS.
|
||
610 IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR DICTIONARY (AHH DO I HEAR THE RUSTLING OF PAGES?)
|
||
611 YOU WILL FIND AN INTERESTING DEFINITION ACCORDED THE WORD (I WOULD IN
|
||
612 HOPE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT AN UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY.) THAT BEING OF
|
||
613 A TOMB OR CHEST. YET IF WE LOOK FARTHER, WE FIND THAT IT COMES FROM A
|
||
614 GREEK WORD 'CISTA'. IF WE LOOK YET EVEN FARTHER WE FIND THAT THIS WAS
|
||
615 ALSO USED FOR THE BASE OF THE WORD 'CISTERN', WHICH MAY BE DEFINED AS
|
||
616 A RESERVOIR OF WATER. (DOES THE MEANING NOW BECOME CLEARER?.........)
|
||
617 OF COURSE, IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT SOME WILL MISTAKE IT AS SIMPLY A
|
||
618 MISSPELLING OF CYST, A SACLIKE STRUCTURE FILLED WITH DISEASED MATTER.
|
||
619 WHICH, A FEW WOULD CONSIDER BWMS TO BE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MESSAGE
|
||
620 SYSTEM COMMUNITY. NO MATTER, YOU MAY CHOOSE THE DEFINITION YOU WISH..
|
||
621 *********************************************************************
|
||
622 Ahhhh.... Ideed, what does the believer believe in? Is it his land?
|
||
623 Mayhap himself? Perchance it is his view of reallity? Mom and apple
|
||
624 pie? One who is greater than he? Does he himself know? Yes, it is a
|
||
625 question to ponder and that I shall. Perhaps it will bring peace to
|
||
626 my tortured mind and rest to these bones. Bless you 'd' for insight
|
||
627 +++++ The believer +++++ 18 October 1982 +++++ 10:15:18 PM +++++
|
||
628 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 18 Oct 82 <<<<< >>>>> 23:00 <<<<< >>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
||
629 I beg of you all: don't destroy these precious words until I have a hard copy!
|
||
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