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Note: Due to the problems once again of someone deleting messages, the system
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was once again placed into enter only (no deleteing, no changing allowed).
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 *************** INSTALLED: 13 OCT 84 *****************************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately 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. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 ******************************************************************:
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21 Until further notice, we will be running enter only until someone
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22 out there learns a little bit of responsibility.
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23 ******************* CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
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24 ]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[
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25 Mike,
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26 Backwater is a good board, what is it run on? I have lately
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27 been trying to simulate this board on a Apple but there has been no
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28 luck yet. Did you write this for yourself or got it from a friend or
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29 was it bought? Finding another system like this one has been on the
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30 tough side.
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31 Mark
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32 ]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[
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33 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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34 From Prometheus: Gratefull
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35 Cistop Mikey; Please don't get too frustrat, we aren't all like that. In fact most of us aren't at all.
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36 [This enter only stuff isn't great for the complexion of my messages...]
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37 I appreciate what you do for Backwater, and I thank you very, very much for it. It has done wonders for my maturity [I *am*
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38 an adolescent after all]
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39 My thanks to you. If I can help in any way please don't hesitate to ask.
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40 Leonard; Please explain what you meant in more detail, please?
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41 To whom that asked; MLCBBS should be up in about a week or so from what I've heard I go to MLC anyway.
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42 [Error; exchange carriage return and periond for comma] and will post updates every few days, or so.
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43 I'm going to quit while I'm behind as far as SPELLCHECK is concerned. 'Day all.
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44 JUST VISUALIZE ALOT OF COLONS< JUST VISUALIZE ALOT OF COLONS< JUST VISUALIZE ALOT OF COLONS, JUST VISULALIZE ALOT OF COLONS...
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45 Oh, yes, MiG; Your Tribble came in at a weight of about three ounces and is with S'rah at the moment. It's grey, don't ask how
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46 , it justt is.
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47 visualize more colons, so on, and so forth...
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48 HI THERE L@THIS IS ABOEUT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN BABLE TO GET INTO THIS NET. WHATS IT ALL ABOUT ALFE
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49 BUT ONE INCH MAKES THREE. BUT THAT IS WHERE THE WEE PEOPLE MEET. THATS HERDE.
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50 -=--
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51 --=--==--===--====--=====--======--=======--========--=========--==========
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52 Hi all,
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53 Why do we help other poeple, even when it puts us in danger? Why do
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54 we give money, when we know we will never get it back? Are we as selfish
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55 as the cynical cartoonists and editors (A random sampling of cynical sterotypes)
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56 would have us to believe? Is there still good left in this world?
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57 Of course there is good in the world, otherwise, who would run all the
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58 BBS's? Putting up with the rampaging deleters can be a problem, but this
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59 enter only mode seems to spoil their fun (Maybe they will go someplace else,
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60 or get their own to mess up.)
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61 A lot of people start out playing Good Sam, hoping to receive the same
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62 the same treatment one day. But then, they get into a strange habit,
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63 they start doing helpful things without thinking of future rewards.
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64 The gratitude of the people they help seems to be enough to satisfy them.
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65 Just go out and do something nice, it may happen to you....
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66 Sunday, 0:43 10/14/84 - Friar Tuck -
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67 -==-==-==-==-==-==-
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68 PASDOS: I like you add. It explains the need for and the uses of your
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69 program. You fill a big gap. If we are going to have ads, keep them
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70 useful and informative. (That means no "GALATICSN-SNAK = Great game,
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71 send $10.")
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72
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73 If anyone wants my name, just remember I am a very sili-person on weekends. .
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74 --==========--=========--========--=======--======--=====--====--===--==--=--
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75 Is there something strange going on? I just hung up, and BW called me.
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76 Freaky. Have you got a flash button Mikey? Or is this WarGames.
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77 Please get back to me.... - FT -
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78 --==========--========--========--=======--======--=====--====--===--==--=--
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79 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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80 Oh no... enter only. now I have to fix this wretched mess again...
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81 Mark:Pascal has one thing over basic, decent file handler routines. It woould take a few days on intense work to do it in
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82 basic. The phone number isn/t even known to me yet, I have no idea of when it will be up for public use, it must be twit-
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83 proof berefore it goes online.
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84 Mikey:I am afraid that I am u~able to understand your reference to Nerdolux, mayhaps you could explane? or tell Aaron?
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85 The reason that H would bother to put up a BW type system is that I *ENJOY* seeing people use there minds. I am one of those
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86 few folks who get off on creating things and helping people.My only sugestion is that you use the board that I am currently
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87 building to replace the one that BW normaly uses. It hooks up to a modem, 2 sa400's and a power supply. Hang in txere, anti-tw
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88 it hardware can doo
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89 can do wonders for a BBS's looks.
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90 Theus:My tribble?!? in gray? why thank you! Can you be at MLC tuesday?
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91 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ?/
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92 ? ? ? ? ? ?
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93 Later, after some thought, " a very sili person on weekends"??
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94 perhaps you shoot paint pellits at people?
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95 PASdos folks:Half of the functions you mentioned I have public domain stuff for, the other half I have been using a
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96 disk editor to do for a coupla years ~ow.
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97 thats "years now"
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98 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?MiG again/? ? ? ? ?
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99
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100 && && &&
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101 The biggest problem with enter only is that I can't delete the above. For those of you who get here after Mikey
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102 fixes things up, rest assured it is eminently deleteable. Consider it deleted, in spirit if not in fact.
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103 && The Mad Actor &&
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104 && && &&
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105 The Poet noticed, as he monitored some of the more distant realities, that several people had taken the Magic
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106 Words he had given them (top of drive B) to enter a very confusing but satisfying otherworld. One had even left
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107 an addition to the cast of characters assembling there... someone named Chimp or Gibbon or something like that.
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108 He smiled at the thought of his Backwater friends having someplace to go when they couldn't get into the Inn,
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109 and sipped his last ale of the evening. Life was good. Maybe a quick check of that adventure his friends were on...
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110 He gazed into his pocket just in time to see the flying horse he'd seen earlier disappearing into the maw of some
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111 huge reality-nexus. Too late, he noticed the regular ripples marching across the Gate's face, ripples that could
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112 only be the residual effects of his earlier tampering with reality... waves of shimmering green energy exploded
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113 from his pocket, engulfing him. By the time the Innkeeper turned back to ask him to take care of his tab, he was
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114 gone. Shrugging, the Innkeeper simply filed it away, without a thought of how he'd left without notice.
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115 && TMA &&
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116 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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117 Mikey -- thanks for the rescue. That entry took quite a bit of work to get
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118 right. Just now, only 4 lines look trashed, but just the same.....
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119 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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120 Many things in this world are addictive. We come to love our dependencies
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121 on automobiles, creature comforts, music, adventure and other pleasurable
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122 things. We can grow to despise ourselves due to dependencies on drugs --
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123 alcohol, tobacco, the vast street pharmacopia -- and for some the visceral
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124 thrill of combat or the exhilaration of power that comes from taking a life.
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125 Others seem positivley -- how can I phrase it? -- anti-addictive. Their minds
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126 and bodies reject some of the addictive portions of our lives -- violently
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127 reject in mindless spasms of agony -- reject as thouroughly as the piper was
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128 rejecting the throat-burning remains of his breakfast.
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129 As soon as the adrenaline push, put their by peril, faded, the piper began
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130 to reflect on recent happenings. Over the past few weeks he had slipped out
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131 of the Inn and befriended the pegasus in a quiet forest glade. He had felt no
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132 sense of peril when, fascinated by the incredible beauty of this magnificent
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133 beast, he had walked up to press his bearded face agains the silky warmth of
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134 her white neck. Oblivious of peril, blinded by a wild, obsessive love, he
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135 had spoken his hear to her as he came towards her in that clearing. He had not
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136 noticed the tensing of the great flying muscles under the satin softness of
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137 her coat -- he was lost in the deep pools of her eyes, caught in the
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138 wind-whipped fabric of her mane. Only much later did he realize the mortal
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139 danger he had faced that day. He had come to the clearing just to be near her,
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140 and she had come out of the sky to meet him. A sudden gust, and she was
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141 flung too near a tree, nearly a foot in diameter, over fifty feet tall. Heart
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142 beating wildly, the piper waited with that strange sense of loss for her to
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143 crash into that tree, the rending, breaking of beloved flesh into shapelessness
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144 and death. It seemed to happen in slow motion.
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145 His eyes caught every nuance. She turned sideways -- perhaps she would only
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146 break a wing. Only break a wing! How do you set a pegasus' wing?
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147 Suddenly, quick as thought, her wing snapped forward, propelled by the power
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148 of the muscles that gave her the freedom of the skies. The wing was half
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149 folded, and she struck the tree just inside the large main joint. The softly
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150 feathered leading edge of her wing snapped through the bole of the tree,
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151 pulling the base along with her. She had flown clear of the area and landed
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152 before the tree had fallen and stopped quivering. He inspected it after she
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153 left -- while she was there, he had no though of anything but her presence.
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154 Her coat was unruffled, and the most minute inspection of the wing revealed
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155 only a few drops of pitch that he carefully removed, but the tree she had
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156 felled left a stump over six feet high, and the piper could not span the
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157 splintered end with his hand.
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158 These images -- the splintered tree, the graceful curve of her neck --
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159 dissolved into the terrible image of her wing striking into the face of the
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160 ambusher. He reched helplessly, bent over a rock, as he remembered the
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161 startled expression on --- the quick look of amazement and disbelief --- the
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162 impact of the wing--- his fierce
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163 joy as the being's head seemed to nearly explode in slow motion -- the agony
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164 that showed in the eyes as they parted -- NO! NO!
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165
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166
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167
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168 He placed his arms about the pegasus' warm neck, buried his face in her mane,
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169 and wept his heart out as she nickered and tried to comfort him.
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170 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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171 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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172
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173 DEAR MIG,
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174
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175 Hello, do you rember when you suggested a 'C' book for me? Well i still havent found it, however
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176 ve a new toy(so to speek). You see one day i was wandering arround PCC. not realy doing aneything and suddenly
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177 a rather tall man ran up to me and said(Allmost yelled more like)" Do you want PASCALL ?", i said sure so hear i
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178
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179 am, plagued(sp) with this coppy of pascal. So, what was this message about?. Oh ya now i rember(i have problems
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180 on sundays i tend to get a bit long winded ans (did your screen just do something? mine did)oh well, to make a
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181 long story even longer. do you know of aney good pascal books?
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182 THANX
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183 ASP?
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184
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185 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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186
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187
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188 PASDOS
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189 BY
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190 LINNTON SYSTEMS
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191
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192
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193 Portland, Oregon 97231
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194 (503) 286-xxxx
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195
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196 ---- $39.95 INCLUDES SHIPPING ----
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197
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198 PASDOS is a utility program written in Pascal and assembly for the Apple II
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199 computer to allow transfers of files between Dos 3.3 and U.C.S.D
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200 Pascal.
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201 Pasdos will run under both the old and new versions of Apple Pascal.
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202
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203 Using this program one is able to
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204
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205 1..View a Pascal directory or a Dos 3.3 catalog.
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206 A single keystroke command determines and displays
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207 the proper directory (Pascal or Dos) from the drive
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208 selected.
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209
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210 2..Transfer text files in both directions with automatic conversion.
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211 Text files from Dos 3.3 are made compatible with the U.C.S.D.
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212 editor and Pascal compiler. Text files generated with the
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213 Pascal editor are made compatible with many word proccessors
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214 that run under Dos 3.3.
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215
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216 3..Transfer other files with optional addition or removal of the
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217 Dos 3.3 length and starting address header.
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218
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219 4..Use the U.C.S.D. Assembler to generate binary files that
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220 can be 'brun' under Dos 3.3.
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221
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222 5..Demonstrations are included to show you how to transfer and
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223 load hires picture files, and how to use the U.C.S.D
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224 assembler to create binary programs that will run under
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225 Dos 3.3.
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226
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227 6..Various data base programs are written under Dos 3.3 or Pascal.
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228 With Pasdos you can transfer hires graphs to your favorite
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229 operating system for printer dumps etc.
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230
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231 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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232
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233 Pasdos requires that you have Pascal and Dos 3.3.
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234 You must have two floppy drives.
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235
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236
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237 I hear rumors that there are some alleged 68000 knowledgable people out there. All though I doubt they really know
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238 what they are talking about, I would like to ask them a few questions regarding the MPU they think they know so
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239 well. Many unsuspecting or innocent junior level hardware hackers consider the 68000 to be a very regulat
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240 processor. Orthagonal (look it up) is the word the quote-unquote experts use. Defenders, not the ones here I
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241 imagine, can make excuses for the many irregularities found equating them with the inline philosophy of the
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242 original architects. But some of these irregularities go beyond simple design philishophy. I wish to propose
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243 entering some of these irregularities here on this board that is so laden with experts, and see what their
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244 reponses are. If I get no reponses, then I will know the rumors of expertise I heard were just rumors, and
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245 once again some group is having
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246 their collective leg pulled by a phony.
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247 1) The CMP instruction performs is subtraction in the opposite order from most other machines; the sequence CMP P,Q;
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248 BLT LAB branches if Q<P. Why did they do this? Why did they make it different from other machines? How did the
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249 architects of the PDP11 solve the same problem.
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250 2) The CHK instruction works only on short (16-bit) indices.
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251 3) CHK, CLR, TST, and arithmetic shift instructions do not work on address registers, complicating their use as
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252 index registers. Why?
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253 4) There is no SWAP instruction that swaps the bytes in a word. Why leave this command out? Is there another
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254 way to do it?
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255 I have many many more little problems that have been discovered about the 68000. I will wait to enter these
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256 after I read the responses from the resident experts on one through four here. Explain to me why each of
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257 these things were done. Tell me how to get around it? Better yet, tell me a better way to do it, if you can
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258 think of one. Prove to me you know what you all are talking about here. Put you mind where your mouth is.
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259 Just sign me Skeptical.
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260
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261 ********************************************************************::
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262 HUH? WHAT'S A 68000? NEVER HEARD OF IT. FOR THAT MATTER, WHAT'S A 'CMP'
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263 OR 'BLT' SOUNDS LIKE SOME WIERD CODE TO ME.
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264 ***********************************************************************
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265 HMmm.... Methinks he doth protest too, too much...... tPG.
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266 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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267 MiG - I believe Mikey was referring to the Twit-hunting capacity of the Nerd
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268 vis-a-vis the recent damage done here lately.
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269 PASDOS - two massive entries already? The first one is still present;
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270 there is no need for the second one already.
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271 _innocent bysitter_
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272 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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273 68000/skeptical:There are no 68K experts on this board, you have indeed been misled. I think that part of the reason for
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274 the instructions you mentioned being different is microcode rom space, they didn't have much to work with.
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275 My fields of expertise concern 8-bit MCU/MPU's and some of the 68020 and ns 320XX. If indeed you need to know w
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276 why those things are so, contact Jim Carlson at the Beaverton Motorola office, he is MORE then helpfull on matters.
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277 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ~ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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278 Prometheus: Explain WHAT? Please remember that when I read your msgs, I may
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279 not remember the msg you are replying to. Or I may not be certain which one
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280 of my msgs you are asking about.
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281 Mikey & other BW rewrite people:
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282 I have a couple of 'minor' changes that I'd like feedback on.
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283 1. Have the MA return to a 'default' setting after log-off. (No more "who keeps
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284 leaving the system in MA 22?!") After all, many of the other parameters return
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285 to default values for each session.
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286 2. If you are in favor of #1, what value should txe default be? 32? 40? 64? 80?
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287 3. I know that SOME of us have GREAT difficulty uploading to BW. Would it help
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288 if BW sent an XOFF after the CR/LF pair (in ENter mode) & sent an XON when it
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289 was ready to for the next line? (for those who don't know, XOFF= ctrl S,
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290 XON= ctrl Q).
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291 4. (Mikey) It was suggested that we go to a "more common" disk format. IBM
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292 360K disks were mentioned. I get a rough figure of 2000 lines /disk! How
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293 about CP/M 8 SSSD? That would be "only" 1200-1300 lines/disk. (I'm assuming
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294 128 char records). Unfortunately, ther isn't a 5.25" standard....
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295 ___________________________________Leonard_____________________________________
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296 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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297 At last, the party had reached the Gazebo. It was a rather large structure, all white and open on all sides. The sun
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298 had sunk near the horizon, and the atmosphere of the place was... well, as if the world were awaking and paying
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299 attention to the show about to come.
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300 An echo of a large destructive blast made itself heard; the attackers had not given up the chase yet. Milchar estimated
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301 they would arrive in a half-hour: plenty of time to see the sunset and then leave. Two problems preyed on his mind:
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302 The sudden appearance of a homicidal maniac, and the strange blue water that had appeared to heal them all. Giving the
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303 problems up for now as unsolvable, Milchar directed the party to sit down, and watch.
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304 The sun was very low now, almost completely gone... Far off, a small spark, a tiny glow appeared. Suddenly, hundreds
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305 of its kin appeared, moving, dancing, swaying to some unheard music. Millions of them were out now, Billions- and still
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306 they came. They began to form thousands and thousands of lines, curves, and other shapes... they stopped... and the
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307 map was finished just as the last ray of the sun was consumed by the thirsty outcropping of rock on the horizon.
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308 Milchar hurriedly motioned, and spoke a few low words, and the Ruby-creatures glowed for just a brief moment longer .
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309
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310 Then it was over, the Ruby-creatures were gone, the show over for tonight. Slowly, Milchar stood up. He was panting
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311 softly with the effort of that spell. Weakly, he said, "Now, what did you all see in the map? Especially you, Former.
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312 Did you see anything that struck a chord somewhere in your being?"
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313 Thinking hard, the group was silent for a few minutes. "I saw a pinnicle of tall rock, perfectly smooth and perfectly
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314 made. I saw a door in it. I saw that I must attempt that door.", Milchar said. "Did anyone else see their destiny?"
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315 ++++++++++++++
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316 "Drat, my most twisted servant, slaughtered by a Pegasi. I should have known that fool would tell the others to
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317 restrain themselves- he wanted to kill them all by himself. Now I have to do it alone- or they will discover what they
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318 should do. Damn Hargo! If you only would have taken them all out, instead of playing with them! At least you got
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319 that meddling mage...", Narfaal cursed to himself. "Sorgin, do not fail as he did. Destroy them, or meet his fate."
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320 +++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10:37 on 10/14/84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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321 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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322 The road lay like a twisted ribbon thrown on the mountain
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323 side. His hands fiercely gripped the wheel as the car speed into
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324 the turn. He accelerated through the turn and gave it more
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325 throttle, and watched the numbers tick upwards on the dash....
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326 80... 90.... 100... Then another turn quickly came up. A quick
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327 tap on the brakes to reduce the speed and begin the transition
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328 through the turn. Slowly drifting to the outside lane as the
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329 tires screem their torment. Inches away from the guardrail, and
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330 the worst is over, slowly begin increasing the throttle, pushing
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331 the car to the limits of its performance. Then the turn was
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332 behind, and he was accelerating to speed again. Almost
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333 immediately another turn loomed ahead, and again the process was
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334 repeated. Yet pushing himself to the limit, requiring total
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335 concentration, and the use of all his senses, still it did not
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336 help. Still he could not run away from life and his past. Try
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337 as he might, still it intruded upon him. The turn... going too
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338 fast... slam on the brakes, got to slow down... the painful
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339 squeal of the tires fills the cold moutain air as the car skidded
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340 into the turn. Try as he might, he could not slow down enough.
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341 Head for the inside, try to get as much room as possible, hope
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342 the car can make it thru the turn. Heading for the inside,
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343 releasing the brakes to gain traction, dirt and leaves fly from
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344 beneath the wheels, and the turn begins. Drifting too fast, not
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345 going to make it. Then another car looms ahead. Over reaction...
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346 too late to recover... and the car plunges over the embankment...
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347 tumbling over and over into the bottomless dark black ravine.....
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348 In a darkened corner of the Inn, a huddled figure screems
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349 out in fear, disturbing the few late night customers at the Inn.
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350 *O* Tarn *O*
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351 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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352 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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353 For a moment he could hardly believe his ears. Snapping his head up
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354 from the chart his eyes strained to make sense of the shapes that swirled
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355 and faded in the mist. Yes, there was that sound again, that most dreaded of
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356 sounds that can assail a captain's ears. Turning his head toward the sound
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357 and cupping his hands around his ears served to confirm his worst thoughts.
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358 Indeed, it was one of the few things that could strike fear in the heart of
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359 a salt-seasoned sea captain, the sound of breaking surf. Just at that moment
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360 the swirling mist shifted and thinned to give a clear view to starboard, he
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361 almost wished it hadn't. The wall of water rising up, broad on the starboard
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362 bow, was taller than the foremast and the top was beginning to bend under
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363 its own weight. 'Southwind' was already beginning to climb the face of the
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364 wave. During the next few seconds every move would count!
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365 `'`'`'`' -alchemist- `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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366
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368
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369
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370
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ALL DIS PURPLE PROSE IS TOO MANY FOR ME. HOWEVER, MY SUGGESTION IS THIS:
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371
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AN ETERNITY OF AGONY TO THE NEXT HACK WHO USES AN ADJECTIVE OF MORE THAN THREE
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372
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SYLLABLES. ALSO, LET US DISPENSE WITH THE GRASPING FOR LATINISMS. . WORDS
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373
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WITH AN ANGLO-SAXON ROOT ARE USUALLY THE BEST. . .CLEARER AND MORE EXPRESSIVE.
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374
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WHY IS IT THAT AMATEUR WRITERS ALWAYS FLAUNT THEIR VOCABULARIES AND END UP
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375
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LOOKING LIKE ASSES
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376
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381
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382
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TODAYS WEATHER:
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383
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384
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COLDTIL TOMMOROW, THEN COLDER, HOW DEPRESSING. SOMEBODY GIVE ME A GUN.
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385
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WHO WANTS TO BE A WEATHER FORCASTER IN A REGION LIKE THIS!
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386
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387
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388
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389 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
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390 The show was over. I was deeply touched by what I had seen. "Milchar, I too saw a rock
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391 that holds our destiny. But the rock i saw had no door apparent. Instead, I observed
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392 a deep pit concealed beneath the path one must take to the rock. I also saw the Rowan tree
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393 that was planted in the grove growing swiftly, to guide our souls." I feared, again, for
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394 the safety of our group.
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395 "Should we not leave this place now, my friend ? I fear that our enemies are approaching
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396 faster than we had anticipated." I shouldered the goatskin bota that I had collected the
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397 healing water in, and prepared to leave when Milchar wished.
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398 In less time than one can tell, a lavender glow appeared in the center of the gazebo. What
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399 new member of our party was appearing, I thought. Perhaps an inhabitant of this valley,
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400 hoping to aid us in our search?
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401
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402 Friar Mossback
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403 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
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404 [][][][][[[][][][]][][][][][][][][[]]HAVE ANY OF THE FICTION WRITTERS EVER THOUGHT OF SENDING YOUR MAT
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405 BLISHERS? SOME OF THIS STUFF IS REALLY GREAT. I COMMEND ALL OF YOU WHO ARE REGULAR FICTION WRITTERS ON THIS SYSTEM
|
||
406 ONCE AGAIN I SAY YOU ARE EXCELLENT. SEND SOME MATERIAL TO A PUBLISHER AND LET THE NON-COMPUTING WORLD GET A TASTE>
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407 OF YOUR GREAT TALENT.
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408 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ THE THINKER $$$$$$$$$$$$$
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409 UP 20
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410 HELP
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411 BACKWATER IS COOL
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412 I'M SORRY IF PASDOS GOT IN TWICE I COULD HAVE SWEARED THAT I SAW
|
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413 THE SYSTEM GET PURGED THE OTHER NIGHT
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414
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415 AUTHOR OF PASDOS
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416 Dear "Author of PASDOS":
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417 There are *TWO* files. when you "logon" you are on drive a. Type DB
|
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418 and you will be on the previous disk.
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||
419 Type DA to return to the current disk...
|
||
420 Mikey: I'm curious. Is there any reason to retain the ON, OFF, & EXIT functions?
|
||
421 Do they serve some purpose in maintaining the system?
|
||
422 __________________________________Leonard_______________________________________
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||
423 515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151515151
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424
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425 gWEETINS TOO ECHE AN EVEWY WUN AH Y'ALL, MAH NAIM ISZE MISPIKT AN AH WANNA TANK *OH* *TAWRN* *OH* FER NOTT USIN NULZ INN
|
||
426 HITH STOWY.
|
||
427 DEY SCWEW MEE ALL UHP AN AH DONT LAHK IT! NOTT WUN BHIT! bUTT AHS ISZE KINDA FINNIKY AAH DON WANNA BEE AH PWOBLEM.
|
||
428 AHZE ITH GONNA MESSUP SPELCHEK WEAL BAD, AIN AH? SOWWY, AH WEALLY AM!
|
||
429 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
|
||
430 *******************************************************************
|
||
431 LEONARD: NO, THE ON/OFF IS LEFT OVER FROM OLDER TIMES WHEN THE SOFTWARE
|
||
432 WORKED IN A REAL LIFE ENVIORNMENT. THE ON LOADED IN A NEW DISK, WHILE THE
|
||
433 OFF CLOSED THE OLD ONE (IT IS DONE AUTOMATICALLY WITH THE CONTROL C NOW,
|
||
434 BUT WITH THE VARIOUS METHODES OF STORRING DATA ON THE OLD SYSTEM, IT
|
||
435 COULDN'T BE DONE THAT WAY.) THE OLD METHODE WAS TO DO A CHECK POINT AFTER
|
||
436 EVERY 5 LINES OF ENTRY (IE SAVE CURRENT POSITION) THEN DO A FINAL UPDATE
|
||
437 IF THE OFF COMMAND WAS GIVEN. THE EXIT REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING, IT USE
|
||
438 TO BE PART OF THE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS ROUTINES, BUT SINCE BWMS DOESN'T
|
||
439 HAVE THAT CAPABLITIY, IT IS NO LONGER IN THERE, SO ALL THAT HAPPENS IS THAT
|
||
440 ANYTHING YOU TYPE GETS ECHOED BACK TO YOU. (THE SPECIAL EXIT IS GOOD FOR GOING
|
||
441 TO THE OUTSIDE CPM COMPUTER WHEN IT WAS RUNNING THOUGH.) OTHER THEN THAT,
|
||
442 IT IS ONLY REALLY USEFUL FOR TESTING. (SEND A CHARACTER AND SEE IF IF COMES
|
||
443 BACK OK.)
|
||
444 I'M LOOKING AT THE PACKER'S GAME ON TV, I DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT'S SNOWING!
|
||
445 IT'S ONLY OCTOBER! GAD!
|
||
446 OH WELL, BACK TO WORK...
|
||
447 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
|
||
448 L'homme: The SEP2783 file has a slight glitch. part of line 561 is missing.
|
||
449 ALL of line 562 is gone & a block of 3 lines from about ln 409 is inserted.
|
||
450 (the same block is at the end of the file). Wha' hoppen?
|
||
451 _____________________________Leonard________________________________________
|
||
452 --=--==--===--====--=====--======--=======--========--=========--==========
|
||
453 Hi All,
|
||
454 How about a little SF tonite....
|
||
455 The player looked around, and gunned his turbines nervously.
|
||
456 He softly slipped out the field effect clutch and moved slowly down the
|
||
457 dirt track. The night was black, good hunting. Hopefully, there would
|
||
458 be others out tonight, for he was drasically falling off of his pervious
|
||
459 lead.
|
||
460 A movement off to the left! The player jumped his car forward, and
|
||
461 trained his beams on it. Damm! he thought, only a Shatik, one of annoying
|
||
462 animal population. When he looked again, the hugh hippocephalic creature
|
||
463 was gone. (THINKER: Damm the critics! Full speed ahead!) As he turned
|
||
464 off his lights, he noticed a light in the blackness. Prey at last! The
|
||
465 player had lost the thrill of stalking an unknowing oppenent, but he
|
||
466 had to fight or run. Running never won The Game.
|
||
467 The player crept his car down the road, looking for any signs
|
||
468 of life. He turned right, following the light. Suddenly, another car
|
||
469 roared out of the darkness, passing in front of him. Getting carless,
|
||
470 thought the player, a good driver wouldf had him. Not spending another
|
||
471 thought on remorse, he took off after the other car.
|
||
472 The player followed the car, turning right, left, skidding around
|
||
473 unbanked curves, nethier gaining on the other. The other car turned down
|
||
474 another lane, much like the others,
|
||
475 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
476 ... and then the person typing in that intriguing story lost his carrier and didn't finish it. Too bad, maybe in
|
||
477 another entry...
|
||
478 ++++++++++++
|
||
479 "A Pit, you say? Nay, I did not see that, perhaps we all got just a small glimpse of our common goal. What's that?",
|
||
480 Milchar asked, referring to the violet glow that was growing stronger by the second. A Voice? "Go... you have your
|
||
481 guides now... you have the knowledge. Redeem thy race from the abhorrence that follows you."
|
||
482 Milchar was taken aback. That couldn't be, not here, a place where even the most minor magics are tremendous efforts to
|
||
483 cast... No One had the power to transmit his voice here, in The Center Of All Things... but someone had, someone that
|
||
484 wanted their persuers stopped. Milchar asked the glow, "Who...?"
|
||
485 "You shall see."
|
||
486 "Why...?"
|
||
487 "Is it the place for heroes to ask why they were chosen?"
|
||
488 "No, but..."
|
||
489 "Would you have gone on this quest anyway, without any side interference?"
|
||
490 "Yes, but..."
|
||
491 The Voice did not say any more, but silenced the group by slowly dissolving, becoming nothing again.
|
||
492 "Let us go, we must find a camp to stay and clear our thoughts. I only wish I had the answers to a fifth of my
|
||
493 questions."
|
||
494 Everyone heartily agreed, quite tired by the battle, the fast riding, and the exhaustingunset.
|
||
495 ++++++++++++++
|
||
496 "They're tired, Master, and should be easy to pick off. Some strange things have been occurring in the valley, though."
|
||
497 "What, for instance?", Narfaal asked sarcastically.
|
||
498 "When I send someone out to shoot game, they come back with a carcass that revives almost as soon as it touches the pot
|
||
499 we cook 'em in."
|
||
500 "What? By themselves?"
|
||
501 "Aye, We just throw them into the water the boys collected..."
|
||
502 +++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 11:35 on 10/15/84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
503 CARWARS author - as it stands, it bears a striking similarity with
|
||
504 The Last of the Wild Ones, by Roger Zelazny. Or possibly its prequel, Devil Car.
|
||
505 If true, I find it interesting how that author keeps showing up here. If coincidence, well. . .
|
||
506 _innocent bysitter_
|
||
507 ATTENTION FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS! DO YOU FIND NIRVANA IN ONE
|
||
508
|
||
509 SYLLABLE WORDS? IS YOUR I.Q. NUMBER BELOW ROOM TEMPERATURE?
|
||
510
|
||
511 YOU MAY QUALIFY INSTANTLY FOR THE "88888888" CLUB. WHY SHOW
|
||
512
|
||
513 YOUR IGNORANCE ALONE. . .JOIN NOW
|
||
514
|
||
515 88888888 RAJ_OHM 8888888 8888888
|
||
516 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
517 High on a finger of rock, shilouetted against the evening sky, a horselike
|
||
518 figure, wings raised against the evening skyglow stood braced. The muscles in
|
||
519 her curved neck stood out like cables under the soft white-covered skin, her
|
||
520 teeth firmly clamped in the woolen tunic of an unconcious figure that appeared
|
||
521 to have nearly fallen from their precarious perch. With a single lunge, the
|
||
522 pegasus pulled the unconcious body of the piper from certain death as his
|
||
523 body began to topple off the precipice on which they stood. Tugging him gently
|
||
524 to a small level area nearly free of rocks, she nudged him gently to straighten
|
||
525 his sprawled limbs, then carefully folding her legs under her, covered him with
|
||
526 one of her huge white wings.
|
||
527 The piper's conciousness was nearly a mile southeast of his body at that
|
||
528 instant. His crisis of concience had eased, but left him vulnerable as the
|
||
529 creatures of the Ruby Valley began their magnificent show. His attention was
|
||
530 caught, and he had not even noticed as his body was left behind as he moved to
|
||
531 the center -- drawn like a floating chip into the center of a whirlpool. The
|
||
532 glowing red patterns teased his mind along, looping swirls that nearly had
|
||
533 complete meaning, leaving partial questions nearly unasked, answering profound
|
||
534 questions with those of more profindity. He had just noticed that the patterns
|
||
535 were not limited to the ground -- fainter and more subtile traceries filled
|
||
536 the air above the valley, seeming to center on a point slightly above a small
|
||
537 gazebo in the center of the valley. Mesmerized by the increasing subtleties
|
||
538 of the ruby pattern, the essence of the piper passed over the rest of the
|
||
539 party, unnoticed, shrinking into the infinite reaches of the pattern --
|
||
540 following it down, down, down the scale of size -- sensing far beyond a glow,
|
||
541 a power, perhaps answers for his stained and blackened soul.
|
||
542 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
543 increased his throttle? Hah! what amateurs! Car Warz ripoffs. We have seen
|
||
544 them before, and we will no doubt see them again. Poor Roger. If he only
|
||
545 knew what he had started.
|
||
546 && && &&
|
||
547 Images... Bodiless, floating, somehow sensing the flow of incomprehensible energies all around... Against the roar
|
||
548
|
||
549 of power, a familiar touch... L'Homme? But he was on the "horse"... did he fall in transit? ...Gone now... helpless
|
||
550 in the current, the Poet moved to an unimaginable destiny... and exploded into icy cold air. Suddenly returned to
|
||
551 his body, he rejoiced, stretched, thrilling to the feeling of his muscles moving under the skin. Life! How sweet!
|
||
552 He turned his senses to the world outside and recieved a rude shock: he was falling! Apparently from quite a height,
|
||
553 too, as he'd been falling all through his reverie and the ground was still out of sight in the darkness below. Only
|
||
554 one chance: his emergency transport/shift device. Killing his momentum would take most, if not all of it's energy
|
||
555 reserves, but he had to not only get to the ground but dissipate the energy or he'd be splattered regardless...
|
||
556 As he began the adjustments, he passed through the last layer of cloud and saw the ground below. Suddenly his mind
|
||
557 was no longer on the fall, for he was seeing the most amazing pattern, formed by countless dancing crimson lights.
|
||
558 A mountain... a gate... an enormous army, destroying all in its path... a huge, golden bird...
|
||
559 The pattern shifted and dissolved, and the Poet realized he'd let himself go for too long; the ground was only a
|
||
560 hundred meters below! Frantically, his fingers found his device, twisted it to maximum dissipation, activated...
|
||
561 ...and he thumped bruisingly to the ground, amid the smell of burning insulation. His device had performed it's
|
||
562 final service, faithfully but self-destructively. So he was alive, for now; but with no way out of here--whereever
|
||
563 "here" was!
|
||
564 && The Mad Actor &&
|
||
565 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
|
||
566
|
||
567 DEAR MIG,
|
||
568
|
||
569 Well, how did
|
||
570
|
||
571
|
||
572 LIKE IT TODAY? I PERSONALY ENJOYED MY SELF.
|
||
573 But enof of that(Please excuse the shift in shift, I am using my ATARI
|
||
574 as you know and the 'BREAK' key is findeshly close to the CR.)
|
||
575 Well, whear was I? Oh well, the pascal we discussed was writen BY Norman
|
||
576 Draper, and was produced by Draper Softwear. If you know aneything about
|
||
577 ia good book for it I would realy like to know. Meanwhaile(sp) I am
|
||
578 looking for that 'C' book but now one seems to have it ( not even B
|
||
579 Daltons) so , I gusses i'll be seeing you later. when are you attending
|
||
580 our little retreat again? It is nice having you their. I had better be
|
||
581 saying ta ta now.(I tend to get mushey when I am tired and i dont think
|
||
582 that aneyone wants that) So, TA TA
|
||
583
|
||
584 ASP
|
||
585
|
||
586 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
|
||
587 ####$$$$####$$$$ TO THE ABOVE: I HAVE DRAPER PASCAL, THE ONLY BOOK THAT'LL HELP YOU IS THE ONE THAT COMES WITH
|
||
588 IT. IT'S *VERY* NON-STANDARD. MAY I SUGGEST A GOOD BOOK ON SPELLING INSTEAD? $$$$####$$$$#### <$ WIZEGUY #>
|
||
589
|
||
590 (PAM, Oh PAM, where have you gone? We miss you terribly!)
|
||
591
|
||
592 TO THE PERSON WHO FILLED DA W/ LINE FEEDS ONLY - A FOOL WHO CANNOT UNDERSTAND
|
||
593 SOMETHING THEN TRIES TO DESTROY IT. AN INTELLIGENT PERSON TRIES TO FIND OUT
|
||
594 MORE ABOUT THE ITEM.
|
||
595 YOU ARE INDEED THE FOOL.
|
||
596
|
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|
||
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