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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 17 FEB 86 **********************
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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 Need Apple II Plus computers for use in Oregon videotext exhibit at
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21 Expo '86.
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22 Your Apple II Plus could be the one to teach thousands of people from
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23 around the world interesting facts about Oregon.
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24 If interested, immediately contact InfoVision, Jim Long, at 647-xxxx.
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25 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\43
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26 It was early. Kerilli sat down at her desk, which was literally buried under paperwork. As official secretary for
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27 the Circle, she was stuck with coordinating the orders, decrees, and ego indulgences of the twelve, now eleven,
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28 members of the council. One black-bordered note, attached to the wall above her desk, caught her eye again. It was the
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29 death notice of Tariya dal-Silmarilyn, now fourteen days old. She looked at it for a long moment and shook her
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30 head.
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31 Such a waste. She had known Tariya for several years. They had both been last daughters, useless in the Kadan
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32 hierarchy. Understanding of this special problem had forged a special bond between them, almost like kinship. To die
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33 so young, ground up in this infernal war machine that their rulers had set in motion, seemed something beyond tragic.
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34 Many, many young people were growing dissatisfied, demanding (such as they could) that the war be stopped. Internal
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35 pressures were growing as well. If Shai-Khan didn't fall soon, the entire planet might be torn apart by a civil war.
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36 And there was a further danger:
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37 The Destroyer.
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38 (Marax Jennis xennon-Sevis, ruler of the province of Xenis, awoke in her temporary quarters at Council Hall. Not
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39 bothering with a light, she put on a robe and began to make her way across the room. She really should have turned on
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40 a light. Then she might have seen the five-foot hole in the center of her chambers. Instead, she found it the hard
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41 way. Similar holes had been bored in the rooms directly below, al the way to the lowest sub-basement. She fell
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42 seventy-four feet to her death, screaming all the way.)
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43 Kerilli paged through the reports. James Forster Mandell had last been reported in the city of Xetos, some two
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44 hundred miles away. That had been three days ago. No intelligence reports have since come from the city of Xetos.
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45 He was coming.
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46 Tariya's death had been recorded by spy satellites within minutes but the identity of her companion had only been
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47 discovered a week ago. Obviously she had been working with her mother to bring him to Kadan. They had been on their
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48 way to Shaikhur, where he might or might not have done Marannon's bidding. But the fighter attack which had killed
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49 Tariya had done her work for her.
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50 Had they been lovers? Kerilli thought it was entirely possible. And from what they knew of the Destroyer, nothing
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51 would keep him from his revenge. The Circle was in danger.
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52 (The security honor guard found the eviscerated body of Josis Steriz kallak-Berintal, ruler of the province of
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53 Harad-Jchal, in his quarters. They stared a long moment at the corpse, which had been mutilated with the precision of
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54 a surgeon and the savagery of a wild animal. Blood dripped from the ceiling. Four of the guards ran to spread the
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55 alarm. The rest were too busy being violently ill.)
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56 He had to be stopped. He was ill, that much was known. The death that had always dogged his heels would soon come
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57 for him. But would it come soon enough? The council consisted of the most learned and powerful mages on Kadan. Surely
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58 they could stop him. If not with power, then maybe with words. He had to be made to understand that the council was
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59 Kadan's only hope of survival as a civilized planet. Despite what she obviouslu thought, Marannon couldn't rule the
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60 planet alone. Anarchy would soon follow despite her best efforts. Had she not let her ego get the best of her, she
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61 would see that.
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62 Kerilli's thoughts were interrupted by the intercom. She felt her heart go cold as she listened to the account of
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63 the deaths of Marax and Josis. She was to report to the main hall immediately.
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64 Before leaving she opened a bottom drawer and removed a small but powerful sidearm she kept there. Grimly she
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65 strapped on the concealed leg-holster. Where power failed surprise might work. The moment they had all dreaded for so
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66 long had arrived.
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67 He was here.
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68 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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69 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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70 Only six more to go (groan)
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71 When he finally finishes this mess I suggest we all throw a party to celebrate,
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72 everybody else feel about this?
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73 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfreddyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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74 Yes a small celebration. T. Dodge.
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75
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76 help
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77 exit
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78 ______________________________JD 2446479.3485______________________________
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79 ______________________________JD unknown___________________________________
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80 YES, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A PARTY. THER IS
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81 GREAT CUASE TO CELEBRATE WHEN THIS STORY
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82 FINALLY HITS ITS END. WE COULD THROW A
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83 WAKE, BUT A WAKE IS USUALLY FOR THE DEAT
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84 H OF A FRIEND, SO I GUESS WE CAN'T THROW
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85 A WAKE. HOW ABOUT A PIZZA PARTY LIKE THE
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86 Y HAD ON NONAME? WE CAN CALL IT THE END
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87 OF THE DESTROYER PARTY. SOUND GOOD?
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88 FREDDY? T. DODGE? OTHERS? THINK THE BIG
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89 DESTROYER MIGHT COME HIMSELF? HE IS THE
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90 GUESS OF HONOR ANYWAY.
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91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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92 FRED IS NOT DEAD TOO
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93 [=*=]
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94
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95
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96 Yes, a party to celebrate the longest-running coherent stories I've seen on
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97 this illustrious board. (ch /stories/story/). Also one of the best written.
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98 I'll miss it when it's done, as I will be left with just the one-shot entries
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99 and the pointless twitterings of the mindless children. (there are exceptions
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100 of course, as when piper deigns to bless us with more than his marker).
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101 So raze onward, Destroyer, you have MY applause.
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102 +Dante-
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103
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104 I'll tell you, Destroyer. I have only one critique with your stories.
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105 I easily get confused with names like Josis Steriz, Kallak-Berintal,
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106 Harad-Jchal, Kadan, Marannon, Kerelli, Marax, etc...
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107 How am I supposed to keep them all straight?!
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108
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109 ==========HAVING AN I.Q. HIGHER THAN THAT OF AN EGGPLANT MIGHT HELP============
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110 ***************************************************************************
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111 *NOTE ABOVE: cutsie one liner. *
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112 ***************************************************************************
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113 Piper: I love you, and wish you much content in your next life. Peg and
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114 you will be together again. I pray that no-one interfere's with your journey.
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115 To others: This is not a hatefull message, why should he suffer more?
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116 ***********pleadingforafriend***********kathyD**********************************
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117 p.s. Frankenstupe: Ok, you can get up off your knees now, you look quite
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118 silly down there. I'm going to have to drift over to B.P. sometime just
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119 for a "looksie" (keep on trucking)
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120 ***************************************kD***********************************
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121 10-4 GOOD BUDDY
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122
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123 Bill Celestial is accepting new users again for a short time. 1200 baud ill call
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124 you and leave you e-mail. the number is 233-xxxx, and keep trying its busy alot.
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125 Ken
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126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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127 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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129 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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130 help ! im caught in the ozone!
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131
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132 ################################################################################
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133 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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134 _______________________________________________________________________________
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135 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
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136 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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137 on top at last??????
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138 HI!THIS IS JUNIOR.I AM NEW AT THIS BOARD AND I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
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139 IF YOU COULD TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT IT,SOMEONE,I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
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140 ADDRESS A MESSAGE TO JUNIOR AND AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
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141 THANKS ALOT!!!!!
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142 END
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143
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144
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145
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146 junior: jus' keep readin' and dig on wha' th' whi' dude done shukin' n' jivin'
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147 belli' flakin' sho nuff boss chow an' like, i mean can you dig it bro? some
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148 sassy dude shit be here, man, an' when ya gits in wi' the scene, like it be
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149 farm out, can ya dig it baby? later, bro. the black ego.
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150 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/
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151 can ya just imagine....a rainbow colored mohawk, really.....
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152 feb. 17, 1986..............11:45............morrissey
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153 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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154 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]][[[[[[[[[[[[[
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155 CRAZY EDDIE ]]]]]]]]]]]]][[[[[[[[[[[[[
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156 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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157 Question, what do I need to set
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158 differently on this board that I have
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159 not been doing so far? I seem to work
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160 at 1200 baud with everyone else in
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161 town but here??? Equipment is C64
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162 with 1670 modem (Hayes compatible).
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163 It obviously works with other C-64
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164 systems, but I also have no problems
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165 with Bit Bucket, GEnie, and Dow Jones
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166 News. With the large amount of text
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167 here I would like to log on at 1200
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168 and capture it for later reading.
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169 Any info on setting parms for
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170 Backwater @ 1200 would be appreciated.
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171 Message for Crazy Eddie can be left
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172 on T-Comm 636-xxxx or home 682-xxxx.
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173 Thanks.........
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174 C.E. 2/18/86
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175 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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176 C.E.: Backwater is 300 baud only. Enjoy
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177 a slightly slower pace for a change.
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178 The guy from the Inferno.
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179
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180 5252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525
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181 WELL, I'LL BE SAD WHEN THE DESTROYERS STORY
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182 ENDS, I HAVE GOTTEN TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW ENTRIES. ALSO, I'M LOOKING
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183 FORWARD TO THE NEXT ENTRY ABOUT PIPER. I HOPE TO SEE MORE PUNS TOO, THE GIZZARD
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184 WAS SPECTACULAR. ANYWAY, HERE WITH A COMMENT -----
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185 HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH? WELL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KEEP TRACK OF SUCH
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186 THINGS, THE CURRENT VALUE OF A LIFE, ACCORDING TO THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMPANY
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187 , IS UPWARDS OF 150 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT IS THE COST OF ENDING THE SALE OF
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188 TYLENOL IN CAPSULE FORM, ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE
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189 TODAY. THEY JUST HAPPENED TO MENTION THE COST OF CONVERSION, AFTER ANNOUNCING
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190 THEY WOULD END THE SALE OF ALL CAPSULE MEDICATION. THEY THEN FURTHER STATED
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191 THIS COST, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE BOURNE TOTALLY BY THEM, WAS MUCH LESS THAN THE
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192 COST OF THE PAIN AND SUFFERING BY THE VICTIMS FAMILY. HOWEVER, BEFORE YOU THINK
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193 THAT THEY ARE WONDERFUL MARTYRS, REMEMBER THAT OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION, IN
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194 CAPSULE FORM, IS TAKING A TERRIBLE SALES DIVE DUE TO THE POISONING IN NEW YORK.
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195 ALSO, I CAN GUARENTEE THAT THE COMPANY WILL CONVENIENTLY FORGET THIS FIGURE THE
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196 NEXT TIME THEY ARE SUED.
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197 THE PROPER AND POLITE THING FOR J & J TO DO WOULD HAVE BEEN TO STATE THAT
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198 THEY WERE DISCONTINUING OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION IN CAPSULE FORM, AND LEAVE
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199 THE COST OF CONVERSION TO SPECULATION. ALAS, IN SOCIETY TODAY, TOO MANY PEOPLE
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200 AND COMPANIES ARE PLAYING THE MARYTER, AND ADVERTIZING THE FACT HEAVILY. LETS
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201 ALL GET OUT OUR VIOLINS NOW, AND PLAY FOR J & J.
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202 52525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525200000000001TED52525252525252525
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203 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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204 #$#$#$#$#%$%$%$%$%$%%^%^%^%^%^%&^&^&^&^&^&&*&*&*&*&*&**(*(*(*(*(*)()()()()(
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205
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DESTROYER: I AM ENJOYING YOUR STORY ALSO. PLEASE CONTINUE AND END IT IN
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206
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STYLE.
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207
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#$#$#$#$#$#$$%$%$%$%$%$%^%^%^%^%^%^^&^&^&^& TANK &*&*&*&*&**(*(*(*(()()()()
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208 :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
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209 You guys have got to be kidding. I have followed the destroyers
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210 story from the beginning and I feel it is not very praiseworthy
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211 at all. The characters are very weak. James is almost
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212 interesting, Tariya is just cardboard. Any other characters are
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213 just thrown in to keep the thing going. The plot is very
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214 uneven, sometimes moving too slow to keep interest, sometimes
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215 moving too fast for comprehension. Not to mention the plot
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216 jumps around haphazardly, with no rhyme or reason that anyone
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217 can discern. And when the heat is on for the destroyer to end
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218 his story before everyone falls asleep, he disapears for a
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219 couple of weeks and then returns with some major plot surprises
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220 apparently just to keep interest. A couple of these major plot
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221 revelations would have been much more appropriate earlier in
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222 the story. Granted, he has been much better since apparently
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223 revising he story, but the whole thing could have been told in
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224 about one-third of the space it has used. I won't begrudge him
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225 the chance to end his story, apparently some find it
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226 entertaining. But I sincerely hope that when it's over he will
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227 reconsider before dropping another tale like this one on us.
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228 Technically he is a good writer, but no way does he have the
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229 experiance or the talent to manage an undertaking of this size.
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230 Hate to tell you this, guy, but you're not the hot s**t
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231 everyone makes you out to be.
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232 But then, that's just my opinion.
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233 :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(freddy:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
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234 ^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^
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235 NEO HAMA
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236 ^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^
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237 (SORRY BOUT THE UPPER CASE)
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238
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239 WHAT WOULD STORIES BE LIKE WITH UNHAPPY ENDINGS? WHAT IF THE VILLIANS ALWAYS
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240 WON?
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241 HE MAN IS CAPTURED. G.I. JOE IS BLOWN UP. WHEELE OF FORTUNE GETS CANCELED.
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242 SCOOBY DOO IS JAILED. BEATRICE T
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243
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244 AKES OVER THE WORLD. TERRORISTS CAPTURE THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PENTAGON IS NUKED.
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245 GOVERNMENT IS THROWN OUT OF OFFICE. THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT RUINS CALIFORNIA.
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246 AIRWOLF BLOWS A FUSE AND LOOSES ITS CIRCUITES. JAMES BOND IS RUN OFF THE ROAD IN
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247 TO A TAR PIT. CAPTIAN CRUNCH IS WASHED UP.
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248 DONT SOUND THAT BAD TO ME!
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249 ^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^
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250 NEOHAMA
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251 ^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^
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252 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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253 You're kidding!
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254 Even Gilligan, Skipper and the rest of the castaways got off the island.
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255 Happy endings can be just as interesting.
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256 Neohama: has your border changed? Looks different on this end.
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257 Of course, I'm using a different terminal program now. Anyway, ho hum.
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258 At least the icky icey snowy slushy weather is gone. Well, I'm off to
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259 put the finishing touches on the most ridiculous programming assignment
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260 this side of the Columbia.
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261 2-18-86 12:03 pm
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262 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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263
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264 kD: Thanks, things were getting a little sore, and being absent-minded,
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265 of course I had forgotten my knee pads. You're always welcome at the
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266 Parrot, although I suspect you may already be there. If not, be patient,
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267 there's not much to see the first time around.... but it gets better.
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268 (I think)
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269 Dr. Frankenstupe
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270 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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271 It does get better. Blue Parrot is an excellent writer's board and the
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272 system operator does a great deal of work to keep things running smoothly.
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273 It is a fine addition to the bulliten boards of Portland and it complements
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274 Backwater in a delightful way. People who wish to write stories as opposed
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275 to messages have two great places to go: Backwater AND Blue Parrot. Dr. F,
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276 and Mikey, you both have good reason to be proud of your accomplishments.
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277 Signed,
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278 An old timer on both boards, bulletin rather than bulliten.
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279 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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280 COUSINE RATHER THAN CUISIN
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281 DESERT RATHER THAN DESSERT
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282 POISON RATHER THAN POISSON
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283 /EX
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284 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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285 NEOHAMA (again)
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286 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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287 I was using micromodem and an Apple 2E which drove me crazy. Thank god
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288 I'm back here with this commy and
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289 the Punter which I'm used to... My border changed because I couldn't find
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290 then back arrow on the Apple.
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291 (Make that "the back arrow")
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292 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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293 #$#$#$%$%$%$%^&^&^&^&*&*&*&*&**(*(*(*()()()()__)_))_)_)_()(()*(*&*(&*&*&^
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294 COULD SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME THE NUMBER TO THE BLUE PARROT. I WOULD LIKE
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295 TO LOOK IN ON THE STORIES THAT ARE THERE. TANKS..
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296 @#@#@##$#$#$#$$%$%$%$^%^%^%^%^&^&^&^& TANK $%^%%^%^%&^&^&^&^&&*&*&*&*((**
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297 !##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!
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298 THE BLUE PARROT -- A spot that has been made available for a writer
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299 of any degree to practice their knack with words, get a bit of feed-
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300 back (which is essential), and hopefully get things polished up.
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301 At present The Blue Parrot is restricted to a pleasant 300 baud with
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302 the possibility of future upgrading(!). Go ahead, give it a try...
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303 The Blue Parrot -- 253-xxxx
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304 Nom De Sant
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305 !##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!
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306
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307 Hot water, I wonder? !NDS!
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308
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309 Neohama: You might be interested to know that the "back arrow" character on
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310 your C-64 is an ASCII "underline" character. Since Commodore is the only
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311 (oops) Since Commodore & Atari are the only companies not using ASCII, your
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312 borders aren't seen the way you expect them to be! (The new Atari 520ST
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313 uses ASCII, the only other non-ASCII system I can think of that might still
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314 be in use are the TRS-80 Model I's that may still be limping along...)
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315 This is *not* an attack on you or your machine. I just thought you might like
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316 to know...
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317 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446480.5642______________________________
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319 AY MEN! IF YOU HEARD SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE TRIED TO GET MY COMMODORE TO
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320 TALK ASCII, YOU WOULD SHIVER. ACTUALLY, IT IS MISLEADING TO SAY IT IS A NON-ASCII MACHINE, SINCE ALL COMPUTERS
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321 THAT I KNOW TALK BINARY! RATHER, IT WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT COMMODORE WAS TOO LAZY TO WRITE THE
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322 NECESSARY CONVERSION ROUTINES INTO THEIR RS232 DRIVERS. THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO WRITE THOSE SAME DRIVERS WITH A
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323 GIGANTIC BUG, NAMELY THEY WILL NOT HANDSHAKE LIKE THE MANUAL CLAIMS THEY WILL. AS FROSTING ON THE CAKE, THE
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324 ROUTINES ARE ALL IN UNALTERABLE ROM, WITHOUT THE KINDNESS OF SOME RAM JUMPS TO ALLOW A PROGRAMMER TO WRITE IN
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325 THE PROPER ROUTINES. NO, THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE COULD SAY BAD ABOUT THE RS232 ROUTINES, THAT WOULD BE AS BAD AS
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326 THEY ACTUALLY ARE. SHAME SHAME SHAME COMMODORE!
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327 52525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252000000001TED52525252525252525
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328 ----------------------
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329 Backspace on a APPLE is either ^H or your delete key depending on your terminal
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330 program. Or maybe is it that you have difficulty reading like Leonard who
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331 thought you were talking about a C-64. Please excuse the phrase but DUH! and
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332 PULL YOUR HEAD OUT!
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333 ----------------------
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334 VIP EMAIL READY
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335 RESS CTRL R TO OPEN WORKSPACE
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336 YPE MESSAGE
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337 HEN PRESS CTRL T TO SAVE IT.
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338 Freddy - your comments anent DESTROYER and his work might have validity if this
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339 were a publishing house, or even a college writing course, but since this is
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340 just a Least-Common-Denominator bulletin board, they are irrelevant. Compared
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341 to *most* of the other writing here, his work is first-rate. Would you rather
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342 read the four lines preceeding this entry, or code, or ten consecutive lines
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343 of borders? Would you rather read an entry ALL IN UPPER CASE, RAMPNANT WITH
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344 MISPELINGS AND SCREWY GRAMMER AND FONY JIVE? If so, I'm wasting my time.
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345 Perhaps you would care to offer some work of your own for judgement? To show
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346 us how it *should* be done? I thought not.
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347 +Dante-
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348
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349 HOORAY FOR DANTE!!!
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350 DOTTIDOTTIDOTTIDOTTIDOTTIDOTTIDOTTIDO//
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351 EAXIT
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352
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353
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354 REPLACE
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355
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356 TOP
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357 EXIT
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358 LIST
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359 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\MY atari can speak ascii...\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\fluently\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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360 ++++++Milchar+++++++++++++++18 Feb 86 @ 10:58pm++++++++++++++++++++++[mark]+
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361 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.LurkusEmus
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362 ????????????????morrissey????????????????????????2/18/86/...12:30 am???????
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363 COMMODORE IS NOT A NON ASCII MACHINE. COMMODORE IS A NON MACHINE. FREDDIE-
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364 IF YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE BETTER THAN DESTROYER THEN WHY DON'T YOU TRY.
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365 IF YOU CAN'T THEN WHY DON'T YOU CONSIDER THAT YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CRITICIZE
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366 OTHERS?
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367 HI MORRISSEY
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368 02/19/86.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.007
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369
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370 Above all cares, she was flying free in the wind. The tree-tops
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371 were far below, the green fusing into a lush carpet, interrupted here
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372 and there by fields yellow in fallow or a freshly tilled brown. The air
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373 was fresh and the breeze was warm. She felt herself an eagle,
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374 majestically riding the currents, master of all below, fearless of all
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375 above. She could feel power flowing from wingtip to wingtip, filling
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376 her being and electrifying each feather. The warmth of the air and the
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377 feeling of power was intoxicating. Such a smooth, sure feeling! It was
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378 as if she could shape the world around her with a simple thought. Even
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379 as she pondered this idea, the world changed. "Over there, a rainbow!"
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380 and a band of colors spread across the east. "Clouds, move north!" and
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381 the billows of steam and moisture took up their new positions over the
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382 forests. "Let the clouds rain!" and they did. At her direction, the
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383 thunder roared, crashing at the twitch of a feather. Lightning
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384 flickered and flashed, and the winds began to rage with the storm. She
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385 was buffeted in the wind, her wind, now left, now right, becoming
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386 over-powering in their ferocity. She was soon unable to control the
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387 elements any longer. The power she had held inside now surged outward,
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388 the release becoming explosive, the sound deafening. Her feathered body
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389 went into a stall, began falling; a long, slow, agonizing fall. Time
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390 seemed to stretch forever, and she saw the trees coming nearer...
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391 nearer! She couldn't pull out! She was going to crash into the trees!
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392 "Help! Help me, please! Somebody..."
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393
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394 Miranda awoke with a start. The awful dream was over. A
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395 dream... a bad dream. What was it? "I dreamed I was... I was..." As
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396 productions of the subconsious, dreams can disappear quickly once the
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397 dreamer wakes. The hag had gone to wake Miranda for breakfast and saw
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398 the girl trembling and tossing. Knowing dreams to be of upmost
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399 importance, the hag watch Miranda dream, not interrupting. As soon as
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400 it was over, the hag demanded to know what she had dreamed. The
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401 questions came so quickly they confused Miranda, and the remaining
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402 memories were gone, leaving only the feeling of anxiety.
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403 "I was.. a bird!" Miranda remembered triumphantly over her
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404 muffin breakfast. After relaxing and washing her face, a simple muffin
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405 was given her, and the gypsies moved on. She sat on the back of the
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406 wagon again, this time of her own choice. Pondering the muffin, the
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407 dream slowly came back to her, and she explained it to the hag.
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408 "Have you had this dream before?"
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409 "No."
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410 "Do you think you know what it means?"
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411 "Could it be important?"
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412 "Don't you know anything about dreams girl?" the hag hissed.
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413 Miranda shook her head. "Dreams," continued the hag, "are our channel
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414 to the spirits! Through the spirits we can learn of things happening
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415 elsewhere, things to happen, and mostly of other people. They can tell
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416 us what we must do with our craft."
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417 Surely we don't need others to tell us what to do! thought
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418 Miranda. She thought of Ariel and the other spirits that her father had
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419 kept captive. They never told Prospero what to do. But wait... they
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420 had been the eyes and ears of the island. And without Ariel's
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421 assistance, they would still be on the island.
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422 "I see you begin to understand."
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423 "But how can we talk to the spirits in our dreams? How do you
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424 make something happen? Dreams just come of their own..."
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425 "Dreams can be tamed! You must learn how. Practice. In your
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426 next dreams, try to look at something in particular. Start small. Try
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427 to look at your hands. Force yourself to look at your hands in your
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428 dream." The hag now remained quiet, until long after lunch.
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429
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430 "What's your name?"
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431 The sudden break of silence startled Miranda. The question was
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432 repeated. "Miranda" she said quietly. Unconsciously she reached up and
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433 started fondling her necklace. Her family ring hung outside of her
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434 tunic now, and the hag recognized the insignia: a pheonix over a coronet.
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435 "Prospero!"
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436 Miranda looked up.
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437 "You are the daughter of Milan?" Miranda nodded, knowing the
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438 significance of the title. "Why are you here? What do you seek?"
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439 Miranda told the hag of the her father's library, and of the
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440 three books of transformation.
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441 "I know of the books. They are very rare. Much have I longed
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442 to hold them, to know their contents. How did Prospero get the books?"
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443 When Miranda told the hag of the inscription from Ii Orpyak, the
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444 hag breathed in sharply. "The old devil! But aren't there four books?"
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445 Immediately the hag realized Miranda's quest.
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446 "To find the fourth book will be treacherous. You need to learn
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447 to protect yourself and to know when to be silent. As I said before, I
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448 shall teach you. I am too old to undertake such a quest, but you are
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449 young. You might just have the strength.
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450 "Lesson number one," the hag continued, "never tell a stranger
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451 your purposes. Lesson number two: I am Anysca, sorceress, niece to the
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452 great Ii Orpyak."
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453
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454 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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455
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456 - To Prometheus: Enquested
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457 - What do you say you and I get going with our tasks here?
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458 - You know what I mean. The purpose is to finish off all our
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459 - unfinished stories. Sounds ambitious, huh? Might make for
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460 - a few days of intense pencil scratchings and key pokings if
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461 - you ask me. What do you know, the two of us might even take
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462 - up an entire disk to ourselves...
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463 - By the way, I think you'll have to go through L'homme for
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464 - the material you're interested in, the other is too busy at
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465 - the moment; don't want to disrupt the way of things yet.
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466 - a glancer Michael Gray
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467
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468 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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469 *************************************
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470 To: unsigned critic of my comments...
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471 *You* need to pay more attention. I was talking about Neohama's *normal*
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472 border, which he enters from a Commodore. I also very clearly said
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473 "back-arrow", not "backspace. As you apparently do not know, there are
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474 a number of machines that have arrow characters in their character sets.
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||
475 The "back-arrow" is a arrow pointing to the left. On a Commodore it is
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476 CHR$(95), on a TRS-80 Model I it is CHR$(93), on Tandy 100 & 200 it is
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477 CHR$(155), on the IBM PC it is....
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478 I might also add that in the *original* definition of the ASCII set 94
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479 was an up-arrow (not a caret) & 95 was a back-arrow (as opposed to the
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480 current underline)
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481 Ok? I'd be a lot more polite if you had bothered to
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482 *SIGN* your entry. I see no need to waste politeness on anonymous
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483 snipers.
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484 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446481.5975_____________________________
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485 Milchar's sudden appearance only startled Bard for a minute. As soon
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486 as he saw him begin a healing spell he started to relax. Piper might just
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487 make it.
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488 About then the flames on Milchar's robe registered. Bard grabbed the
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489 extinguisher....
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490 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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491 `,`,`,`,
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492 Just wondering, where did Pam run off to? Will we ever see her stories again?
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493 `,`,`,`, Mark.
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494 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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495 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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496 hi 007, hi destroyer, "hi" mark....sayronara.....morrissey
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||
497 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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498 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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499 To Prometheus- See, I did call. Karl
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500 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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501 -+- -+- Mark, good question. I wish I could tell you. -JUGGLER- -+-
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502 ppppppppppppppppphooey! phighting the phlu!! ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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503 fope fu fet fetter foon fiper.
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504 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpIpSiPsIpSi
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505 Bard was taking care of the flames along the fringes of Milchar's robe,
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506 when he another area on the floor about three feet behind Milchar begin to
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507 glow in a color similar to the flames. Without thinking, Bard turned the
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508 attention of the extinguisher on the spot. When the propellent hit the
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509 glowing area, it exploded in a shower of light. The retardent material
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510 seemed to mix with the glow, instead of extinguish it, and the resultant
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511 reaction made Bard cover his eyes with his left hand while his right hand
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512 kept the nozzle pointed firmly at the now growing area on the floor. Through
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513 all this commotion, Milchar's attention was not disturbed. He was in deep
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514 concentration with his healing spells.
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515 Suddenly a voice emerged from within the ball of light. At first Bard
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516 didn't recognize it, but as his memory locked on to the distinctive
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517 pronunciation of a man he knew well, he shut off the extinguisher, moved
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518 back a step, crossed his arms, and smiled.
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519 "Shut it off I say! I'm not on fire, nor is your ship on fire!"
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520 Finally the person behind the voice emerged, and Cragmore stepped from
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521 the cloud of light, which went away as quickly as it came, leaving only a
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522 small wet stain on the floor.
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523 "Haven't you ever seen a psi-gate before? You've covered me with fire
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524 retardent. What a mess!"
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525 Bard could only chuckle. "Sorry Cragmore. I was taking care of a small
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526 robe fire here on Milchar..."
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527 "Milchar? Oh, the man healing...healing, Piper! I thought I felt him as
|
||
528 I entered the ship. I felt something else, associated with Piper. He's in
|
||
529 trouble. And Milchar is trying to help him, right?"
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530 "Correct, as usual. You big heads always seem to know what's going on."
|
||
531 "Yes, and I know something else. At least I have a feeling. You see, I
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||
532 followed Milchar here through the psi, he leaves a strong trail you know, but
|
||
533 I feel strong emenations from Piper, now that I am here. Bard, we have to
|
||
534 stop Milchar. We have to get him out of his trance."
|
||
535 "You mental-guys are also crazy. If Milchar stops now, Piper might die.
|
||
536 You can see that, can't you?"
|
||
537 "Yes Bard, I can see. That is the whole point. I CAN see. Piper... I don't
|
||
538 quite know how to say this. I told you I felt something strange about Piper
|
||
539 as I came in. He is in trouble, dying. But... this is difficult Bard... It
|
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540 could be a mistake, a false image of something..."
|
||
541 "What are you trying to say? I have never seen you so tongue-tied!"
|
||
542 "I think, I feel, that Piper wants to die."
|
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543 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsI CRAGMORE PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsI
|
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544
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545 **************sighofrelief**************************************kD************
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546 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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547 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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548 This is another Destroyer boarder. As most of you have probably guessed, I call in to this system at least 5 times a
|
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549 day to see what people are saying about my story, and to generally check in on things. I leave my /// boarder almost every
|
||
550 time I call, except when I want to make a snide remark, and then I either use another name, guess which ones, or I make
|
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551 the entry without signing it at all. I just thought you might like a little clarification on what the continual ///'s
|
||
552 meant all the time. This clarification being done, I will now close the messege. Thank you for your time.
|
||
553 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
|
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554 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////lier! Cheat! Swindler! Theif!//////////////////////////////////////
|
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555 fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
|
||
556 i should have known that the destroyer had an atari. fluently? what a joke,
|
||
557 it only goes to figure. we are what we compute.
|
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558 fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff freddy ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
|
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559
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560 did it ever occur to you *not* to take up 10 or 15 lines per disk with nothing
|
||
561 but ///// ? oh well, ...
|
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562 ______________________________JD 2446482.5818______________________________
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563 5252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252
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564 ACTUALLY, WE ARE WHAT WE DRIVE. I DRIVE A RESPECTABLE 302 V-8, NOT ONE OF THOSE
|
||
565 LITTLE 4 CYLINDER LAWNMOWER ENGINES. (OK, NOW I GOT EVERYONE TICKED AT ME)
|
||
566 ANYWAY,
|
||
567 ---------------------------------
|
||
568 TWO LOGIC GATES DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE MAINFRAME WERE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
|
||
569 SAID THE ONE TO THE OTHER:
|
||
570 "THERE IS A GIGANTIC PROGRAM COMEING UP. I HEARD THAT LEROY, THAT WONDER
|
||
571 PROGRAMMER WROTE IT. YOU WANNA CRASH IT FOR A JOKE?" "OK, LETS DO IT. WE NEED
|
||
572 THE HELP OF THE KEY MASTER PROGRAM THOUGH. I HEARD THE LATEST CODE FOR IT IS
|
||
573 SNOW WHITE." "GOOD! LETS GO CALL IT UP!"
|
||
574
|
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575
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576
|
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577
|
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578 "HI LOW, HI LOW, IT'S OFF TO QUIRK WE GO!"
|
||
579 --------------------
|
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580 OH, BY THE WAY, MARK, PAM MAY BE GONE, BUT PEOPLE OFTEN REMAIN ON THIS BOARD
|
||
581 WHEN THEIR NAME HEADS WEST.
|
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582 525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252525252520000001TED5252525252
|
||
583 Destroyer:
|
||
584 Full steam ahead and damn the torpedos.
|
||
585
|
||
586 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
|
||
587 I drive an Atari... or should I say it drives me (crazy, that is)?
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588 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#PPPPPHHHHHFFFFTTTT on Atari#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
|
||
589 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
590 Neohama- Are you Eric by any chance? The Eric almost as tall as Nate.
|
||
591 Karl
|
||
592 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
593 db
|
||
594 $*)_*%@#)_%*@+#)%*@_)#*%_)@#*^_)#$%*&)+_^*)#+!*^_)@#%*&_%)*&_)!*&)!_+&*_$&*
|
||
595 Mikey: The possible CPeMulator customer is on hold. Not enough interest in
|
||
596 running their old cpm programs as I originally thought. Sorry. Also, I
|
||
597 mailed a request for more information to a company interested in putting
|
||
598 yet-another public domain library together. No word from them yet. I'll
|
||
599 let you know what I hear. What is the download count on your NEC V20 cpm
|
||
600 program? AW has been reset but the counts on the IBM board are all over
|
||
601 20 and the counts on the Tandy board are all under 10. <sigh>
|
||
602 $&*#@_%*@)_^*@)_#*^)_@*^@_)^* L'homme sans Parity *%#@*%_)@#*%*%@#_)*%*@#_*%
|
||
603 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
604 NEOHAMA
|
||
605 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
606 Karl: Yes I am Erik (5-6 mm shorter than Nate.)
|
||
607 -------------------------------
|
||
608 Now about my border... I was using an Apple 2E when I couldn't find the
|
||
609 back arrow. This term is not displaying it because instead of a block for
|
||
610 a cursor it has a back arrow.
|
||
611 By the way, Commodores drive me crazy with the memory and crazy bit-map.
|
||
612 Dont worry about insulting them-it's pretty hard to do anyway.
|
||
613 Meanwhile, another emotion dump.
|
||
614 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
615
|
||
616 Lying Dorment.
|
||
617 Time has gone by, and I am no longer a little boy who enjoys playing with
|
||
618 his toys, or riding bikes with a friend. I used to get mad because Gilligans
|
||
619 Island was preempted by a football game. Now I get mad because my dad is
|
||
620 using the computer. I no longer play hide and seek with the other kids on
|
||
621 the block but scorn the new generation for acting as I once did.
|
||
622 I was 8 years old. I played with my hot-wheeles set and loved to set up
|
||
623 obsticles for the cars. I used to love Saturday morning cartoons. In 2 weeks
|
||
624 I grew 7 years, and missed half my life. Somewhere in those 2 weeks I mis-
|
||
625 placed myself and couldn't find where. I gave away the rest of me, here and
|
||
626 there, leaving evedence I existed.
|
||
627 I wear the mask that hides all. I hide my true feelings. Humor is great,
|
||
628 a good substitute for feeling good. You may never know if I hate you like
|
||
629 hell, or love you. Sometimes I dont know either. Could there be hope for me?
|
||
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