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/-----------------------\ The Searchlight BBS
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/ | [-------------] | (516) 724-0971
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| | | TRS-80 | --=-- | Smithtown, NY
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| | | MODEL III | --=-- | _________
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| | [-------------] | |_________| Volksmodem
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| |_______________________| _________ 1200
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| \ . . . . . . . . . . \ | --=-- |
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\ _\_______________________\ |_________| Disk Drive
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---> TRS-80 Model III Computer - LDOS Disk Operating System - One
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Megabyte Floppy Storage - 5 Mhz CPU Speedup - Volksmodem 1200
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---> Original Software - Fast, High Performance BBS System for the
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Serious User - Over One Year and 11,000 Calls in the Making
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---> Public Message Boards - Electronic Mail - Original Downloads For
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TRS-80 & IBM - Xmodem Transfer Supported - Online Games - User
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Polls - Dating Questionnaires w/Computer Matching - Text Files
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---> Free Access - Easy Validation - GUEST Account Always Available -
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Plus Many More Suprises - Call (516) 724-0971 - 300/1200 Baud
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TRY THE INCREDIBLE SEARCHLIGHT BBS!
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The Hardware-
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A truly advanced system, featuring Radio Shack's state of the art
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Model III Z80 based microcomputer, boosed to a blinding 5.1 mhz!
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48,000 bytes of internal memory, and *3* big disk drives with nearly
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ONE MEG of total storage..! Over 50 programs and text files
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available for downloading, over 200 active messages!
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The Software-
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Custom programmed in the powerful, leading-edge TRS-80 Level III
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BASIC language! Many powerful and convenient features: Log in with
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your own personal password! Check your mail! Read and post messages!
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Download files! Log off!
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YES FOLKS ITS THE WORLDS LAST SURVIVING ORIGINAL BBS WRITTEN IN
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BASIC ON AN 8 BIT NON IBM COMPATABLE COMPUTER. DON'T LET THIS
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IMPORTANT PIECE OF HISTORY FADE AWAY CALL THE SEARCHLIGHT BBS TODAY
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YOU MIGHT JUST BE SUPRISED. 237 USERS CAN'T BE WRONG!
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SEARCHLIGHT BBS 516-724-0971 1200/300 BAUD NO LESS
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You've just bought a shiny new IBM-PC compatable computer. Lucky you.
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Question: What do you do with your old TRS-80 Model III that you
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paid $2300 for in 1982?
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A. Sell it and use the proceeds to take your girlfriend to the
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drive in movies
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B. Take it apart and use it as spare parts for your radio
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controlled Batmobile
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C. Wire it up as a dedecated printer buffer
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D. Donate it to the museum of modern history
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E. Create the SEARCHLIGHT BBS, the most powerful and original
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bbs ever to run on an over the hill Trash-80.
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Answer: E! Try the Searchlight at 516-724-0971, 300/1200 baud
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SUMMARY OF SEARCHLIGHT BULLETIN BOARD FEATURES
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o ORIGINAL bbs software written by the sysop
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o UNIQUE user interface uses full word commands like Read, Scan,
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Post, etc. Over 28 commands available on the main menu.
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o TWELVE sub boards, with topics from programming to advice
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o TRUE electronic mail system with instant retrieval
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o LARGE library of text files, including system maintained bbslist
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o USER polling program with polls on various topics
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o FOUR on line games: Eliza, Poker, Connect-4, Animals
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o FILE download section supporting xmodem transfer
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o THE Searchlight User program, a complete computer dating sub-
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system. Answer questionnaires, match results with other users,
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and view other users' responses.
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o ONLINE help facility documents all system functions
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o MANY unique features like top 10 caller listing and user
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definable logon bulletin
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o FAST, powerful, free public system
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o 300/1200 baud operation, 516-724-0971
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Thank you,
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Frank LaRosa
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SYSOP, Searchlight bbs
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The Searchlight Original Bulletin Board System
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Located in Smithtown, New York
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Serving The World 24 Hours A Day * 516-724-0971 * 1200/300
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Featuring: MILO, the Little TRS-80 That Could
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Frank LaRosa, your System Operator
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