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The Illustrated Mac
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(919) 639-6611
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Never A Charge For Access
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The Illustrated Mac runs state-of-the-art FirstClass BBS software.
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What is FirstClass? Have you ever used the graphical interface to
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America Online? CompuServe? If so, you have an idea of what FirstClass
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is like. It provides a CUSTOMIZED graphical interface for callers to
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The Illustrated Mac. No other BBS in America can look like The
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Illustrated Mac. Full 8-bit, 256 color windows (in the Macintosh
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client). Customized icons that give a graphical representation of the
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conference or file area that the icon is assigned to (both Macintosh
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and Windows clients).
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This isn't "RIP" graphics....the exceedingly slow process whereby ANSI
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is used to emulate a color graphics program. This is a program that
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uses local (i.e., on YOUR hard drive) resources to form a graphical
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representation of a text-based bulletin board system. You can hear
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sounds online. You can see true pictures online. You can MULTITASK
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online. FirstClass allows simultaneous uploading, downloading,
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chatting, browsing, message reading and replying when using the
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Macintosh or Windows clientware. You're only limited by your own
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ability to multitask, not your computer's.
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Where can you get the Macintosh or Windows clientware? On The
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Illustrated Mac, of course! It's FREE! You can access the system
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through the command line interface (be forewarned: it doesn't work
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like TAG or WWIV...read the Help files) to download the clientware on
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your first call! After that, you get 45 minutes online per day FREE.
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Well, so much for the LOOK of The Illustrated Mac. What about the
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CONTENT?
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If you're looking for files (other than Macintosh) or games, TIM isn't
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for you. The modest file section consists almost exclusively of
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Macintosh software, supplemented by the newest version of the GIGAROM
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CD, containing over 1 Gig of Macware. What few IBM programs are there
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are programs that allow IBMers to interact with the Macintosh world.
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You can find the latest version of QModem on dozens of Triangle
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boards. Ditto for TradeWars.
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But if you like COMMUNICATING with other people, The Illustrated Mac
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*is* the place for you! TIM has a wide selection of local conferences,
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conferences from the Raleigh Fido-based TAG network, a large selection
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of OneNet conferences (OneNet is an exclusively-FirstClass network
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comprised of over 600 FirstClass BBSes from all over the world), and
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even LIMITED INTERNET ACCESS! Yes, TIM carries all triangle domain
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UseNet groups, as well as some selected alt domain newsgroups. You can
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also send and receive Inter net e-mail at TIM. To get an Internet
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address and "posting" access to newsgroups, you need to leave a note
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to Con Gratulations (TIM's sysop) when you visit. Without an Internet
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address, you can read UseNet groups, but don't have "Posting" access
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to them.
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Future plans are for even more OneNet conferences, UseNet newsgroups,
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national Fido echoes, and membership in a quality adult-only network,
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as well as expanded file areas.
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BYTE Magazine says FirstClass is truly FIRST CLASS bulletin board
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software. The Illustrated Mac is the only public-access Raleigh
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FirstClass bulletin board. Please stop by and give it a try!
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(919) 639-6611 in Angier.
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