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THE DEAD CBBS SCROLLS: EXACT TRANSCRIPTIONS OF THERMAL ROLLS FROM THE FIRST
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MONTHS OF WARD CHRISTENSEN AND RANDY SUESS' CBBS, FOUNDED FEBRUARY 16, 1978
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Transcribed by Jason Scott of TEXTFILES.COM, 2002.
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Reconstruction: Tim Fraser <tfraser@alum.wpi.edu>, 18 February 2006.
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ROLL TIME SPAN: May 29th, 1978 - June 1st, 1978
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[ MIKE HERMAN visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ GEORGE BRICKNER visits but leaves no messages. ]
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FEEDBACK FROM ED STOKES OF SACRAMENTO:
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THANKS FOR THE INTRODUCTION TO YOUR FINE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
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FROM: BOB SWARTZ
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DATE: 05/29/78
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TO: ALL
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SUBJ: WANTED H8 COMPUTER
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I AM INTERESTED IN BUYING OR BORROWING AN H8 COMPUTER IF
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YOU HAVE ONE PLEASE CALL ME. BOB SWARTZ DAYS 213-472-6659
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NIGHTS 312-433-1351.
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[ Randy Suess Breaks into Chat ]
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- WHAT A JOCK
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- HOW ABOUT THAT WHATS THE PASSWORD??
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- TURKEY USE CTRL U
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- OK BUT WHAT IS THE PASSWORD
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- I FORGOT
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- SURE
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- HA WELL BAKK TO WORK
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- WHERE IS MY MINI FLOPPY
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- WARD BOUGHT IT!!!
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- YOU TURKEY
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- HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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[ Chat Session Ends ]
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[ BOB SWARTZ tries the PASS command 8 times. ]
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FEEDBACCK FROM BOB SWARTZ:
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YOU TURKEYS WHAT IS THE PASSWORD SO I CAN GET INTO CPM YOU TURKEY
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ALSO WHY DID YOU SELL THE MINIFLOPPY VOUS ETES UN DINDE!!!!!!!!
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WHY DID YOU SELL MY MINIFLOPPY I WANT MY PET BACK
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VOUS ETES UN DINDE!!!!!!!
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BYE
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[ WARD CHRISTENSEN logs on and breaks into Chat: ]
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- YOU THERE RANDY?? YOU THERE?????
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[ Chat Session Ends ]
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FEEDBACK FROM WARD CHRISTENSEN:
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I WILL CHECK WHY PAGE COUNT IS OFF. MAYBE YOU COULD HELP
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BY SEEING IF AMOUNT OFF RELATES TO HOW MANY SIGN-ONS
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OCCURRED. ALSO WILL CHECK OUT \XXX\ SOFTWARE.
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ALSO WILL HAVE TO SEND YOU THE LATEST SOURCE.
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..ANOTHER THING - NEAT THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO APPEND
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THE LOG AND COMMENTS SO OFTEN, WHAT WITH CONTROL-X!!!
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FROM: HOFFMAN
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TO: BILL SMITH
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SUBJ: FORTH
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BILL, WHEN IS THE FIRST ISSUE OF YOUR IMPLEMENTATION
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THING/GOING TO BE OUT? WOULD BE PLEASED TO BE YOUR LOCAL VOICE
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HERE--TO COLLECT NAMES, PASS INFO,
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[ Message aborted ]
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FEEDBACK FROM BILL SMITH:
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WARD,
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HAVING BIG DIFFICULTY WITH MESSAGE ENTRY.
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MY TERMINAL DOES NOT SUPPORT DELETE OR RUB-OUT. THE ASCII
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STANDARD FOR BACKSPACE IS 'BS' (CODE 08). DELETE RUBOUT WAS
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ORIGINALLY TRICKED UP AS AN EDITING TOOL FOR PAPER TAPE
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(IT WAS EXPLAINED TO BILL THAT WAY!! ).
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IF IT IS NOT AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT THING, COULD YOU IMPLEMENT
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SOME CONTROL CHARACTER AS A BACK SPACE?
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PERHAPS YOU WOULD PICK CONTROL-H !!
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(SOME SYSTEMS USE BACK/ARROW FOR BS, I DO NOT HAVE THAT EITHER)
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[ MIKE YOUNG visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ ERNIE KENT visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ WALLY WHITE OF MILWAUKEE visits 3 times but leaves no messages. ]
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[ LARRY ROOT visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ WALLY WHITE visits 2 times but leaves no messages. ]
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FEEDBACK FROM WEB PEARCE:
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WARD
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I AM PASSING ALONG MSG. 195 TO RICH SO I KILLED IT
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WE'VE BOTH GOT IDEAS ON SYSTEM AND WILL BE PASSING
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THEM ALONG TO YOU- KEEP IT UP
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[ WALLY WHITE visits but leaves no messages. ]
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FROM: JOHN BEAL
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DATE: 05/31/78
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TO: IMSAI OWNERS
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SUBJ: USERS GROUP
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I AM INTERESTED IN STARTING A USERS GROUP.
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I HAVE NO REAL PRECONCIEVED NOTIONS
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ABOUT WHAT IT SHOULD DO EXCEPT TO
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BE A HELP
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TO IMSAI USERS OR PROSPECTIVE USERS
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LEAVE A MESSAGE IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS
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OR ARE INTERESTED.
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OR CALL. JOHN BEAL 690-5797 (WORK) OR 393-3556 (HOME)
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FROM: NELSON CAPES OF ST. PAUL, MN
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DATE: 05/31/78
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TO: ALL
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SUBJ: APPLE 2 USERS GROUP
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WANT TO KNOW IF ANYONE IN MINN IS INTERESTED IN
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FORMING AN APPLE 2 USERS GROUP.
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PLEASE CALL NELSON CAPES AT 612-633-8130
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DURING THE DAY.
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FEEDBACK FROM NELSON CAPES OF ST. PAUL, MN:
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FANTASTIC WORK...CONGRATS
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WARD AND RANDY
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[ ELMER BEACHLEY visits but leaves no messages. ]
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FROM: DAVID SOUSSAN
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DATE: 05/31/78
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TO: WARD & RANDY
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SUBJ: THIS SYSTEM
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SORRY IF I HAVE SOUNDED LIKE I WAS 'TALKING DOWN' ANYBODY
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BUT HAVING WORKED ON A LOT OF LARGE SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS
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MINIS & MICROS, YOU SORT OF GET HOOKED ON WONE OF THE
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NEAT THINGS AVAILABLE (LIKE THE DEC-10 IN TUCSON). I LIKE
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THIS A LOT AND WISH THEY HAD MORE OF THESE (CAN'T WAIT
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FOR THE HARD DISK). THIS SYSTEM HAS SO MANY THINGS THAT
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REMIND ME OF THAT DEC-10 (CONTROLL R, S, U, DELETE) THAT
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I FORGET THIS IS AN 8080.
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SORRY IF I HAVE OFFENDED ANYBODY. LHANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW
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ABOUT THE SEARCH. I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO GIVE IT THE WHOLE STRING
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INSTEAD OF JUST THE SUBSTRING. ARE THERE ANY MORE OF THESE
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AROUND? LET ME KNOW. PLEASE.
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ER...BYE !
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[ JAY DRESSER visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ NELSON CAPES visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ ALAN ROEHL of PORTLAND visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ CHRIS B. of ST PAUL visits but leaves no messages. ]
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FEEDBACK FROM TOM DAVIDSON:
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THE MODEM SEEMS TO BE VERY SENSITIVE WITH CARRIER LOST
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[ GEORGE TIREBITER visits, tries commands like PASS, CPM, SYSTEM,
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BOOT, CRASH, but leaves no messages. ]
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[ A user from DAYTON, O. visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ JIM SKOOG visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ BILLG SAINDON visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ MIKE HERMAN visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ JOHN ENGBERG of HOFFMAN ESTATES visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ JACK/WIERDA visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ YOLTAN PAZZUZU visits but leaves no messages. ]
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FROM: STEVE WALK
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DATE: 05/31/78
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TO: WARD OR ANYONE
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SUBJ: ON CPM
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WARD, WHAT IS THE MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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FOR CPM. [DISK OPERATING SYSTEM]. DOES IT WORK
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WITH THE NORTSTAR OR ICOM'S FRUGEL FLOPPY?
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FEEDBACK FROM STEVE WALK:
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THERE IS NO PASSWORD.
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STEVE WALK
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[ BOB LIEBERMAN visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ WARD CHRISTENSEN visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ WALLY WHITE visits 2 times but leaves no messages. ]
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[ BILL MITCHELL visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ JOHN BEAL visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ LARRY ROOT visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ MIKE SANDERSON visits 2 times but leaves no messages. ]
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[ DAVID SOUSSAN visits but leaves no messages. ]
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FEEDBACK FROM ROBERT ARRINGTON:
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WHAT PARITY ARE U XMITTING? OUR DECWRTR DOES NT RCV U
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FEEDBACK FROM DON WEISS of AUSTIN TEX:
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YOU SEEM TO HAVE VERY LOW MODEM LEVEL...
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YOU NEED AT LEAST 9 DB INTO THE FONE
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FROM: JOHN BEAL
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DATE: 6/01/78
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TO: WARD
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SUBJ: CACHE
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I NOTICED THAT I WAS NOT ON THE IMSAI OWNERS LIST THAT
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LARRY GOT FROM YOU. YOU MAY WANT TO UPDATE THAT INFO WHEN
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YOU GET A CHANCE. TNX. KUR.
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FEEDBACK FROM CHUCK WOZNIAK of CAROL STREAM:
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JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE SEEMS
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TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM. I AM GETTING
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FUNNY ECHOS BACK ON MY TERMINAL.
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MY NUMBER IS (312) 690-1400
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[ ROSEMARY SNOW visits but leaves no messages. ]
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[ MIKE HERMAN visits but leaves no messages. ]
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THE DEAD CBBS SCROLLS: EXACT TRANSCRIPTIONS OF THERMAL ROLLS FROM THE FIRST
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MONTHS OF WARD CHRISTENSEN AND RANDY SUESS' CBBS, FOUNDED FEBRUARY 16, 1978
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Transcribed by Jason Scott of TEXTFILES.COM, 2002.
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Reconstruction: Tim Fraser <tfraser@alum.wpi.edu>, 18 February 2006.
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ROLL TIME SPAN: May 29th, 1978 - June 1st, 1978
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reconstructed version - edited copy
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