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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:01:58 Page 1
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Volume 2, Number 27 19 August 1985
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Publisher: Fido 107/7
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Chief Procrastinator: Thom Henderson
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Fidonews is published weekly by SEAboard, Fido 107/7. You
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are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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Fidonews. Article submission standards are contained in the
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file FIDONEWS.DOC, available from Fido 107/7.
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Disclaimer or don't-blame-us:
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The contents of the articles contained here are not our
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responsibility, nor do we necessarily agree with them;
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everything here is subject to debate. We publish EVERYTHING
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received.
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Your Fellow Users
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Fidonet is great. It's wonderful! We have here our very
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own private electronic mail system. So who's using this
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thing, anyway?
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Well, now you can find out. The national user list, which
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has been mentioned before in this newsletter, is now out.
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About fourty nodes are reporting so far, and the result is
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looking pretty good.
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Matt Kanter has been doing a heck of a job, and the first
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fruits of his labors are now available. You can download
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the list from his board, node 107/1, or from 107/7 or
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100/51. With any luck, it'll soon be available many other
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places as well.
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There are two minor problems, though. One is that not
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enough nodes are reporting yet. We encourage all of you
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sysops out there to please run SHIPUSER once a month and
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send the output to node 107/7. It would be really great if
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we could get most (if not all) Fido boards to contribute.
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:00 Page 2
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The other little matter is that the output file is a bit on
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the large size, and will probably get larger as more nodes
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start sending in their data. Users with fixed disks should
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be able to handle it, but people with floppy based systems
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may be out of luck. One possible solution is to publish the
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thing. (You know, physically, on paper.) Matt was thinking
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of running off a copy and taking it to one of the many print
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shops in Manhatten. Back when we were starting this whole
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deal Ken Kaplan suggested getting it published monthly like
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a magazine. A small problem is that it costs money to do
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that. Would you be willing to pay for it?
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Yes, I know. Why should a sysop send in his data for
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nothing if someone else is going to make money on it? A few
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reasons. For one, we're not really talking about making
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anything on it; we're only talking about covering expenses.
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For another, a verified list of nationwide users like that
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could help when it comes to lobbying in Washington (yes,
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politics again). And last but not least, a national user
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directory is a darned nice idea all in itself. I'd like it
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better if we can keep it on disk, but if we can't it would
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still be useful. We have a mail system, we should have a
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phone book.
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:01 Page 3
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NEWS
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The Southern California Network (102) has renumbered all the
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nodes in its network. The numbering scheme is simple. We
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have 9 HOSTS so each one is assigned a hundred number group.
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The host is the hundred number and the first number in his
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group (100 & 101 for example). Each local under a host then
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is assigned a number of the hundred group. Following is a
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translate list of old numbers to new numbers indicating
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hosts and other changes.
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NETWORK COMPARISON OF SOCALNET
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The following is a comparison of the old Network 102 node
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numbering system to the new. The major changes occur in the
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addition of two new HOSTS for the SIMI VALLEY and SAN
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GABRIEL.
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old node new node net/node comment
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-------- -------- -------- -------
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0102 0102 102/0 Los Angeles Host
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0036 0101 102/101
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0032 0102 102/102
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0331 0103 102/103
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0383 0104 102/104
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0411 0105 102/105
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0426 0106 102/106
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0466 0107 102/107
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3601 0108 102/108
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3603 0109 102/109
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3605 0110 102/110
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3607 0111 102/111
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3608 0112 102/112
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0200 102/200 Oceanside Host
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0380 0201 102/201
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3609 0202 102/202
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0300 102/300 San Diego Host
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0350 0301 102/301
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0087 0302 102/302
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0400 102/400 Riverside Host
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0031 0401 102/401
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0402 102/402 NEW NODE NUMBER
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0500 102/500 Orange Host
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0666 0501 102/501 NAME CHANGED
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0025 0502 102/502
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0066 0503 102/503
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0130 0504 102/504
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0337 0505 102/505
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0370 0506 102/506
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0397 0507 102/507
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0410 0508 102/508
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0422 0509 102/509
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:05 Page 4
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0470 0510 102/510
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0472 0511 102/511
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0486 0512 102/512
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1031 0513 102/513
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3602 0514 102/514
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3604 0515 102/515
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3603 0516 102/516
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0600 102/600 Simi Valley Host
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0052 0601 102/601
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0421 0602 102/601
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0700 102/700 Ventura Host
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0430 0701 102/701
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0378 0702 102/702
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0800 102/800 San Gabriel Host
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0379 0801 102/801
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0900 102/900 San Fernando Host
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0454 0901 102/901
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3610 0902 102/902
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:06 Page 5
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The following was captured, from a BBS in Golden, Colorado,
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on 12/13/84. Let's not let some thing like this happen in
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this area!
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The Telephone company that is refered to, is Mountain Bell.
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If you wish to see more about this on-going battle, call
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them at (303) 278-4244. 300/1200 BPS, 8/1/N
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THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN..
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BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR INTO THE SYSTEM
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WITHOUT SEVERE DROP-OUTS OR FOUND THAT MOST OF THE TIME YOU
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CAN'T EVEN MAKE IT IN, WELL... THE GUYS WHO BRING YOU THIS
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WONDERFUL LINE QUALITY STRIKES AGAIN...!! GUESS WHAT?
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SINCE THEY GOT A RIFT FROM P.U.C. ABOUT SNEEKING IN A
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COMPUTER ACCESS TARRIF WHICH WOULD HAVE GRAND-FATHERED IN A
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COUPLE OF YEARS, THE MOST RECENT MANEUVER SEEMS TO BE
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DEGRADATION OF VOICE GRADE LINES SO THAT IT WON'T FLATLY
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PASS 300-3000HZ ANY MORE. (STRANGE THIS PHENOMENON IS, YOU
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SEE, 3 YEARS AGO, THESE LINES WERE SOOOO PERFECT, EVEN MY
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REGULAR VOICE LINE WOULD PASS DATA WITHOUT A DROPOUT!!)
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WELL, WHAT COULD HAVVVVVVVE HAPPENED?
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NICE GUYS THEY ARE! WE PAY FOR VOICE GRADE LINES,
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AND WE CAN'T EVEN BE ASSURRED THAT THEY ARE FLAT. MODEMS
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LIKE TO HAVE 2225HZ AND WHEN THEY TEST YOUR LINE THEY TEST
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IT AT 1000HZ. NOT EVEN LOOKING AT THE HIGH END OF THE VOICE
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BAND...
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THERE IS EVEN SPECS ABOUT DELAY, DISTORTION, HUM, NOISE,
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CURRENT SUPPLY, AND OTHER SPECS.....
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JUST WAIT FOLKS! MAYBE YOU WILL HAVE YOUR LINES
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DEGRADED TOO!! (AND PAY FOR VOICE GRADE AND NOT BE GETTING
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IT!!) COULD THIS HAPPEN IN AMERICA? OR SHOULD WE SAY W H
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Y??
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THERE ARE STANDARD MODEM TEST LINES AROUND WHERE THEY
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WILL TELL YOU IF YOU ARE BEING SHORT CHANGED OFF ON THE HIGH
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FREQUENCIES!
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IF THIS LINE IS NOT TOTALLY SHUNTED OUT ONE OF THESE
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DAYS YOU'LL GET THE NUMBER, AND WE WILL PETITION AS A GROUP
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FOR A CLASS ACTION SUIT LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE IN THE BEGINNING
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WHEN THEY STARTED THE NONSENSE WITH THE COMPUTER ACCESS
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TARRIF! THIS TIME THE SUIT WILL NOT BE STOPPED, AND THE
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OTHER BBS'S AND THEIR SYSOPS WILL JOIN IN ON THE PUBLIC
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CAUSE. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF COMPUTER USERS ACROSS THE
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COUNTRY WHO WANT DECENT SERVICE FROM THE UTILITIES WHICH
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MUST DEMONSTRATE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE 'COMMON
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CARRIERS' AND THAT THEY ARE 'ACTING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST'.
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DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY 'THEY' STAND TO LOOSE FOR AN FCC
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ACTION CITED UPON THEIR HEADS FOR DELIBERATE INTERFERENCE IN
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PRIVATE MATTERS?
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:11 Page 6
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THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES ACROSS THE U.S.A. WHO HAVE
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NOT HAD THEIR HANDS SLAPPED FOR THE ACCESS TARRIF; A CLASS
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ACTION SUIT BRINGING USERS FROM NATION-WIDE WHO HAVE SIMILAR
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PROBLEMS WOULD BE A PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND CALL ATTENTION TO
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THOSE WHO ALLEDGEDLY ACT IN OUR INTEREST.
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LETS KEEP OUR HOBBY RUNNING! AND NOT BE STEPPED ON THOSE
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WHO CAN'T IN MY OPINION SEEM TO RECOGNIZE THEIR COMMON
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CARRIER STATUS..
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WE CHALLENGE THOSE COMMON CARRIERS TO SHOW THAT THEY CAN
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MAINTAIN SERVICE SINCE THE BREAKUP!
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THIS IS OPENING UP A GOOD MEASURE OF COMPETITION'S
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JUSTIFICATION, SINCE THE 'OTHER GUY' NOW HAS PLENTY TO BEEF
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ABOUT. LETS HEAR IT FOR ENTERPRISE. THAT IS WHAT MADE IT
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POSSIBLE TO HAVE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN, BEWARE OF ACTIONS AGAINST
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND LETS HERE IT FOR THE FCC CHIEF OF THE
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COMMON CARRIER BUREAU WHO IS ALSO PART OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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DIVISION AND BY THE WAY A COMPUTER USER TOO! THE FCC GRANTS
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THE CHARTER TO THOSE WHO CAN PROVE THEY CAN FUNCTION AS
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'COMMON CARRIER'. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS AN OBSCURE
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LITTLE PART OF THE FCC RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH STATES
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THAT TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF HONORING
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THE CHARTER AUTHORIZING A COMMON CARRIER ITS OPERATIONS, A
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LITTLE PART THAT SAYS THEY MUST FILE A NOTICE TO THE FCC FOR
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PUBLIC RECORD THAT 'SERVICE IS BEING DEGRADED', 'REDUCED OR
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IMPARRED', AN ORIGINAL AND NINE (9) COPIES!!! I WONDER IF
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THAT WAS FILED????
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NOW OF COURSE WE COULD UNDERSTAND A TEMPORARY LACK OF
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EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE SERVICE DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES, LIKE
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EARTHQUAKES AND CONTRACTORS DIGGING UP CABLES, BUT WHAT
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ABOUT SERVICE THAT ONCE WORKED, AND REPAIR SAYS THEY CAN'T
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FIND OUT WHY IT WON'T WORK ANYMORE??? SOUNDS REALLY ODD...
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:12 Page 7
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SEARCH FOR DATA-CAPABLE
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FIRE DEPARTMENTS
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RELENTLESSLY CONTINUES
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By Christopher Baker, Sysop,
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Metro-Fire Fido, 18/14
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Somewhere, among the countless 25,000+ readers of
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FidoNews, there must be a few computer enthusiasts that are
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also involved with their local Fire departments in some
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way (other than litigation, that is). Even if it's only to
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buy a ticket to the Fireman's picnic. Perhaps, you have a
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relative in the business? Maybe, you're a vendor of goods
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and/or services to your local smoke-eaters? Or, perish the
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thought, YOU might be one of the men/women in gray/blue/
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black/etc.!?
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However you may be connected, I need your help. It is my
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intention (and fondest hope) to bring together as many
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departments as I can find into a national Fire network. The
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purpose of which will be to share ideas, programs, tips,
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warnings, techniques, etc., and to provide a common forum
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for the dissemination of information to as broad a base as
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possible.
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To begin this Herculean task, I need some input. If you
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belong to or know of or work for a Fire/Rescue department,
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paid or volunteer, that has telecommunication/data equip-
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ment, please give them a copy of this article and urge them
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to contact me through FidoNet or U.S. Mail.
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Send FidoMail to: Sysop, Fido 18/14. If you wish to sign-on
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as a user of the board, make the message PRIVATE and in-
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clude your sign-on name(no handles, please), your City and
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State, the name and address and phone number of your depar-
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tment, and the password you would like to use. Please be
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sure to make the message PRIVATE when including password
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information. All FidoMail requests for access will be
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granted within 24 hours (usually, except for requests re-
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ceived on Monday and Tuesday - my days off).
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If you wish to send information via U.S. Mail, send to:
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Christopher Baker
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Metro-Dade Fire Communications
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5680 S.W. 87th Avenue
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Miami, FL 33173
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Attention: Metro-Fire Fido.
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The results of this preliminary survey will determine the
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direction of my grand design, so don't let this task lan-
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guish, if you can help it. I know most of you are very busy
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with your own operations, but this could be the start of
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something big (where's Steve Allen, when you need him?)!
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Thank you, in advance. I'll be waiting to hear from all
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of you.
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:15 Page 8
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(My birthday has already passed but the South Florida
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Sysops Association is having their 1st Annual Sysop's
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Picnic at Tropical Park, Pavillion #2, on Sunday, 25 Aug
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85, from 1000 'til ?, if you'd care to list that?)(For
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those of you coming in from out-of-town, take State Road
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826 to Bird Road (S.W. 40th St.) and go west 1/4 mile to
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Tropical Park. Pavillion #2 is just west of the ball-
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field. Bring your own food, everybody knows sysops are
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frugal or broke.)
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:15 Page 9
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How FidoNet Can Help Fight Against Federal Legislation
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Restricting BBS Operation
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After reading the article in the July 29th issue of
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FidoNews by Chip Berlet on the new federal computer laws
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being proposed I decided to follow up and see how we could
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pool our resources in order to support the efforts of those
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individuals or groups that represent the majority of our
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bona fide BBS users and sysops. The only formal group that
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I found was the National Association of Bulletin Board
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Operators started by Chicago attorney Paul Bernstein who
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also runs a BBS for lawyers called LAWMUG. This is a
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relatively new group that currently includes Paul and a
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number of other Chicago residents. They are against federal
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efforts restricting bulletin boards and are currently
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soliciting support via messages on several bulletin boards,
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as well as the Source. If you would like more information
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or would like to send contributions their address is:
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National Association of Bulletin Board Operators
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c/o Paul Bernstein
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600 N. McClurg Ct.
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Chicago, Ill. 60611
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I also contacted the office of Senator Paul Tribble and was
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sent a copy of Senate Bill 1305. For those of you that may
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not be familiar this is a Bill to "establish criminal
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penalties for the transmission by computer of obscene
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matter, or by computer or by other means, of matter
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pertaining to the sexual exploitation of children, and for
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other purposes". Exchanging information pertaining to sexual
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crimes is not prohibited under current law. The problem with
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this Bill is that it doesn't stop there. Quoting from the
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Bill "any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy writing,
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description, picture, or other matter entered, stored, or
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transmitted by or in a computer" will constitute a crime.
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I'm no lawyer, but I'm certainly not in favor of
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governmental efforts that force me to ensure that nothing
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illegal occurs on my system. With Fido we have all the
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checks and balences to keep our boards clean without
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intervention. The ACLU opposes the Bill because it
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infringes on First Admendment rights. I would like to hear
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the opinion of others on this matter as I may be asked to
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testify on some of the positive aspects of bulletin boards.
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(Fido in particular). The hearings are scheduled for late
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September or early October. If you would like to comment or
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know more about this matter you can contact:
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Paul S. Trible,Jr.
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United States, Senator
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or
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Darren S. Trigonoplos
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Legislative Assistant for Senator Trible
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:18 Page 10
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United States Senate
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Washington, D.C. 20510
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The Senate Bill 1305 is called the Computer Pornorgraphy and
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Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 1985. It is currently
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under study in the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice.
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Ken Kaplan
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SYSOP Fido 100/22 or 100/51
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:18 Page 11
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23 June 1984
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Sir:
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This is one of those once upon a time letters......
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Once upon a time, this writer decided to upgrade his IBM-PC
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with a hard disk option. As prices were dropping almost
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every week, it became a game to spot the ad that provided
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the most for your money. Everyone who at one time or another
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has gone through this drill and is installing a hard disk
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will tell you that the first concern is to install a 135
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watt (PC-XT) power supply. This is what I did. The ad's at
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that time that provided the best deal were PC's LIMITED in
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Austin Texas. I called and ordered a power supply. In a very
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short time, the power supply arrived, was installed, and
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found to be working. Within days, it was noted that the fan
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on the supply varied in pitch up and down almost to the
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point of stopping. A letter was sent that asked about this
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situation and also asked about more information on their
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hard disk. The letter was hardly in the mail when the fan
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failed. The power supply was removed and returned to PC'S
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LIMITED with a very detailed letter included that described
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the problem. Three weeks passed with no word. A call to this
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organizations repair facility was answered with "What is
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your return authorization number?" My what!?!
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At this point you should open the 23 July issue of PC
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Magazine to page 93. Be careful now as this is a trick
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question. What is the smallest thing noted in this ad? Give
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up? It is the 1 1/32x21/32" block with 66 words that spell
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out the terms and conditions of PC"S LIMITED sales. Read it!
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I stated my problem and the fact that I had "failed" to
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request an authorization number. I was willing to bite the
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bullet and pay the restocking fee. "I'm sorry sir, I can't
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find your power supply without a number." To date..... Three
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months have passed. Three (unanswered) letters, Eight, I
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repeat Eight phone calls with no return calls, and I don't
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have a power supply or my money.
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Not to be outdone, I then ordered a power supply from G&L
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INC, Anaheim,Ca. This one came in and lo and behold it had
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the wrong Motherboard connector! It was a one piece
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connector meant for a pc clone, not a PC. Five, I repeat
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Five phone calls later and I have received every excuse
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under the sun and I still don't have the right connectors.
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OK fellows, thats it. I work for a large corporation in the
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United States with a very large, company sponsored Computer
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Club and a very large Fidonet Bulletin Board. This letter is
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being submitted to the following:
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1.To my club newsletter
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2.To PC Magazine
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3.To PC Week magazine
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:21 Page 12
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4.To the Austin,Tx Better Business Bureau
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5.To the Anaheim,Ca. " " "
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6.On the Fidonet Board for nation wide distribution
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Edward G. Kotkiewicz
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1325 Carribean Dr.
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Edwardsville, Il 62025
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:21 Page 13
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FIDO 19/918
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Uploaded to BEGARE TECH **(806)742-5328** by Neato Dude,
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the Apple Advisor.
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Story originally by Neato Dude.
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This story was graded an A in English class for the 9th
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grade. I hope you like it!
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Steve Narhar moved for the first time in hours from the
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chair in his bedroom. He had been connected to the bank's
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computer for ages it seemed, and now he had cracked the
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access codes, and could do as he pleased with the bank.
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"Let's see how much money you got, Mr. First Federal Savings
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and Loan of Los Angeles." he muttered to himself. His
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fingers raced across his home computer's keyboard, as he
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entered the command "GO:TOTAL ACCOUNTS:ALL". His computer
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screen told him there was a total of $475,562,271.23 in the
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accounts. He then selected "TRANSFER:ALL,NARHAR" and watched
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happily as all the money went from the total number into his
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account. "Another day, another $475,562,271.23" he said,
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turning his computer off and going to bed.
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At the same time, in the Los Angeles bank, Mr. Bill
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Kuhar, bank manager, was using the bank's computer to check
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how things had gone during the business day. It was pitch
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black outside, and he wanted to hurry up and finish, so he
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could go home. "Oh look at that, will you just look at that!
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Miss Penny gave Mr. Jupmar $0.13 cents over his balance!
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I'll have to remember to fire her tomorrow. Hired help these
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days, makes you wonder. Why, when I was young, I worked 12
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hours a day for 35 cents, never made a mistake, and..." he
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grumbled to no one in particular, since the office was
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empty. "WHAT THE..." he gasped, as he saw all his wondeful,
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glorious $475,562,271.23 disappear from everyone's accounts
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and into a single account, #82564 STEVE NARHAR. "AAAAARGH!!"
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he cried in anguish, "It's one of those "hackers" like you
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read about in the newspapers! I'm ruined! Well! We'll just
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have to get this Narhar! " Mr. Kuhar keyed in
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"TRACE:CURRENT", and settled back to wait for the caller to
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be traced. Two minutes later, the information came on the
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screen.
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NUMBER:(402)856-2741 CITY,STATE:Omaha, Nebraska
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CONNECTED:5 hours, 36 minutes
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"Omaha, huh...we'll just pay him a visit tomorrow
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morning. " he said with a fiendish laugh.
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The next morning, Steve bolted upright from his bed, at
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the sound of a police siren. He threw on a pair of jeans and
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a T-shirt, and ran outside to see what the commotion was
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about. A big, white van pulled up alongside the curb. A
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large, heavyset man leaned out, and asked him if he knew
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anyone by the name of Steve Narhar. "You're lookin' at him.
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:24 Page 14
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What is it?"
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The man was obviously surprised, but quickly regained
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his composure. Climbing out of the van, he pointed a pistol
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at Steve's back and whispered, "I would advise you to come
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with me now."
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Steve decided he would not like little round holes in
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his body, so he let the man lead him into the back of the
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van. The man walked around the side, and then into the
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driver's seat, and started the engine. Tires squealed as
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they roared away, and by the direction they were heading,
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Steve could see they were heading for the airport.
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The man spoke "I am sorry that we have not been
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introduced. My name is Mr. Kuhar, the manager of the bank
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you broke into last night." He reached to his face, and took
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off his mustache, and then continued with a thick accent
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Steve had never heard before. "You are probably wondering
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why you are here. You see, the bank you so rudely invaded
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was not a regular bank. Oh no, it is more, much more. In
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fact, it's the entire funding for the Soviet Secret Police
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operations for the western portion of your America. So now
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that you know this, you must not be allowed to tell others.
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So of course, you shall be a prisoner of the Soviet Union,
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and will be held in a Siberian work camp. But don't worry.
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You can spend the rest of your miserable life there, having
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fun mining coal, and meeting other prisoners. Better than
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summmer camp, no?"
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By this time, the van had pulled up along side a large
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wide-bodied jet. Mr. Kuhar dragged Steve, kicking and
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screaming, into the cargo hold of the Air Moscow jet, and
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slid the door shut. It was dark in the cargo hold, cold, and
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above all, extremely noisy. The sound of the screaming
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engines pounded his ears, and the sinking feeling in his
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stomach told him that the plane was lifting off. All hope
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was lost, no one would save him now. After a quick look
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around, he decided he could not escape here, and he did
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particulary want to take a bath in the Pacific Ocean.
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Settling back, he went to sleep for the long plane trip.
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Steve was startled awake by the screech of the landing
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gear and the bump as the plane touched down. Immediately
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after the plane slowed to a halt, two armed guards slid open
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the door, grabbed him by the arms, and led him into the back
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of a waiting limousine. The limousine wisked him away, and
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shortly entered a huge, modern looking building of glass and
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steel, still on the grounds of the airport. Through the
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heavily tinted glass of the limousine, he could not see
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anything, not even the driver. The door was opened as the
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car drew to a halt, and two more guards pulled him out by
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the arms, and stood him in front of a large oak desk. Steve
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looked around the complex in awe. The entire room, the size
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of a football stadium, was completely flled with computers.
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The chair in front of the desk spun around, and in it sat an
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overweight, bald man wearing a black suit. He appeared to be
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:27 Page 15
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about sixty years old, and his face looked weatherbeaten.
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The man eyed Steve for a full minute, taking in every
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detail of his fifteen year old self. "So you're the computer
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expert, eh?" he said, "Kind of young to be breaking into
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Soviet security systems. Well, enough of that. I am
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Shaplintine Mustovacos, and you are Steve Narhar. We have a
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little job we want you to do for us, if you would be so
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kind. And I'm sure you'll be happy to. Since you're such an
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expert, we want you to simply break into the main CIA
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computer in Washington whenever we request. Before you
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decide if you will do this for us, let me tell you a little
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joke, ok? If you don't do this, you get sent to Siberia!
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Hahahahehehoho!! So, tell us, will you, or won't you?"
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"No!" screamed Steve, as he broke one of the guard's jaw
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with his fist. The guard went sprawling across the floor,
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his automatic rifle flying right into Steve's hands.
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RATARATARATATPOWPOWPOW erupted the gun, bullets spraying
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into the guards and Mustovacos as all three were sent to the
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ground. Steve ran out of the building as fast as he could,
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and onto the runway. More guards, hearing the noise, went
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charging to the complex, and opened fire on Steve. He dodged
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the hail of bullets, and raced up to a MiG-25 fighter
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jet,slammed open the cockpit, and leaped in. Luckily, he had
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learned how to fly a MiG-25 in the Boy Scouts, back home in
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Omaha. Steve sent the jet barreling down the runway at full
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speed, and took off. Setting the course for Washington D.C.,
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he armed a heat-seeking missile, in case someone went after
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him. Sure enough, someone did. Over West Germany, a Soviet
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MiG-21 intercepter came rushing toward him at full speed.
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After locking on the missile to the attacking jet, he
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released the missile. BOOOOOM!! The missile impacted with
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the jet, and destroyed it with a great fireball of orange
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and red flames, pieces raining on the ground. The problem
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gone, Steve turned his attention to getting to Washington.
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He would have to watch his fuel. Several hours later, he
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touched down safely at Washington National Airport.
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The President gave Steve a formal invitation to dinner,
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the Air Force was thrilled to have MiG-25 jet to inspect,
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and the CIA shut down the First Federal Savings and Loan of
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Los Angeles. Needless to say, everyone lived happily ever
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after.
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:31 Page 16
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FIDO <==> UNIX Mail
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by
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Bob Hartman
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Sysop Fido 101/101
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The UN*X Gateway
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and
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Home of ROVER
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As some of you have already found out, my board
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(newly named the UN*X Gateway) is capable of taking in mail
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from UNIX systems, and converting it to FidoNet messages.
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If any of you want to receive UNIX mail from anyone, just
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tell that person to send mail to the following system:
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decvax!encore!vaxine!spark!net#!node#!username
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or ihnp4!encore!vaxine!spark!net#!node#!username
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where net# is your FidoNet net number, node# is your FidoNet
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node#, and username is your user name with all blanks
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converted to underscores. No special characters are allowed
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in names except for underscore. This means that single and
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double quotes or anything else is illegal. REPEAT - NO
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SPECIAL CHARACTERS IN NAMES. If this rule is not adhered
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to, then somewhere along the line a UNIX system will barf on
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the name, and we may lose our access to the UNIX world. An
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example of a UNIX address to get to me would be:
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decvax!encore!vaxine!spark!101!101!Bob_Hartman
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to Tom Jennings:
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decvax!encore!vaxine!spark!125!0!Tom_Jennings
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The message will go through a number of UNIX systems,
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finally arriving at my Fido BBS, where it will be converted
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to FidoNet format, and sent to the appropriate destination.
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Anyone wanting to try this out is welcome to.
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The reverse link (Fido->UNIX) is not quite working yet.
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There will be another posting when that is finished.
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Bob Hartman
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Sysop 101/101
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UN*X Gateway
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:33 Page 17
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WANTED
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From:Robert Hupf
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Sysop 18/311
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Because of hardware problems, we have been unable to
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get the newsletter for some time and I just recently
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got caught up on them. There was an article in the May
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6 issue about a disk swapping deal of sending a box of
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diskettes around, but the board that entered the
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article (464) is down. I am interested in this and if
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it's being done or if anyone is still thinking about
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it. Please either call my board (305-830-8494) or send
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me a Fidonet message. Thanks!
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FIDONEWS -- 19 Aug 85 00:02:34 Page 18
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NOTICES
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Have you paid for your freeware yet?
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Remember: user supported software will only work if the
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users support it!
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The Interrupt Stack
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27 Nov 1985
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Halley's Comet passes closest to Earth before perihelion.
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24 Jan 1986
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Voyager 2 passes Uranus.
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9 Feb 1986
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Halley's Comet reaches perihelion.
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11 Apr 1986
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Halley's Comet reaches perigee.
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19 May 1986
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Steve Lemke's next birthday.
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24 Aug 1989
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Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
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