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+---------------------------------+ incorporated new versions of
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| EDITORS FILE | PCBoard, GAP and PCRelay software.
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| | We have weathered quite well!
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+---------------------------------+
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by John Dodson, Node ->CANTINA. +---------------------------------+
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| WHO'S WHO IN RELAYNET |
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Welcome to the May issue of RIME | |
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Times! I am very pleased to +---------------------------------+
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announce that I now have a co- by Ed Lazarowitz, Node ID ->CAPCON
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editor! Ed Lazarowitz has
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generously offered to help me scour Hello! I'm Ed Lazarowitz, and I'm
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conferences, collect articles, edit the new co-editor of the Rime Times
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articles and interview RIME users newsletter! I'd like to take a
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and sysops. Ed is a co-sysop on Bob minute and tell you all a little
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Shucks Capitol Connection and can be about myself.
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reached via Node ID->CAPCON. Ed
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tells us a little about himself in Where to start? Well, I'm 'thirty-
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the Who's' Who in RelayNet feature. something' years old, married, with
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I am excited about this prospect as a 3 year old daughter. By
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it insures growth of the newsletter. profession, I'm a Senior Programmer
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Please make Ed welcome and do not Analyst with Blue Cross Blue Shield
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forget to send him your ideas and of the National Capital Area. I
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articles! work with a dedicated group of
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professionals in our Data Processing
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Have you read the newest version of division's Development Support
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the RelayNet User manual? Hats off Center. What we do, is to provide
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to Randy Blackmond (Node ID - product and methodology support for
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>BASEMENT)for writing in terms the applications programming
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everyone can understand! If you departments within BCBSNCA. I
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have ever wondered about private personally work in the Product
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mail, routed mail, encrypted mail, Support section. Since I have some
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mailboxes or just how this darn mail experience with technical writing,
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thing works, you need to download both as a writer and critic, John
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RIMEMAN.ZIP from your friendly local asked if I would be interested in
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RelayNet BBS. You will become an helping him. I said sure! It could
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over night netmail expert... highly be fun for all of us!
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recommended!
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Although my primary programming
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It seems to me to have been a rather background and expertise is in
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calm month. We have weathered the database administration on IBM
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"Fan-driven Sailboats" thread(I mainframes, I've been involved with
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think), the new Women only personal computers since the early
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conference (some eyebrows still are 80's. I started working for Radio
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upraised), more indiscriminate use Shack shortly after they introduced
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of network sysop (NS) messages and the Model III. Even though money
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was tight, I conned my wife into willing to help answer a question or
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letting me buy a 48K, 2 floppy disk offer an opinion.
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Model III. Back then, that was hog-
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heaven! Well, that's enough about me for
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now. I look forward to hearing from
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Shortly after that, I bought a 300 many more of you over the next few
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baud manual modem and discovered months, both soliciting articles and
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CompuServe and a couple of local in personal conversation.
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BBSes. At the time, I really didn't
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get too involved in telecomputing. +---------------------------------+
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It just didn't seem all that | MEET THE CONFERENCE HOST |
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interesting. Although there were | |
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lots of little boards, nothing had +---------------------------------+
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yet been conceived to tie them all by Sheila Fava, Node ID ->CAPCON
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together. Additionally, it would
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often take hours to go through just Greets fellow RelayNet'ers! My name
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a few dozen messages a week (no off- is Sheila Fava and I'm the HOST(ess)
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line readers existed back then!). of the disABLED Conference. I'd
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like to take a few minutes and tell
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Since then, I've continued as a user you a little about myself and the
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of CIS and tried most of the other disABLED Conference.
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subscription services that have come
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down the pike; not really finding Although I've only been HOST(ess) of
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any of them to my liking. Until the disABLED Conference for a bit
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recently, I had pretty much ignored more than a month, I have been
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the BBS community. involved in tele-computing since
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1982, when I purchased my first
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Anyway, I recently bought into the computer, a TI99/4A. In 1983 I
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IBM PC market when I upgraded to a purchased a TRS-80 Model 100 and I
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386SX-based clone. Even though I'd now have a TRS 1400LT.
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been using an IBM PS/2 at work for
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several years, this was my first After spending two years on
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real exposure to the power of the CompuServe, I discovered the FreeNet
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IBM PC. At work, I was more of a BBS in Cleveland, Ohio. While
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'power-user'. Now, I have the honing my writing skills there, I
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opportunity to really see what these wrote several very funny stories
|
||
babies can do! which were submitted to Case Western
|
||
Reserve University's Literary SIG.
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As far as RelayNet is concerned, I To make a long story short, I
|
||
use The Capitol Connection BBS in entered the First Annual Short Story
|
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Annandale, Virginia as my window Contest even though I lived out-of-
|
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into the network. I actively State. The stories entered in the
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participate in the UPLINK, STARTREK, contest were voted on anonymously.
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PETS, NEWUSER, and DEBATE Imagine my surprise when the
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conferences. Additionally, I monitor Literary SIG Staff told me I had won
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what's going on in several other First Prize!
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areas such as COMMON, TELIX, DBASE,
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and EZ-READER. I've only been One of the best things in my life
|
||
active here for a few months, and is being a puppeteer for the 'Kids
|
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already I've made many new friends; On the Block' program. As far
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everyone always seems more than as I know, I have the unique
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distinction of being the only
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disABLED puppeteer in the USA. The should take a hike ... they should
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puppets (life-size 12-year-olds) have taken a hike l-o-n-g ago.
|
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are very colorful and the puppeteers
|
||
wear black in the Japanese 'Bun- Within the disABLED Conference, we
|
||
Raku' Style of puppetry. Some of the generally have light discussions as
|
||
puppets are non-disABLED though most well as more technical software and
|
||
of the puppets have some kind of hardware discussions geared to
|
||
disABILITY: Spina Bifida, Cerebral particular disABILITIES. Help is
|
||
Palsy, Deaf, Blind, Four Older also offered with particular
|
||
Brothers, Obese, With Divorced problems that an individual may be
|
||
Parents, Retarded, Child Abuse, facing in obtaining services for
|
||
Sexually Abused, Drug Abuser ... you his/her disABILITY.
|
||
name it! I've been a puppeteer for
|
||
6 years and love it! Why haven't I Although intended primarily as a
|
||
'burned out' by now? I find this means for the disABLED to
|
||
drama troupe is a nift way to dispel communicate trends and ideas, you
|
||
my anger and frustrations and to don't have to be disABLED to
|
||
educate students about the disABLED participate in our conference.
|
||
at the same time. Several of our participants aren't
|
||
disABLED; they participate to learn
|
||
Another thing I'm very active in is more about the disABLED and to
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||
participating in Aquatic experience the support that's a
|
||
Competitions for the disABLED. I cornerstone of our conference. Most
|
||
travel all over the United States newcomers quickly learn that we try
|
||
and Canada (via Greyhound) to attend to provide more than just a message
|
||
competitions. Many of my lasting base of where to go for what kind of
|
||
friendships have been kindled at service or piece of equipment! A
|
||
these events. Not only do they large percentage of our messages
|
||
provide necessary physical activity, offer conversation and support to
|
||
but the competitions allow those needing it.
|
||
interaction on a social level to
|
||
those with disABILITIES as well! A recent (non-disABLED) BBS'er
|
||
Although I enjoy the actual physical commented on the "eye-opening
|
||
competition, I also enjoy the mental experience reading through the
|
||
stimulation and emotional support my accumulated message base" and "the
|
||
fellow competitors provide. love and support is positively
|
||
astounding! Rarely were there any
|
||
If I've kept your attention this messages 'moaning and groaning'
|
||
far, please read on just a little about how bad life is for the
|
||
bit farther to learn more about the disABLED. Everything was so upbeat
|
||
conference I take care of on and positive!" This is just the
|
||
RelayNet. attitude we try to foster on the
|
||
disABLED Conference.
|
||
The disABLED Conference that I
|
||
shepherd USED to be called the - Thanks for taking the time to read
|
||
HANDICAP- Conference. I have a through this ... I think I'll roam
|
||
distaste for that name because it is over to the disABLED Conference, but
|
||
steeped in antiquity. The disABLED if I've piqued your curiosity about
|
||
person was thought of as standing on the disABLED Conference and you'd
|
||
a street corner with CAP In HAND ... like more information about anything
|
||
begging! Noooo ... this is a NEW I've talked about in this article,
|
||
day and abrasive names like that
|
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please feel free to send me a DESCRIPTION: A place for Women to
|
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message at my home board: discuss virtually anything, sans
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Men. All Sysops that elect to carry
|
||
Capitol Connection -> CAPCON. Check this conference, please be advised
|
||
us out! that it is strictly for Women, and
|
||
this rule is expected to honored.
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+---------------------------------+ HOST: Kathi Webster Node ID
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| CONFERENCE NEWS | ->GODFTHR
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| | ACTIVITY: NEW
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+---------------------------------+
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Posted by Skip Ross, Conference Co- NAME: SCUBA
|
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ordinator, Node ->ACC NUMBER: 106 (previously
|
||
OmniView)
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Well, it is time for a batch of new DESCRIPTION: A conference that is
|
||
conferences to be announced, but dedicated to the SCUBA divers in our
|
||
this time it is going to be slightly network, and hosted by a certified
|
||
different! We are in the process of PADI SCUBA Instructor, IDC Staff
|
||
replacing some of the slower Instructor, and who also teaches 7
|
||
conferences, and these confs. will types of specialty diving.
|
||
be our first attempt at doing this, Discussion is open to all folks from
|
||
so please check the conference the absolute novice to the
|
||
numbers listed below. experienced diver.
|
||
HOST: Tom Kellen Node ID
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NAME: GRAPHICS ->PARADIGM
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||
NUMBER: 26 (previously Word ACTIVITY: NEW
|
||
Processors)
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||
DESCRIPTION: This conference will NAME: BOATING
|
||
encompass all forms of computer NUMBER: 113 (previously
|
||
graphics, animations, programming, ETHICS)
|
||
pictures, etc. Would also cover DESCRIPTION: A conference dedicated
|
||
topics of graphics conversion for to the Boaters. This conference is
|
||
desktop publishing, and some desktop shared with MetroLink
|
||
publishing itself. HOST: To Be Announced
|
||
HOST: Mark Bernat Node ID - ACTIVITY: NEW
|
||
>DGRAPHIC
|
||
ACTIVITY: NEW NAME: Nintendo
|
||
NUMBER: 159 (previously Pre-
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||
NAME: Laptop Computers Teens)
|
||
NUMBER: 29 (previously DESCRIPTION: A conference for the
|
||
Educational) kids to discuss one of Americas
|
||
DESCRIPTION: This conference is biggest games. Shared with MetroLink
|
||
dedicated to the users of Laptop HOST: To Be Announced
|
||
computers, a place for answers and ACTIVITY: NEW
|
||
advice on purchasing and tips on
|
||
using these small wonders. NAME: Non-Profit
|
||
HOST: Dave Shubert Node ID Organizations
|
||
->CASINO NUMBER: 142 (previously
|
||
ACTIVITY: NEW HORSES)
|
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DESCRIPTION: The conference's
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||
NAME: Women Only purpose is to exchange information
|
||
NUMBER: 71 (previously effecting the Non profit
|
||
Leading Edge) organizations in your area. By
|
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posting events listings as well as Each conference develops it's own
|
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fund raises techniques and lingo and abbreviations as well. It
|
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membership participation and would be rather time consuming to
|
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retention programs. Also to provide compile and list all of the
|
||
a means for networking between possibilities in all of the
|
||
people involved in the these conferences, so I will select two.
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organizations. We are establishing a
|
||
clearinghouse for all non profit In the Computer/Technical
|
||
organizations. conference, you will find the
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HOST: Ira Karlick Node ID - following:
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>BBSCS
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ACTIVITY: NEW CPU .... Central Processing Unit
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DIP .... Dual In-line Package
|
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+---------------------------------+ EPROM .. Erasable Programmable Read
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| NETWORK SHORTHAND | Only Memory
|
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| | I/F .... Interface
|
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+---------------------------------+ PROM ... Programmable Read Only
|
||
by Mark Adams, Node ID ->OUTER Memory
|
||
RAM .... Random Access Memory
|
||
How many times have you seen an ROM .... Read Only Memory
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||
abbreviation in a message and SIMM ... Single In-line Memory
|
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wondered what it meant? Most users Module
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who have been at this for any length SIP .... Single In-line Package
|
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of time already know and use many WORM ... Write Once, Read Many
|
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abbreviations. We take it for ZIF .... Zero Insertion Force
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granted that everybody knows what we ZIP .... Zig-zag In-line Package
|
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mean. New users, however, may be
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scratching their heads wondering There are others, but this is a
|
||
whats going on. I've picked out sampling of what to expect.
|
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several of these over the past few
|
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weeks and compiled them here, In the 4_Sale conference, you may
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primarily for the novice user. find some of the above and others,
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as follows:
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BBS .... Bulletin Board System
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BTW .... By The Way BO ..... Best Offer
|
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FWIW ... For What It's Worth C/MO ... Cash/Money Order
|
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FYI .... For Your Information COD .... Cash On Delivery
|
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IMHO ... In My Humble Opinion PPD .... Prepaid
|
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L8R .... Later OBO .... Or Best Offer
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OTOH ... On The Other Hand SASE ... Self Addressed Stamped
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RIME ... RelayNet International Envelope
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Message Exchange
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ROTM ... Right On The Money I'm sure by now you get the idea.
|
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RTFM ... Read The Forgotten Manual Usually if you think about it, and
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(The `F' is variable.) take it in the context in which it's
|
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SIG .... Special Interest Group presented, it will become apparent.
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TTFN ... Ta Ta For Now And don't forget the smiley "faces",
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TTMS ... Talk (Type) To Me Soon [look sideways], ;-) :-) :^) 8-)
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TTYL(A) Talk (Type) To You Later :^{) , etc. (Winking, smiling, with
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(Alligator) nose, with glasses, with moustache.)
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And then there are the "stage
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directions", i.e., <grin>, <groan>.
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3. Don't use the local equivalent of
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+---------------------------------+ a PAGE command unless you really
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| BEGINNERS CORNER | have some clear cut notion of what
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| | you want to say and why. Almost any
|
||
+---------------------------------+ Sysop is more than happy to answer
|
||
by Jim Daly, Node ->TREASURE questions or offer help concerning
|
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his system. Unfortunately, because
|
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Bulletin Board Etiquette about 99% of the people who want to
|
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Chat with the Sysop have absolutely
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The following are a few points of nothing to say besides "How old are
|
||
general BBS etiquette. If you wish you?" or something equally
|
||
to maintain your welcome on whatever irrelevant, few Sysops even bother
|
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system you happen to call, it would turning on their pagers let alone
|
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be to YOUR advantage to observe respond when Paged.
|
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these few rules.
|
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4. When you are offered a place to
|
||
1. Don't habitually hang up on a leave comments when exiting a
|
||
system. Every Sysop is aware that system, don't try to use this area
|
||
accidental disconnections happen to ask the Sysop questions. It is
|
||
once in a while but we do tend to very rude to the other callers to
|
||
get annoyed with people who hang up expect the Sysop to carry on a half
|
||
every single time they call because visible conversation with someone.
|
||
they are either too lazy to If you have a question or statement
|
||
terminate properly or they labor to make and expect the Sysop to
|
||
under the mistaken assumption that respond to it, it should always be
|
||
the 10 seconds they save on-line is made in the section where all the
|
||
going to significantly alter their other messages are kept. This allows
|
||
phone bill. "Call Waiting" is not an the Sysop to help many people with
|
||
acceptable excuse for long! If you the same problem with the least
|
||
have it and intend to use the line amount of effort on his part.
|
||
to call BBS systems, you should
|
||
either have it disconnected or find 5. Before you log on with your
|
||
some other way to circumvent it. favorite pseudonym, make sure that
|
||
(CALLWAIT.ZIP) handles are allowed. Most Sysops
|
||
don't want people using handles on
|
||
2. Don't do dumb things like leave the system. There is not enough room
|
||
yourself a message that says; "Just for them, they get silly games of
|
||
testing to see if this thing works". one-upmanship started, it's much
|
||
Where do you think all those other nicer to deal with a person on a
|
||
messages came from if it didn't personal basis, and last but not
|
||
work? Also, don't leave whiny least, everyone should be willing to
|
||
messages that say; "Please leave me take full responsibility for his
|
||
a message". If ever there was a actions or comments instead of
|
||
person to ignore, it's the one who slinging mud from behind a phony
|
||
begs someone to leave him a message. name.
|
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If you want to get messages, start
|
||
by reading the ones that are already Also when signing on, why not sign
|
||
on-line and getting involved in the on just like you would introduce
|
||
conversations that are already on- yourself in your own society? How
|
||
going. many of you usually introduce
|
||
yourselves as Joe W Smutz the 3rd or
|
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4th?
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are going to do next. Most BBS
|
||
6. Take the time to log on properly. systems will automatically log you
|
||
There is no such place as ORL, WS, off if there is no keyboard activity
|
||
WP or any of a thousand other for an extended period of time
|
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abbreviations people use. You may (usually 2-5 minutes).
|
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think that everyone knows what WP is
|
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supposed to mean, but most BBS On the same subject, if you are
|
||
systems have members that call from going to Send or Receive a file and
|
||
all around the country and I assure think that you may not be able to
|
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you that someone from Atlanta has no wait for completion of the transfer,
|
||
idea what you're talking about. then wait till you can, or use the
|
||
Local equivalent of the (G)oodbye
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7. Don't go out of your way to make after completion.
|
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rude observations like "Gee, this
|
||
system is slow". Every BBS is a Auto log-offs due to keyboard
|
||
tradeoff of features. You can timeouts show up in the System's
|
||
generally assume that if someone is Activity Log (and your personal
|
||
running a particular brand of statistics) as Security violations!
|
||
software, that he is either happy On some Multi-Tasking systems, this
|
||
with it or he'll decide to find type of disconnect can cause the
|
||
another system he likes better. It program to lose it's place in MEMory
|
||
does nobody any good when you make and freeze all the NODES!!
|
||
comments about something that you
|
||
perceive to be a flaw when it is 11. Have the common courtesy to pay
|
||
running the way the Sysop wants it attention to what passes in front of
|
||
to. Constructive criticism is your face. When a BBS displays your
|
||
somewhat more welcome. If you have name and asks "Is this you?", don't
|
||
an alternative method that seems to say YES when you can see perfectly
|
||
make good sense then run it up the well that it is misspelled. Also,
|
||
flagpole. don't start asking questions about
|
||
simple operation of a system until
|
||
8. When leaving messages, stop and you have thoroughly read all of the
|
||
ask yourself whether it is necessary instructions that are available to
|
||
to make it PRIVATE. Unless there is you. I assure you that it isn't any
|
||
some particular reason that everyone fun to answer a question for the
|
||
shouldn't know what you're saying, thousandth time when the answer is
|
||
don't make it private. We don't call prominently displayed in the system
|
||
them PUBLIC bulletin boards for bulletins or instructions. Use some
|
||
nothing, folks. It's very irritating common sense when you ask your
|
||
to other callers when there are huge questions. The person who said
|
||
blank spots in the messages that "There's no such thing as a stupid
|
||
they can't read and it stifles question" obviously never operated a
|
||
interaction between callers. BBS.
|
||
|
||
9. If your favorite BBS has a time 12. Don't be personally abusive! It
|
||
limit, observe it. If it doesn't, doesn't matter whether you like a
|
||
set a limit for yourself and abide Sysop or think he's a jerk. The fact
|
||
by it instead. remains that he has a large
|
||
investment in making his computer
|
||
10. Do not sit in front of your available, usually out of the
|
||
screen with your hands in your lap goodness of his heart. If you don't
|
||
while trying to figure out what you like a Sysop or his system, just
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
remember that you can change the doesn't expect nonstop pats on the
|
||
channel any time you want. Besides, back, it seems reasonable that he
|
||
whether you are aware of it or not, should at least be able to expect
|
||
if you make yourself enough of an fair treatment from his callers.
|
||
annoyance to any Sysop, he can take This includes following any of the
|
||
the time to trace you down and make rules for system use he has laid out
|
||
your life, or that of your parents, without griping about it. Every
|
||
miserable. Sysop has his own idea of how he
|
||
wants his system to be run. It is
|
||
13. Keep firmly in mind that you are really none of your business why he
|
||
a guest on any BBS you happen to wants to run it the way he does.
|
||
call. Don't think of logging on as Your business is to either abide by
|
||
one of your basic human rights. what he says, or call some other BBS
|
||
Every person that has ever put a where you feel that you can obey the
|
||
computer system on-line for the use rules.
|
||
of other people has spent a lot of
|
||
time and money to do so. While he
|
||
|
||
+---------------------------------+
|
||
| 'C' TUTOR |
|
||
| |
|
||
+---------------------------------+
|
||
by Doug Maclean, node ->RUNNINGB
|
||
|
||
Last month we looked at routine to copy a file from one place to
|
||
another. This month we will be improving the through put and error
|
||
checking. The increased speed is the result of replacing open and
|
||
read/write statements with fopen and fread/fwrite. This permits us
|
||
the option of using the setvbuf statement. This routine permits us
|
||
to set up very large buffers to minimize disk access. In the
|
||
routine fastcopy, we set up a set of 20K buffers to expedite file
|
||
I/O.
|
||
|
||
We also use the access command to determine if the destination file
|
||
exists. This is much faster than checking with the success of
|
||
failure of an open.
|
||
#include "fcntl.h"
|
||
#include "types.h"
|
||
#include "stat.h"
|
||
#include "errno.h"
|
||
#include "dos.h"
|
||
#include "io.h"
|
||
#if defined(__TURBOC__) /* Turbo C */
|
||
#include "alloc.h"
|
||
#else
|
||
#include "malloc.h"
|
||
#endif
|
||
#include "stdio.h"
|
||
#include "stdlib.h"
|
||
#include "fcntl.h"
|
||
|
||
#define BUFSIZE 20480
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
#define IOBUF BUFSIZE
|
||
|
||
|
||
fastcopy(srcfile,destfile,overwrite,touch)
|
||
char *srcfile,*destfile;
|
||
int overwrite,touch; /* flags */
|
||
{
|
||
char *buffer;
|
||
int n;
|
||
union REGS r;
|
||
FILE *srcptr,*destptr;
|
||
char *srcbuf,*destbuf;
|
||
int src,dest;
|
||
|
||
if(access(srcfile,0) == ENOENT)
|
||
return(1);
|
||
if(!access(destfile,6) && !overwrite)
|
||
return(1);
|
||
buffer = malloc(BUFSIZE);
|
||
srcbuf = malloc(IOBUF);
|
||
destbuf = malloc(IOBUF);
|
||
srcptr = fopen(srcfile,"rb");
|
||
setvbuf(srcptr,srcbuf,_IOFBF,IOBUF);
|
||
destptr = fopen(destfile,"w+b");
|
||
setvbuf(destptr,destbuf,_IOFBF,IOBUF);
|
||
while(!feof(srcptr))
|
||
{
|
||
n = fread(buffer,1,BUFSIZE,srcptr);
|
||
if(fwrite(buffer,1,n,destptr) != n)
|
||
{
|
||
fclose(srcptr);
|
||
fclose(destptr);
|
||
free(srcbuf);
|
||
free(destbuf);
|
||
free(buffer);
|
||
return(1);
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
fclose(srcptr);
|
||
fclose(destptr);
|
||
free(srcbuf);
|
||
free(destbuf);
|
||
free(buffer);
|
||
if(touch == 1)
|
||
{
|
||
src = open(srcfile,O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
|
||
dest = open(destfile, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY,S_IREAD
|
||
| S_IWRITE);
|
||
r.h.ah = 0x57;
|
||
r.h.al = 0;
|
||
r.x.bx = src;
|
||
intdos(&r,&r);
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
r.h.ah = 0x57;
|
||
r.h.al = 1;
|
||
r.x.bx = dest;
|
||
int86(0x21,&r,&r);
|
||
close(dest);
|
||
close(src);
|
||
}
|
||
return(0);
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
+---------------------------------+
|
||
| 'BRIEF' MACROS |
|
||
| FOR EZ-READER |
|
||
+---------------------------------+
|
||
by Doug Maclean, node ->RUNNINGB
|
||
|
||
As an active member of the relay I find myself writing a lot of
|
||
messages with EZ-Reader. I use Brief as my editor and wrote the
|
||
following macro to help with some of the mundane chores. This
|
||
macro will automatically split the screen into a message and reply
|
||
if you are answering a message or keep one screen if you are
|
||
preparing a new message. The macro also sets up hot keys to route
|
||
a reply based on the home board of the original message. F2 will
|
||
route the mail and F3 will also request a return receipt. F1 will
|
||
search for the person's name and start the reply off for you.
|
||
|
||
extern blktype;
|
||
string ascii_table;
|
||
|
||
rime()
|
||
{
|
||
int buff_id;
|
||
|
||
if(exist("i:\\work\\msg"))
|
||
{
|
||
top_of_buffer();
|
||
create_edge(0);
|
||
buff_id = next_buffer();
|
||
set_buffer(buff_id);
|
||
attach_buffer(buff_id);
|
||
}
|
||
assign_to_key("<F2>","_ro 0");
|
||
assign_to_key("<F3>","_ro 1");
|
||
assign_to_key("<F1>","salute");
|
||
assign_to_key("<F4>","sign");
|
||
assign_to_key("<F5>","regards");
|
||
message("RIME Handler loaded");
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
|
||
_ro(int ret)
|
||
{
|
||
end_of_buffer();
|
||
search_back("PCRelay",0,1,0);
|
||
search_fwd(":",0,0,0);
|
||
right();
|
||
mark(1);
|
||
search_fwd(" ",0,0,0);
|
||
left();
|
||
copy();
|
||
change_window(2);
|
||
top_of_buffer();
|
||
paste();
|
||
beginning_of_line();
|
||
insert("->");
|
||
end_of_line();
|
||
if(ret)
|
||
insert("*");
|
||
insert("\n\n");
|
||
change_window(0);
|
||
top_of_buffer();
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
salute()
|
||
{
|
||
int temp;
|
||
|
||
top_of_buffer();
|
||
search_fwd("From:",0,1,0);
|
||
right();right();right();right();right();right();
|
||
mark(1);
|
||
search_fwd(" ",0,0,0);
|
||
left();
|
||
copy();
|
||
change_window(2);
|
||
paste();
|
||
beginning_of_line();
|
||
right();
|
||
mark(1);
|
||
end_of_line();
|
||
insert(",");
|
||
temp = blktype;
|
||
blktype = 1;
|
||
vi_tilde();
|
||
end_of_line();
|
||
left();
|
||
insert("\n");
|
||
blktype = temp;
|
||
change_window(0);
|
||
top_of_buffer();
|
||
change_window(2);
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
|
||
sign()
|
||
{
|
||
insert("\n\nDoug\n");
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
regards()
|
||
{
|
||
insert("\n\nRegards,\nDoug\n");
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
vi_tilde (...)
|
||
{
|
||
int ascval, row;
|
||
int rep_cnt;
|
||
|
||
string chr;
|
||
|
||
if (inq_marked (row, NULL))
|
||
{
|
||
if (blktype == 3)
|
||
move_abs (row, 1);
|
||
else
|
||
swap_anchor ();
|
||
rep_cnt = inq_mark_size ();
|
||
raise_anchor ();
|
||
}
|
||
if (strlen (read ()) == 1)
|
||
{
|
||
--rep_cnt;
|
||
next_char ();
|
||
}
|
||
while (--rep_cnt >= 0)
|
||
{
|
||
ascval = ascii (chr = read (1));
|
||
delete_char ();
|
||
if (ascval >= 65 && ascval <= 90)
|
||
sprintf (chr, "%c", ascval + 32);
|
||
if (ascval >= 97 && ascval <= 122)
|
||
sprintf (chr, "%c", ascval - 32);
|
||
insert (chr);
|
||
refresh ();
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
ascii_init (...)
|
||
{
|
||
int a_count;
|
||
|
||
string a_chr;
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
|
||
ascii_table = "";
|
||
a_count = 0;
|
||
while (++a_count < 128)
|
||
{
|
||
sprintf (a_chr, "%c", a_count);
|
||
ascii_table += a_chr;
|
||
}
|
||
sprintf (ascii_table, "%s", ascii_table);
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
ascii (...) /* converts 1st character in string to ascii value */
|
||
{
|
||
string parm;
|
||
|
||
get_parm (0, parm);
|
||
if (first_time ())
|
||
ascii_init ();
|
||
if (parm == "")
|
||
returns 0;
|
||
else
|
||
returns index (ascii_table, substr (parm, 1, 1));
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
You should, of course, change the name in the signature macros to
|
||
your own. I hope you enjoy this macro and join us in the Brief
|
||
Support conference.
|
||
|
||
+---------------------------------+ The primary purposes of these marks
|
||
| TRADEMARKS | are to indicate origin, imply
|
||
| AND SERVICE MARKS | quality, and stimulate demand.
|
||
+---------------------------------+ While they keep others from using
|
||
by James Spinelli, Node ID ->VMC similar names, they don't prevent
|
||
others from making or selling
|
||
In our previous columns we talked similar goods or services.
|
||
about patents and copyrights as
|
||
methods used to protect our Only the owners of the marks are
|
||
inventions, creations and entitled to use them. If your idea
|
||
expressions of ideas. In this is a marketing concept that depends
|
||
column we'll address the use of on a particular name, you had
|
||
trademarks and service marks to better learn at the outset whether
|
||
protect our ideas. you are free to adopt it. One
|
||
marketeer spent considerable time
|
||
A trademark is a word, name, and money developing the "French
|
||
symbol, device, or a combination of Kiss" candy idea before checking
|
||
these actually used in trade with the status of the name. Last-minute
|
||
goods to indicate their source and research revealed it to be a
|
||
to distinguish them from products registered trademark of a
|
||
of others. A service mark serves a California company. The mark was
|
||
similar function for services. They not actually being used at the
|
||
are essentially brand names. time, and the company could have
|
||
been contacted about licensing its
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
use. However, the marketeer decided Registering a trademark or service
|
||
that the profit potential was not mark grants the right AND THE
|
||
great enough to pay licensing fees, OBLIGATION to use the circled "R"
|
||
and the project was abandoned with or "S" symbols or certain phrases
|
||
some egg on face but with tongue indicating registered status.
|
||
still safely in cheek.
|
||
A mark owner has an obligation to
|
||
To avoid a similar fiasco, you can protest its misuse or risk losing
|
||
do your own preliminary search in it. If a mark falls into general
|
||
the TRADEMARK REGISTER OF THE public use to denote a TYPE of
|
||
UNITED STATES. Verifying whether or article, as opposed to a particular
|
||
not a particular mark is currently brand, it may be deemed generic and
|
||
registered will save you the the trademark protection lost.
|
||
possibility of a lawsuit to Anyone making that type of article
|
||
preclude you're using someone could then use the former trademark
|
||
else's mark. You may find it useful to describe it. Preventing this can
|
||
to spend a few hundred dollars to require diligence in informing the
|
||
have a professional search done for public that the mark should only be
|
||
you by a Patent and Trademark used to refer to the specific
|
||
specialist brand. Former trademarks that have
|
||
become generic, for example,
|
||
The requirements for registration include aspirin, cellophane, and
|
||
are quite technical and linoleum.
|
||
complicated. You can file your own
|
||
application, but, as with patents, Registration is effective for
|
||
it is wise to consult an agent or twenty years and is renewable, but
|
||
attorney. A trademark cannot be an affidavit must be filed within
|
||
registered if it is: six years showing that the mark is
|
||
still in use and that there is no
|
||
- Immoral or deceptive intention of abandoning it. Fees
|
||
- Disparaging of living or dead for the original registration and
|
||
persons, institutions, national renewals are several hundred
|
||
symbols, or beliefs (remember, dollars.
|
||
there's no issue of "freedom of
|
||
speech" involved here) Trademarks should not be confused
|
||
- The flag or coat of arms of any with TRADE NAMES. Trademarks and
|
||
state or nation service marks refer to goods and
|
||
- The name, portrait, or services, while trade names relate
|
||
signature of a living person to those who produce and sell them.
|
||
without his or her permission Businesses always have trade names,
|
||
- The name, signature, or but they might not use any marks.
|
||
portrait of a deceased U.S. Trade names are not protected by
|
||
President while his widow is alive, federal law, but state law may
|
||
without her permission protect them by statute or by
|
||
- So similar to an existing mark common law concepts of unfair
|
||
as to cause confusion, mistake, or competition. A trade name can be
|
||
deception registered and used as a trademark.
|
||
- A common English term, common It is then protected by the same
|
||
name, or a descriptive or generic procedures and to the same extent
|
||
term as any other trademark. Coca Cola
|
||
is a trade name. It is also a
|
||
trademark.
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
+---------------------------------+
|
||
As with patents, marks are better | PRACTICE SAFE HEX! |
|
||
in theory than in practice, at | |
|
||
least for individuals and small +---------------------------------+
|
||
businesses. They are difficult to by Ed Lazarowitz, Node ->CAPCON
|
||
obtain and can be quite costly to
|
||
maintain and protect. On the other "Prevent computer viruses -
|
||
hand, if you have ample financial Practice safe hex!"
|
||
resources, the system can be most
|
||
effective. Inadvertently running This admonition recently appeared
|
||
afoul of someone with a mark and as the tagline from a RelayNet BBS.
|
||
the means to enforce it can be Sage words of advice in this time
|
||
costly indeed. of paranoia over the multitude of
|
||
viruses and Trojan horses floating
|
||
Another rather unknown small around. Most programmers and PC
|
||
business marketeer helped found a users give little thought to the
|
||
small company that sold salad security of their valuable software
|
||
dressing, using a red and white and hardware - until it's too late.
|
||
checkered pattern for the border on I'd like to present to you my
|
||
its label. Although this very 'unofficial' checklist of PC
|
||
common pattern was used solely to protection do's and don'ts:
|
||
achieve an attractive design the
|
||
firm was promptly "requested" by o First and foremost, back up your
|
||
attorneys from the Ralston Purina hard drive frequently. The
|
||
Company to remove it. Even though frequency of backup is only
|
||
the small company strongly believed something you can determine.
|
||
the BORDER design did not in any However, the more suspect software
|
||
way infringe the Ralston you acquire and use, the shorter
|
||
trademarked checkerboard SQUARE, your backup cycle should be. At
|
||
the producers of the salad dressing the same time, maintain at least 3
|
||
had to comply. Doing battle with or 4 levels of backups. Be aware
|
||
the enormous multi-billion-dollar that if a virus is timed to go off
|
||
Ralston Purina Company was, without after a three-month period, for
|
||
any doubt, out of the question, and example, it could also be resident
|
||
the cost of revising all of the on your most recent backup disks.
|
||
graphics and printing new labels If a virus is detected, your hard
|
||
were more than enough to put the disk can be reformatted and files
|
||
fledgling salad dressing restored.
|
||
manufacturer out of business.
|
||
o One of the simplest active-
|
||
In the final article of our series protection actions you can take is
|
||
regarding the protection of our to alter the file attributes of all
|
||
ideas, to appear next month, we'll executable files to 'read-only'.
|
||
talk about State and Common Law This will prevent poorly engineered
|
||
protections. viruses from being able to alter
|
||
these program files. This category
|
||
includes any files loaded in the
|
||
CONFIG.SYS file and those with
|
||
extensions of .BAT, .COM, or .EXE.
|
||
Most of the commercially available
|
||
low-level DOS tools have a facility
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
for doing this, such as The Norton your risk of infection from these
|
||
Utilities FA command. sources by minimizing contact with
|
||
BBSes that have large download
|
||
o Another active protection method directories of games, hacked or
|
||
you can use to protect your otherwise.
|
||
COMMAND.COM file is to rename AND
|
||
relocate it using the SHELL command o Be extremely leery of
|
||
from within CONFIG.SYS. suspicious-looking files. Avoid
|
||
running downloaded files that don't
|
||
o Although many viruses will not include documentation written by
|
||
be caught by a hard drive the program's author. Also, if the
|
||
protection utility, they still program documentation doesn't
|
||
offer relatively cheap insurance include name, address, and phone
|
||
against corruption by a wide number of the author.
|
||
variety of known viruses. These
|
||
include such packages as Flushot o While they may be the most
|
||
Plus, Bombsquad, and Write Protect attractive tools to the technically
|
||
Tab. (A recent issue of "PC oriented, use extreme caution with
|
||
Magazine" reviewed several packages low-level tools. Since these
|
||
available. FOr more information, programs by nature are designed to
|
||
see the ??????, 1990 issue.) tinker with the kinds of data most
|
||
often corrupted by viruses, it may
|
||
o Avoid ANY software downloaded be very difficult to ascertain that
|
||
from those BBSes that don't a tool has a virus imbedded in it
|
||
validate or otherwise verify new until it's too late. Beware of
|
||
users. Along the same lines, Don't public domain disk optimizers,
|
||
run files downloaded from BBSes directory sorters, bulk unerasers,
|
||
where the Sysop doesn't test and FAT/directory editors, and other
|
||
approve all files. There are many low-level DOS utilities. The best
|
||
BBSes where the Sysop has a bet for safe low-level hard disk
|
||
separate test PC management is a known commercial
|
||
for verification of uploaded package like The Norton Utilities
|
||
software. If you find a board that 4.5 Advanced Edition or PC Tools
|
||
has this setup, they would be a Deluxe 5.5.
|
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prime source of download software.
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o Of course, it goes without
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o If you use shareware software, saying that programs you copy onto
|
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such as EZ-Reader or Telix, try to your hard drive should come from a
|
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download that software from the source that you know and trust.
|
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author's BBS. Most authors provide
|
||
support BBSes for their products or Well, that's the 10 most obvious
|
||
frequent one particular BBS where steps you can take to try and
|
||
they post new releases and bug protect yourself against the
|
||
fixes. onslaught of viruses and Trojan
|
||
horses that may come your way.
|
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o Avoid at all costs hacked or However, this information is just
|
||
pirated software. Some of the the tip of the iceberg. If you're
|
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deadliest viruses created have been interested in obtaining more data
|
||
hacked versions of mainstream on viruses and protection schemes,
|
||
applications. Game programs are the National Computer Security
|
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especially prone to this kind of Association, Washington, D.C.,
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attack philosophy. You can reduce sells a Virus Self-Defense Kit for
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a very reasonable $45.00. This Blasters, one IBM Music Feature,
|
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includes the program, and one-year and one CMS card.
|
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membership in the group. They also
|
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run a BBS (unfortunately not part I also asked for a satisfaction
|
||
of RelayNet). The number is rating from 1 to 10. The general
|
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(202)364-1304. consensus is that you like your
|
||
music cards. The average vote is
|
||
+---------------------------------+ 8.1 out of 10. The overall vote
|
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| RIME TIMES POLL | for the AdLib is about the same at
|
||
| | 8, and the Sound Blaster is 8.3.
|
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+---------------------------------+ The users of the IBM Music Feature
|
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by Nathan Anderson, Node ->OUTER and the CMS card voted at 10 and 5,
|
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respectively.
|
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Since I am an avid user of RIME and
|
||
I found the new newsletter I'll probably run out of good ideas
|
||
informative and entertaining, I for polling questions soon, so I'd
|
||
really wanted to give some appreciate all the suggestions that
|
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continuing contribution. I figured you wonderful people have. If any
|
||
that the best way to do this was to of you can recommend something that
|
||
organize a poll and collate all the I could ask in a future poll, just
|
||
information that I received from drop me a line in the COMMON
|
||
it. I hope that in the future conference. I'll be there to
|
||
there will be more participation in receive it. Make it R/O if you
|
||
this poll than there was in the want, I'm R/O capable.
|
||
first one. Only 27 of you answered
|
||
the first poll. Although the poll I'll probably have started my next
|
||
applied to only a few people, I poll by the time you read this. I
|
||
think there are more people who still hope to see you answer,
|
||
have a sound board and DIDN'T though. The more that answer, the
|
||
answer. merrier. Just take a minute and a
|
||
half to vote, and I'll really
|
||
My first poll dealt with music appreciate it.
|
||
cards for the PC. These are cards
|
||
such as the AdLib, Game Blaster, +---------------------------------+
|
||
Sound Blaster, and IBM Music | BETA THIS! |
|
||
Feature. | |
|
||
+---------------------------------+
|
||
As I said before, only 27 of you by Jeff Woods, Node id ->MUSICAL
|
||
answered, but I can really only
|
||
count 25. Kevin Nelander, with Well, it's official. The PCBoard
|
||
some friends of his, once got his world is topsy turvy. I acquired
|
||
Apple II+'s drive to play such the beta code for 14.5 about four
|
||
songs as "Colonel Bogie's March." hours after posting. One thing
|
||
Another RIME user, has some exotic beta testing does for you is to
|
||
pieces of hardware that I couldn't keep your board off-line while you
|
||
really fit into the results of the get new code. Judging on the
|
||
poll. volume of calls to Salt Air, my
|
||
board spends more time making calls
|
||
This leaves 25 of you left. There than receiving them.
|
||
are 27 cards among the 25 of you.
|
||
There are 21 AdLibs, four Sound Beta testing should be called bet-
|
||
a-testing. "Oh, I bet the code
|
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|
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will run......" No slur intended the same of the BBS. Just ask my
|
||
against CDC, but with 10,000 users. PCBoard is colorful, and so
|
||
customers, you can bet there will is my users' language these days.
|
||
be 10,001 problems. First was the
|
||
multiple events. I found that Ok, now to the actually running.
|
||
getting multiple events was an Yes, I was running - all over town
|
||
event in itself. I had to actually to find blank disks, and a copy of
|
||
program something. Never mind Norton's so I could recover my old
|
||
that six other people did it at the 14.2 files. Let me back up.
|
||
same time, including Daniel Rall (Ooops, I can't, I forgot to back
|
||
who had to outdo me by including my up). Anyway yes, it works. It
|
||
future features in his current works me to the bone. It runs.
|
||
release. So, what's a few hours It runs me ragged. Its improved.
|
||
of compiling bug-ridden software? Its improved my tolerance for
|
||
If Dave Terry can fight several stress (even with the Vivarin).
|
||
thousand lines of PCBoard code, I And, I'm afraid. I'm a-Fraid Clark
|
||
can muddle through 100 lines of fan, and that's that. I wouldn't
|
||
code to do a simple task, right? have sacrificed this experience for
|
||
Ha! the world. (Well, maybe for the
|
||
WHOLE world......) Now, before
|
||
Well, that was solved. Now on to you go to Terr-your hair out,
|
||
configuration. Another misnomer. remember, I am still the
|
||
The word is con-figure-it-out incorrigible punster, and should
|
||
(pronounced with an accent - Can't not be incorriged. CDC you
|
||
figure it out). By this time I later.....
|
||
had already bought stock in Vivarin
|
||
and Foldgers (too bad it was de- +---------------------------------+
|
||
caf).... First order of business | NOTES FROM |
|
||
- keep the nodes happy. I never | ADMIN |
|
||
should have upgraded.... ;-) +---------------------------------+
|
||
Nothing works as planned. Starting with the next beta release
|
||
Something tells me I use the only of PCRelay, serial numbers will be
|
||
utilities that are NOT required. Bonnie Anthony is
|
||
compatible..... distributing the version of the
|
||
node software 41B15 along with the
|
||
Ok, on to setup. No misnomer required serial numbers.
|
||
there. I was definitely set up.
|
||
They KNEW it would take a full day +---------------------------------+
|
||
off work to completely reconfigure | AS SEEN ON THE BIT STREAM |
|
||
the system. The features may be | |
|
||
worth it, but sheesh! This isn't +---------------------------------+
|
||
a 14.2 to 14.5 upgrade. This TAGLINE OF THE MONTH:
|
||
thing should be called version 42.0 "Outlaw puns and only outlaws will
|
||
(42 being the meaning of life and have puns!" (As seen on a tag of Ed
|
||
everything but the kitchen sink.) Lazarowitz, suggested by Mark
|
||
Speaking of sinks, I have this Burfeind)
|
||
sinking feeling about the upgrade
|
||
to 15.0...... BORING THREAD OF THE MONTH:
|
||
(There wasn't one! <grin>)
|
||
Testing. What can I say. My
|
||
patience and endurance were EXCITING THREAD OF THE MONTH:
|
||
definitely tested. I can't say "Laptop/Toshiba Conference..."
|
||
|
||
|
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|
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(which somehow evolved into a
|
||
detailed discussion of Howard
|
||
Belascos tush! For those that do
|
||
not know, Howard weighs 260lbs.
|
||
Last we heard, someone was
|
||
demanding a GIF of his tush!)
|
||
|
||
THE THREAD THAT LOST CONTROL:
|
||
"Fan-driven Sailboats" (What else!
|
||
Amazing how many mechanical
|
||
engineers we have on RIME! )
|
||
|
||
MALFUNCTION OF THE MONTH:
|
||
Bonnie's node ->RUNNINGA (after
|
||
installing PCBoard 14.5, the BBS
|
||
continually crashed... which had
|
||
Bonnie AND David Terry scrambling!)
|
||
|
||
+---------------------------------+
|
||
| NOTICES |
|
||
| |
|
||
+---------------------------------+
|
||
The RIME Times is published monthly
|
||
by the membership of RelayNet In-
|
||
ternational Message Exchange as its
|
||
official newsletter. Users and
|
||
Sysops are encouraged to con-
|
||
tribute. Submissions and questions
|
||
may be directed to the editor John
|
||
Dodson, node ->CANTINA or Ed
|
||
Lazarowitz, node ->CAPCON.
|
||
|
||
(c)Copyright 1990, The RelayNet
|
||
International Message Exchange.
|
||
Permission is hereby granted for
|
||
unlimited distribution and
|
||
duplication, provided such
|
||
distribution and duplication are
|
||
strictly for non-commercial
|
||
purposes only. All other rights
|
||
reserved. RelayNet and RIME are
|
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registered trademarks.
|
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