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ºVol 1 This month's features of IceNEWS Issue 3º
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º Nov ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1992 º
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º º
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º 1. Calling All Sub Hosts...........The Editor, 1@6250 º
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º º
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º 2. All About: The Subs.Lst.........The Editor, 1@6250 º
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º º
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º 3. Budding Shareware Authors...........Louhal, 1@10 º
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º -Featuring Justin Powell and Alex Mead- º
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º º
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º 4. Where the Girls Aren't..............Louhal, 1@10 º
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º º
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º 5. Keeping Control of Holiday Parties..Jestor, 46@10 º
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º º
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º 6. Mod o' the Month....................Airmon, 1@7491 º
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º -=Featuring Count Zero's CZEXTLOG.MOD=- º
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ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
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CALLING ALL SUB HOSTS:
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"How I got tons of subscribers to my subs, and left them all smiling"
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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By: The Editor, 1@6250
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______________________
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Hello everyone...I would like to cover a point with you that I think
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will help improve the quality of our subs list, and help IceNET remain the
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quality network for which it is recognized. I think that hosts and
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subscribers alike would benefit if all non-restricted subs were
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autorequestable using either WWIV's REQ feature, or WWIVSERV. By doing
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so, you will get more subscribers more quickly to your subs, and eliminate
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some frustration subscribers feel when their requests go unfilled.
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I have heard that sometimes, a sub host does not respond to a sub
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request. When a sysop writes a letter to subscribe to a sub, and after a
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week or so receives no confirmation, it can be frustrating. Read on, and
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I'm going to tell you how, as a sub host, you can eliminate this
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frustration, and have happy subscribers. (A lot of them!!!)
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I know that there are reasons that could cause a request for a
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subscription to go unanswered:
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1) SysOp is on vacation...and couldn't get to his mailbox.
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2) Your mail was LOST on the way to it's destination. (This does not
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happen very often at all, but it IS a possibility that you need to
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consider....especially if a node along the path has just had their board
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crash, and had your packet waiting there at the time.)
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3) The sub is no longer hosted by that node, or that node is out of the
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net. This is partially my fault if I you have not gotten a current copy of
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the subs list in time, the sub may have been discontinued. At this time, you
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should contact me to check on the CURRENT status of that sub, or arrangements
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on taking over as the host if in fact it has been dropped by the original
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host.
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4) Your request may have been unclear.
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5) The host just has not replied to your message.
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By making subs autorequestable, most of these problems will not even occur.
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That is why I am such a firm believer in using the automated features
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available to you for managing your message bases.
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In addition, you will find that more subscriptions will come to you if you
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host a sub, and an SSM will notify you as you log onto your system.
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There are two options for you to use: WWIV's REQ, and WWIVSERV.
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WWIV (begining with release NET29) has a program that comes with it called
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REQ (short for REQuestable). This program is VERY easy to set up, and
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quite convienient to both YOU, and the sub requestor! Instructions out of
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the WWIVNet DOCS are as follows:
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Appendix I - (REQ) Automated subboard requests
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Net29 and above support automated subboard subscriptions. In order for
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this to work, BOTH systems (the host and the subscriber) must be running
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net29 or later. The program 'REQ.EXE' can be used to subscribe or drop
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subboards.
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To use REQ, shell out and type in REQ A|D <subtype><host>, where 'A' is to
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add, and 'D' is to drop the sub. See example below.
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There is also aprogram that provides the function of REQ and some other
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very nice features. You can set it up to intercept the REQ requests. It
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is called WWIV Serve (WWIVSERV)...
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WWIVSERV External Sub Handler
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Copyright (c) 1992 Crispy Software
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All Rights Reserved
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Introduction
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------------
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WWIVSERV allows users to automatically hook themselves to various
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lists and do other things regarding these lists (such as see who
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else is receiving a list and find out who the moderator is).
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How it Works
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------------
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It scans the incoming mail packet (LOCAL.NET) for mail addressed
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to WWIVSERV. When it locates a message for WWIVSERV, it performs
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the commands that the program understands (unless it reaches a
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line it can not interpret, which then it just skips that piece of
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mail and goes on to the next one), as long as WWIVSERV has not
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been given any restrictions by the SysOp that would prevent it
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from performing such an action, as set up in the WWIVSERV
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Configuration (WSCFG) program.
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it goes on to say...(after installation)
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9. To use WWIVSERV you simply send e-mail to the system you
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want information from or that you want to request a sub
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from. For example, suppose you wanted to request the
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Philosophy sub, subtype 58000 from The Great White North,
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IceNET @1:
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>> Type E to send E-mail
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>> Then type WWIVSERV@1 to tell your system who to send
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mail to
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>> Title: It doesn't matter what the title is
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(Inside your e-mail type these [one to a line]:)
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HELP
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REVIEW 58000
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SUBSCRIBE 58000
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LIST
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VERSION
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INFO 58000
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PROFILE
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/s
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This will send mail to system 1 requesting the HELP
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file, the REView (list of subscribers to the sub), request the
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SUB, get a list of all subs available via WWIVSERV on the system,
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tell what version of WWIVSERV this board is running, request
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information on subtype 58000, and request a profile of this
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system. All of these commands can be shortened to 3 letters to
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make entry quicker. (i.e., REVIEW can be shortened to REV)
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Systems set up to be WWIVSERVable...are shown in the subs.lst with the !
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parameter in the NOTES section for each sub line.
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I think you will be very pleased using either of these methods to allow
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subscribers into your subs. I know firsthand, that once I learned to use
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the autorequest method, my eye looks for the 'R' in the subs list
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indicating it's autorequestable, and I'm much more likely to subscribe to
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the sub...because it's easier...and I also know the sysop hosting the sub
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is capable, considerate, and probably has a great sub too!
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All About: The SUBS.LST
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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By: The Editor, 1@6250
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______________________
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And now for some futher explaination on the subs.lst:
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[======================================================================]
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RECOMMENDED Subs
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Type Host Note Sub Name & Description
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----- ----- ----- ------------------------------------------------
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18001 1 RN Ice NET National SysOps Only (255 access only)
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To REQ this sub...shell to dos and type REQ A 18001 1
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WWIV... starting with version 4.21, when you add the sub in your //BOARDEDIT
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files, and enter the subtype (Choice J) as 18001...it will read the SUBS.LST
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file in your ICENET or DATA directory, to check to see if subtype 18001 is
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REQable....if it is, it will automatically send the REQ request for you...
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and it will inform you of this. If it is NOT REQable, then you will need to
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see if it is WWIVSERVable; otherwise send the host email.
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This sub is not wwivservable....(There is no ! in the notes). This sub host
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validates the posts on the sub before they are sent out to the rest of the
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subscribers, and wishes that you do the same.
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Here is the current key to the SUBS list...it is pretty much self explanitory.
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-#/## Means that the sub has been discontinued. Remove it from your system.
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(-7/01 etc...means the date of the subs deletion from the list if no one
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claims it)
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+ Means that it is a NEW release to the subs list
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# Means a recent change of host or sub-type (Email 1@ NEW system to verify)
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! Means that the sub is WWIVServable
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P PRIVATE...only certain people will be allowed in..contact host via E-Mail
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A ASK..contact the host, certain retrictions may apply.
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R Means that the sub is requestable with NET29/30 REQ.EXE programs
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(NET31 does not need the REQ.EXE file as it has it built right in!)
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(Consult the WWIVNet.DOC file under 11.9 Appendix 1 for more information)
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N Means the sub is set NETWORK VALIDATED so you know that the posts on
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this sub could come thru slower than normal, and be of better quality!
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G Means the sub is GATED from/to another network.
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T Means this sub does NOT allow TAGLINES of ANY form!
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If you would like to host a sub, I need the following information:
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SUBTYPE HOST NOTES TITLE CATEGORY (category you wish your sub listed in)
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Sub-types follow this guideline...
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If your node number is 6250 then: First Hosted Sub : 6250
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Second Hosted Sub: 16250
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Third Hosted Sub : 26250
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Etc...up to 65535
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If you are going to host a sub and your next subtype in sequence would be
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greater then 65535, contact me for another subtype series.
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If you are going to take on an abandonded SUB...you chose a new subtype
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following the above guidelines
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Black & White copies are automatically put in your ICENET(DATA) directory.
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Color subs.lst files are posted on the IceNET SysOps sub. So when you see the
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color one posted, you know that you have a B&W copy also!
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SUBS.PUB INFORMATION
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.....Random 1@3050 writes...
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--Also, net31 has been out for a few months now. I suggest that everyone
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--upgrade to the new version of the net software. One of the new features
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--is automated subs.lst reporting. Using automated subs.lst reporting,
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--you will no longer have to notify anyone when you change a sub type,
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--change the name of the sub, or other things like that, in order for the
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--updated info to appear in the subs.lst file (IF you are running net31,
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--AND have one additional data file set up).
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--
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--In order to get this new feature to work, first you have to be running
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--net31. Secondly, you have to set up the file 'SUBS.PUB' (for PUBlic subs
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--info). The format of this file is remarkably similar to the n*.net
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--files and allow.net files. Simply list, in the subs.pub file, the
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--SUB TYPES that you wish automatically reported.
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--
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--For example, my SUBS.PUB file lists:
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--
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--1701
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--10001
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--40001
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-- (For all the subs you WANT listed in the SUBS.LST file!)
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--Periodically, the subs.lst coordinator will send out an automated subs
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--info request. net31 will process this request, based upon your subs.pub
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--file, and send back all the subs.lst entries for your system.
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--
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--For each response for each sub, it will give: the sub type (obviously);
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--your system number (for the list); whether the sub is auto-requestable
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--(based upon your allow.net file); whether you disallow tag lines on that
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--sub (based upon the info in //boardedit); and the name of the sub
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--(gotten from //boardedit - so set your sub name in //boardedit to show
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--how you want the sub reported).
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--
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I'd like to encourage everyone to make their subs autorequestable except for
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Adult or private subs. I can almost gaurantee you will get more subscribers,
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because it's so easy for the sysop to order your sub. Also, you will get
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mail automatically telling you which systems subscribed or dropped your sub.
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This mail comes along with the '....read your mail' messages you see when you
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log onto your system.
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SUBS.LST editor is 1@6250
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For questions/comments on the SUBS.LST or questions on how to install REQ, or
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WWIVSERV (WS211.EXE), or input on the previous message, please contact me.
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WS211.EXE is available on my board, and available via GSA.
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If we work together on these simple items, it will make everything easier, and
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in some cases AUTOMATED...with less mistakes, quicker editions, and better turn
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around time for problems!
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===============================================================================
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BUDDING SHAREWARE AUTHORS
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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How They Got Started - By LouHal, 1@10
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________________________________________
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Did you ever wonder how a programmer got started in the business of
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authoring shareware? Many users asked the question and a two budding
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local authors (well known depending on what region you are in) volunteered
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their stories. This column will hopefully become a monthly feature of
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IceNEWS, so let this be a call for articles from any and all authors of
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Shareware; I know we have some very good ones in IceNET.
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The first story is from Amproman #14 @10. Amproman is a very talented
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game programmer, specializing in graphics, and improving in quality with
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every new realease.
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Alex Mead (aka Amproman) Producshunz: How I got started.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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My old college buddy Louhal, Editor of IceNEWS, asked me to tell you
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about my humble beginings now that I'm such a celebrity (Ahh taste that
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sarcasm). I thought it was a capital idea, so here we go.
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SInce I was old enough to think about what I wanted to do, I've known
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that it would have as little to do with bosses and co-workers as possible.
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As a teenager appoaching (and dreading) the time when I'd be old enough to
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get a "real job", I tried starting a comic cook company (and ran out of
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ways to get free photo copies), being an author (and had no clue what to
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do with it when I finished a book), and just about anything else a
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creative young man looking for a way to escape the system could try.
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My mother was not thrilled with any of those ideas (as mothers often
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aren't), and she was often pushing me to find something I liked that was a
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nice "saleable" skill. We managed to compromise on computers. It all
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started off in High school with the best teacher the world has ever known
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Mr. Doug Alderdice. I had never encountered anything in school like
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computers. It was a subject that I actually had a hunger for, and I
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quickly surpassed the class on the fundamentals and flew right into (you
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guessed it) graphics.
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Programming became my life, and I would spend months programming 3 to 5
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minute 4 color animation sequences. In college (and I begrudgingly admit
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this) I learned some important things like how to write huge programs, and
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how to write good program code and keep it all together, and a few years
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later I was able to craft my first video game (Pathfinder 2 in 1988 --a
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simple game that would later become Pathfinder 5 my first official
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release). I even had a brilliant new marketing idea. I would give away
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half of the game on one disk for free, and I would have people send me
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money to get the second half if they enjoyed the first half (I was rather
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peeved to find out later that my idea had already been around for years
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(shareware) and that companies were already making huge amounts of money
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on the concept.
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On August 21st 1991, I decided that I had wandered around aimlessly for
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far to long, and I also decided that if I didn't do something soon I'd end
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up in one of those "real job" thigs (Ick!!) so on that day I went down to
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the bank, got some money and aquired my P.O. Box (P.O. Box 988 Buffalo NY,
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14213 (which is now payed off well into 1993 by the way).
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I wrote my first AMProGram (not knowing that it would become my monthly
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newsletter) and I wrestled with the code for Pathfinder 5 until it finally
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compiled, and went into business for real(sorta). I put out 3 games in my
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first two weeks which to this day have never seen any profit. About this
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time I also invented the Graphics Page Editor (which as you can guess had
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also already been invented), and then released a Game called AMProSlither
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a few months later which resembled a lot of games that were already out,
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and I got a lot of people accusing me of stealing that as well.
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For my birthday (December 5) I got what I had been waiting for all my life.
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QuickBASIC 4.5 and the power to do muticolor pictures. From there, the
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company just started to snowball into the several dozen dollar company
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that it is today. Along with considerable help from Louhal 1 @ 10, Jim
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1@1 and my buddy Zaphod Beeblebrox 1@7659 along with too many other IceNET
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sysops to mention, I have formed quite a formidable distribution network
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on IceNET. If anyone has any comments or suggestions or would like to
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help I can be reached on IceNET at 7@7659 or through snail mail at P.O.
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Box 988, Buffalo NY, 14213. Thanks for listening.
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--Alex Mead, "Amproman"
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Another up and coming shareware author is Generic Sysop #1 @5851. When I
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took the task of editor or "compiler of news articles" for IceNEWS I was
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thrilled to see an individual had made a reader for it. Rather a reader
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for any newsletter if given the proper formatting. Generic did an
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excellant job of writing the program in a very short amount of time. He
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deserves full credit for the endeavor and with the insight he should be a
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really great programmer one day. When asked to tell a little about
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himself this is what he had to say:
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My real name is Justin Powell, and I am 18 years old. I was born on Saint
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Patrics day, one fine evening in 1974. I got into computers when I was
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13. My school at that time was teaching the students on Commodore 64's,
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and I thought they were just the greatest thing, so I convinced my
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grandmother to buy me one, and I played with it.
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I used that for about 4 years, and then I got an original 8088 machine
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made by IBM with color CGA graphics and a brand new 1200 baud modem. I
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had sampled what the modem world offered on my commodore, so I decided to
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try the IBM based boards on this new machine. I started modeming and
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about 7 months later I bought a used 80286 machine with 246k VGA and a
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2400 baud modem. I'm still using this system today. I learned to program
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with Microsoft Q-Basic (it came with DOS V5.0), and I pretty much had
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mastered the language 1 month later, so it was time to get a good version
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of the software with a compiler and all that good stuff. So, I bought
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Microsoft Quick Basic 4.5 which is what I used to create the IceNEWS
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Reader.
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I'm really good with Quick Basic, and I love it. I know a little C and a
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tad of Pascal, also. I wrote the IceNEWS Reader because I wanted to help
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out with IceNEWS. I'm not very good at writing, and my spelling is
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down-right awful, but I can program fairly well so thats how I contributed
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to the Newsletter. Plus, it was fun making it. I like small projects
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like that. You can just relax and program. As opposed to the long and
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involved programs that force you to spend hours on end writing your own
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commands and setting up complex I/O routines. My goal with the IceNEWS
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Reader was to make an attractive, quick modual that would adapt easily to
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anyones PC (IBM Compatible of course) that would be fairly easy to set up
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and use. It looks like I have done just that.
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--Justin Powell
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Where The Girls Aren't - By LouHal, 1@10
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Being a person who has a great interest in statistics and how they
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affect us , I noticed that the number of females were noticeably lower
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than males in the bbs community. The struggle to find out why this was
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going on has become a challenge. Here are a few remarks on where are the
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women: One female user, Radiance #24@10, starts out by saying, "I
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personally think that the only reason that men out number the females is
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because basically this is a secret society, and they are simply unaware of
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the conversations and on line games being played over thier heads carried
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by the telephone lines. It's plain and simple. Normally, a person gets
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into bbsing by word of mouth, sometimes it's mentioned when purchasing a
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modem thru free service with Prodigy. Then again for a novice just
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stumbling into bbsland, the software can be a factor, especially if one is
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all alone, just computer and keyboard in hand. The more bbsers spread the
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word, the more females may consider. Pass the word, females buy computers
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too and many are programmers too."
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Another user and female sysop, Rabbyte #1 @6456, added these words, "This
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area (614 area code), where BBSing is concerned, is basically a "good ol'
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boy" area. It goes against the grain of a lot of sysops around here that
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I am running one of the largest message bases and that I am a woman to
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||
boot. I have found one sysop, Mike, from Columbus Skyline that helps me
|
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when I have problems with the board. Doesn't matter to him what gender I
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||
am. He is just a very nice person. There actually are more females in
|
||
the bbsing world than what is thought. Quite a few of us log on using
|
||
"male" type of handles. The problems I ran into when I first started
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bbsing (back in 1987) is that if users found out you were female,
|
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everytime you logged on you had 27 emails from guys with raging hormones
|
||
telling you their innermost secrets. Like I could care. I think if guys
|
||
treated women as equals in the bbs world, more of us would come forward
|
||
and be heard."
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More comments were added by Snugglebeast #115 @10, a hardworking and great
|
||
female co-sysop. She has this to add: "Ever since I've been BBSing, for
|
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about 4 years now, I've noticed that depending on what board you may
|
||
happen to be on that there are generally more men than women. I don't
|
||
have the answer as to why this is, but here are a few of the answers I
|
||
have gotten from people in the past:
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|
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1. Women aren't treated the same, in many cases,
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as the men. There are a lot of male BBS'ers
|
||
out there who think that a computer board is
|
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a 1-900-Dating Service.
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|
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2. In most households that have a computer, men
|
||
are the predominate users.
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||
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3. In the past schools have steered the boys more
|
||
towards the technical careers like programming
|
||
and electronics whereas the girls were steered
|
||
more toward the clerical careers such as
|
||
secretarial and receptionist jobs. As such,
|
||
the girls were taught to "use" computers rather
|
||
than to understand them.
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||
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Now that most kids are learning about computers in grade school, the
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number of active on-line users will continue to grow in the coming years.
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||
I'm sure that the percentage of women on-line will grow even more rapidly
|
||
once they are aware of what's out there. Whether they remain on-line will
|
||
largely depend on how they are treated by other users."
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Another user, LESLIEJACOBY from Delphi Information Service commented, I
|
||
think you must be accessing the wrong areas if you think there are *NOT*
|
||
lots of women "in the great BBS kingdom." I spend alot of time on CIS,
|
||
GENIE, and a local BBS accessing the genealogy forums and echos. The
|
||
breakdown is probably 60/40 women to men, with a higher ratio of women
|
||
SYSOPS. In many cases, the membership appears to be a man, but the user
|
||
is the woman in the household. I also find more women involved in the
|
||
Desktop Publishing area. Since I just joined Delphi, I can't speak for
|
||
this service. I only know one person here, and she is another woman.
|
||
|
||
To end it all up, Jackie Webb #245 @6257 commented; "I'm in BBSing
|
||
simply because I love the connection. I can get entertainment,
|
||
companionship - sort of, at least I'm not alone and if I have a problem,
|
||
someone out there may know the answer. I find it a challenge. I'm new
|
||
to computers and BBS's - it's been about 8 months since I've had my
|
||
computer and I really love all the things I am learning to do with it. I
|
||
learn a lot from reading the messages on the board, and "listening" to
|
||
everyone's answer. I really don't think I'm in BBSing for any reason that
|
||
would be different than a man's - but then, I haven't discussed the
|
||
subject with many. In my family I, my son and one daughter BBS. My ex
|
||
knows NOTHING about computers, and my other daughter just works them. My
|
||
brother is very experienced and is in management over computer areas. He
|
||
has no interest in BBS's. Sometimes the time gets really lonely and long
|
||
when one is somewhat handicapped and cannot work a job anymore (not that
|
||
I'm THAT old...but) and the BBSs keep me company."
|
||
|
||
|
||
Keep your Party Under Control
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
-By- Jestor
|
||
_____________________________
|
||
|
||
Jester #46 @10 Writes the proper Festivity Levels to keep your party in
|
||
a manor that you will be happy this holiday season.
|
||
|
||
Festivity Level 1: Your guests are chatting amiably with each other,
|
||
admiring your Christmas-tree ornaments, singing carols around the upright
|
||
piano, sipping at their drinks and nibbling hors d'oeuvres.
|
||
|
||
Festivity Level 2: Your guests are talking loudly -- sometimes to each
|
||
other, and sometimes to nobody at all, rearranging your Christmas-tree
|
||
ornaments, singing "I Gotta Be Me" around the upright piano, gulping their
|
||
drinks and wolfing down hors d'oeuvres.
|
||
|
||
Festivity Level 3: Your guests are arguing violently with inanimate
|
||
objects, singing "I can't get no satisfaction," gulping down other
|
||
peoples' drinks, wolfing down Christmas tree ornaments and placing hors
|
||
d'oeuvres in the upright piano to see what happens when the little hammers
|
||
strike.
|
||
|
||
Festivity Level 4: Your guests, hors d'oeuvres smeared all over their
|
||
naked bodies are performing a ritual dance around the burning Christmas
|
||
tree. The piano is missing.
|
||
|
||
You want to keep your party somewhere around level 3, unless you rent
|
||
your home and own Firearms, in which case you can go to level 4. The best
|
||
way to get to level 3 is egg-nog.
|
||
|
||
|
||
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|
||
Mod o' the Month
|
||
by Airmon 1@7491 .\ttitudes BBS
|
||
Featured Mod: CZEXTLOG.MOD
|
||
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|
||
|
||
Hola, once again amigos. I am here to bring you a mod I think deserves
|
||
to be featured. Why this mod, you ask? To tell you the truth, it's one
|
||
of the most USEFUL mods I have seen in quite a while. What it does, is
|
||
create a log of all the messages you extract, and allows you to add a
|
||
description. This is incredibly useful, especially when extracting mods
|
||
and such, as I am sure many of us do. The mod is written by Count Zero,
|
||
so Count, here is your moment of fame. Enjoy it, because your mod, is
|
||
featured on Airmon's "Mod o' the month"!
|
||
|
||
NOTE: Mod o' the Month mods are exclusively the opinion of Airmon, and
|
||
Airmon only. Mods featured in this column are in no way guaranteed to
|
||
work on your system. Thank you, and enjoy the mod.
|
||
|
||
/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\
|
||
|
||
|
||
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
|
||
³Mod Filename: CZEXTLOG.MOD ³
|
||
³Description : Create log of extracted messages ³
|
||
³Mod Author : Count Zero ³
|
||
³WWIV version: Tested on 4.21, should work on others ³
|
||
³Difficulty : Block copy, nice and easy ³
|
||
³Date : 10-11-92 ³
|
||
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
|
||
|
||
I extract a lot of messages from my subs, for many purposes.
|
||
Often I don't have time to immediately read what I extract, or I simply
|
||
lose track of what's in the GFILES directory. I said to myself, "Self,
|
||
there must be a way to keep track of what all these files are for."
|
||
Then I wrote up this mod.
|
||
|
||
Here's what it does: When you extract a file, you will be
|
||
prompted for a description after you enter the filename. The filename
|
||
and its description will be put into a file, EXTRACT.LOG, in your GFILES
|
||
directory. Further descriptions will be appended to the file as you go.
|
||
Then you'll have a nice log of all your extracted files. It came in
|
||
handy for me, so it may come in handy for you.
|
||
|
||
Disclaimer: It works great on my system. If it makes your
|
||
computer do the Zimbabwean Dance of the Dead or causes you any
|
||
strife, data loss, or other negative repurcussions, *IT AIN'T MY
|
||
FAULT*!
|
||
|
||
Now, on with the mod:
|
||
ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
|
||
Step 1:
|
||
MSGBASE1.C:
|
||
Add the following variables to void extract(...):
|
||
|
||
char s3[81],s4[81]
|
||
int logfile
|
||
|
||
Step 2:
|
||
MSGBASE1.C (still in void extract)
|
||
Block-copy the marked code into your code:
|
||
|
||
case 'O':
|
||
unlink(s2);
|
||
break;
|
||
}
|
||
nl();
|
||
}
|
||
/*** Begin Add -- CZEXTLOG.MOD ***/
|
||
nl();
|
||
pl("Enter description of extracted file");
|
||
outstr(": ");
|
||
inputl(s3,63);
|
||
sprintf(s4, "%-15s%s\n",s1, s3);
|
||
pl("EXLOG entry is:");
|
||
prt(2,s4);
|
||
nl();
|
||
logfile = open("D:\\BBS\\GFILES\\EXTRACT.LOG",
|
||
O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CREAT, S_IWRITE); /* See step 3 */
|
||
write(logfile, s4, strlen(s4));
|
||
close(logfile);
|
||
/*** End Add -- CZEXTLOG.MOD ***/
|
||
} else
|
||
s2[0]=0;
|
||
|
||
Step 3:
|
||
In the "logfile = open(...)" statement above, replace "D:\\BBS\\GFILES"
|
||
with the path to your GFILES directory.
|
||
|
||
Step 4:
|
||
Compile and enjoy!
|
||
|
||
ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
|
||
|
||
Please submit your articles for this publication to The IceNEWS Editor
|
||
LouHal, 1@10.
|
||
|
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|
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