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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 3 JUN 85 **********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 TO ALL USERS: Some of you probably have been experiencing difficulty getting
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21 onto BW of late (nothing but busy signals) and then when you do get on,
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22 nothing but garbage on the line. Well, the old phone line problem is back,
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23 sigh... it seems to appear mostly when it rains. I will be pulling BW off line
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24 today (4 June) and I am putting a nice cozy 'normal' telephone on for the
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25 phone repairman so that he will have something familar to see when he tries
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26 to fix the line. I don't have an enormous amount of hope, but maybe if the
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27 rain holds out, and the phone guy is marginaly above average, and I'm lucky,
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28 maybe, just maybe they'll find the problem. We'll see.
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29 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY **********************************:
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30 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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31 Well, well, well. Just last disk I was number two. Now I am AT THE TOP.
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32 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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33 %^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%
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34 Before I was in the middle. Here at #2 is nice. Maybe soon I'll be up
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35 to the top... Till then I'll keep it on ice.
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36 %^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%
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37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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38 Nice to see you on DB, Doctor. It's comforting to note that familiar faces
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39 are hiding in the shadows, and nothing else. Pity you couldn't have entered
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40 a little story, though... Episode 3 of mine coming soon (Now where did I put
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41 my quill?).
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42 ++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ June 3, 1985 +++++++++
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43 02020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202
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44 JU[ND _FDEZ ZDSTC PDUXG D\ZCL DCYXG PDENC PPZJF LZDLG MMDNT CJCNP ZJEDP TJXGZ
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45 TXGPH BUXGJ DNXIA ^\DD_ RXPED XRD^E _CP^E _EDCL ID\AC LFLZR AEEDE TFRPD NTCJC
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46 NQAJE [\DD_ CQQCY XU[\H BHB_F [E_\D QAEQF LZD\U DGCIC QAIDQ [SCCC D_NX\ CFRAI
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47 D[O_I A[R_N XIAJ[ \HB_R XXOED ZXXID XLD[K _\U[K D_ALI [\HB_ ^XUAG J[\HB RKKNK
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48 02020202020202020202020202 03 June 85 at 10:32:10 PM 020202020202020202020202
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49 Well, the 2 second delay that we talked about (07) Almost worked. The first
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50 code line was missing the first group, but the rest were intact. Thank goodness
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51 for All Allowed.
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52 020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202
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53 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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54 Drat!!! clear down at line 53, and I was way up there last time....
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55 But i can still say AT THE TOP! Even if it is a lie! So HA HA!!!
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56 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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57 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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58 Late at night and all alone on the hoot-owl. An idea sticks
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59 in my puny brian. 'Gosh, why do people find it so real
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60 important to be at the top? Like gee, what's the big fuss?
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61 Maybe I don't know 'cause I haven't been there before. Wow,
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62 this really and truly deserves to be fully thunk out with
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63 some nice cold colas!'
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64 The kid then went on to go to the 7-eleven store next door.
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65 Just one problem, he doesn't live next to that store anymore.
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66 What will he do now? The sane world may never know.....
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67 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_abacab_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_remember me?_-_-_-_
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68 {note: one of the comments above is a lie. ha. ab }
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69 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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70 CISTOP: TELL ME ABOUT LINE NOISE. I IS THE MAIN REASON I CANNOT GET ON
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71 BEFORE 1 A.M. THE STRANGE THING IS, WHILE I GET GARBAGE ON MY END, THE
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72 OTHER SIDE SEEMS TO RECIEVE ME PERFECTLY. GO FIGURE IT. IF YOUR LINEMAN
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73 DOES FIND THE PROBLEM, I WOULD BE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT IT
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74 IS. MAYBE I CAN GET THE SAME THING DONE TO MINE (VERY IMPORTANT IF I HOPE
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75 TO GET MY OWN BBS UP SOMEDAY MAYBE SOON)
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76 ALSO, WHAT DOES "MARGIN IS 77" AND "STATUS: ALL ALLOWED" MEAN? I'VE BEEN
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77 FOLLOWING THIS BOARD DAILY SINCE I FIRST GOT MY MODEM A MONTH AGO BUT
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78 THERE ARE STILL THINGS I HAVE YET TO PICK UP ON.
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79 AND, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, I JUST STARTED A NEW STORY OVER ON TANIS.
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80 I THINK I'LL GO BACK INTO LURK MODE NOW AS I SOUND MUCH MORE INTELLIGENT
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81 WITH MY MOUTH SHUT. TAKE CARE.
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82 JOHN SILVERMAN
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83 #$#$#$#$(i need a new border)#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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84 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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85 Many strange sights have been seen in the deep forest. There, far
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86 from the sight of man, reality is shaped by the relentless vegetable
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87 pressure of the forest; its relentless reach for light, moisture, and
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88 nutrients. Where a break occurs in the forest canopy, this competition
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89 breaks into open warfare. Moving at blinding speed (given the pace of
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90 vegatative motion) plants thrust, advance, fall back, and shrivel in
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91 defeat. Others win pyrrhic victories and fall over the corpses of their
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92 enimies even as the eventual victors who have husbanded their resources
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93 make the final leap for the sky and close the canopy of the climax forest.
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94 The web of animal life is tenuous in the forest. On the forest floor,
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95 there is little vegetation for the browser; only at the occasional clearing
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96 where vegetable warfare is at its fiercest can the herbivores of the forest
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97 find their vegetable prey. Here, also, come the carnivores of the forest;
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98 the next step in the food chain. From the tiny shrew, scarce a quarter-ounce
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99 of venom and speed attacking prey larger than itself, to a lumbering,
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100 silver-tipped bear weighing many hundreds of pounds -- more an omnivore than
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101 a carnivore -- the carnivores hunt the meadows and openings in the forest
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102 canopy.
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103 Here, in the silvery light of the pre-dawn sky, a sharp-eyed observer might
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104 have seen an introduction -- a meeting of two different species. Had the
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105 observer been closer, close enough to look into the eyes of the two-legged
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106 species, the observer might well have drawn back at the pain and lonliness
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107 etched there. Standing briefly at the edge of the clearing, the two-legged
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108 figure was jostled by a silent grey shadow and moved off into the forest.
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109 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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110 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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111
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oh my... leave a system alone for a month... and this is what results...
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112 see if i leave it alone ever again...
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113 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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114 off
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115 net is getting secretive again... there should be nothing too serius until
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116 they fix their decoder rings... as if they ever ddo...
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117 ******************************************************************
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118 FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW THE END RESULT OF THE PHONE PROBLEM,
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119 THERE ISN'T ONE, THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE SIGH.....
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120
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121 "IT LOOKS OK TO ME, CALL AGAIN WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM."
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122
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123 ARGHHHHH! I'VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR FOR
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124 CHRIST'S SAKE! I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT ABOUT THE ONLY WAY
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125 I'M GOING TO GET THIS FIXED IS TO MOVE!
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126
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127 A FRUSTRATED AND VERY TICKED OFF
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128 *********************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************
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129 Mikey: I just got on after getting nothing but ring, ring... for several hours.
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130 Was this the line problem or something else?
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131 Also, I may need to pick up a couple of 2114 ram chips. Any ideas where I can
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132 find them. (I'm not even sure what KIND of ram they are, all the docs for the
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133 gizmo say is "Uxx 2114 RAM"... I need some good ones to replace some flakey
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134 chips (for reasons too complicated to go into here, I can NOT just run a RAM
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135 test..
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136 One more thing Are the archive disks $5 each? If not how much are they?
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137 _________________________________Leonard________________________________________
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138 13!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#
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139 CISTOP MICKEY-
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140 I HAD A SIMILIAR PROBLEM A WHILE BACK...
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141 THE CAUSE UAWAS A DEVICE THAT THE PHON
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142 USES NOW THAT LETS MORE THEN ONE LINE
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143 SHARE DIAL TONE ..
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144 ITS BASICALLY A MUX BUT THE VOLTOLTAG
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145 ALL WRONG NAD IT PLAYS HELL WITH
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146 ANY TELCOM EQUIP.
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147 NEXT TIME YOU TALK TO THE INSTALLER
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148 ASK IF THEY HAVE ONE
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149 _N YOUR LINE
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150
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151 P
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152 ` ABBUS
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153
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154 SORRY FOR THE SLOP
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155 TESTING A SERIAL
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156 PORT PA
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157 !#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#
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158 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*X^N*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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159 Leonard:2114's are 1k x 4 Static Rams (being static ewe wont see them breed (
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160 sorry; couldn't resist)). they come in a veriety of speed and power ratings;
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161 the L suffix denotes low power while the -4 = 450 nano's, -3= 300 et.c.
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162 Norvac out in bevertown would have them for sure while portland radio (near
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163 powel's books) will charge the inflated Jim-pak price if they have them. I
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164 also seem to recall radio-schlock having carried one version of them at one
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165 time. If your widgit doesn't run faster than 1 meg and has +5 to spare, any
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166 2114 should work. If ps is 'on its ragged edge; the 'L' suffix is indicated
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167 and the -x is dictated by the system clock.
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168 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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169
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170 *********************************************************************
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171 LEONARD: THE DISKS ARE INDEED $5 EACH MSDOS FORMAT 6 BW FILES PER
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172 MSDOS DISK. AS FOR THE 2114, I'LL BRING A COUPLE WITH ME THRUSDAY
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173 IF YOU WANT EM, JUST GIVE ME A COUPLE OF BUCKS. THEY ARE 450NS
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174 STANDARD POWER TYPES. THE SAME ONES USED FOR BW'S MEMORY. I'LL ALSO
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175 BRING SPECS WHICH YOU CAN KEEP WHETHER YOU WANT THE CHIPS OR NOT.
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176 FLAKY 2114'S? I'VE HAD LOTS OF BUM ONES, BUT FLAKY? I'VE SELDOM NOT
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177 HAD A MEMORY TEST NOT CATCH THE BAD ONES.
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178
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179 AS FAR AS THE PHONE THING GOES, I DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL 11PM LAST NIGHT,
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180 AND AS PER MY FIRST MESSAGE ON THIS DISK, BW WAS OFF LINE TO GIVE THE
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181 PHONE REPAIRMAN A NICE COZY 'STANDARD' PHONE TO SEE ON THE LINE. I THINK
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182 HE MAY HAVE BEEN CHECKING THE WRONG LINE THOUGH IF HE SAW AN OPEN,
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183 CAUSE WHEN I CHECKED IT WHEN I GOT HOME, I GOT DIAL TONE WHEN I LIFTED THE
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184 RECEIVER, WHICH TELLS ME THAT IT WAS ON THE LINE. A NEVER ENDING
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185 BATTLE I'M AFRAID.
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186
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187 P. ABBUS: AS PER MY FIRST MESSAGE ON THE DISK, THE PROBLEM IS WATER GETTING
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188 INTO THE LINE SOMEPLACE AND SHORTING THINGS OUT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE
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189 PHONE REPAIRMAN WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNLESS THERE IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM
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190 THAT HE CAN CHECK AGAINST. THUS THE "CALL ME WHEN YOU HAVE A 'REAL' PROBLEM"
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191 RESPONSE. THUS MY REASON FOR BEING TICKED OFF, AND UPSET BECAUSE I'M
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192 PAYING FOR A LINE THAT ISN'T WORKING CORRECTLY AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT
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193 OR EVEN ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM.
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194 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************:
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195 >>>>>>>------->>>>>>>
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196 <<<<<<<6/5 555<<<<<<<
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197 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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198
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CISTOP MIKEY: the next time you have
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199
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someone out there, try to get them to
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200
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check your neighborhood's junction
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201
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box. When my line was acting up with
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202
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line noise, no rings getting thru,
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203
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etc, everything in the house checked
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204
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out. The cause turned out to be a
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205
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lot of corrosion(sp) in the main area
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206
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junction box. The guy had to *sand*
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207
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the terminals. Haven't had a problem
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208
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since. Hope this is of some help...
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209
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210
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Max...
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211
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212 *-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-*-+*-+*-+*++*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+*-+
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213
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214
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215
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216
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217 S Greetings, friend huamans,. Sranul the roo has hopped up to Backwater . It took me a while, but I am finally
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218 here for good. I sincerely haope that I'll be as well accepted as I am on TANIS and T.A.W.! I love this system. There
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219 TO: ANYONE OUT THERE
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220 FROM; THE WANDERER
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221 HOWDY DOO?
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222 8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<
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223 didn't there used to be a space somewhere in my border?
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224 CISTOP, what have you changed I can no longer get my border using a
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225 couple of strange keys that exist on my keyboard, you echo back exactly what
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226 they should be instead of ASCII recognized characters. Maybe it's me.???
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227 Oh well, at any rate : heres some more, hope you can still withstand
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228 my entries.
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229
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230 on the first day of the first month
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231 in some distant year
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232 the whole sky froze golden
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233 some said it was the aftermath
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234 of the radium bomb
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235 while others told of a final retribution
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236 a terrible revenge of the godz
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237
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238 but we understood it was the grand finale
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239 fulfillment of a prophesy told many years before
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240 so all that was left was -
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241
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242 all the women were captured and chained
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243 and national suicide was proclaimed
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244 and new america fell to the ground
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245 and all the children lay crippled and lame
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246
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247 but all the nations came togeather
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248 in fear at the thought of the end
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249 no more would we fihgt in the streets
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250 no courage had we to defend
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251
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252 a blinding light the sun had died
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253 a new moon took it's place
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254 tidal waves, open graves the fate of the human race
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255 the city heart no longer beats no pity have i left to lend
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256 a sinnner sits reciting Dylan it's now that i welcome the end.
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257
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258 hawkwind,,,
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259 8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<8ACICFP<
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260 ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
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261 Sranul
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262 the
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263 roo
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264 ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
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265 t as far as 2 and it gives me the main prompt again. EWhat am I doing?
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266 (see? IIt did it right there)
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267 It did it again!
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268 Sranul the roo!
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269 ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
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270 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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271 For d,
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272
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273 There upon the hill doth sit,
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274 A Dragon with its fiery spit.
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275 His eyes burn like the depths of Hell.
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276 I fear he's up to nothing well.
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277
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278 He waits up on his hill above,
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279 Waiting to strike at our world's dove.
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280 The fire that his fury brings,
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281 For us our death-toll bells do ring.
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282
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283 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{NEW POET}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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284 070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707
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285 CRR[N D_PTF EDFED CDPAE PDXMD \UDVJ XZJC\ DCZCF L[\D_ FDNCL [E_PD EAADC
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286 LUPTF LZDSJ XLZ[\ D_TXS HBCYX GPDRF PPRAD VJX\A PTAGE [ED_N JUFLZ DCYXG
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287 PDLAP DCZCF L[\D_ FDSFE TDPTA JADSC EDCDS CUHBP XDVGP DCDLG QQRAD XLDPT
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288 CPDYX U[\D_ FDSFR RDYAD CPDPT ADPTG JEICU DEXNF CRDRC PADCM PAJHB [XNAV
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289 \D_PT ADXMM FNCRD LAPDY XCJID FEDXL DTXRI DGLPF RDCZA LPDR[ E_TX\ \ADMF
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290 LFETA EDTFE HBMFL CRDA] C\EDL A]PDS AAO[\ D_PTA JADSF RRDYA DCLDC LLXGL
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291 NA\AL PDFLD NXIAD CPDPT CPDPF \A[\H BTIWT
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292
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293 07070707070707070707070707070707070707 06/05/85 15:15:00 070707070707070707070
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294
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295 *%)_*%_)#@*%)_@#*%@#)_%*@#_^&#_$)*^@#_)^&@#)_^)_#*^)@#_$*^#)_*^#)_&^)_#$*^_)#$*^)_*^_)#$*^)_*^#_*^#)_*^#)_*^*&$_&*$#_
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296 Mikey: No bugs as far as VT100 emulation coming in, but I think I am having some problems on the keypad operation.
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297 It is too complicated to get into here, I will bring the manual and my notes Thursday, and we can discuss it there.
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298 Remember I won't be arriving until sometime after 9:30 (It's my second to last class of the term! But then comes
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299 finals...) Will you have archive disks with you? I think the last batch we got were in FEB or MAR.
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300 Farley: San Francisco is going to have to wait until at least this weekend. My wordprocessor has been heating up but
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301 unfortunately it hasn't been for BW, rather Eng399, WR407, Eng201, and Eng410k. But! My typing is sure
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302 getting better.
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303 Mikey again: I have a new copy of SUB.EXE. It turns out the version you have isn't getting the full range of safe
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304 combinations that I calculate off the clock. Whoops! I will bring a 'zapped' version Thursday.
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305 Abacab: How do YOU like the new sweeter tasting Coke?
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306 *%_*%)_@#*)_%#)*%@)_*%@*%)_@*%%*@)_%*@# L'homme sans Parity (_@#*%_)@#*_*%)_@*%^)_*)@)_@&#^)_)@#&^)__)^#$)_*^*#_$^
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307 _______________________________________________________________________________
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308 Lurk, lurk. Darbon
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309 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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310 <---
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311 -----------S O F-----------
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312 ---->
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313 SRANUL: NICE TO SEE YOU HERE...
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314 NET: WHAT'S WITH ALL HTHE LEVEL IV STUFF?
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315 <----=--=-S O F--
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316 ------------>
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317 !=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=! JUST STOMPING AROUND !=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!
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318 Mikey: if possible could you bring a Archive disk for ME (1st 6 'disks')
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319 (MAR2082, MAY1482, MAY1782, JUL3082, AUG0982, AUG1182)
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320 On the 'flakey' rams... Sometimes I can use the block, sometimes I can't
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321 In case you're interested I'll bring the docs for the gizmo (Percom Electric
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322 Crayon).
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323 _____________________________Leonard___________________________________________
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324 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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325 WILL HAVE 'NEW'VERSION OF L4 PROG AT SOCIAL. HARDCOPY PROBLEM HAS BEEN
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326 FIXED.
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327 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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328 **************************************************************
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329 8ACICFP< -- THE BACKWATER CODE HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE 1982,
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330 I CAN'T, IT IS BURNED INTO ROM CHIPS THAT I CAN'T BURN ANY MORE.
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331 (OLD OBSOLETE 2708'S). SO IT MUST BE YOU.
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332
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333 SAY! 3 YEARS WITHOUT A CHANGE IN THE CODE! I BET THAT THERE ISN'T
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334 ANOTHER BBS OUT THERE IN THE US THAT CAN MAKE THAT CLAIM!
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335
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336 LEONARD: I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET THE DISK TO YOU THIS TIME, N
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337 ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT CONVERTED. CURRENTLY THE FIRST 50 ARCHIVE
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338 DISKS ARE ON 8" DISKS WHICH REQUIRES THAT I HAVE TO DOWNLOAD TO
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339 MSDOS. THIS IS A PROBLEM SINCE MY 8" SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY IN USE
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340 AT WORK AS A CUSTOMER DATABASE MACHINE. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT
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341 THE EARLY ARCHIVES BEING ON EIGHT INCH DISKS AND GIVEN THE METHOD
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342 OF ARCHIVING MAY NOT BE 6 FILES PER DISK. SOME ONLY HAVE 5 BW FILES,
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343 AND OTHERS HAVE 7 BW FILES. SINCE IT IS *VERY* TIME CONSUMING TO
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344 SHUFFLE FILES AROUND, I'M ONLY WILLING TO SELL A STRAIGHT COPY.
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345 IF YOU REALLY NEED THE OTHER FILES, SUGGEST YOU GET THE NEXT DISK IN
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346 THE SEQUENCE. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE NASTY ABOUT IT, ONLY THAT IT
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347 TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO SHUFFLE THAT STUFF AROUND, AND RIGHT NOW
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348 MY TIME IS IN EXTREMLY SHORT SUPPLY, SO I JUST CAN'T AFORD TO
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349 SPEND A LOT OF IT ON THESE SORT OF ACTIVITIES.
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350 AHH, AN ELECTRIC CRAYON BOX.. AS I REMEMBER, I DON'T THINK IT CARED
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351 ALL THAT MUCH ABOUT THE RAM SPEED, SO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING SHOULD
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352 WORK. BACK IN '77 - '82 OR SO THE 2114 WAS *THE* STATIC RAM CHIP
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353 TO DESIGN WITH ALONG WITH THE Z80 CPU. FROM '82 TO '84 IT WAS 4164S
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354 AND 8088S. NOW ITS 41256S AND 68020S. TIMES CHANGE....
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355
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356 MAX: AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THE PROBLEM IS WATER SHORTING THINGS OUT
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357 SOMEPLACE, AND NOT CORODED CONNECTIONS.
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358
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359 L'HOMME: OK, SEE YOU THERE, WILL BE BRINGING 4 MAYBE 5 ARCHIVE DISKS.
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360 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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361 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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362 Lenonard, Are the RAM's socketed?? If the problem is flakey, it might
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363 be loose parts (heating up an cooling down can sometimes loosen parts).
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364 It seems strange that a whole bank would be flakey...
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365 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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366 pppppppppppppppppppp lurking around watching hardware talk pppppppppppppppp
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367 IS ANYONE LISTENING?
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368
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369 ON
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370
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371 ENTER
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372 enter
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373
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374 hello, is anyone out there?
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375
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376
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377
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378
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379
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380 d
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381 /////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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382 The tide rises, the tide falls,
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383 The twilight darkens, the curlew calls.
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384 Along the sea-sands damp and brown
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385 the traveller hastens toward the town,
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386 And the tide rises, the tide falls.
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387
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388 Darkness settles on roofsand walls,
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389 But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls.
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390 The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
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391 Efface the footprints in the sands,
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392 And the tide rises, the tide falls.
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393
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394 The morning breaks. The steeds in their stalls
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395 Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls.
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396 The day returns, but nevermore
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397 Returns the traveller to the shore,
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398 And the tide rises, the tide falls.
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399 The Sage
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400 /////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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401 WE WILL RAISE THE DEAD
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402 ...........................................................................
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403 Mikey: ok, no problem. I'll take the first 5 when they're ready... No great
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404 rush as I don't have the drives or software to read the MS-DOS disks (yet).
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405 _______________________________Leonard_____________________________________
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406 ps. Anyone know where I can buy a couple of disk power supplies (cheap)
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407 I've found a great deal on some DS/DD drives, but the deal is only case
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408 & drives.. no power supply...
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409 ___________________________________________________________________________
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410 [>-=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=-<]
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411 The Alternate World
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412 2 b-boards containing a general dicussion
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413 are, and a storyline board. Give it a
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414 try when BW or TANIS are busy.
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415 503-777-xxxx
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416 [>-=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=-<]
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417 Mikey: Hope you dont mind the add
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418 i'll put something up on my board for
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419 the BW.
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420 [>-=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=--<]
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421
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422 LILISA LEAVE ME A MESG.
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423
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424
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425
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426
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427
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428 HELP
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429 Has anyone seen anything of Entropy lately???
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430
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431 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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432 Greetings to all you fellow imbibers out there!!
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433 Why didn't anyone tell me how much FUN the SCA was??? I went to Egils
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434 tourney this weekend past (or so), and I'm not a confirmed believer. Now if I
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435 only had $20...
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436 I'm veryglad to see the high quality shtuff that's been entered here...
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437 when I finally finish coming back from Couer du valle (sp??) I'll pull out the
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438 tome of poetry my friends have been keeping at school and enter some of my own.
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439 Till then, Lurk Mode till Finals are over!
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440 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/(anyonewannatakeatestforme?)/\/\/\/\/\
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441
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442 I WILL CONQUER
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443 I CANNOT DIE
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444 I AM THE OMEN.
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445 I WILL LIVE FOR EVER!
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446 I NEVER WILL DIE
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447 I AM INVINCIBLE
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448 I AM UNCONQUERABLE
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449 I WILL NOT DDIE
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450 I CAN LIVE FOR EVER
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451 PAST THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
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452 What do you have to say about this^^^^^ message up there?
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453 is it cool or WHAT please respond within 1 day or you will be disconnected from
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454 this planet thanks you
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455
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456 this has been a death presenation of the underworld
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457 +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
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458
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459 I WRITE,
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460 NIETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME NOR THE LAST.
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461 I FEEL THE NEED FOR PEN AND PAPER,
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462 NOT THE SHIFTING OF BITS OR THE WHIRRING OF A DISK.
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463
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464 TO SOMEHOW EXPREES MY FEELINGS THROUGH CLICHES.
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465 BUT IS THAT NOT ALL WE ARE...
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466 ...CLICHES.
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467
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468 TIMELESSNESS, NIETHER HERE NOR THERE.
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469 UNCOMMITED, WITHOUT THE FEEL OF NEED.
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470 A FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN ALL IS DONE.
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471
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472 AGAIN THE RESTLESSNESS,
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473 I FEEL WITHOUT PURPOSE, THOUGH THERE IS MUCH TO DO.
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474 I CANNOT CONCENTRATE.
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475 I SEEK OTHER REALITIES, TO SEE ANYTHING BUT MY OWN.
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476
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477 +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
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478 ORIGINALLY IN PEN AND PAPER
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479 +----------+----------+----------+---EVAN---+---20:29--+-06/07/85-+----------+
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480 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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481 coke? yuk!
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482 _-_-abacab_-_-_-_
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483
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484
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485 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
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486 I always thought I was the only Sage in or around the Inn. I guess I was wrong.
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487 I welcome the other sage, all I ask is that the other does not claim to be the
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488 only.
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489 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
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490 ARE YOU BY ANY CHANCE PURPLE? OR A RIDER?
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491
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492 _____________________________________________________________________________
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493 Run, don't walk to the Movie House Theater at 1220 SW Taylor. Currently
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494 showing are two of the finest films I have seen in some time. The first
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495 is 'the family game.' It was written and directed by Yoshimitsu Morita.
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496 As you might guess it is a Japanese film, but the sub-titles are nicely
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497 done. The fact that the story takes place in a country that is very
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498 much different than our own does not detract from this film at all. It
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499 is a beautiful testimonial to family life. The other film, a bit more
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500 straightforward in its appeal, but still a real joy, is 'Heartbreakers'
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501 Ted Mahar reviewed this film recently in the oRAGonian, and who am I to
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502 go against what the great Ted said about the film,even though he missed
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503 the boat at several places. Tangerine Dream fans will be glad to know
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504 that the music is excellent in all the right places. 'Heartbreakers' is
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505 an indepth and sometimes comical look into the lives and loves of two
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506 men from very different backgrounds heading in very different directions.
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507 The films end Thursday. The rating is R (for Heartbreakers). See them
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508 if you can!
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509 Film Fan
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510 ____________________________________________________________________________
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511
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512 HELLO ... IS THIS RIGHT?
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513
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514 THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ON HERE ... WHERE ARE THE DOWNLOAD FILES?
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515
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516 A NEW USER
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517
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518 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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519 Inside a forgotten shoe box lies a small crumpled form, together with some
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520 bits of string and some short peices of flat wood. The box lies at the back of
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521 a little used closet, not yet covered with dust.
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522 I have thought about that box for some time know, its image coming to me at
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523 odd times. Perhaps it would be a step backwards to wake it from its dark
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524 slumber.
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525
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526 But perhaps I was not ready for the step ahead.
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527
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528 For some reason I find myself looking blankly at my jacket, thinking of the
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529 toothbrush that is still in the pocket.
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530 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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531 +++++++++++ Hmm, wait till next disk to unleash quill in hand. 3:08 in the
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532 morning is hardly the time, anyway. Going back to sleep now ++++++++ Milchar +
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533 more poetry...
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534
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535 I took a walk the other day
|
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536 Saw much in passing
|
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537 A clear and crystal pond along the way.
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538
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539 Such beauty and clear depth
|
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540 The purity promised there
|
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541 Gladdened this heart of mine.
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542
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543 The pond was such a sight to see
|
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544 It brought forth and made bare
|
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545 That hidden part, the real me.
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546
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547 As I stood and gazed in wonder
|
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548 An urge to touch, to taste came over me
|
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549 Closer I saw all there was to see
|
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550 The surface - all there was
|
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551 A picture in a frame.
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552
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553 The loss I felt
|
||
554 At what was not beneath
|
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555 Compelled me to see
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556 My days a little differently.
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557
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558 I remember that pond
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559 It comes to me as new journies begin
|
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560 I hope memory weakens in time
|
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561 I don't want to pass that way again.
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562
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563 poetry...
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564
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565 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`''`'`
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566 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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567
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568
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569 H O W D O I G E T T O T H E T O P
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570
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571 ? ? ? ?
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572
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573 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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574 '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`
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575
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576
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577 AAA
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578 A A SSSSSS
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579 A A S S
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580 AAAAAAA S TTTTTTTT
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581 A A AAAAAA TT
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582 A A S TT RRRRRRR
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583 SSSSSSSSSSSSS TT R R
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584 TT RRRRRRR 000000000
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585 TT R R 0 0 0
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586 R R 0 0 0
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587 R R 0 0 0
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588 0 0 0
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589 000000000
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590 IS HEREIS HERE
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591
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592
|
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593
|
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594 ________________________________________
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||
595 NEW BBS ON-LINE COMPUTER READY BBS
|
||
596
|
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597 CALL 775-xxxx.......................
|
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598
|
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599 ________________________________________
|
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600 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
|
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601 How do you get to the top you ask???
|
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602 That question has withstood he test of time, only to be answerd by
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603 the enlightened few, who have been able to say "at the top".
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604 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> lurk <+><+><+><+><+><+>
|
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605 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/.
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606 Long time lurker:I talked to paul, and his memory of the event was lacking.
|
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607 I think you may have to hit him with something other then "Waddles".
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608
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609 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/.
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