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21 Made it to the Top. Grand D.
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23
24 The current adventure reminds me of a song....
25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
26 You Bash the Balrog (words: Lee Gold, tune: "Waltzing Matilda")
27
28 Once a jolly cleric, and a magic-using Elf
29 And a mighty Dwarf with a sword plus three
30 Left their native village, out to get their share of pelf.
31 You bash the Balrog, and I'll climb a tree.
32 Chorus: You bash the Balrog, you bash the Balrog,
33 You bash the Balrog, and I'll climb a tree.
34 Left their native village out to get their share of pelf.
35 You bash the Balrog, and I'll climb the tree.
36
37 First they met a Goblin, with a fire-breathing Hound.
38 They bashed, and they smashed, and they scragged him with glee.
39 Afterwards they searched him and a magic potion found.
40 You bash the Balrog, and I'll climb the tree.
41 CHORUS: ... Afterwards they searched him, and a magic potion found.
42 The low-wisdom Swordsman picked it up and drank it down.
43 Changed to a wolf immediately.
44 No one could dispel it, so they headed back toward town.
45 You bash the Balrog, and I'll climb the tree.
46 CHORUS: ...No one could dispell it, so they headed back toward town. ...
47 Then a loud voice bellowed, "Who has slain the Goblin King?"
48 Round turned our heroes; what did they see?
49 Swooping down upon them was a Balrog on the wing.
50 You bash the Balrog, and I'll climb the tree.
51 CHORUS: ...Swooping down upon them was a Balrog on the wing. ...
52 "Help!" screamed the Cleric. "Ditto!" yelled the Elven Mage.
53 The wolf whimpered low, and he tried to flee.
54 The Balrog fell upon them, and his flames began to rage.
55 You bash the Balrog, and I'll climb the tree.
56 CHORUS: ...The Balrog fell upon them, and his flames began to rage. ...
57 They ran through the forest, seeking for a place to hide,
58 Pursued by the Balrog so fierce to see.
59 "Wait, cried the Elf-mage. "I have got a plan," he lied.
60 "You bash the Balrog, and I'll climb the tree."
61 CHORUS: ..."Wait," cried the Elf-mage. "I have got a plan," he lied. ...
62 Once a mighty Balrog slew a cleric and an elf
63 And a smallish wolf who had teeth plus three.
64 Skinned them and tanned their hides and kept them on a closet shelf.
65 CHORUS: ...He skinned them and tanned their hides and kept them on a closet shelf. ...
66
67 (alternative end verse for poeople who like, nay insist, on happy endings)
68 Once a mighty Balrog slew a jolly cleric and
69 Skinned a smallish wolf who had teeth plus three.
70 But the Elf got away, and he's living with a Dryad band.
71 You bash the Balrog, and I'll climb a tree.
72 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
73 (oops, left out the "You bash... etc" in the "last" verse)
74 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
75 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
76 "Ahoy Southwind" "Ahoy Southwind"
77 Awaking with a start, the ancient practitioner sat bolt upright in his bunk,
78 just barely stopping short of the overhead. Cracking his head on the deck
79 beams above the bunk was not one of his favorite pastimes. It took a moment
80 to realize why his heart was beating so wildly and every nerve in his body
81 was on full alert. What could possibly have induced such a dream into his
82 head? Crossing the dreaded Kolumbia Bar was notable only by the fact that
83 it had been completely uneventful. Long even swells, a fair breeze, and a
84 slack tide had made the entrance to the river as smooth as silk. A brisk
85 reach up river brought them to his favorite cove among the whispering trees.
86 (Only counting those which lie north of 22.5 degrees Latitude, of course.)
87 Interesting how soundly he had slept last night. When at sea most skippers
88 sleep with one eye open, at least the ones who survive for any length of
89 time do. A 'Safe Harbor', at the end of a long passage, brings just as much
90 joy to the weary sailor, as sight of the open sea after a long time swinging
91 around the hook. That's interesting, he mused in his half awake state...
92 But what had awakened him so abruptly?
93 "Ahoy Southwind"
94
95 Why, someone was calling from the shore. "Oh! Wonderful", he said aloud,
96 "Could it be?...Is it?". Anticipation practically levitated him up on deck.
97 `'`'`'`' -alchemist- `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
98 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
99 Asp:my god, you have been breathing that oxygen again, havn't you? dump the
100 draper pascal, it will rot your mind. I will return to data processing central
101 probably next monday, and start typing obscure assembly...
102 Alex:are you ALIVE? I have 3 digits worth of silicon here waiti~g to be formed,
103 and your supposed to show me some software outlines, remember?
104 ? ? ? ? > > _ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??/
105 THINK SEMICOLONS, OKAY? THINK SEMICOLONS, OKAY? THINK SEMICOLONS OKAY? THINK...
106 BORDER TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE MOMENT, LETS PROCEED SHALL WE?
107 WAIT A MINUTE, i SHOULDN'T GET SO INTERACTIVE HERE, SOMEONE MIGHT DISAGREE AND
108 iT'LL BE AN UGLY SCENE. oKAY NO MORE INTERACTION. sOUNDS BORING BUT THATS THE
109 WAY IT HAS TO BE [GET CONCEPTION CIRCUITS HUMMING...]
110 mIG; NOTA MENTION OF ME AND MY LOCKER PARTNER, O, i'LL DEAL WITH IT.
111 aARON; PENTE?
112 NO KIDDING, REAL SEMICOLONS! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
113 UP
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116 HELP
117 {}{}{}{}{}{} ATE-BYTE {}{}{}{}{}{}
118 Food for thought: something to do while not running after someone of the
119 oposite sex.
120 Why is it that within a community in which most people seem to not dicriminate
121 amongst sexes, races, and religions (exept for the ******* in Antelope) are
122 there so few blacks, women, and other members of the traditionaly discriminated
123 groups? This community, by the way, is the people who make a living out of
124 computers and the likes.
125 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ ATE-BYTE _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
126 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
127 *THAT*, which was the essence of the piper was absorbed and bemused,
128 unaware of the fate of *THAT*'s body. The central essence of the piper, ithout
129 form, sex, or ego, *THAT* had traveled so far from the piper that it is not
130 even accurate to call *THAT* the piper.
131 Some concepts simply cannot be communicated in words. The attempt only
132 confuses he/she who tries to form images in his/her mind from a result of this
133 communication. Therefore, the following is NOT what happened, but an attempt
134 to render the flavor of the experience in terms that we can visualize.
135 ------ A shining being, covered over by a thin garment was traveling down a
136 long corridor towards a light shining at a far distant end. The journey was
137 interminable, but at the termination that did not take place, the being entered
138 a large reception area. Moving through the infinite shining space, the being
139 approached a desk, behind which another being sat. Approaching the second
140 being, the first being felt a strong feeling of "parent" or "guardian" or
141 "teacher" from the second. Seeing the approach of the first, the second being
142 greeted the first, and asked it's choice.e. (Oh, heck, at the risk of being
143 misunderstood, we'll call the first the piper and the second the teacher.)
144 The piper indicated his misunderstanding of the choice, and the teacher said,
145 "You have stained your garments, how will you clean them?" The piper again
146 stated his misunderstanding of the choice, and the teacher asked him to follow.
147 The two floated for an indeterminable amount of time throughout the shining
148 infinity that made up that place, the piper noting that the garment that made
149 up his sole covering -- in fact was part of him as well as covering him --
150 was discolored by a large dark stain on one side. They came upon another
151 being, who was industriously landering his garment, removing a stain through
152 painstakingly laundering each of its fibers. Acknowleging this being's
153 greeting, the two drifted on and came to another being who was coating a
154 stain on his with a shining white substance. The covering went on much more
155 easily than the painstaking cleaning of the fibers of the fabric, and left
156 a shining kind of blankness where there once was a flexible weave. The teacher
157 and the piper followed the last being out into the shining space, the garment
158 of the last being more pure and shining than that of other beings that passed.
159 Suddenly, the being they followed brushed against a stranger. The white
160 coating fell off, and the stranger recieved a severe stain on his garment.
161 The being they followed went back to apply another coat of white to the stiff
162 fabric of his apparel. The piper turned to the teacher and asked to go back
163 to where the being was cleaning his fabric. At that "place" the being was
164 just cleaning the last fiber. The soft folds of his fabric seemed to glow
165 with all colors as it absorbed the cleaned area into itself, and seemed to
166 take on body, texture, and reality from this reabsorbtion of the stained area.
167 Turning to the teacher, the piper indicated that he would occupy himself
168 with cleaning his garment fiber-by-fiber and forgo the covering option.
169 The teacher indicated pleasure and left the piper to his cleaning task.-------
170 Far away, on a level area on the peak of a rocky needle, the pegasus
171 sheltered the stiff cold body of the piper. Holding it under a white wing,
172 she strove to keep the heat of life in his body. Those with the perception
173 to view such things would see the "shining cord" extending from his body
174 thinned nearly to the breaking point -- the fires of life ebbing lower and
175 still lower.
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178 ********************************************
179 PIPER: BRAVO, AN EXCELENT INPUT, I'M IMPRESSED!
180 ******************** CISTOP MIKEY ************************
181 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??/
182 Theus:Don't worry, I remember the night clearly, Sarah's ability to win at just
183 about any game we played. The abuse of Chard, both in person and on the phone.
184 Getting locked in the bathroom. All are etched in memory, as was the flavor and
185 smell of what we were all drinking. But as is customary for me, at 12:01, I
186 start to party my brains out, this time more excessive tx
187 then normal do to the impending 18th birthday. The entry I would have made would
188 not have been coherent.
189 And that is my reason for not recapping the night I truly did enjoy.
190 Piper:That is some of the most impressive writing I have seen on BW sence I
191 started reading it nearly a year ago, Bravo good sir, bravo!
192 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??/MiG/?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
193 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
194 FOR SALE: One slightly used Transuniversal Time Key franchise. Seller is
195 willing to forego downpayment for half interest in slime devil milking farm.
196 Current inventory includes several custom time frames and comes with a
197 standard one year supply of blanks and impressing equipment. As with all
198 time travel equipment, we cannot assume responsiblity for any travel other
199 than the original dateline. Please adress all inquiries to the central
200 office of Transuniversal Time Keys, 10023 Dogstar Drive, Sirius.
201 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
202 HI, MY NAME'S SARAH. I HAVE MET OR AM WELL ACQUAINTED WITH 3 OR 5 (I DON'T
203 REMEMBER WHICH) OF "PATRONS OF THE INN" AND HAVING NOTHING TO DO, I DECIDED TO
204 SAY HELLO TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY,MIG! HI PROMETHEUS, WHY AREN'T YOU AT SCHOOL
205 TODAY? OKAY,NOW WHAT? BYE.
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215 Purloined? You think the above should be stolen? Perhaps you think you've
216 got a buyer for hot morons?
217 && The Mad Actor &&
218 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
219 Hello! Aaron
220 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
221 psst! anybody know where I can lay my hands on some hot morons?
222 <(::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::)>
223 Hello, everyone, this is The Walrus. I haven't called in about six months.
224 Could someone fill me in briefly on what's been written during that time?
225 (500 words or less of course)...oh, almost forgot, be sure to call Rome and
226 go to Heaven! (503)636-xxxx...I'll try to think of some good fiction to
227 write, until then...
228
229 <(::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Walrus:)>
230 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
231 Piper: I am outdone. Somehow I shall match your wit, but I fear not tonight. Here goes...
232 Trudging along, the party reached the shelter of some caverns at the south side of the Valley. A river flowed nearby
233 so that wasn't a problem. The group decided to forgo the fire as to not attract attention. Milchar tried to cast
234 a Heat spell instead, but failed. The effort made Milchar sleep.
235 Milchar, at 9:10 pm on 10/17/84 (be back later)
236 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
237 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ ATE-BYTE _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
238 Could it just be that there are just fewer elements belonging to minorities
239 in the glorious silicon world?
240 Morons are not a minority, are Hot Morons a minority?
241 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ ATE-BYTE _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_
242 _-_-_ ATE-BYTE _-_-_ glitch above! _-_-_ ATE-BYTE _-_-_
243 ................................................................................
244 At last! I'm less than a year behind!!
245 I just finished the preliminary edit of the 10/29/83 backup file!
246 __________________________________Leonard_______________________________________
247 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
248 The wind had risen with the fall of night. As the light failed, the heat
249 of the day had disappeared like memories of promises overdue. The night sky
250 over the Ruby Valley was cyrstalline clear, lit with a barely perceptible
251 purple skyglow. Atop a slim needle of rock that penetrated the skyline rimming
252 the valley a figure stirred beneath a soft covering of white feathers.
253 The piper slowly regained conciousness. Huddling close to the side of the
254 pegasus sheltering him, he felt the bite of the night winds chill his icy
255 flesh. Pain lanced through him where the rocks had sucked his body heat
256 into their uncaring bulk. His flesh felt waxen and molded to shape around
257 the pebbles and cobbles amoung which he had lain; the blood slowly seeping
258 through his veins seemed to carry sweetly burning fires as it tried to melt
259 and remold the waxen flesh. He slowly drew himself to his knees, holding
260 onto the pegasus' patient neck, smelling her hot breath as she nuzzled him
261 in deep concern. He hugged the neck of the great winged horse weakly, then
262 reached down and opened his sporran. Fumbling in the dark, he pulled out a
263 soft cloth of some sort, and bushing some of the larger stones aside, cleared
264 a small area under the pegasus' wing flat enough to make a rude bed. He
265 folded the fabric into a rough pad, then lay next to the pegasus in the
266 shelter of her wing and sought normal sleep.
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271
it won't be long now, instead of being a computer aided society,we will
272
have society aided computer, or what the ancients termed for lack of
273
modern vocabulary, "beast".
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276 Greetings
277 )%*@)_%*@#)_%*@#_)%*!*%!+*%)_*%@#_*%$)_&)_@*@#)_+*%@)_&)_@*@_#*_)@*^_@)*^_$)@*
278 Leonard: Only a year behind! Shudder...what will you do when the new disks
279 are ready?
280 *%$)_#*%$_)#*%#$_)*%#$%)*_#$%)_ L'homme sans parity %*)_*%)_@#*%@#)_*%@)_#*%@#)_
281 ]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[
282 MiG- how is the BBS going? I just thought I would give BW a call.
283 Staying home sick isn't fun but at least all of the boards are open.
284 How long until yours is up? Well, gotta run.
285 ]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[]-[Mark]-[]-[
286 "#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"!"
287
288 THE PIPER OR "BACK AT THE INN" OR WHATEVER IT IS CALLED IS QUALITY MATERIAL.
289
290 "#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"#"
291 \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
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297 L'homme: I'll probably be too busy attempting to rewrite BW to bother with
298 them!
299 I just sent away for the latest update to my 8085 assembler. Of course
300 it WOULD help if I had some sort of source code....
301 Mikey: I seem to have a vague memory of you saying that you had the source to
302 the ORIGINAL DiskWriter program. That, plus notes would be very helpful. (I
303 hate having to learn a new set of mnemonics while trying to write the program!)
304 _________________________________Leonard______________________________________
305 ps. Voyeur, et al: What happened? I thought WE were going to work on this
306 TOGETHER!!!!
307 ________________________________________________________________________________
308 *****************************************************************
309 LEONARD: I JUST CHECKED MY BWMS FILE, AND ALL I FOUND WAS THE
310 PATCH SHEET. THIS ISN'T TO SAY I DON'T HAVE IT, ONLY THAT I COULDN'T
311 FIND IT. AND SINCE IT ISN'T WHERE IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE, THERE'S NO
312 TELLING WHERE IT HAS GOTTEN TO. SIGH.... IT WASN'T THE LISTING TO THE
313 ORIGINAL DISKWRITER, JUST A LISTING THAT WAS CLOSE TO WHAT BWMS RUNS
314 ON. BUT I SUPPOSE THAT WOULD BE BETTER THEN NOTHING. THE PROBLEM IS
315 FINDING IT THOUGH.
316 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
317 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
318 As the sun arose for the new day, Milchar awakened also. The Friar was already up, cooking breakfast on a very small
319 fire inside the cave. "There's no smoke, nothing to attract attention.", the Friar replied to Milchar's worried frown.
320 "That's not the reason for the frown, I am worried about Piper. I have not seen him for... a day? two days?" Milchar
321 wasn't sure. "I wonder where our pursuers have gotten to, I wonder why we were chosen, I wonder much. I wonder if
322 the breakfast is burning?", Milchar added, smelling a slight smoky odor coming from the Friar's skillet.
323 A Green Stone nearby attracted Milchar's attention. "Where did this come from? I don't remember seeing it last night."
324 "Nor I, a pack rat must have brought it here."
325 "I doubt that. Have you noticed any small animals in the Valley?"
326 "No, come to think of it. The only small animals I have seen have been birds. No land creatures."
327 As the Friar spoke, the Stone enveloped Milchar in a hazy green aura, which rapidly faded, bringing the mage along...
328 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar, at 10:47 on 10/18/84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
329 ::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::
330 Leonard: You seem to have at least a slight idea of where to go with the
331 rewrite project. Ergo, I hereby appoint you group leader. What would you
332 like me to do? [bear in mind that the day after tomorrow (this still being
333 Thursday evening) is PorSFiS, and some business can perchance be conducted then].
334 piper: Your entries lately leave me in awe. Not meaning to rain on your
335 parade, but with `competition' like that, the rest are afraid to put up
336 entries and so be compared (and come up second-best). I don't really mind;
337 your stuff can carry the board by itself.
338 :::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::
339 <(::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::)>
340 Piper: If it isn't getting tiring, I'd like, also, to say that that is very
341 fine material. Also, sorry I haven't contacted you about that Lisp
342 material, but I seem to have misplaced your phone number >>again<<.
343 Is it the same as what you gave for Rome? RSVP
344 Ate-byte
345 et al: I haven't seen any summaries of the last six months activities, did I
346 miss it, or is it too grand a project? To Ate-Byte, and all others
347 who care, to get onto Rome you need two endorsements from present citi-
348 zens. Friar Tuck and The Piper are the only two citizens that frequent
349 BWMS if you don't use any other boards. When you call as a new user,
350 you can read the citizens list to look for people to endorse you.
351 Well, hope to hear from you. I envy Mikey's quality of users and I'd
352 enjoy seeing that kind of input on Rome.
353 <(:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Walrus:)>
354 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
355 Mark:going as well as can be expected with the equpment I have to work with.
356 Leonard:I am in favour of my typical perverted hardware solution rather then
357 working with an intel chip and instruction set. We can argu it at PorSFis.
358 By chance you could bring a broken backpack along? I am sure I could find
359 it in my tiny heart to bring some chocolate of high quality.
360 Alex:I repete! Are yyou alive? I xave called 4 times in the past 2 days and you
361 are not around! ARG!!!
362 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ~ ? ? ?/
363 READY.
364 >LIST
365 10 A$="RONALD"
366 20 B$="WILSON"
367 30 C$="REAGAN"
368 40 PRINT LEN(A$);LEN(B$);LEN(C$);"= THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST!"
369 >
370 >RUN
371 666= THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST!
372 READY.
373 >ARE WE READY?
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376 SOOO VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THE MOB LIKE ATTITUDE
377 OF OREGONIANS TOWARDS THE RAJ'S.. AND THE ATTITUDE
378 OF THE RAJ'S AGAINST OREGONIANS.... WHEN WILL THIS
379 MADNESS STOP? WHERE IS OUR RIGHTFULL PEACE?
380 SOOO SAD.......
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383 The first sunbeams of dawn stole over the rocky hills, trickled through
384 branches and leaves and played their usual jokes and games with the night
385 shadows. Some of the more adventurous infiltrated the space under the wing
386 of a white beast atop a rocky spire overlookng the valley, and proceeded to
387 play tag over the exhausted face of the man who lay there.
388 The piper woke hard. Normally the lure of a new day pulled him out of the
389 arms of sleep, snapped his eyes open, and gave him an eagerness to get going
390 in the early morninge. Today, however, it seemed that he was bone-weary.
391 A glance at the horizon to orient himself ... odd... ten feet 392 TEN FEET! suddenly the piper came fully awake. The soft inquiring sound
393 from the pegasus took his attenetion. Caught by the love in her eyes, the
394 piper lay enveloped in her concern just as in her wings for a long luxurious
395 moment. Concern came to the fore of his mind again. How did he get here?
396 Where was here? Where was breakfast? How could he eliminate the distance?
397 Pressing into her warm side, the piper slid carefully out of the shelter
398 of her wing, slowly got to his feet and stretched the pain from his muscles.
399 The pegasus had chosen the top of a rocky spire, nearly twenty feet square,
400 jutting up from the valley's rim. The view was superb, but how had he gotten
401 here? He had the vague feeling that something had happened, somehow his life
402 had changed, but no memory of what or how.
403 Looking around, he saw that his vantage point was flanked by ever higher
404 mountains to the south and west, to the east the valley dipped down to the
405 gazebo where the party ! The party... how could he have forgotten?
406 He turned back to the pegasus to see her rising.
407 No four-footed beast but the cat family is truly graceful when rising.
408 Even the large cats have moments of less than perfect grace when they arise
409 from sleep. The pegasus was far from a cat, and her rise was hindered by a
410 pair of wings that were of considerable bulk, even folded. The piper stepped
411 quickly over to her and began to stroke and massage her muscles.
412 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
413
414 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzipster
415 VFFN JHWT SYN,
416 PROMETHEUS,
417 ASP,
418 DOES ANYONE KNOW THE PROCEDURE FOR
419 SIGNING UP FOR SYSOP TIME ON THE MLC BBS?
420
421 P.S. SORRY IF THIS MESSAGE IS IN UPPERCASE,THIS IS AN APPLE IIE AND WE ARE ARGUING OVER WETHER THE CAPS KEY is down for upper
422 or lower case DOES ANybody KNOw?
423
424 ZZZZZzZZZZzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzZZZipster
425
426 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
427 It had been a very cold night in the cave. Taking my Bluet stove from my kit, I lit it and
428 began making powdered scrambled eggs, and dehydrated bacon. Milchar awoke, and looked at
429 me like I was going to cause our ruin with the fire. "It doesn't smoke.", I reassured him.
430 He was worried about Piper. I, for an odd reason, was not. I had dreamed of him last night,
431 and he was alright, but I felt that he was not going to be our merry piper for some time.
432 Milchar was looking at a green rock, and while we were discussing it, he vanished. "Well,
433 at least he could have eaten some breakfast.", I said to myself. "May I have some ?", said
434 someone behind me, "It smells delicious."
435 Startled, I turned around and saw nothing. There was no one there. Again, I heard the voice,
436 "I can pay nothing, but I know the area well, and perhaps you would like a travelling companion".
437 "That is fine, but would you make yourself visible ? It would help if I could see you."
438 "It is not my visibility that is a concern, but your lack of ability to see."
439 I turned back to my skillet and pondered that. "I may not be able to see you, but you are more than
440 welcome to share breakfast with me, and I would dearly love to have a travelling companion. Everyone
441 else seems to keep dissappearing on me, so I guess it doesn't matter if you can't be seen by me."
442 With that, I dished up two plates, piled high, and set them on the table. I said grace, and was
443 somewhat surprized to hear "Amen" from behind me again. Turning, I saw a 30 year old woman pulling
444 out the chair beside me. "Please, eat your fill, and then you may tell me about yourself." I said,
445 delighted that I could at last see her.
446
447 Friar Mossback
448 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
449
450 L'homme (Or anyone else) What format of CP/M does Sanyo MBC1000 use ? - DJJ
451
452 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
453 From Prometheus; The Designed
454 Zipster; The caps key ought to be down for upper case, if I remember correctly. See you at Sauls tonight, bring my STARDATE
455 if you can, please?
456 Man in Grey; What equipment do you require for the MLCbbs that you don't have. Maybe a transfer from Jefferson could be arr-
457 anged, or something.
458 Piper; I agree on the subject of your writing. It is,
459 Do you have a man named Christienson living in your basement?
460 On that note, I think I'll take my leave of the Inn, and Innisfall.
461 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
462 ::Traditional apologies; Possesive form of Saul, and forgetting to call Piper's writing 'inspiring' ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
463
464 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&&'&'&'&'&'&'&@'&@'&'&'&'&@'&@'&@'&'&'&@'&@'&@'&'&'&'&@'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'
465 Grattus leaned over the flames trying to see if his dehydrated water had skipped ahead to a boil yet. He was greeted by smoke.
466 Even as his eyes tried to clense their polished surface Ascomb awoke with unusual earliness. Wiping blonde curls from her
467 cheek, she mumbled something about decency and asked S-EFTY something about clothes.
468 Grattus dropped the tea bags into the boil. Then sat down at thvelveteen couch. Waiting for Ascomb to do the same.
469 Ascomb stabbed her arms deep into her robe and stepped hastily into her slippers, anxious to get near the fire.
470 She darted past the ornately laid breakfast table trying to get to the couch. She stumbled a bit, but made it after all.
471 Grattus tried to make conversation by mentioning that someone really ought to replace the candlabra's candles, as they had
472 melted past the length of the wick.
473 Ascomb said that she would do this, and asked S-FTEY about her clothes for the day.
474 S-FTEY said guiltily "Haven't started yet, Ma'am, I am still working on the Universal Solvent formula Master Grattus wanted
475 last night."
476 Indignantly Ascomb glared at Grattus (It was no accident Ascomb didn't have her clothes yet...) and tried to use logic.
477 "You cant produce Universal Solvent S-FTEY, it will dissolve your insides." Ascomb waited for a reply.
478 "I will have your clothes in five minutes, Ma'am." S-FTEY never admitted a mistake, he got very embarrassed about these thi-
479 ngs, for an Android.
480 A leaf fell from the tallest spire of a moss blanketed tree, abnd floated onto the coffee table.
481 An insect came with the leaf, but fell into the grass from a height of twenty feet. Insects have the ability to survive such
482 things.
483 Things were totally normal at the Encampment on Limbo Road.
484 &'&'&'&'%&'&'&'&'&'&@'&'&'&'&'&&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&''&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'''&(''&''''''&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&&'
485 Zipster: Please be more careful! Your msg was full of ctrl chars. One of them
486 ^K homes my cursor WITHOUT erasing my screen. This makes reading your msg VERY
487 difficult. (and since we are enter only, I can't remove the ctrl chars.....)
488 Voyeur: I may have a handle on the general structure & I've got some of the
489 more basic routines written. (output a line, output a char, input a cxar, input
490 a line, etc). We'll talk Sat. (Warning: I may be rather late!)
491 Mig: Even YOUR hardware requires SOME software!
492 _________________________________Leonard________________________________________
493 LEONARD: NOW YOU KNOW HOW MY SCREEN LOOKS WHEN SOMEONE USES CONTROL I.
494 OH WELL...
495
496 DJJ: THE SANYO MBC-1000 USES ITS OWN WEIRD FORMAT. THOUGH IT DOES USE
497 512 BYTE SECTORS I THINK (OR WAS THAT 256?) I COULD TAKE A LOOK, IF
498 YOU WANT. HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW THE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE THOUGH. I
499 TRYED LOOKING AT IT ONCE, BUT COULDN'T FIND IT. IT SHOULD BE ON TRACK 1
500 (TRACK 0 IS FIRST) THEY PUT CPM ON THE DISK AS A FILE (CPM.SYS) AND
501 USE TRACK 0 AS JUST ENOUGH INFO TO PULL THE CPM FILE FROM THE DISK.
502 IF YOU ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN DIGGING INTO IT, I COULD GIVE YOU
503 THE NUMBER OF SANYO TECH SUPPORT. (MARK ZIEGER WHO JUST HAPPENS TO
504 BE THE GUY THAT WROTE MODEM7).
505 ******************* CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
506 <(:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::)>
507 Mikey: I hate to say this, but by the look of the crasher (for those of you
508 who don't know, he used up 150 lines by typing <CR>) I think you
509 should go to a *gasp* password system. Most of the contributors to
510 this board are frequent contibutors, so it wouldn't need too many
511 passwords.
512
513 Now then, the Piper's story has inspired me to make my own story, but with a
514 different message...
515 He woke up in the morning and thought about it. There was nothing unusual
516 about that. Every morning, every evening it battled out in his brain. Truth
517 and hapiness. That was the key to his torment. This was not an average man,
518 this was a seeker of truth. Of course, he did not know all, nor did he attempt
519 to. But in all that he saw, all that he heard, he looked for the truth. He
520 did not attempt to cover up, he had no facade. But this gave him a problem:
521 Could he be happy without ignoring the truth sometimes? On his way to work he
522 saw two woman in a cafe'. They were laughing drily at some comment. He imma-
523 gined the fronts they put up towards each other and towards others. He walked
524 on. He spent the rest of the day at the office and went home without a word.
525 He had few friends, most people would refer to him as "sombre" or "depressing."
526 He spent the rest of the evening reading and thinking -- never smiling. This
527 went on for the better part of his entire life. Shortly after his fifty-fourth
528 birthday, he fell ill and never recovered. This didn't surprise those who knew
529 him. "He never had any fun, he never loved anyone" said one woman who had
530 known him as well as anyone. He laid upon his death-bed and looked at the peo-
531 ple around him, and he smiled. His life had been by most accounts miserable,
532 but he had one thing that these people didn't have, the one thing that made
533 him smile. He knew the truth.
534 <(::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Walrus:)>
535 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
536 THE OREGON STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE
537
538 The 1984-1985 Big Game season in the State of Oregon will be closed due to the
539 shortage of big game animals. The following will not be hunted within this
540 state's boundaries this season: deer, elk, antelope, bear, cougar and squirrels.
541 However, in the place of the game animals, there will be an open season on
542 the central eastern Rajneesh, known locally as the Red Rats or Red Vermin.
543 These Red Rats may be a little rough to dress out and if gut shot,
544 probably not worth the effort.
545
546 IT WILL BE UNLAWFUL TO:
547 1. Hunt in a party of over 700 hunters;
548 2. Use more than 50 attack dogs in one group;
549 3. Use less than a 25 caliber rifle or double 00 buckshot
550 (they are thick skinned).
551 TRAPPING REGULATIONS:
552 1. Traps may not be set withing 15 feet of a voting booth.
553 2. Traps may not be baited with a virgin, food stamps, welfare stamps
554 or a Rolls-Royce.
555 3. All traps must have not less than a 120 pound spring. The trap jaws
556 must be kept sharp and in good working order.
557 OTHER RULES AND REGULATIONS:
558 1. It is unlawful to possess a road-killed Red Rat. It is OK to hit one,
559 but don't pick the bastard up.
560 2. It is unlawful to use any recorded or amplified device to trap a Red Rat,
561 with the exception of the following: a recording of Crystal Gayle's
562 "Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue".
563 HOW TO KNOW WHEN A RED RAT IS IN THE AREA:
564 1. You spot a Rolls-Royce with a deaf mute in the back seat.
565 2. You see 5 or more Rolls-Royces together.
566 3. Disposable diapers thrown on the street.
567 4. Large line outside the Wasco County Welfare Office.
568 5. Empty books of food stamps thrown on the ground.
569
570 Obviously, red hunting vests should be exchanged for some other color.
571 ???????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????
572 All biggots should be ashamed of themselves
573
574 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
575 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
576 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
577 YYYYYYYYYYY
578 TTTTTT TTTTTTT
579 It seems as though there are a lot of literary people that use the this
580 BBS. Keep u}p theood work!!!!!!! It was fun to read your comments.
581
582 To All Concerned: I think that this is the best bbs that I've ever read over my
583 brother's shoulder. The Fiction is fantastic (despite the ravings of the 8888888
584 Club) and I hope to make some small contribution at a later date. I go to school
585 at OSU, so I'm afraid that you'll only hear from me on vacations and some holida
586 ys. But I'll work on a short that'll make it worth the wait...
587 (The name is Tolkiens Elvish, and I'll take bets on what it means...)
588 Bye For Now,
589 ________________________________________Luingil_________________________________
590 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
591 *@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@
592
593 Has anyone given thought to editing and publishing the saga of the INN?
594 What a way to share some very good sci-fi/fantasy and perhaps help
595 support BWMS (not to mention supplementing or even providing income to
596 the authors). The installments on this disk rate high up on the list of
597 good fiction. They are extremely well written. Keep up the good work!!
598
599 The Buzzard
600
601 *@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*
602 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&'&'&@'&'&'&'&'&@'&'&'&'
603 I REGRET THAT I MUST GO WITHOUT ENTERING ACHAPTER, BUT IT IS UNAVOIDABLE. SINCERELY, ASCOMB, GRATTUS, AND S-FTEY
604 *****************************************************************************:
605 THE ABOVE LINE WAS REPLACED OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL MENTIONED,
606 AND THE USERS OF THE SYSTEM. IT IS SAD THAT MATURITY COMES SO SLOWLY TO
607 SOME INDIVIDUALS. AND SADER THAT OTHERS MUST SUFFER THEM.
608 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
609 && && &&
610 Thank you, Mikey. I saw the former entry & cursed ENTER ONLY that I couldn't
611 remove it myself. Those of us who KNOW Her miss Her dearly...
612 && The Mad Actor &&
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