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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************ INSTALLED: 11 JUL 85 ********************** 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************ 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned 8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public. 9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is 10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which 11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be 12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the 14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the 15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace 16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18 ************************************************************************* 19 20 L'homme: HELP! When you left the keypad bug left with you. I can't get the 21 problem to return. I did find the problem with the clear screen, it seems 22 that the IBM goes weird if you tell it to erase between lines 25 and 26 23 (think about it...). It only happens when the cursor is at the bottom of 24 the screen. it looks like it is the problem both in the VT52 mode and in 25 VT100. I was not able to duplicate any of the other problems. Can we get 26 together again to check it out? 27 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************** 28 29 OF 30 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=" 31 Anybody there? *knock knock* guess not. Gee. Nobody else seems to be 32 here. It's lonely at the top! 33 Ah but here comes someone, and that someone is: 34 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=""="="="="BETA UNIT"= 35 Ok. Ok. I've had enough! 36 Ferret and otter: PLEASE GO ON A LONG VACATION AND LEAVE US ALONE! 37 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="BETA UNIT "="="="="="="="="="="="==" 38 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) 39 Let me adjust my score card... Lemme see. Ferret, otter, and Beta Unit 40 are the same person, right? Used to be Minstrel and Midge, right? 41 Just trying to keep track. Things change so quickly around here... 42 43 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( P. V. Jeltz )))))))))))))))))))))))))) 44 Well Well someone seems to have said something that makes good sense 45 ************************POPE************************** 46 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 47 CISTOP MIKEY: I have a small question, everry now and then when g[25 48 giving the 'ON' command I've receiced the usual response with an added 49 'FILE UNSAFE'. What does this mean? I just type 'OFF' and then 'ON' 50 again which usually cures the problem. thanks... 51 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> dan <+><+><+><+><+><+> 52 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 53 hmmm, lotsa markers out there. 54 markermarkermarkermarkermarker 55 ppppppppppppppppppppppppptight on time in a.m.ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 56 dan - FILE UNSAFE just means that the last person didn't type OFF before 57 hanging up. it makes no difference to you (the next person), so 58 ignore it. you also don't need to OFF then ON. +++ 59 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*" 60 Allow Me to give you all my identities and we can see if this 61 whole matter cannot be settlesd like civilized beings. 62 Ferret: Zancresta the ferret 63 Minstrel: Mudge, Hoojib, and I don't know about Beta Unit. It just 64 might be him. 65 Cistop Mikey: Ever notice how the people of BackWater LOVE to keep a 66 conversatipon that'S bad about someone ggoing. I try and apoligize for a 67 the hman/animal debate...BUT they still hafe to keep on making rude c 68 commNnts. Mabye they DO want people in BackWatNr to be unhappy. Which i 69 isn't saying that Aall the people here are like the bad ones. Such p 70 people as the Observer and such. Now they have a good sense off humor and 71 can tell when someone doesn't really meanwhat he is saying and he is o 72 only saying it to see if others on the board have a sense of humor as 73 well. I was originally hoping to see what sort of offbeat and sometimes 74 hillarious entries people would give about intelligent animals and 75 humans. Why, on other boards when I did this I was flooded with such GOOD 76 comments as: 77 "Oh, no! The animals are coming! Hey ferre|, run for pres. you might win! 78 and such, not: 79 "WE would all like to know when and if yo will be going on a very long 80 vacation so txat the board will 81 be rid of you forever. Please stopwriting!" 82 Now that makes someone really feel bad about trying to contribute to 83 the board. Being flatly rejected every time you turn around no matter 84 what sort of identity you become and no mtter how many times you try your 85 best to apoligize, tthey still tell you to go away so that the nice and 86 87 "normal" people can write. Well, I thought you all might enjoy a 88 change from constant seriousness. I guess I was wrong. Well you people 89 can just sit back and read the same thing you read every day and we 90 can simply forget about sseeing 91 anything that compells you to do something. ucan enjoy your little 92 fixed world and I'll enjoyy mine, as many, many others have done in the 93 past. 94 Zancresta the ferret. 95 P.s.:Don't take me seriously, I'm just trying to compell someone to be 96 NICE for a change! 97 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"* 98 `````````````````````````````` 99 ZANCRESTA THE FERRET: THAT WAS 100 WELL SAID... 101 102 MAX... 103 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 104 Well I'm over here on backwater this time. I am very new at this story writting 105 stuff. But there doesn't seem to be any stories here???? what happend? Well I'm 106 over on Tanis and I'm doing that bizaare,weird,strange story about the Riff... 107 Yeah that's me well anyways....Better get going.............. 108 Forgot my boreder at the front ? Oh well That's life !! 109 ((^^------=<Dark Avenger>=------^^)) 110 Hey C'mon everyone post some stuff this is getting 111 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. 112 The soft, plaintive cries of the gulls, along with the gentle, 113 ceaseless roaring of the ocean were all I needed to calm my nerves. I had 114 returned to try to merge with it and leave my troubled world behind, or at 115 least try to etch the scene into my mind, where it would remain forever. 116 I sit on the huge gray boulders and watch the waves pound on the rocks, 117 showing off their power. The seagulls fly freely in the salty breeze, 118 while I dream of letting loose and flying free. On the horizon, scores of 119 fishing boats drift lazily in the waves, reeling in the morning catch. About 120 a mile down the beach, the mist is lifting and I can just see the ghostly 121 outlines of the jagged rock formations. 122 As I take this all in, Sara comes quietly to me. She stands silently 123 gazing at me with the breeze blowing through her golden, flowing hair. 124 After a few minutes she comes close to me. "They're waiting," she says. I 125 say goodbye to my privacy, and we walk to the car. 126 The driver holds the door for us as we get inside. While driving off, 127 I vow I shall return. I then ready myself for my next twenty years 128 in Walla Walla State Penitentiary. 129 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 130 ps I have receintly heard of something called LOCALNET. I tried calling 131 it and got its prompt, but no online instructions that I could conjure 132 up. Anyone know what I've stumbled across? 133 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 134 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,` 135 Emu: Try leaving the number here so we could see if we have stumbled accross 136 it. What was the prompt? Whats the number? When did you call? Details, 137 we want details! 138 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`Mark,` 139 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 140 DIGITALIAN2 141 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 142 143 Michael Jackson And His Vic 144 145 Why are you always such a fussy young 146 vic? You are so hard to program that you make me sick. Well dont you know 147 ou make me look like just a little hic, so Poke it. Just Poke it... 148 149 Don't want to argue I dont want to delate... Dont want to hear about the 150 kind of text you hate... Well dont you know if I CONTinue I I'll meet an 151 awful fate, SO Poke it.. 152 Dont you. 153 154 DIGIT2 155 I'm sorry about my last entry but I made a very serious mistake 156 In my typing. I'll try it again... 157 158 159 160 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 161 Take 2 162 163 164 165 Why are you always such a fussy young REM. I didn't know what to say so 166 I just said IF THEN. Well dont you know I should just send you to the state 167 pen so Poke It, 168 Just POke It.... 169 170 171 How come your always such a useless 3k VIC. You are so hard to program 172 that you make me sick. Well all you do is make me look like just a little 173 hic, So Poke It 174 Dont you call me a brick, just poke it.. poke it.. Find your central 175 circuit and smoke it. Just blow it up. 176 Dont want no Word Prosser dont want no DATA base. Dont want to see your 177 178 ugly 3k face so poke it... poke it... poke it ... just poke it 179 180 Dont want to argue I dont want to DELate, I used to just not like you 181 now it's turned to Hate.. 182 Well dont you know if I CONTinue I'll meat an aweful fate... 183 So POKE it... Just Poke it 184 185 186 187 I wanted a computer to get somethimng done..I thought a commodore 188 would be just the one... Now all I do all day is just sit on my bun.. 189 So Poke it... Dont you call me dumb... 190 Just poke it.poke it.. poke it.. poke it........poke it .... poke it.. 191 poke it.. poke it........ 192 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 193 DIGIT2 194 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 195 HELLO MY NAME IS PAUL BRAHM AND I HAVE MY BBS UP AT 775-xxxx 196 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK UNLIMITED STORYWRITING STORAGE 197 CAPACITY. GAZOO 775-xxxx PLEASE SEND SOME USERS THIS WAY 198 ........................................................................... 199 BLACK SCREEN 200 201 ESTABLISHING SHOT -- INT. LOBBY OF THE PLAZA HOTEL 202 203 WIDE ANGLE displaying the elegant white-and-gold Plaza lobby to its best 204 advantage. Angle favors the revolving doors on the Fifth Avenue side. Through 205 them a Central Park hansom cab can be seen passing by, and the Plaza double-P 206 logo with "The Plaza" in script under it is in evidence in the shot. Various 207 well-to-do looking people, bellmen, etc, are going about their business in the 208 lobby, as we HOLD on this angle for a moment. Then: SFX:TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION! as the revolving doo 209 lobby REACT with predictable alarm -- 210 211 CLOSER ON THE DOORS 212 213 Or where they used to be, as fragments of glass and brass and whatnot collapse 214 inward toward us with appropriate SFX. In over the rubble come running several 215 STORMTROOPERS, armed with rifle-blasters with which they cover the lobby and 216 the people in it. And through the smoke and haze still lingering where the 217 doors were blasted in, comes striding a tall, dark, menacing, very familiar 218 figure, with his black cloak billowing behind him, and the expected SFX: LOUD, 219 MECHANICAL BREATHING NOISES coming from inside his helmet. He walks right up 220 to the camera till he is framed in MED. ANGLE. 221 222 DARTH VADER 223 (that famous voice, making this a very silly question) 224 Do you know me?... 225 226 DIFFERENT ANGLE 227 228 CAMERA FOLLOWS as the Dark Lord strolls through the Plaza lobby, past the Palm 229 Court, and toward the registration desk. As Vader walks along, we see various 230 people in b.g. REACTING to his presence -- a child starting toward Vader in 231 absolute fascination, a worried mother realizing just who that is, and hustling 232 the child OUT OF SHOT -- businessmen staring, elegantly-dressed little old 233 ladies glancing up in annoyance at having their afternoon tea disturbed, etc. 234 ad lib. Also in b.g., following Vader as unobtrusively as possible, we see 235 several Stormtroopers carrying in his luggage. All black, of course.... 236 237 VADER 238 (to the camera, as he goes: slightly sinister overtones) 239 My...*business*...takes me all over the Galaxy. To Force-forsaken 240 spots like Hoth, and Tattooine. 241 (very slight beat) 242 And New York City. 243 244 CLOSER -- AT THE REGISTRATION DESK 245 246 He pauses beside it, In b.g., again rather unobtrusively, a Stormtrooper comes 247 up carrying a two-suiter (black again) and leading a pair of Dobermans, on 248 leashes, each with its own black cloak. 249 250 VADER 251 That's why I carry the American Express Gold Card. 252 (holds it up) 253 With the Card, I'm guaranteed an imperial welcome in the 254 greatest hotels and restaurants on Earth. And no matter where I 255 may find myself, the Card makes sure I'm treated with the 256 respect I deserve. 257 258 DIFFERENT ANGLE 259 260 Including more of the registration desk, and a HOTEL RESERVATION CLERK, who 261 leans over the desk a bit to take in Vader, the Stormtroopers, the Dobermans. 262 His expression is rather super-cilious and annoyed, a "Who *is* this clown?" 263 look. 264 265 CLERK 266 (a touch snide) 267 Sir...do you have a reservation? 268 269 Vader looks at him, says nothing -- simply raises the Card a bit, very slowly. 270 The clerk clutches abruptly at his throat, choking. He begins to collapse 271 behind the desk. Vader leans forward slightly as the clerk starts going down, 272 "following" him. The clerk grabs frantically at the desk for support, then 273 reaches for the bell atop it and just manages to hit it (SFX: DING!) as he goes 274 down behind the desk and OUT OF SHOT. 275 276 CLERK (CONT'D) 277 (barely squeaks it out) 278 Front! 279 280 CLOSER ON VADER 281 282 Still holding up the Card, Vader glances ever so briefly at it...then BACK AT 283 CAMERA again. No expression is visible through his helmet, of course...but his 284 voice sounds like a shark's smile. 285 286 VADER 287 (wicked enjoyment) 288 Sometimes I help it a little. 289 290 INSERT -- ON BLANK CARD 291 292 The usual shot of the Gold Card. With SFX: TELETYPE NOISE, the words appear on 293 it: 294 D-A-R-T-H V-A-D-E-R. 295 (There is no expiration date. Would *you* ever try to cancel Darth Vader's 296 Amex card?) 297 298 ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 299 The American Express Gold Card. Don't leave *your* galaxy 300 without it. 301 302 BLACK SCREEN 303 304 ******************************************** 305 Black Screen(Darth Vader): Very interesting I thought 306 307 ((^^---------------<Dark Avenger>---------------^^)) 308 309 Well I guess I really should put in a story here but 310 I'm still waiting for TANIS to be filled up...oh well 311 Today is very boring...nothing to do but use the modem 312 Oh well again....See ya 313 ((^^---------------<Dark Avenger>---------------^^)) 314 COMSET? 315 THE BOYs R BACK IN TOWN! 316 317 318 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&' 319 Well now, the twits are becoming civil while the normals are getting too 320 rude for belief. The ensuing disks ought to be, fascinating. 321 Backwater is not a place for the simple jewel thief stories of Alternatee 322 World, and emphatically not a place for forty lines of drivell over who is 323 bringing what to the bash. 324 It is a place for elegant stories that are a good deal better than the rest, 325 at least in my opinion. And when people come in who do not even try to be 326 good, it insults the high brow users of Backwater. 327 To see their Innkeeper plagued with delinquents and bored idiots is almost 328 too much for them, so please, reserve your stories for other systems. Unless 329 they are a good deal better than the rest. 330 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'m'u'r'd'e'r'&'&'&'&'&'&'c'o'n's'e'q'u'e'n't'i'a'l'&'&'&'&'&'&'& 331 332 :Untill i get a better terminal prog. I am stuck with writing quick entrys. 333 I thought this system was for everyone, after all , does it say at the beginning: 334 Welcome to Backwater Message System! 335 I reserve the right to delete any and all stories that do not meet up with 336 perfect standards. So if your story isn'tgood enough to win all the awards 337 Starlog a~d all other science fiction magazines have to offer you might 338 as well forget about putting it here because we'll just run you out of the sys 339 system and delete all your further entries. No matter how you try to 340 fix it, or apoligize for your wrong doing, we'll still delete it because 341 342 343 Bravo! to the Darth Vader author. It's bee so long since I've seen a good 344 entry here that it's like a breath of fresh air after smelling armpits for 345 weeks. Let's hear something from you again. (soon). 346 +DANTE- 347 Hmmmm....hmmmmm....hmmmmm,.....hmmmm.....h,..mmmm........ 348 349 Zancresta the ferret: You had an okay idea, but somewhere i 350 in the follow through you lost it. There seem to be quite 351 a few people out there who are unhappy with you. Real un- 352 happy. Perhaps y with your next idea, you'll do better, or 353 at leat least figure out that it's ineffective sooner. I 354 assume you will have another idea. . .go ahead and try it, 355 but feel a little more for the reaction you elicit. You'll 356 be more welcome anywhere. 357 358 emu: Kinder moving there. Nice. 359 360 Whoever you are: You did a wonderful job with Darth. Slick, 361 real slick. When you return, you should take credit. It's 362 so much easier to respond to an individual than a mystery 363 soul. 364 365 Hmmmmm...hmmmmm...hmmmmm...hmmmmm...hmmm....kearihn...... 366 PAUL BRAHM: JUST TRIED TO GET INTO YOUR SYSTEM, BUT IT 367 SEEMS TO NEED A KEY. HOW DOES ONE START TO GET A PASSWORD? 368 IT GIVES YA THREE CHANCES, DOESN'T ACCEPT 'NEW', AND 369 HANGS UP. WHAT GIVES? 370 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"* 371 "*"*"*"*"*"*"ferretsdon'tlurkdothey?"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"" 372 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====::::: 373 I hopped up on the table that was empty. Resting on it were strange 374 things. A large cup filled with a good smelling black liquid., a pstrip 375 of paper folded many times with scrawled images andwords. 376 'This is all very confusing.' I said to myself, dipping my pug nose into 377 the liquid and tasting it. I frowned. It wasn't as good as a truffle or 378 lettuce, but it would do. I drank it, and wondered at h where I was. C 379 Was I actually in Inisfal? Or was this all but a dream? Would I wake up 380 381 Call MIDSIX 382 642-xxxx 383 New Summer Hours 384 12 MIDnite- 12 NOON. 385 Enjoy these new extended hours. 386 It's a storybased system. 387 Full access not given until password 388 is validated. 389 390 391 Anyone who feels they are being thrown off this system can call MID-SIX. All 392 stories are welcome. 393 394 395 .............................................................................. 396 The poor little Ferret didn't understand why so many were so against him. This 397 was the poor little Ferret's problem. He didn't understand the flows and 398 eddies of backwater. The Inn has survived so long because in its diversity 399 and craziness an underlying element of preservation and sanity exists. The 400 patrons who inhabit this little inn are normally a caring considerate witty 401 bunch. But even their long patience can be tried when a new character enters 402 and dominates the board with excessive entries of questionable forethought. 403 The Ferret character and his eternally burning question of furless humans 404 would have been humorous and could have been humorous if it had be done with 405 any style at all. Instead the Ferret camped on the backwater phone line and 406 filled the precious 629 lines with countless entries of drivel and clutter. 407 Temperance! Understand what the word means. Di not assault our eyes and 408 our senses with line after line of Ferret/Mudge/Minstrel-like creations 409 and you will find a much more receptive audience to the more comrehensive 410 and thought-out entries you will be able to make with all the extra time 411 you gain by not camping on the backwater phone number. I never like to see 412 anyone chased away, and I can understand your feelings of persecution, but 413 you must realize and understand what a precious commodity that exists here 414 at Backwater and you must treat this commodity and its many users with a 415 certain amount of respect. Remember this board is here for many, not just 416 for you. Remember that you are part of a community of special people, and 417 by lending a helping hand you will find yourself being helped. Treat the 418 other users as you would have them treat you. Ferret et all might be 419 surprised what a receptive group we are if we are only given a chance to 420 have something to be receptive to. Do not damn all for the snide remarks 421 made by some outsider individual. These comments and insults have existed 422 as long as Backwater has existed, and they always will. Regular users 423 have learned to laugh and then pass by, you should do the same. Please 424 try to find Backwater a place to visit and discuss and debate and take 425 part in adventure and storyline, but do not abuse Backwater, for no matter 426 how calm the waters may appear to be sometimes, they have a nasty 427 reputation for reaching out and striking back at those who would mistreat 428 them. 429 A user who has wanted to say this for a long time. 430 ................................................................................ 431 ch /di/do/ 432 *%_#@*%)_*@#_)%*!_)%*!)_*%!+*%_)!*%_)!*%)_@#*%)@#$*%)@_#&^@)#_%&@)_*%@_%*@%* 433 Mikey: Hmmmm...strange. I go away, and so does the keyboard problem. Could this be one of those famous software 434 gremlins that have made such a name for themselves of late? I understand what you are talking about on the 435 clear screen stuff. It isn't too tough to fix is it? There was no meeting at the Pizza place Thursday. In fact 436 Dave and I somehow missed connections there, even though we were at the place at the same time. Let me know when 437 you want the Tandy and I will arrange to borrow one from the school district. These are 256k machines with 438 monochrome monitors. They have no graphics on board (bw or color). Also we are running an old version of DOS. Dave 439 has the new version, maybe I can get a copy from him (Dave? Are you listening? RSVP?) The new version of DOS 440 according to Compuserve has some RS232 initialization bugs fixed. We can get together sometime next week if that 441 is convenient. 442 Luingil: Is that SCA activity you attended the same that KOIN's Ray Summers attended and did a segment on? 443 Piper: That sounds like a good idea... On the graphics front. I have given up on the 4113 device. They didn't want to 444 spend the money on the IGL support I needed. I think I told you the software costs between $4000 and $17000 (there are 445 five levels of support.) PSU could get a 85% discount if I met two committments: Teach a class in the use of the 446 software and publish a usage of the software in some catalogue. Even then we are talking a minimum of $600 and a max 447 of $2500, so...dinada. BUT... I got some plot_10 software that works with the Tek 4010, fixed up the driver software, 448 re-compiled ALL the source (some administrator/jerk erased all my .o files) and put the whole system back together. A 449 few thousand k-bytes later I have a Movie.BYU ready to go, and no Tek 4010 terminal. I compiled for the 4010 because the 450 other driver we got was for a CALCOMP plotter (yiii!) and I figured I would have a better chance with the 4010 than 451 getting my hands on a Calcomp. What an easy project this has turned out to be. But oh what I have learned about the 452 inner workings of certain organizations. Thanks very much for all your help and advice. I will keep you posted on how 453 things turn out. 454 %*@_*%@)_*%@_#)*%@_*%@)*%@_*%@)_#*%@_#)% L'homme sans Parity *%_#)*%_*!_#)%*@_#)*%_)*%@_)*%_@*%@_*%_@%*@_)*%@_%@ 455 456 L'homme: I've got a name and number for a guy who *HAD* a TEK 4006 (wanted 457 $100). I can't afford it right now & don't know if he has sold it yet. It 458 supposedly runs 4010 protocol. Maybe we could chip in together? 459 All: I uploaded the AMEX/Darth Vader text. It came from the SF/Fantasy 460 Forum on CIS (Hom-29). No idea who the author is... They also have an 461 'extension' to DECWARS.... 462 _____________________________Leonard___________________________________________ 463 Harumph! And here I thought we had some great new talent. But NOOOOoooooo! 464 It was just someone plagarizing a work from elsewhere. Tacky, Leonard, 465 from one who knows... 466 ??????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ?????????????????????????????????? 467 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# 468 What is this? Backwater's raising its story standards? Gee, I had a story I 469 was kinda working on, but I don't know if its good enough. I mean, I really 470 don't want to spend forty minutes typing in an entry only to log back on later 471 and find it erased. Oh, well, the writer's lot is never an easy one... 472 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# 473 So who has said the standards of Backwater were going up? Personally I never 474 beleive anything until the word comes from Mikey anyway. I think that only 475 the bad ones should be deleted, the ones that people can hardly read and deals 476 with things you have to be 21 or older to even see in films... Any creative 477 effort, and original work should be left up. If a person starting out takes 478 the time to type it in Backwater should give the writer a chance. 479 '"~"' '"~"' '"~"' '"~"' '"~"' '"~"' '"~"' 480 *************************************HI 481