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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 2 AUG 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 (&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&) 21 Hey! I'm at the top! WOW! WOOPEE! YAHOO! 22 Eat yer hearts out suckers! 23 (&)(&)(&)(&)(&)(&) Dren (&)(&)(&)(&)(&) 24 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 25 Voyeur: I do believe that the 'T' in the 'DT' meams Tone, as in DialTone, 26 as opposed to DP (Dial Pulse). Both are normally preceded by the AT 27 (ATtention) command. 28 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> dan <+><+><+><+> 29 <+><+><+><+><+> sorry for the typos... <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 30 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 31 DAMN!!!! Missed it again... 32 ??????????????? The Doctor ???????????????????????? Aug. 2, 85 at 10:08 ??????? 33 PS: No story from Guido tonight, either... 34 ??????????????? The Doctor ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? 35 Guido? As in Guido the Killer Pimp? 36 no Guido Sarduchi, that hilarious charicature of a Roman Catholic priest. 37 zztr 38 :::::::===== 39 Trainor: Forget it. It's okay. I7'll just slink off, since nobody here has 40 any use for my rabbity skills at the moment. Mayhap, yes. It just might 41 work out anyway. I have been working on my computer devising a story 42 plot that would fit my character. I could get all the other characters 43 made up, yeah. "The Quest for the Darkherb." Hmmm....weyry interesting 44 idea. Does it sound okay to you? I seem to have a distinct knack for 45 writing stories that no one seems to enjoy, and therefore make enemies 46 with my entries. This is something I don't want to do, and I wish that 47 the good citizens of Inisfall could forgive and possibly forget. M 48 "Quest for the Darkherb." Sounds good, do you like the title?? You 49 seem to be an experienced writer, way aboe me in writing skill,. But 50 it seems that everyone is. 51 :::::===== 52 I REALLY DO NOT THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO WRITE STORIES, ISN'T THIS 53 A PUBLIC BB ?????? WHERE ITEMS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE MASSES ????? 54 I SUGGEST YOU TRY USING A WORD PROCESSOR FOR WRITTING ANY MAYBE EVEN 55 CONTACT A PUBLISHER, ----- YOU NEVER KNOW SOMEONE MIGHT SNAP UP YOUR 56 LITTLE GEMS (?) AND SLAP THEIR OWN COPYRIGHT ON IT AND ALL YOUR EFFORT 57 GOES DOWN THE TUBE. JTO.. 58 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 59 JTO: Check what I said on the last disk. It seems to have a lot of 60 relavence. 61 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 62 ::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::::: 63 dan: quite true - T means Tone, normally following D, for dial, normally 64 following AT, for attention. The point was that the terminal program in 65 question has a setting for Tone, Pulse, or modem default. It was set to Tone, 66 but the T in the dial command still seemed to be required. 67 Cistop: the CP/M emulator is invoked by typing "RUN program", correct? CP/M 68 is not a normal state of being, but only exists for the duration of the process? 69 ::::::::::::::::O O::::::08/03::::::voyeur::::::::::01:26::::::::O O:::::::::::: 70 That's all that everyone enteredd last night?? 71 Probably so. And this is all people have entered this morning? sheesh. 72 73 A marker, a marker, we 74 love the markers, the 75 markers with the golde 76 (n) flair. Don't miss 77 one, you'll be glad 78 that you saw the 79 marker that never 80 grows old... Hee Hee 81 DAN? Is that really yo 82 u? Can it be true? The one and the same Dan from olden times? Hello, welcome, hail and well met. It is good 83 to see you again. ATDT 84 .......... 85 "are we the last ones to survive? 86 are we the last human beings 87 left alive?" 88 .......... rush ....... 89 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 90 Neohama 91 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 92 93 Chapter 4 94 95 I had gotten all my screens mapped and all I had to do was color them. 96 After 3 days I had everything in multi color and the subroutines for 97 drawing the screens were done. Now I started making the figures for the 98 treasures. It took me awile to make them but I finely got it done. Now I 99 had to make the main program. 100 What I had to do befor I could program it in was learn to use the 101 102 kernal routine SAVE. I tried it but it didn'd work. I checked all my work 103 and tried it again but it still didn't work. 104 105 106 _<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_<_< 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 108 Max: Terminal program is now in final testing stage, dial & terminal portions 109 working correctly. New punter transfer section not tested yet. Oh, by the 110 way, the terminal is now ML (not a 5-line BASIC loop), eliminating the quite 111 fustrating garbage collection. Portions of the code are from MEBterm, some 112 from Microterm, some of my own...and the ASCII translate works (gasp) correctly 113 this time around! 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 115 I jost gots to axt cain`t inny one speal er a speel opps spell enny more 116 on this bored???"tl" 117 118 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 119 Yes, it was true! Sir Ben of Fish was still alive! Yes, it's true that he is 120 still on the trail of the evil Jeffslime! Yes, it's true that life has no 121 purpose! Yes, it's true that Wyoming bakes the most pancakes every year! Yes, 122 it's true that I don't know why I'm writing this or how to end it... 123 The valiant Sir Ben got on his trusty steed, Rustbucket II, and once again went 124 after the evil Jeffslime. The immortal creature which had slashed the King's 125 credit rating just last year. 126 He urged his mule onward. "Onward" he urged. Rustbucket II sped off at a 127 lightning rate of 5 mph. In no time they had caught up with the Jeffslime. As 128 they neared it, the slime creature turned around. It was an ugly sight to 129 behold. The Jeffslime had been wounded in one of their earlier battles and 130 there was dried blood all over his computer keyboard and modem. 131 He laughed maniacally (sp?) at Sir Ben, and screamed, "Aaauugghh!!" 132 Sir Ben trembled at the sound. It was incredible, but his knees did not 133 jellify!! 134 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guido !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aug. 3, 85 at 9:15 !!!!!!!! 135 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===== 136 I turned, leaving the memory of future quests in the back of my 137 rabbity mind. If therse people didn't want a rabbit around, that was all 138 fine and right with me. I fished through the little bag concealed by 139 my fur and retrieved a truffle. Popping the little rare mushroom into 140 my mouth, I entered Inisfall, as the tasty little juices from the truffle 141 trickled down my throat. I managed a samall and weak smile as I hopped 142 up onto my faritvorite table and curled pup to sleep as the sun set down 143 from the grey and black sky (Rabbits are colorblind, you know. It should 144 be "Red and purple sky") and the little animals returned to their homes. 145 I slept, my mind filling with thought after thought about the wonderful 146 device that was known as thee Pell-Mell. My little whiskers twitched as 147 I slept, for now I was dreaming of the Scarlett Lion, brandishing a knife 148 and hacking away at my brothern. My mind raced, my heart beat faster as 149 my nose and whiskers began to twitch uncontollably in irritation. 150 Sleep was not going to come easy for me tonight, but itt would come. 151 Rest assured. (No pun intended.) it would....come,...* (snore) 152 :::::=====:::::=====:::::======:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::===== 153 = = = = = = = = = ===== = = = = = = = 154 Okay, what ever happened to Pam? I really miss her writing! And 155 it's about time that the story return to the profound and lovely ones 156 of times past... Where has Pam gone? 157 = = = = = = = = = ===== = = = = = = = 158 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) 159 An interesting question raised its ugly head on the last disk. How does one 160 use this system at 300 baud? My particular answer is this: Set MEX to download 161 then start the system outputting. Go away. Wait for a few minutes. Eventually 162 the output stops, write file to disk. Hang up. Read file on Wordstar. The 163 benefit is that I can read as fast as I am capable (900 baud equiv.) and 164 skip the boring parts. If I entered a lot of messages, I might compose them 165 on the WP, then upload them. 166 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( P. V. Jeltz )))))))))))))))))))))))) 167 168 ????? The Doctor ????? 169 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 170 The Doctor quickly glanced at the monitor while searching for the travel packs 171 stored in the TARDIS, something particularly difficult if you haven't had a 172 lot of practice. Grann was gaping helplessly at the monitor, eyeing the dozen 173 or so Republic Guards that had casually walked into the barn. I tried to think 174 of an easy way out of the situation. 175 No ideas came, at least at first. The Doctor was mumbling, "...toothbrush... 176 three pairs of socks...portable chess set...sonic screwdriver..." as he packed 177 the last TP. "Now where is that spacetime ripple detector? I never can find 178 that thing. It always seems to jump up and hide from me." 179 Hide? The Doctor had an idea, but forgot to yell "Eureka!". Hide! If those 180 guards weren't looking for the TARDIS specifically, then perhaps we could 181 escape their notice long enough for them to conclude their business in the 182 barn, whatever it was. Obscuration magic. I ran down a list of such spells 183 in my mind, looking for the one most suitable for the situation. 184 Shadow magic. That would work. There are enough shadows in the barn. 185 "Yeltaw Rebfem, Uspovi Edaghindaltu!" I whispered, hoping that none of the 186 guards had spotted the TARDIS as I had thought of a spell to use. 187 It seemed that none had. If they had been looking in the right direction, 188 they might have seen a blue box, about 2.5 meters tall, fade slowly into the 189 surrounding shadows. The guards instead had taken several digging implements, 190 then left. Emergency over. 191 I turned back to the Doctor. "...under the console, maybe? No? Grann, have 192 you seen the ripple detector? It looks rather like... well, a pocket radio. 193 What? You've never seen a pocket radio? Well, they look just like this 194 thing, here." The Doctor pointed to the ripple detector that he had left 195 sitting on the console. "I'm not sure where it is, but I'll find it, soon 196 enough. Help me look for it." 197 Grann looked at the Doctor, then at me. I smiled at him faintly, then gestured 198 him to pick it up. He did, then held it out silently as the Doctor hunted 199 about the rest of the control room. 200 "Not here...or here. Where....? Grann, any luck y-" He stopped, and stared 201 at the small device that Grann held. 202 "You seem to have a knack for finding things, Grann. I'd love to be able to 203 find whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. Things just seem to jump out of my 204 way when I want them." 205 We smiled knowingly at each other, then grasped our packs as we explained to 206 the Doctor what had happened. "We must depart, and lock the TARDIS behind us. 207 Our destination is somewhere nearby, but it will not come to us; we must go to 208 it." 209 We left the TARDIS, and carefully made our way out of the barn. The harsh 210 sunlight struck our eyes painfully. The wind stirred the planted corn in a 211 nearby field; the rustling almost, but not quite, drowned out mumbling from 212 the Doctor: "...on the console?" 213 +++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++ August 3, 1985 ++++++++++++++++ 214 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 215 I WAS GOING TO ENTER SOMETHING, BUT DECIDED AGAINST IT AT THE 216 LAST POSSSIBLE INSTATNT. YOU MUST WAIT FOR ANOTHER INTERESTING 217 CHAPTER SOME OTHER DAY. 218 (C) OF 219 GUESS-WHO 220 #$#$#$#$#$#$ 221 222 zztr 223 [/] 224 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 225 Zephyr -- Please don't miss the point. The reason folks are irritated is 226 not due to your writing (it seems quite capable to me) but due to your making 227 major decisions for other characters. Perhaps in another clime you worked 228 at a story where the authors allowed others to manipulate their characters 229 to a greater degree than we here do -- however, as a mutual defense, we 230 cannot relinquish the control of our characters under normal circumstances. 231 Remember, this is an open board. No checking is done, and for most of 232 the existence of the board it was the utopia of "all allowed." 233 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 234 235 The piper was sitting on the floor of the machine holding his throbbing 236 head. The major reality shifts seemed to have subsided and he had attention 237 to spare only for his internal troubles. This was perhaps the most difficult 238 part of an adventure -- the adjustment period while the team learned to work 239 together. With as fiercely independent a group as Trainor had gathered, 240 this learning period could be quite trying. 241 Heaving a sigh, the piper rummaged in his sporran. There it was -- now 242 was this medicinal or non-medicinal? Irritated, he put the bottle back and 243 pulled out an identical container. Smiling the piper removed the cap, 244 placed the bottle of medicinal scotch whiskey to his lips and carefully 245 counted four swallows. 246 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 247 :::::=====:::::===== 248 Piper- Thanks. 249 All - Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am no longer able to 250 continue my "Quest for the Darkherb" storyline. Within a 2 month periosd 251 I will return and finish it up. 252 Thank you. 253 :::::=====:::::===== 254 255 ============================================= 256 We tell ourselves all love is foolishness, 257 and still disappointment is a lucid madness. 258 ============================================= 259 260 BUT WHAT OF THE LOVE FOR FOOLISHNESS, IS THAT 261 MADNESS? 262 Well that is only half true. 263 g on a new 264 ersion of the software. The 265 nferences on the board are 266 working really excellent. 267 doors subsystem just needs 268 ttle more work to get it 269 in working shape. For 270 those of you who don't know what 271 the hell I am talking about 272 n why don't you give the system 273 ll. The number is 626-xxxx. 274 operates 24 hours a day at 300, 275 1200. Give it a try now. 276 Chris Wells 277 (SySoP) 278 P.S. The CoOperators are as follows: 279 erator Justin 280 erator Chris (not me but a differnt 281 ne) 282 283 284 /E 285 /S 286 Chris Wells: read the help file....and learn a few things eh? Not all the 287 boards are the same, read the help file. 288 \=-\=-\=- 289 ************************************************************************** 290 lurk-modious 291 just a note: just remember that I NEVER use a alias. 292 ********************************kathyd************************************ 293 294 ______________________________________________________________ 295 I'll remember that... Quote for the Week: 296 "If you put your mind to it, anything is possible!" 297 __________________________________________________________mg__ 298 Hello , anyone out there play RuneQuest? 299 Hello, anyone out there play RuneQuest? 300 If you do put a message on this boa 301 ........................................................................... 302 A DAY OFF 303 So you want the day off. Let's take a look at what you are asking for. 304 There are 365 days per year available for work. There are 52 weeks per 305 year in which you already have two days off per week, leaving 261 days 306 available for work. Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you 307 have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. You spend 30 308 minutes each day on coffee break that accounts for 23 days each year, 309 leaving only 68 days available. With a one hour lunch period each day, you 310 have used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work. 311 You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20 312 days available for work. We are off for 5 holidays per year, so your 313 available working time is down to 15 days. We generously give you 14 days 314 vacation per year which leaves only 1 day available for work and I'll be 315 damned if you're going to take that day off!!! 316 (The above was posted on a bulletin board at work...) 317 __________________________________Leonard__________________________________ 318 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 319 Sounds like the place I used to work 320 at. 321 By the way, lines 215-220 are not mine 322 as the person who wrote them would 323 like you to believe. (Who set the 324 margin so low?) 325 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 326 327 328 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 329 330 Hey all ya awsm' C/64 users out 331 there... 332 I want to start a programing group. 333 It would be for making exelent prg's 334 for the 64. Hopfully, the group could 335 make games that would make BEACH- 336 HEAD II look like trash! Any and all 337 dudes interested please leave a 338 message. 339 ^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^><^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^> 340 341 342 Say... 343 Awile back I read that Zephyr was 344 "Taking 2 months off". Maybe the 345 rest of you more civilized computer 346 wizes can have some disk space. I 347 look forward to a great " months!!!!!!!! 348 thats 2 months.!!!!!!!!! 349 350 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_ 351 ( I'm continuing my old story) 352 353 I was trying to find a way to 354 355 earn money for my spaceship when my 356 buddy called me up. As we was talking, 357 I asked if he had any ideas on how 358 to earn money.( Texas style "I'm 359 reffering to oil"). He said all he 360 could think of for a kid of my age 361 was paper delivering. I thought about 362 it for awile and decided to give it a 363 try. 364 I called the Oregonian and asked 365 if they had any paper routs that I 366 could do and they said they didn't 367 but would call me if any came up. up. 368 I wasn't in to much of a mind for 369 waiting so I just continued my work. 370 _>_>_>_>_>_>_NEOHAMA>_>_>_>_>_>_>_ 371 (Crazy Changing Border) 372 ^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^> 373 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 374 Neohama -- Just a few suggestions for you. 375 1. Most folks that use this system use 80 col displays. Your 40 376 entries are quite wasteful of disk space. Better yet, (if you don't care 377 how you look to the 80 col. folks) use 120 cols for your entries and cut 378 your disk usage to 1/3 of what you are now taking up. 379 2. Please refrain from using control characters in your messages. Some of 380 us use them differently from the C-64. (On my terminal, for example, it 381 can put the terminal into graphics mode -- the terminal then scrawls lines 382 around until I change it back. Other folks have machines that do other 383 things.) To combat this, I use the "CC n" command. It makes some of the 384 things some folks (not necessarily you -- try it sometime) look quite silly. 385 3. Appeals for "awsm' C/64 users" are more likely to be productive on one 386 of the many boards run by and for them. 387 I'm not trying to put you down, just trying to suggest that energy spent 388 on reaching a wider audience might be very well spent. 389 good luck 390 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 391 ntpntpntpntpnntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntp 392 4. Also the use of six lines per message just for boarder is a bit excessive. 393 5. The phrase "awsm' C/64 user" is a contradiction in terms. 394 best wishes 395 not the piper ntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntpntp 396 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 397 HELLO BACKWATER COMMODORE 64 USERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL A GOOD ALTERNATIVE 398 BBS SYSTEM CALL 233-xxxx CELESTIAL BBS. 399 ON 24 HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THEMAJORITY OF THE SUB-BOARDS(OVER18) ARE 400 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AFTER REGISTRATION VERIFICATION. WE ARE CURRENTLY TAKING NEW 401 SUBSCRIPTIONS UNTILL WE WILL HAVE TO CLOSE OFF THE PRIVATE SECTIONS TO SUBSCRIP 402 403 IONS 404 405 BYE GIVE IT A TRY YOU TO ZYPHER!11111 406 407 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK 408 MIG: "A SHARD OF LIGHT GLINTED OFF THE STAINLESS STEEL OF A...... 409 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK 410 off the stainless steel of a brand new Ginsu Stake nife kit! It was so 411 wonderfull I could hardly breathe, and in just a few moments it would be 412 mine, all mine! I just couldn't hold back the excitment, my hands are 413 shaking so badly I don't think I'll be able to control myself, I must get 414 those steak nives! Mine, they must be mine! Ever since the day I ordered 415 them I have been waiting for this moment when the UPS truck would pull up 416 to my door! MY DOOR! And here it comes, comming up the street I can see it 417 now. Just a few more moments, I think I'll go outside - save the driver the 418 trouble of comming to the door.... ..Standing in the middle of the street 419 I can see my nives in the front window of the truck, getting closer and closer! 420 Mine! All mine! 421 -----------------------new flash------ 422 Wierd child hit by speeding UPS truck found in the middle of the street 423 Monday, August 8th. If you are missing a child that was wearing a yellow 424 sweater with a large black jagged strip on it, please come peel him off 425 the street, the flies are getting to bother the neighbors. 426 -----------------------^^^^^^^^^------ 427 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK 428 CUTE! JUSP WAIT, YOU'LL EAT THOES WORDS! 429 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK 430 Yes, I'll jusp wait here... Take that back, I'll jusp sit here (middle of 431 street ya know) and wait to eat those words. I just imagine how good they'll 432 taste when some friend sprinkles them all over my flat little body, can't wait 433 to see them soak into all this goop that used to be me! Just call me been dip. 434 ---------------------------jusp waiting-- 435 No, we shouldn't really call you "been" dip, because that would tend to imply 436 that you are no longer a dip. How about "being" a. dip? Sigh, and the disk 437 was going so well just 6 hours ago. Ah well... 438 #$#$#$#$#$#$#marker#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# 439 Okay, my speeling erors getinnggg thee betterr off mi. that was supposed 440 to be BEAN dip, even tastes good with sour cream and union! 441 ------------------- 442 State of the union? 443 (&)(&)Dren(&)(&)(&) 444 445 *****************************************************************: 446 Voyeur: Right, the emulator is just a transitory state. (It's just a 447 state of mind.... dee do dee do dee do you are now entering the 448 emulator zone..... 449 L'homme: While rummaging through my files, I ran across a file marked 450 LNW80, in it I found: 1.) manual labeled LNW-CP/M operating system. 451 2.) pages 74 - 88 of LNW owners manual. 3.) pages 36-40 of an unlabeled 452 section of an LNW manual refering to the serial port. 453 If any of this is of interest to you, I'd be glad to let you have copies 454 of it. P.S. in the file there is a reference to a R. Brooks of RCA corp. 455 Hanover, MD 21076 who apparently knows something about 456 the LNW. I believe the information came from him. 457 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************** 458 459 REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR PATH NAME. 460 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A LIN<MUNCH!> 461 462 L'homme: don't make too many comments about B protocol. One of your favorite 463 term programs supports it! 464 ____________________________________Leonard__________________________________ 465 &_@#%&_@#*%_@)#*%_)@*)_!*@_)%*!@*%!_)&%!_@)(%_!)@%_!)@*%_!)@*%_)!*%)_!@*%!_@ 466 Mikey:Sure I would be glad to get a copy of the LNW stuff. I probably already 467 have most of the stuff, but who knows? I wasn't able to get in touch with Hrothgar this weekend, so I wasn't 468 able to check out the PCjr stuff. I will try sometime this weekend. No new information for you on Copylink. I did try 469 the generic MSDOS version on the Tandy, and it loaded ok and didn't crash. I didn't have a modem to check out the 470 program with. I think this qualifies as no new information. I'll try some more AT tests tomorrow too. When would be a 471 convienent time to drop by US Digital this week? 472 Leonard: B protocal? What do you think I said now? Yes ProYAM does support it, as well as Compuserve's graphics protocal 473 s. 474 *)$_#*^_)#$*^)_#*^#)_*^_#^*%*_@#)%*z*z&t(r$(@#*$*L'homme sans Parity *#@_*%_@#%*_@*%_@#*%_@)*%_*^@#_*@#_%*@)_*@_*@% 475 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 476 after a prolonged absence... the disks leave me speachless... perhaps it 477 is better that way... 478 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 479 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$marker#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$ 480 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 481 The flowers that you gave me 482 hang limp and yellow with age 483 as they did yesterday 484 No matter how hard I try 485 I haven't found it in me 486 to throw them away 487 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 488 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- 489 -+- No, there's no hiding in the shadows for me this time... -+- 490 -+- Try as I might and try as I may, there is no work left for us -+- 491 -+- here these days. Not that the other has been looking to go at -+_ 492 -+- those duties recently, but I can always hope. -+- 493 -+- No matter what you may think, I am not alone in waiting. -+- 494 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- 495 -+- Hello again, Innkeeper.... -+- 496 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+- -+- 497 498 ****************************************************************************** 499 I wonder when will the night end 500 and life begin again 501 days dash by without a trace 502 nothin done nothin done 503 I wonder if the night will end 504 to be with you, I wonder still 505 nothin done nothin done 506 I held the answer in my hand 507 to find that it had gone im all locked in and i feel the pain but i won't 508 change the night. 509 *******************************************************kathyd***************** 510 ppppppppppppppppppppppp in an am rush ... ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 511 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 512 Isaac: It looks like, TJ means Trash Jews or Trash Japanese. 513 I hope not 514 T r a s h Jim D' Rake 515 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 516 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 517 Temporary LURKUS MODEMUS............... 518 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Tony Ross -- 6 Aug, 1985 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 519 Lurkus Modemus? Sounds like some weird disease to me... Ah, must be what 520 happens to people when they spend to much time in front of a computer! Their 521 hair falls out and all known muscle tissue goes to the waist. They have to 522 buy special chairs to support the new form but somehow they don't seem to mind. 523 Just sit and stare while someone writes about total jibberish, they just sit 524 and stare... hello? still there? You have the disease too! 525 \=-\=-Why don't I practice what I preach? ... I'm not the kind of person 526 \=-\=-I preach to. 527 ------------------------------ 528 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_ 529 NEO 530 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_ 531 I didn't mean to take up disk space. I just used the margin that was set, 532 nomatter what it was. Say.... who wrote that message anyway? As I remember, 533 that was Zephers border(or is that spelled Zephyr or Zypher). If it wasn't 534 Zeph., no insult intended. 535 Most of that message I didn't understand anyway. (Like controll chars. ) 536 I dont use ctrl chars. anyway. (at least I dont think I do) 537 _>_>_>_>_>LATER_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_ 538 Um, Tony, you wouldn't happen to be the Tony my sister (Kathrin Ayer) knows, 539 would you? 540 _>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_> 541 AH YES, THE MAN HAS A WAY WITH WORDS! 542 _>_>_>_>_>_>_> 543 More 544 _>_>_>_>_>_>_> 545 Boarders! 546 _>_>_>_>_>_>_> 547 I love em! 548 _>_>_>_>_>_>_> 549 yeah! 550 _>_>_>LATER_>_> 551 (((Ripple)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*))) 552 I was hoping to join in on the adventure that had been going on but I am 553 having a bit of trouble downloading my entrance to the story hopfully 554 I will be able to get things straightened out and enter it tomorrow. 555 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((Ripple))) Aug 6, 16:55 556 Why don't you be a normal little person and TYPE them in? You don't 557 have to worry about taking up other poeople's time! And if you are taking 558 up their time, what would they do with it if you weren't on? They would 559 list all the disks a couple of times to make sure they have seen them. 560 And that would take more time than you would have. And on top of all that!, 561 they don't care who's time they are taken so all that comes out of it is 562 you get ripped, Ripple. Be agressive! Get in there and go go Go GO! 563 People will never get to read your story if you never get it up. 564 (ps. hopelfully your story isn't one of those that is 30+ lines that just 565 put the reader asleep anyway. If it is, disregard this message, wait 'till 566 you figure out how to download) 567 -----------------------\=-\=- 568 569 ################################################################################ 570 HELLO! 571 CALL A GREAT 572 ALTERNATIVE BOARD 573 233-xxxx 24 HRS 300 B. 574 1 STOP B. 8 B.WORD PARITY OFF 575 576 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- 577 COMMODORE USERS CALL THE ABOVE BOARD ITS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 578 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- 579 *********************************************************************** 580 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 581 582 CALL COMODORE BBS AT 233-xxxx 583 hey twits - sending data TO a BBS is -> UPLOADING <- 584 getting data FROM a BBS is -> DOWNLOADING <- 585 586 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 587 From Prometheus; Nadir 588 Gee, Zephyr, it wasn't very nice of you to talk to Ripple 589 that way. Ripple was only trying to conserve everyones time 590 and storage. Unlike yourself. 591 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 592 593 +++++++Still having problems with New Punter upload-arrrrrgggghh!++++ Milch +++ 594 To Prometheus: shove it (no, this isn't Zephyr)! 595 -------\=- 596 Things are getting a little nasty around here! But then again, that depends 597 on how you view all this mess. Oh Prom, not nice to fool Mother Nature. 598 ---------\=-\=- 599 [/] TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 599