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2 *********************** REMOVED: 14 MAY 82 **************************\
3 WELCOME TO BWMS (BACKWATER MESSAGE SYSTEM) MIKE DAY SYSTEM OPERATOR
4 TO GET OUT OF THE ENTER MODE I SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK AT THE COMMAND TABLE
5 WITH REFERRENCE TO THE STOP/EXIT COMMAND. IF AT ANY TIME YOU TYPE A
6 CONTROL 'C' OR A 'BREAK', THE SYSTEM WILL STOP WHAT IT IS DOING AND
7 RETURN TO THE 'COMMAND MODE' TO AWAIT YOUR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
8 #####################################################################
9 ===========================================================
10 a few comments from the insurance records:
11 i thought the window was open. i found it was closed when i put my head through
12 i pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law,
13 and drove over the embankment.
14 i had been driving for 40 years when i fell asleep at the wheel and had
15 the accident.
16 coming home, i drove into the wrong driveway and collided with a tree
17 i don't have.
18 the other car collided with mine without giving any warning of his
19 intentions.
20 a pedistrian hit me and went under my car.
21 i collided with a stationary car coming the other way.
22 in my attempt to kill a fly, i drove into a telephone pole.
23 the telephone pole was approachig fast. i was attempting to swerve
24 out of its path when it struch my front end.
25 an invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car, and disappeared.
26 the guy was all over the rod. i had to swerve a number of times before
27 i hit him.
28 there were plenty of lookers-on, but no witnesses.
29
30 so, don't be surprised when they say they didn't see you.
31
32 good luck, and beware
33 ******(********************************
34 HELLO THERE, THIS IS YOUR SYSTEM OPERATOR SPEAKING....
35 AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED TO YOUR LEFT, THE 'B' DRIVE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING
36 SOME DISK ERRORS. WHILE THERE IS NO REASON TO BE ALARMED, IT SHOULD BE
37 MENTIONED THAT THE DISK WAS OVER ONE YEAR OLD AND WAS IN CONTINUOS USE
38 THROUGHOUT THAT TIME PERIOD. IN FACT THE DISK THAT WAS IN DRIVE 'B'
39 WAS THE ORIGINAL DISK THAT THE BWMS SYSTEM WAS BROUGHT UP ON, AND HAS
40 BEEN IN USE EVER SINCE. (HOW'S THAT FOR A LONG PLAYING DISK...........
41 THAT WAS A PUN.. COME ON PEOPLE I KNOW YOUR OUT THERE, I CAN HEAR YOUR
42 MODEMS WISTLING.)
43 I MIGHT ALSO NOTE AT THIS TIME THAT NO BACKUPS ARE MADE OF THE DATA STORED
44 ON THE BWMS SYSTEM (WHICH IS WHY IT DISAPPEARS IN LARGE SECTIONS AT TIMES
45 BUT ON THE SAME TOKEN IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO COMPLETELY DESTROY THE DATA
46 FROM THE USER STANDPOINT (IT IS RECOVERABLE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WORK).
47 SO THERE IS NO REAL NEED TO DO SO. BESIDES ANYBODY THAT PUTS ANYTHING
48 OF ANY IMPORTANTS ON THIS SYSTEM IS PROBABLY STRANGER THAN THE REST OF THE
49 USERS!!!!
50 ANYWAY, THE DEFECTIVE DISK HAS BEEN RETIRED FROM SERVICE, AND A BRAND SPANKING
51 NEW ONE IS NOW IN ITS PLACE (MEANING IT PROBABLY WON'T LAST A WEEK!).
52 SO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND ENJOY YOUR FLIGHT (OF FANTASY). CIST OP MIKEY
53 ****************************************
54 DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY GOOD DOWNLOADABLE SYSTEMS? IF SO LEAVE THE
55 SYSTEMS #'S ON BWMS THANK YOU MIKE..
56 ****************************************
57 ************************************************************
58 Hello out there I wish that I had something to say that is
59 truely meaningfull but I don't so I Won't.
60 I must really be crazy to be up at 2:30 am using a box to
61 pass the time away.
62 Anyway the above came from a newly brought up modem and it
63 seems to be working very well (PCS 103). My system is an
64 OSI C8P DF.
65 Does anyone have a 6502 program for modem transfer of data.
66 If so key the mesage with "%MODEM%" thank you.
67 the mad programer
68 ************************************************************
69 HEY MAD PROGRAMMER YOU
70 ARE TRULY WEIRD TO BE UP
71 AT 2AM IN THHE MORNING!!
72 I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS
73 A 6502 PROG FOR A MODEM.
74 HE HAS BEEN USING IT FOR
75 3 MONTHES NOW!
76 ***************************************************************
77 That is very well and good but I do not know who your
78 friend is or who you are. Thank you anyway for the reply.
79 I would also like to say that the code I am loooking for is
80 for a "Smart" modem program. I would still like to know
81 more.
82 the Mad Programer
83 PS If you wish to speak to me as a person call
84 Ask for C.W.
85 4-30-82 00:30
86 ***************************************************************
87 I'll admit that the great moral majority of the massages left on this
88 system certainly have no fundamental importance to the teeming masses.
89 However, it would really be nice to append a date to your BWMS entry to
90 give some vague notion of the epoch represented in the stream of time.
91 I'm certainly guilty of shooting from a glass house, but I promise to mend
92 my ways! ........Analog Alan 1may82 2155 pdt
93 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
94 Have you seen those clever Mutha Bell ads in the oRAGonian? I called to
95 "LET'S TALK" at 800-555-5000. I wound up in a conversation with a SYT here
96 in Portland. She had a lot of answers that went "maybe it will be this way
97 and maybe it will be that way". I guess the deal is for LOL's that are
98 afraid they won't be able to afford phone service after the Justice Dept.
99 surgery. That was 3 days ago... Today a guy from some survey outfit called
100 to find out how I felt about my discussion and about the BS (Bell System) in
101 general. I really felt sorry for the guy. What a bunch of dumb questions
102 to have to read off to some unsuspecting clod half-way across the US.
103 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY Analog Alan 1may82 2208 pdt RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
104 Dear Mr. Analog:
105 I agree with what you said two messages ago, but I doubt
106 I can remember to do it (I will try.)
107 DBBS Sysop - 01-May-82 22:49:36
108 **** ***** ** *** ** ** ** **
109 Wheee! Anyone with a 16K level II trs-80 should try out the
110 Holmes Engineering IM-2 RAM board! It plugs into the RAM
111 sockets and gives you 48K of memory INSIDE THE KEYBOARD!
112 And it works... my term software loads from DEF6H to FFFFH
113 and it stays there!
114 Me. 2-may-82 12.48.35 pm
115 *******************************************
116 * ALL DA PEOPLES ON DIS HERE SISTEM *
117 * SHOOD REELY LURN TO SPELL! MAY BE YOU *
118 * ALL SHOOD GO BACK TO YUR SKOOL AND TAKE *
119 * A SPELLING CLASS OR SUMPTHING. I CAN'T *
120 * BELIEVE THE ROTTEN SPELLING I SEE HERE. *
121 * I WILL SAY ONE THING...THIS SYSTEM HAS *
122 * BEST READING ON IT! OTHER BBS'S ARE *
123 * SOOOOOOO BORING! *
124 *******************************************
125 * RB 02-MAY-80 03:18:25 PM *
126 *******************************************
127 The reason for the bad spelling is that we all don't
128 care enough to think when we use the BWMS.
129 Besides the reason I became a programer was that I hated
130 english classes.
131
132 The Mad Programer
133 05-03-82 21:35
134 TO LYLE FM MIKE
135 TRUE, BUT THEN I WAS DOING THE PAPER WORK ALL AT THE SAME TIME. SO THERE
136 WAS NO REAL PROBLEM. OF COURSE AFTER THE FACT WHO CARES! BUT ANYWAY
137 AT LEAST IT'S LEGAL ... SORT OF.. I HOPE?..... AHHHHHH..........
138 *************************************************************************
139 TO : CPM USERS FM CISTOP MIKEY
140 SORRY ABOUT THE SYSTEM GOING DOWN , I LOST ANOUTHER DRIVE (MOTOR SIEZED)
141 WILL BE BACK UP AS SOON AS I CAN FIX IT (GOD ONLY KNOWS WHEN ).
142 I CAN'T BELIEVE THE PROBLEMS THIS SYSTEM IS HAVEING OL' BWMS JUST KEEPS
143 PLUGGING AWAY AND THE CPM SYSTEM CAN'T STAY UP 2 MONTHS RUNNING GAD!!!!!
144 WELL IF I CAN GET IT TO STABLIZE MAYBE.. WHO KNOWS (ONLY THE SHADOW DO..)
145 ******************************************************************
146 UPDATE ON THE CPM DRIVE PROBLEM . IT TURNS OUT THAT THE MOTOR BRUSHES
147 WERE WORN OUT (PROBABLY THE REASON IT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE IN THE
148 FIRST PLACE!) SO IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED, AND IS BACK ON LINE. MIKE..
149 ***************************************************************
150 \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\
151 HEY R.B. YOU REALLY MAKE A BIG
152 DEAL OUT OF NOTHING. IF THIS
153 ROTTEN SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW US
154 TO CORECT OUR MISTAKES THEN
155 MAYBE YOU WOULD SEE LESS MIS-
156 TAKES, YOU DIG?! WHY DON'T YU
157 BUZZ OFF
158 \\\\\|||||\\\\STARDATE 8205.04
159 |||||\\\\\||||STARTIME 11.18.20
160 .............................................................
161 Brainstorming still doesn't help me come up with
162 more original pieces what I have already seen! One thing
163 that DOES set me apart, though, is that (1) I can spell--oh,
164 shouldn't I have said that? It alienates me, does it not--
165 and (2) I am female. No, really! Every message on here smacks
166 of a masculine hand on the keyboard: I just KNOW that no female
167 influences among you; why, what WOMAN would be interested in
168 computers?? Intrigued? I should leave my phone number--but
169 shrill tones calling me up in the middle of the night aren't
170 what I would call inspiring. Nevertheless, what an insane group
171 this is! ... Just my kind of people. Don't worry, I'm not
172 prejudiced against you just because you're all males!
173 Now lets hear some radical replies, eh?
174 my old alibi: Dragon Lady
175 05 MAY 82 22:17:33
176 ................................................................
177 \\\\|||||\\\\\\|||||\\\\\||||
178 HEY LADY I AM VERY GLAD TO SEE
179 THAT A LADY IS USING THIS SY-
180 STEM. BELIEVE ME A WOMAN IS
181 THE BEST SPELLER AND TYPIST
182 COMPARED TO US MEN! WE COULD-
183 N'T PASS SPELLING IN SCHOOL
184 SO YOU LADIES HAVE ALL THE
185 SKILL IN THIS DEPT. I WOULD
186 LIKE TO HAVE YOUR PH NUMBER
187 HEH, HEH !! DO YOU GET ON
188 TO GAMES PEOPLE PLAY OR
189 CONNECTION 80 ???
190 \\\\\\\\\\\\\STARDATE 8205.05
191 |||||||||||||STARTIME 11:13:53
192 ***************************************************************
193 What is connection 80 ? Does it have a phone number?
194 If so what? Also what is it?
195 So many questions. Anyway why is the person above
196 yelling about not having any way to correct mistakes?
197 Does not the system have a CH (Change) command?
198 Come on get with it man!!!
199 The female above used my box to voice herself and if
200 youare looking for her ph #, you most likely will be old
201 and out out of memory by the time you get it.
202 Not that I would discourage you from tring.
203 The Mad Programmer
204 ************************************************************
205 A few system seconds with andy rooney
206 DID YOU EVER REALIZE WHAT A GENIOUS PERSON THE CAN-OPENER
207 IS???
208 DID YTOU EVER STOP TO THINK HOW HE ENDLESSLY BRINGS US THINGS
209 WE THINK WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW, BUT SUBCONSIOUSLY DO???
210 BY THE WAY, DRAGON LADY, YOU SOUND LIKE ONE HECK OF A LADY!!!
211 HOW ABOUT GETTING TOGETH...
212 this has been a few system seconds with andy rooney
213 requestsmallog user 26615276 priority 0 2Kl frommusr882919200019201920001920192
214 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
218 What I really want to know is there anyone out there (in here?) that
219 has their computer set up to autoanswer the local loop and accept incoming
220 electronic mail? I'd be interested in the software to do it, too. Only a
221 rudimentary capability would be of great value.
235 {}{}{}{}{}{} Analog Alan {}{}{}{}{} 11 May 82 {}{}{}{}{} 1835 pdt {}{}{}{}{}
236 DRAGAON LADY YOU HAD BETTER
237 COME BACK SO WE HAVE SOME-
238 THING TO TALK ABOUT!!!!!!!!
239 \\\\\\\\\\\\STARDATE 8205.07
240 |||||||||||STARTIME 11:52:02
241 hallo! This is Rodney McTiffe! I am a new user on your system.
242 I hope i will get something (not much from the look of things) out of it, but ev
243 en if I don't then I suppose I can just funk it!!!
244
245 Oh, by the by, I am a system operator in Dubin, Ireland!
246 In case you want to call,
247 Just call me THE DISK DRIVER
248 THank you all.
249 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
250 HI ANALOG!!!
251 This is the can-opener! I do have a sy3tem (not up) but if you call you
252 might just get a !
253 SDee ya!
254 Can-opener
255 5/6/82
256 15:31:00
257 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
258 (Oh, thsi is to mike, is it not???)
259 Dragon Lady
260 Dri-up can opener!
261 Andy Rooney
262 **********************************************
263 * WELL, I GUESS MY LITTLE GRIPE SESSION *
264 * ABOUT THE ROTTEN SPELLING ON THIS SYSTEM *
265 * DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE, OR MAYBE IT WAS *
266 * JUST THAT EVERYONE IS STRAIGHTENING UP *
267 * THEIR ACT 'CAUSE OF "DRAGON LADY". GOTTA *
268 * MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION, YOU KNOW!! OH, *
269 * WELL. ISN'T THERE ANYTHING INTERESTING *
270 * GOING ON ON THIS POOR WRETCH OF A SYSTEM? *
271 * ACTUALLY, IT IS A LOT MORE INTERESTING *
272 * THAN ANY OF THE OTHER BBS'S AROUND. MUCH *
273 * MORE COLORFUL TOPICS AND PERSONALITIES! *
274 * SO MUCH FOR NOW. RB. *
275 **********************************************
276 * 05/07/82 10:19:24 PM *
277 **********************************************
278 ================================================
279 Where are you Dragon Lady ???? we miss you !!!
280
281 do the majority of you only get on this system?
282 do you even know what Conn-80, CBBS, or GPP is?
283 it seems as if all you anonymous people are
284 new persons who i have never heard of before.
285 that must be what makes this system so weird
286 and crazy!! everyone is trying to give the
287 other guy a bad time.
288 ============== 5/7/82 10:45 ===================
289 #########################################################################
290 TO: ANALOG ALAN FM: CISTOP MIKE RE: STUFF AND SUCH
291 As to the ringer equivalance number, it tell the phone people what kind
292 of a load the device presents to the line. This can be either an AC type
293 load or a DC type load, or both. the number following the letter is how
294 much of a load with the standard bell in a telephone being equal to a load
295 of '1'.
296 As to the CPM system number, you already have it if you are reading this
297 The CPM system sits in behind BWMS and is accesable with a special pass word.
298 Access to the system is restricted as it is very easy to bring it down destroy
299 things, ect. As a result if you wish to use it you must be able to prove that
300 you are responsable enough to not purposly do that sort of thing, as well as
301 haveing a need to use the system. This is usally done by interview or
302 recomendation from an exsisting user. There does have to be a real need,
303 and not just a desire, since the system is very touchy as stated befor.
304 I am not trying to say that you are amoung the nasty sort, I am just stating
305 the requirements to get on (just the facts, only the facts!) I have to be
306 very carefull, as I have enough problems keeping BWMS clean without haveing
307 to wory about the CPM system too. (One easy way to find out if you quaulify
308 is if you have a pass word to Lyle's system since he is more restrictive
309 then I am this automaticlly gives you validity to access to my system, and
310 in fact the password sequence is often provided thru his system if no other
311 means is available to provide it with.)
312 Any more questions? I will be more then happy to try to answer them.
313 ****************************************************************************
314 To: Dragon Lady Fm: Cistop Mike Re: Female types not on system.
315 I agree with you that there is a great deficiency of persons of the
316 feminine gender useing these facilities. (Or at least making themselves
317 known.) Indeed, I have often wondered why this is so, since it tends to
318 cause this and the other BBS's (which do not seem to be a whole lot better
319 off in this respect) to degenerate into the wholly masculine communicative
320 structures which can get rather monotonous at times. It is very refreshing
321 to observe the writings of another which does not have this structure and
322 provides a break from the often borishness of the usual talk on this system.
323 As such I beg of you to not forsake us and leave forever barren the
324 video screens and printers of the users of this system of your marvelous
325 and wonderously communicative printed word.
326 The handle of Dragon Lady while not wholly uncommon has been used by
327 more then one, as such I know of several. However, there is always the
328 possibility that I know of you if not directly, at least indirectly in one
329 way or another.
330 The question that comes to mind is NWSFS ?
331 Ah, that I would be so lucky to be graced with such virtuosity on this
332 lowly BackWater Message System. Even so it is with great pleasure and
333 enjoyment that I read your marvelous versification that is presented
334 in this backward vernacular system.
335 Forvala!
336 ****************************************************************************
337 To: All users Fm: Cistop mike Re: Drive 'B'
338 It has been requsted that some stuff be removed from drive 'B' so
339 that other things can be placed there. This is a valid request, and
340 the purpose of this message is to ask those of you out there as to
341 what you would like to see done with drive 'B'. Would you like to see it
342 continue to be enter only? (This means that you can enter stuff into it,
343 but once there it cannot be changed or deleted.) or would you prefer it
344 to be fully open as is this one.) Which things on drive 'B' would you
345 like to see removed, and what would you prefer to remain. Leave your desires
346 in regard to this here, and on May 15 or 16 as a result of the answers I
347 will modify drive 'B' to fit your requests.
348 ***************************************************************************
349 Hi Mike! Sorry about the explosive reply I gave you but I was really angry when
350 I couldn't enter anything on drive 'b'...
352 Yes please!!! CLEAR IT UP!!!!!
353 ENTER ONLY! so that our messages cannot be vandalized by users (no names named).
356 Thanx
357 CAN OPENER
358 5/8/82
359 10:32:31
360 -- -- --
364 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
365 From: Dragon Lady To: Everybody
366
367 Hello people!
368 I hope you're happy I decided to come back...
369 If you dont believe I'm a woman, then you can get off my back!
370 I'll be keeping an eye on things. Bye
371
372 Dragon lady
373 5/8
374 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
375 ============================================
376 hello beautiful dragon lady!! i agree with
377 mike, i like to hear or rather read the
378 worrd of a woman for a change. do you live
379 in portland ?? take care.
380 ========= 5/8/82 11:43 =====================
381 !"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*
382 What a change of personalities has occured on this
383 fine system. We have a Can Opener, a Mad programmer,
384 a RB, an Analog Alan, a cistop, and last but not
385 least a Dragon Lady. I must say...What a motley crew!
386 But the more motley the better.
387 When will the subject matter also become interesting?
388 With so many diverse personalities, there must be
389 some good ideas floating around. How about the
390 old standards like Love, Sex, Money or Power?
391 Any takers?
392 It'll be interesting to see what the reply to this
393 editorial is...
394 !"#$%&'(*!"#$%&'()*05/09/82 20:27:15 !"#$%&'()
395
396
397
400 <[S][D][H]>
403 * To err is human. *
405 * To really *
406 * foul things up *
407 * requires a *
408 * COMPUTER ! *
411 *********************************************
412 Don't forget the rest of us personalities!!!!
413 some of us have been around for quite awhile
414 and are just as strange as ever!!!!!!!!!
415 Namely: ShIfTy, DBBS Sysop, and me!
416 ****** - DINGY - 11-May-82 16:48:16 - ******
427 Dear Mike. Thanks for your comments about the ringer equivalence. I knew
428 about the ratio of load impedances, but never have seen anything that
429 explained the A and B suffix. For instance, at work we have some 212 modems
430 that are ringer equiv 0.8A unless there is a 2565 phone attached - then
431 it is 1.4A. Obviously the load is higher (more current) with the phone
432 hooked on, but why does the letter change?
433 I'm sure I don't have any pressing need to use your CP/M system, but
434 it's nice to know what people are talking about.
435 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Analog Alan 1842 11MAY82
436 ==============================
437 HEY IS IT NECESSARY TO NOTIFY
438 THE PHONE COMPANY WHEN YOU
439 USE A MODEM WITH YOUR COMPUTER
440 ?? I HEARD THAT IT IS AGAINST
441 THE LAW TO NOT TELL THE BELL
442 COMPANY. ANYONE KNOW ANY
443 DIFFERENT ???
444 |||||||||||||10:46 5 11 82|||
445 !"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*
446 Yes it is necessary to notify the phone company if
447 you connect any foreign equipment to the phone
448 lines, such as a modem.
449 If you fail to notify them, and they find out about
450 it, they will send two burley servicemen to
451 castrate you without anesthesia. If you have any
452 male children, the same will be done to them.
453 Why they pick on the males is unknown at the
454 present.
455 It is much easier to simply inform them of the
456 extra equipment. Besides, do you want to go
457 around for the rest of your like with a voice
458 that would get you into the Vienna Boys Choir?
459 !"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*!"#$%&'()*
460
461 =======================================================================
462 are you sure you want to tell ma bell about your illegal
463 modem?
464 if it isn't approved by the fcc (to ma b's spec) it isn't
465 legal to connect it anyway.
466 ========================================================================
467 yeah, mikey,
468 there is something that
469 could go,succh as the 'programmer's ten commandments'.
470 it's getting a little old, and does eat up a lot of space.
471
472 a user
473 are you kidding?
474 my name ????????
475
476
477
478
479 ``````````````````````````````````
480 Ma Bell monitors this system with a wire
481 tap at 300 baud. Everything you say
482 can be held against you !
483 You with the modem, we know who you are
484 and we know where you live.
485 Bad karma awaits you !
486 `````````Your Caring Ma```````````
487
488 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
489 WELL OK! I GET THE MESSAGE!! I BET
490 TER CALL UP THE PHONE COMPANY TO
491 DAY.. I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE BEE
492 N TAKEN OF A VERY IMPORTANT PART
493 OF ZEE BOD!! I WONDER WHAT MA
494 BELL WOULD DO TO THOSE OF THE
495 FEMALE GENDER ?? IT IS TOO MUCH
496 TO BEAR! THEN THERE WOULD REALLY
497 BE A LOT OF FLAT CHESTS OUT THE-
498 RE!!! WELL THANX FOR THE INFOR-
499 MATION.
500 \\\\\\\\\\\\\11:30 5-13|||||||||
501 WHY AM I GETTING DOUBLE CHARACTERS?
502 WHAT A MESS THIS VIDEO IS...
503 WHAT GOES ON HERE? THIS IS CRAZY...
504 IM CALLING BACK WHEN THIS SYSTEM FEELS BETTER!
505 ==============================================
506 **********************************************
507 ** CLACKAMAS APPLE BUL. BOARD SYS. **
508 ** UP AND RUNNING ....
509 ** HOURS-6:00PM -6:00AM WEEKDAYS **
510 ** 24 HOURS A DAY WEEKENDS **
511 ** **
512 ** THESE HOURS ARE NOT FIRM YET SO IT **
513 ** COULD VARY ON THE ONLINE TIME **
514 ** GIVE US A CALL AT xxx-xxxx **
515 *********************************************
516 A MESSAGE FROM YOUR CABBS SYSOP
517 *********************************************
518 *********************************************
519 OK, I GOT one vote FOR THROWING away the TEN COMMANDMENTS. Anything else
520 YOU SINERS want thrown OUT?
521 Maybe if I stated it in a different way howabout I wipe everything
522 but what you ask me to keep on disk 'B' ... How about it, anything you
523 want to see kept on the disk???
524 ***** YOUR EVER LOVIN' CISTOP MIKEY ***** 14 MAY 82 ***** 12:48 AM *****
525 KILL THE CISTOP!
526 ******** DINGY ********
527
528 ****************************************************
529 * I CAN HEAR IT NOW...THE PHONE COMPANY IS GOING *
530 * TO BE DELUGED WITH CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE *
531 * MODEMS, SCREAMING RINGER EQUIVALENCE NUMBERS, *
532 * AND FCC REGISTRATION NUMBERS...I WONDER IF THEY *
533 * REALLY KEEP TRACK OF ALL THAT STUFF?? ANYWAY, *
534 * I AM IMPRESSED. THE SPELLING IS LOTS BETTER ON *
535 * THIS SYSTEM. I DO THINK THAT DRAGON LADY IS A *
536 * DEFINITE REASON WHY IT (SPELLING) HAS IMPROVED *
537 * SO DRAMATICALLY. NOW, ALL THAT HAS TO BE DONE *
538 * IS TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER DRAGON LADY IS REAL OR *
539 * NOT, FOR IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO WASTE GOOD *
540 * SPELLING ON 'JUST ANOTHER MALE'.... ALSO, I *
541 * HAVE NO RECOMMENDATIONS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ON *
542 * WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE STUFF ON DRIVE B.. *
543 * A LOT OF HELP I AM, HUH? SO MUCH FOR THIS *
544 * SESSION OF DRIVEL! 'TILL NEXT, RB. *
545 ****************************************************
546 * 05/14/82 11:54:44 PM *
547 ****************************************************