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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.
2 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
3 ************************** REMOVED: 16 NOV 82 ***************************
4 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION PLACED ON
5 THIS SYSTEM.
6 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned
7 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
8 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system.
9 It is intended that the system be normally used for messages and
10 advertisments by the users. As the system is privatly owned, I retain the
11 right to remove any and all messages from the system which are offensive
12 to me. Additionally because of the limited size of the system, it will be
13 periodically purged of older messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
14 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out
15 of the enter mode. The message is automaticly stored.
16 If after entering the message you find you made a mistake,
17 use the replace command to replace the line.
18 To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
19 ********************************************************************
20 Welcome yee merry travelers to the Backwater Inn. I hope you enjoy your
21 stay here and find it pleasent. If you need help, or are lost, simply
22 ask any of our fine servents, and they will be more then happy to
23 oblige. Again I wish you a happy and pleasent stay, be sure to tell
24 your friends of our fine hospitality, as we aim to please one and all.
25 ****** CISTOP MIKEY ****** 23 OCTOBER 1982 ***************************
26 TO: d and all else who are frightened by the loss of the words that were
27 here. Fear not! they are not gone, only moved to drive 'b' if you are
28 unaccoustomed to finding drive b, simply type 'DB' followed by a carrage
29 return after the '>' prompt is sent. Sorry about the fright, but we ran
30 out of disk space. 'd' I would have moved it sooner befor you got on,
31 but I was busy trying to scroung a disk to use here, and it took some time
32 to shuffle some data around to free one up. Sorry to have inconveinced you
33 if any did occur.
34 ****************** CIST OP MIKEY 18 OCT 82 11:53 PM ******************
35 Ah.... The dragon doth precieve my meaning! the
36 Inkeeper doth sway, he too is one of us!
37 Perhaps more voices will be heard -- to regale us of tales
38 of all the parts of this land, letting us know its names
39 and places. Build us a rainbow!
40 """"""""""Grey Ghost""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
41 ***************************************
42 * This humble merchant doth solicit *
43 * your business. He hath a most *
44 * skillful servant who can, with his *
45 * wheels and tools, place the runes *
46 * on parchment so well that there is *
47 * none who can do it better. *
48 * He is quite clever and can listen *
49 * to the word that you give your *
50 * servant from over great distances. *
51 * He works quite reasonable, and can *
52 * be the answer when you have need *
53 * of such an amanuensis. *
54 * *
55 * the ELECTRIC Pencil *
56 * xxx-xxxx xxx-xxxx *
57 ***************************************
58 As I sit in my chamber once more, I ponder on the aspect of the land.
59 Is the land bright or is it dark? Is the land rich or is it poor?
60 Is the land wild or is it tame? Is the land hot or is it cold?
61 As I consider these things I find the answer in the words that have
62 been. The land has both its light and dark sides. At night the land
63 is dark and menacing, but this turns to normalcy come the light of
64 day. Of the day we know little as most of its inhabitants disappear
65 or return to seclusion. The night is full of magic and dreams. The
66 land is often shrouded with fog at night, but this disipates come the
67 morning sun. There has been littl said of the value of the land, of
68 its people and homes. Yet there are merchants there so it would seem
69 to have at least some degree of civilization and prosperity. The land
70 is not hot, yet it is not extremly cold, but dank and wet though some
71 relief does come with the sun. As is normal with most lands of this
72 sort it is thought that there is drier land to the east past the mountain
73 range. There is an ocean to the west the breadth is unknown and gives
74 cause for many an adventure. To the north is more land of the same as
75 this, while futher still we find the cold glaciers of ice. To the far
76 south it is said there is a land of wonderous people and things. Of
77 machines that talk and great silver birds fill the sky. Of the details
78 of our current abode we still have much to learn. How may the outlands
79 be reached? What of towns and holds? Who are the people of our land?
80 What are the proffesions to which they belong. Is there currency?
81 Is there barter? Theft? Charity? Desperation? Sorrow? Hate? Love?
82 Peace? War? Petstilence? Famine? Prosperity? Death? Birth? Serenity?
83 What of its rulers what is thier nature are they strong or weak?
84 Despicable or kind? Some other considerations of the land we know
85 are that it contains strange and wonderous things to behold. It has
86 gosts and goblens, are they good or bad? It has madmen and devout men.
87 What is thier nature? Of mysterious people it has no lack, and blessing
88 of blessings it has dragons of intellegence and beauty (well at least
89 one we know of) are there others of fantisies kind?
90 Of me you know little, yet you know much. I am a man in search of his
91 dream often driven to the edge of madness in desperation. All to often
92 that which I seek eludes me. I love the land in which I live and call
93 it my own, yet it is sometimes stange to me still. I believe
94 in myself and in the dream that I seek, and I believe that someday I
95 will find my hearts desire. For until then I remain as always
96 +++++ The believer +++++ 10:40:19 PM +++++ 19 October 1982 +++++
97 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 20 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
98 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01:27 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
99 A weaving is what I see; a fragile fabric of colours to delight is taking
100 shape among the hands of a people turned inward: 'Come, let us build for
101 ourselves a city and also a tower with its top in the heavens ...' What
102 sort of a land will it prove to be, this place of refuge for the lonely and
103 aloof? Before it is even barely formed, a sinister side is revealed--what
104 sort of start is that?!--yet your creative fingers outline the beauty of
105 dewdrops & sunshine, graceful creatures & lush greenery ... You would next
106 like to eradicate death, would you? Why put in strife, illness, greed,
107 poverty and anguish, if you're directing its elements? Why not make it
108 beautiful; make it tantalizing to the senses; fill it full of marvels to be
109 discovered--!? Just don't make the fatal mistake: letting humans rule it!
110 "Call someplace paradise; kiss it good-bye..." Nevertheless, I know peace...
111 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
112 The Dragon's eye doth peirce the fog, the Believer sees - but as
113 through a glass darkly.
114 Ponder this: are we not all between two worlds? But here, Ah....
115 Here can be home for the spirit!
116 """"""""Grey Ghost"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
117 Where are the people of our land? Come one and all, speak of your minds let
118 us hear your voices and the stories you have to tell. The land it doth grow
119 impatient for its wonderous stories to be told. As I consider the writtings
120 that have occured so far, I find it but a teasing of that which may be. Let
121 us go forth and tell a story that is glorious to behold. For the land it is
122 beautiful and wonderous to see. So grab your pencils and hearts one and all
123 for the time is at hand, and in sooth I can wait no more. The story begins.
124 +++++ The believer +++++ 9:00:00 PM +++++ 20 October 1982 +++++
125 To all of you who fill these pages with passages best left
126 untold, please shorten your lines, as I can but read only 63
127 of the characters at the front of the line. This tends to have
128 me lose what little meaning is found herein, till it becomes
129 like a fish in the ocean. No meaning in itself, but truely
130 a part of the whole experiance. ***10:20***@ 10:45***
131 ==============================================================
132 <63 columns>
133 As it was, I thought when I put the book down, I could return
134 to reality. Then I started reading what is on here, adn I realize???? Whe
135 where is reality? Or what???
136 Of course, being one of the people of the night......
137 Is there a reality?????
138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++b.a.d.+++++++++++++23:11:oct:20:1982
139
140 ##########################################
141 ## ##
142 ## BE SURE TO BRING ALL OF YOUR ##
143 ## QUASI- OR SEMI-QUASI-JUNQUE ##
144 ## TO THE PORTLAND COMPUTER SOCIETY ##
145 ## S W A P M E E T ##
146 ## ##
147 ## NOVEMBER 20, 1982 ##
148 ## ##
149 ## ROBERT MURPHY HALL ##
150 ## 3736 SE 79TH AVE ##
151 ## PORTLAND, OREGON ##
152 ## ##
153 ## THIS IS A LARGE HALL WITH PLENTY ##
154 ## OF TABLE SPACE AT $2 PER TABLE ##
155 ## FOR SELLERS AND NO ADMISSION FEE. ##
156 ## SETUP TIME IS 11:00 AM WITH MEET ##
157 ## OPEN FROM 12:00 TO 4:00. PLENTY ##
158 ## OF FREE PARKING, TOO. CALL NEAL ##
159 ## BONOME AT xxx-xxxx FOR DETAILS. ##
160 ## ##
161 ##########################################
162
163 I speak to you of Leo the bull. Though stubborn he is kind and full
164 of love. Though his physical strength is not great, his intelligence
165 and concentrantion are second to none. He is an achiever. Leo's story
166 is one of boldness and adventure for he seeks a treasure of great joy.
167 Leo's story begins in the Backwater tavern as he crosses the threshold
168 the tavern is near empty for it is early and most of the patrons are
169 still at work. He steps up the to bar and calls for a drink. From my
170 table I watch him for a while, then he looks my way. I wave to him and
171 ask him to join me, for I am lonely and would have company in the hopes
172 that it would ease my depression. Leo shrugs his shoulders and says
173 "Why not." He crosses to my table and sits across from me. He tells me
174 that his name is Leo, and I tell him that mine is
175 +++++ The believer +++++ 8:20:13 PM +++++ 21 October 1982 +++++
176 OPPS! SORRY 'BOUT THAT I WENT OFF TO A HITCHHICKERS PARTY AND LEFT THE
177 SYSTEM OFF-LINE. HOPE I DIDN'T INCOVEINENCE ANYONE. ** CISTOP MIKEY **
178 **************************************************************
179 GIVE N NNBBS a call........xxx-xxxx.......
180 *****************************************************************
181 AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT...
182 a restaurant review
183 ****** Papa Haydn ******
184 I've been meaning to try this small establishment for some time, but
185 never seemed to have a chance. As it turned out, this was a mistake!
186 I should have stopped there a long time ago.
187 The specialty is dessert! As a consequence, the dinner entrees are
188 light, with delightful seafood dishes and several different pasta items.
189 There is a good selection of Oregon wines, premium beers, varied coffees
190 and teas. For lunch, you may choose from sandwiches and quiches.
191 Before you eat anything, stop at the dessert case. These tortes,
192 cheesecakes, and other outrageous morsels may make you decide to forego
193 the other features of the menu. Plan ahead! All of these delicious
194 and beautiful desserts are prepared in the bakery on the second floor.
195 They bring the goodies down the stairs and in the front door right past
196 the patrons tables. This is foul play, indeed.
197 On a Friday or Saturday, there may be more people waiting than there
198 are already seated. This is a small place. Come early or late. Hours
199 are 11:30 to 11 Tuesday through Thursday and 11:30 to Midnight on
200 Friday and Saturday. Location is on SE Milwaukie Ave between McLoughlin
201 and Bybee in the Westmoreland district (right next to the Yukon Tavern).
202 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Analog Alan &&&&&&&& 1982 oct 22 2131 pdt &&&&&&&&
203 tHe BeSt ThInG aBoUt BWMS Is ThE LaCk Of DiScUsSiOnS aBoUt CoMpUtErS!
204 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 22 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
205 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 22:22 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
206 Oh, people of this land: listen. Rainbows are not built of concrete!
207 The nature of it eludes you even yet: I implore you, do not attach ordinary
208 elements like the debauchery of taverns & unhappy faces to our land! Do you
209 turn inward so far that your own depression is all you see, & you seek that
210 artificial euphoria to stave it off? Rather, seek the secret person in the
211 heart of others, and there you will find delight & adventure! It is even
212 as the sage has spoken: "Counsel in the heart of a man is as deep waters,
213 but the man of discernment is one that will draw it up." The magic of this
214 place is not that of everyday incidents, or of imaginary people; it is the
215 real eyes that read this screen, and the real smile that quirks at the corner
216 of your mouth--yes, I see it!--and its those fingers that reach eagerly for
217 the keyboard to answer, to share a little more of whats inside. This girl
218 has only seen two decades, but by listening has reached many a yearning
219 heart...So take a lesson and don't tell tales. Communicate instead!
220 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
221 Leo the bull tells me of his quest, a tale of fine interest.
222 I am in search of a sorceress of great renoun, for she posseses
223 the venom I need to complete my recipe for life everlasting.
224 I have searched for many years for this one of great power.
225 I have heard that I may possibly find her here abouts. Have you
226 heard of a great sorceress of these parts? I answer that I have not.
227 She is said to have great powers and is quite proficient at the art
228 of shape change. Her favorite form is that of a dragon, though see
229 has been known to take the form of a cat or other forms. One form
230 that she can take is that of a scorpion whence the venom is obtained.
231 This is most interesting I think as he tells me this story, and I
232 wonder if he speaks of the one known as the Dragon Lady.
233 +++++ The believer +++++ 23 October 1982 +++++ 1:12:15 AM +++++
234 To the Believer:
235 He sees only the winding of the stream and the twisting of the path,
236 He does not know that already he is in the land of the immortals.
237
238 Waves at the Yu Gate have risen
239 And the fish become dragons,
240 Yet fools still scoop out
241 The embankments's dank water.
242 """"""""""""Grey Ghost""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
243 23 OCTOBER...P.M.
244 HOOT, MON!! I'm new, you see, and
245 thinking I'll tie in to small talk
246 about I/Os and modems, what do I
247 find?? Melodrama!!! Ghosts,
248 Dragon Ladys and a Believer! Phew.
249 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 24 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
250 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 08:50 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
251 You do not belong here, that is why. You do not even have the courage
252 to name yourself, for you belittle the handiwork of our citizens, and for
253 that the rage of the land shall fall upon you, O No Name!
254 Mikey, please give me the numbers of other such message boards--I appeal
255 to you because a friend told me you're the one that would answer!
256 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
257 24 OCT 11:15
258 FROM: No Name
259 TO: d
260
261 Such unmitigated arrogance!!! Perhaps,true, I don't belong, though slinging
262 pith is a pastime I've long enjoyed. Perhaps, too, my first clumsy attempt
263 on a message board could be interpreted as ridicule, though by no means intended
264 as such. But I should think the purpose of these boards is the ENCOUNAGEMENT of
265 communications, and not just among those of like persuasions (how droll!).
266 So in the future, d (may I call you d?), I'd suggest you save your rage for
267 someone of like malevolence. I bear no malice.
268 Peace.
269 P.S. Try xxx-xxxx (CBBS) or xxx-xxxx (NNBBS)
270 *********************************************
271 what parity/stop-bits does this run on?
272 I can hardly type anything. Any tricks?
273 - BenjermiNn ************
274 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 24 Oct 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
275 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 20:20 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
276 I speak arrogantly because it raises hackles and motivates people to reply!
277 There--didn't I accomplish my purpose? Now I welcome you to this land in
278 peace, and look forward to stimulating banter, for wrestling with minds is
279 a great delight! That is, of course, if both participants understand that
280 insults are good-natured and do not plant real stings in their words...
281 Thank you for the numbers, No Name, but you may call me 'MiLady'--!
282 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
283 TO: BENJERMIN FM: CISTOP MIKEY RE: STOP BITS AND SUCH
284 THE SYSTEM IS EXTREMLY TOLERANT OF STOP BITS AND SUCH,
285 IT WILL TAKE ANYTHING WITH 8 BITS IN IT. I.E. 8 DATA BITS NO PARITY
286 OR 7 DATA BITS WITH EVEN OR ODD PARITY OR A MARKING OR SPACING PARITY.
287 IT GIVES IN RETURN 8 DATA BITS NO PARITY WITH THE 8TH BIT USUALLY
288 IN A SPACING CONDITION, ALTHOUGH A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE SENT WITH THE
289 8TH BIT MARKING. HOWEVER I HAVE BEEN HEARING RUMORS THAT THERE ARE
290 SOME OCCASIONAL ERRORS BEING GENERATED VIA THIS MEDIUM. I HAVE BEEN
291 ATTEMPTING TO TRACE IT DOWN, BUT TODATE HAVE NOT FOUND THE PROBLEM.
292 ******************************************************************
293 TO: d FM: CISTOP MIKEY RE: #'s
294 WELL, GOLLY THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS AROUND THAT YOU CAN CALL
295 BUT MOST ARE OF LITTLE VALUE. THERE IS THE OMSI # xxx-xxxx
296 ANOUTHER ONE AT xxx-xxxx
297 THEN THERE IS THE CBBS # AT xxx-xxxx
298 OR xxx-xxxx ANOUTHER SYSTEM AT xxx-xxxx. THEN OF COUSE NNBBS AT
299 xxx-xxxx THEN THERE IS CONNECTION-80 AT xxx-xxxx
300 AND OF COURSE THE RCPM SYSTEM AT xxx-xxxx ALSO I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE
301 IS A SYSTEM RUNNING IN VANCOUVER, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE #.
302 THERE ARE MANY MANY MORE. MY LIST IS OUT OF DATE, SO I SUGGEST
303 YOU GIVE CBBS A CALL AT xxx-xxxx OR xxx-xxxx AND USE THE HELP
304 FUNCTION TO FIND THE PHONE # LIST OF ALL COMMONLY KNOW BBS'S
305 IN THE U.S. AND SOME FORIEN COUNTRIES AS WELL.
306 I HOPE THAT THIS ADDS AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF CONFUSION TO YOUR QUEST.
307 NONE OF THE ABOVED MENTIONED NUMBERS HAVE THE MARVALOUSLY
308 BIZZARE STRUCTURE OF BWMS HOWEVER. ONLY THIS SYSTEM WOULD BE SO BOLD!
309 ************************************************************
310 Viewed close at hand, the river was a sandsucking, roiling, pugnacious
311 terror, a raucous, roistering flood of water that chewed its way down
312 across the land. Strange that it would have this apearence for from
313 a distance it appeared as smooth as a ribbon of yellow gold, a beautiful
314 and relaxed stream of blisful water. Standing at the bridge above this
315 turbulent flow I speak once more to the one who calls himself Leo the
316 bull. "Perhaps the one you seek is the person is known as the dragon
317 lady. I would recommend that you begin your search for her if that is
318 your desire, at the BackWater Inn where she comes occasionally to
319 converse with others of her kind."
320 +++++ The beleiver +++++ 24 October 1982 +++++ 11:27:44 PM +++++
321 I step ginerly to the threshold of the green enshrouded doorway.
322 as I enter the humble abode I am greated by the caretaker and
323 taken to the proprietor of the Inn. The one called CISTOP MIKEY.
324 I am asked by Mikey of my desires, and I tell him that I search
325 for one called the dragon lady. He tells me I need but wait and
326 she will be by presently. Therefor I ask you lady d will thou heed
327 my call?
328 @@@@@@ Leo the Bull @@@@@ 24 Oct 82 11:32 PM @@@@@
329
330 Hmm... I must tell my brother Sherlock of this Inn, it's rather
331 droll ambiance may be of some amusement. But then, He may feel
332 some desire to investigate those who inhabit these invirons.
333
334 He can get so tiresome at times, alway running around with that
335 rather boring doctor. One would think the police should be allowed
336 to do their job in peace.
337
338 I think I will bring him here, even if that idiot doctor tags along.
339 It will do them both good to get away from Baker Street.
340
341 Mycroft
342 10/25/82 22:18
343
344 **************************************************************************
345 Leo the Bull(iever):
346 'Tis me you seek, not that spangled little lizard!
347 State your business.
348 *******SMAUG*************************************************************
349 Ahhh.. do I detect a touch of competitive anamosity? If I may impose,
350 I am in search of the venom of a scorpion. This venom is special,
351 and of strange properties. It can only be obtained from a sorceress
352 capable of shape changing to the form of a scorpion where by the
353 venom is obtained. This my friend is that of which I seek.
354 For it is with this that I may complete my recipe for life everlasting.
355 As of the one who calls himself the beleiver, he is but a passing
356 acquaintance who directed me to this Inn of intrigue. Of him I know
357 little, and if the truth be known I would keep it that way, for he
358 is a solitary and very depressive soul, and I would as soon not
359 keep company with such as he.
360 @@@@@ Leo the Bull @@@@@ 8:51PM 26 Oct 82 @@@@@
361 As I leave this place of green called the BackWater Inn, I hear the
362 voices murmuring as the day begins to close. For I must return to my
363 chamber. The folk of this hour are not of my kind and I am shunned by
364 one and all. I return to my thoughts and dreams for there am I
365 one with the dreams that I have. Once more to await the call of the
366 land for my aid. Untill that time I bid yee kind folk of the
367 BackWater Inn a pleasent adieu. (and may your noses rot from your faces)
368 +++++ The believer +++++ 26 October 1982 +++++ 9:10:13 PM +++++
369 TO: ALL FM: CISTOP MIKEY RE: LEO/BELIEVER
370 HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT LEO AND THE BELIEVER ALWAYS APPEAR TOGETHER?
371 IS THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE IN THE SAME, OR IS IT ONLY THAT THEY
372 SHARE THE SAME PORTAL TO THIS GREAT GREEN LAND?
373 *********************************************************
374 Dragon Lady:
375 I find it more important to be able to adapt than to have
376 a slippery identity. I am comfortable even in a
377 stainless steel environment, though there I am an
378 apparition of a different color.
379 """""""""Grey Ghost""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
380 FM: CISTOP MIKEY TO: ALL RE: CONN-80
381 SORRY ABOUT THAT IN A PREVIOUS MESSAGE I SAID THAT CONN-80'S NUMBER WAS
382 xxx-xxxx THIS IS INCORRECT IT IS CURRENTLY xxx-xxxx. I TOLD YA MY
383 PHONE # LIST WAS OUT OF DATE! I USUALLY CALL CBBS AND DO A SEARCH TO
384 GET PHONE NUMBERS ITS EASIER THEN TRYING TO REMEMBER THEM. BUT THEN MY
385 MEMORY HAS NEVER BEEN NOTED FOR GREATNESS. BY THE WAY, ANYONE REMEMBER
386 WHO I AM, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I REMEMBER..........
387 *************************************************************
388 Hail to Leo the Bull------r!
389 There are many kinds of immortality, which kind do you seek?
390 Seek you the kind of the living stones?
391
392 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Gorgon>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
393 Strange tales have issued forth on my screen. Alas, my world is black and
394 not the color of new foxgloves. I have trouble with the secret code of
395 the bits; none transliterate to the runes...
396 ==========================================================================
397 Whew! This BBS is sure getting highbrow
398 all of a sudden. +++++++++++++++++++++++
399 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
400 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
401 greetings EARTHLINGS and humanoids we welcome you to what shallbecome
402 my elders have forseeken and gestured to me that total destruction
403 of the planet which you call EARTH is to become reality in the
404 distant future i bid you take refuge before it is too late
405 only your creator can assist you in such a crisis we offer
406 a our great space vehicles for emigration to our planet alexus
407 VI in the andromeda galaxy farewell for now i must depart this
408 planet of hatred cruelity bigotry and i believe you call it
409 prdjudice to your fellow human '%# be gotz thee24()3/#
410 ............translation terminated.........................................
411 --------------------------------------------------------
412
413 -----------------------------------------------------------
414 Of what value is the life of the immortal stones? They watch yet they
415 do not see. They listen yet they do not hear. They are touched yet
416 they do not feel. No that form is but a hollowness and is worst then
417 death. I know the way I but seek the means to trod the path. The sorceresses
418 venom is the means I seek, and I would have nought else. For anything
419 less would be of a fate worst then death itself.
420 @@@@@ Leo the Bull @@@@@ 11:00 PM 28 Oct 82 @@@@@
421 ^{}{}{}{}{}{}{}}{}{}{}}{}{}{|}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}}{}
422 One wonders if all of this medieval sorcerer's dialog would persist, were
423 it not for the presence of a certain lady.
424 ================== the Old Maid =======================================
425 ...OR IF NO ONE USED PSEUDONYMS!! RODMAN
426 =====<==========================================>====
427 Good point! the Phantom Glitch.
428 *****************************************************
429 10/29/82, 10:25 AM
430 *****************************************************
431 Right! Stamp out 'handles'! the Pustulous Protoplasm
432 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
433 Old Maid:
434 That little bauble did flee at the arrival of
435 SMAUG -- a REAL dragon!
436 Leo the Bull------r:
437 Who has told thee of immortality? Do you not see
438 that only things that do not change live forever?
439 Would you then feel my sting and the fire of my
440 venom coursing through your veins?
441 Would you have the immortality of DEATH?
442 >>>>>>>>>>>>>SCORPION<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
443 Nay, the immortallity of the stones is but an overly long extension
444 of a poor existance. It is not immortallity, but rather a suspension
445 of animation. In time death even comes to those of the stone, for
446 they cannot meet the changing winds of time and are soon removed
447 from this frame of existance. Only those who can change to meet the
448 environment that exists may enjoy the life everlasting. Change is life
449 and life is change! The stagnation of being is but the beginning of the
450 end. For the rot of decay but waits for the stagnation to begin its
451 evil deed. The venom of the scorpion is but a catalyst for the recipe
452 of change. It brings danger which carries opportunity and change
453 in its wake. Death is but the last resignation to the changing environment
454 it is the end in this frame of existance, not the begining.
455 I search for she who will fight at my back against the danger that
456 wells forth so that we may encounter the changing opportunities of
457 time everlasting. This then is the immortality I seek.
458 @@@@@ Leo the Bull @@@@@ 30 Oct 82 11:10 PM @@@@@
459 Who is this Old maid who flits about the system in the guise of age?
460 Who is this one who is young of voice yet wears the clothes
461 of age? Who is this waif who speaks but briefly and is gone?
462 ********** The one and only CISTOP MIKEY ****************************
463 HEY THERE, SORCERESS, d, OLD MAID, LEO, GHOST, ETC.
464 DO YOU GUYS AGREE THAT "YES" ON STATE MEASURE #3 WILL CATCH THE SPENDING
465 ATTENTION OF BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS? RODMAN
466
467 ===================================================
468 Leo the Bull------r;
469 Those who told you of the venom have led you astray,
470 for it is not the scorion's venom, but a magic mirror.
471 If you can find this magic mirror and look in it,
472 you will see your Original Face -- the face you had
473 before you were born into existance, and you will then
474 have eternal life!
475 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^the Sorceress^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
476 ________________________________________________________________________
477 To those yclept Believer & Grey Ghost:
478 Greetings,
479 Your mode of speech doth seem familar. Art thou
480 mayhap of Those Who Guard The Stream or Those
481 of the Mountains Three?
482 |||||||||||||||||||||Lord Eric|||||||||||||||||||||||||
483 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
484 I am the THOUGHT MASTER and you have not been into the mind of
485 God. If you have been into the mind of God you would find the
486 the truth of all matter. You are but mere childern in the search
487 for the truth in a distant past. God has all knowledge and matter
488 revealed to a few who have searched for Him and those who have
489 found Him have become the masters of thought. Guiding the thoughts
490 of the mind to explore the vast space of matter and the reality
491 of that which exists beyond the internal self is of more satisfaction
492 than the mere prose of the rhyme of words which have no substance.
493 The BELIEVER has come close to touching God, however he is close
494 to the reality of the truth. Deep inside the BELIEVER is a strong
495 desire to know the mind of God however, he only finds the DRAGON
496 LADY in his path. Into the deep. Into the vast space of reality.
497 Yes, there is truth in knowledge. In the black box of existance
498 if the image of the form of all things. Look! Over there! Ah, the
499 sight of a bridge. A smooth surface reflecting the sun's light.
500 Beyond the reality of life there lies a road which is royal only
501 to those who have searched. Ah, the royal path of life. A path
502 only for the ones who have long been searching for a better way
503 of life. In the life following the royal path is a counselor
504 greater and more understanding than any who claim to profess
505 their discipline. Ah, if all space is infinate, then no space
506 is space at all. Nonsense says the philosopher.
507 Ah, but the rabbi says he knows that I know that I have found the
508 truth.
509 ::::::::::::::::::THE THOUGHT MASTER::::31 OCT 82:::::::::::::::
510 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
511 FM: CISTOP MIKEY TO: ALL USERS AND OTHER TYPES
512 JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 100 LINES LEFT ON THIS
513 DISK. THAT MEANS THAT SOON THIS DISK WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BACKWATERS
514 OF DRIVE B. AS SUCH IF YOU WISH TO OBTAIN COPYS OF THAT WHICH IS CURENTLY
515 RESIDING ON DRIVE B, YOU BEST HURRY AS IT WILL NOT BE THERE MUCH LONGER.
516 (IN ALL FAIRNESS, IT DOES NOT TOTALY DISAPPEAR. I DO MAINTAIN THE BACKUP
517 FOR 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR AFTER WHICH IT GETS COMPRESSED TO CPM FORMAT FOR
518 LONG TERM STORAGE. PRIOR TO THIS I CAN RESTORE IT TO THE SYSTEM ANY TIME.)
519 *************************************************************************
520 Check your dictionary often, THOUGHTMASTER. Maybe also your skull.
521 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
522 THOUGHTMASTER??; how can anyone be anywhere other
523 than in the mind of God?
524
525 Lord Eric, Why do you cry out my name?
526 What business do you seek of me?
527 """"""""""Grey Ghost""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
528 HEY, MIKEY, YOU (ELECTRONICALLY) CUTE LITTLE GUY, YOU:
529 WHO ELSE BUT A "USER" COULD EVEN SEE YOUR NOTE? WHO THEN WOULD
530 QUALIFY AS ONE OF YOUR "OTHER TYPES", SAILLY SAVAGE? GET DOWN!
531 *****************************************************************
532 YEA VERILY IT IS INDEED TRUE THAT NOUGHT ELSE BUT USERS T'WOULD SEE
533 THE THOUGHT PROVOKING VERBAGE OF THE AFORE MENTIONED DISPATCH.
534 BUT THEN AGAIN, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE TALES THAT HAVE BEEN UNFOLDING
535 IN THE ABOVE LINEAGE? ONE WONDERS IF THE TERM "USER" IS A VALID FORM
536 OF ADDRESS FOR THESE MISBEGOTTEN WAIFS... (MY POOR ACHING THESAURUS)
537 **** THE ONE AND ONLY (AND OFTEN MALIGNED) CISTOP MIKEY **************
538
539 My dear sorceress; may I call you this? Of the mirror of magic I am
540 most certainly aware. It is but a sham, five years before did I view
541 my countenance in this mirror of beginings. It contains nought, but the
542 darkness and chaos that which is not. It was only because of my good
543 fortune that I did not gaze directly in this mirror, for those that do
544 are instantly turned to stone. Never to be heared from again. That which
545 I seek is the true life everlasting the means to obtain the completness
546 of the body of balance. For only with this counter can the changing flow
547 of life be met. No one can stand alone against the flow.
548 @@@@@ Leo the Bull 10:05 PM 1 Nov 82 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
549 ########################################
550 But seriously, folks--I call this BBS
551 for serious stuff like nasty comments
552 about Radio Shack shrink wrapping and
553 what do I get? CULTURE!!! This is
554 downright scary. Quick!! Somebody
555 enter some more complaints about
556 the Byte Shop before this disk fills up!
557 ########################################
558 IF THIS IS CULTURE, WHAT HATH BEFALLEN US?
559 AND YOU ARE RIGHT AGAIN,MIKEY, ABOUT MEDIEVAL PLAYERS.
560 LEO, DOES THE BULL HAVE HORNS?
562 THEN, TOO, JUST "BYTE SHOP" SAYS IT ALL, N'EST-CE PAS?
563 /|\/|\/|\/|\/|\/|\/|\/|\/|\/|\/|\/|\
566 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
570 Does anyone out there have acopy of the
571 Sept., 1981 issue of DR. DOBBS' JOURNAL ?
572 I need to copy some articles.
573 Call Frank Weissig at CDI, (503)xxx-xxxx days.
574 Thanks.
575 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 02 Nov 82 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
576 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 18:00 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
577 Suddenly the land is peopled with strangers, spouting philisophical
578 babblings...I flit in to say 'Farewell, my friends' but I hesitate,
579 for what friend would accuse me of having a poisonous soul? And you who
580 calls yourself SMAUG--you think you can command respect by maligning
581 others and assuming a pre-packaged identity! Remember that when the real
582 Smaug died, the people rejoiced over the removal of his evil presence...
583 Grey, you alone have touched my heart, but my golden wings are ready...
584 To ye honorable Innkeeper: I thank ye for thy gracious hospitality, and
585 I am quite delighted at the changed face of BWMS; mayhap I am arrogant to
586 take some credit for it! Though I am gone, what has commenced will be loath
587 to stop, and may your guests gain many hours of pleasure from it.
588 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<[B
589 Did I notice someone above using some feeble form of French?
590 Keep the language simple guy, because we don't need more people like
591 Leo the Bull and the Cosmic misfits. What a bunch of idiots.
592 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
593 Leo:
594 To find the true Mirror, you must enter the Gateless Gate.
595 The great path has no gates, thousands of roads enter it.
596 When one passes through this gateless gate he walks freely between
597 heaven and earth.
598
599 It is too clear and so it is hard to see.
600 A dunce once searched for a fire with a lighted lantern.
601 Had he known what a fire was, he could have cooked
602 his supper much sooner!
603
604 Before you gain understanding, the mountains
606 are no longer just mountains and the waters are no longer
607 just waters. With full understanding, the mountains are
608 once again just mountains and the waters just waters.
609 ^^^^^^^^^^the Teacher^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
610 A simple mind asks for simple words, yet knows not the proper use
611 of words at all. 'tis a shame that there must be such as these in
612 this world, but then all good must be offset by the bad. It is in
613 deed a shame that the negative aspect of people is so easily sent
614 when they need not show their face to the ones they accuse. Maybe
615 this is why I find so often the time of depression upon me. Alas.
616 +++++ The Believer +++++ 11:09:22 PM +++++ 2 November 1982 +++++
617 ***** THE END IS NEAR! ***** CISTOP MIKEY (WHO ELSE?) *****
618 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
619 Believer: Perhaps words cannot suffice - try
620 explaining the beauty of a sunset or a rainbow
621 to a person who has been blind from birth!
622 """""""""Grey Ghost"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
623 I see someone asking about politics. How dare
624 he intrude such banalities onto this dream world?
625 However, it appears the population of this fair
626 Oregon has some sense about idiocies like #3.
628 the unbeliever
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