LI FILE ON MARGIN IS 126 STATUS: ENTER ONLY NUMBER OF LINES: 599 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* REMOVED: 28 AUG 84 *************** 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 | @ THE TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (AT LAST) | 22 ____________________________________________________________ 23 24 Now for a "-able " from The Martian Man!! 25 There are many ways to study science. No single way is the 26 best for everybody. We've prepared this book, and others, 27 to introduce you to science a bit at a time. We could have 28 written a long book with many ideas and many chapters. 29 Instead, we chose to present a few important things for you 30 to think about in each of these books. And we've done it 31 in such a way that you can do science activities--not just 32 read about them. 33 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 34 __________________________Martian Man_______________________ 35 ====================================================================== 36 Quizmaster: Re: "mans inherently violent nature......games such as 37 Risk ......Survival Game" I believe that you will find that there is 38 a BIG difference between violence and competition. Do you understand 39 that difference? 40 ============================================== Sudden Death ========== 41 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-; 42 Inherently violent nature- yes I can see that. It is not a needed thing 43 like competion, for we all feel a need to "win". Not the same for good 44 old violence, which is both senseless and needless. From the bully down 45 the block to a terrorist hiding in his hole, we find the same pattern: 46 violence being meted out to obtain some sense of control and power over 47 others. Ego, if I'm noy mistaken, has a lot to do with it. What should 48 be done is find a way of suppressing this need without stifling the 49 individual. And iI would prefer to avoid mind control (although that 50 could have some definite advantages, hmmmmmmmmm) as it might bring us all 51 a little closer to "BIG BROTHER". 52 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 53 LAISSEZ-FAIRE; I STILL AWAIT AN EXPLANATION OF YOUR STATEMENT. 54 SINCERELY, 55 MISTRESS 56 57 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 58 AH, yes, but man does have an inher- 59 ently violent nature. How many people 60 have hit something in a blind rage, 61 as a means of expression, rather 62 than a means to dominate? 63 Even in other higher primates 64 we find violent aggression. Van 65 Goodall recently documented an actual 66 war between troops of chimps in Africa. 67 Violence and agression seems to be 68 part of the animal in all animals. 69 70 The Frogman 71 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 72 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 73 Gee, I think I started a, a *REAL* discussion!! Too bad I have nothing to add to it. 74 Alex:Life is wonderfull, I built a few sections of prototype last night and it 75 is looking to be easyer then origionaly anticipated. Call me when you can. 76 N.A.P.P:What day was that? I need to be in washington for a con oct 2-3-4 and 77 maybe 5. 78 Prometheus&co:Biweekly brain brake today, see you at MLC when I can. 79 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ 80 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 81 Quizmaster, 82 I will pick them up today...at a whopping cost of $ 3.58... Lets see 83 it was a 153 and a 166 .... As for the Risk game this Friday...I'll check with 84 the wife and see if she has any objections to rampant destruction being 85 perpetrated in her dining room. If we need another player....I am sure 86 I could convince " Black Bart " to join the bloodletting. Provided he has 87 been thoroughly plied with V.O.L. beforehand...and sits facing south... 88 as that seat seems to bring the full effect into play. 89 90 Laz, 91 Or perhaps you would care to join us on the field of mayhem..? 92 I also understand you are starting a sequential Risk game...As I recall 93 the gaining of countries is solely dependent on numerical superiority of the 94 attacking forces with the resultant occupying troops being the difference 95 between the number of offensive & defensive men on the country in question. 96 Is that correct ?. How are normal & Wild cards handled ? 97 98 L'homme, 99 Ran across an interesting article on Chaos theory in the Economist... 100 of all places...It lends credence to the V.O.L. effect. If we have a game 101 Friday you can take a look. By the way you didn't say if you had read 102 Brin's " The Pratice Effect " ...good book...nice twist 103 So you have retired the mustang.....what was it replaced by ? 300ZX turbo ? 104 105 MiG, 106 They have neither.... The E/2 was $4.00 more than the figure you spoke 107 of....And they have no idea how much or when either one will cost or be in 108 stock ...Sooooo what now ? are there any substitutes ? alternate sources ? 109 110 Original sin....an unsubstantiated christian myth which provides a 111 " raison d'etre " for many christian cults. Using a simplistic cause and 112 effect relationship to insure loyalty to the faith.....You were born in sin 113 therefore you must serve the deity so you may be saved......Yawn..yawn..Zzzzzz 114 As for * SIN * itself, I always understood it to be a variation of the 21st 115 letter of the Hebrew alphabet (SHIN....you know...the Shin bone is connected 116 to the........ 117 118 :::::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 119 )_%*)_%*!#)_%*@!#_%*!+*%!+*%!_)*%+!#(%!+#*%+)*%@)#*%_)@#*%_)@#*%@)_#*%@_#%*@ 120 Alex : NO NO NO!!! I would NEVER retire the Mustang voluntarily. What I think 121 Quizmaster meant was I got a new set of wheels: for my tires. Nice Magnum 500s 122 which are original Mustang sport wheels - no high school craggers or appliance 123 on my car! 124 I have not read TPE. I am just finishing Sun Diver. Is TPE before or after 125 the Star Tide Rising/Sun Diver duo? 126 Quizmaster : I imagine T.i.t.I.C. has totally fooled you? I told you it would 127 be tough. I have found out a couple of nice things. Bench seats and auto 128 trannies *DO* have their respective advantages! Oh and another thing, do you 129 have any vitamin C I can borrow? I seem to have used my supply all up... 130 All : Regarding sin... I hesitate to equate debates on original sin with any- 131 thing that is germane today. I tend to extrapolate the definition of sin to 132 current society, and how our "definition" of sin has had to be modified to 133 cover all the "new" ways we have learned to sin. Maybe we should talk about 134 current sin instead of original sin? It would seem to be a more worthwhile 135 subject. 136 Mikey : Bad news. More errors have cropped up in the dissasm I am helping with. 137 Can I bring a semi-current listing to the next PCS meeting for you to look 138 at? (If you don't mind mixing 'work' with 'relaxation'?) 139 _%#)_*@#_)*%)_#*%)_#@*%)_L'homme sans parity #@*%_)@#*%)_@#*%_)@#*%_)@*%@#% 140 CURRENT 141 SIN 142 IS 143 TOO 144 OVERWHELMING! 145 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 146 Alex - yes, indeed, I was referring to L'hommes new wheels in the literal 147 sense, not the idiomatic sense. 148 Looks like L'homme may be otherwise occupied Friday. If he doesn't go, 149 I'll have to drive my car, which I hate to trust on such an extended journey. 150 (Yes, L'homme, that's your only purpose in life - to supply transportation 151 to those without. And here you always thought it was for your dashing good looks 152 and your devil-may-care, debonair personality. Sorry, but you had to find 153 out sooner or later). 154 Regarding the IC's, I was under the impression that you had already obtained 155 them for me. I wasn't implying that you should run out and get them for 156 me. However, since it seems you already have, thanks. (I hate obligations. 157 They are so....obligitory). 158 MiG - it's definite. Starting Monday, I put away my jeans and don my 159 uncomfortables. Get back to a 'normal' schedule, and go back to work. 160 It'll be nice to have money again, but I sure wish I didn't have to WORK for it. 161 (behind every silver lining is a cloud....) 162 I may even sink so low as to ride Tri-Mess. I understand there is a bus 163 which runs from Milwaukie to John's Landing area. Ah, rush hour; how I 164 haven't missed you. 165 Well, off to enjoy my last 2 days of 'vacation'. 166 ??????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ???????????????????????????????? 167 ))=<<>>=((=<<>>=((=<<>>=))=<<>>=((=<<>>=))=<<>>=((=<<>>=)) 168 HELLO- 169 O.k. i am new on this system and if anyone can help 170 me out on what you do here ,i don't know what to write about 171 if anyone can help me or anyone can help me again well anyways 172 i will use a code name but i will never tell my real name .... 173 174 to sysop:what is this system run on?? Anyway i just wanna let people know i want to use this bbs. 175 I want to learn how to use it and how to get to know 176 the other people on here(THIS MAY SOUND STUPID) but that is all 177 i wanna know ,anyway see ya.......all later............ 178 (=<>LUCIFER<>=) 179 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 180 The devil you say! 181 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 182 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ 183 Ah youth! so refreshing! 184 Alex:no problem, I called motorola today and they are sending me one of the 185 ones we need, the other I have another source for. 186 Quizmaster:wow, work. What an interesting phenominon. May be you can get a car that will work better/have gas milage. 187 Theus:Sick? MLC seems to think so, Sarah thinks so, nobody will tell me anything 188 over and above that. I must complement you on your choice of company, if she 189 were older I would be interested in her far more then I am now. 190 Aaron:My childhood friend can't even get ahold of David, ARG!!!!! 191 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ 192 When is the nest PORSFS meeting? the Phantom Glitch 193 (&(&(&(&(*&^#&%&^%&$^%$^%#$%$#%$#%$%%^$^%$&^%&^*(&(*^&^&^%^%$%#$@# 194 Quizmaster: You appear to be referring to the #40 bus. Have fun! 195 Phantom Glitch: Next PorSFiS meeting is Oct 6th. 196 ___________________________________Leonard______________________________________ 197 *******************************************************************: 198 L'HOMME: SURE, NO PROBLEM. THOUGH I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT MY ANSWERS 199 WILL BE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT. (ASSUMING I 200 AM ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. 201 OTHER: WELL, AFTER TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER BWMS FROM SPARE PARTS, 202 I FIND THAT I AM MISSING HALF OF MY BACKUP ROMS APPARENTLY LOST IN THE 203 LAST MOVE. I USED SOME OLD ROMS THEN FOUND THAT OF THE 6 SPARE DRIVES 204 I HAVE NONE OF THEM WERE WORKING... SIGH...... 205 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************: 206 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 207 but L'homme, original sin is so much better than jaded hackneyed sin 208 as you should know since the French are famous for great originality in 209 sinning unlike us Americans who think originals are something to put 210 in a Xerox machine and that the doctrine of original sin has something 211 to do with the copyright laws--it doesn't stop people from engaging in 212 acts of reproduction-it just makes them sneaky about it. 213 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Asleep at the wheel HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 214 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 215 The piper was sitting back listening to the conversations flow in the room. 216 Raising a cup of coffee (with REAL cream -- that's what all thee fuss was 217 about with the cow!) he sipped and tasted the smooth richness fill his mouth. 218 Holding the taste of the freshly-ground, fresh-brewed coffee for a long moment, 219 he felt a pang of pity for all the people in the world that were destroying 220 their stomachs with instant coffee and non-dairy creamer (shudder). Oh, well, 221 most of them did not know what they were missing, anyway. Those that drank 222 their coffee light undoubtedly thought that cream was the thick milk that you 223 pay nine prices for at the store. Given such a choice, non-dairy wasn't all 224 that bad. Yeilding to temptation (after all it has been nearly three months 225 since cream was last available) the piper left the room, poured another cup 226 of coffee and spooned the thick, rich, yellow cream into it. 227 Also on the subject of food -- I noticed that at Ford's restaurant they 228 are inordanately fond of their unsalted butter -- white, tasteless stuff that 229 reminds me unpleasantly of little squares of rendered lard. Anybody here 230 ever seen or tasted REAL butter? Salted or not, it needs no artificial color, 231 and really has a most pleasant and beguiling taste. Just thinking about it 232 has put on five more pounds ...sigh. 233 Sorry to have brought up the doctrine of original sin. I was hoping that 234 someone of the christian persuasion could make a serious case for it (I know, 235 it would be very difficult -- but challenges are what life is all about). 236 Since no one jumped up to the challenge, I'll try to offend someone into a 237 reply -- Have you noticed that commercial religions and life insurance salesmen 238 are really selling the same product -- guilt? 239 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 240 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 241 fROM pROMETHEUS: yOUR gUIDE 242 m.T. BOTTLE AND DELI IS IN MY STOMPING GROUNDS ALRIGHT, AND I AM ALSO WILLING TO SHOW PEOPLE TO IT'S VERY DOOR. 243 wHO NEEDS DIRECTIONS, AND ALL THAT ASSORTED DELTAIL- TYPE STUFF? 244 mAN IN gREY [MIG]; sORRY TO MISS YOU AT mLC, i WAS DOING A COUPLE HEADTRIPS ON MYSELF, AND STAYED AT HOME THAT DAY. 245 bEING SICK HAD LITTLE TO DO WITH THE DECISION. 246 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 247 248 249 TODAYS WEATHER: 250 251 252 TODAYS WEATHER WILL BE GOOD 253 254 255 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 256 OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI 257 DON'T FORGET! THE OMSI COMPUTER FAIR IS THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY! 258 I'LL BE THERE. WILL YOU? OPENS AT 9AM AND CLOSES AT 8PM FRIDAY AND 5PM 259 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 260 I WILL BE MANNING THE SANYO CLUB BOOTH FRIDAY FROM 4PM TIL CLOSING, AND 261 INTERMITTENTLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BWMS WILL BE THERE IF I CAN GET THE 262 BACKUP UNIT GOING, AND FIND A HOME FOR IT TO SIT. 263 OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI CISTOP MIKEY OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI 264 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ 265 Leonard:About that backpack you mentioned the last time we were downtown, 266 can I get it on monday? 267 Mikey:I will be there on friday to get some disks from the PCS booth, perhaps 268 you will see me, I will be wareing gray as usual. 269 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ 270 Commercial religions and insurance salesmen??!! Come now! The POPE, fer chrissakes, is in on it too. The best 271 example of all, not to offend anyone, is the Catholic church. They spend the entirety of a young person's education 272 teaching that person the way to feel good through the church, but through guilt of sins real and imagined, make him feel 273 bad. Taught to feel good and told to feel bad. (Thanks Pink Floyd) Through guilt, more has been done to the human 274 race , and all in the name of God! 275 276 LUCIFER..... First things first. Do something so that you have uppercase. It is hard to read, all in lowercase. 277 278 279 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFROGMANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 280 281 Prometheus Hawthorne: I hope that wasn't your new & improved terminal 282 program--your cases are inverted. 283 ...innocent bysitter... 284 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 285 286 A R R G ! ! ! 287 The wife made plans for Friday night ! ! ! ! 288 What about Saturday ???? 289 290 :::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 291 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-; 292 HOW ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME? IN READING THE BOREGONIAN TODAY 293 I FOUND AN ARTICLE CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS THAT RANCHO RAJNEESH AND CO. HAVE 294 BEEN SUBJECTING THE "STREET PEOPLE" TO. IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT FOR 295 A GROUP SO CALLED PEACEFUL, LOVING AND OTHERWISE NICE THEY HAVE TO HAVE GUARD 296 SHACKS AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS TO FEEL SECURE. THE PREZ DOESN'T GET THE KIND OF 297 SECURITY THAT THE RAJ' GETS! IT EVEN QUOTED ONE INDIVIDUAL AS SAYING THAT THE 298 WOMEN THERE ARE CARRYING .357S. NOW THAT'S ONE TOUGH TOWN! AND HEY! THE STATE 299 POLICE WANT YOU TO TELL THE COUNTY SHERIFF IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON PASSING BY 300 OR THROUGH THAT NECK OF THE WOODS. WHAT'S AMERICA COMING TO? CAN'T EVEN DRIVE 301 DOWN A PUBLIC ROAD WITHOUT BEING HASSLED BY SOME RELIGOUS FANATICS. MY OWN 302 THEORY IS THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH A DOPE RING. THEY HAVE AN AIRLINE (SUCH 303 AS IT IS) AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD IN MOST MAJOR CITIES. NO SELF RESPECTING 304 CUSTOMS PERSON (SAVE THOSE IN COMMUNIST COUNTRYS) IS GOING TO START A BIG 305 HASSLE IN HIS AIRPORT WITH THOSE FOLKS. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, WHAT DO THEY ALL 306 THAT MAXIMUM SECURITY STUFF FOR? I WOULDN'T WASTE GOOD LEAD OR POWDER ON ONE 307 OF THEM! A HYDRGEN BOMB MAYBE, BUT NOT GOOD AMMO. I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO 308 HEAR WHAT OTHERS THINK THE RAJ IS REALLY UP TO. ANY WILD GUESSES? 309 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;FIN; 310 )%*&@#_)*%@#_)%*!#+%!+%!#*%#!@*%+@#*%_)@*%_)@*%_@#*%_@*%_@#*%@_%*#!+%*@#*%_@ 311 Oh no!!! No risk Friday...and I have already...oh no!!! What have I done??? 312 The world is ending....and I don't even have my shoes on yet... 313 Mikey : Thanks... I'll probably be up at OMSI too. I have been scheduled to 314 handle the "RUN IBM PC INTO THE GROUND WITH TANDY 2000" demo. See you there. 315 Asleep...Cute. Real cute. How can you equate something so delicate with 316 something as crass as a xerox machine? One wonders sometimes what goes 317 on in that head of yours? Perhaps you have been listening to too many 318 people cry in their greasy food about all of their problems. Perhaps you 319 have lost sight of the true meaning of sin? I'm not talking stealing 320 paper clips or leaving work 5 minutes early. I am talking cardinal first 321 class pure sin in the first degree. Do you copy??? haha 322 *%$#(%*#$*%_@*%#_*%#$ L'homme sans parity `)_%*@_)#*%_)!@*%!_%!+*%_)@*#%_@*%@ 323 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 324 First you get down, on your knees. 325 Fiddle with your rosaries. 326 Bow your head with great respect, and 327 Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect 328 329 Get in line in that processional 330 Step into that small confessional 331 There the guy who's got religion'll 332 tell you if your sin's original 333 334 If it is try playing it safer 335 Drink the wine and chew the wafer. 336 Two, four six eight 337 Time to transubstante. 338 339 Make a cross on your abdomen 340 When in Rome do like a Roman. 341 Ave Maria! Gee it's good to see ya! 342 Gettin' ecstatican, sorta dramatican, doin' the Vatican Rag! 343 344 (excerpted from Tom Lehrer, 'That was the year that was.') 345 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: P. V. Jeltz :::::::::::::::::: 346 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 347 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 348 IT WAS A LONG HIKE DOWN INTO THE BLUE CANYONS. THE LIGHT OF FERN DOCK WAS 349 LIKE A GIANT LANTERN SO I HAD NO PROBLEM SEEING MY WAY. THE LAY STILL AND 350 I COULD HEAR MUSIC SOMEWHERE OFF IN THE DISTANCE. THE TRAIL THAT I TOOK 351 WAS NARROW, SO I KEPT A SLOW EVEN PACE. MY MIND WANTED TO WANDER SO I LET 352 IT GO, BUT NOT FOR TOO LONG SINCE IT WAS LATE. I WATCHED MY MIND FLOAT 353 DOWN TOWARDS THE DEPTHS OF THE BLUE CANYONS UNTIL IT WAS OUT OF SIGHT. I 354 WALKED IN SILENCE, NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING FOR MY MIND WAS GONE. I 355 WALKED FOR TWO HOURS UNTIL I REACHED THE BED OF THE CANYONS, WHERE I FOUND 356 MYSELF RESTING. I LET MY MIND ENTER MY BODY AND IT TOLD ME THAT IT HAD SEEN 357 THE UNCERTAIN STRANGER TRAVELING THROUGH THE WINDS OF TIME. I FELT A STRONG 358 HIDDEN DESIRE DEEP IN A VAST CORNER OF MY MIND. YES, SHE WILL BE HERE SOON, 359 I THOUGHT. 360 361 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 362 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SU_SUN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 363 OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI 364 FRIDAY NIGHT BETWEEN 5PM AND 9PM IS BUCK NIGHT. GET INTO OMSI FOR ONLY A $1 365 WITH THE COMPUTER FAIR GOING ON IT OUGHT TO BE A BIG ONE. 366 OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI CISTOP MIKEY OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI 367 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 368 Ian: What BBS with private mail do you log into? The only one I normally use is CBBS/PCS. I could give it to you 369 on there. 370 Piper: Well, since I'm as great a lover of fine beef as anyone else... OK. 371 Voyeur: Did you reply to my last long message about R.V. ? If so, I missed it. 372 All: Now looking for a means to get to N.A.P.P., but the outlook is dismal. The PorSFiS meeting the day after will 373 almost certainly be out also, I work Saturdays. How I hate schedules with 0 time alloted for fun. 374 Ruby, Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald... four stones, four sides, four powers. 375 Milchar, 10:17pm on 9/27/84 376 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 377 <+|+> {381} 09280011 378 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 379 Ahhh Saturday has been cleared by Corporate High Command.....How many blood 380 lusters can I expect ?....The usual bunch of suspects ? How about it Laz 381 are you up for some ruthless risk ? .... Quiz...I may hold the chips hostage 382 until after the nuclear game....for each hit I burn off one leg.... 383 ::::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 384 02020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202 385 TO: NET CENTRAL 386 FROM: (LOOK AT THE BORDER) 387 SUBJECT: (THAT WOULD BE TELLING, NOW WOULDN'T IT?) 388 389 MKMAM YYTHF JDUUH KAUCB NNFYC TLAHV IMZTF GKBTT KODUC OIASA XCKFJ WERVZ 390 HNUNG NEIMR ZUYQU PTGIW IUUMQ SMZCW OGOLG YTXQX OSWVZ QEXEV ZDREI AEZDQ 391 020202020202020202020202 28 SEPTEMBER 1984 AT 11:45:29 020202020202020202020202 392 393 DJJ - YOU HAVE A MESSAGE WAITING ON PCS/CBBS. 394 395 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 396 For everyone desperatly in need of a horoscope, here is a general one i found 397 398 AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB.13) You have an inventive mind and are inclined to be 399 progressive. You lie a great deal. On the other hand you are inclined to 400 be careless and impractical, causing you to make some mistakes over and over 401 again. People think you are stupid. 402 PISCES (FEB. 14-MAR.20) You have a vivid imagination and often think you are 403 being followed by the CIA or FBI. You have minor influence over your assoc- 404 iates and people resent you for flaunting your power. you lack confidence and 405 are generally a coward. Pisces people do terrible things to small animals. 406 ARIES (MAR.21-APR.19) You are the pioneer type and hold most people in con- 407 tempt. You are quick tempered, impatient and scornful of advice. You are not 408 very nice. 409 TAURUS (APR.20-MAY 20) You are practical and persistent. You have a dogged 410 determination and work like hell. Most people think you are stubborn and bull 411 headed. Taurus people have B.O. and fart a lot. 412 GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)You are a quick and intelligent thinker. People like 413 you because you are bisexual. However, you are inclined to expect too much 414 for too little. This means you are cheap. Gemini are known for committing 415 incest. 416 CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) You are sympathetic and understanding to other pe 417 ple's problems. They think you are a sucker. You are always putting things off. 418 That's why you will never make anything of yourself. Most welfare recipients 419 are Cancer people. 420 LEO (JULY 23-AUG.22) You consider yourself a born leader. Others think you 421 pushy. Most Leo people are bullies. You are vain and dislike honest criticism. 422 Your arrogance is disgusting. Leo people are thieves. 423 VIRGO (AUG.23-SEPT.22) You are the logical type and hate disorder. This nit- 424 picking is sickening to your friends. You are cold and unemotional and some- 425 times fall asleep while making love. Virgos make good bus drivers. 426 LIBRA (SEPT.23-OCT.22) You are the artistic type and have a difficult time 427 with reality. If you are a man you are more than likely queer. Chances for 428 employment and monetary gains are excellent. Most Libra women are good prost- 429 itutes. All Libras have venereal disease. 430 SCORPIO (OCT.23-NOV.21) You are shrewd in business and cannot be trusted. You 431 will achieve the pinnacle of success because of your total lack of ethics. 432 Most Scorpio people are murdered. 433 SAGITARIUS (NOV.22-DEC.21) You are optimistic and enthusiastic. You have a 434 reckless tendency to rely on luck since you lack talent. The majority of 435 Sagitarians are drunks or dope fiends. People laugh at you a great deal. 436 CAPRICORN (DEC.22-JAN.19) Yuo are conservative and afraid of taking risks. 437 You don't do much of anything and are lazy. There has never been a Capricorn 438 of any importance. Capricorns should avoid standing still too long as a dog 439 might think you are a tree and piss on you. 440 441 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 442 ****************************************TO ALL- DOES ANYONE HAPPEN TO KNOW OF SO 443 ME GOOD TERMINAL SOFTWARE. I'M HAVING TR 444 TROUBLE USING THE V.I.P. TERMINAL, THE 445 TERMINAL SOFTWARE THAT COMES WITH THE 446 WESTRIDGE MODEM SEEMS TO WORK O.K. BUT 447 IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD CAP- 448 ABILITIES, 449 THE SCORPION. 450 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@URGENT MESSAGE FOR NT !! MESSAGE FOR THE 451 MILKMAN: 452 453 HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED ED THAT WHEN DAIRY PRODODUCTS GET OLD THEY TURN INTO 454 ANOTHER DAIRY PRODUCT (MILK TURNS INTO YOGURT..YOGURT INTO COTTAGE CHEESE ETC.. 455 ) YEECH!! 456 Boy oh boy oh boy oh boy,man,oh boy george,gosh oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh b 457 oy,jesh,oh BOY OB OHYO...youknow everyone on here is a total gumby and i hope - 458 you know that i could erase anyone's messages,well anyway this message has been 459 brought to you by by by by by by by byb b the 460 ------****------***------***=-----***KING***-------------- 461 better yet the disk space waster 462 thk you thank you very much much much 463 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 464 TWITS-twits-TWITS-twits-JUVIES-juvies- 465 Foul mouthed idiots, you should have your terminals 466 fried!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 467 DAMIEN II AKA CYM############################################################### 468 HMM, LET'S SEE; TWIT DETECTOR, TYPES I, II, AND III. PHONE TRACER, NET CIPHER'S, PUNISHMENT PRODDER (300 AND 1200 VOLT) TRI- 469 ET BUS PASS, EMP , SMALL AMMOUNTS OF PLASTIIC EXPLOSIVE, DETONATORS SWITCH, MODEL 100, EXTRA BATTERIES (FOR DETONATOR OR THE 470 MODEL 100) AND A SMALL BRAINWASHING DEVICE FOR THOSE HARD-CASES. 471 472 NOT CONNECTED OFFICIALLY WITH THE NET, NOT CONNECTED OFICIALLY WITH NET, NOT CONNECTED OFFICIALY WITH NET, NOT CONNECTED... 473 474 OH, YES, I ALMOST FORGOT MT 5000 VT. ELECTRO MAGNET FOR HARD-TO-LOSE STORAGE MEDIA. 475 476 BWMS was first put on line as a private message system in 1981. In 1982 477 it was opened to for public use, and has been open for public use since. 478 BWMS consists of a data entry machine built in 1977 by Edge Technology. 479 It has been slightly modified to operate as a BBS. It uses a 8080 CPU 480 with 1K of RAM, and 8K of ROM for the BBS program. There is no operating 481 system used for BWMS, instead BWMS 'is' the operating system. The 482 program was written in assembler for the 8080 CPU. The disk is formatted 483 for 35 tracks of 18 sectors per track. Each sector holds 128 bytes 484 of data. BWMS uses one sector for each line stored in the system (even 485 if it is blank). With the first sector reserved for system information, 486 this leaves 629 sectors for use by the data, thus the maximum number 487 of lines being 629. BWMS uses a 1771 disk controler, and was one of the 488 first computer designs to do so. As each line of data is entered into 489 the machine, it is saved to disk. Thus when you hit the return key 490 BWMS will go away for a bit while it saves the line on the disk. When 491 you type the control C to get out of the enter mode it goes back to the 492 first sector and saves the number of the last line entered so it can 493 remember where it was. The next time the enter mode is selected, it 494 goes back to the first sector to find out where to continue entering 495 data. 496 497 BWMS is open to the public and can be found at (503) 230-xxxx 24hrs a day 498 499 ******** CISTOP MIKEY System operator ***************************** 500 501 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 502 oops, wrong number. Aaron 503 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 504 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 505 Did you ever have the right number? Fred 506 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 507 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 508 I CAME, I SAW, I LEFT. WAS FUN. 509 ? MIG ? 510 :::::::::::::::FUN A:::::::::::: 511 xt 512 It's time to share the work fairly. SSSSSSSSSS 513 help 514 help 515 hello world. I am trapped in this box. Say hello to my mother for me. 516 this is a test. 517 .,.............................................. 518 Hello, as I am not often on BWMS, I miss a lot, but was I wrong or 519 did someone refer to DArkover? 520 When were you there? How did you like the weather? 521 What did you buy with the piece of copper wire you swiped from electrical? 522 Tell us your tales of there, we listen. 523 ...............................................lonely spaceman....... 524 Yes, it seems dark annd cold at first, but you get used to it, when 525 you have a friend. She was tall and very pale, and her hands had 6 526 fingers but we hit it right off. 527 But finally I had to leave. 528 I left for New Chicago , and she went back into the 529 forest. 530 On the lasat day, she introduced me to her brother, Immni. 531 ................................................................ 532 NOPW OS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO LCOME TO THE AIDE OF THEIR COUNTRY. 533 ............................................................... 534 DARKOVER AAGAIN 535 DDDD 536 As morning came after midsummer's day, and we watched the sun light 537 up the peak of high Kimbi, we heard a ship roar off from the spaceport. 538 Immni looked far, far away, and said "It wasn't always like this. I 539 cringe every time I hear a ship roar off." 540 "Why?" 541 "The roar scares me, I fear it will end. It once was safer to go, the 542 matrix never failed." 543 "Matrix? Do you mena like the landing gtridrid that supplyes power to 544 the ascending ships on New VCChicago?" 545 "I say too much. Yes, much like the landing grids, but far better." 546 "Brother, dear, do you still yearn for space? Will you never be 547 satisfied with what you have?" 548 "No, I will ever yearn. I have seen better." 549 "you have? They are going to build a grid here, to serve the larger 550 ships that will be going through. This will be the most modern port 551 in the galaxy." 552 "Yes, but not the best. I hate to see foreigners running it." 553 "What could be better?" 554 "Up there, in the cater in Kimbi. It is still there, but buried 555 556 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 557 Tthanks to one and all for this pleasant visit to another reality 558 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 559 560 561 No, it wasn't PAM. Did look like it though didn''t it? Sigh..... 562 ======================================== 563 To those working on the ASM system. 564 Please leave a note to me or call my 565 system at (206) 695-xxxx. 566 I think i can help you on it. For 567 I program on a 2.3 ASM d.o.s. 568 Well keep up the good work! 569 570 Kenneth A. Yankee 571 MSD-PS Programmer 572 573 574 ======================================== 575 ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ 576 HELLO WORLD. I AM TRAPPED IN HERE, BUT, I DONT MIND. SAY HELLO TO MOTHER FOR ME. GOOD BYTE. 577 LIST 578 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 579 Looking around, I find I am surounded by hords of nothingness. 580 My mind and body are assulted by the roar of the mindless tide. 581 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Fred +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 582 ################################################################################ 583 WHAT A LOAD OF GIBBERISH>z 584 585 PRINT 586 PR 10 587 LIST 588 * * COPY DISK ERROR * * 589 @P-O0I9U8IY7 TY6R5RE4E3WQ2R1A23235 4 590 PRINT 591 {}{}{}{}{} 592 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 593 NO MIKEY! 594 * * COPY DISK ERROR * * 595 SIGH......... 596 597 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 598 BUT I AM HERE! YOU JUST DIDN'T LOOK. (NUTS!) 599 ************************************* >