CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 12/30/89 11:02:32 Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 211448; next msg =42975; 370 active msgs. Prev. call 12/28/89 @ 20:48, next msg was 42967 Recording logon for next time. Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking fo >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-30 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 11 KILLED. 75 SUMMARY. 25 0:48:56,211403,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#42967, E#42968, E#42969,18 12/28/89,21:27:53,211404,2,ED DESOTO,beaufort/sc,15 12/28/89,21:52:39,211405,2,MIKE SANDMAN,, E#42970,4 12/28/89,21:58:47,211406,2,MIKE SANDMAN,,1 12/28/89,22:18:59,211407,2,EDGAR COUDAL,,3 12/28/89,22:48:54,211408,1,SPENCER SMITH,Chicago,4 12/28/89,22:57:03,211409,2,SCOTT DEMOS,, ]CHAT: HMMM,2 12/28/89,23:07:58,211410,1,STEVE RYAN,,2 12/29/89,00:18:20,211411,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,0 12/29/89,01:00:43,211412,2,CLIFF SHARP,,4 ]Whoops... sorry, hit the wrong key on the way out{ See ya next year... CLIFF SHARP, 12/29/89,05:27:32,211413,2,PETE JONES,,2 12/29/89,06:38:31,211414,2,ALEX ZELL,, 12/29/89,06:52:34,211415,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,2 12/29/89,10:45:39,211416,1,JENNIE HAYWOOD,,6 12/29/89,11:07:17,211417,2,ROD ATKINSON,, ]CHAT: BBS HOST SYSTEMS, E#42971,17 12/29/89,11:51:15,211418,1,DONNIE STUHLMAN,,4 12/29/89,12:30:42,211419,2,RICHARD HINTON,, E#42972,3 12/29/89,12:37:47,211420,2,BRUCE LORD,Chicago/ IL,17 12/29/89,13:29:15,211421,2,CHERYL SLUDER,,10 12/29/89,13:52:49,211422,1,JAY KADASHAW,palos hts./ il,3 12/29/89,15:10:02,211423,2,JOEL WEINER,,3 12/29/89,15:39:50,211424,2,JOE HOLEWINSKI,,10 12/29/89,16:50:48,211425,1,BYRON GRUSH,NAPERVILLE,4 12/29/89,17:23:03,211426,2,EDWARD LEE,,2 12/29/89,17:29:49,211427,2,KEN LANG,JOLIET/ILL,6 12/29/89,18:11:42,211428,2,JIM SACKETT,,5 12/29/89,18:39:03,211429,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,3 12/29/89,20:49:59,211430,2,DENNIS STAHL,,5 12/29/89,21:22:40,211431,2,JOSEPH SKOM,, E#42973,6 12/29/89,21:53:24,211432,2,KEN CHIRAT,berwyn il, >Help: FILE,3 ]KEN CHIRAT, 12/29/89,22:06:31,211433,2,ROY FELTNER,Loves Park/ IL,8 12/29/89,22:18:32,211434,2,BILL MATTSON,,7 12/30/89,00:07:45,211435,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,1 ]ERIC BOHLMAN, 12/30/89,00:24:44,211436,1,KEVIN MURPHY,western springs, ]CHAT: system,4 12/30/89,02:07:13,211437,1,QUOT NONE,,2 ]N Q QUOT NONE, 12/30/89,02:32:25,211438,2,TONY ANTONUCCI,,1 12/30/89,02:35:00,211439,2,TONY ANTONUCCI,,6 12/30/89,04:40:00,211440,1,BARBARA MORSE,vacaville/ca,7 12/30/89,07:26:29,211441,2,GARY BROWN,,1 12/30/89,08:47:50,211442,2,ALEX ZELL,, 12/30/89,09:24:11,211443,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,2 12/30/89,09:27:32,211444,2,MIKE SANDMAN,, E#42974,10 12/30/89,09:40:00,211445,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,2 12/30/89,10:02:51,211446,2,PAUL STREETER,,24 12/30/89,10:42:07,211447,1,BILL WOLFF,,4 12/30/89,11:02:36,211448,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 42967 12/28/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BARRY FUERST: "R/WHAT ARE 'Z' FILES?" 42968 12/28/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ROY LIPSCOMB: "R/COPY FILE1+FILE2" 42969 12/28/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => MIKE SANDMAN: "R/DESKJET RE-INKING" 42970 12/28/89 MIKE SANDMAN => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/DESKJET RE-INKING" 42971 12/29/89 ROD ATKINSON => ALL: "BBS HOST SYSTEMS" 42972 12/29/89 RICHARD HINTON => ALL: "MOTHERBOARD" 42973 12/29/89 JOSEPH SKOM => ALL: "PRIDIGY" 42974 12/30/89 MIKE SANDMAN => ALL: "JOB OPENING" - End of summary - Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts. Msg 42967 is 02 line(s) on 12/28/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to BARRY FUERST re: R/WHAT ARE 'Z' FILES? Wow, sorry to hear about your hard disk! But what a great opportunity to "reorganize". Gak, floppy down, HD dies, what a bummer! Msg 42968 is 04 line(s) on 12/28/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ROY LIPSCOMB re: R/COPY FILE1+FILE2 Oh, Cute! That's a nice ^Z stripper. Have you seen the book "DOS Tips, Tricks, and Traps"? It is full of little tidbits like that. It is one of those "Why didn't I think of writing it" type books - but you'd be better at it than I. Msg 42969 is 09 line(s) on 12/28/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to MIKE SANDMAN re: R/DESKJET RE-INKING You inject ink just about any way you can - I fiddled with filed down brass tubing, etc - a syringe, though difficult to obtain, is best. You can also possibly make your own from things like old oil injectors, etc. You may wish to drill a hole in the top, and use an eyedropper to put ink in, letting it soak in, then plugging the hole so excess evaporation doesn't occur. P.S. there are other inks more highly recommended than my Pelikan 4001, but I've had no trouble with that one. Unfortunately I don't remember what ink was most highly recommended - I think Scrip, but not sure. Msg 42970 is 01 line(s) on 12/28/89 from MIKE SANDMAN to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/DESKJET RE-INKING Thanks for the info .Mike Msg 42971 is 11 line(s) on 12/29/89 from ROD ATKINSON to ALL re: BBS HOST SYSTEMS I'm a Sysop at the NOVA BBS in Annandale, Virginia using the OPUS system on an IBM AT at Northern Virginia Community College. I have a Mac+ at home (in Washington DC) and am interested in starting a BBS there as well. Does anyone have any information, or leads to where I can get information, as to what Host systems, (preference given to Public Domain host), available on the Mac? How about advantages and disadvantages to the competeing systems? My Compuserve No. is CIS57,2262 and GEnie XTA12081. Thanks for your help. Rod Atkinson s Msg 42972 is 04 line(s) on 12/29/89 from RICHARD HINTON to ALL re: MOTHERBOARD I have a 12mHz 286 system with award BIOS, which I am thinking about dropping in a 386SX motherboard to improve speed and memory hand capability. Is there a company that people have had good experiences with, that sells 386SX mother boards? Thanks. Msg 42973 is 03 line(s) on 12/29/89 from JOSEPH SKOM to ALL re: PRIDIGY I've heard a lot about the prodigy service, but I was just wondering what exactly it has to offer and how much it costs. Also, how does it compare to the Source and CIS and others that have been around previously? Msg 42974 is 17 line(s) on 12/30/89 from MIKE SANDMAN to ALL re: JOB OPENING JOB OPENING: We're looking for a technician to maintain modems, voice and data terminals, and protocol converters at a downtown location. Some experience with PC or mainframe networks would be helpful. You would be on a team of on-site technicians maintaining our equipment at this customer's location. Keeping our customer happy is our primary goal. This job requires extensive personal contact with users and management. This is a full time position, with a salary commensurate with your experience. Entry level starting in the $17,000 range. If interested, please leave me a message here, or call me at 312-951-5553, ext. 2551. dup. chars. >Function:?{CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 12/30/89 22:53:08 Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 211465; next msg =42979; 364 active msgs. Prev. call 12/30/89 @ 11:02, next msg was 42975 Recording logon for next time. Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking fo >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-30 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 12 KILLED. 80 SUMMARY. 24 0:48:56,211403,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#42967, E#42968, type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short 12/30/89,11:02:36,211448,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#42975, E#42976, ]S,MESSAGE.X62, ]S,MESSAGE.X64, ]S,MESSAGE.X66, E#42977,18 12/30/89,11:21:55,211449,1,BILL WOLFF,, E#42978,9 12/30/89,13:40:22,211450,1,CHARLIE KESTNER,,4 12/30/89,14:33:24,211451,2,BURTON STRAUSS,chicago/ il,6 12/30/89,15:09:24,211452,1,JENNIE HAYWOOD,,10 12/30/89,15:24:48,211453,1,DAVID JOHNSON,,4 12/30/89,15:53:33,211454,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,2 12/30/89,16:14:31,211455,2,JAMES PRICE,Ringgold/ GA,5 12/30/89,16:39:52,211456,2,RANDY IMAGEN,,5 12/30/89,17:34:51,211457,2,TOM KOWALCZYK,,3 12/30/89,17:51:19,211458,2,FRANK JOEBGEN,Gled/IL,14 12/30/89,20:15:52,211459,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,,2 12/30/89,20:36:51,211460,2,BILL KROHN,HOFFMAN ESTATES,5 12/30/89,21:29:37,211461,2,JIM SACKETT,,2 12/30/89,21:31:17,211462,2,JIM SACKETT,,4 12/30/89,21:38:04,211463,2,JIM SACKETT,, 12/30/89,22:09:11,211464,2,JIM SACKETT,,21 12/30/89,22:53:12,211465,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 42975 12/30/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ROD ATKINSON: "R/BBS HOST SYSTEMS" 42976 12/30/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => JOSEPH SKOM: "R/PRIDIGY" 42977 12/30/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => JOSEPH SKOM: "R/PRIDIGY" 42978 12/30/89 BILL WOLFF => JOSEPH SKOM: "R/PRIDIGY" - End of summary - Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts. Msg 42975 is 07 line(s) on 12/30/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ROD ATKINSON re: R/BBS HOST SYSTEMS Since you're on CIS, I think the MAC fora there are the best place to go ask about mac BBSs (unless you find another mac based BBS whose software you like). GO MAC - but from there, I'm not sure which fora are the best, you'd have to choose by the names. P.S. is your CIS ID REALLY 57,2262? I've never seen that few digits (or did a line glitch eat some chars?) Msg 42976 is 15 line(s) on 12/30/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to JOSEPH SKOM re: R/PRIDIGY Prodigy is a service of IBM and Sears. It has a graphical front end, mandatory "supplied by them" commo program, and is generally oriented to novices - many experienced BBS, CIS, Source, Genie, etc users consider it quite frustrating. For example, I hate the fact that I can't use a normal commo program with the ability to capture screens, etc - I thus consider ALL MAIL I receive or send on Prodigy, to be "volatile" - for I will never capture it to disk for later searching, etc. (I have a directory of all my '88 CIS msgs, another with all the '89 ones, etc - and I frequently search them for previous comments, etc). However, the price is good at $79 a year with no hourly connect charges. You can do "cute" things like see weather maps, etc. You need at least an EGA to enjoy it - it is in boring B/W on a CGA. Some people like it a lot - I know one person who did most of their Xmas shopping via Prodigy. I wouldn't mind checking stocks on it, but I've not found how. (anyone reading this know how? Please REply to this msg). Msg 42977 is 04 line(s) on 12/30/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to JOSEPH SKOM re: R/PRIDIGY P.S. you might do "qr;1,prodigy" to get all the previous msgs about Prodigy - there are dozens. Also, you won't see your own msgs nor my replies to you since you elected to spell it "Pridigy". It is Prodigy, as in "Child Prodigy". Msg 42978 is 28 line(s) on 12/30/89 from BILL WOLFF to JOSEPH SKOM re: R/PRIDIGY Hi Joe; Well the Prodigy people claim that you can't not compare them to other on-line services because they are interactive services. While I am not sure I buy that. They are different in a number of ways. First the cost from Prodigy is a flat $9.95 a month whether you use it or not. You can't use it from 12AM to 6AM in the morning. They have less local number than other on-line services. For example, Wisconsin doesn't even have one yet! One difference again is Prodigy has their own software and you cannot use our own. It works only on MS-DOS computers and now MAC's. It uses the graphic screen instead of ASCII characters which slows down the communication very much. It also has advertisements on part of your screen too. Nothing to get real excited about, as the most I have seen was about 30 different ones maximum. The good news! It can and does display the nation weather map. It has a national BBS, a EMAIL service, news, etc. It is fun if you are bored and have nothing better to do. I think if one really needed one of the services they offer, then it is a good deal. Me I had it for 3 months and got nothing I really used. It doesn't even have any files to upload or download. So take your pick! BTW, The Source is now dead, but dumped their users to CompuServe! BTW, I wrote this message off-line and there wasn't any replies yet. But I see you have two already. Well I still uploaded this because it contained information the others didn't! Take care! dup. chars. >Function:?