HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sms@asdsms.zko.dec.com (Steve Santinelli)
Subject: Re: Best BBS system
Reply-To: sms@asdsms.zko.dec.com (Steve Santinelli)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 13:42:35 GMT



In Article...

>What would the best BBS system be to start a BBS with : RA or QBBS ...
>
>Thanks
>Conrad
>--
>Some of today's contestants will die in household accidents after the show.


Personnally, I have always liked Maximus.  To me it is one of the best 
BBS systems I have ever worked with.  I learned quite a bit about BBs's with
this system, and I'm now working on building another using Maximus.  Plus,
if your not commercial, its Free!  A nice plus...

Thanks for a Great Product Scott!



			sms

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I have no .sig, and it makes me sad...
From: kingsley@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Kingsley Morse)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 20:01:36 GMT
Subject: Please Help
Organization: HP Western Response Center
Newsgroups: alt.bbs

              Please answer these 9 questions and return.

1.) Do you think equal rights for men and women is generally a good idea?
Yes                  [ ]
Sometimes            [ ]
No                   [ ]
Haven't heard enough [ ]
Other                [ ]

2.) Are you pro choice?
Yes                  [ ]
Sometimes            [ ]
No                   [ ]
Haven't heard enough [ ]
Other                [ ]

3.) Are you in favor of adoption?
Yes                  [ ]
Sometimes            [ ]
No                   [ ]
Haven't heard enough [ ]
Other                [ ]

4.) Do you think men should be allowed to legally terminate their parental
rights and responsibilities before fetal viability?
Yes                  [ ]
Sometimes            [ ]
No                   [ ]
Haven't heard enough [ ]
Other                [ ]

5.) What sex are you?
Male               [ ]
Female             [ ]

6.) How old are you?
Under 18           [ ]
19 to 65           [ ]
Over 65            [ ]

7.) What religion are you?
Protestant         [ ]
Catholic           [ ]
Jewish             [ ]
Other              [ ]

8.) What political party are you affiliated with?
Democratic         [ ]
Republican         [ ]
Other              [ ]

9.) How many years of education have you completed?
Grade School       [ ]
High School        [ ]
College            [ ]
More               [ ]
From: bx791@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Alan Michael Gindlesperger)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: 386BSD, Linux, docs etc.
Date: 9 Oct 1992 15:15:48 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


Beautiful...
From: tim@alchemy.UUCP (Timothy M. Hood)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: RE: Stealing Software
Date: 8 Oct 92 22:42:29 GMT
Reply-To: tim@alchemy.UUCP (Timothy M. Hood)
Organization: Alchemy Software Designs

In article <1992Sep20.013835.3632@wvnvms.wvnet.edu> florian@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes:

>  I to, program software.  Doors specifically.  However, his logic is sound,
>  yours is not.  He is correct in saying that you cannot consider it a sale
>  lost simply because he didn't buy the software.  In truth, you would have
>  never gotten the sale.  Alot of people who do pirate software do so for
>  financial reasons.  I'm not saying it's right, but to say that you are 
>  losing money because someone pirated your software is ludicrous.
>  Actually a good example is three friends of mine got together an chiped 
>  in money to buy Falcon 3.0.  They did this and each made a copy.  Now
>  the software industry would look at that as 2 lost sales, when it is 
>  truth one gained sale because if they hadn't done it the way they did
>  that glossy little box would have stayed on the shelf.

The issue is not lost sales, it's THEFT.  Piracy is wrong not because of lost 
sales, but because of THEFT!  Following the sub-100 I.Q. logic suggested in 
these posts means I am perfectly justified in stealing a Ferrari.  It's a car I
could never afford to buy, yet I want it.

Right now, I just do with my Audi.

Timothy M. Hood
--
                                 tim@alchemy.UUCP
                        ...!ucrmath!alchemy!alchemy!tim
"Badges?  We aint got no badges.  We DON'T NEED NO STEENKING BADGES!"
Xref: sparky alt.bbs:6410 comp.os.os2.apps:6992
From: Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Omega Point/2 BBS
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 09:18:21 GMT
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: gurrung.anu.edu.au

Anyone know an ftp site for this software? Archie hasn't heard of it...

Anyone know a working email address for its author, Chris Boaro?

Anyone actually using the software?

All suggestions (about OP/2 :-) welcome!

--
Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au         This post made from 100% recycled electrons.
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: bbl7597@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Re: Need Info on SysOp Deals from Modem Manufaturers
Reply-To: bbl7597@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:54:24 GMT

This information is in Boardwatch Magazine 800-933-6038 for subscriptions
From: rcmolden@parmesan.cs.wisc.edu (Robertc. Moldenhauer)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Do any PC-based BBS programs support MacBinary?
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:21:23 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.

In article <Bw32C8.4KG@csn.org> wsmith@teal.csn.org (Walter Smith) writes:
>In article <Bw0r82.Jpu@csn.org> wsmith@teal.csn.org (Walter Smith) writes:
>>The subject line says it all. Currently, my company is using the Major BBS, but
>>when Mac callers upload files, the information of the separate resource and data
>>forks are combined (?). When these uploaded files are transfered to a Mac, the
>>generic icon shows up, and it's anyones guess what kind of file it is because
>>you can't double-click it to launch.
>>
>>Any information would be greatly appreciated. Either email me or post here,
>>although I don't get to read the news too often. Thanks.
>>
>>Walter Smith
>>wsmith@rmt.com
>>303-449-6954 
>
>I posted this in the wrong group originally. Whoops.
>
>Walter


Any BBS program on a Messy-DOS machine will support Mac Files, but they must 
be uploaded and downloaded using MacBinary.  What MacBinary does is take
the resource fork and the data fork and put them one right after another so
the simple minded MS-Dog can understand.  Downloading with MacBinary should
restore the full filestructure.
From: mark%fdc@Arizona.edu (Mark R. Toth)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: claim of modem eavesdropping by gov't
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:49:15 GMT
Organization: Facilities Design & Construction, Univ of Az, Tucson, AZ, USA

{ Summary: First post proposes that modem communications are being
   tapped and monitored by gov at three locations and that the original
   author had gained access and seen on of the sites. To wit a rteply: }

>> This is so much crap, it's almost funny.
>> 

Well now, this may not be too much of a reach from previously known
operations.  Since the mid '70s the voice side of long distance phones
have been monitored, if they went by microwave.  Refinement by the early
80's had word scanning for key words or phrases.  So now someone says
modem traffic is monitored, ten ears later and after the BBS underground
in mid-80s was a significant contributor to public opinion against the
administration's Central American operations; it would then seem a more 
than logical outgrowth for an agency like NSA to be able to do this.
Indeed, they would be very negligent if they did not have the ability
by now.


>Don't be so quick to criticize if you don't know all the facts.

Generally a good view, though one needs not to buy into anything.


After all, a recent myth was exonerated the other week when former
administration officials of the Nixon Whitehouse admitted leaving
Americans behind as POWs in Vietnam and Laos.  IMPEACH NIXON NOW!?!
And the then later Ford's CIA Director, who would have had hot trails 
to follow did zero while director, later as V.Pres and now as Pres.
yet stating the subject to be of "highest national priority" to
the families.  IMPEACH BUSH!

IMHO,
8{)
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Mark Toth                                         |        ####
University Of Arizona                           | |         ##     
Facilities Design & Construction                | | |             
Physical Resources Bldg #49, Rm 140A            `-| |             
Tucson, Arizona, USA 85721                        |-'            
(602) 621-5281 fax:621-5668          _____________|_______________________
Internet: mark%fdc@arizona.edu         {Not a spokesperson/My views only}
.............................................................................
  Anybody seen my submarine?  I tied it up over there by the cactus...
Newsgroups: cle.general,cle.misc,cle.config,alt.bbs,alt.bbs.ads
From: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
Subject: Re: Akademia Pana Kleska.
Followup-To: cle.general
Reply-To: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 12:45:17 GMT

As quoted from <1au1u4INNnog@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> by brown@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Dan Brown):

+---------------
> I have been asked to announce that Akademia Pana Kleska, also known as
> wariat.org, has added two more phone lines on a rotory. Wariat now has
> a total of 4 lines. Congrats Zbig!
> 

Thanks, Dan. I was so tired yesterday that I do apprecciate any
help with settings things up. 


Also, to avoid troubles with foreign languages, I am trying to use
abbreviation of APK as tha name for my BBS... Thanks for the efforts.

> 	People with slower modems (2400 baud and down) are asked to please
> use the new lines, 481-9436 and 481-9424. People with fast modems are still

Both numbers are on the rotary; it is enough to put into your
Systems file ( or Telix, Procomm configuration ) one - preferred
is   --  481.9436  --  and if one of lines is free, you will get it.
 


> welcome to dial in at 481-9445 and 481-9425. This policy will be enforced
> in a week, so please make the appropriate changes to dialing scripts. 
> 


Allocation of high speed modems is: 

481-9445 - USRobotics DS; 
481-9425 - Telebit WorldBlazer.


> -- 
> Dan Brown	
> brown@ins.cwru.edu


Thanks once again to all who are making it to happen. It is a year
since I decided to run public access UNIX system, and I am very
impressed in how many peoples are interested in using, learning,
enjoying UNIX in Cleveland.  


_zjt
-- 
********************************************************************
Zbigniew J. Tyrlik             wariat!zbig           zbig@wariat.org
IBM PC SIG Sysop - Cleveland Free-Net    aa609@cleveland.freenet.edu
Akademia Pana Kleksa   Public Access UNI* Cleveland,  (216)-481-9445
E-mail, news feeds, shell accounts        UnixBBS distribution point 
********************************************************************
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
From: lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gerry Swetsky)
Subject: Re: Free Feed? Where!?!?!
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 03:22:10 GMT

In article <37256@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> jma@reef.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) writes:
>Ok, enough BS about free feeds.  I have yet to see someone stand up
>and say "hey, I'll feed you for free - your only cost is the long
>distance call."  So tell me, someone, please - who in the US will
>provide me a Usenet/UUCP/Email feed for free at V.32bis speeds?

    All of vpnet's feeds are provided at no cost.  Unfortunately for
    you however, we only feed local sites.

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From: skyblade@works.uucp (Skyblade)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
Subject: BBS #s
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 12:36:43 EDT
Organization: The Works BBS - Informational Archives - Est. 1985

  Sorry if this is reaching too far from the local area, but I am new to 
Mass BBSing, and need some numbers local to me.  I am at Boston College, 
so if anyone has any #s of boards local to here, I would really 
appreciate it if they could just post them here.  Thanks alot.  Later.
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
From: st1ta@elroy.uh.edu (Chris Callahan)
Subject: hey
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 14:05:00 GMT


if your in the Houston area, give PC Nowhere BBS a call.

713-242-9766  300-9600 v32/v42bis  Large Adult Section  Member: WWIVnet,
    IceNET, FREDnet, and WWIVgrid  Somewhat quick validation!


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|  Chris Callahan | st1ta@jetson.uh.edu              | "Your not dealing with  |
|  PC Nowhere BBS | coldbox!wwiv!1-7354@uunet.uu.net |  AT&T"                  |
|  713/242-9766   | WWIVnet 1@7354 IceNET 1@7354     | "Well I am now!"        |
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Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
From: postmaster
Subject: Affordable UUCP/USENET for BBS operartors
Reply-To: postmaster@infoserv.com
Organization: InfoServ Connections
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 07:00:06 GMT



BBS operators,

If you want to carry USENET for your readers, consider InfoServ Connections
for your UUCP network link.

InfoServ Connections provides network services especially designed to
support the needs of end users with small systems* such as DOS, MAC, and
Unix/386. Our service features hassle free connections - we do all the
administrative drudge such as being your smart host for email address
resolution.

Our unique, menu-driven interface lets you change your USENET subscription
list as often as you wish, and our low rate ($10 - $15 per month) and none
restrictive license terms make us real viable alternative to Uunet and
PSI.

DIAL (408) 243-2102 2400/MNP/V.42, or 243-2104  V.32/PEP
(Modem support: 8 bit, 1 stop, No parity, 24hrs)

Type `begin' at the prompt and browse the features; then subscribe on-line!
No paper forms to fill out! 


*@*.*.*.*
|        /~~~~~~~~~\
INFOSERV/CONNECTIONS\     /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*@*.*.*.*
|______/             \___/ The Professional's Network

   Email: postmaster@infoserv.com
          uunet!infoserv!postmaster
   Voice: (408) 724-3446
                                   Copyright (C) 1991, All rights reserved.
 
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads,alt.bbs,alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.bbs.lists.d
From: tabet2m@fiu.edu (Marwan Tabet)
Subject: Re: THE BBS List v1 #7- October
Organization: Florida International Universitym, Miami
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:45:31 GMT

BBS Name : THE ROOKIE BBS
phone #  : 305-595-7491
Net      : 43:1330/109 SuperNet, 65:615/109 Ournet
baud     : 1200..9600 V32
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
Subject: Re: Public Access USENET/EMAIL/UNIX
From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:59:07 GMT
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)

In article <1992Oct06.213931.24125@r-node.gts.org> marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin) writes:
>In article <1992Oct1.060406.8850@frog.CRDS.COM> rmk@frog.CRDS.COM (frog) writes:
>>I pay $100 per year for reliablility.  The possible free feed goes down a lot
>>and has no interest in guaranteeing mail or news service, but Bill Heiser at
>>unixland has a reason, my $100, to keep things flowing smoothly.
>>
>	I have a reason also...reputation. I provide public access and
>free news/mail feeds and my interest is in maintaining a reputation for
>reliability...my down time is almost negligible, I maintain three
>phone lines (donating *users* get access to all three, but feeds don't
>pay)

Do you call the systems that you feed, or do they only call you?

I call unixland, and unixland calls me.  There is an even flow of news and
mail through my system.

How many non-donating feeds and users do you have fighting for that one line?

All the phone lines at unixland hunt, which makes it more reliable for users
calling in.

>>It's one thing to have a free feed that has flowed through a lot of slow UUCP
>>sites, and quite another to pay $100 per year for a feed that can get my mail
>>to the west coast in less than an hour.
>>
>	Hmmmm...my email gets to the west coast in less then an hour 
>also...in fact, I get email *from* the west coast in less then an hour
>usually also.  

You are 2 hops from utzoo, and as far as I know, utzoo is on the Internet.
In other words, your situation is the same as mine.  I am 2 hops from the
Internet. (rmkhome!unixland!think) (r-node!dciem!utzoo)

>>You get what you pay for.
>
>	Not all the time

You should try getting a feed from a site that is 7 or 8 UUCP hops from
the Internet.  There are USENET sites here in Massachusetts that get news
3 to 7 days after I do.  Some UUCP sites only call their feed once or
twice a day.  This can cause mail and news followups to stall for as long
as 12-24 hours on the _first_ hop.

-- 

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	unixland!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP
From: john@homebase.hacktic.nl (John van Dijk)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
Subject: HomeBase +31-3407-5643
Date: 13 Oct 92 01:21:59 GMT
Organization: HIN students network
NewsSoftware: Rnf 0.7b


                   BBS HOMEBASE ONLINE 24 HOURS A DAY

 '... he saw that the SysOp had a wierd bald haircut and a satellite dish
                                              and he knew it was alright ...'

            * AMIGA * PC * JARRE * UGA/NEWSFLASH * USENET *

SysOp       : John van.Dijk                 Computer    : AMI 386/25
CoSysOp     : Daniel Ockeloen               Harddisk    : ST4442E (400 MB ESDI)
Software    : Maximus under DesqView        Modem       : SupraFax V.32bis

BBS number  : +31-3407-5643                       NLA   : 14:105/0
BBS fax     : +31-3407-4356                       HIN   : 87:100/105
SnailMail   : Box 68, NL-3480 DB Harmelen         UNI   : 77:8405/106
Internet    : john@homebase.hacktic.nl            FIDO  : 2:280/215
                                                  HCC   : 2:500/133.2119
                                                  JARRE : 90:100/0


| john@homebase.hacktic.nl                           HomeBase : +31-34075643 |
|      Amiga/PC                UGA/NewsFlash       Jean Michel Jarre fanclub |
|   'SEX, is not the answer ! SEX, is the question and the answer is YES'    |
From: "dennis hauser" <dennis.hauser@execnet.com>
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
Subject: "delight the customer"bbs
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:44:14 EST
Reply-To: "dennis hauser" <dennis.hauser@execnet.com>
Distribution: alt
Organization: Executive Networks Information


A short notice for a change: The "Delight The Customer" BBS is focused
on the information needs of Customer Service, Training, Telemarketing
and Help Desk professionals. 517-797-3740


SYSOPS: We also maintain the National Business/Professional BBS List
(NBPBL). If you operate a business/professional-oriented BBS call and
list it!
--
Executive Network Information System  (914) 667-4567
International ILink Host
From: dan@caofao.meca.polymtl.ca (Daniel Gour)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
Subject: Re: Seeks BBS in MONTREAL!!!
Date: 5 Oct 92 11:00:07 GMT
Distribution: qc
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Genie Mecanique

In article <04OCT92.25492649.0066@VM1.MCGILL.CA> HDNC000 <HDNC@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA> writes:
>Hello from Montreal!
>I am a new PC owner and am WIlD about getting into BBS'S.
>Could anyone PLEASE send me any info (lists, ect) on BBS
>services offered in Montreal, CANADA?  Your advice would also be
>greatly appreciated!
>E-Mail @HDNC.MUSICB.MCGILL.CD
>
>I remain....
>                BLACKJAC

   Hello!

   In Montreal, the reference for the list of BBS is the list from
Juxtaposition, with around 300 numbers all in the 514 area.  You can
download it directly from Juxta, at 364-2937.  Many other BBS also
carry it.  Note that Juxta is VERY busy, so you will need to use
auto-redial to get on it.  If you're interested in erotica, you could
also call my BBS, RPix, at 739-8012.

Dan.
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dan@caofao.meca.polymtl.ca            The KISS principle:  Keep It Simple .Sig
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
From: waitd@columbia.dsu.edu (Darrin K. Wait)
Subject: Attention Wildcat Sysops
Keywords: Wildcat mail sysops sysop
Organization: Dakota State University
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 20:48:15 GMT

Attention Wildcat! Sysops with Usenet/Internet access!
.
Announcing a new service for the Wildcat! system operator -- WC-L, the
Wildcat! BBS Discussion list.
.
WC-L is a Usenet style mailing list which allows you to communicate
with other WC! SysOps in a private forum (like a newsgroup or a BBS
conference) via e-mail.
.
Why would you want to use WC-L?  In many places Usenet/Internet e-mail
can be had for less money echomail or calls to the MSI HQ BBS.  In
addition, due to the global nature of Usenet, the Internet, and other
connected networks, individuals from a wide geographic area will be
able to participate and share information.
.
To Subscribe to the Wildcat! BBS Discussion list (WC-L), send a
e-mail message to 'listserv%ailanth.uucp@wang.com' (or
'ailanth!listserv@wang.com' if your mailer can't handle the first
version).  In the body of the message give the command 'subscribe
wc-l'.  You will get a confirmation message from the listserv that it
processed your command, and a copy of the introductory text file about
WC-L.
....
WC-L Management - the Wildcat! BBS Discussion List
Questions? Problems?  mail root%ailanth.uucp@wang.com
Jim Troutman,         |         troutman%ailanth.uucp@wang.com        |
System Administrator, |                                               |
Ailanthus Project.    |                                               |
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|Darrin (DK) Wait                 | Disclamer: My views are my own.  |
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|Co-Sysop of THE SUPERIOR BBS     |     BBSing isn't just a hobby    |
| BBS # 605-256-5493              |          its a way of life       |
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|Internet = WAITD@COLUMBIA.DSU.EDU|      BITNET = S91177@SDNET       |
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
From: "amaranti athenae" <amaranti.athenae@canrem.com>
Subject: amaranti athenae
Reply-To: "amaranti athenae" <amaranti.athenae@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: alt
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:24:06 EST

       /\
      /  \ Free Access NaNet    Qmail   Offline   Reader  (Amaranti.Qwk)
     /\  /             ILink    USR Dual Standard 14.4k V.32bis/V.32/HST
    /  \/  Amaranti    UseNet   Operating 7 Days 24 Hours  300-14.4k bps
    \  /\  Athenae     InteLec  ----------------------------------------
     \/  \            EchoNet  Sysop  : Darcy Otto        Messages Only
      \  / 200 Confs   C2City   CoSysop: Victor Sue       Private System
       \/                       Phone  : (416)231-9944  Online 25-Mar-92
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    Amaranti Athenae is a small, private, messages-only bulletin board
    system which specialises particularly in the following:

    Ancient Greek and Classical Latin (Language and Literature)
    Ancient Greece and Classical Rome (History and Culture)
    Philosophy (History, Problems, Ancient and Modern)

    If you are particularly interested in any of these topics, certainly
    you are more than welcome to call, and I hope to see you!

Valete! ... Darcy
--
Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario
World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044