From: myron.krawczuk@hitech.newark.nj.us (Myron Krawczuk) 
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Subject: NEW BBS PROGRAM
Date: 20 Dec 92 19:29:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The HiTECH Group
Reply-To: myron.krawczuk@hitech.newark.nj.us (Myron Krawczuk) 

                HI! & WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY
                    - and many years beyond
                ---------------------------------
This is the new UNI*STAR BASE CENTRAL: sysop@hitech.newark.nj.us
reporting to you with great glad tidings for our wondrous STARSHIP
EARTH and all its denizens.  The first beneficiaries of this news will
be all SysOps interested in participating as a local UNI*STAR BASE in a
new system from the HiTECH Group.  The UNI*STAR BASE program is designed
to provide BBS operators and their users with:
  A. A NEW AND SIMPLE WAY TO CHARGE AND COLLECT for BBS services,
     software, information, images or just membership and usage;
  B. Participation in a completely NEW NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM; one
     designed TO BENEFIT EVERYONE who uses it;
  C. A variety of new ways to GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL NEW INCOME from their
     BBS operation with a whole array of EXCITING NEW BBS USER
     SERVICES;
  D. A way to SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE PHONE COSTS, enough to
     make direct accessing of boards across the country, a more
     practical and affordable reality;
  E. A very INEXPENSIVE SOURCE for many consumer and business items,
     including computer and communications equipment;
  F. A low-cost, electronic, UNIVERSAL MAIL SYSTEM, that allows its
     users to reach anyone in the U.S. and across the world directly,
     even if they have no fax or computer.
These are all part of the HiTECH Group's ENVIRONMENTALLY POSITIVE
Communications *UNiVERSE*, which has been under development since 1983.
Various elements and services comprising this HiTECH *UNiVERSE* will
be introduced one or two at a time, from now through most of 1993.
The HiTECH Group is an organization of individuals and companies that is
both a developer and extensive user of new technology.  Along with its
affiliates, Universal Capital Group and Universal TeleSystems, HiTECH
has created, by the use of Bulletin Boards and a new On-line Financial
Service, a simplified integrated system that will reduce the cost and
increase the benefits of current technology for a much broader segment
of the U.S. population than those currently using computers. If you are
presently a SysOp (actively running a BBS) or are seriously interested
in setting up your own Board, you are invited to become active in this
new HiTECH communications *UNiVERSE* as a UNI*STAR BASE Operator.  The
HiTECH *UNiVERSE* divides the continental U.S. into roughly 125
geographic areas, with up to 500 UNI*STAR BASES in each, though not
every one will carry every HiTECH/UNI*STAR service.  Your functions,
duties, responsibilities and income possibilities as a UNI*STAR BASE
Operator will vary according to your current users, others you want to
reach, as well as the HiTECH and UNI*STAR options you choose.  Some
entail modest fees, some are free, with most covered by a formal
contract.  You must be at least 16 years of age and be able to provide
local community references.  If you are not currently operating a BBS
but are considering doing so, HiTECH has a low-cost program to assist
you. Please mail requests for more information including your name and
voice or data phone number to - briefing@hitech.newark.nj.us.