From: ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu (andy)
Subject: Re: The Kracker Box BBS:  303/786-2109,,,,,,44
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Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 23:09:14 GMT


Just a little info about The Kracker Box BBS (this post is a follow-up
to a text-ad for The Kracker Box BBS):

The Kracker Box BBS has seen many incarnations in it's 5 years life,
since it's inception in 1987-88.  In that 5 years, not only has the
quality and maturity of the users improved, but so has the quality of
the board itself.  

The Kracker Box started out back in 1987 as an average, Apple //
board, which was not uncommon at the time.  Since then, we have stuck
close to those Apple // roots, yet we have expanded now to include
Macintosh and IBM support.  The Kracker Box features *incredible*
emulation, done by one of the cosysops.  The emulation really stands
out in ProTERM Special emulation mode.  The system is fast, and
features arrow-key menus to speed things up even more.  Often times
when I call another, plain-ole-average BBS, it seems incredibly terse and
complicated by comparison, requiring the user to remember dozens of
letter commands and such.  The Kracker Box BBS is incredibly flexible
and easy to use. 

Almost all of the system operators, at one time or another, have run
the board from their house, despite the incredible trials and
tribulations and general difficulties of running a BBS like ours,
which should give you some idea of how  dedicated we are to it.  

In the past, we have had users from as far and wide as Australia,
England, and Bulgaria, ranging from underground types to middle-aged
housewives.   The Kracker Box BBS is dedicated to the free flow and
exchange of information and ideas.  We have a text-file section on par
with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) archives (available at
ftp.eff.org).  Yet, remember, the Kracker Box BBS is only a small,
private BBS, not some internet giant.  We pack as much information as
possible in our little system.  Since we are dedicated to the freedom
of onformaion, you might mistake the Kracker Box as just another
underground BBS.  Not so.  Although we often times will have
underground users on the system, The Kracker Box BBS sees the line
between above-ground and underground irrelevant.  Our goal is to
disseminate information, to let the knowledge flow.  Restrictions on
this are pointless.  Yet, we do not in anyway promote illegal
activities - we just want all opinions to be expressed.  And, of
course, we, the sysops, do not consider ourselves responsible for
someone else's opinions.  I would like to think that this philosophy,
this dogma that we subscribe to at The Kracker Box, is similar to the
beliefs of systems like The WELL or MindVox, who bring together people
of all types without reservation, and provide a comfortable forum in
which to express one's opinions.  Yet, as I said before, the Kracker
Box is not on par with internet giants.  Yet, it costs nothing to call
our BBS, and you can find much the same information.

At The Kracker Box we consider ourselves a new breed of private
system.  We are free, we only have one line, we have a small amount of
discussion areas that are not echoed, yet we have tons of information.
We seek to reach those who like intelligent conversation, who don't
like to pay for information, and who like smaller, more private boards
- an escape from the internet.

The reason I am posting this now is because we are starting over at
the Kracker Box.  As it stands now, tere are only a few users [most of
them locals who have been supporters for awhile].  We are looking to
start over with more success then ever, with lots of lively
conversation and lots of new-found user enthusiasm!  So, call now to
jump in this fresh pool if ideas, before the system gets flooded!

A little about me:  I Am Andy, also known as Hawkeye, one of the
cosysops at The Kracker Box.  I run the FutureCulture List here on the
internet (home of the futureCulture FAQ some of you may've seen at one
time or another), I've written an article for Mondo 2000 recently,
contributed articles to the Computer Underground Digest, etc. I am
intensily interested in the computer underground, but from a
sociological perspective (which is what seperates The Kracker Box from
underground boards).  

The Kracker Box BBS:
303/786-2109,,,,,,44	
14.4k baud / 120 megs    
			 
(the 6 commas = about 10-12 seconds.  Your system may differ, but it
usually takes a 10 to 12 second pause.  It is not difficult to
connect, and usually takes only 1 or 2 tries on your first call to
figure out how your system likes to connect to The Kracker Box.)

Call today!







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