SAUDI ARABIAN BBS's The following message was put on our board, The N.G.P.K. Shareware Board (513-563-NGPK), by one of our members. We checked out the first two boards and uploaded a couple of files and they seem perfectly normal. They are USRobotics 9600 HST, and I would recommend that you only call them with an HST or MNP error correction because of the large amount of line noise. (We only got 300 CPS with Z-modem and a 14,400 HST) The other numbers were posted on the board we called. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Abqaiq BBS, 011 966 3 5723884 The Jebel Rebel BBS, 011 966 3 8726400 They are in English and welcome callers from the US. They are supportive of the US troops over there. Here's the toll: 1 AM to 7 AM local time, the rate is $1.92 for the first minute and 69 cents for each additional. 7 AM to 5 PM, the rate goes to $3.19 for the first minute and $1.15 for each additional. The 2nd least expensive time to call is between 5 PM and 1 AM, when the rate is $2.39 for the first minute and 86 cents for each additional. For more information on international boards, one source is Download America BBS (203-676-1708). There's an international messaging area too, where you can correspond with callers fromm Australia to Europe to the Middle East to South America to Japan. I hope you find this useful and if you decide to try one I'd be interested on how you did. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The other numbers are: The Last Outpost BBS 03-673-0200 Bulldog BBS 03-895-2716 Dhahran - Bytenet BBS 03-872-7852 Haggis BBS 03-572-1653 Waseet (PC-Tech) BBS 03-894-3627 YEBBS BBS 02-660-1601 Abha Kadabha BBS 07-227-1845 And boards promising "something different": SigMac BBs 03-872-1355 DarkStar I BBS 03-872-7853 DarkStar II BBS 03-872-7851 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The NGPK Shareware Board, Cincinnati, Ohio, (513) 563-6475, USR HST 38400 BPS X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X Another file downloaded from: NIRVANAnet(tm) & the Temple of the Screaming Electron Jeff Hunter 510-935-5845 Rat Head Ratsnatcher 510-524-3649 Burn This Flag Zardoz 408-363-9766 realitycheck Poindexter Fortran 415-567-7043 Lies Unlimited Mick Freen 415-583-4102 Specializing in conversations, obscure information, high explosives, arcane knowledge, political extremism, diversive sexuality, insane speculation, and wild rumours. ALL-TEXT BBS SYSTEMS. Full access for first-time callers. We don't want to know who you are, where you live, or what your phone number is. We are not Big Brother. "Raw Data for Raw Nerves" X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X