CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 05/26/92 00:59:59 Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 227054; next msg =45674; 374 active msgs. Prev. call 05/23/92 @ 16:13, next msg was 45670 Recording logon for next time. Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking for msgs TO you, ^ >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 3 KILLED. 140 SUMMARY. 24 05/23/92,16:14:00,227028,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#45670, 05/23/92,16:23:45,227029,X,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#45671,8 05/23/92,21:03:56,227030,3,JEFF HALVORSEN,, 05/23/92,21:11:09,227031,2,RICHARD HINTON,,2 05/23/92,22:49:06,227032,2,MARTIN SCHRADER,,102 05/23/92,23:19:17,227033,2,JOHNATHAN URSCHEL,,2 05/24/92,02:32:23,227034,2,CHARLIE KESTNER,,6 05/24/92,13:27:04,227035,2,BILL WOLFF,,2 05/24/92,19:05:43,227036,2,JIM POLOUS,,6 05/24/92,20:39:47,227037,9,PAUL JEFFRIS,Chicago/ IL,4 05/24/92,22:37:52,227038,2,RONALD NEI,, 05/25/92,00:33:04,227039,2,BILL MATTSON,,2 05/25/92,09:16:43,227040,2,GUS HOSSEINI,,4 05/25/92,10:55:59,227041,2,CHUCK JONES,,2 05/25/92,12:23:24,227042,2,ART CLEMONS,,1 05/25/92,12:50:33,227043,2,ALEX ZELL,, 05/25/92,13:57:14,227044,9,ERIC BOHLMAN,,1 05/25/92,16:15:24,227045,1,PETER FLIEGEL,,8 05/25/92,16:42:57,227046,2,KEVIN KEYSER,,10 05/25/92,16:57:09,227047,2,ART CLEMONS,,3 05/25/92,17:25:27,227048,2,DENNIS STAHL,,2 05/25/92,18:21:41,227049,1,SARA BANKS,chicago/ il,5 05/25/92,19:59:33,227050,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,, E#45672,10 05/25/92,20:50:53,227051,1,BOB TASA,Chicago,7 05/25/92,21:47:44,227052,2,BOB LUND,, E#45673,20 05/26/92,00:49:44,227053,2,WILLIAM TINDALL,Chicago/ IL, 05/26/92,01:00:04,227054,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 45670 05/23/92 WARD CHRISTENSEN => SHAWN BRYANT: "FILES" 45671 05/23/92 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ARCADY KHOTIN: "R/HELLO FROM RUSSIA" 45672 05/25/92 ANDY SHAPIRO => WARD/ALL: "COMPUADD EXPRESS" 45673 05/25/92 BOB LUND => ALL: "6809/FLEX/FOR SALE" - End of summary - Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts. Msg 45670 is 06 line(s) on 05/23/92 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to SHAWN BRYANT re: FILES CBBS had really never had file transfer - it keeps people who have messages to send or want to help answer, from using the system. Since this is the world's first BBS, I'd rather people get a chance to sign on and see a bit of history, than get a busy signal because someone is DLing something they could get from any of thousands of other places anyway. Msg 45671 is 15 line(s) on 05/23/92 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ARCADY KHOTIN re: R/HELLO FROM RUSSIA Oh, that's a big request - I'm not into writing long articles, and really don't have thoughts about what's happened to BBSs. Unfortunately, in a way, my "fame" has allowed me to be a guest on Compuserve and BIX, and because of that I've spent virtually NO time on any other BBSs than this one. What do I think of the changes in your country? Well, sounds strange, but I think the best is over. The "peak" was in overthrowing the old structure, but now you're faced with reality of a -relatively- free-market society. Heck, here even the company I work for has an office with a couple hundred people and I think we've declared 27 people "surplus" and they'll be offered other jobs in the "midwest area" (meaning up to hundreds of miles away), and others encouraged to take an offer of compensation and leave the company. I personally have been declared in the "upper half" of ranking so am not worried, but things are MUCH tougher with a lot bigger emphasis on selling our services. How does Clipper handle Cryllic? Msg 45672 is 29 line(s) on 05/25/92 from ANDY SHAPIRO to WARD/ALL re: COMPUADD EXPRESS Pardon the noise, but it's abad line from Schenectady. Ward, I'm in love with my CompuAdd Express machine! Not only is the machine GREAT, but their SERVICE is good, too. When the machine first arrived, it hgad some monitor problems (image tilted slightly). I called them, and the next day a new monitor (better quality) arrived from Texas, with prepaid airfare for its sibling to go back to texas. WOW. A week later I gave up on trying to fix a problem with clock drift. I called - and once again, they sent me out an upgraded machine (2 extra MB of RAM). Thewy're fast, DR DOS is SUPERIOR to MSDOS (hey, I used to use CP/M - I'm surprised, too!), and the machine (now that teething is over) is very nice. The Canon double drive is also neat - works just fine, and saves a drive bay for other goodies. I did get to do a little hardware hack (external). My office hooks up to a VAX cluster through a Develcon Dataswitch. Now, the DSW only looks at the following RS-232 lines - TD, RD, Sig Grnd, and DTR. DR DOS has a built-in task switcher (speedy with all that RAM!), but it forces DTR low when you switch away from a COM task. That meant that the Dataswitch was hanging up on me, so backgrounding wasn't too useful. My fix was to disconnect DTR from the computer, and wire the Dataswitch end of DTR to a small Radio Schok power supply (nominal; 6 VDC). Now I have an eternal DTR ready! I LIKE THAT MACHINE (too bad all I have at home is an original XT!). Msg 45673 is 12 line(s) on 05/25/92 from BOB LUND to ALL re: 6809/FLEX/FOR SALE hI- For sale A full Mot. 6809 system. HELIX 6809 based system - 2- 5.25; 2- 8in disk drives Complete with scads of 6809 development software - C, Pascal, Basic, etc. All under FLEX operating system Was real neat system in its time! - Still is for the most part! - Make me an offer somewhere around ??? Message here - Bob Lund dup. chars. >Function:?