NUMBER OF LINES: 999 001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19 1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2$************************* INSTALLED: 11 JAN 89 *************************** 3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator 4$************************************************************************** 5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately 8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general 9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the 10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all 11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the 12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data 13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out 14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering 15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to 16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up. 17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18$************************************************************************** 19$ 002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 01/11/89 19:21 Msg:2848 Call:17489 Lines:3 20 For every credibilty gap there is a gullibility fill. 21 - Richard Clopton 22 ******************************************************************** 003=Usr:93 DAVE ELKMAN 01/11/89 19:31 Msg:2849 Call:17490 Lines:11 23 ..........................$THE VIC-20 CHAMPION$............................ 24 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!! 25 I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP, 26 I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP, 27 I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP, 28 I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP, 29 I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP, 30 I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,I'M AT THE TOP,!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 31 Hey VISION how are you what school do you goto anyway? 32 YEE HAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'M AT THE TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 33 I beat Kurfur Redlig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 004=Usr:141 KILL ROY WAS HE 01/11/89 20:00 Msg:2850 Call:17491 Lines:17 34@JHFKASDFHJKLHJLKFSAHJKLFSDAHJLKFADSHJKLFSDAHJLKDAHJKLDFSAHJKLDFSHJKLFDSA 35@HJKFSDHJKLSADFKLHJFDSHJKLFDSHJKLSDFHJKLDFHJKDFSAHJKLDFSAHJKLSFADHJKLFSDAHJKL 36@JKLSADFJKL;FDSJKL;FSDAK;LJFDSKJL;FSDAKLJ;FSDAJKL;FDSAKLJ;FSAJKL;FDS;LJKFDSALJK; 37@L;'FDSGK;OLGFDJL;KGFDJLI;GSDFJLK;GFDSJLK;SGDFJLK;JLKSDFGJKLGFDJLSF 38@JKLGDFJKLGDFSJKL;GFDSLJK;DFGSJKL;GJKLGDFSJKL;GFDKJL;FGDSKL;JFGDJDFGSKL;GJL;KGJ 39@JFKDFHGKDFSLGLKDSJGFDLS;GJFDLSJGLDJGLDFSJGLSDJGLKDSFJGLKDFSJGLDSFJGKLDSFGJ;LDFG 40@JGKFDL;GJS;LDGJFDSLKJGDKLSFJGKLDFSJGDLKFGJKLDFGJLDFKJGLFDJGLKDFJGKDFJGL;KDSF 41@JKL;GFDSLK;G;GFDSLREGST9EYURITERHJVXCXBNMRFWSEDSTYWER4HJKFNMFDSVHJFSDFDS' 42@KJNBHKJHFD,SMMNJFAJHFHFJJKSDFAHJKDSJFHJKNJKDSCHSDJKNCSJKCNUISDACSJNCC 43@JHKLDSFHFDFDHYKFDASDHKLFASFHAWJKDFHSADJKFHLSKAHFKJSADHFJKASHFKAHFKJAHDLHFJKLAS 44@FROM KILLROY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((())))(((( 45 THE CHAMP!!!!!!!!!!!! 46 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KKIILLRROOYY((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))) 47 HHII 48 HHOOWW IISS EEVVEERRYYBBOODDYY?? 49 HHII CCHHAAMMPP.. WWHHOO EELLSSEE IISS OOUUTT TTHHEERREE?? 50 BBYYEE FFOORR NNOOWW!! 005=Usr:142 DEATH 0000000000 01/11/89 20:33 Msg:2851 Call:17492 Lines:8 51 @@DEATH 52 @@IS 53 @@WAITING 54 HI I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS SYSTEM FOR A WHILE NOW AND IT'S A KICK. 55 @@ 56 @@ 57@ 58 @@ 006=Usr:145 THE ABYSS 01/11/89 21:18 Msg:2852 Call:17493 Lines:17 59 I AM THE... 60 61 /\ 62 / \ 63 / /\ \ 64 / /____\ \ 65 \_/ \_/ BYSS 66 67 Lonliness.... darkness.... 68 who logs on here anyway? 69 it seems so EMPTY. 70@ _______________________________ 71@| | 72@| | 73@|___________________________________| 74 75 the ABYSS has spoken... 007=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/11/89 21:50 Msg:2853 Call:17496 Lines:34 76 77 ********************************************************************* 78 Boy, what a bummer!! I had been trying for hours to get in to be at the 79 top but it was busy. Now I know why. It must have taken forever for 80 the CHAMP$$$!!! to enter all those "I'm at the top!!" lines. Well, at 81 least I'm the third in, after the ABYSS. By the way ABYSS, that's a 82 killer logo you have there. I really like it. Well, congratulations 83 CHAMP!!!!!! You're definitely at the top!!! Good job on that one. By 84 the way, where is Kurfur Redlig, he hasn't been on since last week!! 85 He'll be dissappointed when he logs on!!! Oh, and CHAMP, to answer 86 your question, I go to Jesuit High School, which is in Portland officially, 87 but is more in the area of Beaverton. Have you ever heard of it????? 88 One thing's for sure, This is the longest message at the top. 89 See ya later. 90 ****************************** THE VISION *************************** 91 \ / 92 \ / 93 \ / 94 \ / 95 \/ 96 97 "V" is for VISION. 98 99 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 100 ********************************************************************** 101 ______________________________________________________________________ 102 103 By the way, Friar, just in case you didn't see it before the SYSOP reset 104 the lines, I left a message to you asking what a "parrot bashing exercise" 105 is. Please explain, I haven't the faintest clue as to what it is??? 106 Also, when will we be able to get the disk containing all the other lines? 107 ******************************* THE VISION ******************************* 108 And Astral Dreamer, leave a note when you arrive, Okay? 109 ************************************************************************** 008=Usr:30 JERRY CLARK 01/11/89 22:09 Msg:2854 Call:17497 Lines:14 110 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 111 Suddenly the sail flapped noisily and unfurled. Sorthalan walked 112 about the boat, tethering the rigging. The vessel rocked once, then 113 spun out into the river, turned about, and went with the flow. The 114 sail billowed and stretched, the ropes creaked and snapped, and the 115 boat listed sharply. Sorthalan stood at the long rudder, his cloak 116 wrapped about him, his gaze fixed now on the surface and cooled our 117 skins. The sun was low and the shadow of elementals flowed through 118 the trees, and across the waters ahead of us, making the water ripple 119 with an eerie light. 120 121 MYTHAGO WOOD 122 123 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/11/89 22:32 Msg:2855 Call:17498 Lines:42 124 &*&*&*&*'s 125 Hmm, Off to a good start it would seem. I'm not sure exactly what this parrot 126 bashing means. Perhaps Friar will enlighten us. 127 128 I ussually do write when I call in. It is only when I'm in a hurry or really 129 have nothing to say that I do not. Well, I think I'll write some on my story. 130 131 (Oh Oh, Now I've commited myself :-) ) 132 133 Aurthor and I prepared to leave. The lethergy around the table had grown 134 depresing and Kurfur had yet to return from his quest. 135 136 "Well now, I suppose I'll let you lead. Try to avoid the areas of greater 137 temporal drift if you would, I really don't enjoy getting lost for hours on 138 end." I said to him as we began to fade out. 139 140 "No problem, The swirls tend to upset my stomach you know." he replied. 141 142 We began mental communication. "You know," I said looking around. "There are of 143 course two way 9th order beings." 144 145 "Hmm, I suppose there probably are. Why do you bring it up?" 146 147 "Well," I began. "It strikes me that these beings would have the Ability to 148 manipulate time and such." 149 150 "Yes I suppose they could. Wouldn't be very fair of them though." 151 152 "No, I suppose not. I would bet that it goes on you know. Maybe that explains 153 why we somtimes get the feeling that things have changed. I think I knew 154 somebody awhile back that was a two way 9th order being. He went by the 155 name John Edison. Fancied himself to be an Interdimensional Police Officer." 156 157 "Really? Were was he when the king took my land and lair to pay for back taxes? 158 Besides, Why do you bring all of this up?" The Dragon asked. 159 160 "Well, I have a feeling we might be running into him." 161 162 An Astral Dreamer. 163 164 &*&*&*&*'s 165 010=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/11/89 22:59 Msg:2856 Call:17499 Lines:4 166 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 167 The day goes by so quickly. The night arrives so fast. Boy, am I tired!!! 168 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 169 The VISION. 011=Usr:507 todd rogers 01/12/89 09:28 Msg:2857 Call:17511 Lines:1 170 ------- Nothing moves so fast as slow and steady progress. 012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/12/89 11:32 Msg:2858 Call:17514 Lines:7 171 &*&*&*&*'s 172 Life is a series of small plays. Intermision may be fine for the audiance, But 173 it can make things a bit boring for the Actors. 174 175 An Astral Dreamer 176 &*&*&*&*'s 177 013=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 01/12/89 17:34 Msg:2859 Call:17519 Lines:13 178 --==========-=-----------=-==========-=-----------=-========-=---------====- 179 HI-HO! Lord Beaker here. Vision...wow, you sure call alot. Oh well. I 180 guess you'l slow down when the novelty wheres off. 181 182 Hey, anybody out there just plain know why?!? Probably not. Well one can 183 only hope for an eternity of some sort. That of course brings out alll 184 sorts of possibilitilities. 185 186 Erg. 187 188 LB The going semi-depressedly dreay out of his persona GIP \__/ 189 oo 190 -=--{-===-=-=----=-======---=--=====-=-----=-=-=====-=-=-----=-====--=-===-- 014=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/12/89 17:57 Msg:2860 Call:17521 Lines:5 191 192 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ 193 ********************************** THE VISION ******************************** 194 Well, LB, I guess you're right. I do call quite a bit. But this is fun........ 195 ****************************************************************************** 015=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/12/89 20:05 Msg:2861 Call:17524 Lines:5 196 197 198 199 200 016=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/13/89 00:17 Msg:2862 Call:17530 Lines:9 201 &*&*&*&*'s 202 It continues to be so. When I have the time I call atleast once a day. Although 203 I only go by one name now. When I first got on to Backwater I went by two. 204 sometimes I'd write messages back and forth to myself. Was kind'of fun but I 205 ran out of time and energh eventually. 206 207 An Astral Dreamer. 208 &*&*&*&*'s 209 017=Usr:58 Moon Head 01/13/89 02:05 Msg:2863 Call:17531 Lines:10 210 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 211 ~ 212 ~~~ 213 Eliza is wonderful, quite a friend...... I just had a lengthy conversation 214 with her....quite enjoyable. 215 216 But then again, at 02:30 in the morning - I'm easily amused....... 217 218 Goodnight, good people of the Inn.....sleep well and dream of new stories 219 to share. Moonhead. 018=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/13/89 14:42 Msg:2864 Call:17536 Lines:14 220 221 ******************************** THE VISION ********************************* 222 One might think that today, Friday the 13th, was just another normal day. But 223 whoever thinks that is wrong. In the movies, today would be the perfect day 224 for Friday The 13th, Part VIII to be released. Well, It wasn't. But, today, 225 completely by coincidence, the movie "Deep Star Six" was released. And, if 226 anyone knows this already, the director of that horror movie is Sean S. 227 Cunningham, who directed the original Friday The 13th. Did he do it on pur- 228 pose, or was it just coincidence. I usually don't care for horror films, but 229 there are some worth watching. I'm seeing this one tonight, and I'll write a 230 little review tomorrow (I'm not a critic -- I hate critics) to maybe help you 231 decide if you want to see it. So long 'till then. --THE VISION 232 **************************************************************************** 233 By the way, Astral Dreamer, what kind of movies do you like??? 019=Usr:666 james kolbet 01/13/89 16:24 Msg:2865 Call:17539 Lines:18 234 Hidey ho Hello! Kaitlyn here. A message to the Vision, so you go to Jesuit? 235 I happen to know a few guys who go there, in fact, I've gone out with a couple 236 Anyway, I go to Tigard, and am a senior this year. Maybe you can understand 237 a little about all the college application process, and how hectic it is!!!! 238 To everybody else, probably no one cares anyway, but I just got accepted to 239 Pacific Lutheran University, with a $1500 scholarship!!!!!!!!!!! 240 241 Since the quest seems to have disappeared without me, I think I'll get my other 242 story going. 243 244 Years ago, in the land of Grythen, a land much like our own, a small child 245 was born to the sister of the queen. She was destined to become the greatest h 246 the land, but since her father had died from an assasin's knife only a month be 247 and her mother died one day after her birth, the huntsman took her and hid her 248 somewhere in the land so enemies could not find her. She grew up, not knowing 249 her origin, the only person who knew was that huntsman. 250 Great beginning, Huh? 251 Kaitlyn 020=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/13/89 16:38 Msg:2866 Call:17540 Lines:2 252 Yes, quite an interesting start........................................... 253 021=Usr:145 THE ABYSS 01/13/89 17:45 Msg:2867 Call:17541 Lines:17 254 I AM THE... 255 256 ___ 257 |_ \ 258 / \ 259 / /\ \ 260 / /____\ \ 261 / ___________ \ 262 |_| |__|BYSS... 263 264 WOW. 265 How many lines can this go anyway? 266 I was reading some stuff from ASTRAL DREAMER and saw that the sysop had wiped 267 the disk from last time. 268 if, however it does not have a line limit, how do you know when the sysop is 269 going to clean it off? 270 ABYSS HAS SPOKEN... 022=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/13/89 17:57 Msg:2868 Call:17542 Lines:31 271 &*&*&*&*'s 272 Backwater works on a rotation basis. There are two disks. Each has 999 lines. 273 When one 1 is filled it gets moved to disk b. and the old disk b is archived 274 and removed from the system. So the active drive is always drive a. if you 275 want to get to drive be which has the last disk full of stuff you type 276 db. This will take you to disk b. To get back type da. 277 278 I have a friend (Milchar by name when he choses to grace this place with his 279 much to scarce presence.) Who has the complete backwater archive from 1982 to 280 mid 1987. Some fascinating stuff. (If you want a copy ask our illustriose 281 sysop, for an adequete donation he will I have been told gladly make you 282 copies.) 283 284 There are around 80 360k floppies full of stuff. I havn't read all of it, But 285 from what I've browsed there is a lot of really good stuff. Some really good 286 fiction and fascinating conversation. 287 288 Easily enough material for a book. I tend to think it would be a good idea if 289 a book of this sort were written. I can see some problems though. Who 'owns' 290 the stuff entered here? What does Cystop Mikey think? BWMS is one of the 291 oldest BBS's in the northwest and probably one of the oldest in the country 292 still running. 293 294 As a aspiring historian I think BWMS would be a good subject for a book. 295 What do the rest of you think? If possible I'd like to work on it in my spare 296 time. If nothing else it gives me a good excuse to read the whole archive :-) 297 298 An Astral Dreamer. 299 &*&*&*&*'s 300 301 023=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/13/89 19:29 Msg:2869 Call:17544 Lines:1 302 --Kaitlyn, tell me some more about yourself. 024=Usr:145 THE ABYSS 01/13/89 21:00 Msg:2870 Call:17547 Lines:11 303 I AM THE... 304 305 ___ 306 |_ \ 307 / /\ \ 308 / /____\ \ 309 / __________ \ 310 |_| |_|BYSS 311 312 THANKS ASTRAL DREAMER!!!!!!!!!! 313 THE ABYSS HAS SPOKEN... 025=Usr:666 james kolbet 01/13/89 21:28 Msg:2871 Call:17548 Lines:14 314 +++++++++++++++++++ 315 Hidey Ho hello! 316 It's me again. Okay Abyss, you wanted to know more? Well, I'm 18, a senior 317 you already knew that!) and I'm , well I'm just fooling around on this board. 318 Actually, my dad logged on onetime, didn't like it, so he never came back to it 319 Then, for some strange reason, he taught me how to log on, and I've become addi 320 At least when I'm not busy doing homework or the hundreds of other activities. 321 also like fantasy stories and writing stories. Is that enough? If not, then 322 does anyone want to trade hints on Infocom games? I've solved Zork I, II, but 323 I'm stuck on Planetfall, and others. That's one of my other hobbies. Most 324 people are surprised that a girl would want to do things like this, but, so wha 325 326 Alright, I told you about me, how about you? 327 Kaitlyn++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 026=Usr:150 KELSEY TILANDER 01/13/89 23:17 Msg:2872 Call:17550 Lines:6 328 THIS IS SLUG 329 BEING NEW TO THIS COUMPUTER STUFF I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO GIVE ME SOME TIPS ON 330 WHAT I SHOULD DO ABOUT SOME GOOD SYSTEMS 331 332 ^C 333 027=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/14/89 09:50 Msg:2873 Call:17560 Lines:7 334 ********************************** THE VISION ****************************** 335 Hi Kaitlyn, VISION here. As a matter of fact, I have solved all the zork 336 games, including Planetfall. Just tell me where you are stuck, I can tell 337 you everything you need to know to win, Ok? By the way, I was the one who 338 typed in "tell me some more about yourself", sorry, but I forgot to put in 339 "The VISION" after it. But you still answered my question. Thanks. 340 **************************************************************************** 028=Usr:666 james kolbet 01/14/89 11:38 Msg:2874 Call:17563 Lines:14 341 Hidey Ho hello! It's me again. Well, Vision, I know how to repair the compute 342 fix the bedistor, and fix the communication system, and get food. That's all 343 I can do. How do you get the lamp to enter the dark rooms and not get eaten 344 by grues? 345 346 On with my story...... 347 The years passed as the child grew, and she was ignorant of anything but 348 her work at an inn located deep in the forest. On her seventeenth birthday, 349 however, a man came to the inn and enlisted her as an apprentice. She left 350 to study the ways of magic, for he said she had talent. Little did she know 351 where her studies would take her...... 352 353 Signing off for now! 354 Kaitlyn++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 029=Usr:322 Stray Cat 01/14/89 14:55 Msg:2875 Call:17566 Lines:3 355 So Mikey, I want the disks. What do I do now? How much for 1970 - 86? I 356 think I've got the others. 357 030=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/14/89 19:17 Msg:2876 Call:17579 Lines:95 358 &*&*&*&*'s 359 Aurthor and I appeared on the top of a low green hill overlooking a valley that 360 wa lightly forested with evergreens. There was a small creek runing down beside 361 us and it continued down into the forest to be lost in one of the denser 362 grouping of trees. , not 363 364 I turned to the dragon. "As I remember your cave is located in the northeast 365 corner of the valley, I suppose you brought us down here to avoid the king and 366 his men? 367 368 "Yes, Not that I'm afraid of them. It just seemed the prudent thing to do you 369 know." he replied. 370 371 "Of course. Why don't I walk over there why you wait here and check things 372 out?" 373 374 "Sounds like a fair plan to me. Just yell if you need any help." 375 376 "Ok, I'll be back in a hour or so." 377 378 So saying I began the trip to the cave. It took me nearly 20 minutes to get 379 there as the forrest had proven to be denser then I had at first thought it to 380 be. 381 382 I approached the cave slowly so as to not encite anyone who may have been 383 guarding it. 384 385 I noted several men camped outside the entrance. They were dressed in suits of 386 armor and tied off to one side were approximetly two dozen large war hourses. 387 388 "Excuse me!" I called as I walked out of the woods and onto the trail that 389 led up to the cave. "I need to speak to your leader." 390 391 "Really? And who might you be skulking in our woods?" Asked one of the guards. 392 393 "My name is Michael, I come representing Aurthor the Dragon lately of these 394 premasis." 395 396 "Oh, that fat overgrown Lizard. What do you want to know?" 397 398 "Where your leader is." 399 400 The man sighed. "Verywell, Robbins go in and see if the revenuer is busy." 401 402 Robbins (Or so I assumed him to be.) Got up and jogged into the cave. While I 403 was waiting I took some time to do a carfull examination of the rest of the 404 soldiers. They were all well dressed and appeared to be Highly disciplined and 405 trained fighting men. I began to suspect that Aurthur had had good reason 406 to give in easily. 407 408 Suddenly there was a loud pop of to my right. I turned and there I saw a 409 familier though baffling sight. John Edison Interdimensional Police officer 410 had appeared Bathtub and all. 411 412 "What? Hmm, I seem to be lost." He said standing up and turning around. 413 414 "Where the bloddy Hell did you come from!" The guard who had adressed me 415 earlier asked as he and his companions drew their weapons. 416 417 John Edison stood up straighter. "I am John Edison, Interdimensnonal Police 418 officer!" He replied proudly. 419 420 "Police officer eh?" The guard said suspiciosly. "Well you out of your 421 jurisdiction in that case." 422 423 "Imposible" John Eddison replied. 424 425 "Gentlemen." I interupted. "I think we should all relax a bit. Doesn't do to 426 have all this yelling when we could conduct ourselves as civilized beings." 427 428 "very well" said the Guard. "We will let the king decide." 429 430 "Is he the local authority?" asked John. 431 432 "Yes he is." The Guard answered him. 433 434 435 "Very well then, I will wait to see what he says about who has authority." 436 437 Just then the revenuer came out. "What seems to be the problem?" she said 438 walking towards the (I now assumed) Head guard. 439 440 "Well mam, The gentlemen in the strange pants and shirt says he represents 441 One Aurthor Dragon who used to inhabit this cave." 442 443 "Oh, Good. He took my advice then. Come on into the cave and I'll explain 444 the situation to you." She said motioning me forward. "Your name is?" 445 446 "Michael." 447 448 "And my name is Nancy. Whatch out for that Jeweled Scptre" 449 450 An Astral Dreamer 451 &*&*&*&*'s 452 031=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/14/89 20:08 Msg:2877 Call:17580 Lines:13 453 454 ******************************** THE VISION ***************************** 455 Yes, It's me, and I finally got around to seeing "Deep Star Six" today. 456 It was OK. Lots of action, but dumb action, and little good dialogue and 457 story and interesting techniques. It is definitely for the undemanding. 458 It's about some underwater science team and an alien they discover in 459 a cave under the sea floor. Sounds interesting, and is, but the final 460 production just doesn't pull through. It has some funny stuff here and 461 there, about three or four major pulse-pounding scenes, but not enough 462 considering some of the other films that have been out lately. See ya! 463 ************************************************************************* 464 By the way, AD (Astral Dreamer), I've been following your story and I 465 like it. It's interesting............................................ 032=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/14/89 20:18 Msg:2878 Call:17582 Lines:11 466 467 468 Hey $CHAMP$!, where are you lately! 469 470 471 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 472 AT THE COMMAND PROMPT, TRY ENTERING ANYTHING UNTIL YOU GET A LITTLE BIT 473 INTO THE NEXT LINE. WHEN IT STARTS TO BEEP, THEN KEEP TYPING IN A BUNCH 474 OF JUNK FOR A LITTLE WHILE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A VIDEO GAME. 475 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 476 KKIILLRROOYY 033=Usr:666 james kolbet 01/14/89 20:47 Msg:2879 Call:17584 Lines:5 477 +++++++++++++++++ 478 Hidey Ho Hello! 479 Hey VISION, where's my response? 480 Kaitlyn++++++++++++++++++ 481 034=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/15/89 00:32 Msg:2880 Call:17590 Lines:16 482 &*&*&*&*'s 483 Thanks for the complament Vision. It may be kind'of obviose that I compose at 484 the keyboard. I know were the story is going to but I actually write while 485 loged in. Writing is fun as a hobby, and some day I may even be good at it, 486 But you really starve most of the time even if you are great. 487 488 Have you ever wondered why you have the skills and talents you do? I wonder if 489 I started out with the talents I have now or if I developed them because for 490 some reason I grew interested in that subject and spent a lot of time at it. 491 492 Just a thought. 493 494 An Astral Dreamer. 495 496 &*&*&*&*'s 497 035=Usr:154 BRUCE ALLEN CLAR 01/15/89 01:35 Msg:2881 Call:17592 Lines:19 498 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 499 500 501 502 TO ALL OF YOU WHO CONTINUE TO LEAVE TRASH ON THIS SYSTEM, THOSE OF US WHO ARE N 503 EW AT COMPUTERS AND SUCH, IT DOES NOT LEAVE A GOOD IMPRESSION. SOME OF THIS STU 504 FF IS INTERESTING, BUT ALL THIS STUFF FROM LITERATURE IS FOR COLLEGE PROFESSOR 505 S. 506 &&&&&&&&&& 507 508 HAVE A NICE DAY. 509 510 C.C.M. INC. 511 P.S. 512 KAITLYN, CONGRATULATIONS ON 513 YOUR SCHOLARSHIP, CONSIDER YOURSELF FORTUNATE. ONCE AGAIN CONGRATS... 514 *$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 515 036=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 01/15/89 11:24 Msg:2882 Call:17596 Lines:33 517 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 518 Astral Dreamer - The other adventure is dead. Go for it, and you seem 519 to be doing a fine job. 520 521 Kaitlyn - Pretty name. Is it real or is it a pseudonym? I picture a 522 Kaitlyn as a smallish woman, about 5' 4", around 125#. Delicate features, 523 but colour in the cheeks. A long mass of wavy strawberry blonde curls. 524 A lilting laugh out of a thin but sensuous mouth. Red lips, and the hair 525 cascading down both sides of the face reaching down to breasts almost 526 defiant in their sauciness. A flat stomach, well proportioned hips. 527 Absolutely marvellous legs. 528 Now, how close am I? If it is a pseudonym, I can be exactly correct. If 529 it is real, let us know how close. 530 531 C.C.M. - I am not sure what you are referring to by "ALL THIS STUFF FROM 532 LITERATURE" (nor do I understand why you are shouting.) but if you are 533 referring to the stories placed on the board, then I think you may be on 534 the wrong board. BWMS has a long history of stories, dating back many 535 years. Back when Piper, Pam, Milchar, and many others walked these 536 lines. I would like to see us go back to some of those times. 537 538 Cistop Mikey - 539 How about it? There's an Idea that may have some merit. How about 540 resurrecting some of those times? Put an archive disk on DB and change 541 it every other day. I suggest starting from the very beginning, or 542 perhaps when Pam came back around 83. Some of the stories and 543 adventures were great. Some of the debates were fabulous. Maybe we 544 can start something anew. Astral Dreamer has got one going, and others 545 have tried. Maybe this would provide impetus to continue? 546 It might be hard technically, since we used to allow long lines, and 547 there weren't as many, but I have faith in you. 548 549 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 037=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/15/89 12:04 Msg:2883 Call:17598 Lines:5 550 551 C.C.M. - Well, I don't agree with you, but I can see where you might have 552 a problem with this board. If it's not stories you want, what is it??? Tell 553 me what you want to talk about. 554 038=Usr:71 David Shult 01/15/89 14:24 Msg:2884 Call:17602 Lines:68 555 696969696969 556 Grolier 557 558 King, Martin Luther, Jr. 559 -------------------------------- 560 Martin Luther King, Jr., was a man of impressive moral presence who devoted 561 his life to the fight for full citizenship rights of the poor, disadvantaged, 562 and racially oppressed in the United States. Born on Jan. 15, 1929, in 563 Atlanta, Ga., he was the second of three children of the Rev. Michael (later 564 Martin) and Mrs. Alberta Williams King. He received a bachelor's degree in 565 sociology (1948) from Morehouse College, a B.D. (1951) from Crozer Theological 566 Seminary, and a doctorate in philosophy (1955) from Boston University.^In 567 1954, King accepted his first pastorate--the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in 568 Montgomery, Ala. He and his wife, Coretta Scott King, whom he had met and 569 married (June 1953) while at Boston University, had been resident in 570 Montgomery less than a year when Mrs. Rosa Parks defied the ordinance 571 concerning segregated seating on city buses (Dec. 1, 1955). King's successful 572 organization of the year-long Montgomery bus boycott, with the assistance of 573 the Rev. Ralph ABERNATHY and Edward Nixon, catapulted him into national 574 prominence as a leader of the CIVIL RIGHTS movement.^King studied the life and 575 teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and further developed the Indian leader's doctrine 576 of satyagraha ("holding to the truth"), or nonviolent civil disobedience. In 577 the aftermath of Montgomery he traveled, delivered speeches, and wrote his 578 first book, Stride Toward Freedom (1958). In 1960 he accepted copastorship 579 with his father of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and became president 580 of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Although he continued 581 to travel and speak widely and firmly committed the SCLC to voter-registration 582 campaigns throughout the South, King's major campaigns were those in Albany, 583 Ga. (December 1961-August 1962), Birmingham, Ala. (April-May 1963), and 584 Danville, Va. (July 1963). He organized the massive March on Washington (Aug. 585 28, 1963) where, in his brilliant "I Have a Dream" speech, he "subpoenaed the 586 conscience of the nation before the judgment seat of morality." In January 587 1964, Time magazine chose King Man of the Year, the first black American so 588 honored. Later that year he became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace 589 Prize.^After supporting desegregation efforts in Saint Augustine, Fla., in 590 1964, King concentrated his efforts on the voter-registration drive in Selma, 591 Ala., leading a harrowing march from Selma to Montgomery in March 1965. Soon 592 after, a tour of the northern cities led him to assail the conditions of 593 economic as well as social discrimination. This marked a shift in SCLC 594 strategy, one intended to "bring the Negro into the mainstream of American 595 life as quickly as possible." Having begun to recognize the deeper 596 relationships of economics and poverty to racism, King now called for a 597 "reconstruction of the entire society, a revolution of values." Along with 598 demands for stronger civil and voting rights legislation and for a meaningful 599 poverty budget, he spoke out against the Vietnam War. On Apr. 4, 1967, he told 600 an audience that "The Great Society {President Lyndon Johnson's antipoverty 601 program} has been shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam."^Early in 1968, 602 King began to plan a multiracial poor people's march on Washington to demand 603 an end to all forms of discrimination and the funding of a $12-billion 604 "Economic Bill of Rights." In the midst of organizing this campaign, he flew 605 to Memphis, Tenn., to assist striking sanitation workers. There, on Apr. 4, 606 1968, King was felled by an assassin's bullet. The violent death of this man 607 of peace brought an immediate reaction of rioting in black ghettos around the 608 country. Although one man, James Earl Ray, was convicted of King's murder, the 609 question of whether he was the paid agent of conspirators has not been 610 conclusively resolved. It is clear only that the United States was deprived of 611 a towering symbol of moral and social progress. King's birthday was declared a 612 federal holiday in 1983. DAVID LEVERING LEWIS 613 614 Bibliography: Davis, Lenwood G., I Have a Dream (1969; repr. 1973); King, 615 Coretta Scott, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. (1969); Lewis, David L., 616 King: A Biography, 2d ed. (1978); Miller, William Robert, Martin Luther King, 617 Jr.: His Life, Martyrdom, and Meaning for the World (1968); Oates, Stephen B., 618 Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life and Times of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1982). 619 620 Join in the rally downtown a Pioneer Courthouse Square at noon, Tuesday Jan. 17 621 622 696969696969696969 039=Usr:155 JIMMY HUYGERSY 01/15/89 15:05 Msg:2885 Call:17604 Lines:2 623@1 624@1 040=Usr:28 troy wirth 01/15/89 15:58 Msg:2887 Call:17608 Lines:6 625 ()()()()()()()()(()()()()()()())()()(()()()()()()()()()()()())())(()()() 626 Can anyone tell me what the phone number is to dow jones stock market service? 627 or the parameters that you are supposed to use for the computer line. 628 Thanx, 629 troy wirth 630 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 041=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/15/89 16:32 Msg:2888 Call:17610 Lines:9 631 Sorry, but I don't know that number or the parameters. 632 ************************************ THE VISION **************************** 633 Sorry, Kaitlyn, but last time I forgot to answer your request about the 634 game "Planetfall". At least I think it was Planetfall you were speaking 635 636 about. I have not played that game for a long time, when I solved it it 637 was a number of years ago, so could you tell me a little bit more about 638 what you need to know? Sorry; just elaborate and I'm sure I can help. 639 ************************************************************************* 042=Usr:93 DAVE ELKMAN 01/15/89 16:56 Msg:2889 Call:17611 Lines:5 640 @*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@%%%%$$$$THE VIC-20 CHAMPION$$$$%%%%@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@ 641 Hi everybody. I noticed that there are a few new people. Welcome. 642 I changed my border a little the other was kind of pla. Sorry I've been 643 off for so long. Killroy uses my modem so when I'm not on neither is he. 644 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><>$%ThE vIc-20 ChAmP%$<><><><><><><><><><><><><>! 043=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/15/89 18:08 Msg:2890 Call:17613 Lines:4 645 ******************************** THE VISION ***************************** 646 HEY $CHAMP$!, I LIKE YOUR NEW BORDER!! WELL, I'LL SEE YA LATER. I HAVEN'T 647 GOT MUCH MORE TO SAY. LEAVE A NOTE IF YOU DESIRE. 648 ************************************************************************* 044=Usr:666 james kolbet 01/15/89 20:15 Msg:2891 Call:17616 Lines:9 649 +++++++++++++++++++ 650 Hidey Ho Hello! 651 Well, Vision, I haven't played Planetfall for about five or six months, so I' 652 to boot it up and see how far I can get, then tell you where I've gotten lost. 653 I'll get back in a few days or so. Thanks for responding! 654 Kaitlyn 655 Oh, and Friar (I think it was you) Kaitlyn isn't my real name, but it is rather 656 close to it. 657 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 045=Usr:58 Moon Head 01/15/89 22:02 Msg:2892 Call:17618 Lines:30 658 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 659 660 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 661 662 Regarding C.C.M.'s comments earlier - this is indeed the wrong board if the 663 stories and "literature" do not hold an interest for you..... 664 665 I originally logged on this board back in about 1984 (perhaps a year or so 666 earlier - and I no longer remember my original password/name) and I was very 667 intrigued by the "round-robin" storytelling concept. Unfortunately the only 668 time I could log on was from a display terminal at my job on graveyd so 669 I had no time to join.....just to observe. 670 671 I now have my own system in my home office so was delighted to discover the 672 system and the original concept survives. Perhaps the idea of "replaying" 673 some of the old archive disks would indeed be a good idea - new and old 674 users alike would benefit, I think....and the stories will go on. 675 676 For now, I hope to observe for a short while to learn how and where the 677 new story lines are going (looks like one is off to a good start....) and 678 then I shall try my hand, if I may. Although a bit older now, my brain and 679 imagination still work.... and I'm glad Backwater and the people on the 680 system are here. 681 682 And now, with crystal ball in hand, I wish you all...... 683 684 ............................... "happy trails" ............................ 685 Moonhead. 686 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 687 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 046=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/16/89 10:46 Msg:2893 Call:17631 Lines:5 688 ******************************* THE VISION ******************************* 689 Hey, Kaitlyn, read LINES 890-902 on DB. I wrote a message to you near the 690 999 line mark and I don't think you ever got to read it because the sysop 691 reset the lines before you came on again. See Ya. 692 ************************************************************************** 047=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/16/89 18:42 Msg:2894 Call:17652 Lines:2 693 Hey, where is everybody???? 694 Astral Dreamer, continue your story. 048=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/16/89 20:07 Msg:2895 Call:17657 Lines:21 695 &*&*&*&*'s 696 Hello, 697 Can't continue the story right now, I have some homework to do. I have to try 698 to explaine how this philosopher named wittgenstein differentiates between 699 things that are facts and thus true, and religion which he says does not need 700 to have any bases in fact and can still be validly true for the religiose 701 person. 702 703 All part of this course I accidentally took. We're trying to decide wether or 704 not the world is a subjectavists claim it to be or more along the lines 705 clained by objectovists. 706 707 Is everything around us a result of the way we think? is there more then one 708 'truth'? (And for that matter what is truth? 709 710 Interesting stuff but all in all I kind of view it as a case of the tail 711 wagging the Elaphent. 712 713 An Astral Dreamer 714 &*&*&*&*'s 715 049=Usr:666 james kolbet 01/16/89 20:21 Msg:2896 Call:17658 Lines:14 716 Hidey Ho Hello! 717 Sorry Vision, I must have missed it. In answer to what Friar said earlier, 718 you were pretty close! I'm 5'6" and I'm not telling my weight. My hair is shor 719 brown-rather non-descript, kinda mousy. If you want to have a clue at all what 720 I look like, watch the paper this spring--the Tigard Times, if you get it. I 721 should be in there for golf. I'm on the Tigard team--I was #1 last year. Look 722 for "Katie" that's my real name. 723 Vision, how about you? I don't know a thing about you, except that you're 724 sixteen and you go to Jesuit. Anything I should know before continuing to 725 converse with you? How about you likes and dislikes, at least then I might 726 have something to say to you that could be interesting.(rather than this mumbo 727 jumbo I'm writing now!!!) 728 SEE YA LATER!!!!!!!!!!! 729 Kaitlyn++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 050=Usr:145 THE ABYSS 01/16/89 23:31 Msg:2897 Call:17663 Lines:17 730 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----------->>>>>>>>----->>>>>---->>>>--->>-->>->- 731 I AM THE... 732 733 ___ 734 |_ \ 735 / /\ \ 736 / /____\ \ 737 / __________ \ 738 /__/ \__\BYSS... 739 740 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS BUSINESS ABOUT BEING "AT THE TOP" IS, BUT, AS 741 TEND TO BE LUSKY YN A COMPLETELY RANDOM THING SUCH AS THIS, I WILL ALSO 742 COMPETE TO GET IN THE FIRST MESSAGE. 743 (If I sound as though I am a drag, don't be fooled, I'm completely rested 744 and sane (for once)). 745 746 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>------------=->>>.>>>>>----->>>>--->>>--->>-->>->- 051=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 01/17/89 00:28 Msg:2898 Call:17666 Lines:55 747 {} 748 749 Vision - "parrot bashing exercise" is the Blue Parrot? Is that place 750 still kicking? 751 752 * * * 753 '54 ^OOOOOOO! 755 756 757 The pain was great. Like stuffing your whole body into a blender. Then, 758 someone pressed the puree' button... 759 760 ...and it continued. Eventually, I pulled what little was left of my 761 essence out of the0wor} trap, and pieced my liquid body back into place. 762 (Concentrate: Solidify. Rigid but moving. Whole. Not apart) with my 763 mind racing against the pain of re-joining. (Almost myself, becoming 764 stronger) with each second, my body was returninw. 765 766 Then, I heard it. 767 768 That laugh. Loud, but not oppressive. Just jeering. Somewhere. 769 770 All was black. Nothing. I couldn't even find a fix on Beta Space, 771 and still, for the first time in "years", I feared. The fear passed over 772 me, spawned from doubt and misunderstanding. My Master Guru's words 773 came into my ear: "doubt not, for your doubt is true. Know that 774 all is and is not and is both and neither, for you are an experience, 775 and shqll qlways be." The doubt became a sense of calm, slowly purging 776 the more-than-human fear from my being. I listened again, only 777 to have found that the laughter had stopped. It was my turn to laugh. 778 Ignorance had found me and placed me ind thu worm trap (a worm trap 779 is two "wormholes" placed in opposite time flow directions. You end 780 up travelling both forward and backward in time. Not a fun thing). 781 Ignorance, also known as stupidity, fear, doubt, shame, guilt, and 782 ma~i mqny other names. I chuckled, then burst out in laughter, shattering 783 the barrier of blackness around me. I was home the entire time. 784 I was in Beta Space. All was, as it was, again. 785 786 "Leave my home! Go vex some other being moru wordhy of your talents, 787 and do not return, LEAST I ENLIGHTEN YOU!" my voice boomed, and with 788 that note, Ignorance whimpered and returned to the Dark Lords, seeking 789 security. 790 791 * * * 792 793 Sometimes fathers don't know bust.0 Sorry to have been gone for so 794 long, but there were some temporary setbacks at home. 795 796 Hagbard Celine has returned. And everyone is invited to Beta Space 797 at there own "time". 798 799 Hagbard Celine 800 801 {} 052=Esr:84 Michael Miller j 01/17/89 01:03 Msg:2899 Call:17667 Lines:16 802 &*&*&*&*'s 803 Well the disk is filling fast. Hopefully I'll feel up to another story entry 804 tommorow. You know I've been more broke this last year then I've ever been 805 synce0moving out of my parents house 3 1/2 years ago. 806 807 Why am I telling you this? Well, It's getting to be a bit depressing. It's 808 always easier to take these things when you share them. 809 810 Hope you don't mind my babling, It's 1am qnd I can't sleep. Have to be up 811 at 8am. 812 813 Blah blah blah. 814 815 An Astral Dreamer 816 &*&*&*&*'s 817 053=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 01/17/89 08:38 Msg:2900 Call:17674 Lines:6 818 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]K][]K][][][][][][][] 819 Yo. Less Celebrate Matin Lutha Kings Birthday! 820 How, man. 821 Riot! 822 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][] 823 054=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/17/89 14:19 Msg:2901 Call:17679 Lines:1% 824 825 |\|\|\|\|\| {}{}{}{}{} [][][][][] :;:;:;:; "'"'"'"'"' -_-_-_-_-_ @$@$@$@$@$ 826 THE VISION 827 I'm trying out new borders. I guess I'll scratch that one. It's too hard 828 to write out -- and it sucks. 829 Oh, and Kaitlyn, I'll be back in0a lydtle bit to tell you more about me. 830 You should know more than you said, though, I'm 16 and at J-HIGH, but I 831 also wrote that I want to be a movie director too (USC). I'll tell you 832 even more later. Have to go for now. See ya. 833 !@#!@#!P#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@#!@# 834 NOW THAT'S A POSSIBILITY -- WELL, ACTUALLY IT SUCKS TOO. Oh, well, you can 835 not beat AD's &*&*&*&*'s, It's just great and I still don't know why I like 836 it so much, It's just neat for some odd reason. 837 I'll use my old, unoriginal border for the end of my entry. 838 ******************************** THE VISION ******************************* 055=Usr:71 David Shult 01/17/89 15:27 Msg:2902 Call:17680 Lines:61 839 69696)696969 840 Portland City Council 841 Votes to Ban Polystyrene Containers 842 January 12, 1989 843 The Portland City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 11, voted 4-1 in favor ov an0 844 outright ban on polystyrene foam food containers used by restaurants and food 845 vendors beginning Jan. 1, 1990. Final action on the ordinance will be taken 846 next week. Plastic industry representatives had tried to gather support for (47 greater plastic recycling efforts, rather than a ban, however the ban was 848 approved. Berkeley, Ca., the state of Florida, and Suffolk County, N.Y. have 849 recently adopted similar bans. 850 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~n~~~n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 851 Via GreenLink: 852 ================================================================ 853 December 17, l988 854 855 856 SEXUAL PREFERENCE OF SHEEP SAID TO COST FARMERS MILLIONS 857 858 DUBOIS, Idaho - About 1&0persent of the 130,000 male sheep in 859 the nation may reject amorous overtures from females, costing 860 sheep ranchers at least $7 million a year, the U.S. Agriculture 861 Department said. 862 863 Scientists at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station0at Dubois found 864 that 16 of the 100 rams they studied were "duds," lacking in sex 865 drive. Similar ratios have been reported in other studies. 866 867 "Of the 16 rams tested, half were attracted solely to other 868 males," said biologisd James Fitzgerald. 869 870 "Rams mounting other rams is considered normal behavior," said 871 Anne Perkins, a doctoral candidate studying sheep behavior at the 872 station. "However, rams that persist in mounting males, even in 873 the presence0of vemales in heat, we call homosexuals." 874 875 Perkins said sheep producers need to watch for nonproductive 876 rams. 877 878 "Our study showed homosexual behavior disrupts the matings of 879 rams expected to service up to 100 ewes in 21 tays<" Perkins 880 said. "This leads to fewer births, smaller flocks and less income 881 for lamb producers." 882 883 Perkins' study indicates that differences in high and low sex 884 drives are linked to physiological differences. She said blod (85 hormone levels differ according to a ram's sex drive, adding she 886 will continue to investigate links between a ram's hormone levels 887 and endocrine control originating in its brain. 888 889 "This research may have implications for thce scientists 890 investigating human sexuality,"she said. 891 892 The scientists hope their research will ultimately lead to the 893 development of a simple test ranchers can use to screen 894 nonproductive rams. The study is part of research at thu station 895 to improve sheep production nationwide. 896 ^^ 897 696969696969696969 898 899 056=Usr:93 DAVE ELKMAN 01/17/89 16:12 Msg:2903 Call:17681 Lines:14 900 901 yo 9020@*@*@*@ @*@*@*@ 903 @*@*@*@ @*@*@*@ 904 @*@*@*@ @*@*@*@ 905 %%5%$$4$THE VIC-20 CHAMP$$$$%%%%% 906 Hi everybody it's me again. Kerfur must have left the system. 907 Who is the ale beast? 908 Who is the Abyss?(killer log. 909 Who will be at the top? 910 Bye for now!!!!!!!!!!! 911 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><>tHe ViC-2 cHaMpIoN<><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 912 * 913 5 057=Usr:141 KILL ROY WAS HE 01/17/89 16:49 Msg:2904 Call:17682 Lines:1 914 KKKKKIIIIILLLLRRRROOOOYYYY WWWWAAAASSSSS HHHHHHHHHHEEERRRRREEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! 058=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/17/(9 1):20 Msg:2905 Call:17689 Lines:20 915 916 ********************************* THE VISION ******************************* 917 Well, $CHAMP$, it looks like the sysop doesn't go for those who enter *'s to 918 get to the end of a disk. You really wand0the0top spot, huh? Oh, well, it is 919 a high position. I'm not that concerned about getting the top spot, although 920 it is a fun challenge. Looks like we'll just have to stick it out and enter 921 meaningful lines of information until we reach our woal0of 999 lines. Also, 922 try to keep in touch more, I haven't heard from you much at all lately. See 923 ya! 924 ************************************************************************ 925 Hey, Astral D, are you gonna do more on your story today? )26 I'm please to let you know that on the next disk, I am going to start 927 a little story of my own. Don't worry, I won't copy your idea at all. 928 Actually, I'm trying to think of something original and interesting, 929 and I haven't had much luck yn dxat area. I might just enter some 930 of a script I wrote for a movie that I hope to direct in the future, 931 and if you like it, I'll put in the whole thing and you can tell me 932 if you think it would make a good film, and if you don't like it, then 933 I'll just stop entering it altogether. Well, I'll be seeing ya. 934 ************************************************************ THE VISION *** 059=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/17/89 20:02 Msg:2906 Call:17691 Lines:44 935 936 There's an ynteresting article in today's Oregonian newspaper for those 937 who are interested in music for their computers. 938 It talks about the MIDI computer chip or something and how it can create 939 professional quality sound for home computers. Check it out! 9$0 941 Speaking of movies, like I usually do, has anyone see the movie 942 "Electric Dreams"?? It was out in about, Oh, I guess 1983 or so, and 943 it is about a computer and how it loves the girlfried of its owner. 944 It is very funny, and rathur gull done too, with good music. 945 946 Another good computer movie, which I am sure that most of you have 947 seen already is "WarGames", which was out in 1985 (I think). It is 948 a great movie, although maybe a bit exaggerated. 949 I mean, the0leating computer whiz is a little bit too smart and 950 the school's password for their modem is not hidden very well, etc. 951 but I guess something like the incidents in that movie could really 952 happen, but I'm not sure. What do you people think??/ D you think 953 that that could really happen?? I mean could a kid of 16-17 years of 954 age get into the state's national defense system and make it seem 955 as though it was World War III????? 956 957 Astral D, in response to your remarks about youb class you take at 958 PSU (I think), I take it that you really do not like what you are 959 studying. What you said you had to do a report on sounded really 960 useless to what you want to go into (a computer related field), and 961 you must be i~ qeyte a bit of struggle with that class. I hope you 962 solve that soon. 963 964 Has anyone here ever played any of those 3D animated adventure games. 965 They are so killer!! Like King's Quest, II, III, and IV, and Space 966 Quest, II, and III (con to be released) and a few others. They are some 967 of the best graphics I have ever seen for home computers these days. 968 And with one of those special music feature cards like I mentioned 969 earlier, they supposedly are in stereo with up to 8 tiffubent sounds 970 playing at once. They actually have professional composers who worked 971 on the music for King's Quest IV!! Can you believe it?? Computer games 972 have really come a long way. 973 By the way, if anyone here needs hints on any of those 3D games, I have 974 solved just about all of them that are out. Just say what you need to 975 know!! 976 977 Did anyone go to that thing at Pioneer Square today? 978 If you did, tell us about it if you want. 060=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/1'?89 21:32 Msg:2907 Call:17695 Lines:21 979 &*&*&*&*'s 980 I don't really hate the class. It it superflous, But strangly enough it is 981 fascinating. There is not enough room on this disk to enter more on the story. 982 983 I believe Vision asked0me qwhile ago what sorts of movies I like. I liked ET, 984 the first half was all comercials,(coke, Pizza, reces pieces etc.). The second 985 half was really enjoyable. There was a movie called Darkstar made a number of 986 20 or so years ago that I real|i enjoyed. Dark but brilliant I believe it was 987 written and directed by the same guy who did alien, aliens and lifeforce. 988 I really don't watch many movies. Bukeroo Bonzai was really great to. 989 990 Aurthor was good. Hmm, I really wish I could think of more. 991 992 Vic-20 Champ, I wouldn't be so anxiose to fill the disk. Have some dignaty 993 man! :-) 994 995 Well, I feel a good deal better now. Amazing how much help another day is. 996 On to the next disk! May all the world be a better place! may we gain the 997 wisdom to know when to forgive and when to put in that little extra effort. 998 An Astral Dreamer. 999 &*&*&*&*'s