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: 18 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 01/18/89 19:03 Msg:2908 Call:17722 Lines:3 20 There are two types of people, those who play by the rules, 21 and those who make the rules. -- Mike Day 22 ********************************************************************** 003=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/18/89 19:07 Msg:2909 Call:17723 Lines:23 23 24 ________________________________THE VISION________________________________ 25 I'M AT THE TOP!! I'M AT THE TOP!! I'M AT THE TOP!! I'M AT THE TOP!!!!!!!!! 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 I logged in thinking that the CHAMP or someone else had already gotten the 28 top position, but little did I know that I would be: 29 30 AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! 31 AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! AT THE! 32 AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! 33 AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! AT! 34 AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! 35 AT THE TOP! AT T! 36 AT THE TOP! A! 37 AT THE TOP 38 ---------- 39 Hey, AD, you can start your story again now!! 40 Hey CHAMP!, sorry about taking the TOP, but I just had to do it. 41 See ya'll. 42 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 43 T H E V I S I O N 44 *************************************************************************** 45 004=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/18/89 20:24 Msg:2910 Call:17725 Lines:83 46 &*&*&*&*'s 47 48 The story? Ah yes. Well here goes. 49 50 The cave was filled with gold and silver and treasures of every type. It was 51 an impresive display to say the least. 52 53 "so your a lawyer?" nancy asked. 54 55 "No not really, Actually I'm kind'of a mercenary." 56 57 "Really? You don't look like the violent type." 58 59 "I'm not. You have to put the emphasis on the merce part." 60 61 "So your a mercenary of mercy?" 62 63 "Yes, which brings me to the point. I've been retained by a friend to find out 64 why he got kicked out of his home. So, You seem to be in charge, whats the 65 story?" 66 67 "Non payment of taxes, plain and simple. in fact 130 years worth." 68 69 "Sounds a bit fishy to me." 70 71 "Yes, But I can ashure you that it is legit." 72 73 "Perhaps some more details would help me understand." 74 75 "Certainly, Your friend Aurthor took up residence in this cave aproximetly 130 76 years ago during the raign of Queen Rosane of Silver point. At this time the 77 lands here about were thought to fall into the teritory of the nomadic people 78 of the north, in which this cave is located. recently however documents 79 surfaced that placed the actuall location of the border some 20 miles north of 80 were we had thought it to be. Therefor Aurthor Dragon was found to owe 130 81 years of back taxes." 82 83 "Ah, I see. Were did these documents come from?" 84 85 "The royal records, or more acuretly behind a fileing cabinete in the royal 86 records room. Amazing what you find when you start cleaning things up." 87 88 "You'll let me check the records?" 89 90 "Certainly. I've finished itemizing all the items and am ready to get things 91 boxed up." 92 93 "Taking everything then?" 94 95 "Hmm?, Oh no. I'd say about 15% of this will cover your friends debt." 96 97 "Why was he kicked out?" 98 99 "Oh, a misunderstanding. He is a bit big to have around when you're trying to 100 figure out what is what in a cave." 101 102 "So he can return?" 103 104 "Certainly." 105 106 "Hidey Ho!" a voice said from within the cave. Followed by a small man in 107 brown coveralls. 108 109 "I'm looking for a guy who flies around in a bathtub. have you seen him?" 110 111 "Yeah, Outside the cave." 112 113 "Thanks." 114 115 "Were did he come from?" Nancy asked. 116 117 "Oh, you know. Uhmm well I suppose he might have been hiding back there all 118 this time." I answered. 119 120 "Sounds rediculose to me." 121 122 "I suppose." I answered indfently. 123 124 To be continued. 125 126 An Astral Dreamer. 127 &*&*&*&*'s 128 005=Usr:162 FRANK BOOTH 01/18/89 21:08 Msg:2911 Call:17726 Lines:27 129 +-------------------------+ 130 |BETTY FORD'S PET CEMETERY| 131 +-------------------------+ 132 |tomb of the dead sysop.. | 133 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ 134 | 1440 minutes per day... | -embalment -inurnment | 135 |10,080 minutes per wek. -interrment -entombment | 136 | 300/600nps (nibbles per second) | -encryption -cremations | 137 +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ 138 =Postmortal support groups & obediance schools: 139 o Dead pets o Skin-pin-heads o Pinkoes o Taxerdermist 140 o Cyborgs o Rastafarians o Hippies o Burned out sysops 141 142 =Special Interest Groups: 143 o Dead Sysops, anonymous o Bloopers & Practical Tokes 144 o Heorine Hijinx o Pot_luck Paradise 145 o Mothers Against Dead Sysops o Foster Child Support Center 146 147 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 148 40mgs... uploads, downloads ieod,bcloads, oversized-loads 149 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 150 To arrange an account, please write Portland, Or. 97207 151  152 153 OFF 154 ? 155 006=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/18/89 21:33 Msg:2912 Call:17727 Lines:9 156 ________________________________THE VISION_______________________________ 157 AD, were you tired or something when you entered that last part of your 158 story, or were you just in a hurry, because you spelled almost every word 159 wrong. By the way, about the story, I'm lost, I really don't understand, 160 probably because I didn't catch it awhile ago when it first started. Oh, 161 well, I still like to read it though, you have very good writing skills. 162 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 163 Later days... T H E V I S I O N 164 _________________________________________________________________________ 007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/18/89 22:25 Msg:2913 Call:17728 Lines:25 165 &*&*&*&*'s 166 Hmm, I think I was tired. I can spell somewhat correctly if I really 167 concentrate. But to be hounest that makes my head hurt :-). 168 169 Plot used to be my strong point. Dialogue was my problem. I'm afraid that 170 I might be losing the ability to plot effectivly. On the other hand I think 171 my Dialogue is improving. 172 173 I have this disk that has the first few chapters of a fantasy novel that I 174 started last year. Unfortunetly I wrote it on my old computer and cannot get at 175 it with my new computer. 176 177 The story I am currently writing is not one I thought out really well. I have 178 ideas for atleast 3 novels (Ranging from straigt fiction through fantasy and 179 science fiction.) and several shorter pieces. Perhaps the next thing I enter 180 will be one of those. 181 182 Vision, You mentioned on the last disk that you were going to start a story, 183 I'd like to hear it. 184 185 We have a new disk everybody, lets fill it up! 186 187 An Astral Dreamer 188 &*&*&*&*'s 189 191 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 192 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 193 Look out for line noise - must be raining in Seattle again..... 194 195 "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension"!!!! 196 What a movie - whatever happened to the promised sequel? 197 198 Take care out there - I T is alive........ 199 Moonhead 200 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 201 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/19/89 08:15 Msg:2915 Call:17735 Lines:8 202 &*&*&*&*'s 203 I read that the owners of the rights were unhappy with the way the movie was 204 distributed (It was only out for a week or so in most places.) And have 205 decided not to allow a sequel. It's really to bad to. 206 207 An Astral Dreamer 208 &*&*&*&*'s 209 010=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/19/89 12:13 Msg:2916 Call:17736 Lines:9 210 ________________________________THE VISION________________________________ 211 I have never seen the original "Adventures of BB", I have only heard about 212 it from friends. Most of them liked it, and AD and Moonhead did too. I guess 213 I'll have to go out and rent it. Then I'll tell you my opinion of it. AD, 214 I'm considering whether or not I am going to do a story. I haven't decided 215 yet on the idea...but there's always that script. I'll get back to you, ok? 216 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 217 OVER AND OUT....... 218 T H E V I S I O N 011=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/19/89 13:20 Msg:2917 Call:17737 Lines:20 219 &*&*&*&*'s 220 Sounds fine to me. Some of the things in my story might be hard to understand 221 if you missed what I wrote about 4 months ago. I hadn't thought about that 222 before. 223 224 225 I'm at work so I do not have time to explain, But when I get home I'll try 226 to summerize the charectors histories so that perhaps the story will make 227 more sense. I think I need to work on transition. 228 229 I signed up for a creative writting class last year. Unfortunetly it 230 was one of these things you had to audition for so to speak. I wrote what 231 I considered to be a fairly decent short story. I didn't get into the class 232 though because it was a fantasy story and the instructor said although there 233 had been several good entries in the fantasy field he was not the man to 234 teach it. I wish he had mentioned that before. 235 236 An Astral Dreamer 237 &*&*&*&*'s 238 012=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/19/89 13:31 Msg:2918 Call:17738 Lines:17 239 ________________________________THE VISION________________________________ 240 No kidding!! The teacher should have said something! Well, maybe he didn't 241 know. You might want to try again at that class with a different kind of 242 story next time. Thanks for the offer to summarize the characters, I'm sure 243 that it will help. Another thing, it seems like Kurfur Redlig left the 244 system. Do you think he did for good? I mean, you and him had some good 245 stories going on, and I don't think he would just leave. Also, do you know 246 the phone #'s to any other good boards, that maybe you could share w/me? 247 Later days....and thanks AD!! 248 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 249 250 OVER AND OUT... 251 252 T H E V I S I O N 253 254 By the way, how do you enter stuff while at work? Do they have a computer 255 there too? 013=Usr:507 todd rogers 01/19/89 16:22 Msg:2919 Call:17740 Lines:1 256 ------- Prob. the same way I enter some of my lines 014=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/19/89 16:35 Msg:2920 Call:17742 Lines:8 257 &*&*&*&*'s 258 (I'm still at work.) Yes, we have a computer here. In fact several IBM's 259 and clones plus a Sun Mini Computer. 260 261 I can give you a few numbers when I get home. Should be around 7PM or so. 262 263 An Astral Dreamer 264 &*&*&*&*'s 015=Usr:145 THE ABYSS 01/19/89 17:34 Msg:2921 Call:17744 Lines:14 265 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>------------------->>>>>>>>>----->>->- 266 I AM THE... 267 268 ___ 269 |_ \ 270 / /\ \ 271 / /____\ \ 272 / __________ \ 273 /__/ \__\BYSS... 274 275 SHOOT!!!! 276 I DIDN'T GET TO THE TOP!!!!! 277 I would like to hear the story too VISION. 278 ABYSS HAS SPOKEN... 016=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/19/89 19:15 Msg:2922 Call:17746 Lines:22 279 &*&*&*&*'s 280 Well, I'm a bit late but here are the numbers of some of my favorite BBS's 281 (Besides Backwater of course.) 282 Overworked Dragon BBS 7770489. A message oriented BBS with interesting and fun 283 people. 284 Episco Board 6404467. A file oriented BBS with stuff for IBM, Amiga, 285 Commodore 64/128 and CPM. Quit and has a good selection of PD stuff. 286 3CPU 2469712. A message oriented BBS. Good conversation and 287 some (mediocre.) Games. Also some PD software available for the Atari ST and 288 Amiga machines. 289 Agora 6404380/6404262. Not really a BBS, agora is a Public 290 Access Unix sight that has all sorts of really interesting things to offer. 291 There is a small fee per year, but the first three months are free. (I can 292 give more info on Unix, But that will have to wait.) 293 294 Well, Those are the ones that come to mind first. I just started calling a 295 BBS called door into summer and it looks promising but I havn't been there 296 long enough to tell. Hmm, I should have puspaces between those numbers... 297 298 An Astral Dreamer. 299 &*&*&*&*'s 300 017=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/19/89 21:12 Msg:2923 Call:17752 Lines:24 301 _______________________________THE VISION___________________________________ 302 Hey, AD, thanks alot for the numbers. I printed out those lines. I really 303 appreciate that. I couldn't get into a couple of them even when I tried for 304 a long time. They must be real popular. Well, I'll try later. Hey, where 305 do you work anyway (I assume some computer store!). Also, I got into one of 306 those board and it was just too complicated. It was also too much on the 307 menus. BWMSII is so easy to use, while some other boards can get real boring 308 having to watch all those complicated commands come out (I only have a 300 309 baud Hayes Micromodem IIe) and it is rather slow, not real slow, but not 310 real fast either. Oh, well, I'll have to get a faster modem. Again, thanks 311 for those numbers. Sorry I don't have any, well I have quite a few from a 312 list of about 80 numbers, but it was "last updated 1985" and I don't know 313 how accurate it is anymore and I bet you have all the numbers anyway. Just 314 tell me if I should enter a couple for you and I will. Most of them are 315 not too good anyway. Well, see ya. 316 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 317 Hey, ABYSS, I'm still trying to think of an idea for a story. Why don't you 318 start one, with that creative logo of yours, I am sure that you can write 319 pretty well, too. Give it a try. 320 321 Later days everyone.... 322 323 T H E V I S I O N 324 __________________________________________________________________________ 018=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 01/19/89 23:09 Msg:2924 Call:17754 Lines:18 325 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Leave the system? Never!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 326 327 H'lo people, I'm sorry I haven't been here for a while, but I've been 328 having a real war with my modem. The power converter burned up (literally) 329 and it has taken me all this time to get a replacement. The bloody thing 330 just up and melted itself. At least it was a replaceable part, and the 331 modem wasn't permanently damaged. I might have been though, I mean going 332 for a couple of weeks without a modem can really put you into withdrawal 333 symptoms. I need some ale. In any case, I'm back. How'm I s'pposed to 334 explain this to the game players on the Parrot I've been GM'ing for? I 335 feel really bad about it, and I hope they haven't quit, but have waited 336 patiently (good luck!). 337 338 KKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Back from the Modem Dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 339 340 and this really is me. BTW, what happened to CHAMP and ART? At least they 341 aren't here. 342 019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/20/89 00:26 Msg:2925 Call:17757 Lines:27 343 &*&*&*&*'s 344 Thanks for the offer VISION, I do in fact have the numbers for most of the 345 bbs's in Portland. There is a thing called the Bitbucket/applephilia BBS 346 list that tells about all the BBS's in portland. It is available on many 347 BBS's, I'm sure if you ask for help somebody can point the way. If not get 348 back to me and I'll see if I can get you a copy somehow. 349 350 300 baud is really slow. If you can afford to do it upgrade to atleast 1200. 351 For text BBS's 1200 is plenty. You can get 1200 baud modems used for around 352 40$ these days. 353 354 3CPU and Overworked Dragon are both very busy BBS's. But they are well worth th 355 e effort of trying to get on. 356 357 Kurfur, good to see you back. Sorry to hear about your Modem dying. I was 358 without a modem for a few days about a month ago. It was really unpleasent. 359 I'm not sure how well I'd take losing my modem for more then a week. 360 361 I'll have to summerize the Charectors later as it is nearly 1 am and I have 362 to be up at about 8:30 tommorow morning. 363 364 Oh, I work for Portland Public Schools. I'm a part time programer/data entry 365 clerk. 366 367 An Astral Dreamer 368 &*&*&*&*'s 369 020=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/20/89 17:00 Msg:2926 Call:17769 Lines:7 370 &*&*&*&*'s 371 Ok, Were is everybody. I refuse to enter somthing untill I see another entry. 372 If you call in enter somthing. Please! 373 374 An Astral Dreamer 375 &*&*&*&*'s 376 021=Usr:322 Stray Cat 01/20/89 18:20 Msg:2927 Call:17772 Lines:7 377 something ... something ... something ... something ... something ... 378 379 PPS huh? Very interesting. What department ... M/F ... do you LIKE it??? 380 381 ... something ... something ... something ... something ... something ... 382 somebody ought to write a soap opera about that place 383 022=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 01/20/89 22:09 Msg:2928 Call:17775 Lines:2 384 They don't need to, it IS a soap opera! 385 ------------------------------------------------------------ 023=Usr:272 Talos 01/20/89 23:36 Msg:2929 Call:17777 Lines:4 386 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> 387 The mor things change the more they stay the same. 388 Talos Valheru 389 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> 024=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/21/89 00:18 Msg:2930 Call:17781 Lines:12 390 &*&*&*&*'s 391 I work for the evaluation department. I really enjoy it. A good deal of fun 392 with the work. It is really nice to work in a positive enviorment with 393 good people. 394 395 By the way, thanks for saying somthing :-). I'll have to enter those charector 396 summeries tommorow as it is late and my brain is going into shut down mode. 397 Arghh! I wish I could spell. Oh well I'll have to try to concentrate a bit 398 harder I guess. 399 400 &*&*&*&*'s 401 025=Usr:289 Audie Huber 01/21/89 10:52 Msg:2931 Call:17788 Lines:12 402 3.14159265358979323846 403 404 Blessed are the inept, for they shall inherit the skies. 405 406 Smoking has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to be the leading 407 cause of statistics. 408 409 In the beginning the universe was created, this has made a lot of people 410 very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. 411 412 3.14159265358979323846 413 --(sorry, the above was by Audie Huber.) 026=Usr:666 james kolbet 01/21/89 12:54 Msg:2932 Call:17790 Lines:12 414 415 Hidey Ho Hello! Well, I haven't been here for a while. Congrats Vision for 416 hitting the top of the list!!! I probably won't be back on for a long while 417 because finals start next week. Finals are such a pain in the ***!. Thank 418 goodness that these are the last high school ones I have to take, unless the 419 administrators pull a fast one and make all seniors take finals. Oh, and 420 Astral Dreamer, don't fret about the spelling errors, it isn't as if this is 421 being graded. Just as long as we can understand what you're trying to say. 422 Just tell Vision to get off your back. I do like your story. 423 424 Signing off for about a week, for brain exercises, 425 Kaitlyn++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/21/89 14:37 Msg:2933 Call:17792 Lines:63 426 &*&*&*&*'s 427 Thanks Kaitlyn, I'm sure Vision wasn't trying to be obnoxios or anything. I 428 sometimes worry about my spelling. I really can spell passably when I 429 concentrate, But to be hounest I can't keep that up for very long ussually. I 430 have long suspected that I might be slightly learning disabled. 431 432 Good luck on your finals! 433 434 Well, Now for the charector summeries. First the Wanderer. The Wanderer is the 435 narrator. He is also known as the Wonderer and thus I somtimes refer to him 436 as W(a||o)nderer. The wanderer is a ninth order forward traveling being. 437 Basiclyhat this means is that he can travel anywere in the multiverse and 438 even into the future. But he can never travel backwards in time. He also has 439 trouble seeing into the past. 440 441 He has been traveling the Multi-verse for around 10 years now. He spent 3 years 442 as an apprentice to his "Master" before that were he learned the skills that 443 all good ninth order beings need to survive, plus a good deal about what many 444 refer to as magic. 445 446 He discovered the Inn at the crossroads about a year ago as things are 447 measured in our world. Since then he has participated in many personal and 448 group adventures. 449 450 He recently was forced to merge his being with an artifact given him by his 451 master. The artifact is desired by a rather harmless though slightly 452 deranged creature known as the Veiled one. The object must be given 453 to the vieled one voluntarily. But the Wanderer has been told to do so will 454 bring great evil to the Multi-verse. His master made him swear an outh never 455 to give up the object. (A Orb.) 456 457 One of his great interests is to find out exactly why the vieled one can not 458 have the orb. Thus he seeks to see the past. 459 460 Aurthur is a Dragon. Not your standard kill people and trample the land type 461 of dragon though. (Which he would tell you is an unfair stereotype.) 462 463 Aurthur is in fact a scholer. With a life span that will exceed 1000 years he 464 is an expert on many subjects. It was through his research into the nature 465 of the Universe that he gained the ability to travel the Multi-verse. 466 467 He and the wanderer met each other some five years ago when Aurther noticed 468 somebody being sucked into an astral whirlpool. It turned out to be the 469 wanderer. (Astral whirlpools are not fatal, But they can be VERY troublesome.) 470 471 Nancy is an agent of the King. I suppose we'll find out more about her later. 472 473 The Brownie. The brownie has so far made a very brief appearence. He is the 474 brother of a former companion to John Eddison Interdimensional Police officer. 475 476 John Eddison. As has been stated he is an Interdimensional police officer. He 477 also travels around in a bathtub. He believes the bathtub to be the object 478 that allows him to travel around. In fact he is a two way 9th order being and 479 the tub (And other devices befor it.) have been used to artificially limet 480 him as he is not really ready for this responsability. 481 482 Hmm, I'm not sure if this has made things any clearer. Oh well. Hopefully 483 I'll be able to make another entry soon. 484 485 An Astral Dreamer 486 &*&*&*&*'s 487 P.S. Vision where are you? 488 028=Usr:245 Doug King 01/21/89 15:57 Msg:2934 Call:17794 Lines:6 489 490 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 491 I'm back! Strike up the band! Did anyone miss me? 492 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bartender Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 493 494 029=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 01/21/89 17:38 Msg:2935 Call:17800 Lines:3 495 Slug! Yes we missed you. How about a Glenfiddich! 496 (Guess who) 497 030=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/21/89 17:55 Msg:2936 Call:17801 Lines:6 498 &*&*&*&*'s 499 Welcome back. Clear the floor, it's PARTY time! 500 501 An Astral Dreamer 502 &*&*&*&*'s 503 031=Usr:163 gary quackenbush 01/21/89 18:53 Msg:2937 Call:17802 Lines:1 504@VISION IS AN ASS HOLE SO IS THAT FAG KURFUR AND THAT FAG YOU CALL CHAMP 032=Usr:58 Moon Head 01/21/89 22:49 Msg:2938 Call:17806 Lines:17 505 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 506 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 507 Glenfiddich???? Ale????? Glenlivet! Stout! 508 u all are M Y kind of people. I understand that a gatherinis held 509 every now and then, yes? Please enlighten me as to when and where.... I 510 would enj participating. 511 P A R T ? ? ? 512 513 MoonHead 514 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 515 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 516 517 Aaarrrgh......line noise got me again - the above looked correct when I 518 typed it....but I think the gist may have come through..... 519 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 520 521 033=Usr:272 Talos 01/22/89 00:29 Msg:2939 Call:17810 Lines:7 522 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> 523 524 "The stupid shall not enter heaven." 525 --C.S. Wood-- 526 527 Talos Valheru 528 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> 034=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 01/22/89 02:57 Msg:2940 Call:17811 Lines:30 529 530 531 {} 532 533 Bartender Slug, good to see you again! 534 535 * * * 536 537 Wonderer, out of curiosity (and plain stupidity), what is my order 538 classification? I can't travel in time, but I can manipulate it, and 539 physical properties up to and including energies, and the most difficult 540 of all, gravity. 541 542 * * * 543 544 "JT!" I yelped, "ALE FOR EVERYONE!". 545 546 My reply was a stare that could melt concreate. 547 548 "I'll pay", I replied." 549 550 The last thing I saw from him was an ear-to-ear grin... 551 552 * * * 553 554 Hagbard Celine 555 556@ "I'll pay", I replied. 557@ "I'll pay", I replied. 558 {} 035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/22/89 03:23 Msg:2941 Call:17812 Lines:9 559 &*&*&*&*'s 560 Hmm, You Hagbard would be a 10th order being. 10th order beings are stuck in 561 the time in which they live. (I.E. they go through it like the rest of us.) 562 But are able to manipulate just about anyting else in the Multi-verse within 563 this limetation. 564 565 An Astral Dreamer. 566 &*&*&*&*'s 567 036=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/22/89 16:34 Msg:2942 Call:17821 Lines:2 568 _______________________________THE VISION___________________________________ 569 I was gone for a couple days. Sorry. Hey, AD, what's going on with you? I read 037=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/22/89 18:13 Msg:2943 Call:17827 Lines:9 570 571 &*&*&*&*'s 572 Hmm, Looks like you ran into some problems entering stuff Vision. Hope you're 573 modem didn't pop. Well, The supper bowl is over. It surved atleast one 574 good purpose in that the stores and such were not very crowded today. 575 576 An Astral Dreamer 577 &*&*&*&*'s 578 038=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 01/22/89 19:27 Msg:2944 Call:17829 Lines:35 579 580 581 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Definitely fully operationalllllllllllllllll 582 583 Wassup? Was dat the complete reference to the personalities of our 584 resident Astral Dreamer or what? 585 586 Also, yer right. Being without a modem is hell. Having to deal with 587 warranty people is even worse. I'm sorta glad though to see that the 588 customer service branch of Anchor Automation hires the handicapped. I mean 589 how long can it take to fill in a simple request for a replacement power 590 converter? Especially when it is covered in the warranty. 591 592 To all those new users to the system who got their accounts while I was 593 gone: 594 595 Welcome and Well Met! 596 (Hey, wow! The tab key actually works now!) I am Kurfur Redlig, the 597 local Berserker (without multi personality problems). In between my 598 attempts at acting sociable here, I am generally either drinking, sleeping, 599 or warring. Remember, "You can lead a Berserker to battle, but you can't 600 make him think". 601 602@ 603@ OLO 604 605 OLO 606 \___/ 607 U 608 609 610 H'lo Hagbard, did you say "Free Ale"? 611 612 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Goosnargh! Goosnargh! Goosnargh!!!!!!!!!!! 613 039=Usr:168 Matthew Torres 01/22/89 20:02 Msg:2945 Call:17831 Lines:5 614 **************** Apparently, something is wrong th my entering of 615 anything!! I log on under THE VISION, and I get READ ONLY when I try 616 to enter anything!!! So I logged on again for a new USER # and password. 617 SYSOP MIKEY -- what's wrong???????????????? Did I enter my limit????? 618 Hey, AD, I'll talk later when I get this mess straightened out, okay? 040=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 01/22/89 20:22 Msg:2946 Call:17832 Lines:4 619 ********************************************************* 620 Vision, for some reason you ran afoul of the twit function and 621 got disabled. I restored your normal status. 622 ************************* CM ***************************** 041=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/22/89 21:02 Msg:2947 Call:17834 Lines:16 623 624 ______________________________THE VISION_______________________________ 625 Thanks, CM!! I thought for a moment that maybe you did not want me to 626 enter any more of my meaningless lines into this system anymore!!!!!! 627 Well, AD, what I was trying to say last time was that I had read over 628 the character summaries that you typed in for me. They really did help! 629 Now, when you enter the story some more, I will be more clear as to what 630 is going on. I printed those lines out, so I'll use them as kind of a 631 guide!! I did not mean to bug you about spelling, don't worry about it 632 ok? I was gone for a couple days because I stayed over at a friend's 633 house. By the way, I did not type in those lines on 377-384, which you 634 must have thought I did. I will always put my logo before each one of 635 my entries. Well, have fun at PPS!! 636 637 T H E V I S I O N 638 _______________________________________________________________________ 042=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/22/89 23:02 Msg:2948 Call:17837 Lines:17 639 640 ____________________________THE VISION_____________________________ 641 Hi!! It's me again. Where is everyone?? AD, where are you anyway??? 642 BY THE WAY, has anyone played SUSPECT by INFOCOM??? I've been playing 643 it and it is extremely difficult, but very exciting also. I really 644 enjoy INFOCOM games, interactive fiction, etc. but SUSPECT has 645 been giving me a lot of trouble. Just say yes if you know anything 646 about it. Thanx. 647 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 648 649 No school for me tomorrow...... 650 TEACHER PLANNING DAY -- 3rd quarter grading!! My finals were last 651 week!!!!!!! Yea................ 652 653 Later days........ 654 655 G U E S S W H O ??? 043=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/22/89 23:16 Msg:2949 Call:17838 Lines:12 656 657 Sorry I've been calling so much but I'm bored. And yes, I'm back too. 658 659 It's a bit late but I just thought of something.... 660 661 How about.... 662 "I have a VISION" -- Martin Luther King 663 664 or, better yet.... "I have an Astral Dreamer" -- Martin Luther King 665 666 I know, It's late and I think of the wierdest things.................. 667 Later. 044=Usr:171 BRUCE CLARK 01/22/89 23:58 Msg:2950 Call:17839 Lines:1 668@C.C.M. Inc. 045=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 01/23/89 01:57 Msg:2951 Call:17846 Lines:63 669 {} 670 671 Dawn was upon the land. Had been for the past hour. 672 673 He awoke. The light from his window gently warmed his face, shaking 674 him from a long deep sleep. He looked at the wall, and then through the 675 window. The sun seemed glorious to him, blazing like a radiant fire. 676 Now he was fully awake. Turning, then sitting up in bed, he looked at 677 the time. The clock didn't tell him as much as his hungry stomach. 678 After stretching & donning a robe, he proceded to the kitchen. A quick 679 search of his cupboards revealed some bagels, and the refrigerator coughed 680 up some cream cheese, orange juice, and an apple. 681 Proceding with a calm manner, he spread the cream cheese onto a bagel 682 half and took a bite. The cinnamon-rasin flavour mixed with the cream, 683 making him savor each bite. Between bites he would sip on the orange 684 juice, and eventually the bagel was gone. The apple followed suit, and 685 was polished off after 10 minutes. 686 After the short breakfast, the shower came next. He enjoyed the 687 feeling of the warm water over his tired body. It breathed some life 688 into his sluggish movements. Stepping out and drying with a towel, he 689 looked for the shaving cream, then the straight razor. The sound of the 690 razor against the stiff strap always sounded funny, especially in the 691 morning. Another ten minutes shaving, and he felt anew. 692 The closet was filled with different choices. A peticular color caught 693 his eye, and he made that lunge for it. The clothing for the day seemed 694 ok, and would be fine until late night. 695 Moving quickly to the garage, he proceded work from where he left off 696 last night. The difficulties of the previous night came back to memory, 697 and he cursed as he realized that he still had a problem with the 698 engine. A little mental footwork gave into a plan to fix the problem, 699 yeilding the solution he needed. 700 Slamming the hood, he checked the time to find it at 10:37. Jumping 701 in, he cranked the car, and the engine growled to life. Laughing, he 702 clapped his hands and reved the 10-cylinder monster. A quick click on 703 the keychain open the garage door, and he slowly inched the car forward. 704 705 Forward on a world that seemed to be asleep. Forward to his own 706 glory. 707 708 The short drive to the near-by test area proved to be more entertaining 709 than enlightening about his new car. He then proceded to test the car and 710 its limits, on cornering, acceleration, top speed, exhaust output, noise 711 level, braking, rough road handling, maximum RPM, and other, less 712 significant areas concerning the car's safety and performance capabilities. 713 714 By 2:07, the test were done. He could register it with the authorities 715 tomarrow. Not bad for a day's work. But he still had more to do. 716 717 * * * 718 719 Like the story? Drop a line or two. 720 721 * * * 722 723 Kurfur *BLIP*ed into the Inn and asked for some Ale. "On me!" 724 I replied. "And I'll even try to keep from oozing in front of you!" 725 726@ Hagbard Celi 727 728 Hagbard Celine 729 730 {} 731 046=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/23/89 07:05 Msg:2952 Call:17848 Lines:12 732 &*&*&*&*'s 733 Well, I'm here. Good to see you all. I confused ast to whom entered the story 734 above. I enjoyed it. 735 736 Well, I won't be entering anything untill late tonight (monday.) have clases 737 and work all day. Hmm, I suppose I could use the modem at work. 738 739 I guess we'll see. 740 741 An Astral Dreamer 742 &*&*&*&*'s 743 047=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/23/89 09:58 Msg:2953 Call:17851 Lines:3 744 _______________________________THE VISION_________________________________ 745 The story wasn't bad, it was actually pretty good. Will it be continued??? 746 Later. 048=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/23/89 14:47 Msg:2954 Call:17860 Lines:1 747 049=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/23/89 17:29 Msg:2955 Call:17866 Lines:7 748 &*&*&*&*'s 749 Have any of you tried the TARget command? You have to type ansi y first. It is 750 an interesting game. I appear to have the high score. 751 752 An Astral Dreamer. 753 &*&*&*&*'s 754 050=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 01/23/89 18:54 Msg:2956 Call:17868 Lines:3 755 Hey, has anyone noticed the new BBS command?! Looks like Mike has been 756 busy again. 757 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 051=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/23/89 19:27 Msg:2957 Call:17871 Lines:6 758 _____________________________THE VISION______________________________ 759 Hey, the BBS command is great! A complete list of numbers!! Wow!!!!!! 760 Yup, Mike sure has been busy again...... 761 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 762 Later..... 763 G U E S S W H O? 052=Usr:245 Doug King 01/23/89 19:47 Msg:2958 Call:17872 Lines:6 764 765 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 766 Me again. Glad somebody remembered me! Cistop Mickey forgot I bet. Oh well. 767 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bartender Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 768 769 053=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/23/89 20:22 Msg:2959 Call:17873 Lines:6 770 &*&*&*&*'s 771 Great, the applephilia list. What feature could be next? 772 773 An Astral Dreamer 774 &*&*&*&*'s 775 054=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/23/89 22:10 Msg:2960 Call:17875 Lines:7 776 &*&*&*&*'s 777 You know the top of this disk says 18 MAY 89. I think there has been a 778 mistake... 779 780 An Astral Dreamer 781 &*&*&*&*'s 782 055=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/23/89 22:21 Msg:2961 Call:17876 Lines:9 783 _____________________________THE VISION_______________________________ 784 Signing off for the night at 10:39. I have school tomorrow, although I 785 did not have it today. AD, you wanna start a contest to see who can 786 guess the next feature? Actually, it would be kind of hard............ 787 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* 788 789 Later....... 790 791 Y O U K N O W W H O! 056=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/24/89 00:52 Msg:2962 Call:17881 Lines:9 792 &*&*&*&*'s 793 Contest? Hmm, might be interesting. My guess is that it will be the addition 794 of and archive disk that will contain some past backwater disk. 795 796 so you can go dc, and see the past. 797 798 An Astral Dreamer 799 &*&*&*&*'s 800 057=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/24/89 14:01 Msg:2963 Call:17888 Lines:6 801 _______________________________THE VISION_______________________________ 802 AD, that's a great idea! It can also easily be a hint to sysop Mikey. 803 That's all for now... 804 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* 805 The TAR command is very strange. Is it like that or is it just me? 806 058=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/24/89 15:03 Msg:2964 Call:17892 Lines:4 807 By the way, AD, how are the bruises from the truck coming? Are you 808 fully recovered yet?? 809 T H E V I S I O N !! 810 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* 059=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/24/89 16:15 Msg:2965 Call:17895 Lines*3 (11 OH, yeah. By the way, AD, I think that the next command will be a 812 [CHat] command so that us users can talk with Mike when he is around. 813 But I think that your DC idea will come first. 060=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/24/89 16:56 Msg:29660Call*17897 Lines:10 814 &*&*&*&*'s 815 I'm fully recovered, execept for the tooth which gets fixed the eigth. 816 Unfortunetly there are rumblings from the hospitol that they havn't been paid. 817 I hope it's just a mistake, because if the guy who hit me0doesn't pay up... 818 819 Argh, I think I'm working on an Ulcer. 820 821 An Astral Dreamer 822 &*&*&*&*'s 823 061=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/24/89 17:40 Msg:2967 Call:17899 Lines:7 824 ________________________________THE VISION_____O___________________________ 825 I logged on, but I don't know what I want to say. Well, AD, have fun on the 826 8th! By the way, was your tooth chipped or what? I think that you said that 827 it was chipped, but I forget. Have fun on the 8th (did I say0dhat already?) 828 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 829 Later.... 830 A D I S R E C O V E R I N G!! 062=Usr:58 Moon Head 01/24/89 19:44 Msg:2968 Call:17901 Lines:14 831 ~~~n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 832 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 833 Arrrggghhhh.....I'll be lucky if the "TWIT" function doesn't get me for 834 trying to get back0oud0of the TARGET game.....finally when the timer ran 835 out, I had so many ^C's (must have tried h o l d i n g the keys down) 836 that I thought the machine was going to explode. 837 I'll have to try it again sometime now that I know you have to unab|e the 838 ANSI video first....and that once in your stuck for the full time. 839 840 Personally, I like messing with "Eliza"'s "mind".... 841 842 MoonHead 843 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 844 ~n~~~n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 063=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/24/89 20:01 Msg:2969 Call:17902 Lines:11 845 &*&*&*&*'s 846 I lost about half of my left fron incisor. Luckily I just missed exposing the 847 nubve. There is a half moon sized chunk out of the front with most of the 848 back half gone. 849 850 Target would be more fun at 2400. Of course backwater only runs at 1200. 851 Of course there were a number of years were it was 300 baud only. 852 85#0An Astral Dreamer 854 &*&*&*&*'s 855 064=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/24/89 21:17 Msg:2970 Call:17905 Lines:14 856 ______________________________THE VISION________________________________ 857 TAR still doesn't work for me. It's just a bunch ov ju~k lines at the 858 bottom of the screen which progress and never let me out!! I type the 859 ANSI thing but it still doesn't work!! What's wrong?? (I only have 300b) 860 Oh, well, I'm off for the night at 9:35 to study at the last minute. 861 I myght be on later to see if anyone cares that I wrote this. And AD, 862 I really hope that the doctor can straigten up that mess without too 863 much pain!! 864 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* 865 866 Later...>... 867 868 P R A Y F O R A D's T O O T H!!! 869 ======================================================================= 065=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/24/89 22:58 Msg:2971 Call:17907 Lines:9 870 871 &*&*&*&*'s 872 Thankc0Vicyon! Your trouble with TAR might be related to your terminal software 873 . If it does not support ANSI you can't play TAR. I'm sure there should 874 be one available for your computer. 875 876 An Astral Dreamer 877 &*&*&*&*'s 878 066=Usr:3"2 Stray Cat 01/25/89 06:23 Msg:2972 Call:17917 Lines:6 879 About the story AD, the bagel sounded good. 880 881 What the #$)(*%^ is 2-command???? And how come they keep flipping me to the 882 doctor?? 883 884 067=Usr:84 Michael Mi|ler0j 01/25/89 15:12 Msg:2973 Call:17923 Lines:11 885 &*&*&*&*'s 886 I didn't do the story with the bagel.wish I had though as 887 it was very good. 888 889 Hmm, I have a sore throat, a headache and feel like I am falling asleep. 890 891 Must be flu season. 892 893 An Astral Dreamer 894 &*&*&*&*'s 895 068=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/25/89 15:44 Msg:2974 Call:17925 Lines:14 896 _____________________________THE VISION__________________________________ 897 I've gotta go down to the vet recause our cat stayed out last night and 898 got into a fight. His left eye is disgusting!! Pus, blood, hanging out and 899 it is just gross. Poor thing!! When I saw him today I felt so bad for him, 900 he looks like he is in much pain (Like AD wil| be0on the 8th), and so we 901 are going (my dad and I) down to Portland Animal Clinic to get it taken 902 care of (I bet you all care). 903 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 904 905 Will be back later..... )060AD has now got the flu (I think). Stay away from him as it's contaigous!! 907 An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 908 909 T H E V I S I O N 069=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/25/89 19:24 Msg:2975 Call:17929 Lines:18 910 ____________________________THE VISION__________________________________ 911 I'm back again, like always. I guess noone really cared about my cat. I 912 went down there and the doctor first of all, 1) grabbed my cat, 2) brought 913 him into a littlu rom and I followed w/my dad, 3) shoved a thermometer 914 up the cat's *** to get a temperature, and 4) jerked at the gloppy mess 915 on his eye to see if it would come off easily. Tears rolled from his eyes 916 and meows bellowed from his mouth. It gqs vury sad, in a way. Poor kitty! 917 Tomorrow, though, he will be fine. I'm off now at 7:44 (why do I put the 918 time?? -- Couldn't tell you), to go to the PSU library, which, by the 919 way, is a VERY good place to study. I can go down there for houbs u`on 920 hours and lose track of time completely. It is quiet, and a good library 921 altogether. Oh, well, I'll be back at around 11:00 (I guess) and I'll be 922 in then (Wow you say--I can't wait!!). 923 924 Later..... 925 926 (The usual bbder and symbols, etc. go here -- just imagine they're here!) 927 070=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/25/89 21:26 Msg:2976 Call:17934 Lines:16 928 &*&*&*&*'s 929 Sorry to here about your Cat. It is amazing just how much pets come to mean to 930 you avteb0awhile. A year and a half ago my family dog died. She was 15 or so at 931 the time. It was exactly like losing a member of the family. I remember I was 932 about 5 years old when we got her... 933 934 I don't think I'll ever get a pet because ov it> They live long enough that you 935 really get attached to them, but not nearly as long as you do. 936 937 Oh well, sorry to be depresing. Must be what ever I've got making me depresed. 938 939 I suppose a turtle would be the ultimate pet. Txey }ight even outlive you. 940 941 An Astral Dreamer 942 &*&*&*&*'s 943 071=Usr:22 test user 01/25/89 21:48 Msg:2977 Call:17935 Lines:11 944 Stray Cat, The Doctor is always there watching whenever she sees you do 945 something that BWYI doesn't understand she offers a little advice (not 946 that it is always all that helpful...) 947 Vision: You don't have to wait for a whole session, but if you hit the 948 space bar you do have to wait for the dash to move to the end of the screen 94)0before it will recognise any more input like a control C. At 300 baud that 950 can take a while. The target game uses ADM-3 cursor control if ANSI is NO 951 and COlor is also NO. If COlor is YES and/or ANSI is YES, then Target uses 952 ANSI cursor sontrol. If your terminal program does not have either of these 953 cursor control modes then the games is not very interesting. 954 ****************************** CM ************************************** 072=Usr:507 todd rogers 01/25/89 23:17 ]cg:2)78 Call:17937 Lines:7 955 ------- Ya know... Through the haze, Wait, Can it be?? 956 ------- The end of the disk? After all these lines? 957 ------- Ya know.. someone should finish up this disk with a 958 ------- goog story. OR mayb even a bad story. 959 960 ------- how 'bout garbage? Like this 'bout filling up the disk 961 ------- with anything? That's all... FOR NOW! 073=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 01/26/89 00:16 Msg:2979 Call:17942 Lines:38 962 963 {} 964 965 Slowly backing the0cab0into the test garage, his mind wandered. Would 966 the group understand? Or would this become "public property"? But this 967 was not as concerning as was the recent net blackout. 968 969 Normal members of ASK had secret network links into0theyr living quarters. 970 But, he recently discovered that the line had been severed. Now, while 971 fiber optic lines are brittle, this one was protected with a PVC pipe. 972 He decided to run a new cable out to the relay and ask what was happening 973 later that even. 974 975 Walking back, he enjoyed the cool air just passing over his face, 976 contrasted with the warm glow of the afternoon sun. Along the way, another 977 solution came to mind, involving a chemical compound that he would0ese on 978 the final model. This prompted him to walk faster. 979 980 Once inside the house, and shortly, the lab, he dawned his smock and 981 started preperations. Muttering a word here and there, the VM (Voice 982 Monitor) would switch apparatus n and off, fetch materials, and d 983 other time-consuming tasks. Now was the big moment. With DataGloves 984 on (yes, these really DO exist - $8000 for a single pair) and the 985@ 986 DataVue visor on, he began the real work. The 3D display dupicted the 987 compound's various elements, each in their regient state. Gesturing at 988 an organic enzyme, he directed it towards the graphite. The hexagonal 989 layers split into hexagons, each free-floating. He then introduced both 990 a neutrqlizub and another enzyme. The floating structures in front of 991 his face re-assembled into six graphite layers, but the tensile strength 992 approached that of diamond. 993 994 This would become the new skin of the car. And bodyframe, engine block, 995 pistons, and much more. It was CarbonPlas. 996 997 Hagbard Celine 998 999 {} - good luck kurfur! get the top line!