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 MAR 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 03/18/89 19:34 Msg:3409 Call:19477 Lines:3 20 We measure the excellency of other men by some excellancy 21 we conceive to be in ourselves -- John Seldon 22 ********************************************************************** 003=Usr:3 Ramek 03/18/89 19:36 Msg:3410 Call:19478 Lines:24 23 RemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRem 24 March 17th, St. Patrick's Day 25 26 St. Paddy's Day always reminds me of you. 27 It was an important day for you. 28 It reminded you of your heritage. 29 You enjoyed the Irish in your blood. 30 I enjoyed being your friend. 31 You were always easy to talk to. 32 You were never judgmental. 33 You never tryed to be impressive. 34 You were just yourself. 35 So much that was said. 36 So much that didn't have to be said. 37 So much that never was said. 38 Your stories brought great enjoyment to me. 39 You allowed me into your life. 40 You let me see inside you in your stories. 41 You let me see inside myself in our talks. 42 Much love passed between us. 43 And much pain. 44 I was honored to be counted as your friend. 45 I miss you Pam. 46 RemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRemRem 004=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/18/89 20:05 Msg:3411 Call:19479 Lines:10 47 ___________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____________________________ 48 Cool stuff Rem! (Is that what I should call you?) well Ad has been at the 49 top on the past 4 or so disks, but didn't make it this time. Sorry AD. 50 Well I have nothing else to say right now... except I saw "Leviathan" 51 about an hour ago and it was killer! well bye for now! 52 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__ 53 54 _L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_Later_ | 3/18/89 => 8:07 PMPMPMPMPMPMPMPMPMPMPMPM 55 56 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__ 005=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/18/89 20:14 Msg:3412 Call:19480 Lines:3 57 58 59 The Chatline BBS is OPEN tonight from 9-10:30pm @223-5118 pls not after then. 006=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/18/89 21:43 Msg:3413 Call:19487 Lines:67 60 &*&*&*&*'s 61 Can't say I mind not being at the top. Nice to see others calling. Heres part 62 17. Oh, I'm sorry if the quility has been off a bit the last couple of times. 63 I've been really busy and unable to get much writting in. Thus I've had a bit 64 less time to polish. 65 66 Patrick searched for the parchment in his pack as William looked over his 67 shoulder. 68 "Wow! Thats really strange looking! You could carry a 2 man tent and a 69 couple sleeping bags in that thing and still have room to spare." 70 "Thats not a bad idea. I wish I'd thought of it before we got trapped 71 here." 72 "Ah, here it is. Tucked into this book." 73 "Mind if I look at that?" 74 "No, be carefull though." 75 "No problem." 76 Patrick handed him the parchment and William examined it, rotating it 77 and moving it closer and farther away from his face. Finally his eyes crossed. 78 he shook his head and handed the parchment back to Patrick. "I think I'd better 79 sit down." He said falling back onto his bed and staring at the ceiling. 80 Laughing Patrick took the parchment and set it down on one of the desks. 81 "It has about the same effect on me, Somtimes though I almost think I can 82 understand it." 83 "Pat buddy, if you can understand that I'm impressed. Makes me dizzy just 84 thinking about that writting." 85 "I wish I knew how Brian wrote it, as hard as it seems to be to read 86 I'll bet its worse to write." 87 "Yeah, I suppose." 88 Patrick sat in the chair in front of the desk and examined the rune. The 89 wavering seemed to have a pattern. Almost without realizing it Patrick 90 began to compensate for it. His head began to shake 91 and his eyes to move rythmicly all around the parchment. 92 Somebody knocked on the door and his concentration was brocken. "Blast! 93 Who the heck could that be? Could you check that out Will?" 94 "Sure." 95 The knock came again. William walked over to the door and opened it. 96 Outside stood a small man dressed much like the Inn keeper. "I'm the assistant 97 Innkeeper, theres a package here for a William McAuley. Its supposed to go 98 to this room." He said pointing to a medium sized wooden chest sitting in the 99 hallway beside him. 100 "I'm William McAuley. I wonder were that came from?" 101 "It just appeared in the middle of the common room downstairs." The 102 junior Innkeeper scratched his head. "Strange, but not unheard of. I should 103 have listened to my mother. She told me not to get into this business." 104 "Do I need to sign for it?" 105 "Hmm? Oh no. I figure that whoever sent it is plenty capable of makeing 106 sure it gets into the right hands. Besides, you look like the hounest type. 107 I'll help you drag it in if you'de like me to." 108 "Sure, thanks." 109 With little assistance from William the Junior Innkeeper pulled the 110 chest into the center of their room. "I must be getting back to the bar now. 111 Good day to the two of you." 112 "bye, thanks for the help." 113 "No problem." He said as the door closed behind him. 114 William stared at the chest for a moment before reaching out and 115 fiddling with the clasp that held it closed. There was a click as he managed 116 to work it loose. 117 "Think we should open it?" 118 "Sure, if you don't mind though I'll use my staff just in case somthing 119 is waiting to jump out at us." 120 William shrugged. "Fine with me." walking back and standing beside 121 Patrick. 122 "Here we go." Patrick said reaching out with the staff and pushing up 123 on the lid. With a bit of effort it opened. 124 125 An Astral Dreamer 126 &*&*&*&*'s 007=Usr:4 Milchar 03/18/89 22:34 Msg:3414 Call:19489 Lines:59 127 ######################################################################### 128 "Drat those Earthers!" swore Zariah. It had not taken long to 129 discover the place that Mr. Noize and the Ruckus had spent the night. 130 But none of them were to be seen anywhere. 131 "Figures they'd go wandering off. And I'll bet none of them has 132 any woodcraft to speak of. That decadent world they hail from has 133 whipped any good sense they had out of them, I'll wager..." Zariah's 134 gaze fell to the ground, where he saw footprints leading away. His eyes 135 widened. 136 "And gone deeper into the forest! I'd better find them, and 137 quickly- one look at a dryad and they're done for! Not a living brain cell 138 between them, I'll bet," he mumbled as he followed the faint trail. 139 ############### 140 "Hey, anybody know how to tell which way is north?" 141 "Yeah," said Syd. "I do. I was a Boy Scout." 142 This provoked a long series of "You were not" and "Yeah, sure" and 143 "Tell us another one, bucko". 144 "I was too! Ask Tony. He's seen my old outfit." The truth was 145 that Syd had stolen it as a boy and had kept it as a souvenir, but he was 146 not about to reveal this now. 147 "Yeah, he's got one. Prob'ly stole it." drawled Tony. 148 Johnny was getting worried. He *KNEW* Forest Park wasn't this big. 149 Where had they gone when under the influence of that "beer" of Tony's? 150 The forest grew darker, somehow gaining a sinister quality. Tall 151 oaks, yews, and elms seemed to move slightly, creeping nearer and pressing 152 in towards them. The birds grew quiet. 153 A loud giggle pierced the air. 154 Everyone turned to face a tremendous oak, gnarled with age. A 155 beautiful woman lay upon the ground near it; she was small and slender, 156 clad only in a green garment that revealed much more than it hid. This 157 seemed to produce a slight chin-dropping and mouth-opening effect among 158 the Ruckus. 159 She giggled again. "Hello, my name is Bliss." Her voice was 160 soft and pure, her manner seductive. 161 "Uh, hi." That was all Johnny could manage. 162 ############### 163 The city was bustling with activity. Hundreds of strangers 164 passed Merryl and I as we followed the directions written for us by 165 the coin dealer. 166 "That's it, Pan!" Merryl pointed to a long slab of stone, placed 167 in the center of the block. No one seemed to be paying attention to us. 168 "Sure looks like it. All right, let's get started, then." 169 We took positions at opposite ends of the stone, and prepared 170 ourselves for the casting. A few people looked over at us, but did nothing. 171 "Ready for number thirty?" I asked. 172 "Yes. But Pan- don't ad-lib this time, okay?" 173 I smiled. "Fair enough. One! Two! Three!" 174 We began playing. The Door spell required the most preparation- 175 it was not a minor thing to move yourself by magick. I visualized the 176 School in Dunbarrah in complete detail- worn steps, spell-scarred ivy that 177 hung from the walls, narrow windows... I knew Merryl was doing the same, 178 doubtless recalling other details. The picture grew firm in my mind, gaining 179 solidity from the web of song we wove. The stone slab glowed in response 180 as it felt our Power growing within the bounds we had set. 181 People were beginning to gather around us, watching. 182 I prayed they would not interrupt, and we continued. My Power was 183 stretched out like a thin cord, ready to... 184 *SNAP* 185 ### Pan #################################################### 03/18/89 ### 008=Usr:233 molusk the crab 03/18/89 23:58 Msg:3415 Call:19494 Lines:4 186 ***************************************** 187 Observing. Good stories. I shall lurk 188 now. Lurk, Lurk, Lurk. 189 ***************************************** 009=Usr:4 Milchar 03/19/89 02:36 Msg:3416 Call:19500 Lines:1 190 +++++++++++++ An early-morning Milchlurk +++++++++++++++ 03/19/89 ++++++++++ 010=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/19/89 09:26 Msg:3417 Call:19502 Lines:6 191 &*&*&*&*'s 192 Pan, your story just keeps geting better. Looking forward to your next entry. 193 194 An Astral Dreamer(9:26am 3/19/89) 195 &*&*&*&*'s 196 011=Usr:233 molusk the crab 03/19/89 11:40 Msg:3418 Call:19504 Lines:5 197 198 Oh how I long to be down by the sea... 199 200 The Molusk 201 012=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 03/19/89 13:20 Msg:3419 Call:19505 Lines:3 202 . 203 The story will continue. I believe I will call it Lisa into the lake. 204 . 013=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/19/89 17:33 Msg:3420 Call:19518 Lines:7 205 Wowowowowowowow 206 Good story work continues Ad! 207 Who's The Molusk? 208 Who's the guy who puts the .'s before and after his messages 209 I asked before but no ansewr 210 later 211 The Vision 014=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 03/19/89 19:09 Msg:3421 Call:19520 Lines:3 212 . 213 You can call me 2d 214 . 015=Usr:245 Doug King 03/19/89 19:24 Msg:3422 Call:19521 Lines:6 215 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 216 Vision -- I am the The Mollusk, or The Friendly Mollusk, or Bartender Slug 217 The Friendly Mollusk!, or just plain old Bartender Slug. Chow babes. 218 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bartender Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 219 220 016=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/19/89 21:32 Msg:3423 Call:19522 Lines:10 221 &*&*&*&*'s 222 No story entry tonight. My computer has been kind'of busy today. I'm about 223 2/3rds of the way through the next part though, so I may upload somtime 224 late tonight. 225 226 I'll be signing on later. Good day to you all! 227 228 An Astral Dreamer 229 &*&*&*&*'s 230 017=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/19/89 21:42 Msg:3424 Call:19523 Lines:11 231 ______________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________ 232 Hey AD!! Well I'll look forward to your next entry sometime tomorrow? You 233 better do one by then I can't hold on too long! 2d huh? what's that mean? 234 Hello Bartender Slug. You're on 3cpu too huh? cool well I'll see you 235 later then here or there or wherever! later AD be on tomorrow looking for 236 the story buddy! 237 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ 238 239 ____T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____ 240 241 9:45pm 3/19/89 018=Usr:240 Jim Miller 03/20/89 02:04 Msg:3425 Call:19538 Lines:8 242 243 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 244 Hello. I heard about a story that was once posted on this board called 245 The Destroyer. I heard it was incredibly long but very well written abut 246 It had been shouted off of the board by hecklers. Can anybody tell me 247 more about this? I'm curious. 248 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>*****C64 CHAMP*****<><><><><><><><><><><><>! 590 Glad everybody remembers me.I am going to read the first parts of AD's story on 591 drive b.My VIC used to go the same speed as having a 75 baud modem even though 592 it had a 300 baud modem.This C64 is Great. 593 I was off for a while because of acusations of printing obsene lines on this 594 BBS.Someone was tring to get me blacklisted so I went off for a bit. 595 C64 Champ*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* 596 P.S.- I'm going to try and beat AD to the top.AD's beaten my record by about 597 8 to 4. 038=Usr:145 THE ABYSS 03/21/89 23:06 Msg:3445 Call:19604 Lines:19 598 THE... 599 ___ 600 !_ \ 601 / \ 602 / /\ \ 603 / /__\ \ 604 / \ 605 /__/------\_\ 606 byss... 607 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>-------------------->>>>>>>>>>---->>>- 608 I am using a different terminal than my usual one so I don't have the 'A' and 609@border down. I am Thinking of starting 610 border down. I am thinking of starting up a BBS with a couple of friends with 611 some neat programs and algorithms for CP/M and DOS machines and technical 612 bullitins for serious programmers. 613 614 *********************************** 615 * ABYSS has spoken..... * 616 *********************************** 039=Usr:4 Milchar 03/21/89 23:41 Msg:3446 Call:19605 Lines:4 617 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 618 AD: Okay, *SLAP*. :-) 619 'Tis been a long day, so until later- 620 +++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchlurk ++++++++++++++++++++++ 03/21/89 ++++++++ 040=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/22/89 13:21 Msg:3447 Call:19615 Lines:11 621 _____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N_______________________________ 622 Hmm the Abyss hasn't been on for a very long time. He came back at the same 623 time as the champ, who also has been gone for a long time. Abyss: you know the 624 champ? AD: how much is the check for? make it payable to: Matthew Torres. 625 Thanks! (JKIddin') ad your story is again very good. (do I even have to say 626 it?) It's awesome.. well anyway later. 627 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__ 628 629 Later... _T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N_ 630 631 Don't have my watch w/me! 041=Usr:145 THE ABYSS 03/22/89 14:36 Msg:3448 Call:19617 Lines:5 632 THE ABYSS: 633 634 Yeah I know C64 champ. I was using his terminal. 635 see you guys later (sometime...) 636 ABYSS has spoken..... 042=Usr:244 03/22/89 14:44 Msg:3449 Call:19618 Lines:4 637@ BLANK<<<<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>C64 CHAMP<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>NOT0CHEAP (VISA/MC) : 903 HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< 904 905 063=Usr:53 prince dragon 03/23/89 23:46 Msg:3471 Call:19681 Lines:1 906 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.dragon lurk mode runing .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-> prince dragon 064=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/24/89 02:53 Msg:3472 Call:19687 Lines:11 907 &*&*&*&*'s 908 I'm still in the planing stage for the next part of Patricks story. I've been 909 sort of busy recently as it is spring break and between wor{ and RPG'ing I 910 just havn't had much time. 911 912 Prince Dragon, aren't you a face from the past? Then name sounds familer. 913 914 Well to bed, it's nearly 3am and I need to be to work by 10:30am. 915 916 An Astral Dreamer 917 &*&*&*&*'s 065=Usr:93 DAVE ELKMAN 03/24/89 03:23 Msg:3473 Call:19688 Lines:30 918 +-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@C64 CHAMPION +-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@+-*@ 919 I 920 am 921 working 922 my 923 way 924 0 0 to 925 the 926 top, 927 but 928 I 929 don't 930 have 931 0 much 932 to 933 say 934 except 935 good 936 morning 937 and 938 may 939 the 940 best 941 person 942 get 943 to 944 the 945 top. 946 +-*@+-*@ C64 CHAMPION +-*@+-*@!!1!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 947 BYE 066=Usr:248 Innkeeper 03/24/89 03:46 Msg:3474 Call:19689 Lines:11 948 ___________________________________Innkeeper_______________________________ 949 ** Came back from the dead ** 950 O__________________________________________________________________________ 951 KKKKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLRRRRRROOOOOOYYYYY WWWAAASSSS HHHHHEEEERRREE 952 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 953 ---------=------------------------------ 954 955 956 ------------------------------------------------------- 957 --------------------------------------- 958 Kiiiillllllrrrrrroooooooyyyyy(%) 067=Usr:248 Innkeeper 03/24/89 04:08 Msg:3475 Call:19690 Lines:9 959 ___________________________________Innkeeper_______________________________ 960 ** When your shot at least you go out with a BANG!!!** 961 ___________________________________________________________________________ 962 ** One common questin around the U.S.** 963 ** If there is a sign on a door that says DON'T USE AT ANY TIME,why put the 964 door there??????** 965 ___________________________________________________________________________ 966 ** VISION,C64 CHAMPION,AN ASTRAL DREAMER,na}eless people,and KILLROY** 967 ** I think I got most of you down** 068=Usr:248 Innkeeper 03/24/89 04:27 Msg:3476 Call:19691 Lines:11 968 ___________________________________________________________________________ 969 ** ASTRAL DREAMER, good0ctori ** 970 ** &*&*&*&*'s ** 971 ** Did I get it right? ** 972 ** No offensive action taken on putting down your sign or mark ** 973 ___________________________________________________________________________ 974 ** I don't know much about everyone else `lease introduce your selves ** 975 ** I'm male,17,and live in Hillsboro ** 976 ___________________________________________________________________________ 977 Innkeeper>END OF LINES 978 ____________________________________________________________O___O__________ 069=Usr:53 prince dragon 03/24/89 11:31 Msg:3477 Call:19698 Lines:4 979 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 980 yes AD i am from BW I a long time ago etc... 981 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. 982 net? 070=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/24/89 13:18 Mcw:3478 Call:19700 Lines:17 983 &*&*&*&*'s 984 Ah, I'd thought so. Nice to see you. We're nearing the end of another disk 985 here. At the risk of cursing us I'd like to say that things have been going 986 rather well recently. We've averaged a bit retteb then a disk a week for the 987 last four or so. 988 989 Innkeeper, You use a name that was used in the past by the sysop of this board. 990 don't want to discorage you from it's use, just pointing out that there may 991 be some confusion. 992 993 I'm 22, work part time as a Data Base admin, go to PSU part time and enjoy 994 music, reading writting and computing in general. Oh, I'm male. 995 996 End of the disk. See you all soon on the new disk A. Hope Mikey changes it 997 soon. He really doesn't make enough for what he does. I'm looking forward to 998 having my own BBS someday. I hope I can keep my enthusiasm for 8+ years 999 An Astral Dreamer &*&*&*&*'s