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We're usually a little more modest. But we couldn’t help feeling proud of what this team has created — a pro- fessional, reliable Bulletin Board System — that you can relate to.

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* ELECTRONIC MAIL with file attachments, carbon copies, return receipts, message forwarding, mes- sage quoting, distribution lists, and user preferences.

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¢MULTI-USER TELECONFER- ENCE with 65,535 channels, confer- ence “moderators”, and a private chat mode.

¢ FILE LIBRARY supporting over 10,000 sub-libraries and over

1,000,000 files, file tagging, CD-° ROMs, keyword searching, and optional file approval restrictions.

¢ MHS MESSAGE NETWORKING with DaVinci E-Mail, cc:Mail, MCI Mail, the Internet, CompuServe, X.400 networks, and other third- party message networks.

«FULL SCREEN EDITOR with block commands, paragraph format- ting, and message importing.

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¢« PLUS: questionnaires, global com- mands, a user registry, file displays, remote system management tools, and much more.

We went all out to make your life as Sysop easier, too. Installation is super-easy, with automatic modem detection and customization utili- ties. Fully configurable menus, screens, prompts, help messages, and user accounting options,

The Major BBS Development Team with about 5% of the code they wrote and tested, line by line. From left to right: Bert Love,

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

March 1993

Volume 4, Number 3

THE EMERALD PALACE ............... cc ceeeeeeeenes 4 SPITFIRE! BBS COMMANDS ..............---0 renee 32 by Phil Bailey

RANDOM MUSINGS ON THE FUTURE.............. 40 by Peter Edward Cann

A LOOK INTO THE NEW RYBBS. ..................-. 42 SO YOU WANT TO BE A SYSOP?.............----+- 45

by Wally Byczek

COLUMNS

A [TOT ANN VAN] a iS8 GTO] MRS es Mine pe enn nero O55 14 Uncle Hank’s Shareware Review by Hank Hurteau

THE DIFFICULTY IN SETTING TELEPHONE........... 16 LINE TARIFFS FOR BBSs The Law and BBS Users by Shari Steele

GETeREADY FOR MARCH G.2 roar oan. ett see a ue 20 Tales From the Lighter Side of Computing by Caro] Carmichael & Ed Lazarowitz

BES: INGORPORATEDR: 4.7 goer ee tara e 22 BBS Barrister’s Corner by Charles S. Kramer, Esq.

PC-MONTANA BBS, FREDBOX, & MATCHMAKER ..28 ELECTRONIC PEN-PAL SYSTEM BBS Notebook by Alan Bechtold

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MARCH 1993

| COVER STORY | STORY

THE EMERALD PALACE

SYSTEM

WHO RUNS IT AND WHAT Is IT?

BBSCD: A brief history of Gregory Shaheen after several conversations.

At the age of 8, Gregory Shaheen’s father retired from the Oil and Gas busi- ness and moved the family to a ranch located outside a small rural town in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. With nothing around but acres and acres of streams and mountain land to play on, Gregory’s dreams as a boy was to one day move to Alaska and live off of the land.

As tme went by and Gregory began to mature, he quickly realized that there was more to life than hunting, fishing and all the things he did during his youth. Of course he is still an avid

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Gregory Shaheen at his office.

hunter and fisherman, but has since decided to take life on at full pace. When Gregory graduated from High School he enrolled at Texas Tech University receiving a scholarship in Applied Music. A Jazz trombonist to this day, he claims that he will one day take the time to record an album just for his mother and father who love to listen to

him play.

After his third year at Tech, Gregory decided it was time to get things going so he left school and ven- tured out on his own. With the three people in mind that he admired the most being his Grandfather, Father and Cousin, Gregory felt he could do any- thing he set his mind too.

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Gregory became independently involved in the Oil and Gas business and would peddle drilling deals just like his grandfather did. He went out and did what many thought was impossible by negotiating with the Lebanese Government to extend over a million acres of Oil Concessions that his late Grandfather, Father and late Uncle had acquired in the late 1960’s but were forced out of the country due to the war.

“When I would sit and talk with my grandfather about the Lebanon deal, his eyes would sparkle as he truly believed Lebanon is sitting on a structure greater than that of Saudi Arabia.” I made a vow to him that one day I would get the con- cessions back in the family name and proceed with his and my late Uncles dreams.” Gregory hopes that operations to began fulfilling those dreams will began in mid summer 1993 when drilling operations are scheduled to begin.

Gregory’s interest in computers came into focus in the summer of 91. He went and bought a computer to keep business in order and found that it mostly just sat there. His father one day made the comment “you should be able

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Peggy Shaheen answering customer questions.

to make money with that thing some- how.” This is when Gregory got the idea. He had been calling some local bulletin boards and called one of the major online services.

With all this in mind he decided to start his own service. He took a chal- lenge from his father and decided that he was going to succeed with his newest venture. Shopping around for the right soft- ware was a major task as knowing almost nothing about computers, he did not know exactly what he needed. He made his decision by choosing the soft- ware he felt offered the most and was most user friendly. That is when he picked up the phone and called Galacticomm Inc.

“I remember I spoke With Christopher at Galacticomm and he was very helpful as to pointing out the prod- ucts I would need to get started.”said

“I was taught that there are three keys to a successful operation, ’

says Greg.

Gregory. He relied ona local computer pal Chuck Mace who had previously operated a Major BBS system. Chuck introduced Gregory to the features that MBBS had to offer and would spend countless hours with Gregory teaching him the language of C pro- gramming.

Eventually Gregory learned how to compile and link all the pro- grams himself and decided it was ime to shoot for the stars. In March of 92 he moved all of his operations to San Antonio and decided that he was going to make this service available to the national public. After negotiating with a X.25 Network carrier, July saw the national birth of The Emerald Palace. Now his service was available with just a local phone call in over 92% of the pop- ulation in the country.

Starting and continuing this ser- vice is not an easy task. Gregory is a per- fectionist and works very hard to make sure everything is done cor- rectly. “I was taught that there are three keys to a successful operation,” says Greg.

The first key is that a person must be 100% committed to what they are doing. They must be willing to sacrifice the long hours of hard work and frequent let downs.

The second key is keep overhead to an absolute minimum. “If Ican do it myself then I will. He is very fortu- nate to have his lovely wife Peggy at his side contributing her share

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Rusty Edie

Dual Eliminator

Rusty n Edie’s BBS announces the introduction of our their Dual Eliminator. Simply plug your phone line to the Dual Eliminator and then plug the Dual Eliminator into your modem. This device consists of 2 passive electronic filters that handie both high and low frequency noise from the phone line. Both high and low frequency are independently adjustable with knobs that mount on the front of the unit. Surge protection is provided by an electronic varistor.

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A light emitting diode, also mounted on the front of the unit, glows whenever the device is eliminating noise from the phone lines. This device can solve the majority of noise problems associated with telecommunications today, and is sold with a 30 day, money back guarantee. They sell for $25 each plus $4 shipping and handling. To order, call Rusty n Edie’s at 216-758-8342 or call their BBS number 216-726-3589, they will accept Visa or MasterCard.

Rusty n Edie’s BBS 1480 Fredricksburg Drive Youngstown, OH 44512

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Emerald Palace Setup includes, 486/50,3 CDRoms, 56kbps x.25 Modem, 2 Galactiboxes Housing 32 Internal Modems and a 386/25 Development Machine.

of hard work. Gregory’s reason for keep- ing the cost down are simple. “To pass the savings on to the customer.”

The third key is the most impor- tant, customer service. You must treat your customers with the respect that you would want yourself. Many are first time bbsers and you want to give them the best first impression of their life. I like to think of the Palace as being a customer oriented system. Whenever major changes are to take place that I know will affect the users, I email them and invite them to an open forum in the teleconference to get their views on the matter. The Palace is like one big fami-

The Playpen

(A)...Social Room (B)...Females Only (C)...Males Only (D)...Adult Gifs

ly and everyone knows that if they have an opinion it will be heard.

Now about The Emerald Palace Information System.

The Emerald Palace has a vast majority of features available. Greg says: “We try not to be really fancy but offer the customer many features for their hard earned dollar. The most popular feature is the interactive chat. This is where any number of users can enter a room and talk live with each other. It is very fascinating mainly because there are people from all over the country in there chatting with each other.”

(E)...Adult Access Form (A Must!)

(X)..-Exit Menu

Select an option (A,B,C,D,E,X, or ? for help):

A user also has their own private chat channel where they can invite as many (A) other users inside as (D) they want. They can (G) also uninvite a user. Users on the Palace also have the unique

feature of going into a (2) one on one chat with (S) another user from (U) anywhere on the sys- (W) tem. Users are not (B)

limited to chat just in (T) the Teleconference on the Palace.

There are sev- eral Chat areas on the Palace. There is even a Wedding Chapel where users can get married online! And Yes they do! At least once a week online romances turn into marriage on the Palace. The fol- lowing menu on The Emerald Palace shows some of the Chat areas.

Message Base Topics

. Windows Applications

Debate on Issues : Squares (Othello) (K) ... Commodore/Amiga

(O) ... Science Ham Radio Suggestions Galactic Empire Natural Phenomenon

. Gaming Schedules Sports Club

(8) ... BBS 800 List

REAL-LIFE GET TOGETHERS

There are different regions set up so you can chat and exchange messages with users from your region of the coun- try. Many users from other regions have actually planned and met in real life for regional Palace get togethers!

DISCOUNT CD-ROMs

. Jokes & Quips . Apple MacIntosh Hello to All IBM Applications . Poetry . OS/2 Star Trek Talks San Antonio Chatter . Communications . Games & Shareware Investments Exit to Previous Menu

There is usually one a month in San Antonio for the locals and others who fly in. We have had them drive in from 300 miles away to fly in from Boston, Atlanta and Wisconsin! A

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Visual Fantasies

Ecstasy Hot Pic's Busty Babes

Erotic Encounters So-Much-Stareware Pork-Ware 1 Pork-Ware 2 Pork-Ware 3 Shareware Tiger Shareware Bonanza Lion Share Shareware Mother Earth Il

Lovely Ladies II So-Much-Shareware 1 & 2

So-Much-Screenware Clip Art Galore Shareware Galore

All American MultiMedia Game Master Business Master Education Master The Women of Venus Rotor

Night Owl's 6.1 & 7.0 Gigabyte Gold

Time Almanac Reference Library Magazine Rack

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Communications

21 Home computing 41 02 Games & Fun Things 22 BBS Programs 42 03 DeskTop Publishing 23 File Archiving Utils 43 04 Word Processing 24 GIF Pictures 44 05 OS/2 Programs & Utils 25 BBS Doors & Utils 45 06 Pascal & Turbo Pascal 26 A.S.P. Shareware 46 07 BASIC & QuickBasic 27 Math & Science 47 08 Education Programs 28 dBase Files & Utils 48 09 Business Applications 29 LAN Files & Utils 49 10 Window Demo’s 30 Food Recipes 50 11 Personal System Utils 31 Printer Utils 51 12 Windows Applications 32 Screen Utils 52 13 Windows Games 33 Keyboard Utils 53 14 CAD Programs & Utils 34 Modem Utils & Help 54 15 Religious Files 35 Virus Protection 55 16 Hard Disk Utils 36 EGA & VGA Games 56 17 Floppy Disk Utils 37 File Processing 57 18 Data Base Programs 38 Ham Radio 58

Graphics Programs Operating System Utils

Dos Utils & helps Spread Sheets & Utils

Caribbean cruise is also in the works for late summer '93 for all Palace members who wish to attend.

The Black Cat

Information Service || cames

Based entirely on 14.4K lines There are many online games Over 2GB of on-fine space and 6 CD- reels epic ltiol ROMS varying from single player to multi-play- ’ New Macintosh, IBM, Amiga, and er interactive games. Users can actually Commodore files daily! play live against each other.

Over 30,000 files The most popular is Othello, a ver- je) On-line shopping E= sion of the popular board game. Free On-line Another popular board game is

Magazines

Scrabble. You have to play this to

GIFs for the family and adults believe it. There is a full online casino

More than 300 varied conferences

ranging from just about all the card

Tired of Sys Ops who ea games to roulette. And they are live! You answer questions: play against other users online.

Call The Black Cat fe or Sysops War of Worlds is a very popular

who are there for you.

space game where users create their own 30 minutes free daily/downloads

planet, operate the resources and try to

Instantly conquer and take over the existing plan-

r 4 16-262-3680 ets in the galaxy. This is another you just

ore have to play it game! Galactic Empire

aff support challenges the players to over take the

SLs Galaxy and fight off the dreading

oe Cybertrons and other evil forces of the standardé galaxy.

For all the Chess lovers, the Palace offers a full ANSI chess game set

Text Editors & Utils CakeWalk 3 & 4 Utils Midifile Sound Files Sound

Blaster Files .CMF Albums -SNG Albums

Music - Midi-

Music - .WRK Albums Music - .CMS Albums Music - .STM Albums Adlib and Rol Files

PC Speaker & Sound Misc. Music & Sound Midi-Yamaha DX Utils .CMF Player & Utils TrakBlaster Files Midi-Roland MT Utils Clipper Programs

All unsorted Files

up with all the regulations. It can also be played anywhere online. Get this, there is a full screen ANSI horse track online! Users go to the betting booth, place their bets and sit back and chat with each other. Then the screen clears and the race begins! You actual- ly see the horses trotting across the screen. At the end of the race the com- puter tallies up your winnings and adds them to your account.

For all the trivia fans there is a online trivia forum that has over 10,000 questions. Also nightly trivia contest are held in the trivia chat channel and users play against each other for points redeemable for free usage on the Palace.

MATCHMAKING

The Palace also. offers Matchmaking utilities that lets users match themselves with that perfect mate. Users answer a complete list of questions about themselves and the computer will match their answers with those users of the opposite sex. So far

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600 Plus Megabytes Over 4,861 Virus Free Files - 1 plus Gigabytes Uncompressed! Filled With Windows and OS/2 Shareware and Public Domain Files Including Sound files, Utilities, Programming, Plus Much Much More!

Over 600 Megabytes Filled With Hundreds of 256 Color .Gif's, .Fli's of all types & Includes our New "Zoom-In Catalog System* with our Built In .Gif Viewer, plus Loads of Sound files, Mod, .Rol, .Wav, & .Voc, + Utilities for Sounds & Graphics!

For Adults Only GOLD - Just The Best of the Best - "No BBS Logos” Over 600 Megabytes “Wife Proof Labels" 256 Color Gifs with tesolutions up to 1280x1024, 256 Color Animated Fii's, Gl's, .DI's, Games, and ASCII Fantasy Text Files. We have also included our New "Zoom-In Catalog System" with our Built In .Gif Viewer, plus The FAO Series is the Only Adult CD-ROM Discs with MegaDoor and MegaTerminal plus a True MS Windows 3.0 - 3.1 User Interface!

New Release!

For Adults Only "Wife Proof Labels" 256 color GIF's, with resolutions up to 1280x1024, 256 Color Animated FLI's, GL’s, .DI's, Games, and ASCII Fantasy Text Files. - This Huge 3 Disc Collection

For Adults Only Contains 1,892 Megabytes with Over (Count Them) 16,180 Files!

3 Disc Collection

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PC Shareware Spectacular

SDN:

uegaoyes PIUS

650 Megs 8,036 Files. Over 1plus Gigabytes Uncompressed! Contains Sound files, 256 Color GIF's, FLI's, Utilities, Programming, Bibles, True Type Fonts, WINDOWS Programs, Electronic Magazines, Communications, BBS Programs and Utilities, Plus Much Much Morel Contains Many Files Intentionally Not Included on Mega CD-ROM 2 - Mastered 1/92

A Must Have for Everyone not just Sysops! - 600 plus Megabytes! Over 7,215 Files. Includes the SDN complete Library, SDN Intemational is the largest not for profit author direct file distribution network in the world. Also included is WinNet - Windows Library, DVNet - DesqView Library, LanNet - Lan Library, DDS - Door Distribution System Library, SDS - Sysop Library, Digital Gamers Review OnLine Magazine, Boardwatch Magazine's Online Edition, FIDONet News, ASP Shareware, Genealogy, Cooking, Games, Graphics, and Utilitiesof all types, Plus Much Much More! - Mastered 6/92

Caddies $4.75 ea. with any Non Demo CD purchase - Questions & Dealer Info. Call (602) 577-9696

All prices are quoted in U.S. dollars, with funds drawn on U.S. banks. The prices listed above do not include shipping and handling. PROFIT PRESS, 2956 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719 ae } . ORDERS ONLY! Call Toll Free

INFORMATION (602) 577-9696 - FAX (602) 577-9624 | 1-800-843-7990

i QWK Mail utility available so that users

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1) Change Alert Status

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there have been 4 real life marriages with 2 pending.

Of course the Palace offers all elec- tronic mail features. Users can write,

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modify, read, erase and even configure mailing list online. Users may also attach a file to the mail they have writ- ten. What a convenience. There is a

can download all their messages into a QWK packet and read and reply offline.

40,000 SHAREWARE FILES

The Palace offers a rather large file library with over 40,000 up to date shareware files. Just about anything you need is located in the file library. Growing everyday, this area will keep you busy for hours on end.

Also available is a dial out utility that lets users online dial up another sys- tem. The Palace has several local bbs’s set up so that users calling form any- where in the US can call these systems without incurring any additional charges or long distance charges.

In the Utilities Menu users can look up any user they wish and see when that user was last on. Users can look at the actual BBS statistics and see how many hours of usage was reported for that day to how many messages were written.

The Forums area has roughly 200+ topics all carried over Echo’s and

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PCB-MHS

MHS gateway for PCBoard BBS Software

Increase your office productivity by using PCB-MHS and PCBoard to connect your office e-mail system with your bulletin board system.

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are distributed through out the world. Topics for just about anyone’s taste are available. This is a good way to com- municate with friends who are in cities that do not have a local access number to connect to the Palace.

TRAVEL SERVICES

An online Travel Center is under development and will offer users dis- counts on travel packages and airfares. This area is operat- ed by a Travel Agent in Florida who is a member of the Palace. He says he can give a great deal on just about any travel package avail- able.

Of course for Adults only, the Playpen is available 24 hours a day. With private chat areas as well as echoed messages,

Adults can get together and converse on a much more laid back and mature level

BBS Technologies

Since the birth of the Palace in late October of 1992, it has grown

from a 2 line local system to 128 lines with

national access.

without being bothered by the oh so ever anxious teenagers. A large collec- tion of Adult Gifs are available also. Access to this area is restricted to adults only. An Adult Access form with proof of age is required before any user is permitted inside.

HOW TO CONNECT

Connecting to the Palace is very simple. Users just dial a local number in their city and they are online. No long distance charges at all. And the cost is the best part of the whole package! Only $1.50 per hour! Unlike most of the other services, the Palace is access- able 24 hours a day, seven days a week at this low hourly fee.