NEW: Lazlow's Technoraves • WebBoard • QmodemPro for Win 95 September 1995 US $3.95 Canada $4.95 70992-35460 8t6 flflwlwury town pie Qpllona iVmdow yelp EZh^ Support Syalems ]_-J Harvard Akjfinr Counly Lbf arjj CcmnfyBonk Attnciijlicri &> European TiavalAgency DirlntMj4oi Mam menu: Launch your (urn online service, right out of the box. with Worldgroup. Offer users e-mail, fomms, multi-user teleconference, palls, files, Internet access and more. Worldgroup Manager: ( 'st'rs access and navigate your system with Worldgroup Manager, a Windows client. Willi the click of an icon, users are connected and logged in la your system. ! Ilr Lrfi' Vl'w Mill Ppila n* ^flnAttm Help £c: Olhwi RBMBbwH iBffC: | W A.tva.l.ran Caa^ufcy. MM "* M "' '*"* PaPOIil. Ml VM and Divan mm a paal Iran You mam II tairiajala lar aamar ■ Forums: Creole up to 10,000 group message areas or Internet newsgroups for users to exchange ideas on a variety of topics. A map even helps users track conversation threads visually. E-mail: Users can easily manage, their mail with their own in box, out box, multi-foidered filing cabinet, at/dress hook and more. Hit Edll K"» Mwgc rppim Qpllona Mf1mJo> B mm *mmu \ Culfttt TortM. f;~ Open Your Windows to the Worldgroup". Bring the World a Click Away. The newest, smartest generation of online software isn't coming from Microsoft. Or CompuServe. Or America Online. It's coming from you — and Galacticomm, the creator of The Major BBS'. Worldgroup. And it's a client/server online software platform that brings the world to you, Think of Worldgroup as the bridge that links the people and resources within your company to the world beyond. With the click of an icon, you can network your entire business world — customers, stockholders, prospects, field staff, distributors, vendors, the press and more — together online! Worldgroup. The World's Most Powerful Client/Server Online Platform. By running your own online service, you have 100% control over the content, presentation and revenue ^ of your system. And Workgroup's client/server approach makes it easy for anyone to use. The client runs under Windows on your users' machines. Its multi- threaded architecture lets them do all sorts of cool things simultaneously. Like download files in the background, while reading new mail. Or auto update new versions of applications transparently. Local caching, "look ahead" and client-driven intelligence maximizes performance at 2,400 or 28,800 bps. You can customize all the icons and menu pages out of the box. With Worldgroup's multimedia features, you can have a "splash" screen with a BMP image and a WAV or MIDI file, graphic menu backdrops, real-time video and more. There's even a "launch" client/server utility that downloads and launches files for your users, such as Adobe Acrobat files. Word documents and PowerPoint presentations, in one easy step — while the user is online. 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Files can be downloaded in the background while users enjoy your other services. -: Help: Users will quickly grasp the advantages of ' WorldyrcMp's friendly Windows interface, with hypertext online help at every window. fcdll ¥lc» hi *'J Op tion* Wlflttow n*ia Internal Modem 33-k " Thm mod»ni entu*y thtrtt tt PC -cart ■* W COM port oiCuAy fcv* h**«jffti lanatpMotBiGcoivitcaan wi«d#th* PCtcabmM PCMCIA Modem ^Kk^kW Matt no*»taak compute, on ff>» rrori* todsy dN* PCWO*. (kwift ertranwy cDtnpoe* add-On d*uit*i »OvdW^ moMm* TH* r^od*" raeusy i* I" CM I id il a port iji heie-Fy ifl(5*f Sisn b crrticBfti Be* edwnoi ond internal mwjtn* 0cm»3V) ?■* iN0hon« ty*t»fn bya is DNWOTC Mow PCMCIA modtwii ^ta praida esmKMy to cataor tawpftarvi World of Online Computing The server runs on a single 486 or Pentium DOS machine and can handle up to 256 users online at once. Locks and Keys'" security provides airtight access control. Full system accounting and reporting is built in. And in addition to client/server users, you can still support ASCII/ANSI/RIP terminals. Worldgroup. Beyond the World-Wide Web. Workgroup's client/server interface works just as well over the Internet as it does with dial-up modems. We're talking full-fledged interactive applications, not just documents. In addition, ftp server and basic WWW server capabilities are also supported. Worldgroup provides a communication mode! that bring: the inside world and the outside world together in a secure, productive environment. But it doesn't stop there. You can make your service accessible via modem, serial ports, TCP/IP, Novell LAN, ISDN and X.25 networks such as CompuServe and SprintNet. Worldgroup. The Best of Both Worlds. Worldgroup gives you the best of workgroup software and commercial online services. E-mail, group discussion areas, file libraries, teleconferencing, surveys and more are all built-in. You can gateway to existing message systems via MHS or UUCP. And that's just the beginning. Worldgroup. A World of Resources... A Phone Call Away. As a Galacticomm customer, you'll also receive excellent documentation and world-class support. In every way, we will work with you to make your online venture a success. So open your Windows to the powerful, smart new Worldgroup of online computing today. Call your Galacticomm dealer or call us at 800- 328-1128 (or 305-583-5990 outside the U.S. and Canada). You can also send e-mail on the Internet to sales@gcomm.com and access our home page by pointing your Web browser to http://www.gcomm.com. (f)GALACTICOMM Bringing your vision online Online Interactive Software moms. Galaclicomm and Worldgrcnip are trademarks ol Gfllacitcornm, Inc. The Major BBS is a registered Iradenrnik ol Gfilacticomm. Inc AH ether products are trademarks rjl 1h©ir respective companies. TRUE WINDOWS MULTITASKING • ON-THE II Y DAT 1 , COMPRESSION SyttePt VfMv Brig MULTI-NODE* NETWORK COMPATIBLE - as z a. Q s z a 6 u Multitasking allows users to download files, compose and read messages, plus preview images... all while participating in group chat. - storm, ll was the first system ol'its kind to run entirely under Windows" and continues to set the standard of measure. Because Excalibur is built around an accelerated bi-directional protocol, users can upload and download files, chat with other users, and compose messages ... all at fhf same time.' Utilizing our proprietary graphical interlace, users are able to design their own menus and screens incorporating object oriented graphics, bitmapped graphics, and TrueType fonts. This means no two Excalibur based systems are the same! Advanced error correction and data compression offer reliability and convenience to all users, even tlio.se without error-coirect- ing modems. As for expandability. Excalibur offers true Plug'N Play abilities. Imagine doors that are both hassle free and easy to use. By using Excalibur' s Application Programming Interface (API), third party developers have created everything from Internet gateways and databases to shopping malls and interactive games. The possibilities are endless. Modem into Excalibur HQ/USA at 918.496.8113 or call 800.EXCAL.BBS (800.392.2522). In Canada, modem into Excalibur 11 (J/ Canada at 905.508.8872. Find out what users worldwide are heralding as "the next generation in BBS software". v. - 3 - 2 Z i > n z - - COMMUNICATIONS, INC. EXCALIBUR COMMUNICATIONS. INCORPORATED • 4410 EAST S0TH PLACE • TULSA. OKI MIOMA 74136 • 800.392.2522 • 918.488.9801 O > F 3 — ■J- 30#TE ■ *» ,/ JL VOLUME 6, NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 1995 DEPARTMENTS 4 readme.txt 6 Newswire 51 Ask Tess 56 The Mist 66 Netted Boards 71 Bookshelf 72 Classified Ads 76 Online Update FEATURE 10 Launchtime So you want to be a sysop? by John Hedtke COLUMNS 9 On the Horizon A Board for Your Web? 16 BBSing by the Web-Board Light Webwise by Dave Kramer 20 Ludd Online Technoraves by Lazlow Jones 22 Games, Finance, Entertainment and Free Web Pages! The Big Boards by Terry Rossi 28 bbs.notebook by Steve Janas 32 Sharewaring by Maria Langer 36 Hot Files byHankHurteau * ¥ 40 Class Distinctions Macintosh Online by Michael A. Kuykendall 44 Wolf Spiders Fetch Pizza Upon Request! Internet Made Easy by Mike Robinson 46 Download Bulletin Commodore Connections by Gaelyne R. Moranec 52 Modem Spins Modems by Modem Mage Pag* IV P"ge 16 '■•V' 21) SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE llll§L#: THE BULLETIN SOAfiD SERVICES MAGAZINE readme.txt Getting On Board We should do this more often. With (insert four-digit number) sysops born each month 'round the world, we'd be smart to offer on a regu lar, cyclical basis the kind of timely advice saturating this issue's feature story. The report, in case your cover was torn off in the mail or at the news- stand by a Luddite (see Technoraves below), details author John ^ -— Hedtke's revelations on how to start a bul- letin board service. Hedtke not only looks into the practical and tech- nical aspects of starting a BBS (for starters, should you even bother?), he likewise offers first- hand tips on how to deal with crazy callers, ways to manage your ego, and what it takes to keep a BBS fresh — perhaps the most vital task of all these days. With years of experience in BBSing, and with a book on the subject heading toward its fourth printing, he's some- one worth listening to. And maybe we'll ask him for an update in a couple of months. Elsewhere this month, we talk to Chris Duke of Duke Engineering about a little project he's been working on to change the face of World Wide Web sites. Oh, haven't heard of him? Well maybe O'Reilly rings a bell — they're that book publisher-cum-software pro- moter partly behind a little thing called WebSite. Duke's WebBoard claims to bring BBSing to WebSite, and we bring a touch of both to you on page 9. A welcome should go out to a fellow named Lazlow Jones who joins our line-up this month. He'll be writing under the Technoraves heading, where humor at the expense of the online world will mingle with serious ideas and iconoclastic rants... we think. Truth be told, we're never quite sure what Lazlow will do next, so follow him as we do, beginning on page 20. And liTVV, this is our fifth anniver- sary issue. There's no pomp, no cir- cumstance, but there is an embarrass- ing picture of our early days on page 6. Cheers... gulp. Rick Robinson Editor editor@bbsmagazinc.com PUBLISHER Richard Paqueite publisher@bbscd.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John P, Carcione carcione@bbsmagazine.com EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Richard W. Robinson Jr. editor@bbsmagazine.com WEST COAST ADVERTISING SALES Wayne J. Fields, 714.770.2955 advertis@bbsmagazine.com DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION Terry Wilson ART DIRECTOR Jeanne Lorenzo CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Tess Heder, Hank Hurteau, Steve Janas, Lazlow Jones, Dave Kramer, Jacqui Kramer, Michael A. Kuykendall, Maria Langer, Modem Mage, Gaelync R. Moranec, Mike Robinson, Tern' Rossi, and Shari Steele PRE-PRESS PRODUCTION Beth Tomasello NEWSSTAND CIRCULATION DIRECTOR William A. 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"...basically, client/server extensions of every nature can be linked through the Internet or via regular dial-up modem or ISDN lines," said Scott Brinkcr, Cialaclicomm CEO. "And this is real])' just the first wave oi Worldgroup extensions. We're aware of a number of incredible new products that are in the early development stages." Says Brinker, with the openness of Workgroup's client/server platform, "ISVs — or an organiza- tion's own staff — can create these applications easily using our t Client/Server Developer's Kit with Visual Basic and Borland C++." Some of the Worldgroup extensions include two online shopping packages (with [PEG photo support) that permit credit card orders to be processed while the caller's online — Mix "K'y™ fifis Homepage Btcfc Print |>U P(*ct &££ 204.29.198,6 u ^u^.^y.iya.D Tn* fifU PI os* BBS flam Ezarc Z-3i\1*rmncm 2 Aval lab, • Fil* 3 i i-*c tC" i tl I t morg of Fl la Dlr*ctoM» fgr Cwif#r««« HOtl-Wtl u)b 1 1 Ftoctni Uplcoai 2 O B— tfllwtlaiM Procro** and help 3 Electronic rtogetlnu and Bookj 4 n*dld HobblfM and Profiwiorali 3 Qroc+ilc* Proerw 4 634,460 ft Pletwt fun <6iF, PCI, itc.J 15 1,4*1,302 7 Csofclfig flnd fttclpiis 1 19,32a 6 U-ltlnQ and Urit«r# 9 "mi! Hfllwfc InfOTMtlOn 4 216.66? 10 DO* UtH I ll«« and Information II 1,606, WM 11 Q-~fmt oftd Pragraw (<*? Fun iq 10,734,104 12 OffllmNall R»«i«rf a 333 , mo CI7 Win l, < H J* I p , rior«7 | ^EEC KEYWORDS Where the boards are Telnetting to exotic lands 16 So, why are you still dialing into BBSs in different time zones? Before you start this month's column, you're going to need a Telnet client. For Macintosh, NCSA Telnet will work just fine, and Windows users can't get by without Trumpet Telnet or its equivalent (or Galacticomm's Worldgroup client). Most Web browsers will deliver Telnet URLs to the appropriate tool if you set your preferences right, or you can just login directly to sites once you have the Telnet address. OK, so let's surf the Web for some BBSs! If you want to track down Internet-accessible bulletin board services on your own, go no further than EvcrClear's Vicious Book of BBSes at http://www.dsv.su.se/-mats-bjo/bbslist.html.This long-winded site by Dan Vishnesky profiles Telnet-accessible BBSs and offers links directly to the sites. (Also, check out the extensive list and source sites in the telnettable boards later in this issue). Some highlights: Notes on etiquette, tips on how to sign on to a strange BBS, and rankings of "The Biggest Userbase," "The Most Files Available," "The Most Unpredictable," and "The Most Political." My only criticism is that the names of the ranked and rated BBSs aren't anchored to their entry in the master list {which would make best use of hypertext to help the SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE user of the site). Also, the site hasn't been updated in awhile, so there are bound to be cobwebs. But, the site is one of the more comprehensive for Web surfing BBSers and all of the Telnet links that I tried were still valid, so have at it! Note to newcomers to Telnet: You generally will be greeted with a text login prompt. Fortunately, Dan's list tells you how to sign in initially (often "BBS"). From there, you should get guidance on how to sign in as a guest and what sort of valida- tion is required — for instance The 9th Floor (Dan's pick for "Weirdest BBS," located at telnet://leccata.nmsu.edu) requires you to first visit http://leccata.nmsu.edu/users/Techs- Misc/bbs.Qaire.html or Finger bbs@leccata.nmsu.edu to get an application to fill out. 204.27.72.Z I S*at*w* Star MS I 2* OI»n*«tK - '= Lines ISP Unproved It! I Internet: esstonvenw, 204.27.72.2 I Fidnnrt I.nr *■»: l:3«/I I S*l lion-. II J Internet ■*««« I HI FiOffet Hrjinatfl 0.1 Lncol Hiss*,.* | SKI Q II t Reciter tl\ fill tr>«s III Fn I taH I 101 On-L,ne Choi | 17 n\imi*% wwliln Inf. • tin I HI bile tins I 1*1 Knot bit I HI hUtsis I HI Extra Inf. I IS) Sfston Slats I Ml W»'n On I inn | [HI Help Infn I Utilities I I mi fttfiltratlm I tV] V.ur Setting I IP I Pess«#rn CfcwifC [ EG I Ca-^ent to SysOp I 1-1 Pea* the Sgrtp «■■-■ — - — - ——— — — — — I IS I D*n»in I Another quick warning: Some of the BBSs you can Telnet to are in, gasp!, non-English languages, like Korean, Spanish, or Finnish. This is great if you speak those languages, but can be disorienting otherwise. Fortunately, Dan lets you know what boards are in what tongue. Speaking of foreign sites (one of the advantages of using the Internet is that overseas phone bills can become a thing of the past), there are several Italian sites worth visiting on the Web. The Energy BBS is at http://www.energy.it/. Much of the site is in Italian, but there's enough English to get you through the login 'ijUiTm ; a*. fj<] 01:2 1ST 3 I I'fWft I/tf'jlj '».< («■.«$ JJQT 1 Texas Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) Sites Netscape: Energy! in w Slop 2 LotJtton frHjV/vw *rnriff il/ Benveirato in Eaergyf vm* §M>»**t&e *shfoi4+et iaM, e% $tiH0A&d.... ZL //«fl| SIT* of I0K(«I H2byUj/;f; 2? min^i;ni ? ; process if you're not a native speaker. Another Telnettable Italian site is InfoSquare BBS at http://www.infosquare.it/, but they only offered English prompts for RIPscrip, which is not an option on my Telnet client. Oh well. Korean-speaking BBSers will find a goldmine at http://korea.stanford.edu/home.html. The Hana BBS is an easy Telnet in, and even has an English option for those who don't speak Korean. The BBS is geared toward chatting and topical discussions, although the Web page also links to an FTP file area and a sophisticated map of Web servers in Korea. Planning a trip to New Zealand? Be sure to take along Craig Shore's dialup BBS list for the Christchurch area at http://hcli- um.dosli.govt.nz/lists/christchurch/. Sadly, none include Telnet addresses, but there you are. Maybe the next update will offer some clickable access. A little closer to home (for me at least) is the New Orleans Big Easy BBS site found at http://bigeasy.com/hbs.htm. The BBS was easy enough to get into, but I wasn't going to shell out $15 per month without a preview. At least the Web site includes a list of other local BBSs. I found a little more Southern hospital- ity at the Southern Star BBS, at telnet://2Q4.27.72.2. The site offered me a free look around, although the only files I could get to were lists of the files available for paying members. Still, the BBS offered database searches of the CIA World Factbook, drug interactions, CEO phone numbers, and other useful and interesting info on my trial visit. Cool. As a former Texas-based reporter (now East Coaster), I am always interested in the state of the government there. So I checked in at http://www.texas.gov/bbs.html. What 1 found there was both cool and useful: The Texas Marketplace BBS, replete with a directory of Texas companies and a database of Japanese importers. The Web site also offered a full listing of state gov- ernment BBSs, some of them reachable via Telnet. The Arts Place BBS in Arlington, VA., offers a free login with access to files, chats and conferences on all things creative. An interesting twist is that the site has international appeal, with options for English, Spanish, French and German visitors. A great site at http://www.arts.org/. 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Surf directly to http://www.yahoo.com/Business/Corporations/ Networks/Bulletin_Board_Systems/ for a short but sweet listing of boards and BBS-related sites on the Net. 1 was pleased to find a BBS that was actually in my local calling area, PICS Online at http://www.pics.com/. But for every local BBS you find, there will be a dozen or more in exotic locations you'll be longing to Telnet to. Surfing about, I also stumbled on Concentric Research Corp's BBS Direct site at http://www.cris.com/BBS_Direct.htnil. This is access you must pay for, allowing you to bounce to the many boards who are members, but unfortunately their site, although well planned, was in a state of reformation (?) when I dropped by. Email requests for information on whether they planned to ever complete their site yielded no reply. At presstime it was another pretty face on the Net with not much body. Still, the Telnet access does work. With more than 30 BBSs available to the committed hypersurfcr, it's really not a bad deal. Just don'l expect the pretty maps on their Web page to offer information about member BBSs and you'll be OK. While not exactly a BBS, the Speed-Trap Registry has the trappings of a well-kept, moderated conference. Web surfers are free to contribute their own reviled speed traps on the real highways and byways of the United States so that others may try to avoid them. Kind of like CB Radio for '90s, only without the immediacy of a "Breaker 1-9, there's a smokey on the west- bound side of High way 5 just past the 120 mile marker." Tune in your Web browser to http://www.nashville.net/speedtrap/. The Mother of All BBSs is not a BBS in the traditional sense, either. It's more of a user-updated repository of links to Web sites on the Internet. In other words, YAWIS (or Yet Another Web Index Site), but with a bit of a twist. The top level of this site is more than 1 50K and, all in all, the site is not easy on the eyes. The BBs, as sub-levels are called, tend to be fragmented and all over the place, and there's very little order. But it can be a diverting place to surf new Web links for awhile. Check out Oliver McBryan's wayward brainchild at http://www.cs.cotorado.edu/homes/mcbryan/public_html/bb/sum- mary.html. Of course the hard-core BBSer will be at home in Usenet, the land of 14,000 or more conferences. And, I've found, using Netscape as a Usenet mail reader is really not a bad option.... Of course, that's fodder for another column. Overheard on the 'Net "Make love, not flame wars." ""■" Dave Kramer can be reached at reeltime@omni.voicenet.com. A very classy BBS solely /or the foot lover We publish our own original images ♦ chat rooms ♦ online shopping areas ♦ Internet ♦ ♦ highest quality scans ♦ email ♦ Usenet ♦ ♦ Multiple lines + expanding ♦ 1 8 & older ♦ modem (717)427-FEET(3338) internet: in the/eeto/the night. com MindWire so/tware from Durand Communications _WS4 SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE 19 Technoraves BY LAZLOW JONES Ludd Online Commercialization, over-mechanization, frustration, sabotage — to embrace the dataway, or to crush it? # » * • 9 • « • • » * • • • • S r "■> » I abotage in the electronic world indicates now more than ever a determination by the rank^and file to make their own decisions. The reaction by the core users to the* online explosion explains more about the movement than the mass enrollment on commercial online services does. The early 90s jnight be described as a transition from a socially diverse network of BBSers to a shared online experience that reverberated through society and prompted the masses to adopt a commercialized vefsion. I * 20 • SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE I . With this scurry to get online or die, frustration levels run high, already prompting some to beat their machines senseless. One person threw an unre- sponsive modem from a 50-story Manhattan apartment window; another group of teenagers took baseball bats to a slow 286. With the seemingly inevitable com- mercialization of the online world, comes a clear reaction. What was once an exchange of ideas, morphed into an exchange of money. The new saboteurs, many of whom frequented BBSs for nearly two decades, tout understanding of the computer world. These seasoned pros strike fear in the hearts of the masses who scream at the sight of a C:\ prompt and type w-i-n to return to "reality." Now as computers surpass TV sales and with the transition of the computer into a consumption mechanism, many have undertaken reinvestigation of a school of thought called "Luddism," recently ridiculed in a jazzy pop-techie lifestyle magazine from San Francisco. The term "Luddism" in the 90s is quickly depicted as referring to barbar- ic opponents of technological progress and the American way. The original Luddites in the early 19th century were not opposed to machinery; they were opposed to autonomy and control over their own labor. Reaction to domination by mecha- nization puts labor on the defensive, which has resulted in social unrest since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Pinpointing machine breaking as the hallmark of a move- ment minimizes the intense reaction by labor to mechanization. This trend did extend past the era of Ned Ludd. Sabotage surfaced at Volvo plants in Sweden, Australian reac- tionaries in the 1970s pasted industry giants with "smash this machine" stick- ers, and in the pre-dawn hours of Oct. 1, 1975, Washington Post pressmen — whose jobs were threatened by com- puterized cold type technology — dis- abled 72 units of the Post's nine presses in 20 minutes. Beyond the mechanical destruction, it is apparent that something bigger is going on here: Workers are reacting to a drastic change in labor relations. The core of a genre or movement is always subordinated by the commercialization of their movement. Many artists refused repeat perfor- mances at the second go-around of Woodstock — "This revolution is brought to you by Pepsi." The commercialization of the music industry left many of its founders dazed, wondering how they could have been so easily displaced. Such is the transition of the online environment from a dusty pile of Commodore components to a tiny Pentium in the corner sending and accepting messages across the globe. The seasoned online veterans' plight becomes quite visible. And as corpora- tions fly head-first into a paperless world, integrated automation systems render management/corporations themselves more vulnerable to sabotage than ever before. Enter Luddism. Sabotage is a beautiful thing to those outmoded by the means of production. Who doesn't smile when someone socks it to an oppressive monopoly? Regardless of right or wrong, the virus writers and the crackers are screaming a battle cry: I AM HERE. Destruction of machines doesn't seem like a sensible solution to change, and I'm not averse to someone making a buck. Technology saves lives, and frankly, it's cool downloading files from the far reaches of the earth. But it is interesting to examine reactions to technology, too. The Tofflers, Gingrichs, Gates and AOL executives will continue to thrive off of the technological transcendence. Our online future is pretty with advan- tages. But the headlong advance by the masses into an online Utopia has a reac- tion: the sysops, the code writers, the bulletin board frequenters who started a revolution are now either adapting willingly to the new culture of the online environment, or are reacting against it through sabotage, hub Lazhw Jones writes mid produces the Underground Technofile for the Underground Network, an alternative radio satellite network in New York. He can be reached at lazlow@undernct.com and www. undernet.com. Rusty Edie Dual Eliminator Rusty n Edie's BBS announces the introduction of their Dual Eliminator. Simply plug your phone line to the Dual Eliminator and then plug the Dual Elimin- ator into your modem. This device consists of 2 passive electronic filters that handle 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. 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 telecommuni- cations today, and is sold with a 30-day, money-back guarantee. They sell for S25 each plus S4 shipping and handling. To order, call Rusty n Edie's at 216-726-4217, fax to 216-726-3595 or call their BBS number 216-726-2620; they will accept Visa. MasterCard and American Express. Rusty d Edie's BBS 7393 California Ave. Younestown, OH 445 1 2 SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE 21 The Big Boards BY TERRY ROSSI Games, Finance, Entertainment and Free Web Pages! Culture Club America Online continues to improve its offerings with new forums, Web pages, services and faster access locations. Netnoir — One especially interesting new feature of the ser- vice is Netnoir, a forum that aims to digitize, archive and dis- tribute Afro-centric culture in cyberspace. Afro-centric culture is defined as Afro-Caribbean, A fro- European, Afro- Latin, Continental African as well as African-American. Culture is defined here as literature, music, fashion, history, art, cuisine, etc. It also includes individuals, groups and organizations that are of direct or indirect African descent, as well as information which relates to some aspect of African culture. The service launched this summer with four departments: Music, Sports, Education and Business. There will be a total of 18 departments included over the following year-and-a-half, including Film, Travel, Games, Health, Women, Politics, Lifestyles, Religion/Spirituality, Comix, News, Literature, The Arts, Communications, and Shopping. Since the cultures of so many people are being represented, certain aspects of the service will be available in English, French and Spanish. Further, content/information is broken into two categories: "above the line" and "below the line." Above the tine content is made up of original articles and interviews exclusively for NNO in each respective department. KEYWORDS Afro-centric online Piay the market Web pages, gratis PC Financial Network ■ PC Financial Network Save on Commissions Open an Account Nov Try Our Ontlne Demo SPECIAL OFFER 22 SEPTEMBER 1995 Below the line content/information is where NNO creates areas online for existing brand name content/information providers such as magazines, newspapers, record labels, etc. PC Financial Network — With this new AOL service, PC Financial Network investors can instantly open an account (Individual, Joint, Partnership or Corporate) using up to $15,000 dollars with which to trade. PCFN offers a wealth of services including "Alerts," an up- to-the-minute recap of the events related to your account; "Trading," which gives you two simple stock trading formats designed to meet your trading comfort level (plus online option and mutual fund trading screens); "Accounts," easy to use monitoring of your Portfolio Holdings, Executed Trades, Transaction History etc.; and "Quotes," free real-time quotes for stocks, indexes and options. AOL members have the option of test-driving a practice BBS MAGAZINE mi Calculator Commission Calculator Compare our commissions* by entering the numuer of shares and the purchase price of a trade you might make. Then click the 'Calculate' button. nij.mt.-iy. 1000 I fsmss Purchase Price: 2.50 •based on publish ed schedules 3sc [Commissi nn Schedule 1 PC Financial Network Regular $50.00 Frequent Trader $40.00 Full Commission Broker... {149.44 Charles Schwab & Co. Regular 190.00 Electronic ItU.OO Fidelity Regular. $65.00 Electronic $76.50 account to get a feel for how the online service operates. Members can use the commission calculator to check PCFN's commission rates against other discount brokerages. PCFN, which was started in 1987 and claims to have over one million online trades, might be a great way to do your investing if you like the convenience of 24 hour access and no pushy brokers with high commissions. Other new services on AOL include Tower Records, one of the worlds largest sources for audio media, and The Free Shop Online — a place for the thrifty among us to get something for nothing, or almost nothing. Web pages — AOL has also announced users will be able to create and publish their own Web pages (or "sites") on the World Wide Web. Two services, "My Home Page" and "My Place" are free to AOL members and should be available by the time you read this. My Home Page offers members an easy to master format for creating their own customized multimedia personal home page. My Place offers members two megabytes of space {about 25-40 Web pages) to publish on the Web. My Place will also provide a feature which allows members to send and receive files. . 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POWWOW 3.03 presents forum messages and other online information as conversations, allowing you full control of the storage, retrieval, and management of your information. New Continues SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE 23 features include improved Internet functionality, including support of Telnet connections, making access to the Net easy. And newsgroups are viewed as threaded conversations — just as in CompuServe forums. Download POWWOW 3.03 from the UK Communications (GO UKCOMM) Forum's Library 12: "POWWOW" is in the file POWWOW3.EXE. Support for the program is offered in message sections 12 (POWWOW Help), 13 (POWWOW Wishlist), and 14 (POWWOW Chatter). CSCD — CompuServeCD, the award-winning CD-ROM multimedia companion to the information service, now offers single-click hotlinks to the World Wide Web in the Windows and Macintosh Edition. in the "Big Fun" issue, CompuServeCD subscribers get a free copy of NetLauncher, CompuServe's previously men- tioned Web browser, as well as Trouble Shooter, the program used by CompuServe Customer Service to track down connec- tion problems. This issue has also been loaded down with plenty of free- ware and shareware, including a big grab bag of screen savers, utilities and games. Hear music from the latest Annie Lennox and Jacky Terrasson albums. Cruise the highway with Bob Dylan in his new "Highway 61" interactive section. Preview summer blockbuster movies. Get a sneak preview of the upcoming WorldsAway role playing game. Check out cool sites on the Web. 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Phone*File upgrade — Phone*File, a database of over 80 million U.S. households containing names, addresses, and telephone numbers searchable in several ways, has been enhanced with flexible new features to make searching faster and easier than ever. Some of the new features include: • Search for surname by metropolitan area. Previously, searching was only available by geographic area. For example, if you tried locating an individual in Philadelphia, you either searched Philadelphia and each surrounding town individually or the entire state of Pennsylvania. Using the new metropoli- tan area feature, you can search the primary city and all sur- rounding cities in one pass. • Search by first name and/or first initial with surname. Pretty much what it says. You can now search for all James Jones's at ZIP, city, metropolitan, or state level without having to review every Jones at the geographic level requested. • Search for a surname on a particular street. For example, you could look for all Joe Does on Elm Street in the state of Wisconsin. Phone*File is a great tool to help you locate long-lost friends, school buddies, business associates, distant relatives, and even those who might not want to be found. X-Delphi Focusing on the creation of imaginative and interactive con- tent tied to the launch of its new online service in the fall of this year, Delphi Internet Services Corp., in collaboration with sister Fox Broadcasting Company, has launched the official 'X-Files' Web site. The site, which previewed at the first offi- cial "X-Files" convention in San Diego on June 1 1, can now be accessed by the public via the Delphi Internet home page at http://www.delphi.com. "The X-Files' Special Interest Group on the current Delphi Internet service has been so popular with Delphi members that we wanted to create something fresh and original specifically for the Web," said Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of Delphi Internet. This new 'X-Files' Web site is a great example of the exciting and Continues 24 SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE Dofft [IB Start YourM Without The 32-bit Power Of QmodemPro For Windows 95 You're a speed freak, right? You bought the Pentium and 28.8 modem, and you just upgraded to Windows® 95 to take full advantage of your computer's 32-bit architecture. So why are you using old 16-bit communication software that chokes the performance of Windows 95? Get on-line fast with the 32-bit POWER in QmodemPro for Windows 95 v2. It's the first communication softwarffthat delivers all the features and performance you need to get the most from the new 32-bit Windows platform. And since you demand performance, you'll like the fact that QmodemPro's communication and Internet capabilities go way beyond the standard terminal software included with Windows 95. 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PCBoard is a registered trademark and PPLC and PCBMail are trademarks of Clark Development Company, Inc. ''<, -tZP^^tL-J^ ' <£&&' \ "»"«>}'» ''Ward ^_#» Ludlow 055) bbs . notebook BY STEVE JANAS r Ci To qualify for possible review in BBS Notebook, call The Livewire BBS at 609.235.5297. From the main menu, type ADDBBS and follow the prompts. The Transom Sysop: Michael Collins BBS Location: New York, NY Voice*: 212.274.0444 Modems Supported: Up to 14,400 A transom, in case you didn't know, is a small window placed over a door. Contemporary tastes haven't really embraced them, but there was a time when a doorway was naked without one. In fact, it became quite popular for fictional characters to hold whis- pered conversations through them with unseen counterparts, or to receive mysterious letters delivered clandes- tinely from strangers who would dis- appear once the door was opened. That's the association that Michael Collins (not the astronaut) exploits with his board, a banquet of information and opinions presented in a unique, point-and-click graphi- cal style that incorporates proprietary client software developed by New York City-based Reach Media, a partnership formed by Michael and a telecommunications company. The front-end software, by the way, is the only way into the board. Because it is so heavily dependent on graphics, Michael says, the software can't support any of the common { ciav ... 28 - 09 mmefsville communications programs. Call the voice number to get a copy of the Client. At the moment, only the PC format is available, but Michael says he's hard at work on a Macintosh version. Like many large boards, The Transom occupies a middle ground between large online services that serve millions and small, one-node hobby boards that link a circle of friends. It's not Prodigy or America Online, with their vast reservoirs of information presented without edito- rial filtration of any kind, and it addresses a certain community of like-minded individuals. Those individuals want informa- tion — current events, entertainment news, sports, etc. — but they believe in contexts. Hence, The Transom provides the news, gleaned from the Associated Press and Reuters wire services, but frames it with pithy essays and off-kilter rants by a stable of talented writers that includes some former staffers of Spy Magazine. The opinions have an earnest, Gen-X feel that may seem a bit off- putting to those over 30, or to any- one who's just interested in scoring the latest shareware HTML editor. In fact, providing large file areas is probably the least important part of The Transom's mission: when I logged on, there were a grand total of three files ready to be downloaded. But if you expect to come away from the board loaded down with all SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE V M-,,i; ,„, f Ga!eton~ _ ' 'Wellsboroj'*' jp ^ [ several keywords together to build searches, which you can then save for yT future use. crN *■ \ ••••• f^ Probably the board's greatest strength is the clarity with which it presents information Unfortunately, the variety of top- ics belies a shallowness of content. Most of the text files have been cross- referenced between cells of the grid, so they appear quite frequently in different places. When I logged on, I saw the same Reuters story about an Egyptian judge censoring live belly- dancers under three different topics: Censorship, Entertainment, and Strange Stuff. Reflections on the news — and whatever else seems appropriate — is contained in the Discussion and Topics sections. There are regular columns by professional writers, which provoke a string of responses from readers, all of which are contained in the same file. There are also ruminations on music and movies, plus a "virtual water cool- er," where members post essays on whatever strikes their fancy. The O.J. Simpson trial was a popular subject here, as it is virtually everywhere else in the universe. Finally, there is the newsstand, which features online versions of paper magazines, as well as KGB, an all online publication. This is the one area where the board's lack of graph- ics is felt most. All the files are text, and as you page through them, you start wishing for some kind of visual cue to distinguish one publication from the next. Besides, an online ser- vice is really not the best way to deliver text-heavy information. You can't curl up in your favorite chair with a computer screen like you can with a paper magazine, so something a little more graphic and interactive is called for. (That criticism is, of course, not directed solely at The Transom. Many services have yet to catch on to that simple fact). On the yalusing Lenox ml R51 plus side, the writing here is as uni- formly strong as it is everywhere else. The best thing about The Transom is the effort made to take the virtual community of a BBS and get it talk- ing about relevant issues. Every gen- eration has had a medium they have called their own, and because of that medium, a shared consciousness has emerged. Sometimes great things have been the result. Here's hoping that The Transom in particular, and BBSs in general, will stitch the many voices of Gen-X into one. Dazed and Confused Sysop: Bunny McElwee BBS Location: Charleston, SC BBS Main Access*: 803.873.5797 Voice*: 803.821.9214 Modems Supported: Up to 28,800 BBS Software: PCBoard v. 15.2 The story of Bunny and Robert McElwee is the story of BBS lust that borders, perhaps, on obsession. What started four years ago as a pastime for Robert, who got hooked on MUD games while calling around to some of the boards in his area, has now taken over the McElwee's house. Thirteen 486 PCs hum and buzz all day, fielding calls from 25 telephone lines. The monthly phone bill aver- ages about S800. The couple has even sold all their living room furniture to make room for their operation. And, Bunny says, they're perfectly happy with the situation. They wouldn't have it any other way. "We had a power outage for a couple nights a few weeks ago," she says. "And for that little bit of time, I was bouncing off the walls. There were no sounds from the computers and we couldn't talk to all our friends. It's deafening silence when there are no computers running after three years of having 13 of them." The McElwees actually run two boards — his and hers matching BBSs — that perform two distinctly different functions. Dazed and Confused is the original board, a file- and-message BBS launched from a single 1,200-baud modem in 1991. Honesdale Then, last year, Robert began a chat board called Carolina Chat that, as the name suggests, hosts multi- node conversations on South Carolina topics, or on other topics treated with a Carolina flair. When Robert began his board, he turned over operation of Dazed and Confused to Bunny, who, prior to 1991, knew as much about comput- ers as she did about brain surgery. That is to say, nothing. "When he started the board, he talked so far over my head, I had to take an adult night course just so I could know what he was saying," Bunny says. Now, there is almost nothing in her life that is not touched by the board. "When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is check the Bunny says she and Robert ... host monthly face-to-race meetings attended by between 15 and 40 registered users. board," she says. "And when I'm ready to go to bed, that's what I'm usually doing. And in between, everything I do is in front of the computer." The couple's social life is also con- ducted within the context of the two BBSs: Bunny says she and Robert met most of their friends through the boards, and host monthly face-to-face meetings attended by between 15 and 40 registered users. In addition, there are picnics, bowling nights, and the pair is trying to organize a Lazer-Tag tournament, inspired by the games of Doom often played on Robert's board. Over the years, Bunny's board has become enormous. She now boasts hard disk space totaling 9.5 gigabytes, plus an extra eight on CD-ROM. The mail area includes over 3,500 Usenet newsgroups, plus access to a number of networks, including Continues... iwn f ach iach ChancRiioii \Fredericks6uJ Falmouth /(3<>^U Colonial .,... un ™ u t \tSK Park ->>-, <>- w^DceafiCftv ■■ 29 ^Hf% H_ W^i^L W :/ ^r4>-® . land Uu 15: Fidonet, an international genealogy network, and Chaznet, a Charleston area network. One of the nine nodes (which, incidentally, were rather quiet the Tuesday night I logged on) is linked to Planet Connect via satel- lite dish. Aside from that, however, mail options are fairly basic. Users get email accounts, but with the excep- tion of the news groups and a limited FTP capability (send email to the site of your choice and you get the file back in a message) there are few Internet options. Another potential drawback (whether it is or not depends on your personal taste, I guess) is the board's rather unspectacular look. All the graphics are ANSI, which is somewhat unusual, given the eye-popping look some sysops have given their boards thanks to Remote Imaging Protocol. Bunny says the issue really hasn't come up. "Maybe two people have asked about it," she said. "Most seem to be at a point where it really doesn't matter to them. They like it in the games, but as far as menus, most didn't really care. Most people said ANSI was just as good. That's why we didn't bother. There just wasn't much of a call for it." Robert's board, Carolina Chat, does have an arresting RIP interface, inside Galacticomm's Worldgroup software. However, I couldn't get past the first couple of new-user reg- istration prompts without being dumped from the system, which is why I'm not writing more about it. Maybe next time. Access to Dazed and Confused is free for the first 14 days, after which you can choose one of several sub- scription options. The cheapest is $15, which gives you two months of full access. The most expensive is $50, which will get you a year's mem- bership, although your online time is restricted to two hours per day. Bunny says the fees pay the bills — sometimes. About three months out of the year, the board shows a small profit. Even though it hasn't been a goldmine, she says she quit her job as a manager of a pizza shop (J5S) ( cray 30 i ^J^^frtiSMmmersvilte to run the board full time. Her rea- son? Just love of what she's doing. "The profits aren't great. I can't say we make more than $10. Just to pay the phone bill is fine with me," she says. The Berlin Wall Location: Berlin, CT Sysop: Tom Mucha. Data Access #'s: 203.829.1697 203.828.8824 Voice #: 203.828.6577 Modems Supported: Up to 28,800 BBS Software: Remote Access Pro. 2.02 Why don't more high schools have BBSs? It seems they would make a per- fect match: some of the most com- mitted and knowledgeable voices in the online world belong to people who aren't old enough to vote. And shepherding the curious and talented Berlin High School's students have been willing to take over the day-to-day operations of The Berlin Wall... into an activity that could become a career would appear to fit right into any public school mission. But school boards are still the exception rather than the rule. One reason for that, says Chris Wolfe, faculty advisor of Connecticut's Berlin High School BBS, is time. He knows first hand how much time, effort and frustra- tion goes into setting up a board after he and a team of dedicated students got The Berlin Wall off the ground four years ago. "It doesn't take long to get it up and running," he says. "But to get to the point where you like it takes maybe six months." To help other schools along, Chris and his students developed BBS in a Baggie, a shareware version of Remote Access software distributed / v; I* / -v * SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE in a mailer and equipped with an install program. Type 'install' at the prompt, and the program sets up a bare-bones BBS on your hard-drive, ready for tweaking. Even with such user-friendliness, Chris reports there have been few takers for the program among other high school teachers. Again, the problem is time, he says. Fortunately, Berlin High School's students have been willing to take over the day-to-day operations of The Berlin Wall, making it a rather low- maintenance proposition for Chris. Much of the initial work was done by a student, Joseph Annino, who has since graduated and bequeathed the board to succeeding classes. Thanks to the students' work, the board has developed to the point where it won an award from the Connecticut State Council on Vocational Education. It was then granted $3,300 from the local Baby Bell to add a second node to the sys- tem and install dedicated phone lines ■to each of the Berlin School District's five schools. Student membership is not as uni- versal as in some other BBS-equipped districts — about 60 technology edu- cation students have memberships, whereas the Princeton, New Jersey school district, for example, provides accounts for its FirstClass board to each of its 2,800 students. And The Berlin Wall's member files don't consist exclusively of students' names. About 60 percent of the board's callers are non-students, drawn by the games and shareware utilities stored on its one gigabyte hard drive and two online CD-ROM drives. The board keeps a pretty respectable collection of files for Macintosh users on hand, reflecting the taste many schools have for the format. The mail features on The Berlin Wall are fairly basic, with standard email available to members of the system, and a UUCP connection on the way. Chris says the latter will open the board to the Internet and a sampling of Usenet Newsgroups. Of course, being a school-spon- sored board, The Berlin Wall is sub- namsomju i?L-» -fQiL M,,i;n.«n/ W. Augusta (Turchl /P/Z5 y -^ GalelDtH 6 W^'llsboro) m Troy I owanc :

an Citv •■""fS." 31 wiv ftofi J$ fa m Mays ach ;ach olontal Beach TC\ n H .L J <#i I 1^ Anna «P. urn Shareuuaring BY MAR L A N G E R Summer's the time for fun and relaxation — at least it's supposed to be. But if you're like me, you're completely bogged down with work that keeps you near your computer. Solution: take a break with one of the shareware games covered below, while sum- mer's still here. 32 DOS Capture the Flag 3.1 CAPFLAG4.ZIP by Carr Software P.O. Box 3919 Merced, CA 95344-1919 EXEC-PC BBS: 414.789.4360 (14.4 bps) or 414.789.4500 (28.8 bps) If you're running DOS and looking for a game that combines strategy with arcade graphics and animation, Capture the Flag might just be the tick- et. This full-color shareware game, which was modeled after the outdoor game with the same name, offers hours of challenging play against another opponent or your computer. The two teams in Capture the Flag each have one objective: to find and take the other team's flag before the other team takes theirs. An illustrated playing field that includes trees, farm- land, streams, roads, and rocks, is divided into two equal territories. Each team's flag is positioned in its territory. Players take turns moving their eight team members through the playing field, searching unexplored territory, which appears as black squares on the playing field grid, for the opposing team's flag. At the same time, players must position and move team mem- bers within their own territory to defend their flag by finding and captur- ing opponents. Capture the Flag offers a wide vari- ety of options to help new users learn the game, including a demo game SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE mode, pop-up instructions, playback mode, and complete online help. It includes full mouse support and fea- tures pull-down menus that can be activated with the mouse or Alt-key combinations. Sound Blaster-compati- ble card users will enjoy the sound effects built into the game. If you like to play against other play- ers connected by modem or network, Capture the Flag has you covered. You can even play against other players by email — Capture the Flag's home BBS offers lists of other players you can contact for games. Capture the Flag requires a DOS- compatible computer with at least 640K of RAM, a 640x480x16 VGA monitor, and a 286 or better processor. A mouse and sound card are optional. If the shareware version isn't enough for you — although it should be, at least for a start — a commercial version of the game is available for S32.95. It adds a wide variety of fea- tures, including 200 scenarios with from two to 24 people per team, 10 different Capture the Flag games, 40 playing fields, eight computer oppo- nents, a map builder to create your own terrains, and a cheat mode. Either version offers plenty of challenging fun for anyone. Ellr Shaw Options Build Help ESHHS Windows Crossword Mania 1.01 CWM101-1.ZIP and CWM101-2.ZIP by Saturn Software P.O. Box 5292 Glendale,AZ 85312-5292 If you like solving crossword puzzles, you'll like Crossword Mania. But if you like creat- ing crossword puz- zles you'll lave Crossword Mania. This Windows- based shareware game lets you solve, build or edit cross- word or diagram- less puzzles on your computer. Crossword Mania stores cross- word puzzles in puzzle books on disk. It comes with one puzzle book containing five differ- ent topical puzzles. Open one of these puzzles to edit or solve. If you need a hint while solving a puzzle, peek at a letter or an entire word. You can save puzzles you've begun solving so you can complete them at a later time. In the shareware version of Crossword Mania, you can create and edit puzzles, but you won't be able to save them — this seems like a fair way to let you fully explore the creation fea- tures before you register the software. Set a size and grid pattern for the puz- zle, then add words by typing them into the grid, creating a list of desired words to add; asking Crossword Mania find words that will fit. Crossword Mania includes an 85,000+ word dictionary you can use to find words for the puzzles you create. It also has the amazing ability to create puzzles to fit your grid in the amount of time you specify. When you're fin- ished filling in the grid, enter clues for the puzzle, give it a name and descrip- tion, and you're done! Completed puz- zles can be solved on-screen or printed in a variety of ways for solving the old- fashioned way — with a pencil. Crossword Mania includes search- able online help. Its toolbar buttons display their purpose when you point to them, so it's easy to figure out what each button does. A Puzzle Stats win- dow displays statistics about an open puzzle, including its name and descrip- tion, how many times it has been solved, and the amount of time you've vl.Ol IFWZLES.CDK Putrid?] S35SDon> TraWuaa SwiJwISMW I34p already spent working on it. Crossword Mania requires a DOS- compatible computer running Windows 3.1 or later, two megabytes of RAM, and a '386SX or better processor. For best results, use a '386DX or stronger processor with four megabytes of RAM. A mouse is rec- ommended but not required. You're free to use the shareware ver- sion for 15 days; after that time, register for S25.99 and get a reduced price for upgrades, removal of registration reminder screens, enabling of all puzzle building features, more puzzles, and free support. If you're crazy about crossword puzzles, I think you'll find Crossword Mania enough to satisfy your crossword cravings. SOLO 0.06 SOLO0-06.ZIP by Dan Reed Bad Elf Software Bored with the usual collection of soli- taire games? Wish you could create SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE your own card game? SOLO may be the answer. This freeware graphical soli- taire game maker and player for Windows 3.1 includes 35 different soli- taire card games, and lets you create your own games — without knowing a single word of programming code. SOLO has two modes: Play and Edit. In Play mode, you can choose from among the 35 different solitaire card games built into the software. Customize the game by choosing a dif- ferent card illustration, screen size, background color, scale, operation of left mouse button. SOLO supports a tourney mode and keeps track of high scores. An Undo command lets you reverse the last card you played. In Edit mode, you create your own card game from scratch or edit any of the games built into SOLO. Specify loca- tions for the tableau, reserve, founda- tion, waste, stock, hold, and other cards. Change the name of the game and the kind and number of card decks. You can even define your own custom deck of cards, including graphics you provide. When you're finished, save your changes and play your game. You can even create text files with game instruc- tions to be included in online help. SOLO includes searchable online help forplayingand creatingsolitaire games as well as complete rules for each of the games that are included. You'll definitely need the online help feature when creatingyour own game from scratch — edit mode isn't exactly intu- itive. SOLO requires a DOS-compatible computer running Windows 3. 1 or later. Continues... 33 Macintosh WordScramble! 1.1.1 by Allan Trautman If your daily newspaper's puzzle page doesn't include enough scrambled words for you to decipher, check out WordScramble! This freeware Macintosh game contains hun- dreds of words in a variety of categories for you — or your kids — to unscramble. You'll get an idea of how WordScramble! uses sounds when you first launch the program and it wel- comes you by trying to read a scram- bled word that unscrambles itself on screen. In the main window, click the Category button to choose from among six categories: Animals, People, Transportation, Foods, Science, Body Parts, Geography, and Things. Then, in the scrambled word screen, click the Scramble! button to have WordScramble! display a word. To unscramble a word, click the buttons beneath each letter in the order in which they belong. One by one, they're added to boxes below to (hope- fully) spell out the scrambled word. If you get it right, you're rewarded with a congratulatory sound effect. If you get it wrong, you'll hear "oops!" and get an r Make $3k a month, Become a PC Consultant Can you hook up a modem, printer, install ram or software? Then I can show you how to make good money helping people with their computers in vour local area - call 800-330- 9112/714-838-0387, E-Mail Profitopp@aol.com. Ask for of- fer BBSM795 for free info on the new home study course/manual "Hoiv To Make $3,000 to $5,000 A Month Working As A Part- Time Computer Consultant" by Matthew Ferry. opportunity to try again. WordScramble! also lets you enter your own words to unscramble. While this isn't much of a challenge for you, you might find it a useful learning tool when playing the game with children. For example, you can enter a spelling or vocabulary word, then let the child unscramble it. WordScramble! requires System 7 or later and a 13-inch color monitor. A HyperCard-compatible version is also available; that version takes up less disk space but requires HyperCard 2.2 or the HyperCard 2.2 Player to run. Online Help is limited to a list of words in a category that could match the cur- rently scrambled word. A DOCMaker document that includes instructions is included with the program. WordScramble! is distributed as freeware, but if you're feeling generous and really like the program, the author suggests that you send a donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Although designed for the author's six- year-old son, the list of words included in WordScramble! is beyond the vocab- ulary of any six-year-old I know. Don't think of this as a kid's game — it's cer- tainly challenging enough for the whole family! Till Dawn is a shareware package of 24 solitaire games that can really keep you up all night. Choose from among standard games like Klondike, Canfield, and Golf or more exotic games like Beleaguered Castle, Miss Milligan, and Pyramid. If you don't know how to play, no prob- lem — a Rules command displays con- cise rules for the currently selected game so you can learn. Solitaire Till Dawn will keep track of player statistics like the number of games played and won, as well as the current score. An AutoPtay command will automatically make all obvious moves, saving mouse drags, especially near the end of a game. Solitaire Till Dawn can be played on color or black and white Macs. The amount of RAM required varies depending on the number of colors your monitor can display, from 500K for black and white monitors to two megabytes for millions of colors. A preferences option lets you set the card size so you can even play on an old compact Mac. Online help is provided through Balloon Help and two PocketDoc documents that completely explain how to use the program and phi)' the games. Unless you don't know the rules for a specific game, however, you won't need any help playing — the interface is completely intuitive. Solitaire Till Dawn is distributed as shareware. Use it for a week or two for free. After that time, register for Mario Longer, o freelance writer running a BUS since 1989, is currently ot work on the Excel for Windows 95 Visual QuickStart Guide. She can be reached at gilesrd@intac.com . Solitaire Till Dawn 2.0.3 by Rick Holzgrafe Semicolon Software P.O. Box 371 Cupertino, CA 95015-0371 If you're a solitaire lover with a Macintosh, Solitaire « File Ed! I Gomet Other Beleaguered CMlN fr -■' * Ki~ _»S 34 SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE By Hank Hurteau Following is a list of some of the most do wnloaded files as recorded by various BBSs. Files such as QWK packets have been omitted, as have any graphic files. Descriptions are generated by author or bulletin board. Programs carried in the "Top Ten " download list don 't necessarily denote a good program, of course — just one that's freguently downloaded. You'll have to be the judge when it comes to quality. And keep in mind: always look for the latest program, as one of the advantages to using (and registering) shareware is that you'll be privy to the frequent updates. ". U7.Z7 i. > 131 lrii.ii. .i-i i: mi oprcJ | |W0>| llfl uith IBTT-FC. Mirystmea. KUhei, •■< . H UmMgbpal ficit). Chdrs per r.ecand uirt BIOS.. ■ uti ui>t DOS. . . ■■''.. MM .li.J. riril IKK disk sped i-ram. 43 18 U27 (■)) 3ZZ48 Byle/sec 9628 ttytcsec 78x [' ISM am Pioneer Valley Computer Club (PVCC) — 413.737.4501 1 AC-A.ZfP 469466 ALIEN CARNAGE v1 .0 — An Apogee action/arcade game for the IBM PC. Cool cinematics, Sound Blaster music/sfx; animation. 2 AC-B.ZIP 433866 ALIEN CARNAGE v1.0 Part 2 3 AC-C.ZIP 419877 ALIEN CARNAGE v1.0 Part 3 4 AC-D.ZIP 429568 ALIEN CARNAGE v1.0 Part 4 5 BOPPIN.ZIP 1292341 BOPPIN' v1.0 from Apogee is an arcade/puzzle game. In an alternate "arcade game" universe, you must free dozens of imprisoned enemies from other video games. 6 SCN-222E.ZIP 401500 VirusScan for DOS by McAfee, Inc. scans and cleans PCs/LANs for known and new viruses. Always a Top 10 dov/nload, look for latest version. 7 C0NF727.ZIP 109668 PC-CONFIG V7.27 detecls all the hardware in your PC and displays it on the screen. One of the best sysinfo-programs going, with a CD-ROM benchmark routine. 8 WINZIP55.ZIP 585260 WinZip 5.5 w/built-in ZIP+UNZIP. Drag & Drop brings the convenience of Windows to Zipping. Updated regularly, 9 ACDC2.ZIP 50891 Audio Compact Disc Controller v2.00. A resident audio CD player for DOS. CJBOM unregistered «Jwre***rB version :; - softwrc MPS ic) Hnwj Corporation. ITJ1.193Z. l - CD-VevcltMrk BIOS dale. . BtOS client mi 00/GBV33, ShaJowHnMi ,uti«r ■ llllllh r Pmaravi Bus ■! -tn ■ ISA n 1 InTo - CnM]i.».rir: CPU nnti ii rtajn MrMfity HHUdi cue*, ikHlf!) 49. n Hiz ...i.li.-. 1st Level :D M. 2nd Le*cl:2S6 KB Ml KByte, fttr: WJ KBnt* C Chlpi [nfo Extended rtcs 33ZB KByte, tree: t] Expanded rV-i 3616 KB-ifi*f. tree: I9W KByte *, - Hideo-card 1 VESfl-tlGft (THJDEHT* 1& Ift-les. 18241 HilH '. - IBQs UGfl cftijKurt Trident G36GCL L - Priufis ur.n-Bros.. . B1>ZBV*M . Sh^HnuRfih: active 1 - Restart Gapccard.. . Found ! i:.it Flupptj drLvt £. 2 : l.+l HP. 1.2 MB X - HutKJ. Forti lpti com conz rr tONFffi U7.Z7 ', lSU'J-'JM hij Mi, feci i: hp 1 1 it Hli 1J IBS. 6 MB 15 heads. 989 Cyl, 56 Sect-Cyl. With full background control, play favorite tracks while running almost any other program. 10 NVL9504B.ZIP 204892 Shareware NeverLock Spring '95 — Unprotects over 400 games. Channel 1 BBS — 617.354.3230 1 TM420-1.ZIP 166870 TELEMATE 4.20. Powerful multi-threading communication program. Featuring ANSI/Avatar/VT52/VT102 terminal, editor, viewer, backscroll, clipboard and many unigue functions, Built-in mouse support provides access to all functions. 2 TM420-2.ZIP 231202 TELEMATE 4.20, 2 of 4. 3 TM420-3.ZIP 171305 TELEMATE 4.20, 3 of 4. 4 TM420-4.ZIP 229984 TELEMATE 4.20, 4 of 4. 5 TM420UP.ZIP 445716 TELEMATE 4.20, upgrade files for v4.xx. This ZIP contains the files reguired to upgrade from Telemate 3,xx. 4.xx to 4.20. 6 PWRESL15.ZIP 9526 Updated WinMag Resource Probe version 1.5 — shows you what's using conventional memory when you're running Windows. 7 SUPER11A.ZIP 1369852 SuperHer for Windows by HomeBrew Software. Adventure game where you play SuperHer in combat, gain abilities and objects to assist you in finding your lost sister, 8 SCASTLE1.ZIP 391925 CASTLE OF THE WiNDS for Windows. The quest begins with a guestion of vengeance, as you try to discover the secret of your mysterious past, and why it has proven so deadly to those you love. 9 TWSK20A.ZIP 178226 Trumpet Winsock for Windows. 10 ZSHOW106.ZIP 187355 Release 1.06a of CompuShow 2000. A new interlace and all the graphics capabilities of CompuShow, the full-featured graphics display system for all your graphic files. 36 SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE o SupctChoicet C Hnc't I'nrmtp doEmt [iH pout Ml ■> iw.f m.iI r -no ifiL-kJ-I lime you otfl rilflvefouierril -,- jritei m GDS31G.ZIP 381278 Graphic Display System v3.1g. Views, gives thumbnails, converts, Hips, rotates, crops, scales, dithers nearly all graphic formats. 3DTV-A.ZIP 745737 TERMINAL VELOCITY from 3D Realms. A 3D shooter that's part Star Wars and part Descent. Take flight in this futuristic action game with huge levels, insane weapons, modem/Net support, and 10-channel digital music and sound effects. 3DTV-B.ZIP 1442163 TERMINAL VELOCITY Part 2. 3DTV-C.ZIP 1448808 TERMINAL VELOCITY Part 3, 9 10 If you're a sysop with a Top Ten bulletin on your BBS and would like to see your BBS listed here, please contact me at unkhank@crocker.com. Uncle Hanks BBS — 413.527.8977 1 BDLFS5.ZIP 23798 FS5 scenery: Bradley International and Springfield, MA area. Also covers Westover AFB and the Connecticut River. 2 DOSEDITR.ZIP 49231 New version of Microsoft Editor (EDIT.COM) for the DOS. Can load text larger than 1 MB and also features Split windows editing. 3 MEMFIX1D.ZIP 27520 MemFix provides a work-around lor Windows allocation of DOS memory, and allows more Windows programs to run simultaneously than would be possible without MemFix. 4 CCHECK23.ZIP 316086 ImagiSOFTs Chinese Checkers Classic Board Game v2.3. April '95 update to this ever popular game. 5 FNA317S.ZIP 878211 FIRST NAME ALMANAC for Windows. Makes a commercial quality print- out of the meaning of more than 1 4,500+ first names in calligraphy script — suitable for framing. 6 TBCWIN.ZIP 1108373 THE BIRTHDAY CHRONICLE for Windows makes a commercial quality printout of a mini newspaper front page of when you were born, graphics and all. Lifestyle OnLine: Meet 3000+ sexy couples & singles on the world's hottest & most active adult chat system. Modem: 516-689-5390 (local access Irani 1000+ cities) Internet: Telnet llfestyle.com (166. 62. 150.22) The Male Forum: Where men meet men every day. Absolutely the world's most erotic GAY CHAT system. Modem: 516-689-0286 {local access from 1000+ cities) Internet: Telnet mforum.com (166.82.150,41) Grafix: XXX-rated computer pictures hot enough to melt your modem. Every file is worth downloading. Modem: 516-689-2853 (local access Irani 1000+ cities) Internet: Telnet graftx.com (166.82.150.31) SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE 37 We Cant Keep The Future Technology Under Wraps Become one of a few select SYSOPS to experience a preview release of the first true 32-bit client/server BBS The seal on Mustang Software's top secret project Wildcat! BBS re-write, code-named Annihilator, has been broken to allow 5000 "leading-edge" SYSOPS a glimpse of this breakthrough 32-bit client/server BBS technology. Your reward, when you purchase one of the limited Pre-Release Annihilator CDs for only $49 and learn the inside story, is a 75% discount off the purchase price when Annihilator is released later this year. Learn How Interactive Multimedia Can Expand Your On-line Experience Annihilator takes full advantage of the new multitasking in Windows 95 or the robust server operations in Windows NT to provide a solution that brings full on-line multimedia to every caller. See how you can use Annihilator's built-in remote graphics to provide an exciting multimedia greeting, using familiar JPEG and GIF graphic editors to customize the caller interface. See How You Can Deliver More Information At Greater Speed Annihilator s Preview CD will demonstrate how the true power of client/server functionality can be unleashed to provide a broad, BBS-based solution. Learn how to implement a BBS with a core information server, and route that information using a number of application clients at the Sysop's location. You'll be able to establish a true distributed processing system that delivers more information at greater speed, now even on a single PC. The Client/Server Model Provides A Number of Advantages The Annihilator Preview CD will show you how a SYSOP can offer a BBS on a desktop platform with the expansion capability to run any size on-line service. • 32-bit Windows multitasking means no additional multitasking software is needed and 16-32 lines can be run easily without loading multiple copies of the BBS. • The server controls all access to messages, files and other system information, isolating the core of the host activities to provide secure, private system access even to local users. • Under Annihilator, the entire BBS configuration can be modified even while in full operation, but only by authorized personnel. Of 32-bit BBS Much Longer Single PC Running Windows 95 or Windows NT CLIENTS USERDATABASE MSG. DATABASE FILEDATABASEh SERVER prolan -X a sjijie lji I fJUEf td lil iflc T tMl Ir.ftl Moo* fTrtw Sen** MOdftfRS v evert ktWk> MMMBMbNT FT?MDCbfe{n?Sen*| Tfte c//^irAt'r\'tT mode? of Annihilator can be easily installed with the swer and nil clients running on a single PG The computer can operate under Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation or Server. This configuration offers the most compact system and allows for total management from the single BBS computer. Build A Powerful New BBS With Annihilator Server And Client Modules Standard Annihilator modules included with every BBS create a foundation for the new client/server BBS: Server Module - functionality for processing all database and configuration requests and operational characteristics of the BBS, Local Client - a fully graphical connection for anyone connecting at the host PC or over a LAN, Modem Client - answers the phone for all dial-in lines and presents the BBS in ANSI, ASCII or in fail graphics. QWK Client - handles QWK mail exchange between the host and other BBSs. TAPI Client - provides a link to the Windows Telephony Application Program Interface and a mechanism for ISDN, X.25 and other connectivity. Graphical Remote Client - a set of freely-distributed Windows programs for callers to experience full multimedia when connected. This 16-bit program suite operates on Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT and any OS/2 release with Windows support. Optional Annihilator modules increase the power of a client/server BBS: UUCP Client - handles dial-up Internet e-mail and news- group support. Internet Package - accessories to handle TCP/IP support: Telnet Module, FTP Module, WWW Module, IRC Module, SMTP Module and NNTP Module. MAPI Client - a mechanism to exchange messages between applications such as Microsoft Mail, cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, etc. wcCODE Package - a new high speed, 32-bit development language so powerful that all standard BBS functions are written in it. Source Code - for total customization of online activity, the wcCODE source for the BBS is also available for purchase (requires wcCODE). SQL Database Client - provides full remote connectivity to distributed database processing using the SQL language. Reports Client - reports BBS usage and statistics, and provides a means for manipulation, export and selection of database records using match criteria. Billing Client - bill callers for any action performed on the BBS, includes report and invoice generation, pre-pay and post-pay models. Annihilator fully supports all DOS-based doors and includes a program for DOS program redirection to any line. It can be connected to any multi- port serial card that includes drivers for Windows 95 or Windows NT. Buy The Pie-Release Annihilator CD For $49" And Save Up To 75% Off The Purchase Price Instructions and Information on the Pre-Relcase Annihilator CD provides SYSOPS with an inside look into the future of BBS technology. WU Purchase of the Pre-Relcase Annihilator CD establishes eligibility for a 75% discount off the manufacturers suggested retail price when Amtihilator is released later this year. H r Only 5000 Copies Of The Pre-Release Annihilator CD Will Be Mastered. Get The Inside Track And Stay On The Leading Edge Of BBS Tech nolo By Getting Your Copy. Call Today To Reserve A i 1 -800-208-061 6 "A dii SlOfor shipping ami handling Product MSRP" 75% ore 66.6% off* Availability Annihilator M2 (two node + local) S149 S37 S49 4th qtr/95 dflw'W/3torM16(16node) S349 S87 S115 4tlt qtr.95 ,taMirorM32 (32 node) $699 S174 S23Q 4th qtr.95 8 Pack Node Increase S19S S49 S55 4th qtr.'95 UUCP Client (dial-up) S149 $37 S49 4th qtr.'95 Internet Clients (Telnet, FTP. WWW. UUCP. IRC) S799 5199 S265 4th qtr.'95 MAPI Client $799 S199 $265 Early '96 SQL Database Client S799 $199 3265 Early 96 Reports Client S149 S37 S49 Early 96 Billing Client S149 S37 S49 Early 96 CODE Development Language £ IDE S149 S37 S-4S 4th qtr.95 BBS Source Code S799 $199 S265 4th qtr.95 Annihilator CD, 66.6% suggested r Oft tO WiUl, ■b off to purchasers of the special Pre-Release lit' SYSOPs with valid registration number. Connecting The World MUSTANG som MC. Mustang Software, he • B200 Lake Ming Road • Baker sfield. CA S33Q6 8GS873 2500 • FAX 805873-2599 • BBS 8O5-B73-240O • Iwamet: hrtp//wvwv rnjsl3ng.com .-lMuifijgh I'il" /IRS i»n the CD wi'fl be operational, it i* mt intended a be taeti iu a commercitti HUS faxmtte it will- not havt completed letting, mn wll a tndwfcjafl printed duamwnMi&w Bath CI) amtoita Anntfufaror M16 plus all mod- ules divuifliite in 1995. Same modtdts nu (udin$ the Gmphitat ftpttale Client are not jrt atmplelaL but ivtfl he made iiviiiM'le electmnxutfy la Preview putduuers tn tliey an (ompliwd. Viis Preview CD retjiara either Window* 95 or Windows NT v3J$l for epemrien,^ 1995 Mustang Safnvare, lite All mma tire tWilemarh of their respeemvconTvaniex macintosh Online BY MICHAEL A. KUYKENDALL Class Distinctions A coach-class tour of FirstClass BBSing CeskTop As a caller, I find graphi- cal user interfaces fun to work with (as well as to look at). Who doesn't? The downside is that once you have the client software, you have to download the con- figuration file for each BBS you call — d-r-a-g. It would be nice if we could just com- press that type of info and send it along for the ride (much like RIP graphics and some Windows boards). Orbit One m 40 Unfortunately, we probably won't, as users, see this sort of thing happening any time soon due to the large number of callers still using slower modems, such as 2400 baud (even the occasional 1200 baud). Because of the sheer amount of overhead, this method would make the 2400-baud group feel like their modems had gone south for a holiday. You may wonder why I'm jabbering about interfaces. Well, I've had so many people asking me to take another look at the FirstClass boards, that I finally relinquished and did something about it. For starters, I found numbers for several boards by looking on America Online. Some of these, however, had disappeared since they had originally posted their config files. (If you're a former sysop, please go back and make sure all references to your defunct board are erased in the various lists). I tried retrieving the client from a local board here in Atlanta; however, they had their software configured to allow new users only 20 minutes con- nect time per day, then only allowing transfers in 128 byte blocks. Needless to say, the 372K download of the client software did not transfer completely. I SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE Weekly Planet Ne< Internet Email and Conferences Mac and Windows Libraries VMUB Plwtf Digital L*r*ry Memb*r Service; Local Confer«*#s Mtrnfl Conferences finally went and pulled a copy off an FTP site (version 2.6 of the client). Sysop Hint: Allow new users enough time to download your client software. Oh, and set your software for 1K block transfers; 128- byte transfers are way too slow for our error-correcting modern modem devices. The boards One of the FirstClass boards I checked out was Orbit One, based in Tampa, Florida. Orbit One offers such features as Internet connectivity (mail and Usenet news), local conferences, Mac Digital Ubrarij DigitalLibrary ry Macintosh H £T .J The Mac 25 ■a* tw,fH-«w+ 25rkj*i oroMHH-i ^ - Q Mtctototti rori*n-U»d*- 1 It* VtroTife Tntni 5/5/95 902 PtA # P D M*J*1o*h r nrinH,"*' 2*3k ftntfTVl Pr* »/5/?3 8.MWH j# r D Km w.lcsh Torun-Lrkdwr T7K Srrtrtfr^^l !2 H/20/M 11 19 PK #rQ KK^tslh 1 onni-Ul Ur 3IK s.iti^nif',/1 2/16/53 5 25 PM !# !- Q K*:-1rr.t55h r9rwH.»rtr<- T7K Ort«n<>n(pt fc 2J0 2/lfc/M S2£fn ♦^ " D H*£»tort F «■ uT.-L*..Vr 1324K Now UiiHt** 5 1 2/16V95 3*4 PM E* - □ KM*itwh FcrurH.tM*r 6X r-W.j Eur Pattern ! 23. 2/2T/W 11 57 PK ■* " Q KK-talafh Forim-Lj Wrr !'?>: hUfcffrvrkv 1J3 2/20/93 10.3BPH #fQOrw Afrtgm ?&« M*f btrwn 1 4 2/1 9/M 53tPM * P Q MMMHfa Forun-Lf»>T 77K h«,Cb.i s 103 2/1A/93 mm # r Q H*c*it«h rorwH.n*r 46K H>.kB» 1 5/1 3/W »s4m Si " QhUctotDfti rorurH.*«4t<- 1DIK Dr«g'iBu1l«n3.7 Tractor FW] 2.2 2/1 B/W 120*PK # r Q KKViiarh F«»tjtH.m*t I12K C«ir*h ForijrH.»rt»r 1 26K J/ID/93 UtxU'fr t« a.. ■. . . , ) J/ 1 3/93 9 4TPM software, and The Weekly Planet Newspaper, Tampa Bay's third largest newspaper. When I first logged into Orbit One, 1 had to fill out my user information. You will have to do this with all FC (FirstClass) boards. Orbit One has lots of information online. The Weekly Planet is entertain- ing and chock full of news, but only in a local sense. If you live in Florida, this would be a great resource — but not for someone in Butte, Montana. However, their Digital Library has many files available for both Mac and Windows users (FC has both a Mac and Windows client available, thus many FC boards are multi-platform). There is a useful feature called the Mac 25 in the Macintosh section that offers the top Mac files on the board — great for new callers. Bottom line: Orbit One is a good local board for Florida users offering lots of local information, local con- ferences, online chat, and access to many of the different Usenet news- groups. Reach it at 813.281.0277. My next FC board is called GameNet, located in New York City. GameNet is a subscription-based BBS with an extensive collection of com- mercial game demos, game cheaters, bug fixes, updaters, FAQs and discus- sions of commercial games. Subscribing to GameNet also allows users to log on to GameNet 's ARA (AppleTalk Remote Access) server and play games over the modem against other live users. They currently offer three games: F/A-18 Hornet, Power Poker and Links Pro (a golf game). The schedule includes three game nights a week starting around 8 o'clock. Users pre-reg- ister 24 hours in advance with the sysop, then check their email several hours before game time for confirmation. Those users who don't have a copy of ARA can buy it at cost through the lioard. GameNet also allows the use ol SnapMail, a Shareware package that allows you to communicate across net- works during game play so you can "verbally" abuse your fellow players (GRIN). Besides just the gaming tips and demos, GameNet also has Internet, Fidonet and OneNet conferences. OneNet is SoftArc's internal net- work that FC boards use to exchange messages, files, etc. (similar to Fidonet). ( KimeN'ct may be reached at 212.254.5883. They offer technical sup- port Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at 212.254.5300. Subscriptions run SI 4.95 per month, with unlimited access to the BBS and ARA server. Gvn«N*t Sc/wftjW Our final stop on the FC tour is a board in California called the Peninsula Information & Bulletin Board System, Pibbs for short. Pibbs is a BBS for the Monterey Peninsula, offering some- thing for both Macintosh and Windows users. Online, you'll find the latest news for Macintosh and Windows, three gigabytes of current C o n 'r i n u e s SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE File Digging in the eWorld Looking for some good programs and utilities? Check out some of these files available through eWorld. Anarchie 1.5.0 is an Internet application that will poll Archie servers and help you find and retrieve files available from anonymous FTP sites. Pull up the dialog box to find the filename, and then double-click on the desired found file to download it to your machine (or drag it to a folder if you have System 7.5). Simple and straight forward. Anarchie v Disinfectant Mr MacHTTP 2.2 Disinfectant 3.6 is a FREE virus prevention, scanning, and repair program. Created by John Norstad of Northwestern University, Disinfectant is rather easy to use. Simply run the application and Disinfectant will automatically install its protection exten- sion for you. In addition to its ease of use, Disinfectant comes with built-in online help. Version 3,6 detects a new clone of the nVIR B virus, and allows modification of Disinfectant's memory partition and icon. MacHTTP 2.2 (Fat) allows you to establish your Mac as a World Wide Web server. MacHTTP opens up the Internet architecture in a way that may well bring the Mac to the forefront of Internet connectivity. Version 2.0 contains dozens of improvements over the previ- ous released version, 1.3. Most of these correct bugs, but also add significant functionality (such as a background-only option). uued 2.3 is a freeware uuencoder/uudecoder that's small and fast. It sup- ports standard drag-and- drop on its Finder icon and drag-and-drop directly from the Finder into its window (for those with System 7.5 or later), it automatically strips headers and footers from the text files you load (which is a godsend when you have a file divided into 34 segments). It allows easy, visual drag and drop rearrangement of the files within its win- dow, and will automatically assign whatev- er creator you want on files lacking the originating application information. For encoding, uued will automatically segment a file according to the line limit you specify in the preferences. uued 41 Rusty Edie Call a different kind of BBS. "We are the Friendliest BBS in the World." Our name says it all. Edie and I are a couple of burnouts from the 60s. We didn't like rules then and we don't now. Come on in and relax: you will be among friends. We have a huge adult section, including over three gigs of adult graphics, as well as a fine selection of public domain and shareware programs, including over a gig of family-type graphics. But that's not what sets us apart. When you call the first time, you'll know what no amount of words can tell you. you are Home. That's right, put up your feet and enjoy yourself. We live by three no's: "No Censorship. No Rules. No Hassle." You'll find us like no other BBS: • We answer your messages and comments. • We answer your on-line pages. • We post our address. • We post our voice phone number. Rusty n Edie's BBS 7393 California Ave. Youngstown, OH 445 1 2 Voice 216-726-4217 HSTonly 216-726-1804 Compucom 216-726-3584 Hayes V-Series 216-726-3619 All{V32etc.) 216-726-2620 Fax 216-726-3595 42 DeskTop a ftfl DfikTop Jh :■ ■ '::■:■: s -V MlilBoit S3 H»lp 9 pibbi BBS Tllk | U o ^0-~ N*vlon CorripUlfr Tiik Nft S3 Mic CD [ssi M*o Flit* Club M+o Mic Tllk E mo Nrt VinCD i03 VinTlV WinWfl 1" Lheliiiirkdi m Smjll Tllk *l \<> files for Macintosh and Windows, and information on local Internet providers, Internet files and one-step Net installers and switchers. Pibbs is quite nice because il makes things easy to get to for the first-time caller. Some of the conferences you'll find on Pibbs include: BBS Talk — information, questions and answers, comments, and news about Pibbs and other BBSs and com- puter services in the Monterey Peninsula (such as the Monterey City Library online catalog.) Computer Talk — information and news about the latest products for both Mac and Windows computers, such as Zip drives and ISDN. Net — Information, ques- tions and answers, comments, and news about local Internet service providers. Club Mac — Information about Club Mac of Monterey, a local Macintosh user group. Mac Talk — Info about Mac programs and using Macs, from Pluses to PowerMacs. Unclassifieds — Items and ser- vices for sale, though not neces- sarily computer- related. Small Talk — Chit-chat with your neighbors. There are also lots of public domain and share- ware files available through the confer- ences, such as Mac CD, with over two gigabytes of PD files for Macs, current as of April, 1995; Mac files, new and hot PD files for Macs; Mac Net with files and simple one-step installers and switchers, use- ful for surfing the Net; Win CD, with over one gigabyte of PD files for Windows; Win files, new and hot PD files for Windows; and, Win Net, which carries the best recent Windows files for accessing Internet. The subscription-based Pibbs can be reached at 408.899.4822. Users who pay a yearly fee get a much greater daily time limit. Subscribe online or through snail mail. This concludes our calling tour of FirstClass boards, though obviously there are many other FC services out there waiting to be discovered. If you have any boards you'd like to recom- mend for review, please send along the Telnet address or number. Until then, keep on Mac-in'. mtmm Michael A. Kuykendall can be reached by sending wail to Macintosh Online via the sysop, or to his email address at andykirk@aol.com. OneNet S' Ccnfirrrw OFflu 8FoVk>n Or Sei«i£*Flett9fi S*mt Cflr>fw»rie« hftetry Cormeclwns Si* LaF US & >*>d«mj Onlrw SttyIwi Internet '££* Confrr»nc» F»« leggMji cornp Jyf rn ic -jan-i** ill .g.im« m*r iihe-n no.qttfiis .board BB> ret <; imes.li-ato *H .fan .1* Herman ill an»gr*mj iH al^nrMtjrch *H.4rl*«vvtsTtors iHilnirliwjifno.gniTiM alt .comtdg ^lipstick - : :- *lt.ewiwdu..it*o*ip *H.orfl,*i4Tfl#*t rtt.Q*ro*i.nttrik rM.9*mfs.ptnb*11 rn:.g*mre H trivM -;* -:* r*c.hunw funny »?t.*t»rf-j»gy*r.d1jeitf SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE The Professional BBS Service Bureau Bulletin Board Systems {BBS) are fast becoming a vital tool tor information exchange in corporations, associations, government and other professional organizations. Yet the learning curve and related costs for an in-house installation are steep. 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Developer) • Galacticomm Business Partner (Worldgroup Developer) • Certified Novell Professional Developer • Member of the Microsoft Foxpro Development Network yiPDi Application Programming & Development, Incf ^k Ij 6805 Coolridge Drive. 2nd Floor ^T J Camp Springs, MD 20748 ^ 1-800-785-APDI (301) 449-1400 -Voice • (301)449-6100 -BBS • (301) 449-1224 -Fax Internet [Hade fasy BY WWKE ROBINSON Wolf Spiders Fetch Pizza Upon Request! ... And other true tests of three Internet search engines. A few weeks ago one of my co-workers asked me about this "Internet thing" she was getting herself involved with. Apparently one of her friends taught her to read news with a really old, archaic news- reader. {Funny how these friends disappear when it's time to actually install Mosaic or teach how to use electronic mail.) After explaining to her the scope and content of the Internet ("really big and lots of stuff") I left her alone, hoping she would share my enthusiasm. She did. KEYWORDS Crawling, stalking, searching the Net Who's fast, and who leaves you hanging lafoSttku ««w5£taaiejrrh«r»we fcu nuku Sadm jrferas**wi euy You ce Kirch WWW p*fctt, TfractNewf, over 5D CMDpBwaajtnBsi. wmpipn mwwm k4 pnn rdvuer, coaster pioBt*, mcicil *yd he«j& rf«mH»n. movie i tt iflWi , tcckMil rupport d*Ubw?j. adsucfasHft. Iukt&k M*g*ace ufed teaSttk ih« h*rt ■•■rrb t*oj mt lb* Inttmtt gne'i wfcrt fegr i*± Ws irrtc yw » tee to TroundE Yon en ttj IifoSeek fw free 44 SEPTEMBER 1995 The next day she showed up wanting Mosaic, Netscape, Eudora, Telnet, FTP, (and just about every other utility I'd ever heard of) installed on her computer... pronto. Unfortunately that was my job, so I installed the batch of programs and gave her the manual on how to use each. This was soon followed by a multi-hour, hands-on tutorial of how to use all these programs. Next, of course, she wanted to know how to find all that "stuff 1 boasted about. Have you ever heard of a search engine? I think people get overly concerned about computers. If I ask someone to order my dinner, they'd probably find out what I wanted (pizza), look in the Yellow Pages for several pizza restaurants, find the best one closest to us, and order. Yet if I ask the average person to find information about pizza on the Internet, can you imagine what kind of looks I would get? This should not be the case, as these days there are plenty of good searching tools on the Web. I'll look at three of the more popular ones to give you an idea of what's out there. InfoSeek Unlike the other two services I'll discuss, InfoSeek is a charge service — that's for-pay, money, dough (although a limited freebie search is allowed). You can use a wide variety of view- ers, such as Netscape and Mosaic to launch a search. However BBS MAGAZINE • SeBr.hlheLyt-.-i c*uk£wf s-'.K-t. ■ rrr. to Ht fee nmabH otits. wd other oyCcos Yoa can also try the s (503 1 . webpagw). ccf you have Fceds, usclhe | such a search tool has become vital. You can use Boolean logic in your searches (AND, NOT, OR, etc.) and Lycos will spit out the top 10 hits by default. If you don't have a graphical browser, Lycos works just fine with Lynx. If you have your own Web page, you can add it to the Lycos library, as well as remove any old links. There are a few limitations to the library, but basi- cally anyone's home page can be placed. Once you add your "top-level" page, Lycos will find it and all the sub-level pages. (This can take months, however, because of the sheer number of pages being added). Lycos may be slow, but it's not with- out good reason: the system runs on seven computers handling up to 150,000 requests a week. An average search of the more than three million pages takes perhaps 10 seconds — you do the math. CMU recommends searching be- tween 6 p.m. and 11 a.m. EST. Another time-trimming trick is to request using one of the reduced-sized catalogs, which holds about 750,000 documents, and are frequently below capacity. Lycos has become so popular that Microsoft has licensed it to be used with its new Microsoft Network. Don't worry, though, 'cause you'll still be able to use Lycos as is, since Microsoft's license is not exclusive. CMU actual- ly suggests this is a ben- efit (i.e., MSN users won't contribute to the load) but that assumes the MSN will be a success. WebCrawler An alternative to Lycos is the WebCrawler. Developed by Brian Pinkerton, a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington, it allows you to access Web information through a full-text searchable interface. WebCrawler was started before Lycos, and as such has a larger client base — approximately 250,000 people use the WebCrawler each week. To connect to the WebCrawler, go to http://webcrawler.com. You can access many thousands of sites, with almost 2,000 new ones being added weekly. Recently, America Online acquired the WebCrawler and plans to continue offering the service as a public interest. In a typical WebCrawler search, I looked for the occurrence of the word "Dilbert." In about two seconds, I got a list of 20 sites, ranked by importance. This ranking, although not very scientif- ic, gives the user a relative feel for which document more closely matches their search terms. In my case, it found "Dan's Dilbert Stuff ' to be the #1 document (http://mmm.mbris.edu/~dsandler/dilbert). WebCrawler has a very simple inter- face, and it is fast. For simply playing around, I'd recommend using it. But if you want a more complex or compre- hensive search, try using Lycos. Either way, you'll find hundreds of new sites to explore each time you use one of these easy Web searching tools, nun Mike Robinson can be reached at mrobinsn@wbarton.upemi.edtt WebCrawler 7 To March Che WebCnwter dstabw, type m your Wirch kaywof d* bttt Tf, htbj> lo urtqueiv tdrubfy «*.* you'ie taokwfifer Lmi apdjrt*; Jane 11, i ~n | Search | BAUD TOrda together of it: 1 -!',? I II I .1 ' I WebCrawler Search Results The query "oHbert* fowjd 641 doewoaau; and returned 25. . ■■"''■ ' : : St,* fw. ptfohc Ftr' access !•}-*' r 1T&7 Links Pi£E tamStA&jA j - .7":'.'. ^P&je. StQkAft - Home Pj^ c 0169 ■" - i.Lista 0lG3 T rr r.- Youajroart't Home P^c OICS Home I'm* Oifis Wha't lbs P«a«i gur? Q1!,J I'.-'.. ■ - • .■■:::■■ .'■.: . - - KeceotKewj Tfee WebCrawlw has beep secured by America OrJrae' See 3 short ■-'■■ ■ - afpi '"-'";■' I, F^f-f-F* f.'^PT..iri.-,r. SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE 45 Commodore Connections BY GAELYNE R. 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Make check payable to: THE PIER EXCHANGE INC., 80 W. HAZELTINE, KENMORE, NY 14217 International Orders, FAX, or Information 716-875-4931 Hi nffflrfl. 30 Oay BBS 716-875-3130 ORDRES ONLY 1-800-438-9734 /WOA/EY"' Back Guarantee!!! The 7V Guid Cyberspace!" — Louis Rossetto, Wired new world. . . bookstores everywhere! RANDOM HOUSE inECtHMCraUSHM F I I I I I I For free updates get the Net Books online at YPN — Your Personal Network (http://www.ypn.com) BY TESS HEDER Ask Tess Q&A Q: After running a BBS on my PC for a few months to exchange ANSI graphics drawings among my friends, word seems to have gotten out that the BBS is an entertaining place to visit. I've started charging a fee to new callers, so I can get enough money to put in a second phone line. This is going well, but it's also bringing me more email than I have time to deal with. I've noticed people lose interest pretty fast when they don't get their questions answered almost immediately. There's got to be a better way! Ideas? Carleton, from California A: Congratulations, Carleton, to you and your friends for creating an online place that folks want to visit — one that is apparently attracting new callers by word of mouth. It takes talent and originality to stand out in a field like this. Having been lucky enough to have lived through times where demand for our BBS exceeded available supply for hours in the day), here are some of the things that help. When it comes to saving time writing email, you can set up a series of pre-writtcn mes- sages that answer the questions you get most often. Odds are you'll be able to call these up to your message base by hot key. Most folks really like to get email, especially if you can make it colorful with ANSI! Try welcoming new callers with a canned welcome email. They'll love it. And maybe antic- ipate one or two of their questions with a start-up explanation message. And certainly try to make lime to read your callers' mail daily. But when you don't have time to answer the messages in detail, return a hotkey message that acknowledges reading their mail and let them know that you'll get back to them soon (then be sure and do so). If you haven't already, you can sec to it that your Bulletins menu develops so as to answer the questions your callers ask most often, keeping in mind that a lot of callers will not check Bulletins no matter what information you've got there. Each of your Bulletins can, however, do double duty as a hot-key message. This hits the spot sometimes. And last but not least, callers appreciate "short" forced communications from you on your login or log-off screens. You can tweak the amount of time you allow each call, SEPTEMBER 1935 even paying callers, until you have more than one line. This is easy to do with most BBS software. As long as you realize that no sysop can be expected to do all of the above, adding one or more to your bag of tricks may help you manage your time, and keep your callers connected while your BBS grows. Q: Can you tell me some economical ways to advertise the BBS I am starting this fall? Joe, from Washington state A: Get listed! Get your BBS on a BBS list .. .all kinds of them. Nationwide, there are several extensive lists that circulate BBSs online. Call the sysops who maintain current BBS lists for your metropolitan area, area code and/or local calling area and put your BBS on each and every one of them. Tell your friends! Enlist the help of your early callers — ask them to spread the word. If you have any interest in attracting new callers from out of state as well as local, start listing your BBS in the maga- zines, too. Computer Shopper, BBS Magazine and others main- tain free listings. You may be eligible. Call and find out. If your BBS wilt be accessible via Telnet, don't forget to put it on the "BBSs on the Internet" lists, too. If your BBS is geared toward a special interest, send press releases to trade publi- cations and to your local newspapers. It's a good habit to get into early on. Hob-knob with the staff, if you can. And give them access. When your BBS generates what you consider a news story, you'll be in the groove to get it published. Flyers aren't very expensive to produce, can usually be multi-purpose, and will serve you well. Mail them as follow-up to folks after they call your BBS, scatter them around your local user groups, computer societies and software shops. You'd be sur- prised how many people ask clerks at their local software stores, "What's a good BBS to call around here?" So cultivate friendships with your local software store clerks. Give them access, too. If you can get them enthusiastic about your BBS, they will tell others. ■»■ Please address your questions, comments, problems or con- cerns to: BBS: Comment to sysop, 617.349.1300 Email: tess.heder@channel 1 .com Fax: 617.354.3100, Attention: Ask TESS SnaitMail: Channel 1, Attn: Ask Tess, 1030 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tess Heder is co-founder of Channel I s BBS, winner of the Dvorak/Zoom Award of Excellence in Telecommunications and the 1992 Best General interest BBS. BBS MAGAZINE 51 modems BY MODEM MAGE // III Modem Spins A little chaos is a good thing now and then i A fter a few millennia, one can build a special affinity for certain spells. Take the one currently cast over the modem industry — a real thing of beauty. The way the spell ties all the players together, manipulating them so subtly, few actually realize their decisions are not their own. SEPTEMBE The hex currently cast is called the Spell of Chaos. It has the industry spinning in so many interesting directions, few seem to know what to believe, what to anticipate, and most importantly, what to buy. Let's take a brief look at a few of the news breakers of late and how they prove the Spell of Chaos is well in force. Just when you had a handle on the major modem play- ers, AT&T attacks the market with a low-cost V.32bis desktop modem. Yes, the folks who crank out data center products and high-end modems have put forth an under- $100 product. It can be found on most store shelves, but somehow seems out of place with the other brand names. Is AT&T hoping to grab their small share of the bur- geoning first-time modem buyers market? This sure seems to be the case, as the product offers nothing new compared to others already in the game. If you think AT&T is an odd entry, how about Motorola? Motorola has always delivered top-notch data-center products and typically offers high-end desktop systems. Now they, too, have tossed their chaotic hats into the ring with the "Lifestyle" modem. A less than $250, the Lifestyle seems a direct attack on USRobotics, Practical Peripherals, Zoom, and others in the low-cost market. Motorola obviously has plenty of cash to throw at the effort, but will people be willing to think of Motorola out- side the pager/cellular phone arena? I think they face the same challenge AT&T does: name recognition vs. brand- name recognition. If 'name" is the primary issue, AT&T and Motorola have an advan- tage. If "brand-name" is the bigger factor, these big guns are going to be left in the "also-rans" slot. OK. These are interesting exam- ples, but look a little further for even more testimonial to the real power of the Spell of Chaos. Many have been following the Hayes financial situation with pro- fessional and perverse curiosity. Since last October, Hayes has been struggling in the midst of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Rumors had them com- ing out in April, and then again this summer. Now we toss in a pinch of Chaos and poof! BOCA announces the purchase of Hayes! Yes, BOCA, a company with sales of $82 million last year, purchased Hayes, a company ringing up $230 million during the same period, and currently in the throes of Chapter 11. Isn't Chaos a thing of beauty! Working with this tempest is a bit like gambling: it's sure to bring the unexpected to light (which isn't nec- essarily a bad thing). For instance, AT&T and Motorola entering the market will surely drive the price leaders to cut again. The marketing campaigns have clearly been gearing up lately, so keep an eye out for the game to get pretty competitive. The marriage of Hayes with BOCA is harder to read, but there are safe assumptions: BOCA will benefit from the Hayes distribution channel and has the cash to dig Hayes out of debt, while Hayes (lack- ing freshness the last two years) may find some needed research dollars headed to its engineering depart- ment again. On the other hand... Well, we'll just have to wait and see what Chaos does next. Sysop/Provider programs I've included a couple of basic charts for those who believe a picture (well, Continues... TABLE 1 — SYSOPS HIGH-SPEED MODEM DISCOUNTS BY VENDOR AND MODEL TYPE VENDOR/ PRODUCT 14.4K V.32his INTERNAL 14.4KV.32bis EXTERNAL V.32TERB0, V.FC, V.34 INTERNAL V.32TERB0, V.FC V.34 EXTERNAL AT&T Paradyne 3721 -B1 -001* $150 3710-A1-201* $165 PC; $190 Mac $175 N/A CPI/ ViVa Viva 14.4 S180 ViVa 14.4 $196 N/A N/A Hayes Corp Optima 144B* S179 Ultra 144 S249 N/A Optima 288+FAX v.FC 28.8k $259 Optima 144+FAX* $179 PC; $179 Mac Intel SatisFax/400 $249 14.4 EX $269 N/A N/A Faxmodem 144i S99 Satis FAX/400e* S245 Faxmodem 144e $109 Microcom N/A N/A N/A DeskPorte FAST v.FC 28.8k S249 TravelPorte FAST v.FC 28.8k $249 MultiTech MT1432BC $400 MT1432BA* $400 N/A N/A MT1432ES $400 MCA MT1432MU* $300 MT1432BL' $450 MT1432PCS $575 Practical Peripherals N/A PM14400FXSA* $215 N/A N/A PM14400FXMT* $155 Supra Corp SupraFAXModem* $109 SupraFAXModem* $139 $159 Supra V34 $179 USRobotics N/A N/A N/A HSTV.Everything V.34, VFC, FAX* $249 Ven-Tel PCM144FAX- S195 EC144FAX* $215 N/A N/A PCMV.32bis* $480 ECV.32bis* $525 MCM144FAX" $380 MCA RMV.32bisll* $425 Zoom Telephonies VFPV.32Bis* S99 VFX V.32Bis* $119 PC; $130 Mac VFP V.FC 24k $99 VFX V.FC 24k $119 PC; 31 30 Mac VFP V.FC 28.8k $139 VFX V.FC 28.8k $159 PC; $170 Mac ZyXEL U-1496B* 16.8K S299 U-1496E* 16.8K $299 N/A U-1496E* v.32terbo16.8K $299 U-1496B+* 19.2K $389 ' Modems with an asterisk include 14,400 baud FAX send/receive at no extra charge! Notes on Table I: 1. All internal modems are assumed to be PC-AT1SA bus unless otherwise noted. Some manufacturers do not offer internals; be careful when ordering. 2. Consult manufacturer for details on availability of Caller ID or voice-mail processing options (any modem above). 3. These prices NEVER include shipping and handling, which is always extra, Ttypically $5 - S1 5 U.S. dollars. 4. V.34 is International (ITU-T) standard for28.8K. This is not the same as V.FAST (generic name) or V.FC (Rockwell based 28.8K standard). SEPTEMBER TABLE II — VENDOR CONTACT INFORMATION VENDOR NAME AT&T Paradyne CPI/ViVa Hayes Corp. Intel Microcom MultiTech Pract. Per. Supra Corp. USRobntics Ven-Tel Zoom Teleph. CALL THEIR BBS AT THIS NUMBER AND... ...DOWNLOAD THIS FILE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS CALL. {813) 532-5254 ATTSYSOP.TXT (300) 554-4996 (805) 499-9646; (215) 746-9948 CPIA.TXT (800) 854-7600 (404) 446-6336; (800) USHAYES H96SYSOP.TXT (404) 840-9200 (503) 645-6275 OFFER.TXT (503) 228-9707 (800) 822-8224 SYSOP.TXT (617)762-5134 (612) 785-9875; (800) 392-2432 PRICE.TXT (612) 785-3500 (404) 734-4600 SYSBBS.TXT (404) 840-9966 (503) 967-2444 SYSOP.TXT (503) 967-2400 (708) 982-5092 SYSDEAL.TXT (708) 982-5151 (800) 550-7800 (408) 922-0988 SYSDEAL.TXT (408) 436-7400 (617)423-3733 ZOQMBBS.ZIP (617)423-1076 CONTACT VIA EMAIL t.brarJshaw@paradyne.com rlacy@hayes.com GO PPIFORUM (CompuServe) orders@supra.com support@usr.com CIS 76711.707 CIS 71333,1527 ZyXEL (714) 693-0762 ZYXEL.TXT (714) 693-0804 sales@zyxel.com chart) is worth a few pages of ram- bling text. The minimum performance level is v.32bis (14,400 bps), but will soon be displaced by V.34. All modems also must have v.42bis for error cor- rection and data compression to make this list. The rightmost column of Table I shows all modems faster than 14400 bps that support at least v.32bis standards. I recommend only V.34 for sysops. End-users can economically afford to now live by the same stan- dards. The V.34 ITU-T standard offers 50 percent more throughput than v.32bis, at only minimal cost increases. It also offers a better chance at a high-speed connect (24,000-28,800) than VFC under minimal line conditions. Beware of upgrade plans to v.FAST/v.34 modems; various manufacturer pro- grams vary greatly. More than a modem Some vendors offer more than just modems to the sysops joining their program. For example, US Robotics offers substantial discounts off their CommServer 486 LAN product. Other vendors, such as ZyXe!, offer big discounts on modem rack- mounts. A rackmount reduces the tangle of multiplying power supplies and becomes economical for sysops planning on larger, multi-line sys- tems. Buyers' restrictions If you maintain a system operating 24-hours per day for the last six months, then you're eligible for any of these discounts. Some manufactur- ers only require that you are currently running a BBS at time of ordering. A few may actually waive the current operating requirement. Once you receive your modem, you're expected to keep the BBS up and running between six and 12 months (requirements vary). Generally, the modem is yours to do whatever you want with after this period expires. Some manufac- turers may ask you to never sell modems purchased on a discount plan. Modem resellers, such as computer stores, are generally excluded from participation in dis- count plans. Nearly all of the modem vendors are accepting VISA and MasterCard for orders. Some also accept a cashier's check or money-order for prepay orders. Personal checks often require additional clearing time which just holds up your order. C.O.D. is becoming less common, and is rumored for phase-out by sev- eral of the larger players over the next few months. One requirement, which goes for nearly all vendors, is that they generally expect at least a one-line advertisement somewhere in your welcoming screens. For example: "Using the finest Model XYZ modem from Acme Modem Co." would be perfectly acceptable in all Order processing and availability Delivery times and schedules vary radically, so your mileage may vary. Many manufacturers are placing orders on hold until they release V.34. Hayes typically shipped in 48 hours, and to the far extreme, US Robotics guarantees a two to six week waiting period. For Canadian, European and other sysops outside the U.S., you may or may not be eligible for discount offers. Please check carefully ahead of time to avoid disappointment. You may want to check with their European subsidiaries before contact- ing the U.S. office. HUH ModemMagdPais. net 54 SEPTEMBER M F 3 i; :c^ Now Planet Connect brings realtime data within the reach of every BBS. Our sports data is delivered to your BBS via satellite as the news is created, so its always the latest most current information. Your users can learn about important sports events and news hours before they appear on TV or make the newspapers. No other sports information source can match the completeness of Sports Connect. Players, teams, leagues, and more are completely covered with over 4 megs of data daily. Scores are reported as the games and events are in progress. A variety of doors are available for most brands of BBS software and the system is designed to be fully automated. Our satellite data systems also provide the latest files and nets plus Internet Usenet Newsgroups. Our 19,200 baud system can deliver 1 50 megs of compressed f\ files daily. If you 1„V already own a satellite • dish you can get started for only $299.00.. Weather and sports are now available, Stocks and News are coming soon. Instead of thinking of their BBS as a place to store and distribute information that may be hours or days old, the progressive Sysops that have Planet Connect can now deliver data in real time. Highly desirable data such as Sports, Weather, News, Stock Quotes, and more can be obtained from Planet Connect via sateilite. These Sysops are finding many new users who want to obtain information as soon as it happens. People that need time sensitive data will come to you, since you'll be hours ahead of newspapers, and other media. Whether at work, school, or at play your users needs only a modem and computer to quickly locate the exact data they want. With satellite delivery, your BBS can be almost completely automated to provide services that only the big on line services have traditionally provided. Planet Connect negotiates with quality data providers to obtain data at excellent prices, and passes these savings on to you. You'll be amazed at how inexpensive a satellite real time feed can be. Contact Planet Connect Today. Winner of the Dvorak "Best Product of the Year Award" Cora&aefe Ffeiraee %se©[rer]§ ;7 Qirae= SMS A- IPQuDTXge&CorM] F0O®s vssm %M© If you're a sysop and would like to be considered for the list, contact one of the following sites. Posting to the USBBS List at these sites will place you on the A-List. BOBsBBS — 916.929.7511 Livewire/CD SUB — Download CDSUB.ZIP from The Livewire BBS (BBS Magazine's support board) at 609.235.5297 and register the CD SUB Door program for a permanent listing. FTP — Download USPUB103.ZIP from oak.oakland.edu, create USBBS.DAT and send the completed file to BOBsBBS or update@bobsbbs.uucp.netcom.com. Call 609.953.9110 (voice) for help. Derived from the USBHSUST. 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W 09 VO 5+ 1 803-552-4389 SC N.Charleston Earth Art Bob Chapman Environmental. B 09 DF 123+ 4 3 803-745-0073 SC Charleston Dragon's Lair Hugh Pearson Role playing talk and games. R 29 V 10+ 1 1 803-766-0176 SC Charleston THE INN Steve Lanning Home of S&G software. 29 F 11+ 1 803-767-8212 SC N.Charleston Night Wing BBS James Salter Files, games, mail. 1 09 F 14+ 1 7 304-222-2242 VA Richmond ChatCity BBS Brian Mueller Entertainment, chat, games. M 09 DF 13 20 804-468-6454 VA Virginia Bch Straight Board Ray Sulich Echos. files, doors. Internet. 8 19 FO 200+ 2 3 805-297-6225 CASaugus Database Andy Daddarirj Internet plus monthly CD ROM, W 09 D 28 2 F 805-374-9997 CAThousOaks The Matrix Denny Cherry Games, general files, W 09 B 4 1 805-498-5505 CA Newbury Pk TOPEC BBS Shawn Schneider Tons of files, online games. X 29 10+1 804-596-2131 Time Out! 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Virtual ComTech International, Inc.™ 61 6-399-8934 VOICE/FAX 616-399-4618 DATA 4246 Elizabeth Ave. Holland, Ml 49424 SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE 63 805-734-3873 CA Vandenberg The Launch Pad Rick Olsen fiit-;.. games B 29 D 30+3 S 1 805-954-4766 The Seaside Les Jones 809-781-4207 PR Guaynabo Hurricane BBS Luis Benite: Multiline chat, files. W 19 D 10+2 S 1 810-346-2236 Ml Brown City Tri-County BBS Dan Butterfield Files. Fido-Net. internet. X 29 VO 6+ 1 1 810-363-0554 Ml Walled Lake Mil Dimension Jim Bier General, online games, files. W 09 FD 20+- 1 810-476-5713 Ml FarmingtnHls EtJCO Systems Gene Novaci:k ENCO software products. 09 VO 40 2 810-477-6695 The Soul Conn Mike Demski 810-546-4467 Ml Femdale Gomm Conned Jeff Squires IP BRE games. USURPER. Y 09 DF 10+ 1 810-631-6885 The Casual BBS Pat Cargill 810-794-9477 Terra Forma All types. X 09 H 12 Ml Algonac matt blanck /'. ti 1 fr-"r Laaaa 812-234-0091 IN Terre Haute Psychedelicate Kevin Lange General. X 29 V 5 1 812-254-9601 IN Washington Junk Yard BBS Barry Hauser New releases, bus., games, etc. F 19 V 10+1 812-477-8813 IN Evansville Highlander's Will Duncan WME network, DOS utilities. I 19 VF 9+ 1 813-639-7170 FLPuntaGorda Joe's Bar&Grill JoeJepsen X-Files OWK based network. W 19 V 6+1 813-934-7881 FL Holiday Planet Alderan Dale Hutchinson Star Wars support BBS. P 19 D 10+1 813-942-0323 Genesis Network D.Thompson 813-949-4993 FL Lutz PC-Help! Walter Zipper Extensive new user support. B 29 DF 45+ 6 1 314-726-5787 PA Warren terminal jrlii Oran Stewart Teens and their parents. M 09 V 12+5 S3 815-458-3910 IL Braidwood Monkey Rob Cnr George Rozak General purpose board. S 09 V 10+ 1 The fl-List 815-795-6371 Squirrel's Nesl Neal Roberts 816-632-3297 MO Cameron PC-LYNX Bob Schmidt Free Internet email. CUG. W 09 FV 40+ 4 3 816-746-6911 MO Parkville Nikonos V Dennis Smith 180 online doors, magazines. L 99 Of 10+ 1 816-796-7078 MO Independnce PDQDnLine James Whorton GiF's. shareware, adult, B 29 V 61+ 1 818-584-1952 CA Pasadena Hllsbbs-KB6AXK JoeCIra Amateur radio hams. W 09 21+ 1 818-609-9276 CA Reseda Solaris Jim Burrows Online gaming access F 29 V 21+ 2 3 318-727-7639 Sleuth Mark Valentine 817-355-9252 The Contrails Joe Richter 817-473-2089 TX Mansfield We Da Windows Scott Boyd Windows shareware. T 29 FV 14+ 1 818-344-7777 CA Calabasas TheK-FoneBBS Scott Summers Online games, jokes. Gifs. V 99 FV 14+ 2 818-447-6100 CA Arcadia aussie M.Szabados Chat, files, games. M 09 V 100+ 18 S 3 818-919-6285 CA Diamond Bar NightPlayer Leon Lien Microsoft AVI movies. B 99 F 14 2 S 901-327-1895 MetroplexBBS Rick vanHooser 901-761-1122 TN Memphis SYNC-Link Bob Cook SYNCHRONICS. RealWorld. C 09 D 60 3 902-679-2258 NS Coldbrook Ted's BBS Ted Gervais Games and message centers, B 99 FV 10+ 3 903-566-1927 TX Tyler Data Center Bruce Bates Business related. X 29 VB 10+ 1 904-323-8684 Up All Night BBS Rob Warren 904-328-2925 FL E. Palalka HaunledMansion Jim Bailey Christian. X 29 BH 900+ 1 tvwypmkmm 24 High Speed 28.8 bps V.34 Lines (1200-28,800 bps support) Live Online Chat - Multiline and Sexy Adult Chat! 14 CD-ROMs Online - Hot Adult Graphics and Shareware The Latest and Most Exciting in Online Games Internet Usenet and Personal E-Mail Accounts Online Shopping and Product Catalog Unlimited Downloads - Large Adult File Area 305-748-0004 8,N,1 18 or older to access adult areas. Visa/MC. Voice Support (305) 748-OOI5 904-671-3734 FL Tallahassee BROTHERHOOD Ryan Allen Adult areas P 19 D 9+ 1 904-969-0157 FL Pensacola Snake's Den Randy Oavila Latest files, door games. B 29 F 5+1 907-333-0565 AK Anchorage P0WBBS WadeHamel Games, treedom of speech. M 19 VF 14+4 S3 907-488-3751 AK North Pole TC's BBS Tom Creek Alaska information. Q 09 FV 25+ 2 1 907-488-4796 The NITE OWL Games. W 29 VO 2 AK North Pole Roger Hatcher 1 907-790-1942 AK Juneau Club Alaska JimpJotts Subscription Internet access. X 29 VF 26+3 S F 908-253-0897 NJ Manville Llnken Review Ken Smith Doors, chat, messages, files. W 29 V 4+3 908-276-4405 The Veclor 908-572-5762 Datalandf BBS J. Delveccnio Rick Young 64 SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE 908-632-9703 NJ Edison USBBS -TBBS Peter Eskow Family, files, messages, games. T 09 FV 14+ 5 1 908-634-5117 NJ Woodbridge Best Buy Onlin John Carroll Graphics & shareware. B 29 V 55+5 S 909-797-3135 CyberCullure Todd Novak 908-821-1684 NJ Franklin Pk Gay/Us Mecca Darren Gay, lesbian, bisexual T 09 VF 10 13 S 3 909-825-8450 CA Cotton Wild Weasel Matthew Dietz Registered doors. W 09 VO 14+ 1 9909-925-9564 The Ouija! Board Keith Burgner 09-948-9967 CA Alia Lorna Christian Conn Brent Griffith Focus on the Lord Jesus Christ W 09 VB 5 1 910-579-1672 NC Calabash LoOnEyBiH! PatFinnerty General system, O 19 FD 7+ 1 1 910-659-0576 NCWinstonSIm PC Addict JimRibet OS/2, Linux, messages. 19 FV 600 1 1 910-659-9121 NCWinstonSIm PC Solution JeffMoen OS/2, PC service & support. B 29 FV 54+ 2 3 912-436-9557 GA Albany TCS BBS Jerry Luckey Comics books & H/PM related. 1 29 V 12+ 1 1 912-538-7950 GA Vidalia Carnerslone Michael Brazell A general purpose BBS. W 19 VF 11+ 1 S 913-784-7171 The Publishing Mike Robinson 914-226-3249 NYWappingers Flastiover Tom Walker Themed tor fire, EMS, police. W 19 V 1 1 914-227-4402 NY Hopewell Jet Tholian Web Tom Walker Star Trek orientated BBS, W 19 V 2 1 914-426-0729 Mirage Network Brian Bui If ell 914-472-0779 NY Eastchester EastNet Mark McCarthy Internet access, politics. DOS. I 29 V 10+ 1 1 914-621-2865 Dark Side Moon Peter Cacchioli 914-683-3788 NY Valhalla Skywave One Larry Spinner Message oriented, ham radio. X 09 V 1 1 914-744-5085 NY Pine Bush Farbys Funhouse Gary Farbman Education; based in a school. B 19 D 12+ 1 1 914-833-1479 NY Larchmont Powerboard HQ Scott Brown Powerboard BBS software. X 09 D 3 2 1 914-835-2373 NY Harrison Brentwood Guy Cappello 75 online doors, adult area. B 19 FD 14+ 12 S 3 916-222-0320 CA Redding Firehouse BBS Ed Nowlin Fire/EMS, role-playing games. V 09 V 10+ 1 916-247-1232 CA Redding EBS MSystems Bruce KnaptDn File distribution system. B 09 VF 253 10 S The fl-List 916-534-5329 CAOroville TDEC West BBS John Young Email, games, technical. I 29 D 16+ 2 916-583-7980 CATahoeCity Yet Another BBS Joel Rodriguez Business-related. W 09 V 5 3 S 916-585-2281 Golden State Gregory Smith 916-587-6947 CATruckee Cheshire Cat Sally Kosh Broad focus, free, big. B 99 F 34 3 91 6-635-41 57 CA Sac ramento VacationTravel RonAblang adult files, games, messages. 09 FO 5 1 S 916-929-7511 CA Sacramento BOBsBBS, USBBSBob Breedlove Home of USBBS and BOBsWARE. X 09 F 2 1 916-966-3115 CA Fair Oaks Boater's Mktpl Dale Gilbert N Cal boating & marine industry. M 09 B 3 2 918-272-4327 OKOwasso Ham Emporium ChesterMcCarter Amateur radio. J 09 D 90+ 1 918-272-7779 Black Gold BBS 918-627-0923 The Hub! BBS Michael Cline W. Farrimond 919-544-7811 NC Durham Entertain. Club Brian Womack Entertainment modem gaming. W 99 VO 12 S3 reXicpu /&caa^ C? &/?&&/*' r Lxcel ence On-Li me 408-847-0665 SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE 65 The following collection of Telnet- accessible BBSs is a unique version of the SBI List maintained by Richard Mark, sysop of Dragon Keep BBS (904.375.350D/Telnet: dkeep.com, or 198.79.54.10). Versions of the list can be found at the sites noted in the box below. Bulletin boards new since the last revision are given full descriptions. ' -New since last revision A World Locally 204.11947.5 Absolute Connection a-c.in.net 199.0.62.164 Access Nevada spillway-accessnv.com 199 2.253.3 ACE InloSystems aceinfo.cam 199.190.76.2 AdeptXBBS adeptsoft.gate.net 199.227.57.1 Advanced Data Services BBS bbs.adsinc.com 199.190.73.3 •AECNET(tm) The Electronic Resource Network of Architecture. Engineering, &Contruction aecnet.com 198.4.60.200 Alter Hon rz BBS ahbqs.com 204.134,204.10 Afterimage Information Matrix aim.novasys.com 204.178.181.2 'Albuquerque ROS Daily news, weather, sports, movie reviews, etc: no adult material. abq-ros.com 204,68.29.244 Aladdlns Palace aladdin.bc.ca 204.174.112.252 Alien's Spaceship BBS Aliens.com 199.190.82.2 AlmacBBS almac.co.uk 193.114.248.3 Amateur Radio INTERNET BBS wb3ffv1 .sed.csc.com 20.2.1 .80 America's Suggestion Box asb.com 165.254.128.1 Retted Boards WWW: htlp://dkeep.com/sbi.htm Includes a "Guided Tour of Internet," BBSs from around the world. FTP: dkunix,dkeep,com (in /pub/sbi) login:anonymous gcomm.com (in /internet) login: anonymous ftp.rahul.net (in pub/woo) login: ftp Finger: sbi@dkeep.com (Information about the SBI List) "Quick" Guide to Select BBS's on Internet) sbi-info@dkeep.com (Revision Information for current list) sbi-sysop@dkeep.com (How to Become a Part of the SBI list) BBS: Dragon Keep — dkeep.com / 904.375.3500 (signup, then type /GO SB)) * Anarchy-X BBS Doors. 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A Mall In Every Home Why bother with traffic, parking and crowds when you can do your shop- ping online? That's the question Primeline Communications Corp. is asking with the release of its Online Business Works, what it refers to as an amalgam of the online industry and home-based businesses. With Business Works a sysop can become a new breed of virtual mall manager, renting out space to retailers or offering up their own products for sale. Callers (cus- tomers) get the benefit of shopping in their slippers, from their bedrooms "Our products make online com- merce easy, affordable and highly visi- ble," said Primeline chief Carl Partington. Online Business . 1 "■ . ■•"■ h? t ; »1 Works/Shopping Mall affords anyone with $795 and a little ingenuity the ability to market products online by establishing a "turnkey" electronic shopping mall (based on RIP 2.0 graphics from TeleGrafix). The software has callers pointing and clicking their way through photos (displayed in under seven seconds) and information about products in 255 pre- definable store types. And an accompa- nying offline database manager allows sysops and their customers to update inventor)' without tying up the lines. The system can run on a 386 PC as a standalone or with BBSs and Net servers. Future Online Business Works modules will include Real Estate, Auto Sales, Auction House and Matchmakers. For more info contact Primeline at 704.648.1298. The Case Against MSN America Online President and CEO Steve Case recently took aim at Microsoft suggesting the company step back from packaging the Microsoft Network (MSN) client in all copies of the long-delayed Windows 95. The battle cry? Put the power of choice back in the hands of con- sumers. "We have no quibble about Microsoft's plans to enter the online market," Case said. "They have every right to provide an online service and consumers have every right to choose to subscribe to it. But consumers should be free to choose. By only bundling MSN with Windows 95, Microsoft is depriving consumers of choices." Case says all his company seeks is a "level playing field" and that "Microsoft should either agree to unbundle MSN from Windows 95, or they should provide equal access within the operating system to other providers of interactive services." In response, a Microsoft spokesper- son said, "First, MSN is not included in Windows 95. All Microsoft has done is to include access software in Windows SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE 95 that will enable users to subscribe to MSN if they choose to do so." Further in the pre- pared response, MS said "The playing field is level. Approximately 93 percent of U.S. households do not subscribe to any online service. All of them are potential customers for online services that pro- vide the best value to consumers." Still, don't expect an AOl client to ship with Win 95 anytime soon. Get a Jobb If you're in the construction or com- puter industry and have found yourself without work, you might need to look no further than JOBBS. IBEX Enterprises, led by President Steve DeHanas, himself an architect, has launched JOBBS (BBS) with the Excalibur for Windows software to offer up-to-date applicant/employer searches. According to DeHanas, the concept is to allow callers to place resumes within the appropriate category on the board (there are 12 for each industry), with each kept current through caller re-submissions. Companies seeking applicants can scan and d-load resumes for free (avail- able only to companies; other appli- Continues ' *-#-v**»jr ^**. *f<*.~. 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"I estimated that in more than 23 years of professional practice in America and nine foreign countries I have sent out over 2,000 resumes," said DeHanas. "Assuming a 15 cent average price for a stamp, the cost of postage alone would be $300." Compare that to $50 per year for a J013BS membership and you start to get the picture. The BBS in Fairfax, VA, can be reached at 703.503.8440. The Well-Rested Wrist I'd rather have a waterbed for my body than for my wrists, but SI 9.75 beats a grand. That's $ 19.75 for Waveco's Waterbed For Your Wrists, the squishy and "ergonomic" gel-filled-pillow-snake that lies in its own plastic bed, held in place by that wonderstuff Velcro. "Put it in front of your keyboard and surf the Net all night," I can almost hear the infomercial screaming (hey, Waveco DOES roll off the tongue like "Ronco"). Truth is, it does relieve fatigue on wrists better than some of the other "wrist rests" because it serves as a prop while you type, and not just while you've paused. The inventors suggest the Waterbed not only gives support but also absorbs shock, a major contributor to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. In addition, the cushy device can be tossed in the fridge to give aching wrists a little cool relief. Our test run revealed a little difficul- ty with typing at first, and we started to SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE have some aches in new places, like the forearms. But this is likely due to the sudden change in habits. After a while, we adjusted. And, if nothing else, the bed is great as a buffer between your forehead and desk after a long day. The fabric cover is machine wash- able and comes in different colors. All this can be yours by calling Waveco, 813.723.2229. USR ISDN US Robotics is rolling out a line of products based on ISDN for what it calls telecommuting, branch-office connectivity, remote access, and point of presence applications for online ser- vices, Internet service providers and value-added networks with high-band- width data transmission needs. USR says it plans a "two-in-one" approach: Due to inherent restrictions of installed analog devices, the compa- ny will release all new ISDN products with both analog and ISDN capabili- ties, "allowing customers to take advantage of ISDN's increased band- width while also providing access to the much larger and still growing installed base of analog applications." ISDN products will include: ■ Courier I-Modem products. • Total Control NETServer eight- and 16 -port remote access servers with BRI (Basic Rate Interface) ISDN capabilities. ■ Total Control eight- and 16-port Continued on page 74 The Usenet Handbook: A User's Guide to Netnews By Mark Harrison 388 pages, S24.95 As anyone tapping the forums on Usenet knows, there's something for everybody to, er, Use. Discussion ranges from Barney to Uzis to pedophilia to God. There's fine art photography, music, pornography, answers to questions about how to buy computer memory, and the smallest details on semi-obscure Latin pop singers. Of course most of what's available is only as good/reliable/worthwhile as the sender (who sometimes leaves a good deal to be desired). And none of it's of any use if you don't know how to find it Mark Harrison's The Usenet Handbook: A User's Guide to Netnews (O'Reilly & Associates) looks at all aspects of Usenet and breaks each of them down into tender morsels (or consumption. Newcomers will find handy guides on where to find what, and even the experienced benefit from in-depth chapters on popular news readers for Unix and Windows, such as Tin, NN, GNUS, Trumpet and Web browsers. The book offers a discussion about HrJpftrr Inlrmtl Vtrn THE USENET HANDBOOK A User's Guide to Netnews !££ O'REIUY ft AlKWATIJ, INC etiquette and the language of the so- called newsgroups, along with the his- tory of some of the better practical jokes to appear on Usenet, including a $295 cookie recipe. U.H. is peppered with examples of what you might see when accessing Usenet, depending on your software (although more graphical examples common these days would have been nice), and the author frequently gives sample commands while precisely describing the expected outcome. And there are plenty of helpful hints throughout: "Typing CTRL-1 (that's an el) refreshes (redisplays) the screen. This is handy if the screen is garbled for some reason." Overall, The Usenet Handbook upholds a tradition of excellent sott- bound Net tools from O'Reilly. The language is instructive without being pedantic and nearly any Usenet ques- tion (technical or otherwise) is paired with an answer somewhere in its pages. Interactive Internet: The Insider's Guide to MUDs, MOOs, and IRC By William ]. Shefski 202 pages, SI 9.95 MOOs, the MUDs, MUSEs and real- time interaction of all kinds — it's all there; you just have to find it. "There" is the Internet, and it's teeming with people chatting, flaming, ranting and raving; some are doing it in real-time chat areas while others dive into the maze of other-worlds like multiuser dimensions. But without a guide, getting to these netherlands and navigating them can be a bit trying. William J. Shefski takes on the task of explaining the ins and outs of Net- SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE based interaction in his Interactive Internet (Prima Publishing), interviewing people who frequent the sites, those who provide access (including BBS Magazine's Terry Rossi) and by giving a little history along the way. The book is clearly for the beginner, as it provides lots of diagrams and sam- ple screens of what users will see once they enter an interactive arena. 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PCBoard Client/Server to be Unveiled at 'Communications Conference' Clark Development Company, the makers of PCBoard software, have announced details of its "1995 PCBoard/Online Communications Conference," scheduled for September at the Prospector Inn Resort in Park City, Utah. The company plans to use the event to unveil its new graphical, client/server online technology. According to CDC, the conference (Sept. 21-24) will include technical ses- sions covering all facets of setting up and running a successful PCBoard BBS, third party vendors exhibiting PCBoard add-ons, and loads of outdoor activities at the mountain resort like hiking, mountain biking, motorcycle/ATV rid- ing, horseback riding, hot air balloon- ing, and Alpine sliding. "In the current business and hobby- ist environment, there is a ground swell of activity in setting up a BBS system to handle the many types of applications needed in today's competitive electron- ic community," said Fred Clark, presi- dent of Clark Development. "We felt it was appropriate to get back to the basics of how and why to set up a suc- cessful BBS operation and therefore decided to sponsor the conference." Several conference sessions and in- depth presentations are scheduled for the four-day event. Some of these follow: Thursday, 21 — CDC will host a keynote dinner on "The Future of Online Communications and PCBoard" covering the next generation of online communications software. Friday & Saturday — These days will be dedicated to learning about BBSs and online communications from 74 the experts at Clark. Technical sessions will cover how to set up a BBS, linking a BBS to the Net, multitasking proce- dures and operating systems, FIDO, UUCP, and how to write PPL (PCBoard Programming Language) applications. On the non-technical side, Association of Online Professionals Executive Director Dave McCIure will give a legislative update, while Stevens & James marketing will be dishing advice on how to make money with your BBS. Additionally, Clark plans crash courses for programmers on the archi- tecture of the new client/server soft- ware and how to use their APIs to develop add-on modules and device drivers. Both afternoons and Sunday morn- ing, session rooms will be open for ven- dor demonstrations, topical meetings, and one-on-one hands-on training by the programming and support teams from Clark Development. Registration is S249 before August 31 and S299 for late-comers. Hotel rooms, studios, one-, two- and three- bedroom condos are available for between S50 and S 1 60. 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The PDAs I've used would never fit com- fortably in a man's pocket — if at all — and the devices reacted so badly to gen- tle rocking that a trip in the average woman's purse is out of the question. Instead, potential buyers should figure in an extra $25 to $50 for a carrying case. (Both Apple and Motorola sell carrying cases for their systems.) The latest PDAs are generally bun- dled with one or more online service clients (AOL, CompuServe and/or PersonaLink). Individual software packages also are available through electronics boutiques in major U.S. and European cities. The RadioMail per- sonalized service can be ordered direct- ly from RadioMail Corp. by calling 800.597.6245 (U.S. only). POSlSCripl: Just to set the record straight, the Newton MessagePad 1 10 could ace the spelling part of the SAT, despite the well-publicized problems of its forefa- thers. When I tried one out earlier this year at a trade show, the Newton was able to spell my oddly configured first name — Jacqui — without missing a beat. The device had a little problem with Kramer, however. After a few moments of deep thought, the device offered up "crammer," a legitimate word according to the dictionary. bhhh SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE ACCEPT THE INEVITABLE, SWITCH TO SYNCHRONET. Communications Experts Agree: Supra Corp., Conned Magazine, OfficeMate Software, Trans-Med Corp., United States Air Force ZyXEL Communications Corp., Memorex Telex, Electronic Frontier Foundation, ViewSonic Corp. Experienced and first-time BBS operators around the world are discovering Synchronet multinode BBS software and how it can make their job easier and more enjoyable. We know you don't want to be left out, so we're inviting you to take a personal firsthand look at the best BBS soft- ware in the industry. 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Minor revision upgrades ean be downloaded free of charge. Download the free demo version: 1 4.4k BBS (714) 529-9525 FidoNet 1 : 1 03/705 28.8k BBS (71 4) 529-9547 FidoNet 1 : 1 03/706 ftp.netcom.com /pub/sb/sbbs Online Update BY JACQUELINE KRAMER PDA Redux They're baaack It's been a scant few years since Apple Computer rushed its Newton MessagePad to the marketplace, and the company has been repenting at its leisure ever since. You remember Newton, don't you? The device that cost thousands of dollars and still couldn't spell? Perhaps the terms "Personal Digital Assistant" and "PDA" ring a bell. Still fuzzy? Okay, one more try: Mobile computing. The term mobile computing actually refers to mobile com- puters (think Apple PowerBook or IBM ThinkPad). However, many of today's PDAs are being marketed as "mobile comput- ers" (or some variation on the term), presum- ably to avoid being associated with the original Newton, which had a serious handwriting recognition problem. (Newton's illiteracy was lampooned mercilessly for a week in the Doonesbury newspaper comic strip, among other places. ) By now you are probably wondering what this all has to do with you, the BBS and online services consumer. If Apple, Motorola, and their manufacturing brothers have their way, the answer will be: Everything. Spelling problems aside, the greatest prob- lem that has faced PDA manufacturers until recently was its lack of portability. Early PDAs could be used as notepads and money man- agers (courtesy of the obligator)- copy of Intuit's Quicken), but little else. In order to actually do anything productive — say, going online or communicating with the office — PDA users had to find a telephone jack. Needless to say, this lack of mobility was not a major selling point. Motorola was the first out of the gate with a pair of wireless portable devices, Envoy and Embarc, both of which offer pretty much everything found on the Newton, but with better screens and improved spelling capability. The company later intro- duced a third wireless PDA, Marco, despite the market's gener- ally weak pulse. Apple's primary contribution to the wireless PDA industry has been an adapter that can be attached to one of Newton's PCMCIA card slots. The company has yet to introduce a wire- less Newton, but one is believed to be in development. Judging by the advertising and publicity released within the past year, the PDA industry is hopeful wireless access to vari- ous services will single-handedly save the sagging personal assistant market. Correction: The industry is hanging its hopes on email. The PDA companies' main argument in favor of 76 SEPTEMBER 1995 BBS MAGAZINE wireless access is the possibility that you, the consumer, will miss the BIG MEMO from your boss because you couldn't access your America Online/CompuServe/Internet address before the BIG MEETING. (Prodigy users are out of luck in the PDA world.) First runner-up in the marketing blitz is news, with "sports scores" and "financial updates" cited endlessly (and breathless- ly) as a reason to have a Newton/Embarc/Envoy/Marco in your pocket or pocketbook. Online shopping, once thought to be the savior of the wired world, comes in a distant third. So what, exactly, is available in the PDA world? Well, Newton, Envoy, and Embarc all come bundled with special America Online (AOL) client software that allows users to do essentially everything a PC-based user can while online. Although this is nice in theory, it does not translate well in reality. PDAs are designed to fit in a pocket or purse, as men- tioned, therefore ensuring portability. This means the screens are tiny, making prolonged visits online to, say, the Sports chatroom an unlikely event. Instead, the real benefit here is immediate access to the real world — namely, well, email and news. The AOL-phobic can access essentially the same information from CompuServe Information Sendees (CIS) by purchasing River Run Software Group's Magic Genie, a sort of PDA Friday. Magic Genie can be configured to automatically go online to send and retrieve email at specific times daily or whenever the urge strikes the user. Magic Genie also can grab infor- mation from certain CIS sendees, including the news feeds and stock information. The PDA alerts the user each time information is received from CIS, be it email or a weather forecast. PDA users who want to buck the trend but still have access to a full-fledged online service, should consider AT&T's PersonaLink service (if it's still around by the time this goes to print). Despite the financial strength of its sugar daddy, PersonaLink is, for lack of a better word, non-existent in most minds. PersonaLink is designed to be a giant online shopping mall, complete with store fronts and pictures of the merchandise. However, few people have been willing to spend good money on clothes they have seen only on a screen the size of an adult hand. Cybersurfers who have graduated beyond the basic online services may be more interested in RadioMail, a personalized service that can include an international wireless fax service, an operator-assisted messaging sendee, Internet email, a news feed, an interactive stock service, and a directory service. 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