!====================================================================! ! ! ! CCCCC TTTTTTT SSSSS AA ! ! C T S A A ! ! C T SSSSS A A ! ! C T S AAAAAA ! ! CCCCC T SSSSS A A ! ! ! ! ! ! N N EEEE W W SSSSS L EEEEE TTTTTTT TTTTTTT EEEEE RRRR ! ! NN N E W W S L E T T E R R ! ! N N N EEE W W W SSSSS L EEE T T EEE RRRR ! ! N NN E W W W W S L E T T E R R ! ! N N EEEE W W SSSSS LLLLL EEEEE T T EEEEE R R ! ! ------------------------------------------------------------------ ! ! ------------------------------------------------------------------ ! ! ! ! Volume 2 January 15, 1987 PO Box 49474 ! ! Number 5 Austin, Tx 78765 ! ! ------------------------------------------------------------------ ! ! Disclaimer: ! ! ------------------------------------------------------------------ ! ! The CENTRAL TEXAS SYSOP ASSOCIATION takes no responsibility ! ! for the contents of the articles contained here, Nor do we ! ! necessarily agree with them; everything here is subject to ! ! debate. We publish everything of interest submitted. ! ! ------------------------------------------------------------------ ! ! ! ! For further information on The CENTRAL TEXAS SYSOP ASSOCIATION ! ! or this newsletter: ! ! CALL : WRITE : ! ! CTSA HOME BBS Central Texas Sysop Association ! ! CTSA UNLIMITED P.O. Box 49474 ! ! (512) 339-7199 Austin, Texas 78765 ! ! ! !====================================================================! CTSA on The GO I hope everyone had a safe & pleasant holiday season. Things were really jumping this past month. The December CTSA meeting with "MIDI Demonstration" was a great success. David Roach of Strait Music gave us a super show. Regretfully the games programming contest did not bring enough entries to be fairly judged. We had the 1200 baud modem donated by Microcity and decided to give it as a door prize at the MIDI Meeting. Coke Dillworth was the lucky winner. The music was great as David and Company showed us the newest developments in the link between computers and music. We stayed too late, ate too much, and enjoyed all the visitors and members. The CTSA UNLIMITED BBS was moved from PC's Limited's corporate office to its new production facility. We are working on a face lift for the board and a general house cleaning to get the year started off on the right program. We will be upgrading our hard disks soon and maybe even getting more megs! The board handled over 12,000 calls in its first year of operation. We still have a lot of work to do to get a good representation of software for most computers. Send us your uploads, we need them. The holiday crunch has caused us to move the January CTSA meeting to the 15th. It will be at the Villa Capri Restaurant at 24th & IH-35 starting at 7:30 p.m. and continuing till about 10:00. Please come if you can. Visitors are welcome and we will try to complete our business meeting by 8:30 so the chat can begin and our younger members and visitors don't have to be out too late. We have a lot of good ideas for 1987 and hope you will get involved where you can so we can have an enjoyable and interesting year with CTSA. Gene Chesser President CTSA -=[]=- Through the Editor's Modem Colby Jordan During the Christmas holidays my son and I visited the big city - Houston. I couldn't make the trip without a computer and a modem so took along my Kaypro 2X and my "spare" 1200 baud ADC modem. Between visiting, shopping and eating I had time to sit down with Modem740 and check out a few Houston BBS's without having to pay AT&T for the privilege. Just wait 'till my Dad gets his telephone bill! He is on measured service! I visited The Yellow Rose (the BBS not the other), Dog House, Last Stop plus a few others. The obvious differences discovered between most Austin boards and Houston boards is a requirement for validation prior to full system access and upload/download ratios. The majority of Austin BBSs permit more initial access than what I found in Houston and most Austin boards do not check upload/download ratios. I chatted with one Sysop and found that as Sysops we had a lot in common regardless of the BBS software we were running. I also discovered a number of files that I had not run across in Austin which tells me that even though we can call a board in Austin as easily as one in California or Maine all of the "best" files may well not make it to Austin and our BBS's. This newsletter is more of a chore than the previous ones. I had collected a number of interesting articles from various boards during the past few weeks and was all set to start on the newsletter. I managed to erase those files with a couple of wrong keystrokes and not enough attention to what the screen in front of me was saying! A low level format of the wrong fixed drive can certainly ruin an otherwise perfect day! Lessons learned: 1. Back up more often. and 2. Look before you hit return! My Christmas list was not filled! All I asked for is contributions for the CTSA Newsletter and NONE showed up under the tree nor did they make themselves known before the New Year. This is YOUR newsletter not mine. If it reflects too much of my personality and my attitudes it is not fully serving the membership of the Central Texas Sysop Association. We could rename this the Colby Jordan Newsletter or the CP/M Lives! Newsletter. I cannot continue to deliver a newsletter for the CTSA month after month without input from members. I you want to see your views expressed then get your modem going and send me a file! You can call either my board - CP/M Lives! at 258- 8468 or CTSA Unlimited at 339-7199. Don't make me ask this of you every month! Last minute reprieve! Terri Chesser uploaded an article that Gene had written on ANSI graphics! This has been in a previous CTSA Newsletter but it is a good article worth repeating. Tom Scallorn just uploaded an article on PKARC v.2 that I have also included. Thanks for the support! Ya'll keep this up and I may not complain anymore! -=[]=- ANSII GRAPHICS Gene Chesser Commercial Energy BBS 255-1618 What are "ANSI GRAPHICS"? How do I use them? Where can I get some documentation ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? One of the nicest enhancements that a bulletin board SysOp can use is to spice up their welcomes and menus with color and graphics characters. All DOS Operating Systems, that I have seen, come with a Device Driver named "ANSI.SYS". The installation of this Device Driver in the "CONFIG.SYS" file allows the use of an extended character set as well as many formatting and color commands. I learned the hard way how to use these commands. I will list the initial installation procedures for novice users and list most of the commands available. Your version of DOS and ANSI.SYS may be different but this will give you a general idea. The first thing you do is modify your config system file to include the driver. You can use your favorite editor or enter the following: COPY CON:CONFIG.SYS [ENTER] DEVICE=ANSI.SYS [ENTER] CTL+Z [ENTER] The system will return "ONE FILE COPIED", and you will need to re-boot you system, and you are ready to go. Your computer will now recognize any of the 256 characters listed in the appendix of your Basic Manual. To enter and use these characters, you hold down the ALT key and enter character number on the number pad. When you release the ALT key the character will appear on the screen. Borders, smiling faces, hearts, diamonds, spades, etc are all available at the touch of the keys. The next step is to find a word processor that will allow you to enter and save these characters to files. There are many editors available, however "PC-WRITE", which is Public Domain, will allow you to control ANSI Graphics. Get your favorite editor, or PC-WRITE, and start with some simple block letters using the ALT key and number pad to write something like "Hello". ALT + 219 writes a solid block that is a good place to start. Now that you can write block letters, you can begin to color them. The commands that add color all begin with the ESCAPE key followed by the LEFT BRACKET (<-[). The following table of graphics renditions is copied from an MS DOS reference guide furnished with the Compaq DOS 2.0 documentation. SYNTAX: DESCRIPTION: ESC[#;..;#m SGR-set graphics . Sets various screen modes (display, background, and foreground characteristics) for displaying graphics. The variables can be replaced with any combination of values from the following table: Parameter Description 0 All attributes off 1 High intensity on 4 Underscore on 5 Blinking on 7 Inverse video on 8 Invisible display 30 Foreground black 31 Foreground red 32 Foreground green 33 Foreground yellow 34 Foreground blue 35 Foreground magenta 37 Foreground white 40 Background black 41 Background red 42 Background yellow 44 Background blue 45 Background magenta 46 Background cyan 47 Background white Example: <-[31,47m (red letters and white background). You can now add colors to your graphics characters by setting the foreground and background colors immediately before the first graphics character. To reset the colors enter ESC 00m (<-[00m) at the end of your graphics characters. Other screen display options allow the setting of the screen mode using the following commands: ESC[=#h SM - set screen mode Parameter Description 0 40 x 25 monochrome 1 40 x 25 color 2 80 x 25 monochrome 3 80 x 25 color 4 320 x 200 color 5 320 x 200 monochrome 6 640 x 200 monochrome 7 Enables word wrap Another handy feature of ANSI.SYS is the ability to position the cursor with the escape commands. The most used cursor command is ESC[02J. This command erases the entire display and positions cursor at the home position. Any graphics character you enter using the ALTkey and number pad can be positioned anywhere on the screen by preceeding the character with ESC[#;#H. Example: "<-[09;05H" positions the cursor on line 9, at the 5th character position. The following are the Syntax statements for specifying various cursor positions. SYNTAX: DESCRIPTION: ESC[#;#H CUP-cursor position (x/y cooridinates #) ESC[#A CUU-cursor up (moves cursor up #) ESC[#B CUD-cursor down (moves cursor down #) ESC[#C CUF-cursor forward (moves forward #) ESC[#D CUB-cursor backward (moves backward #) ESC[#;#f HVP-hor/ver position (x/y cooridinates #) ESC[s SCP-save cursor posi- tion (in memory) ESC[u RCP-restore cursor position (saved) Drawing graphics and adding color takes some practice but are very rewarding. Several new programs are available in the Public Domain that simplify you entering the escape commands. The best that I have seen is ANSIDRAW.??? that allows you to see your finished product looks like what while you are editing it. When you save the files made with ANSI-DRAW the escape characters will be positioned in the correct places. Try the program and create some colorful test patterns; then look at them with your word processor and see all the ANSI code you have generated. It's really not as hard as it sounds, and you will quickly be changing the foreground or background colors to suit your whim. You can now draw letters, stick figures, and flags galore and make them flashing, reverse video, or any RAINBOW color you like. Experimentation is the best way to learn. It helps to download color welcomes of several bulletin boards and look at them with your word processor to see how different SysOps have created the grand displays you see every day. Create to your heart's content and add a little color to all our lives. -=[]=- FREE LOCAL ACCESS TO PACKET SWITCHING NETWORKS MAY BE ELIMINATED Copyright (C) 1986, by BBS PRESS SERVICE, INC. by Tim Elmer (BPS) -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on a proposal to reregulate packet switching networks that, if approved, would eliminate free local telephone access to those networks. "If this occurs, it might eventually double or triple the costs to those using packet switching networks to access commercial on- line databases and information services and triple or quadruple the costs to those using Telenet's PC Pursuit," said Philip M. Walker, vice president and regulatory counsel for Telenet Communications Corp. Predictably, the initiative to reregulate packet switching net- works comes primarily from the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) and secondarily from AT&T. These companies provide local tele- phone service to vast majority of telephone customers throughout the U.S. and will benefit the most from FCC reregulation of the packet switching networks. Under current FCC rules formulated in 1980 in the FCC's Second Computer Inquiry, called Computer II, a distinction is made between "basic services" and "enhanced services." "Basic services" are those that don't offer protocol conversion such as local and long-distance voice telephone services. "Enhanced services" are defined in an open-ended fashion as computer-based services that are more than a "basic service," in other words, services such as packet switching networks, database and on-line type services, and remote computing services that offer protocol conversion, according to Walker. Under the 1980 Computer II Inquiry, the FCC ruled that "basic services" would continue to be regulated as they had always been. However, the FCC also ruled that "enhanced services" would be deregulated, which opened up the industry to competition. This resulted in numerous companies entering the packet switching business, including BOCs, AT&T and at least a dozen others. The competition resulted in significant price reductions for packet switching services. To prevent monopolization of the packet switching industry by the Big Boys (the BOCs and AT&T), the FCC ruled that they had to keep separate accounting figures for their "basic services" and for their "enhanced services," and that they could not use revenues from their lucrative "basic services" to cross-subsidize their "enhanced service" packet switching networks. The FCC also ruled that if the BOCs and AT&T used their "basic service" telephone lines for packet switching services, then they must let their competitors have access to those lines on the same basis, which would preserve true competition in the industry. "Now, under the FCC's Computer Inquiry III, the FCC is asking, should we redefine protocol conversion services as 'basic services' rather than enhanced services? Should we redefine all those companies as common carriers? This would, in effect, subject them not only to federal regulations but, even worse, to state regulations," Walker said. The result would eliminate comparable interconnection require- ments currently imposed on BOCs and AT&T, allowing them to charge their packet switching competitors local dial-in fees to access packet switching long-distance line networks. It would also allow BOCs and AT&T to offer their own packet switching services on a non-compensatory basis and, finally, allow them to cross-subsidize those services with revenues from their much more lucrative voice telephone service revenues. In short, it would allow BOCs and AT&T to monopolize the packet switching industry and probably drive out most competitors. "In terms of cost impact," Walker said, "if we had to pay local access charges, it would cost us about $3.60 an hour at the originating end, for calls made by users to on-line databases and information services like CompuServe and The Source." "And with PC Pursuit, for which we have out-dial modems, we would have to pay not only 3.60 per hour access fees at the originating end but also $4.80 at the terminating end, a total of about $8 or $9. Obviously, to survive, we would have to add those additional charges to our current fees and pass them on to our consumers," Walker said. That would almost certainly spell the end of PC Pursuit, and it would likely put out of business not only many independent packet switching networks but also many on-line databases and information services. Walker said that is was not clear exactly when the FCC would vote on the proposal, but that it would probably be the latter part of January or early part of February, 1987. "They are moving very fast on this," he said. Low-Cost packet switching Service Threatened by Alan R. Bechtold As described in our lead news story this issue, the FCC is now considering a major change in the way packet switched phone services are defined. This change is likely to lead to the demise of many of these services, and to much higher prices for the use of the few that will eventually remain in business. At the risk of over-simplification, I think I should first describe just what a packet switched networking service is. These are the services you use to access online databases and commercial online services, such as CompuServe and The Source, with just a local telephone call. Once you call the local Telenet or Tymnet number, for example, and a connection is made, you are then connected with a computer that puts you in communi- cation with the online services with which you wish to communicate. This computer is handling a number of calls into the main system computer at the same time. It takes information you send and delivers it in "packets" to the proper destination, picks up information from the online service computer you called, and sends it, also in "packets," back to you. All of this communi- cating is done in these so-called "packets" because this allows the network's computers to offer protocol conversion and handle several ongoing communications sessions at the same time. FCC regulations allow AT&T and Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) to engage in packet switching network operations, but they must also maintain completely separate accounting of their voice and packet switching operations. They must also offer free local- calling access to their lines to any competitors engaged in the packet switching service industry. The above regulations have allowed Telenet and Tymnet, among others, to operate at a reasonable cost in a competitive atmosphere. This is a case of regulation of a business actually RESULTING in increased competition and lower prices to consumers. As things stand now, you can call any local Telenet or Tymnet access number and use these services to inexpensively access such online services as CompuServe, The Source, Delphi, and countless others. In addition, GTE's new PC PURSUIT service now offers you access, through their Telenet packet switching service, to literally hundreds of local bulletin boards in cities all across the country--for a flat charge of $25 per month. But, the FCC is now being asked to REREGULATE this segment of the communications industry, eliminating the FCC requirements that AT&T and BOCs keep separate accounting records of their voice and packet switching services, and eliminating the stipula- tion that the BOCs and AT&T must offer their competitors in the packet switching business free access to their local telephone connection lines. Mark Fowler, Chairman of the FCC, has been hailed by the press as a "fair-market zealot." The chances are very good that he views this proposed reregulation as the magic road to increased competition and fairer pricing for consumers. Unofficially, the word is out that the FCC advisory committee now considering this matter is indeed leaning in favor of the proposed reregulation of the packet switching industry. If the committee recommends these changes, it's likely that a majority of the five voting members on the Federal Communications Commission will vote in favor of the changes. I have talked to sources within the industry who say it is the BOCs who are pushing VERY HARD for this reregulation, because they want to get into the packet switching service business in a big way, and they would like to rid themselves of needless competition on their way to success. Here we have an industry that is currently populated with plenty of competition. Prices are already reasonable. Reregulation of the packet switching service industry will IMMEDIATELY give giant corporations the upper hand, and will allow them to cut off free access to their local access phone lines to their competitors, namely Telenet and Tymnet and other similar services that now offer you high-quality service, in a competitive marketplace, at reasonable prices. The proposed reregulation, however, would force all packet switching services to compete with the BOCs and AT&T, companies that would be able to use the enormous profits they earn with their voice telephone services to cross-subsidize their packet switching services and offer them on a non-compensatory basis, at least until their competitors are eliminated. When that happens, they are then sure to jack up their fees to any level they want. It would also force their packet switching competitors to pay access fees for connection to local phone lines. The access fees alone could add as much as $4.00 per hour to the fees packet switching companies would be forced to pass on to their customers. This will be added to your hourly connect-time charges for accessing ALL online databases through these services. So--this is ONE TIME you MUST use your word processor to produce some letters opposing this proposed reregulation! Write to: Honorable Mark Fowler Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Washington D.C. 20554 Refer to Computer Inquiry III in your letters. State clearly, in your own words, that competitive packet switching services should not be reregulated or subjected to carrier access charges, and then explain why not. Tell Mr. Fowler that reregulation of packet switching services will completely destroy the existing fair market for these services, and eventually increase costs, not DECREASE them. I have heard this matter will be going before the FCC for a vote in January or the early part of February. -=[]=- DON'T USE PKARC 2.0 -- an alert for all users of ARC December 25th, 1986 Written by Eric Newhouse First of all, this article assumes a working knowledge of the ARC.EXE program - how it works and what it does. If you are unfamiliar with the ARC concept, read the many help files available on the subject before proceeding further. Phil Katz has been programming ARC utilities for quite a while now. Until recently, there has been every reason to use his utilities; they are faster, more efficient, and more compact than the original ARC.EXE program from SEA associates. PKARC, which allows users to add files to an ARChive speedily, is one of these improvements to the ARC concept that Phil deserves praise for. However, in his latest version of the program, version 2.0, of PKARC, Phil adds a 'Squash' method of compression which is incompatible with the original ARC.EXE released by SEA associates. Most users of ARC download the SEA version of ARC before Phil Katz's version. These users will soon discover that if they try to extract an ARCHIVE created by version 2.0 of PKARC using SEA's ARC.EXE, ARC will bomb to DOS. In other words, since PKARC.COM is incompatible with ARC.EXE, Phil Katz is deviating from the ARC standard, and in doing so he will confuse countless BBS users. There is already another ARChive program that does not follow the ARC standard named ZOO131.ARC (Zoo version 1.31). We CANNOT have new standards every which way we turn! With all these new ARChiving programs that deviate from the ARC standard, it will be impossible to tell how to extract an .ARC file. Should we use ZOO, PKXARC (Phil Katz's companion extract file for PKARC), or the original ARC.EXE file? There will be no way to tell, for each of these programs creates ARChives with the same '.ARC' file extension. What can we do about this problem? For starters, all BBS users and SysOp's must unite and form one definate ARC standard. Until we can form that one standard, all users should stick with the current SEA ARC.EXE standard, and NOT use PKARC version 2.0 or ZOO version 1.31. Recently Bob Mahony of the Exec-PC BBS proposed a solution to this ever growing problem of the ARC standard: all BBS's in the country could switch to a new standard at one specific date. Bob's idea is good, but I doubt that he, or anyone else, has the power to get EVERY BBS system to switch at one time. If you have a better idea, please make it known! The BBS world is in dire need of one official ARC standard. Postlog: I agree that file compression techniques must advance. However, the cons of switching standards far outweigh the pros unless everyone more or less switches at the same time. I find it very unlikely that enough people will switch to the new PKARC method of compression, and therefore I argue that before advancing furthur, all users should back a single standard. However, my feelings will not determine the next standard; YOU as the end user do. If you agree with my conclusion, then please upload this file to other BBS's. If, on the other hand, you disagree with this article, you are welcome to state why. You can reach me with a rebuttal at any of the following places (in order of most frequented): -Eric Newhouse * The Crest RBBS (213-471-2518) (1200/2400) (80 MB) [ This is my board ] * The West LA PC-STORE (213-559-6954) (300/1200/2400) (50 MB) * The Sleepy Hollow PCB (213-859-9334) (300/1200/2400) (108 MB) * VOR BBS (415-994-2944) (300/1200/2400) (20 MB) -=[]=- CENTRAL TEXAS BULLETIN BOARDS A Service of the Central Texas SysOp Association Official CTSA List Ver. CTSA0187.BBS CTSA MEMBER BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS The SYSOP's of the following boards are in agreement with the C.T.S.A.'s philosophies in support of your basic freedoms, encouraging public-domain programing efforts and the FreeWare(tm) concept, and intolerance of "piracy". System Phone System WkDay Maximum BBS ______ Name __________ Number __ Type _ Hrs _____ Baud _ Program __ Notes __ ACB....................345-DATA C-64 24 hrs 1200 C-Net %*! Arcane Dimension.......832-1680 Mac 24 hrs 1200 RRHost %! Austin Matchmaker......255-0803 PC-Jr 1200 custom Austin Software Exp Utl339-8311 IBMPC 8pm-10am m-f Collie * Bats in the Belfry.....255-8297 IBMPC 24 hrs 1200 COLLIE %* Binkley's Closet.......323-2037 IBMPC 24 hrs 1200 custom Buy-a-Boat.............263-9732 PCsLtd 2pm-6am 1200 RBBS * Commisary..............345-4327 IBMXT 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* Commercial Energy......255-1618 IBMAT Rg Bck 2400 Wintermute %* Confusion Node #1..452-9477 Novell 24 hrs 2400 RBBS-PC $%* Research Node #2..452-9478 Novell 24 hrs 2400 RBBS-PC $%* Center Node #3..452-9479 Novell 24 hrs 2400 RBBS-PC $%* Node #4..452-9470 Novell 24 hrs 2400 RBBS-PC $%* CP/M Lives!............258-8468 Std Turb24 hrs 2400 ROS %* CTSA Unlimited.........339-7199 PCsLtdAT24 hrs 2400 RBBS-PC %* Dead End...........817-757-1461 IBMPC 24 hrs 1200 Wintermute %* Deep Thought...........244-1598 IBMPC 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* Den of Iniquity........462-0207 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* Desktop Publisher......250-1316 IBMAT 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC % Diabetes Discussion....454-9821 Columb 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* Emmaus.................836-1072 Tandy 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* Forbidden Planet.......836-7117 IBMPC 24 hrs 2400 RBBS-PC %*! Freeside.............. Fun World..............346-6519 IBMXT 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %*! Future Quest...........331-0083 TRS-80 24 hrs 1200 TBBS %*! The Hub - IBM U.G......328-6633 PCs Ltd 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* Illuminati.............447-4449 Apple+ 24 hrs 1200 T-Net % Jim-Net................837-0953 IBMXT 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* Kaypro Club of Austin..258-8328 KayPro 24 hrs 1200 ROS %* Last Resort............255-9983 IBMXT 24hrs 1200 Wintermute %* Lazy Lizard Lounge.....447-8740 AMT XT 24 hrs 1200 Colossus % Message Center.........837-2003 Trboplus24 hrs 1200 Genesis %-* PC's Limited Tech Line.339-4127 PCsTurb 24hrs 2400 RBBS % Recording Studio.......452-2040 COMPAQ 24 hrs 2400 Wintermute %* Ringside...............255-0221 LEPC 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* Sherwood Forest........346-8876 Kaypro 24 hrs 1200 RCP/M %* Sphere West............323-9534 ITT-Xtr 24 hrs 1200 Opus % Star's End.............255-1030 24 hrs 2400 Wintermute %*! Tex-A-Caid.............465-4690 IBMXT 24 hrs 2400 RBBS-PC %* Tumbleweed's Ranch.... C-64 24 hrs 1200 C-Net %$ Wally's Deep Fried Cat.835-4867 IBMAT 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* _______________________________________________________________________________ ____ Non-Member Austin Area Systems _____ System Phone System WkDay Maximum BBS ______ Name __________ Number __ Type _ Hrs _____ Baud _ Program __ Notes __ ABnormal ENDing........331-8472 C-64 24hrs 1200 C-Net %-* Armadillo..............385-9150 Atari 24 hrs 1200 FoReM %-* A.R.T..................280-0230 IBMPC 24 hrs 300 GamBit $-% Aunt Billy's Kitchen...482-8871 Mac 24 hrs 1200 RRHost * AusTInet...............832-9224 TIPC 24 hrs 2400 TIgger %-* Austin Party Line......892-6521 Apple 24 hrs 300 Diversi-Dial %-$ Austin Yacht Club......834-9016 Apple 24 hrs 300 TeleCat %-*-! Bates Motel and Bar....442-1022 AtariST 24 hrs 1200 Michtron %-! Battery................255-3866 DataQuick BBC....................255-8418 IBMPC 24 hrs 1200 FIDO %-*-! Bermuda Triangle.......835-9416 clone 24 hrs 1200 COLLIE %-* Billboard..............836-6383 TI99 24 hrs 300 % Black Box..............835-9742 Atari 24 hrs 1200 RCP/M $-%-*-! Broken Record..........258-2939 Bull Creek.............343-1612 Mac 24 hrs 2400 RRHost %-* C-5.........443-1663 C-64 24 hrs 300 C-NET %-* Chai Way...............388-3464 ALTEX 24 hrs 2400 Fido %-* Chaser's!-AUS/001......479-6000 IBMAT 24 hrs 2400 CEM % Compuswing.............477-7593 Apple 24 hrs 300 Dial-Your-Mat % Computer Exchange......451-2065 IBMXT 24 hrs 2400 TBBS %-* Cracked Night..........282-4479 C-64 24 hrs 300 C-NET %-* Crystal Cavern.........263-5805 IBMPC 24 hrs 2400 Fido %-*-! Cygnus X-1.............331-9816 C-64 24 hrs 300 C-NET %-*-! Da' Banker.............385-2627 Atari 12am-3pm 300 BBS Express % Da' Boss...............389-1126 Atari 24 hrs 1200 BBS Express *% Dial Your Match # 38...477-4747 Apple 24 hrs 1200 Dial-Your-Mat % Diner..................443-3084 Mac 24 hrs 2400 RRHost %-* Dog's Breath...........836-8588 24 hrs 2400 Fido %-* Dragon's Court.........255-3288 AT&T 7pm-7am 2400 Opus %-* Dr. Bub................440-3771 Altos 24 hrs 1200 BubNet %-* Electric Pages.........472-6028 Vax 24 hrs 1200 $-% Fishin' Hole...........280-5506 C-64 1200 All American * FixIt Forum............250-4013 TIPC 24 hrs 1200 TIgger %-* Flight.................467-8836 IBMPC 24 hrs 1200 custom % Health-Link............444-9908 AT&T 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %-* Hideout................339-1822 Ti99 24 hrs 2400 % Info-Line..............929-0648 TIPC 24 hrs 1200 TIgger % Insomniac City.........440-1948 Atari 11pm-8am 300 Insomniac Refuge.......331-7955 Atari 9pm-7am 300 % Institute.............. Apple 24 hrs 2400 GBBS %-*-! Irata..................462-3306 Atari 24 hrs 2400 %-* KB5PM..2 Meter Band @ 145.01MHz Rainbow 24 hrs Packet radio board % Klingon Empire.........471-5850 24 hrs 1200 %-* Mac Trade Center.......447-6882 Mac 24 hrs 1200 RRHost %-* Magic Show.............454-6204 Atari 24 hrs 2400 %-* Mailbox................327-5376 1200 Fido Match-A-Mate #1........928-9551 C-64 24 hrs 1200 % Megafone...............331-1662 Mac 24 hrs 1200 RRHost %-* MUG....................445-6493 C-128 24 hrs 300 Color-64 %-* Multey-Net.............836-5172 IBMXT 24 hrs 2400 Fido *-% New Haven..............335-1455 Mac 24 hrs 1200 RRHost *-! Nightmare............1-846-6151 IBMPC 24 hrs 1200 FidoNet %-* Note-BBS...............836-6637 IBMPC 24 hrs 1200 WWIV %-* Outerlimit...(down tmp)454-3412 24 hrs 1200 RBBS %-* Palmer Telegraph Depot.440-7627 C-64 24 hrs 300 C-NET * Phantom's Mansion......835-7282 C-64 24 hrs 1200 custom % Phoenix................458-5628 Tandy 24 hrs 1200 Fido %-* Principia Discordia....444-1840 Atari 24 hrs 1200 SupSys %-*-! Quicksilver............258-1841 IBMPC 4pm-8pm 1200 WWIV *-! Quicksilver 64.........328-5608 C-64 R-I-S-K................263-3522 IBMPC 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC *-% River City Magazine....331-6054 Apple 24 hrs 300 AppleSIG % Sarcasm Unlimited......443-7421 Zenith Fido Sergeant Pepper's......836-7552 Std PC 24 hrs 1200 SP2.3 % Software Exchange......478-4282 AtariST 24 hrs 1200 Michtron %-* Silver City............836-6559 C-64 24hrs % Skullman's Castle......448-4925 C-64 24hrs 1200 DataKwik %-* Smallest BBS in Town...445-6058 Atari 24 hrs 300 * Smof...................836-7663 Apple 24 hrs 1200 T-Net % SoftNet................836-4232 IBMXT 24 hrs 2400 RBBS-PC %-* STarship...............448-1112 AtariST 7pm-8am 1200 Michtron *-! Texas Leprechaun.......288-2114 Apple 24 hrs 1200 T-Net %-* Thunderbird BBS........448-3701 Tandy 24 hrs 2400 Opus %-* TI Speech..............250-4476 TIPC 24 hrs 1200 TIgger %-* Trails End.............244-7682 Atari 24 hrs 300 BBCS % Utility Board..........443-3470 AtariST 24 hrs 1200 Michtron % View Port..............444-4780 Atari 24 hrs 1200 % Wirenuts BBS...........282-8765 C-64 24 hrs 300 C-Net %-* _______________________________________________________________________________ New Listings System Phone System WkDay Maximum BBS ______ Name __________ Number __ Type _ Hrs _____ Baud _ Program __ Notes __ ACB....................345-DATA C-64 24 hrs 1200 C-Net %*! Battery................255-3866 DataQuick Broken Record..........258-2939 Da' Banker.............385-2627 Atari 12am-3pm 300 BBS Express % Da' Boss...............389-1126 Atari 24 hrs 1200 BBS Express *% Desktop Publisher......250-1316 IBMAT 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC % Fishin' Hole...........280-5506 C-64 1200 All American * Info-Line..............929-0648 TIPC 24 hrs 1200 TIgger % Insomniac Refuge.......331-7955 Atari 9pm-7am 300 Klingon Empire.........471-5850 24 hrs 1200 %-* Lazy Lizard Lounge.....447-8740 AMT XT 24 hrs 1200 Colossus % Quicksilver 64.........328-5608 C-64 Sarcasm Unlimited......443-7421 Zenith Sherwood Forest........346-8876 Kaypro Smallest BBS in Town...445-6058 Atari 24 hrs 300 * ______________________________________________________________________________ ---Recently Dropped Boards--- Amiga Abusers Anon............ IBMXT 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %-* Dragon......................... 24 hrs 1200 Collie % Library........................ IBMXT 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %-* Micro Tech Times............... C-128 24 hrs 1200 Color-64 %-* S.A.M.......................... Bondwel 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-CP/M %* Shaolin........................ Mac+ 24 hrs 1200 RRhost %-* Thieves Den ][................. Apple 24 hrs 300 $-%-! Tron........................... IBMXT 24 hrs 1200 RBBS-PC %* University Central............. IBMXT 24 hrs 1200 Collie %-* ______________________________________________________________________________ ---Phone Number Changes--- ______________________________________________________________________________ ---Other Changes--- The Sesquecentennial is over so S.A.M. is now gone Artificial Realities is now called Austin Recreational Timesharing The Austin Christian Board (ACB) is back up Forbidden Planet now supports 2400 baud Bates Motel is back as Bates Motel and Bar Dragon is down Apokolips is gone but Klingon Empire is up at the same number with new Sysop C5 is down at least temporarily Silent Running is now Wally's Deep Fried Cat Future Quest has online games Dial Your Match #38 is temporarily only supporting 300 baud ______________________________________________________________________________ ---Boards That Do Not Appear To Be Up--- Armadillo..............385-9150 Atari 24 hrs 1200 FoReM %-* ______________________________________________________________________________ ---Key For Notes--- $ - Fee Required % - 24 hrs 7 Days a week * - Down Loads Available ! - On-Line Game (i.e. Dungeons and Dragons, etc.) _______________________________________________________________________________ _________ PLEASE SUPPORT AN ACCURATE BBS LIST _________ BY MAKING YOUR SYSOP AWARE OF ANY ALTERATIONS NEEDED TO THE ABOVE The home of this BBS list is Deep Thought 512-244-1598. 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