лллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллл SMS NET: REACH BBS SYSTEMS RAPIDLY! лллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллл You do NOT have to be a paid subscriber or paid registrant of SMS to belong to SMS Net. Join SMS Net by filling out the APPLICATION FORM at the end of this article. We rely on each other to upload a fellow member's shareware to selected BBS systems throughout America in exchange for similar courtesy from fellow authors! See the outline and application form which follows the membership listing. BBS listings are continously revised. ----------------------------------------------------- DROEGE THOMAS 919/383-9749 Droege Computing Services, Inc. Ste 304, 3200 Croasdaile Drive Durham NC 27705 Area of United States: Research Triangle, NC This author uploads software to: Prerapture BBS, Durham 919/286-3266 Red Baron, Garner 919/779-7536 Bargain Basement, Durham 919/220-6058 NCSUVAX Pub. Access, Raleigh 919/737-2299 MicroMessage Svc, Raleigh 919/779-6674 Starfleet BBS, Raleigh 919/782-3095 ----------------------------------------------------- HAMILTON RAY 208/454-2914 BibleSoft POB 308 Greenleaf ID 83626 Area of United States: BOISE, ID This author uploads software to: will submit BBS ASAP! ----------------------------------------------------- HOOD JIM 206/236-0470 Seattle Scientific Photography POB 1506 Mercer Isl WA 98040 Area of United States: Seattle, WA This author uploads software to: The Library 206/562-2447 Bandwagon 206/820-9073 French Connection 206/771-1730 Pacific NW User Group 206/340-1636 Evergreen Exchange 206/661-2082 ----------------------------------------------------- MARION ED 713/488-0210 Super Software Ste 377, 403 E Nasa Rd 1 Webster TX 77598 Area of United States: Houston, TX This author uploads software to: Hal-pc 713/498-3200 EZ host 713/280-8180 Zeitg 713/530-1166 Old Bailey 713/520-1569 Bigboy 713/324-3416 Flipflop 713/944-7822 ----------------------------------------------------- MOORE CHRIS 214/289-4464 1408 CRESTRIDGE MESQUITE TX 75149 Area of United States: DALLAS/FORT WORTH TEXAS This author uploads software to: SOFTWAREHOUSE (COMPUSA) 214/620-2255 OMNI-NET 214/328-6909 WC BALIWICK 214/442-1254 WC DOWNLOADER 214/418-7529 ----------------------------------------------------- O'ROURKE MICHAEL 602/644-1067 FAX: 602/644-0168 Brandyware 24 N. HIBBERT, STE 6 MESA AZ 85201 Area of United States: Phoenix, AZ This author uploads software to: Annihilator 602/863-6716 Exterminator 602/937-2304 NCC-1603 602/898-1603 Brontosaurus 602/482-7060 Phoenix Users Group 602/252-7720 ----------------------------------------------------- SCANLON PAUL 805/272-4827 Scanlon Enterprises 38354 - 17th St. E. #C Palmdale CA 93550 Area of United States: LANCASTER, CA This author uploads software to: LANCASTER BBS 805/948-8047 RESEARCHERS BBS 805/949-8151 ----------------------------------------------------- STRONG JOHN 503/649-7251 3155 SW 178th Ave Aloha OR 97006 Area of United States: Portland, OR This author uploads software to: NW comp support 503/620-5910 Aloha trade ctr 503/591-7882 Compulink nw 503/640-1241 Daves free for all 503/761-9676 PC zone 503/626-6596 Portland pc club 503/626-4057 ----------------------------------------------------- An example to show how SMS Net works: when a shareware package is released by an author in Seattle, for example, that author mails disk copies to 20 or 30 willing shareware authors in large cities such as New York, Houston, Sacramento, etc. Those authors rapidly upload it to 4 or 5 HOT BBS systems in their city. In exchange, each author does the same for every other author in SMS Net. The system is simple, reciprocal, inexpensive and verifiable (you can always call a BBS long distance to see if the job was accomplished.) SMS Net members should notify SMS in case of changes or deletions. Members of SMS Net are informed of new additions or other changes to this list by routine mailings. Submit your application at the end of this file to join SMS Net. You MUST be on this list which all members receive to exchange software in the manner described. лллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллл SUGGESTIONS FOR SMS NET MEMBERS лллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллл The following suggestions may be useful . . . Please print on the disk jacket or separate letter that yours is an SMS Net submission! We all see a lot of disks and need to know about those for SMS Net! First thing most SMS Net members do is check to make sure that the author REALLY is an SMS Net member by checking the main SMS Net list. Try to limit your submissions to fellow members to about one disk of 360K (zipped) per month or a total of 12 x 360K = 4,320K per year. Thus maybe you want to have six disks uploaded by a fellow member in January then another six in June. Or maybe one a month. Any more than that and maybe private arrangments should be worked out. Asking someone to upload 20 or 30 Megs of shareware during a year is a little overkill. If possible, ship your files to SMS Net members PREPACKED in standard ZIP file format, ready to upload! Keep ZIP file sizes below 360K since anything larger is irritating to a SYSOP receiving the uploaded file. Break program into several parts if necessary to preserve the 360K file size limit. Many shareware authors ship files in ZIP format when using BBS systems. If your program uses an INTERNAL archive and either self-extracts or needs an unpacking utility some authors use LHARC which does not require formal licensing since it is offered as "freeware" by the the LHARC author. Be very careful, for example, that you do not include PKWARE (PKZIP) code within your program unless you have paid a licensing fee to PKWARE for commercial use of their software. The ZIP file format is in the public domain. The code to either create or unpack the ZIP is NOT! Generally ship your programs ONLY on 360K format 5 1/4 inch floppies. Not every author can read 1.2M or 720K formats! Include a clear description on paper or disk. NOTE CAREFULLY HOW THE PROGRAM VERSION AND MULTIPLE PART REFERENCE IS EXPLAINED DIRECTLY IN THE NAME OF THE ZIP ARCHIVE: LMR36A.ZIP refers to version 3.6, part A). The following example on paper or disk should accompany your SMS Net disk submission so we can all work together! Example: LMR36A.ZIP Lawnmower repair guide - part one 2 line .... Learn how to repair your lawnmower. Animated. Mouseable. Req. EGA or higher. Ver 3.6 1/2. 1 line .... Lawnmower repair guide Ver 3.6 1/2 LMR36B.ZIP Lawnmower repair guide - part two 2 line .... Learn how to repair your lawnmower. Animated. Mouseable. Req. EGA or higher. Ver 3.6 2/2. 1 line .... Lawnmower repair guide Ver 3.6 2/2 лллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллл APPLICATION FORM лллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллл Suggested guidelines: you should live in or very near a large city and have routine access to the HOT BOARDS in your city. You must be a shareware author. One author per city. No cash flow or charges. Upload is verifiable since the sending author can call the BBS system in a few weeks to see if you have actually submitted the file to your local BBS! The original author should submit a SUGGESTED zip file name (e.g., MYFILE33.ZIP) and submit the file in a completed ZIP format on the disk so that the uploads are named the same throughout the US. Author should also submit brief descriptions. Suggest no more than 20 or 30 authors as total membership; suggest that members consider submitting no more than 12 - 360K ZIP files per year for upload so SMS Net members are not overwhelmed. Probably 4 or 5 BBS systems is reasonable per author providing the upload courtesy service. A little flexibility and common sense is the key here. We're all human. Use a blank sheet of paper or send the following application to THE $HAREWARE MARKETING $YSTEM JIM HOOD PO BOX 1506, MERCER ISLAND, WA 98040 Your name and mailing address: (print or type clearly, thanks!) Day tel: Evening Tel: The five HOT BBS systems you would probably upload files to NAME TEL MAILING ADDRESS IF KNOWN: What shareware packages do you currently author or propose to author? Name of program, version, approximate zipped file size, description, sample of disk if available so that we can verify you are an author. Ok to list this info in future editions of $hareware Marketing $ystem? Y / N You can still be in the network whether you are listed or not. A listing in SMS gives you and your package positive exposure, but some folks like privacy and that's ok too!