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The following information has been captured from the Net Exchange BBS,
which is PcPursuit's main information BBS for PcPursuit subscribers. The
information presented is current as of November 23, 1991.
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PC PURSUIT
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With PC PURSUIT, you can explore a wealth of free resources and even
discover more uses for your PC. In any of the locations accessible to
PC PURSUIT, you have the ability to:
* communicate with friends and associates on-line,
* download and upload public domain software from
thousands of Bulletin Board Systems in the 44 PC
PURSUIT cities,
* research professional projects and personal hobbies
through free databases, and
* shop and advertise in electronic catalogs.
The features and benefits offered by PC PURSUIT SERVICE include:
Portability:
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Because the service is widely accessible, you can use
PC PURSUIT at home, at the office, or traveling.
Accessibility:
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The service can be accessed from nearly 9000 local
telephone exchanges via the Sprint network. You can
dial thousands of free databases at 300, 1200, and 2400
bps in 44 major cities across the nation, 24 hours a day.
Convenient Billing:
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All PC PURSUIT service charges are billed directly to
your VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER or AMERICAN EXPRESS account;
or automatically debited from your checking account.
Nonstop Support:
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As with all other Sprint services, The Sprint Network
Control Center provides 24-hour management to ensure
reliable data transmission. Customer Service is available
to handle problem system problem reports 24 hours a day
at 1-800-336-0437.
START SAVING TODAY AND JOIN THE THOUSANDS OF PC USERS FROM COAST TO
COAST WHO ARE ALREADY ENJOYING THE COST-EFFECTIVE WORLD OF PC
COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH PC PURSUIT. CALL TO REGISTER AT 800-736-1130
(voice) OR 800-877-2006 (modem).
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Equipment and Software Requirements
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To use PC PURSUIT, all you need are --
- a telephone line
- a modem - 300 or 1200 bps
- a terminal or a PC with asynchronous communications software
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PC PURSUIT AND SPRINTNET LOCAL ACCESS NUMBERS
FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE LISTING OF THE PC PURSUIT U.S. ACCESS
TELEPHONE NUMBERS, DO THE FOLLOWING:
1. USE A MODEM TO DIAL 1-800-546-1000 WITH PARAMETERS SET AT
7-E-1.
2. TYPE THREE CARRIAGE RETURNS (CR) (CR) (CR)
3. INPUT YOUR AREA CODE AND LOCAL EXCHANGE
4. YOU WILL THEN RECEIVE THE PROMPT SIGN "@"
5. THEN, TYPE:
MAIL (CR)
USER NAME: PHONES (CR)
PASSWORD: PHONES (CR)
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PC Pursuit Rate Schedule
Effective July 1, 1989
Administrative Charges: Registration Fee
Payable on a one time basis when Telenet
receives and processes your order. $30/order
Password Change Fee
Payable each time a new password is
issued. $5/password
Membership Fees: Regular Membership
Includes up to 30 hours of non-prime time
usage. $30/month
Family Membership
Includes up to 60 hours of non-prime time
usage. $50/month
Handicapped Membership
Includes up to 90 hours of non-prime time
usage. $30/month
Access Charges: Non-Prime Hours
Usage exceeding membership limits. $3/hour
Prime Hours $10.50/hour
Notes:
1) Non-Prime Time hours are: 6:00 P.M. - 7:00 A.M. local time Monday through
Thursday; 6:00 P.M. Friday to 7:00 A.M. Monday. All day, New Year's Day, July
4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
2) Prime Time hours are: 7:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. local time Monday through
Friday.
3) Usage is rounded to the nearest minute for purpose of calculating total
usage on each connection. All calls are subject to a minimum call duration of
two minutes unless they are 90 seconds or less. Calls of 90 seconds or less
are not billed.
4) Any portion of a call to Pursuit during prime time will result in the
entire session being billed at prime time rates.
5) Sales tax will be billed as applicable and is not included in the fixed
monthly fees.
6) A Regular Membership will allow access for one subscriber at the Regular
Membership rate using single ID and password. Family Membership will allow
one subscriber, or one subscriber and their immediate family members,
access at the Family Membership rate using a single password and ID.
7) Handicapped membership guidelines are posted to the NetExchange Bulletin
Board System and are available upon request from Sprint.
8) All of Sprint's PC Pursuit charges will be billed the month following
actual usage.
9) There may be charges to you for the use of the online computer systems to
which you gain access through PC Pursuit. These charges, if any, will be
billed to you by those operating the online computer systems and not by
Sprint.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
FOR PC PURSUIT(R) ACCESS SERVICE
These terms and conditions govern your use of Telenet's PC
Pursuit(R) access service:
1. PC PURSUIT
(A) The PC Pursuit(R) access service allows you to use Telenet's Public
Data Network (PDN) 24 hours a day to access any domestic database, bulletin
board system or other online computer system which is accessible via the PC
Pursuit network, and as listed on the Schedule titled Current Access Codes.
(B) The PC Pursuit Network includes those Hosts, "Outdial Cities" (as
listed on the Schedule titled Current Access Codes) and supported local
exchanges. The Netline Exchange provides a listing of the local exchanges
supported out of each "Outdial City" and is updated from time to time.
(C) You agree to access and use these databases, bulletin boards and
other online systems only in the manner permitted by them.
(D) Telenet is not liable or responsible for any claim or other action
against you by a third party, including owners of online computer systems that
you are not authorized to access or other action taken against Telenet by a
third party based on your unauthorized use of or access to any database or
bulletin board.
2. COST OF PC PURSUIT ACCESS SERVICES
(A) There is a one-time registration fee and a fixed monthly membership
fee based on the membership selected (please refer to the current PC Pursuit
Rate Schedule) for PC Pursuit(R) access service billed when Telenet receives
and processes your order for the service. You will be billed on a prorated
basis for the monthly membership fee for the month in which your order is
accepted and for each month that you have PC Pursuit(R) access service. An
individual may not hold more than one membership.
(B) The monthly membership fee entitles you to use PC Pursuit(R) access
services, not to exceed the membership limit, between the hours of 6:00 P.M.
and 7:00 A.M., prevailing local time, determined by the location of the
Telenet access centers used to access the networks, Monday through Thursday,
and from 6:00 P.M. Friday to 7:00 A.M. Monday, and all day New Year's Day,
July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. The prevailing local
time designated above may not be the same as that in which the caller is
located. Non-prime time charges will apply for usage at the cost indicated
on the PC Pursuit Rate Schedule. Usage is rounded to the nearest minute for
purposes of calculating the total usage on each connection.
(C) Non-prime usage exceeding the hours associated with the
membership selected by the user and prime-time PC Pursuit usage between 7:00
A.M. and 6:00 P.M., prevailing local time, Monday through Friday, will be
billed at the rates indicated on the PC Pursuit Rate Schedule.
(D) There will be a fee for issuing a new ID/password, to replace your
original one.
(E) The registration fee and monthly membership fees will be billed
according to the payment option selected at the time of registration provided
to you by Telenet when you signed up for PC Pursuit. Your use of PC Pursuit
is subject to approval of the payment option selected.
(F) There may be charges to you for the use of the online computer
systems to which you gain access through PC Pursuit. These charges, if any,
will be billed to you by those operating the online computer systems and not
by Telenet.
3. HARDWARE
To use PC Pursuit, you must have a modem and either a computer or a
terminal. You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining the appropriate
equipment. Telenet is not responsible for the proper functioning of your
equipment.
4. TERM OF AGREEMENT
This Agreement will be effective from the date you are assigned an
ID/password by Telenet. Either party may cancel the use of PC Pursuit service
and terminate this Agreement by giving the other party thirty (30) days
written notice as described in Section 8.(F) or you may cancel by calling the
number listed in Section 8.(G).
5. TERMINATION
Telenet shall have the right to terminate your use of PC Pursuit
immediately and without notice to you in the event:
(A) Telenet has been notified that your credit card has been
suspended or revoked;
(B) you have used or your PC Pursuit account has been used in a fashion
injurious to other PC Pursuit or Telenet customers, to violate any of
Telenet's Rules and Regulations, or in violation of any of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement;
(C) you have attempted or your PC Pursuit account has been used to
attempt to access or has accessed an address or exchange which is outside of
the PC Pursuit Network;
(D) you have assigned or transferred your ID/password to another;
(E) you have loaned the use of the ID/password to another, unless that
user is qualified under the membership plan selected;
(F) you have resold or attempted to resell or further distribute PC
Pursuit access services without written authorization from Telenet.
6. USE OF PC PURSUIT(R) ACCESS SERVICE
(A) You are responsible for all charges to your account, including
charges incurred by authorized users or third parties who have gained
unauthorized access to your ID/password. Telenet will change your ID/password
immediately upon receipt of notification of unauthorized use.
(B) PC Pursuit access services are furnished to you under the
condition that you will not abuse them or fraudulently use them. Such use of
the service, to be determined in Telenet's sole discretion, constitutes a
violation subject to the termination rights set forth in paragraph 5. of this
Agreement.
(C) The services furnished under this agreement shall not be used in
any way which would be a violation of any law or which would assist anyone in
the violation of any law.
(D) All inquiries with regard to service malfunction shall be via the
Netline Exchange bulletin board which is routinely reviewed by PC Pursuit
product management. Response to such inquiries shall be provided through the
bulletin board as soon as reasonably possible.
7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES; INDEMNIFICATION
(A) Telenet makes no warranties of any nature or kind, whether express
or implied for the service provided by Telenet or its equipment, facilities or
capacities. TELENET SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THE
AVAILABILITY OF PC PURSUIT(R) ACCESS SERVICE. Telenet is not responsible for
the inability to access the service at any time. Telenet shall not be
responsible for any damage you suffer, whether it is direct, incidental or
consequential, and whether it is caused by mistake, omission, interruption,
deletion of files, errors, defects, delays in operation or transmission,
failure of performance, negligence or otherwise.
(B) You agree to indemnify and hold Telenet harmless against any claim
arising from the use of your ID/password which causes damage to any other
party.
(C) The information appearing in the bulletin boards, data bases and
other online computer systems are provided by persons who are not affiliated
with Telenet. You use this information at your own risk. If you provide
information for others, you agree to indemnify and hold Telenet harmless from
all claims with respect to the information provided. Telenet reserves the
right to prohibit access to any bulletin board.
(D) Telenet's liability for damages to you under this agreement shall
be limited to the total monthly charges paid by you for the six months
following the date the damages were incurred.
THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, FOR THE PC PURSUIT(R) ACCESS SERVICE.
8. OTHER PROVISIONS
(A) Telenet is not responsible for any loss, including loss of data
resulting from delays or interruption, due to mechanical or communications
defects or outages, or trouble due to fires, storms, floods, strikes or other
labor interruptions, acts of God, power shortages or outages.
(B) If any part of this agreement is held by a court to be unenforceable
for any reason, the remaining parts of this Agreement will remain in full
force and effect.
(C) This Agreement contains the entire agreement between you and Telenet
relating to the use of PC Pursuit.
(D) Telenet reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, including pricing changes and any sales and use taxes, duties,
or levies imposed by any authority, government or government agency in
connection with the usse of PC Pursuit, on thirty (30) days' written notice.
(E) This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
(F) All notices pertaining to this Agreement and your use of PC Pursuit
must be in writing and must be sent, postage prepaid, to the following address:
Telenet Communications Corporation
12490 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, Virginia 22096
Attention: Telemarketing
(G) Questions regarding PC Pursuit service registration can be directed
to Telemarketing at:
1-800-Telenet (835-3638)
Effective July 1, 1989
and supersedes all other
versions of this agreement
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How To Use PC Pursuit Service
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Placing a PC Pursuit Call
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* Use a modem to dial your local SprintNet access telephone
number with parameters settings of 8-N-1.
* Type the hunt/seek sequence: @ D (CR)
Telenet Prompt User Input Comments
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(1) Terminal = D1 (CR) Input Terminal ID.
D1 is typical for
PC's. If not known,
type CR.
(2) @ C D/NYNYO/24,YOUR ID (CR) Type area code desired,
modem speed and your
user ID. (Note that
/3 = 300 bps, /12 = 1200
bps, /24 = 2400 bps).
(3) PASSWORD = PASSWORD (CR) Enter user Password
(4) D/NYNYO/24 Connected to target
CONNECTED city outdial modem.
(5) ATZ Type ATZ (in upper case)
(6) OK Modem responds as cleared.
(7) ATDT 7654321 Type ATDT (in upper case)
and the 7-digit number
you wish to dial.
(8) CONNECT (CR) (CR) You are now connected to
the computer that you
dialed. Procees as if
the number was dialed
directly.
NOTES:
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1. If the connection was not made, a BUSY will be seen within 30
seconds. The BUSY message means that the number dialed was either
busy, not in service, or an invalid attempt to dial more than 7
digits. A BUSY will also be seen after disconnecting from the
host computer, but you can dial another number by starting again
at the fifth step and typing ATZ and dialing the number.
2. PC Pursuit uses standard HAYES dialing commands, which enable
you to type the A/ (no CR) command to redial the previously
dialed number.
3. When a typing mistake is made in the second and third steps,
the log-on must be re-entered.
To Disconnect from PC Pursuit
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Telenet Prompt User Input Comments
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(CR) @ (CR) Escape to SprintNet
command level.
@ D (CR) At the @ sign,issue
disconnect command.
D/NYNYO/24 Disconnect from the
DISCONNECTED target city complete.
User is still connected
to SprintNet at the local
dial-up city. A PC Pursuit
can now be placed to
another city.
NOTES:
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1. To DISCONNECT FROM SPRINTNET, log off your computer as usual, or
hang-up.
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PC Pursuit Service Availability
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PC Pursuit can be used to access local numbers in the
following cities. Note that not all exchanges in a
given area code are accessible via PC Pusuit! For a
list of exchanges in the individual cities,
please see the exchange lists.
Example of use:
C D/DCWAS/12,<id>,<pw>
City Code City Entries
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Ann Arbor, MI 313 D/MIAAR/12
D/MIAAR/24
Atlanta, GA 404 D/GAATL/3
D/GAATL/12
D/GAATL/24
Austin, TX 512 D/TXAUS/12
D/TXAUS/24
Boston, MA 617 D/MABOS/3
D/MABOS/12
D/MABOS/24
Chicago, IL 312 \ D/ILCHI/3
708 > D/ILCHI/12
815 / D/ILCHI/24
(for 708, must use 1708 + phone number)
(for 815, must use 1815 + phone number)
Cleveland, OH 216 D/OHCLE/3
D/OHCLE/12
D/OHCLE/24
Colton, CA 714 D/CACOL/3
D/CACOL/12
D/CACOL/24
Columbus, OH 614 D/OHCOL/12
D/OHCOL/24
Dallas, TX 214 \ D/TXDAL/3
> D/TXDAL/12
817 / D/TXDAL/24
(for 817, must use 817 + phone number)
Denver, CO 303 D/CODEN/3
D/CODEN/12
D/CODEN/24
Detroit, MI 313 D/MIDET/3
D/MIDET/12
D/MIDET/24
Glendale, CA 818 \ D/CAGLE/3
> D/CAGLE/12
213 / D/CAGLE/24
(for 213, must use 1213 + phone number)
Hartford, CT 203 D/CTHAR/3
D/CTHAR/12
D/CTHAR/24
Hempstead, NY 516 D/NYHEM/12
D/NYHEM/24
Houston, TX 713 D/TXHOU/3
D/TXHOU/12
D/TXHOU/24
Indianapolis, IN 317 D/ININD/12
D/ININD/24
Kansas City, MO 816 \ D/MOKCI/3
> D/MOKCI/12
913 / D/MOKCI/24
Los Angeles, CA 213 \ D/CALAN/3
> D/CALAN/12
818 / D/CALAN/24
(for 818, must use 1818 + phone number)
Miami, FL 305 D/FLMIA/3
D/FLMIA/12
D/FLMIA/24
Milwaukee, WI 414 D/WIMIL/3
D/WIMIL/12
D/WIMIL/24
Minneapolis, MN 612 D/MNMIN/3
D/MNMIN/12
D/MNMIN/24
Newark, NJ 201 \ D/NJNEW/3
> D/NJNEW/12
908 / D/NJNEW/24
(for 908, must use 1908 + phone number)
Memphis, TN 901 \ D/TNMEM/12
601 / D/TNMEM/24
(for 601, must use 1601 + phone number)
New Brunswick, NJ 908 D/NJNBR/12
D/NJNBR/24
New Orleans, LA 504 D/LANOR/12
D/LANOR/24
New York, NY 212 \ D/NYNYO/3
516 \ D/NYNYO/12
718 / D/NYNYO/24
914 /
(for 516, must use 1516 + phone number)
(for 718, must use 1718 + phone number)
(for 914, must use 1914 + phone number)
Oakland, CA 415 D/CAOAK/3
D/CAOAK/12
D/CAOAK/24
Orlando, FL 407 D/FLORL/12
D/FLORL/24
Palo Alto, CA 415 D/CAPAL/3
D/CAPAL/12
D/CAPAL/24
Philadelphia, PA 215 D/PAPHI/3
D/PAPHI/12
D/PAPHI/24
Phoenix, AZ 602 D/AZPHO/3
D/AZPHO/12
D/AZPHO/24
(Some exchanges must use 1602 + phone number
please check AZPHO.xch for details)
Pittsburgh, PA 412 D/PAPIT/12
D/PAPIT/24
Portland, OR 503 D/ORPOR/3
D/ORPOR/12
D/ORPOR/24
Research Triangle Park, NC 919 D/NCRTP/3
D/NCRTP/12
D/NCRTP/24
Sacramento, CA 916 D/CASAC/3
D/CASAC/12
D/CASAC/24
(Some exchanges must use 1 + phone number
please check CASAC.xch for details)
Salt Lake City, UT 801 D/UTSLC/3
D/UTSLC/12
D/UTSLC/24
San Diego, CA 619 D/CASDI/3
D/CASDI/12
D/CASDI/24
San Francisco, CA 415 D/CASFA/3
D/CASFA/12
D/CASFA/24
San Jose, CA 408 \ D/CASJO/3
> D/CASJO/12
415 / D/CASJO/24
(for 415, must use 1415 + phone number)
Santa Ana, CA 714 \ D/CASAN/3
> D/CASAN/12
213 / D/CASAN/24
(for 213, must use 1213 + phone number)
Seattle, WA 206 D/WASEA/3
D/WASEA/12
D/WASEA/24
St. Louis, MO 314 \ D/MOSLO/3
> D/MOSLO/12
618 / D/MOSLO/24
(for 618, must use 1618 + phone number)
Tampa, FL 813 D/FLTAM/3
D/FLTAM/12
D/FLTAM/24
Washington, DC 202 \ D/DCWAS/3
703 > D/DCWAS/12
301 / D/DCWAS/24
(for 703, must use 703 + phone number)
(for 301, must use 301 + phone number)
Note: /3 = 300 bps, /12 = 1200 bps, /24 = 2400 baud
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