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- Presenting ...
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- T h e S p o r t s M A C h i n e
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- America's Premier Sports Bulletin Board Service!
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- The SportsMAChine is a new, public bulletin board system for sports fans all
- over America. It's a forum for you, the sports fan, to exchange information,
- opinions, and public domain software/shareware with fans everywhere (and
- maybe some stars too). And it's so easy to join.
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- The SportsMAChine is hosting an open house beginning Tuesday, November 25th
- at 10 a.m. CST and running continuously until midnight Sunday, November 30th.
- Call in anytime during our open house and enjoy full Partnership privileges
- for free! (Because of the anticipated competition for connect time, guests
- will be limited to 30 minutes access per call during the open house.)
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- At 10 a.m. CST on Monday, December 1st, The SportsMAChine begins normal
- operation. Visitors are welcome! For 30 minutes, visitors may tour the
- system, browse through our Message Centers, read important information on our
- Bulletin Board, and examine our data and software libraries on-line,
- including complete information on GTE Telenet's money-saving PC Pursuit
- program!
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- For the serious sports fan who wants to become a member ("Partner"), a
- nominal monthly fee allows you to have full, unrestricted access to all areas
- of the system. Partners may post messages at our Message Centers, send and
- receive mail through The SportsMAChine Post Office, and upload and download
- articles and public domain/shareware programs and utilities for the use of
- their fellow Partners! (Partnership information is available on-line.)
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- Plans are already being made for expansion of the system. But the only way
- you'll find out what The SportsMAChine is like is to visit us during our
- open house! Converse with other guests and upload and download files to your
- heart's content for six full days. Then decide for yourself. If you're
- serious about sports, The SportsMAChine's for you!
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- Here are things you'll need to know:
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- The SportsMAChine's telephone number is (713)847-2121. The SportsMAChine's
- terminal settings are 300 or 1200 baud, eight bits, no parity, one stop bit.
- Set your terminal to full duplex.
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- The SportsMAChine will operate continuously during the Open House hours
- stated above, and 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, during normal operation
- (excepting normal maintenance down-time).
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- The SportsMAChine is compatible with all terminals using a simple TTY mode.
- Control commands and backspace are recognized. Also, software for all major
- types of computer should be transferable to and from the system. XMODEM is
- used, and MacBinary is supported.
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- At log-on, The SportsMAChine will ask you for your first and last name, your
- city and state, and a password between 5 and 8 letters long. You will then
- be asked some questions to set the system up for your terminal. The password
- and the terminal configuration may be changed on-line.
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- During the open house, please feel free to post all the messages and upload
- all the files (for any make of computer) you wish. (If not public domain or
- shareware, please leave information on how to contact the program's author
- through The SportsMAChine Post Office.) Membership fees may be waived if, in
- the SysOp's opinion, the user is making a significant contribution to the
- system.
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- Present or former professional athletes, sports executives, and sports
- broadcasters may be entitled to free membership. Please write to the SysOp
- through The SportsMAChine Post Office for details, and tell us how we may
- contact you.
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