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- A public service announcement from the Tampa Bay Bandit Board RCPM
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- I am often asked, "What's a TWIT?" ... my answer is:
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- Caller who keeps signing in with phony names to get another
- 30 minutes before being asked to sign off.
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- Caller who won't bother to TYPE the .INF (info) files to find
- out how to use the system properly.
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- Caller who insists on TYPE'ing files endlessly, especially
- useless ones, like the LASTCALR file, XMODEM.LOG, any programs
- written in "C", and even *.*.
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- Caller who does endless DIR commands and never echoes anything
- to the printer.
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- Caller who tries XMODEM R to send a file (about 50 times)
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- Caller who keeps trying to XMODEM S RBBS.COM or other .COM files.
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- Caller who doesn't know that CTRL-C aborts almost everything
- including DIR listings and tries every other key instead.
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- Caller who repeatedly tries to TYPE .LBR files, and leaves
- messages asking why the machine won't let him.
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- Caller who tries something like this:
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- A0:SYSTEM>apple //e with a hayes card and cp/m
- APPLE?
- A0:SYSTEM>yes an apple //e, what's wrong with an apple?
- YES?
- A0:SYSTEM>yes, I said yessssss!!!!!!
- YES?
- A0:SYSTEM>list
- LIST?
- A0:SYSTEM>load
- LOAD?
- A0:SYSTEM>fre
- FRE?
- A0:SYSTEM>run
- RUN?
- A0:SYSTEM>menu
- MENU?
- A0:SYSTEM>exit
- EXIT?
- A0:SYSTEM>quit
- QUIT?
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- ++CARRIER LOST++
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- and calls back several times each week to ask the same questions.
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- Caller who leaves a message on RBBS and says you should have a
- message program on the system so he can leave messages.
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- Caller who discovers CHAT and tries 300 times in a row to summon
- an operator even after being told, "Sorry operator is not available"
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- Caller who tries every possible combination to change user areas
- and just can't seem to remember to use the colon ":"
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- Caller who leaves a message on RBBS asking SYSOP to please
- leave out a copy of BASCOM.COM or MAC.COM ... etc
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- Caller who leaves complaints on RBBS that he can't send you
- his new universal debugger because XMODEM won't let him leave a
- .COM file.
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- Caller who, disgusted with his inability to use the system,
- leaves a message to SYSOP telling him that he should try a really
- good system, like the APPLE-based one in New York that has all
- those really neat games on it.
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- Caller who ignores repeated notices from SYSOP that system will be
- going down, then calls back immediately, and for the next 2 hours
- only to be denied access each time.
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- Caller who complains about the FREE service offered through the
- RCPM and tells you how you SHOULD run your system.
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- Caller who ignores the fact that the SYSOP is trying to tell him
- something by typing on the screen and doing <returns> or CTRL-U's.
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- I MEAN LET'S FACE IT FOLKS, IT IS "OUR" MACHINES THAT YOU USE (ABUSE)
- AND IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, WE HAVE THE ON/OFF SWITCH ... NOT YOU.
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