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. ----------------------------------------------------- BERG SHAWN 219/931-3761 POB 1179 / 240 HIGHLAND ST HAMMOND IN 46320 Area of United States: INDIANA This author uploads software to: COMPUSERVE EXEC-PC PUBLIC BRAND SOFTWARE ----------------------------------------------------- BRENNER JULES 213/874-6669 213/874-6669 POB 46116 LOS ANGELES CA 90046-0116 Area of United States: LOS ANGELES, CA This author uploads software to: CHARLATAN'S CABIN 213/656-6955 West LA BBS 213/838-9229 Abel Iwaz BBS 213/956-6164 ----------------------------------------------------- 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 Bull City 919/383-8707 MicroMessage Svc, Raleigh 919/779-6674 Starfleet BBS, Raleigh 919/782-3095 ----------------------------------------------------- ERDMAN BILL 503/666-6009 503/666-6009 ABRAXAS RESEARCH POB 560 FAIRVIEW OR 97024 Area of United States: PORTLAND, OREGON This author uploads software to: DRUM ROLL 503/286-2873 ET CETERA 503/663-1459 CARVINGS UNLTD 503/256-1459 BIG LARRY'S 503/233-0850 BARRISTERS BBS 503/228-5866 ----------------------------------------------------- FAIR JOHN J. FAIR SYSTEMS INC POB 2267 KERNERSVILLE NC 27285-2267 Area of United States: KERNERSVILLE, NC This author uploads software to: IBM PC USERS 919/777-1099 BIG TOP 919/765-2474 TOP BBS 919/767-6664 COMPUTER MAINT CORP 919/759-2622 FLYING CIRCUS 919/993-3711 ----------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------- HOWARD FRED BOX 1 ORTONVILLE MI 48462 Area of United States: PONTIAC, MI This author uploads software to: CLARKSTON BBS 313/625-9439 STRAIGHT ARROW 313/625-7298 SOFTWARE PALACE 313/373-0929 CISM 313/683-0786 GAMES AND MORE 313/683-8599 ----------------------------------------------------- LAKE JOHN 813/653-3093 813/653-3178 DATA SOLUTIONS 1529 THISTLEDOWN DRIVE BRANDON FL 33510 Area of United States: TAMPA, FLORIDA This author uploads software to: GODFATHER 813/282-0023 SUNSHINE 813/887-3984 RTA 813/973-2780 JEFFERSON ELEC. 813/273-8184 PROGRAMMERS CONNEX 813/973-7207 ----------------------------------------------------- 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 713/286-3200 EZ host 713/280-8180 Zeitg 713/530-1166 Old Bailey 713/520-1569 Cloud Nine 713/859-8195 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 ----------------------------------------------------- NOYES CHRISTOPHER 718/625-2262 718/625-2262 Christopher Noyes Software 28 Douglass Street, Ground Floor Brooklyn NY 11231 Area of United States: New York, NY This author uploads software to: Dannysoft 212/473-2744 Moondogs RBBS 718/692-2498 Starlink 718/972-6099 PSCI 212/529-0498 ----------------------------------------------------- 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 602/279-4448 Technoids 602/899-4876 Computer Warehouse 602/945-0363 TNT Explosion 602/759-7533 Phoenix Users Group 602/252-7720 Speak Easy 602/784-4485 ----------------------------------------------------- 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 GENIE 805/833-6260 ----------------------------------------------------- SCHALL WILLIAM D. 617/825-0931 SOLON SOFTWARE POB 6117 BOSTON MA 02209-6117 Area of United States: BOSTON, MA This author uploads software to: BCS IBM BOARD 617/332-5584 ARGUS COMPUT. EXCH. 617/674-2359 CHANNEL 1 617/354-7077 ----------------------------------------------------- SCHOENBECK ROY 702/342-0376 702/342-0376 PC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 310 RUE DE LA LAVANDA SPARKS NV 89434-9524 Area of United States: SPARKS, NV This author uploads software to: MEGASYSTEMS 702/849-2207 ABANDONED LAND 702/746-1364 SIMPLISTIC SYSTEMS 702/827-1913 WASHOE LIBRARY 702/785-4191 DANGER ZONE 702/828-4907 ----------------------------------------------------- SMITH DAVID G.M. 604/988-6575 604/988-6575 Interface Software 3115 Capilano Rd North Vancouver, B.C. Canada V7R 4H4 Area of United States: North Vancouver This author uploads software to: CardZ 604/734-5901 Program Exchange 604/255-2333 BURNABY MOUNTAIN 604/421-3717 DEEP COVE/DOPPLER 604/277-9920 DIAL-A-FILE 604/736-3453 ----------------------------------------------------- SPIVACK STUART 216/283-1358 216/283-1358 3610 GRIDLEY RD SHAKER HEIGHTS OH 44122 Area of United States: CLEVELAND, OHIO This author uploads software to: AMCOM 216/526-9480 NERDS NOOK 216/356-1431 NE OHIO PC CLUB 216/529-0019 PC-OHIO 216/381-3320 BIZ HOST 216/731-4769 FLIPFLOP 216/321-5994 ----------------------------------------------------- STRONG JOHN 503/649-7251 POB 7007 Yale Station New Haven CT 06520 Area of United States: New Haven, CT This author uploads software to: Opal Net 203/248-1648 Fritz BBS 203/466-1625 PC Clone 203/467-1711 Captain's Cove 203/269-4349 microSNET 203/865-3562 ----------------------------------------------------- VOLKMAR RON 702/896-3217 702/896-3217 RV SOFTWARE POB 95783 LAS VEGAS NV 89193-5783 Area of United States: LAS VEGAS, NV This author uploads software to: BYTES OF LAS VEGAS 702/644-1157 NELLIS COMPUTERS 702/453-9090 RAIDERS 702/736-6412 LISA 702/452-6156 WHITE SANDS 702/457-1230 ----------------------------------------------------- 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 LHA which does not require formal licensing since it is offered as "freeware" by the the LHA 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 A PROGRAM VERSION AND MULTIPLE PART REFERENCE IS NOTED BY THE NAME OF A ZIP ARCHIVE. For example, LMR36A.ZIP refers to version 3.6, part A). Something similar to the following example should accompany your SMS Net submission so we can all work together! 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; members should consider submitting no more than 12 - 360K ZIP files per year for upload so SMS Net members are not overwhelmed. Probably four or five 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!