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╔══╤══╦═╦══╤══╦═╦═╦══════╡ FREE SPEECH ╞══════╦═╦═╦══╤══╦═╦══╤══╗
║ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ║ ╘════════════════════════╛ ║ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ║
║ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ║ ║ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ║
║ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ║ P I N N A C L E S O F T W A R E ║ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ║
║ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ║ P.O. Box 386, Town of Mount Royal ║ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ║
║ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ║ Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3P 3C6 ║ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ║
║ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ║ ║ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ╔╧╗ ╚╤╝ ║
╚══╧══╩═╩══╧══╩═╩═╩══════════════════════════════════════╩═╩═╩══╧══╩═╩══╧══╝
/H Congratulations!
/B
We congratulate you for investigating the Free Speech concept, and we
appreciate that you are looking for something different and new to introduce
to your BBS community.
/E
Determining which BBS software to run is a serious decision. Let's review
some of the factors that you will take into consideration when selecting
your BBS software.
/P
/H Provide a Valued Service to Your Community
/T
If there's one thing that Sysops have in common, it is the desire to provide
a superior level of service to the BBS users in their community. Sysops are
always seeking to improve the avenues of communication in their area.
/E
╔═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╗
╟─┼─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┴─╨─┼─╢
╠═╡ ╞═╣
╟─┤ But will another ordinary BBS provide the people in your area ├─╢
╠═╡ with a better way to express themselves? The Free Speech design ╞═╣
╟─┤ can take you and your users further. ├─╢
╠═╡ ╞═╣
╟─┼─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┬─╥─┼─╢
╚═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╝
/P
/H Make Your Voice Heard
/T
We all know that the Sysop has an important position in the BBS
community. Simply by running a BBS, you are making a clear
statement about your desire to serve the community. This "spirit
of giving" goes a long way.
/B
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ When you run a BBS, people know that you do more than just talk ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
/P
/H Express Yourself
/T
Most Sysops agree that one of the main reasons they run a BBS
is that it gives them the chance to stretch their creativity.
/E
Free Speech lets you be anybody you please! Its unstructured
layout not only permits people to be creative, it encourages them
to try new things!
/B
On a Free Speech system, all restrictions are swept aside. The
unique atmosphere of Free Speech liberates you.
/P
/E
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█▄▀▄█▄▀▄█▄▀▄█▄▀▄█ ▄█ The facts are ... █▄ █▄▀▄█▄▀▄█▄▀▄█▄▀▄█
█ ▀▀▀│▀▀▀│▀▀▀│▀▀▀│▀▀ ┼──┬──┬──┬──┬──┬──┬──┼ ▀▀│▀▀▀│▀▀▀│▀▀▀│▀▀▀ █
▀█ ┼┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┼ █▀
▄█─┤ ├─█▄
█──┤ Sysops are faced with intense competition. They ├──█
▀█─┤ need BBS software that will make their system stand ├─█▀
█─┤ out from all the other boards. ├─█
█─┤ ├─█
█─┤ Free Speech will startle and amaze the BBS callers ├─█
▄█─┤ in your area. Quite simply, it taps into a whole ├─█▄
█──┤ new BBSing experience! ├──█
▀█─┤ ├─█▀
▄█ ┼┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┬┼ █▄
█ ▄▄▄│▄▄▄│▄▄▄│▄▄▄│▄▄ ┼──┴──┴──┴──┴──┴──┴──┼ ▄▄│▄▄▄│▄▄▄│▄▄▄│▄▄▄ █
█▀▄▀█▀▄▀█▀▄▀█▀▄▀█ ▀█ BE DIFFERENT! █▀ █▀▄▀█▀▄▀█▀▄▀█▀▄▀█
▀█▄█▀█▄█▀█▄█▀█▄█▀ ▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀ ▀█▄█▀█▄█▀█▄█▀█▄█▀
/P
/H Take Advantage of Free Speech's Versatility and Convenience
/B
──═ RUN TWO BBS'S AT ONCE ═──
/T
The unique "Front-Endable" design of Free Speech lets you run a standard BBS
and Free Speech at the same time. If you're already running a BBS, this
means you can offer your users a new service.
/B
──═ NO MAINTENANCE HASSLES ═──
/T
But what if you're just too busy to run a traditional BBS? Most BBS
programs are quite demanding on your time. You'll be glad to know that
Free Speech, like all Pinnacle Software BBS products, is a Zero-Maintenance
system. You can ENJOY being a Sysop, without the hassles!
/E
No BBS is easier to run!
/P
/H A BBS for Those Who Dare to Be Different ...
/T
On a Free Speech system, people will astound you with the frankness
of their opinions. A few may wish to exhibit their peculiar frailties.
Others may write about their obtuse ideas or strange fantasies.
/E
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ It takes a special kind of Sysop to allow people this kind of freedom │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
/T
We recommend that Free Speech be run only by those who enjoy the infinite
variety of humanity, in all its forms, even when they sometimes seem
beyond our understanding.
/P
You can increase the number of messages people post on your system. Here are
statistics to show how Free Speech increased message traffic on our home system.
/T
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║ APR 1 : N/A : 600 ║ 2500 ├─────────────────────────────────────────██─┤ ║
║ APR 8 : 607 : 789 ║ ├─────────────────────────────────────██──██─┤ ║
║ APR 15 : 2588 : 1981 ║ 2000 ├─────────▄▄──────────────────────────██──██─┤ ║
║ APR 22 : 4143 : 1555 ║ ├─────────██──────────────────▄▄──────██──██─┤ ║
║ APR 29 : 5316 : 1173 ║ 1500 ├─────────██──▄▄──────────██──██──▄▄──██──██─┤ ║
║ MAY 06 : 6653 : 1337 ║ ├─────────██──██──────██──██──██──██──██──██─┤ ║
║ MAY 13 : 8303 : 1650 ║ 1000 ├─────────██──██──██──██──██──██──██──██──██─┤ ║
║ MAY 20 : 10020 : 1717 ║ ├─────▄▄──██──██──██──██──██──██──██──██──██─┤ ║
║ MAY 27 : 11533 : 1513 ║ 500 └─▀▀──▀▀──▀▀──▀▀──▀▀──▀▀──▀▀──▀▀──▀▀──▀▀──▀▀─┘ ║
║ JUN 03 : 13940 : 2407 ║ 01 08 15 22 29 06 13 20 27 03 10 ║
║ JUN 10 : 17163 : 3223 ║ APRIL───────────── MAY──────────── JUNE─── ║
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/P
/H Make Your Mark!
/T
Free Speech can revolutionize your BBSing community. But it
takes the foresight of one person ─═ YOU ═─ to see how
important it is for people to have truly FREE speech.
/E
Most Sysops just won't try something this different. But since
you've taken the time to read this far, it's clear that you are
one of those Sysops who dare to go beyond what has been tried
by everybody else.
/P
/H For More Information
/T
The user manual contains ...
/E
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
├─ Installation instructions │
├─ An operations guide │
├─ Study notes about the Free Speech concept │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
/T
To view the manual online, or to print it out,
press F3 at the menu (coming up next).
/P