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*--* Qmodem Session Capture File *--* *--* Qmodem Capture File 01/13/87 14:29:53 *--* *--* Qmodem Capture File 01/13/87 14:30:10 *--* Fido(tm) Version 11w FidoNet(tm) Net 380 Node 2 -------------------------------------- | | | S O F T F I D O | | | -------------------------------------- Available 24 hours 300/1200 Baud A public bulletin board system operated by SOFTDISK, Inc. Address all correspondence concerning this system to: SOFTDISK, Inc. PO BOX 30008 Shreveport, LA 71130-0008 Attn: Daniel Tobias, Sysop Your FIRST name: BRUCE Your LAST name: MENDENHALL Bruce Mendenhall? [Y,n]: Y Wait ... Password: ...... You last called on 13 Jan 87 02:45:27 NOTE: The system will be unavailable in 18 minutes Want to continue? [Y,n]: Y SOFT FIDO welcomes back Bruce Mendenhall from St. Paul Mn. Yesterday's Game Results: Numbers Game drawing conducted 13 Jan 1987 23:59 The winner of 320 points in the random drawing was Jerry Brooks. In the Arithmetic Mean game, Jerry Brooks won 640 points with a bet of 239, the closest to the mean of 140.50. Nobody picked the secret number, 227, so the jackpot increases to 19655. Secret Winner Game results as of 13 Jan 1987 23:59 Kevin Rushing failed to claim the prize in the Secret Winner game. The jackpot increases to 25000 points. Don't miss out... check the OUTSIDE section today! Remember, using BBS's is not your right; it's a privilege. SysOps put a lot of time and money into providing you with this service. Don't abuse it. Would you go to a party, and spend the whole time sitting in a More? corner by yourself gobbling up hors d'oeuvres? Help yourself to the goodies in the files sections, but be polite and talk to us, too. Check your private mail, and contribute to the messages. You have your "MORE" switch set to ON. You can cause text to scroll continuously by entering "C" at the main menu, then selecting "M". You can always use Ctrl-S to stop and Ctrl-Q to continue. (Prepared by FIDO INTRO V1.3 from FIDO 501/4602) B U L L E T I N S The following bulletins are arranged in reverse chronological order, with the most recent items first. Users should always read new items, since they may contain important announcements. 1/13/87 - I have a number of things to talk about: Many of you have been hanging up while in the OUTSIDE section. This is not good for the system; it must reboot every time this happens. Also, if you happen to hang up just as it is rewriting the score file at the More? end of an OUTSIDE session, it could cause the file to be messed up. This has happened several times already. Please exit OUTSIDE the proper way, by typing the "0" command; and then wait until your score is saved and a message is output saying it is okay to hang up, before you cut the connection. Speaking of OUTSIDE, the Numbers Game jackpot is at record levels; somebody will get lots of points when it is won. However, very few of the users have been taking advantage of this by playing the game. Don't miss out; enter your Numbers bets daily and be part of the action! One final thing; try to be sparing in your use of the "Yell" command. I'm getting tired of being interrupted while taking showers, eating dinner, watching TV, or sleeping by users who turn out to have questions which can be answered by reading my system bulletins and help messages, or who just want to chat because they're bored. It may seem a little rude, but I do have other things to do besides chat with every user. If you have a problem, first try reading any online bulletins, help messages, and documentation files. Then, if you still can't find an answer, try leaving a message (preferably public rather than private, so any user who knows the answer can reply and not just the sysop). Only if you have exhausted all other means, and the problem is urgent enough to require immediate action, should you use the "Yell" feature. More? If you follow this policy, I will be able to leave the command there for those who really need it; otherwise, I will be forced to disable it altogether. 11/18/86 - If you haven't already, please check out the OUTSIDE section. This is reachable through the O command from the main menu. It contains a number of programs and features, including online games which let you add to your score on an online scoreboard. Also in the OUTSIDE section are some useful features such as an ability to check for mail in all message sections, and examine parts of the FIDO nodelist. Notice: "Points" on the online scoreboard are for amusement only. They are not redeemable for anything, and they may not be purchased or transferred. They may be obtained and used only in the online games and other activities on this BBS. We will not be held responsible for the loss of user points through system errors or other causes. 7/14/86 - I've received complaints from users about the excessive number of private messages compared with the publicly-readable ones. I tend to agree; a BBS is rather boring if there's nothing to read in the More? message sections. Thus, I would appreciate it if users would try to make their messages public, unless there is something in them that really must be private. Your questions, comments, and answers to others' problems may be of use to others; make them public so the rest of us can see them. 7/9/86 - There seems to be a slight bug in FIDO's message sections; the number indicated as the "last message read" is sometimes off by one, and points instead to the first unseen message. Be sure to read all messages with numbers greater than or equal to the number given when you enter a message area, to ensure that you don't miss anything. You are the 3,333rd caller An object never serves the same function as its image- or its name. RENE MAGRITTE Wait ... MAIN Commands: M)sg-Section F)ile-Section G)oodbye S)tatistics A)ns-Questionnaire B)ulletin Y)ell C)hange U)ser-List E)ditorial V)ersion O)utside Main: M F G S A B Y C U E V O or ? for help: O Outside Fido, wait ... SCOREKEEPER Version 2.00, by Daniel Tobias -- Getting your score... No score found... This must be your first time here. To start you off, I will give you 100 points. Your current score is 100 points. Sorry, you're not the Secret Winner today. Check again tomorrow! Do you want to guess a secret word for 500 points? Y Your clue: What member of the Who passed on in 1978? Your guess: ? Sorry, that is not correct. Maybe next time. OUTER V2.1 (c) 1986 by Ron Bemis From Nibbles & Bytes Fido 151/104: 919-942-9267 This program was registered to Fido 380/2 Wait... Scheduled event in 17 minutes - time adjusted ***** NEW ***** NEW ***** WELCOME TO FIDO'S OUTER SERVICES! ***** NEW ***** NEW ***** [ Press 0 (zero) to exit. ] Bruce Mendenhall has 15 minutes left outside Fido A) Examine the contents of .ARC files. B) Play blackjack to win or lose points. F) See what download files are new. K) Play poker - Win big or lose all your points. L) Examine Fido's Nodelist. M) Check all message areas for mail to you. N) Play The Numbers Game. P) Planet Of The Robots adventure game. R) Search user score records to find others' scores. S) See the current scoreboard (Top 10 scores). T) Show the approximate time. 0) Quit OUTER ?) Help with OUTER Your selection? A ArcPeek V2.1 (c) 1986 by Ron Bemis From Nibbles & Bytes Fido 151/104: 919-942-9267 This program was registered to Fido 380/2 1) Files related to SOFTDISK (Apple II series). 2) Files related to LOADSTAR (Commodore 64/128). 3) Files related to BIG BLUE DISK (IBM PC/compatibles). 6) Fido-related files, programs, newsletters, etc. 10) Miscellaneous files. 11) APPLE Shareware/Public Domain/Misc. files 12) COMMODORE Shareware/Public Domain/Misc. files 13) IBM Shareware/Public Domain/Misc. files 14) Information on Products Offered by SOFTDISK, INC. Enter area number (RETURN to quit)? 3 BIG-BLUE.ARC Archive name to examine? 1) Files related to SOFTDISK (Apple II series). 2) Files related to LOADSTAR (Commodore 64/128). 3) Files related to BIG BLUE DISK (IBM PC/compatibles). 6) Fido-related files, programs, newsletters, etc. 10) Miscellaneous files. 11) APPLE Shareware/Public Domain/Misc. files 12) COMMODORE Shareware/Public Domain/Misc. files 13) IBM Shareware/Public Domain/Misc. files 14) Information on Products Offered by SOFTDISK, INC. Enter area number (RETURN to quit)? ---> Press <RETURN> to return to menu <--- Bruce Mendenhall has 14 minutes left outside Fido A) Examine the contents of .ARC files. B) Play blackjack to win or lose points. F) See what download files are new. K) Play poker - Win big or lose all your points. L) Examine Fido's Nodelist. M) Check all message areas for mail to you. N) Play The Numbers Game. P) Planet Of The Robots adventure game. R) Search user score records to find others' scores. S) See the current scoreboard (Top 10 scores). T) Show the approximate time. 0) Quit OUTER ?) Help with OUTER Your selection? 0 Thanks for using OUTER! Wait a few seconds, then repeat your FIDO logon sequence... Updating your score... Bruce Mendenhall, your current score is 100. Either hang up now or wait about 10 seconds, and Fido will return. Fido(tm) Version 11w FidoNet(tm) Net 380 Node 2 -------------------------------------- | | | S O F T F I D O | | | -------------------------------------- Available 24 hours 300/1200 Baud A public bulletin board system operated by SOFTDISK, Inc. Address all correspondence concerning this system to: SOFTDISK, Inc. PO BOX 30008 Shreveport, LA 71130-0008 Attn: Daniel Tobias, Sysop Your FIRST name: BRUCE Your LAST name: MENDENHALL Bruce Mendenhall? [Y,n]: Y Wait ... Password: ...... You last called on 14 Jan 87 02:39:30 NOTE: The system will be unavailable in 12 minutes Want to continue? [Y,n]: Y SOFT FIDO welcomes back Bruce Mendenhall from St. Paul Mn. Yesterday's Game Results: Numbers Game drawing conducted 13 Jan 1987 23:59 The winner of 320 points in the random drawing was Jerry Brooks. In the Arithmetic Mean game, Jerry Brooks won 640 points with a bet of 239, the closest to the mean of 140.50. Nobody picked the secret number, 227, so the jackpot increases to 19655. Secret Winner Game results as of 13 Jan 1987 23:59 Kevin Rushing failed to claim the prize in the Secret Winner game. The jackpot increases to 25000 points. Don't miss out... check the OUTSIDE section today! Remember, using BBS's is not your right; it's a privilege. SysOps put a lot of time and money into providing you with this service. Don't abuse it. Would you go to a party, and spend the whole time sitting in a More? corner by yourself gobbling up hors d'oeuvres? Help yourself to the goodies in the files sections, but be polite and talk to us, too. Check your private mail, and contribute to the messages. You have your "MORE" switch set to ON. You can cause text to scroll continuously by entering "C" at the main menu, then selecting "M". You can always use Ctrl-S to stop and Ctrl-Q to continue. (Prepared by FIDO INTRO V1.3 from FIDO 501/4602) B U L L E T I N S The following bulletins are arranged in reverse chronological order, with the most recent items first. Users should always read new items, since they may contain important announcements. 1/13/87 - I have a number of things to talk about: Many of you have been hanging up while in the OUTSIDE section. This is not good for the system; it must reboot every time this happens. Also, if you happen to hang up just as it is rewriting the score file at the More? end of an OUTSIDE session, it could cause the file to be messed up. This has happened several times already. Please exit OUTSIDE the proper way, by typing the "0" command; and then wait until your score is saved and a message is output saying it is okay to hang up, before you cut the connection. Speaking of OUTSIDE, the Numbers Game jackpot is at record levels; somebody will get lots of points when it is won. However, very few of the users have been taking advantage of this by playing the game. Don't miss out; enter your Numbers bets daily and be part of the action! One final thing; try to be sparing in your use of the "Yell" command. I'm getting tired of being interrupted while taking showers, eating dinner, watching TV, or sleeping by users who turn out to have questions which can be answered by reading my system bulletins and help messages, or who just want to chat because they're bored. It may seem a little rude, but I do have other things to do besides chat with every user. If you have a problem, first try reading any online bulletins, help messages, and documentation files. Then, if you still can't find an answer, try leaving a message (preferably public rather than private, so any user who knows the answer can reply and not just the sysop). Only if you have exhausted all other means, and the problem is urgent enough to require immediate action, should you use the "Yell" feature. More? If you follow this policy, I will be able to leave the command there for those who really need it; otherwise, I will be forced to disable it altogether. 11/18/86 - If you haven't already, please check out the OUTSIDE section. This is reachable through the O command from the main menu. It contains a number of programs and features, including online games which let you add to your score on an online scoreboard. Also in the OUTSIDE section are some useful features such as an ability to check for mail in all message sections, and examine parts of the FIDO nodelist. Notice: "Points" on the online scoreboard are for amusement only. They are not redeemable for anything, and they may not be purchased or transferred. They may be obtained and used only in the online games and other activities on this BBS. We will not be held responsible for the loss of user points through system errors or other causes. 7/14/86 - I've received complaints from users about the excessive number of private messages compared with the publicly-readable ones. I tend to agree; a BBS is rather boring if there's nothing to read in the More? message sections. Thus, I would appreciate it if users would try to make their messages public, unless there is something in them that really must be private. Your questions, comments, and answers to others' problems may be of use to others; make them public so the rest of us can see them. 7/9/86 - There seems to be a slight bug in FIDO's message sections; the number indicated as the "last message read" is sometimes off by one, and points instead to the first unseen message. Be sure to read all messages with numbers greater than or equal to the number given when you enter a message area, to ensure that you don't miss anything. You are the 3,334th caller All I kin say is when you finds yo'self wanderin' in a peach orchard, ya dont go lookin' for rutabagas. KINGFISH Wait ... MAIN Commands: M)sg-Section F)ile-Section G)oodbye S)tatistics A)ns-Questionnaire B)ulletin Y)ell C)hange U)ser-List E)ditorial V)ersion O)utside Main: M F G S A B Y C U E V O or ? for help: F File Area #1: Files related to SOFTDISK (Apple II series). A)rea-Change L)ocate F)iles T)ype G)oodbye U)pload D)ownload S)tatistics M)ain-Menu File: A L F T G U D S M or ? for help: F This section contains files related in some way to SOFTDISK, the magazine on disk for the APPLE II series of computers. Upload your SOFTDISK program submissions to this file section. SUBMIT.TXT 2310 Information on submitting programs to SOFTDISK. SOFTDISK.DOC 37357 Full guidelines for SOFTDISK program submissions. SOFTDISK.SUB 1722 Form for SOFTDISK submissions. Print it out! The following files describe the contents of recent issues of SOFTDISK. SOFTDISK.56 2197 Description of SOFTDISK #56 contents SOFTDISK.55 2815 Description of SOFTDISK #55 contents SOFTDISK.54 3804 Description of SOFTDISK #54 contents The following are a variety of text files giving hints and tips for APPLE programmers. These files can be (T)yped or (D)ownloaded. These files all originally appeared as articles in SOFTDISK. ALL ABOUT APPLES series: Useful facts about APPLE II DOS, et cetera. BOOT.TXT 1261 What does "BOOT" mean? More? N File Area #1: Files related to SOFTDISK (Apple II series). A)rea-Change L)ocate F)iles T)ype G)oodbye U)pload D)ownload S)tatistics M)ain-Menu File: A L F T G U D S M or ? for help: A ----- File Areas ----- 1 ... Files related to SOFTDISK (Apple II series). 2 ... Files related to LOADSTAR (Commodore 64/128). 3 ... Files related to BIG BLUE DISK (IBM PC/compatibles). 6 ... Fido-related files, programs, newsletters, etc. 10 ... Miscellaneous files. 11 ... APPLE Shareware/Public Domain/Misc. files 12 ... COMMODORE Shareware/Public Domain/Misc. files 13 ... IBM Shareware/Public Domain/Misc. files 14 ... Information on Products Offered by SOFTDISK, INC. File Area, or Quit: 3 File Area #3: Files related to BIG BLUE DISK (IBM PC/compatibles). A)rea-Change L)ocate F)iles T)ype G)oodbye U)pload D)ownload S)tatistics M)ain-Menu File: A L F T G U D S M or ? for help: D A)scii, K)ermit, X)modem, B)atch, T)elink, ? for help add C for CRC, ie. XC, etc: XC XMODEM/CRC transfer Filename(s): C-FORMAT.ARC There is no file C-FORMAT.ARC File Area #3: Files related to BIG BLUE DISK (IBM PC/compatibles). A)rea-Change L)ocate F)iles T)ype G)oodbye U)pload D)ownload S)tatistics M)ain-Menu File: A L F T G U D S M or ? for help: F This section contains files related in some way to BIG BLUE DISK, the magazine on disk for the IBM PC and compatibles. Upload your BIG BLUE DISK program submissions to this file section. SUBMIT.TXT 2377 Information on submitting programs to BIG BLUE DISK. BIG-BLUE.DOC 41257 Full guidelines for BIG BLUE DISK program submissions. BIG-BLUE.SUB 2068 Form for BIG BLUE DISK submissions. Print it out! FREEWARE.POL 3139 Policy on submission of "Shareware" to BIG BLUE DISK. BIG-BLUE.ARC 24239 Above four files together in an .ARC file. (Use ARC.EXE, available for download in file area 13, to unpack the above file. BIG-BLUE.ARC is a good file to get if you're thinking of submitting a program to us; it contains the information you need.) The following files describe the contents of issues of BIG BLUE DISK. BIG-BLUE.05 2983 Description of BIG BLUE DISK #5 contents. BIG-BLUE.04 2885 Description of BIG BLUE DISK #4 contents. BIG-BLUE.03 4130 Description of BIG BLUE DISK #3 contents. BIG-BLUE.02 2512 Description of BIG BLUE DISK #2 contents. More? BIG-BLUE.01 2734 Description of BIG BLUE DISK #1 contents. Public-domain, "shareware", and other IBM-related files can be found in file area 13. FIDO-related files can be found in file area 6. File Area #3: Files related to BIG BLUE DISK (IBM PC/compatibles). A)rea-Change L)ocate F)iles T)ype G)oodbye U)pload D)ownload S)tatistics M)ain-Menu File: A L F T G U D S M or ? for help: G Leave a private message to the sysop? [y,N]: N Logging Bruce Mendenhall off at 14 Jan 87 02:50:30. Hang up now. òⁿ╥■ NO CAR