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In This Issue
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þ ONE BBSCON Recap - Some highlights from the BBSCON
þ ONE BBSCON Briefs - Clint Bradford on Running the ASP Booth
þ Ward Christensen - Father of the Bulletin Board
þ 1993 Dvorak Telecommunications Awards
þ Reviews and more!
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Editor's Welcome
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Wow! Where to begin.
The BBS convention was interesting, educational, a lot of fun, and sometimes
seemed amazing. There are several articles about the ONE BBSCON in this
month's issue, and no doubt more to come. When I, or others, write about the
BBSCON, we don't want to sound like name droppers, but most of the people
there were very friendly and approachable. Even the biggest names in this
business love to talk about it, which made for a fascinating week.
The Pasco BBS Magazine has added it's first International Distribution Site,
the Xenakis BBS located in the United Kingdom. There also has been some
interest from Canadian boards, and I hope to name several new sites next
month.
One person I want to take a minute to thank is Clint Bradford, Sysop of
ATTENTIONS to Details RyBBS in Mira Loma, California. His board, in addition
to being a really nice board, is a Pasco BBS Magazine Distribution Site.
Not only did he send along the great article in this month's issue, but he did
some publicity work for the magazine at the ONE BBSCON. I want to say thanks
Clint, I owe you one!
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ONE BBSCON Recap
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The Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention, better known as ONE
BBSCON, was held August 25-29. It was by most accounts a smashing success.
The almost 2,000 in attendance were treated to educational sessions, vendor
exhibits and parties known as hospitality suites. Despite some rainy and cool
weather, Colorado Springs provided a magnificent setting for the event. It is
no wonder that one hundred years ago, this scenery inspired Katharine Lee
Bates to write "America the Beautiful."
The ONE BBSCON is the brainchild of Jack Rickard, who is the editor of
Boardwatch Magazine and Phil Becker, who is the President of eSoft, Inc.
There is also an Advisory Board made up of the leaders in the on-line
communications business. Jack Rickard was given a special award prior to the
session where the Boardwatch Magazine awards were handed out. He was
presented a golden target, symbolizing what an easy target the man who set up
the event could be. Rickard explained the philosophy, "if we dream it up out
of one person's mind, it's naturally going to be a very narrow type view. So,
one of the things we wanted to do with ONE BBSCON is include all the views and
all the activities. That can be a little bit of hard work occasionally, but
if that's all it takes I think we're going to have it. I appreciate the award
and the humor, with the Golden Target."
The organizers of the event achieved a basic goal in bringing together people
who are competitors with strong loyalties to certain BBS software packages.
Those in attendance represented a wide range of experience in the BBS world.
The biggest names included major software and hardware developers, Sysops from
the most well known boards and the founding fathers of BBSing. People come
for different reasons, some to learn, some to meet people and some to promote.
Surprising, there were many non-Sysops who were doing research before they
went on-line. I have to give them credit, as most people who operate boards
today did not have that advantage. Maybe half of the total had been Sysops
for over one year, so it proves how fast this industry is growing.
The Broadmoor Hotel was selected as this year's convention site and it is, if
I may quote the program, an "up-scale facility." One of the few complaints
heard was that things were so spread out, it would be a fairly safe bet that
everyone got rained on at least once. It was a very comfortable evening when
the Welcoming Reception, complete with a classical quartet, was held on the
Lake Terrace on the eve of the convention. Judging by the crowd on the
terrace, few people wanted to miss this opportunity.
About the only other time most everyone was gathered together in one place was
the morning of the Welcoming Session. Jack Rickard welcomed all to the ONE
BBSCON and members of the Advisory Board spoke as well. The Keynote Address
delivered by Jim Warren had plenty of humor and gave a virtual history of the
computer. Jim Warren shared his wealth of experience, from the earliest
computer magazines to hosting Computer Chronicles on PBS, the man has quite a
resume.
The vendor exhibits were another popular aspect of the ONE BBSCON. All the
biggest names where there to promote the latest available products. Special
prices were offered by most of the vendors, but modem manufacturers seemed to
be leading the way in discounts. Of course, there were vendors who would make
more money over this couple of days, then they would the rest of the year.
Most people probably spent at least a few dollars, and everyone came home with
all kinds of information and free stuff.
With the one-hundred and thirty something educational sessions, dozens of
vendor exhibits and general discussions going on, few could argue with what
Phil Becker said at the Welcoming Session. "You're going to go through
information over-load the next three days." Some sessions had hundreds in
attendance, others only had a few people interested. There was Ward
Christensen talking about the first BBS and John Dvorak handing out awards,
see the accompanying articles. There was a session on virtually any aspect of
the BBS world. One highly publicized session which did not take place was
Rusty Harenberg discussing the raid on Rusty & Edie's BBS.
Trophies were presented to the top ten finishers in the Boardwatch Magazine
contest to find the most popular BBSs. Dan Linton's Software Creations BBS
finished first, and he commented on how it happened. "The one question that I
was asked the most while I've been here from everybody, and I think I'd like
to answer it from here, is 'how did you do it?' For us basically, we do
publish software, as well as we're the home board for Apogee and other
software producers. Running a BBS of this size doesn't come by luck, and I
think a lot of people in this room know it, you've got to make whatever
happens, happen yourself. Some of the advertising that we've been able to do
has been through the games, some of my own products I have in K-Mart, Sears
and Wal-Mart. Apogee advertises us in their games and there are many other
people who do the same, so consequently we do get the exposure. The people
that I'd like to thank are Apogee, Scott Miller and George Broussard who
believed in me when I was only three nodes, telling them that we could take
the system to this size and much bigger. Many other people who trusted in
us...my wife, Co-Sysops, everybody that has been involved in basically putting
us here."
One of the more well attended sessions was "The Past, Present, and Future
Internet." The special guest speaker was Dr. Vinton Cerf, who is the
President of the Internet Society. Dr. Cerf talked of the past "this thing
started out as a Defense Department project, just to show how weird things
are. The Defense Department knew it had a lot of computers scattered out all
around in the field, more and more of them were being used for command and
control. The question was how do we hook all these things together? The
Internet was designed for doing that, of course things have turned out
differently than anyone expected."
One of the several over-riding themes of the convention was the legal issues
facing today's bulletin board operators. Educational sessions covered adult
images, copyrights and liabilities that a board may face. During one of the
legal sessions Sharri Steele of the Electronic Frontiers Foundation introduced
one of the audience members who was participating in the question and answer
part of the session. "Everybody, this is Pete Kennedy he was the attorney
who prosecuted the Secret Service in the Steve Jackson Games case." Pete
Kennedy received one of the loudest ovations of the week.
This was intended to be just a little background on the convention and a few
of the highlights. This month's Pasco BBS Magazine also features a great
article by Clint Bradford on running the Association of Shareware
Professionals booth. Read about Ward Christensen, the man who started all
this, and the 1993 Dvorak Telecommunications Awards. Next month will have
more on the ONE BBSCON including some of my personal recollections in an
article called "BBSCON Day Two."
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ONE BBSCON Briefs
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by Clint Bradford, Sysop of ATTENTION to Details RyBBS, Mira Loma, California
I - BBSCON 1993: An Overview
With over 137 Educational Sessions and over 100 Vendor Exhibits, ONE BBSCON is
the largest gathering of Sysops and Telecommunications Professionals the world
has ever seen. Place these people in an environmentally/esthetically pleasing
locale such as Colorado Springs - and you have the potential for one
incredible week. And it was.
I have been assigned to run the ASP Booth at ONE BBSCON. We went first class
with the Booth Choice: The Broadmoor Hotel's International Center housed 81
10x10' Booths for Vendors. A dramatic 16,000 square-foot assemblage of
telecommunications-related vendor offerings. The adjacent Colorado Hall
provided an additional 5,000 square feet of 6x8' exhibits.
Seminars were broken down into "tracks" for attendees:
-How to Run a BBS for Profit
-Survey of BBS Software
-Internet
-Legal/Social Issues
-Technology
-Connectivity
-Applications
-Education & Government
And, of course, there were evening activities.
What follows are Random Notes taken during the course of my experience at the
Conference. Thanks for reading. As always, I may be reached at ATTENTION to
Details BBS at 909/681-6221, or on CIS at 71160,2176.
II - DAY ONE: The Flight to Colorado
Arrived at Ontario International Airport an hour and a quarter early, to check
in my 270+ pounds of Leaflets, Brochures, Diskettes, and Prizes for the
Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) Booth. Checked in four boxes
with the SkyCap. SkyCap gives me three Claim Checks. "But Sir, I have four
items."
"No problem, Mr. Bradford. Have a nice flight!" OK. We'll see.
Boarded my flight, and after a ten minute wait, we hear, "Ladies and
gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking. We're having trouble starting our
Number Three Engine, so we're going to pull back to the Boarding Gate."
Didn't think flying made me nervous. Ten minutes later: "We think we isolated
the problem - need to get a little more air to the #3 engine..." Huh? More
air? Aren't the engines OUTSIDE?
"We have isolated the leaking valve and we're OK."
"Isolated" it? Don't we NEED it? REPLACE IT, DARN IT. And make sure no
O-Rings are involved. We take off. Very pleasant Flight Crew. Breakfast
Flight. I do not trust "Mixed Fruit Yogurt" at any altitude.
Unexpected turbkjegeuw... jhueuyn... T-U-R-B-U-L-E-N-C-E. Yet it's perfectly
clear outside. Weird - side-to-side movement, reminds me of our Landers (CA)
earthquake last year.
Made it to Denver no problem. Watched my bags being transferred to my second
plane. No problems. Well, until we board (deja vu). "Ladies and Gentlemen,
we are experiencing an electrical problem. Our technicians say they need
about a half-hour to dig into it."
Arrived at Colorado Springs. Baggage OK. Arrived at the Hotel. "Good
afternoon, my name is Clint Bradford," I advise the Registration Desk. Before
inputing anything in her computer, the Clerk blurted, "OH, YOU'RE MR.
BRADFORD. We have 18 boxes here for you." He he. So, folks, all your
materials are here. They get moved to the site tomorrow at Noon our time.
All is well and undamaged.
Tonight's event was a Smooze Party. Under the stars, classical music played
by a quartet of strings, lots of interaction. Had a drink with Jack Rickard -
and, to be honest with you, being in a group of several hundred fellow
telecomputerists wasn't as bizarre as I thought it was going to be.
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III - DAY TWO: Setting Up the ASP Booth
Enjoyed breakfast with a fascinating gentleman who currently works for the GSA
in their CASU Program. He reports to the Director of the OMB - and is mere
steps away from the Executive Branch of our government. CASU? "Cooperative
Administrative Support Units" - attempting to consolidate overlapping
administrative services, and telecomputing workcenters. He's here absorbing
all he can regarding BBS software/implementations. Forty-one years with the
government. Incredible stories. Oh, and Greg Ryan, VP of Exec-PC, was with
us (Exec-PC Plug #1).
Skipping the Opening Ceremonies at 9am this morning while arranging
transportation of our 20+ cartons to the Broadmoor site. Also placing
finishing touches on a couple administration items. Not to mention loading
the Red Lion Shuttle Van with my 270 pounds of stuff, PLUS the 18 boxes that
were downstairs in Receiving.
A little hitch in the schedule. Was told that Exhibitors could begin moving
in at Noon. Nope. Got there with a completely full shuttle van of wares, and
was told I couldn't move in until 4pm. Had to leave the stuff on a loading
dock, about 250 feet from the actual booth. So, I missed the Opening
Ceremonies and Reader's Choice Awards while "mother hen-ning" our materials
for the Booth.
So - I started moving our stuff in at 3:45pm, and just got back to the Hotel
Room at 8:50pm. A lot of effort for one person, ladies and gentlemen.
Couldn't touch the hand trucks that were lying about - Freeman Decorating was
running the show. After lifting, for the third time today, about five boxes,
I talked to Steve - the head of Freeman Decorating. How much could his
services be "bought" for? $32.00 was his sympathetic reply, after viewing the
pallet-full I was hand-carrying in. No lengthy decision-making process here,
folks. Freeman got my $32.00. [ASP Cash Request Number 1.]
Couldn't attend the Dvorak Awards Presentation - had to get our booth set up
by 8pm. The ASP Booth looks great, folks! I will give you a rundown on all
the materials we have - but it is great.
The Boardwatch Top 100 Awards were handed out today. I forget the top ten,
except for EXEC-PC got #2. [Hey, if YOU could get a free meal just by typing
"EXEC-PC," wouldn't you?]
That's it. Tomorrow, 7am, breakfast. 9-6pm, the Vendor Booths are open! ASP
is well-represented. We will need to acquire a second table next year (still
single Booth, but more tabletop space IS mandatory).
P.S. - NO ONE told me how weird the booth was! A true Chinese puzzle torture
piece. THANK GOODNESS there was an Instruction Manual. It looks SHARP for a
bunch of Pixie Sticks!
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IV - DAY THREE: Vendor Booth Open!
Breakfast - nothing extraordinary. Arrived at the ASP Booth at 8:30. The
place is abuzz with tie-straightening, last second prep, et al. The TRUE calm
before the storm. The Vendor Booths were open from 9am to 6pm. The time went
by quickly. Had relief for 30-45 minutes by another ASP Member who
volunteered his services for the past couple of months. By manning the Booth
until all attendees were gone, I missed the second Dvorak Awards Session at
6pm.
But the response to our message was well-received. Talked to many extremely
interesting people. Without our Compendium to offer, I kept a list of folks
who needed a Master Catalogue. (Spent the late hours copying diskettes in the
Hotel - made up 100 copies of our Catalogue to give to appropriate people.
Sure glad I brought my laptop!)
Lance Rose and I discussed life, liberties, competition, and human nature for
darn near 1/2 an hour. A meaningful dialogue. Left the ASP Booth for a
couple minutes, escorting him to the PC Info Group's Booth, and having him
autograph a copy of his book for me.
I had attendees drop their business cards in our "FREE DRAWING" box.
Alternatively, I supplied small forms for them to fill out. I gave away a
prize an hour. . .well, actually more than that. Response to my request of
ASP Authors for Prizes was fair, but didn't adequately fill all my intended
"slots." I added several copies of my own Sysop-oriented products to make up
for gaps. No one was disappointed! A dBase-compatible file of the ASP Booth
Attendees will be made available as soon as it is compiled.
I missed the 8pm Shuttle back to my Hotel. Next shuttle was at 9pm.
Exhausted yet exhilarated, I had the Bellhop call a cab. [ASP Cash Request #2
- $7.50]
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was I sore from moving in the booth and standing all day. I chose to stay at
the Hotel and copy our Master ASP Catalog onto 100 floppies instead of
schmoozing on the hill.
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V - DAY FOUR: Breaking It All Down
Same 7am Breakfast. Arrived at the Site by 8:30. I advised the dear
gentleman who was so anxious to assist the ASP with the booth that he would be
manning it from 9am to 11am today. There was no discussion. I was going to
attend at least ONE Seminar of the 100+ that was happening. Jay wanted to
attend the same session. Unfortunate.
Dennis Hauser gave an informative talk on targeting a mailing list for your
BBS - and marketing/advertising pieces. Got a plug for a great program - BBS
Welcome - on tape for all to hear. BBS Welcome, written by ASP Sysop John
Hrusovszky, is a custom-made EXEcutable that allows your Users (and potential
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The Vendor Exhibits closed officially at 6pm. Most hung around until 6:30.
Had time to run back to the hotel, shower, and shuttle back for an Invited-
Guest-Only Bar-B-Que (well, only if the Invited Guest forked over $50.00 to
attend. Which 400+ of us did).
Cash bar - I thought I was at LA Int'l Airport: $4.25 for a plastic glass of
wine. Jack Rickard told me that the reason for the "cash bar" was that if HE
paid for the alcohol, and we fell out of a shuttle bus, we'd sue him. If WE
bought it our-selves, his liability was lessened. Well, I was on Diet Coke
myself, but many a disgruntled alcohol fan was heard, while gulping $4.75 cans
of Heineken.
Sysop Tony Davis was hanging around, looking for sympathy. His Oklahoma
Information Exchange was raided by the Vice Squad of the OK City Police
Department recently. Local media obtained the video that the cops took of the
raid, adding an ethereal air to the bust. All three local TV stations played
the tape. When asked if he knew his state's obscenity laws, Tony said
that he did. When asked if he knew that the distribution of pornography was
illegal in his state, Tony replied that he knew so, but "I've been doing it
for a long time." Ignorance of the law is no excuse, dude. Facing a
potential $100 Million in fines and over 100,000 years in jail, there was
little sympathy for the situation.
The most satisfying, personal moments were spent at the Bar-B-Que. No - the
food was not all that tremendous. (And what Jack is doing with all the money
collected is beyond me.) But I sat with three extraordinary people here.
Please meet Scott and Karen McKown. A pleasant couple in their, oh, say, mid-
forties. They have adult children. They live in California's Mill Valley.
They rode AMTRAK out here - and are taking it back home (now that's either
true LOVE, or true MASOCHISM). After talking with them for an hour, it is
obviously the former. Scott and Karen are absorbing information to take back
to California to set up their first BBS. A Mac BBS. Karen's a throwback to
the 60s politically. She would get along with my older brother, who is still
working on George McGovern's presidential election campaign. But she is not
politically naive - she is extremely humanitarian and real in her love of
people. Scott and Karen are both heavily involved in local and State-wide
issues. Their BBS is being created to disseminate information to the public
on issues of all sorts. Their dedication and love of each other and of their
fellow citizenry is obvious - and their BBS will go anywhere they decide they
want it to.
A generation apart, 17-year-old Jason Rupp has flown from his home in New York
to attend the Conference. A late Registrant, he had to fork out $325.00 just
to walk in the Door. His grandfather lives in Denver (70 miles away from
Colorado Springs), and they both drove up to be here. Jason came here with a
Plan. After reading about last year's ONE BBSCON, he knew that some pretty
good prices were to be had for software and hardware. He is attending the
"Fame" School for Performing Artists, and he wants to set up a BBS directed
to teenagers in his area. A chat board - with a difference. This 17-year-old
has a marketing plan and advertising all laid out for this venture. I cannot
think of too many individuals at ANY age with the same initial work completed
at this point in their Sysop careers.
Jason has filled out every FREE CONTEST DRAWING form in the house. Many
Vendors here are holding drawings. It would be great to win a serial card, or
software, or a modem. . .anything to help out with the initial costs of
starting up a BBS. It is five minutes before the Vendor Exhibits close.
Jason has arranged that his grandfather write the check for his cash
expenditures here at the show. Grandfather has pulled out his checkbook to
enable Jason's purchase of BBS software. When his name is called out over the
PA system, he is floored. He just won! The GRAND PRIZE of the Show. PCBoard
BBS Software. USRobotics Dual Standard Modem. A Pass to the Bar-B-Que.
Lifetime Subscription to Boardwatch Magazine. And more items. Well, suffice
it to say that he "covered" his expenses arriving here and registering.
So, here I am, discussing, with two separate generations, starting your own
BBS. And we are one. All desiring to share information with all others. And
we all will be successful. The Karma is with us.
I hate to - but I must leave. I have our Booth to break down. And I have to
finish before midnight. The four of us embrace - honest intentions are voiced
to keep in touch (I am faxing this to Karen, Jason will be receiving a couple
of my offerings for his BBS.) Diet Coke, the view of the valley, and these
three people have made me as high as could ever want to be at this event. I
will cherish the moment for quite a while.
The Broadmoor Hotel Shuttle Bus brings me back to our Booth - and reality.
After swearing to myself that I was not going to take anything home with me, I
carefully package up a few remaining diskettes and flyers, and prepare them to
take home. The Shuttles are not able to handle excess baggage - so, when I
finish breaking down the Booth at 11pm, I call a cab to carry our CPU, 17"
Monitor, two boxes containing the Booth Display, and three boxes of miscel-
laneous objects/papers. I am the last Vendor to leave. All that is left are
fork-lift crates from the "major" vendors, and the Freeman Decorating workers.
This cabbie gets a proportionally-larger tip. [ASP Cash Request #3 - $10.00.]
Want to know how exhausted I am? I fall asleep during Sharon Stone's
performance in "Sliver" on Pay Video TV.
Editor's Note: Thanks again to Clint Bradford for his help and allowing
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During the Welcoming Session at ONE BBSCON Jim Harrer, President of Mustang
Software Inc., had everyone stand up and asked those who were not a Sysop to
have a seat. Harrer proceeded to seat the Sysops by going back year by year,
having them sit down when the year they started their BBS was announced.
After he said 1980 there were only a few still standing, and when 1979 was
announced all but one person had sat down. "Folks, meet Ward Christensen" was
Harrer's response.
One of the most enjoyable ONE BBSCON sessions was Ward Christensen discussing
his CBBS (Computerized Bulletin Board System). It has now been over fifteen
years since that snowy Chicago February when he put the first bulletin board
on-line. Ward Christensen began, "a history of the bulletin board...it sort
of needs to be a history of me and it needs to be a little bit of a history of
technology. CBBS was officially born on 2/16/78. There were a number of
things which went into the invention of CBBS. I'd like to think of it sort of
as an atomic explosion, where if you bring enough of the proper ingredients,
or isotopes, together in a properly small mass and time, something will
happen. That is sort of how the BBS happened. There were a number things
that became feasible, so the time was just right for that."
Ward Christensen gave a little of his personal history, "I went to college
without knowing what I wanted to do." However, given the opportunity to learn
how to program the IBM mainframe, Christensen went back to college, got a
degree in Physics and went to work for IBM in 1968. He has always had a real
love for electronics and experimented with some of the earliest modems and
microcomputers in the mid-1970's. "A very key thing happened on January 15,
1978, a Chicago blizzard. I went out, it was a work day, and I shoveled for a
couple of hours and I came back in the house and saying 'there's no way.' So,
I called up a friend of mine Randy Suess, and thus was born the bulletin
board. Just because all the pieces fell into place. Hayes by that time had
come up with the MicroModem 100. Diskettes, hardware and so on, had come down
cheap enough in cost that you could have a spare one lying around. I think we
were right at the time when the phone companies were just getting rid of the
data access agreement, were you had to spend extra money for a little box on
the wall that you hook your modem to. There was a time where you had to
register modems."
As the session continued Ward Christensen talked about the software which he
wrote, and the hardware put together by Randy Suess. He also talked about the
name for the 8080 2 MHz based system. "A lot of people say 'oh, is that the
Christensen Bulletin Board System or the Chicago Bulletin Board System?' No,
it's the Computerized Bulletin Board System, so we had to start kind of
simple. My intent was to simply computerize the idea of a cork-board, push-
pin type bulletin board. What sort of hardware environment was it born on?
Something that would make you wonder how could it run, when we talk about 33
MHz 486's. It was in fact a X-100. It had 64K on it. Dual floppy disks, a
quarter of a Meg a piece, with the 8" single sided floppy of the day. And, a
Hayes MicroModem 100. The software? The program was written in 8080
assembler, somewhere in the tens of thousands of lines of code. So, the
system went up sometime in early February, we call it officially February 16,
1978, which was one month to the day of when it was first conceived."
Many of the commands used on that first board remain common to most of today's
BBS software packages. There was "S" which gave a Summary of the messages,
very much like today's scan command. "R" stood for Retrieve a Message, "E"
for Enter a Message and "K" for Kill a Message. "B" presented the bulletins,
"G" was for Good-bye and there was on-line help and an expert mode. Christian
joked "it was always fun when someone came along and just wanted to play
alphabet soup. They'd hit A, what's that do, B what's that do, C what's do,
whoops, now I'm all upper case. D what's that do, whoops, I can't see what
I'm typing. So it was interesting watching people play with it. There were a
lot of video games on the early bulletin boards, even though they weren't
video games." Ward Christensen got some laughs when he talked of injecting
some of his personality into the system. He had it set up to log-off problem
users after a random number of key-stokes, or if an objectionable word was
entered.
What does Ward Christian see for the future of the BBS? "I think that what
has happened is certainly good, with the expansion of the systems. I have a
fear that some of the boards may open themselves to criticism, some of the
adult boards and so on. I tend to be a very open person, I feel that people
should be able to do sort of what they want to in privacy, and even have
access to things. I am concerned about some of that, it might be used as an
excuse to harm us all. I am also terrified, as is everyone, that they might
just suddenly say okay this has got to be business phones rates, or this is
going to cost more. It would be important to keep the freedoms that hobbyist
have now. My biggest concern is will it be for the elite, or will it be for
the masses?"
CBBS is still up and running in Chicago and can be reached at (312) 545-8086.
I had the opportunity to have lunch with Ward Christensen right before he gave
his session at the ONE BBSCON. I asked him if he was a little overwhelmed by
the thought of all these people gathered to discuss bulletin boards. He
replied "quite frankly, I am."
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The 1993 Dvorak/Zoom Telecommunications Awards were handed out at the
Broadmoor Hotel as part of the ONE BBSCON. John Dvorak is a well known
columnist for several popular PC related magazines and is the co-author of the
best selling Dvorak's Guide to PC Telecommunications. Cosponsoring the event
was Zoom Telephonics, a manufacturer of telecommunications products including
modems. John Dvorak proved to be really good Master of Ceremonies and started
off with a joke. "I was talking with one of the guys, one of the recipients,
about how the awards got started and I realize that we really don't know."
Dennis Hayes received the "Lifetime Achievement" award. He was one of the
earliest pioneers of modem technology and founded Hayes Microcomputer
Products, Inc. in 1978. Upon accepting the award Hayes begun, "I'm proud of
what we've done, but I'm really proud of what you've done. I saw Ward
Christensen a while ago walking around in the visitable area. I said 'Ward,
we got to be careful what we start because it may just catch on.'" Dennis
Hayes talked a little about the past, present, future, and his support for the
BBS community. "We've supported this activity from the very beginning, from
the first bulletin board development. And, we want to continue to support it
in the way it develops and grows and becomes an interval part of the way we
create new kinds of communities that don't depend on location and don't depend
on time."
John Dvorak presented Tim Stryker a special award for his work with
Galacticomm, Inc. and the Superdemocracy Foundation. Gregory Pearson, of
Microcom Systems, Inc. and the developer of the MNP protocol, won for
"Outstanding Software/Firmware Contribution." Motorola's Codex division,
designers of the V.fast technology, won for "Outstanding Hardware
Contribution." The creators of the RIPscrip BBS graphics, Telegrafix
Communications, Inc., picked up the award for "Outstanding Advanced BBS
Graphics Standard."
Aquila BBS, located in Aurroa, Illinois, won the award for "Outstanding BBS
Organization, Features, and Design." Data Port Network Information System, a
system operated by a teenage Sysop, won for "Outstanding BBS Gateway To
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Information Service." John Markoff won for "Outstanding Reporting in
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J. Owen Greeson received an award for "Outstanding Ongoing Software
Contributions."
John Dvorak wrapped up the ceremony by stating "we bribe people to come to our
events," and turned it over to his co-author on Dvorak's Guide to PC
Telecommunications Nick Anis. Prizes were handed out to everyone in
attendance, some got software or hardware, most got a copy of Dvorak and
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In this day of what George Bush called "New World Order," or more specially
the crumbling of the Communist regime in the old Soviet Union, maybe games
like the old Global Thermonuclear War are no longer appropriate. Some may
argue that games in which there is no way of winning, without tens of millions
of deaths, are never appropriate. Whatever your view, the old US versus the
USSR war games were some of the first found in the on-line world.
The earliest Global Thermonuclear War games are still floating around on BBSs,
most of the time without all the documentation, so it is tough giving proper
credit to the originators of the first entirely text based efforts. The story
was always the same, you have the choice of playing either the NATO alliance
or the Warsaw Pact, and take a step back in time to the days of the Cold War.
You enter selections on which cites to bomb, and in some games where to launch
the missiles from, and sit back and watch the dead add up. When it was over
you had the choice of a going for a second strike, or not.
A recent rendition of the early classics was released this year by Free Speech
Software of Prairieview, Louisiana. They have taken the text based system for
entering both targets and launch sites, and added some more modern graphics to
display the end result. After entering all the data you can watch the
missiles, from both sides, track across a colorful world map headed towards
their targeted cites. One thing you can do in this version, just for fun, is
target neutral cities, like Tokyo or Peking. With each hit the number of dead
is displayed and at the end of the game the dead are totaled. There is an
instant replay where you can watch the City of Happyville get nuked.
Yes, these games offer no redeeming social value, but most who have been at
computing for awhile have played a few variations on this old theme.
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Some of the more common BBS symbols have been run in prior issues of the
magazine. Some users like to add symbols to messages to convey some sense of
feeling and some think of them as emotional icons, or "emoticons." You have
likely seen things like :-) (the smiling happy face) in BBS messages. Some of
the other symbols are far more complex and not so self explanatory. Here are,
yes, more symbols. It might help to turn your head, as most symbols are on
their sides.
:-] Smiley blockhead
:-| No expression, or have an ordinary day
:-> A real happy user
:-I Hmm, thinking
@:I User with a turban
|-D Ho, ho
O-) User is wearing a scuba mask
B-| User is wearing cheap sunglasses
:>) User has a big nose
{:-) Smiley with hair parted down the middle
:-< User is real sad
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<|-)= User is Chinese
>:-< User is mad
:-6 User has eaten something sour
:-# User's lips are sealed
=:-) User is a hose-head
:-e User is disappointed
*:o) User is a bozo
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Super Ball Review
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Super Ball is somewhat like the old game of Bricks and very much like the more
modern Arkanoid game. While you attempt to pick off the rows of bricks, there
are falling objects to contend with, some are helpful and some are not. There
are falling coins, shields, extra lifes, power ups, and several other items
including bombs. The first couple of levels are not that difficult, but the
challenge picks up dramatically after that. Super Ball has beautiful VGA
graphics and is an excellent rendition of the earlier classics.
Raoul Said has "This Program is Free to the Public" on the games's first
screen, but does also offer incentives for two different levels of
registration. For $5 you can have secret access to the Mystery Level, and for
$12 you get ten more levels and several new Mystery Levels.
Super Ball is well done and enjoyable, but sound card support would be a great
addition for a future version. Also, it sure is tough to break into the high
scores list.
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Basics has been compiled into a file called BBBASICS.ZIP. It is good
general information for those who are new to BBSing, and includes last
month's BBS Glossary. Sysops might want to consider posting BBS Basics as
a bulletin for their new users. BBS Basics can be freely posted, or
distributed, with the normal stipulation that the file remain unaltered.
BBBASICS.ZIP should be available at all of the Pasco BBS Magazine
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Next Month
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The November issue will continue our coverage of the ONE BBSCON. BBSCON
Day Two will have much more on the convention, including some of the
lighter moments. There will be an article on ISDN with Dennis Hayes
talking about this new telephone technology. As always, there may be a
surprise or two.
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