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In This Issue
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þ Florida - Australia BBS Linkup
þ Verdicts in the Oklahoma Information Exchange case
þ PSA Update and By-Laws
þ BBS Basics - What is a ZIP File?
þ News, reviews and more!
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Editor's Welcome
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This issue marks a year and a half of the Pasco BBS Magazine, or eighteen
consecutive months of publication. I do want to thank the many people who
have made it all possible! Let me not miss this opportunity to remind
everyone that we would love to get more articles written by the readers of the
magazine.
This month we have a chat recorded live during a linkup between bulletin
boards in Florida and Australia. It was a great way to spend a Saturday
morning, and I think you are really going to enjoy this article. This issue
also has the latest about the Pasco Sysop's Association and the PSA By-Laws
passed at the May meeting. We also cover the verdicts in the highly
publicized trial of Tony Davis and the Oklahoma Information Exchange. There
are a couple of other articles, including an update for BBS Basics.
The Board of Trade BBS, the home of the Pasco BBS Magazine, also celebrates
two years on-line during June. Thanks to the people who have made running
the BBS an enjoyable experience. Stop by and say Hi!
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Florida - Australia Linkup
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On Saturday morning May 14, 1994 the Inner Sanctum BBS in New Port Richey,
Florida, featured a linkup with a couple of bulletin boards in Florida and
several boards in Australia. While it was Saturday morning in Florida, it was
Saturday night in Australia. Rob Marlowe, Sysop of the Inner Sanctum BBS, has
been linking up with the Beach Board in Fort Myers, Florida for a weekly live
chat, but this was the first scheduled linkup live with the land down under.
Things went so well that Rob says they will try to have the Australian linkup
on a regular basis.
What follows is the written transcript recorded live, on-line, during this
international linkup. Sometimes in an on-line chat the questions and answers
do not follow each other directly, so the conversations have been grouped by
topic. The session was also edited for length and the format changed
slightly. But other than that, this is the exact text as it happened. Below
are the codes for the bulletin board the person was on during the linkup.
IS - Inner Sanctum BBS, New Port Richey, FL
KK - Kakadu Konnection, Darwin, Australia
CG - Common Ground BBS, Adelaide, Australia
SA - Oracle BBS, Adelaide, Australia
WA - 1990 Multiline, Western Australia
BB - Beach Board, Fort Myers, FL
The discussion begins with the BBS codes everyone was trying to figure out.
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): Where's SA and CG located?
Tom Koltai (KK): Perth will come back in when they have another free line. SA
& CG are in ADEALAIDE
Helen Greenland (CG): Sa is COMMON GROUND in South Australia.
Tom Koltai (KK): No Helen.. thats CG. Sa is Oracle in Adelaide
Helen Greenland (CG): yes, sorry :)
Bruce Edwards (KK): thats the other side of the continent from where KK is
Carolyn
Tom Koltai (KK): Carolyn, show the kids where Darwin is and then draw a
straight line south.... 3000 Kilometres
Helen Greenland (SA): just above the antarctic
Bruce Edwards (KK): 'mazin thing these 'puters
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): I checked out several books on Australia. One had
pictures of Kakadu. I read mainly about Darwin.
Tom Koltai (KK): Stewart these are Linkups of BBS's all round the country and
World
Stewart Stacey (KK): Come and visit us Carolyn!
Helen Greenland (CG): Tom is related to Paul Hogan of course.
Tom Koltai (KK): Well Carolyn, we are the PREMIUM holiday destination... and
the climate is sortof Floridaish
Mick Greenwood (CG): is that a plus or a minus.
Helen Greenland (CG): crocs and all.
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): Maybe I'll make it one day - it's a long trip from
Florida to you (and I'm sure the airfare isn't cheap :)
Tom Koltai (KK): I thought IS was going to join us for our Saturday Morning
chat
Rob Marlowe (IS): It IS our Saturday morning! <grin>
Bruce Edwards (KK): what happened to the other IS users Carolyn?
Tom Koltai (KK): Well its Saturday morning.. they're all shopping.... <g>
Richard Ziegler (IS): Some users may still be sleeping, afterall it is
Saturday
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): Rich is here - don't know where the others are unless
they're not awake yet Stores aren't open yet :) it's only 8:12 am our time
Bruce Edwards (KK): so you guys sleep by the store opening hours?
Helen Greenland (CG): Stores not open at 8.12 am?
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): no - they open around 9am and the Mall at 10am
Tom Koltai (KK): They probably sleep in till 10 <g>
Helen Greenland (CG): oooer, sounds a little backward :)
Bruce Edwards (KK): obviously dont cater for the tourists/backpackers there
then
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): don't have too many backpackers here :)
Tom Koltai (KK): Well its Florida... its the Maids that do the shopping
Rob Marlowe (IS): Saturday mornings are pretty quiet, but we had several folks
who said they planned on being here this morning.
Bruce Edwards (KK): after 10, you gunna wait that long for ya fresh milk?
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): the grocery stores - some stay open 24 hours and some
open at 8am
Bruce Edwards (KK): hmmm, time for a beer... brb
Richard Ziegler (IS): I'll skip the beer, think I need more coffee
Ian Chandler (WA): hmmmm BEER... <tries to sound like homer simpson>
Shayne Harmsen (CG): Hmmmm pork chops :)
Stewart Stacey (KK): Is there an NBA game over there tonight?
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): yes - there are several NBA games - it's the playoff -
what do you want to know about?
Tom Koltai (KK): Dont tell him guys, he just wants to know what the odds
are...
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): all our lines are hot now - one user is playing games
and he usually spends a LONG time in the games
Marlon Bagley (IS): Have a few minutes before work...thought I would see if
ya'll were in yet
Bruce Edwards (KK): are you a MAll shopkeeper Marlon?
Dr. Feelgood (KK): Hi all, Speak to me... I'm desperate...
Bruce Edwards (KK): KK is in Darwin north Australia, SA & CG are at the
opposite side of the continent
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): found Adelaide on our map - will have to read about it
too
Helen Greenland (CG): Adelaide is the metropolis of Oz, Carolyn!
Bruce Edwards (KK): it is a nice place Carolyn, one of the better southern
cities but it doesn't hold a candle to DARWIN
Marlon Bagley (IS): What a way to start the morning!
(KK) Dr. Feelgood just called pizza hut to deliver a pizza to : all in Florida
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): a little early here for Pizza but thanks! :)
Dr. Feelgood (KK): I vunder how much zey vill charge for the delivery
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): a bundle!
Marlon Bagley (IS): Carolyn...some people like pizza for breakfast heheheheh
What's the weather like now down under?
Lynne Wilding (WA): yes I have had pizza for tea
Tom Koltai (KK): 26 degrees (celcius) and balmy
Marlon Bagley (IS): Sounds great...we're just HOT
Tom Koltai (KK): Mind you... in Adelaide its 3 Degrees, sultry, overcast
and generally bloody freezing Adeladians buy Pentium computers to keep warm
Richard Ziegler (IS): Three Degrees! It is never that cold here!!
Rob Marlowe (IS): That's Celsus Rich.
Richard Ziegler (IS): Oh, let me get my conversion table :)
Tom Koltai (KK): Wish I could run a Pentium....
Bruce Edwards (KK): a pentium at 2400 is still slow tom
Nicholas Shaun Smelt (SA): hey when will you yanks go metric
Marlon Bagley (IS): They tried to get us to go metric a few years ago, but it
flopped
Bruce Edwards (KK): well we wont go into that metrication thing Nicholas, keep
local politics out of this
Gary Davis (IS): better question, when are you aussies going back to English
Tom Koltai (KK): Hey cobber, whats wrong wiv our English ?
Bruce Edwards (KK): Gary, how dare you suggest that we do anything english
Gary Davis (IS): problem we have is that most of us know what a yard look like
but no clue as to estimating a meter
Bruce Edwards (KK): METRE
Gary Davis (IS): There you go...correcting my spelling, we can't even agree on
spelling a meter never mind using it. :)
Marlon Bagley (IS): I speak southern English
Bruce Edwards (KK): wots that Marlon, Welsh? or ya jess drawl?
Marlon Bagley (IS): Southern USA...like Scarlett O'Hara...Gone with The Wind,
etc
Nicholas Shaun Smelt (SA): Frankly my dear I couldn't give at rats
Tom Koltai (KK): Redneck stuff
Marlon Bagley (IS): now Ya'll better watch that Red Neck stuff :):):)
Nicholas Shaun Smelt (SA): Deliverence country.
Rob Marlowe (IS): No rapids around here Nicholas. Land's flat as a bowling
lane.
Wallace McGee (CG): where is IS?
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): New Port Richey, Florida, USA - about 50 k north of
Tampa
Nicholas Shaun Smelt (SA): Tampa Bay? What's Famous about it?
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): you must know something about Tampa - you added the Bay
part :) Tampa Bay is famous for not landing a Major League baseball team
Ivy Smith (IS): good morning
Marlon Bagley (IS): Hi Ivy..got you before I go to work
Bruce Edwards (KK): is ivy a person or a bbs?
Rob Marlowe (IS): Ivy's a person.
Nicholas Shaun Smelt (SA): Thought it was a plant......BOOM BOOOM
Gary Davis (IS): What is a Vegimite Made famous in the states by Men at Work?
Richard Ziegler (IS): Vegimite, sounds like some sort of bug.
Nicholas Shaun Smelt (SA): Yeah you get the bug squash it and put it in a Jar.
Then Spread it on your toast or let your imagination go rampant
Wallace McGee (CG): Its yeast extract .. the dregs from the brewery!
Grayham Smith (SA): We have a cat called vegimite here and he like vegimite
spread also.
Peter Ketteridge (WA): Yes vegemite is cool but I perfer kangaroos...but I
cant eat a whole one :-)
Nicholas Shaun Smelt (SA): Yeah we come from the land down under. The
stereotypical Aussie Tourist song
Rob Marlowe (IS): Rich, this connection is via a Clearwater phone call. Not
bad distance for a quarter. <grin>
Richard Ziegler (IS): I'll say, 25 cents for the other side of the world.
Heck, 5 miles north of me is long-distance... :)
Nicholas Shaun Smelt (SA): Same here..... talking to USA for 23 cents]
Gary Davis (IS): I just love taking advantage of the common long distance
carriers:)
Rob Marlowe (IS): Tom, We need to talk Phil into setting up an IPAD host so
everyone can link like this. We can link cheaper to Australia than we can to
Tampa!
Ivy Smith (IS): We like to eat Alligator meat here....do you eat Roo meat?
Bruce Edwards (KK): crocodile meat is more common at this side of the
continent Ivy not too many roos... too hot for them
Ivy Smith (IS): When I visit Australia I'll have to try it!!!
Tom Koltai (KK): And we dont eat roos, only the tourists eat them... oh
yeah... and the dogmeat canneries
Ivy Smith (IS): Are the Koala bears as cute as they look in those
documentaries we see on Australia?
Bruce Edwards (KK): except when they pee on you, Ivy
Wallace McGee (CG): they are vicious Ivy
Tom Koltai (KK): No ivy, they have long nails that hurt like hell
Andrew Bayliss (WA): So guys should we tell em we've got Koala's as pets :)
AFK Koala's scratching at the door, wants to be let out to play with the
Kangaroo :)
Ivy Smith (IS): Make nice pets too? Seems each and all have different opinions
on them. Have a pot-bellied pig for a pet here.
Ian Chaloner (WA): my grandma lives in florida... do you know her?? hehehe
Richard Ziegler (IS): I think everybody's Grandmother lives in Florida!
Gary Davis (IS): <Every grandmother lives in FL> is not accurate. Everyone's
grandparents live in New Port Richey and their parents live in St. Petersburg
Richard Ziegler (IS): I stand corrected Gary :)
Ian Chaloner (WA): ever seen the space shuttle go up??
Richard Ziegler (IS): Could see the smoke from Challenger in '86 from here.
Lynne Wilding (WA): we've seen Skylab come down - heheheh
Rob Marlowe (IS): Yes, Ian. You can see them go up from here even though KSC
is on the other coast. We get the sonic booms when they land too.
Andrew Pidgeon (CG): where the hell is IS ?
Shayne Harmsen (CG): Florida andrew :)
Andrew Pidgeon (CG): g'day all you yandee doodles
Joshua Finley (WA): geeze....im at 2400 and its flying down my page!
Lynne Wilding (WA): this is quite something isn't it? wish we could here the
accents though :)
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): we don't have the accents you do :)
Lynne Wilding (WA): we do carolyn (wink)
Gary Davis (IS): I find it colorful or is it colourful? :)
Lynne Wilding (WA): so what is the topic of conversation in Florida this week?
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): Gay Culverhouse is resigning as President of the Tampa
Bay Bucs!!
Lynne Wilding (WA): Umm sort carolyn, doesn't ring any bells with me
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): it wouldn't it's about our National Football League team
:)
Shayne Harmsen (CG): Any news on the guy that got his butt paddled ? :)
Richard Ziegler (IS): I think the guy in Singapore is writing a book.
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): of course - anything to make money
Bruce Edwards (KK): reckon that young fella wont spray paint cars again,
Richard Ziegler (IS): Movie rights and everything, we should have his
problems!
Shayne Harmsen (CG): <Grin> True...poor little sod new what he was doing
Dale Long (CG): Maybe he will just go phycho now and machine gun macdonalds
Tom Koltai (KK): Okay guys.... shutup... the footy is starting FA CUP at
wembley
David Dean (WA): footy? yeah. i'd like to see that!
Shayne Harnsen (CG): what channel tom ?!
Richard Ziegler (IS): Fa Cup, is that like the World Cup, which is coming
here?
Shayne Harmsen (CG): Yeah rich...soccer in UK I want MANCHESTER UNITED to win
! Because a mate on this BBS believes they are losers...damn i hope they win!
Richard Ziegler (IS): Shayne, I think that is available on pay-per-view cable
TV here.
Shayne Harmsen (CG): Yeah rich ? AAAH I'd love to see it live <Sob>
Tom Koltai (KK): U N I T E D..... body wave .... yeah yeah yeah..... United
Shayne Harmsen (CG): <=- Man Ut'd supporter
Richard Ziegler (IS): I'm looking forward to the World Cup myself, but I don't
like the USA team's chances :)
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): we've never been good in footbol
Lynne Wilding (WA): not Aussie Rules carolyn
Carolyn Marlowe (IS): no - I've watched that on TV - believe it or not ESPN
shows it -its ROUGH!
Shayne Harmsen (CG): Yanks can't play soccer!
Richard Ziegler (IS): Hey, we're gettin' better at Soccer/Football!
Bruce Edwards (KK): yes Rich, at least you have the ball shapes correct
Lynne Wilding (WA): our football is an oval shape, not round
Don Glidden (IS): when we make footballs that dont come out right we send them
to aus and they play rugby with them
Ivy Smith (IS): What do Aussies like in the way of music? Any American
musicians?
Shayne Harmsen (CG): Aussies swallow all that hip-hop/rap/dance crap from the
US <Sigh>
Andrew Bayliss (WA): I personally cant stand it Shayne :)
Ivy Smith (IS): Rap....yuch!!! Like country music here...my fav!
Shayne Harmsen (CG): country ! URK! yukko!
Andrew Bayliss (WA): Country music <BLEAH>
Tom Koltai (KK): The national Anthem.... aLl stand
Lynne Wilding (WA): Advance Austra............oh isn't anyone else singing?
Tom Koltai (KK): God save the Queen... its an English footy match
Andrew Pidgeon (CG): stick another shrimp on the barbie mate
Tom Koltai (KK): Wheres the PAUSE button
Lynne Wilding (WA): IS is Florida, right?
Tom Koltai (KK): Yes Lynne.. IS IS Florida
Lynne Wilding (WA): I live in a suburb south of Perth, Western Australia,
Australia
Tom Koltai (KK): Well Lynne, dont bother naming the suburb...... They cant
even find Perth on their map yet
Richard Ziegler (IS): Perth, did they hold the America's Cup race there a few
years back?
Lynne Wilding (WA): yes they sure did Rich, Fremantle to be exact
Jeff Powers (WA): but we lost it right back :(
Richard Ziegler (IS): Dennis Connor won back the Cup that year, I think.
Lynne Wilding (WA): yes Rich, don't rub it in
Jeff Powers (WA): he sure did oh well the Americas Cup is now fought out in
courts of law :)
Ian Chaloner (WA): rockin all over the world...nah nah nah nah
Dave Ward (BB): Hello All! Good Saturday to everyone out there!
Tom Koltai (KK): Hah... its nearly Sunday Here Dave
Eric Morgan (BB): G'mornin all
Dave Ward (BB): Hello Eric - We're linked to New Port Richey, who is linked to
down under :)
Croyden McLennan (WA): What's the time in Florida at the moment?
Herb Mellinger (IS): 10:30 a.m. Saturday
Bruce Edwards (KK): the MALL shops have opened there in Fla
Richard Ziegler (IS): You must have been here since the beginning Bruce.
Bruce Edwards (KK): the local sysop needs the support Rich makes for HUGE
capture files though
Richard Ziegler (IS): I heard that Bruce, it will take some time to read my
capture file too!
Mike Copley (WA): whats this about florida?
Lynne Wilding (WA): Florida is on Mike
Jeff Powers (WA): Florida your kidding whoa I'm impressed :)
Rob Marlowe (IS): We've got Ft. Myers and a bunch of Australian boards linked
in.
Jeff Powers (WA): ah right gee this BBs linking seems to be taking off
Lynne Wilding (WA): bunch of Australians - you talk like we're bananas or
something Rob - hehehehe
Rob Marlowe (IS): <grin> No offense Lynne.
Lynne Wilding (WA): heheheheh none taken Rob - never been insulted over the
waves before :)
Martin Howells (SA): Hi guys...
Lynne Wilding (WA): waves
Don Glidden (IS): we used to have a martin howels on tv think he was on
gilligans island hahaha
Ivy Smith (IS): Do you have Barney the purple dinosaur over there?
David Dean (WA): BARNEY! tha big purple thing that jumps is that the barney
you mean?
Ivy Smith (IS): Maybe Barney the Roo?
Lynne Wilding (WA): I think we get everything a while after you do
Davis Dean (WA): Anyone in america wanna send me the latest ren&stimpy videos?
Jessica Williams (CG): I saw Ren and Stimpy this morning. Was pretty funn!
Tom Koltai (KK): Chelsea -v- United, 1/2 time score... 0 0
Editor's Note: The Inner Sanctum BBS can be reached at (813) 848-6055, Beach
Board at (813) 337-7470, and Kakadu Konnection at +61-89-48-0068. Sorry, we
do not have the numbers for the other Australian boards who participated in
the linkup. By the way, Manchester United beat Chelsea 4-0.
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OIE Update
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Last July the Oklahoma City Police Department raided the Oklahoma Information
Exchange (OIE) to confiscate pornographic CD Rom disks, and the plight of
Sysop Tony Davis has received considerable publicity. The trial in the case
of The State of Oklahoma v. Tony Davis came to a conclusion on May 5. Anyone
who has, or is considering, adult material on their bulletin board should be
interested in the results. Tony Davis was found guilty on all counts, and now
faces 35 years in jail and $33,000 in fines. The story may not be over, as
Davis has filed a counter-suit against the Oklahoma City Police Department and
appeals are expected. Here are the counts, verdicts and sentences in the
case.
COUNT 1: On or about the 4th day of June, 1993, and., the crime of
distribution of obscene writing, paper, book, picture, photograph,
motion picture or form of any description was feloniously committed
in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, by Anthony Aloysius Davis who did
willfully distribute an obscene CD Rom disk entitled "XXX Extreme" at
the TeleCo Corporation, located at 1501 SE 66th, which CD Rom disk is
obscene in that it has as its predominant theme an appeal to prurient
interest, and depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive manner
and taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or
scientific value, contrary to the provisions of Section 1021 of Title
21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and against the peace and dignity of the
State of Oklahoma.
VERDICT: Guilty
SENTENCE: 5 Years in Jail & $1,000 Fine
COUNT 2: On or about the 12th day of July, 1993, and., the crime of
distribution of obscene writing, paper, books, picture, photograph,
motion picture or form of any description was feloniously committed
in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, by Anthony Aloysius Davis who did
willfully distribute an obscene CD Rom disk entitled "Ecstasy Hot
PICS" at the TeleCo Corporation, located at 1501 SE 66th, which CD
Rom disk is obscene in that it has as its predominant theme an appeal
to prurient interest, and depicts sexual conduct in a patently
offensive manner, and taken as a whole lacks serious literary,
artistic, political or scientific value, contrary to the provisions
of Section 1021 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and against the
peace and dignity of the State of Oklahoma.
VERDICT: Guilty
SENTENCE: 5 Years in Jail & $1,000 Fine
COUNT 3: On or about the 20th day of July, 1993, and., the crime of possession
of obscene material was committed in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, by
Anthony Aloysius Davis who willfully and knowingly had in his
possession at 1501 SE 66th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, obscene
materials, at the TeleCo Corporation, 1501 SE 66th, to-wit: Busty
Babes Graphic Software Volume I, (2) STORM-II GIFLITED GIF'S, (3) the
FAO CD Rom disk, Volume 2, Profit Publishing, (4) the FAO CD Rom disk
Volume 3, containing photographic products depicting sexual conduct
including acts of <specific acts edited>, which photographic products
are obscene in that they have as their predominant theme an appeal to
prurient interest, and depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive
manner, and taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic,
political or scientific value, contrary to the provisions of Section
1024.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and against the peace
and dignity of the State of Oklahoma.
VERDICT: Guilty
SENTENCE: 5 Years in Jail & $1,000 Fine
COUNT 4: On or about the 20th day of July, 1993, and., the crime of
trafficking obscene pictures, moving pictures, drawing, electronic
video game, diagram or photograph was feloniously committed in
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, by Anthony Aloysius Davis who did
willfully distribute obscene CD Rom Discs, entitled: (1) BB Graphic
Software Volume I, (2) STORM-II GIFLITED GIF'S' (3) the FAO CD Rom
disk. Volume 2, Profit Publishing, and (4) the FAO CD Rom disk,
Volume 3, at the TeleCo Corporation, 1501 SE 66th, by use of computer
equipment, which CD Rom Discs are obscene in that they have as their
predominant theme an appeal to prurient interests and depicts sexual
conduct in a patently offensive manner and taken as a whole lacks
serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value, contrary
to the provisions of Section 1040.51 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Oklahoma.
VERDICT: Guilty
SENTENCE: 15 Years in Jail & $25,000 Fine
COUNT 5: On or about the 20th day of July, 1993, the crime of using a computer
to violate the Oklahoma Statutes was committed by Anthony Aloysius
Davis who willfully and knowingly used a computer system or computer
network of TeleCo Corporation, located at 1501 Southeast 66th for
communication or to store data for the purpose of using such access
to violate any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Statutes contrary to
the provisions of Section 1958 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes
and against the peace and dignity of the State of Oklahoma.
VERDICT: Guilty
SENTENCE: 5 Years in Jail & $5,000 Fine
COMBINED SENTENCES: 35 Years in Jail & $33,000 in Fines
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PSA Update
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The Pasco Sysop's Association seemed to get quite a bit accomplished at the
May general meeting. The By-Laws Committee presented the proposed by-laws to
the membership, which were approved with relatively little discussion. The
Events Committee gave an update on their progress, and the membership voted on
a time and place for the first PSA sponsored event.
The by-laws, which follow this article, were a major step for the association.
The newly approved by-laws are very loose, allowing for easy modifications and
placing virtually no restrictions on member boards. There had been some talk
that the Executive Board had made too many decisions at their first meeting,
so the by-laws made no mention of the Executive Officers. After approving the
by-laws, a vote was taken and the Executive Board was dissolved. The general
feeling was that the Executive Board was a good idea to get PSA started, but
that the association turned out to be a little top heavy. So, the PSA now has
only a President, Vice President and a Secretary. The former officers, Bernie
Koch, Rob Marlowe, Clark Gilbo and Floyd Cordery, were thanked for their
efforts and willingness to serve. President Dave Anderson encouraged the
membership to review the by-laws and bring any suggestions to the next
meeting.
The Events Committee presented several dates and locations for a PSA picnic.
The membership voted to hold a pot-luck picnic as the first PSA sponsored
event. The picnic, which is open to PSA members and bulletin board users
alike, will be held on June 25, 1994. The event will take place at Veteran's
Memorial Park, Hudson, Florida, starting at 11:00 am and running throughout
the afternoon.
The next PSA meeting is scheduled for July 5 at the Hudson Library. President
Dave Anderson expressed an interest in the possibility of moving future
meetings to less formal surroundings. At this point, there appears to be a
consensus to keep the PSA primarily a social gathering. The primary objective
seems to be to keep the infant association from falling apart. But, if one of
the goals is to keep the lines of communications open between local boards,
that may have been accomplished.
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By-Laws of Pasco System Operators Association
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Article I: Name
Section I: Name
This body shall be known as the Pasco System Operators (SysOps)
Association. The Association shall hereinafter be known as Pasco SysOps
Association or PSA.
Article II: Statement of Purpose
Section I: Discrimination Clause
1. The PSA is an equal opportunity association and does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status,
national origin, handicap, sexual orientation, political views or
affiliation, or financial status.
Section II: Purpose
1. To open and to maintain the lines of communication between members of
the organization.
2. The purpose of this organization is NOT to govern the individual
polices and operation of individual Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs).
3. No member of the PSA shall use it as a means for personal or political
gain.
Article III: Membership
Section I: Active Members
Shall be the primary SysOp of an on-line, functional BBS or their
designee.
Section II: Associate Members
Staff of a BBS that does not qualify as an Active or Honorary Member.
Section III: Honorary Members
A person elected by majority vote of the Active Members who does not
qualify as an Active or Associate Member.
Article IV: Officers
Section I: The President shall:
1. Preside over all meetings of the PSA.
2. Make all Committee appointments.
3. Represent the PSA on any external committees, working groups, or other
similar activities wherein participation has been invited.
4. Perform all other duties pertaining to the Office of President.
Section II: The Vice President shall:
1. Act as President in his/her absence.
2. Perform all other duties pertaining to the Office of Vice President as
prescribed by PSA and/or the President.
Section III: The Secretary shall:
1. Record the minutes of all meetings.
2. Take attendance records at all meetings.
3. Maintain Committee reports.
4. Perform such other duties as may be delegated by the PSA or the
President.
Section IV: Term of Office
Officers shall serve 1 year terms. Any member appointed to fill a
premature vacancy shall serve for the unexpired amount of the term. Term
of office matches the Physical Year.
Article V: Committees
Section I: Committees
The President shall appoint members of the PSA to serve on the committees.
Members considered for appointment shall be on a voluntary basis.
Section II: Reports
Each committee shall present a verbal report at all regular meetings until
completion or release.
Article VI: Meetings
Section I: Regular Meetings
Normally there will be monthly meetings of the General Membership. Said
meetings shall be held on or about the first week of each month.
Section II: Special Meetings
Special Meetings may be held at the call of the President by the request
of at least 1/3 of the Active Members.
Section III: Notice
Normally at least one week's notice of a Special Meeting will be given.
Section IV: Order of Business
1. Call to Order.
2. Roll Call and Introduction of Guests.
3. Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting.
4. Committee Reports.
5. Old Business (Unresolved Issues).
6. New Business (Issues Brought up for the First Time).
7. Adjournment.
Section V: Quorum
Quorum shall be considered as members present at any meeting.
Section VI: Voting
The Active Member or their designee shall have one vote representing their
BBS. In the event of a close vote, the votes will be tabulated per BBS.
During a motion, a secret ballot may be represented.
Article VII: PSA Composition
Section I: The Physical Year
The physical year shall be from January 1 to December 31 of the same
calendar year.
Section II: Powers to Elect Offices
The PSA, at their December meeting each year, shall elect a President,
Vice President, and a Secretary. The officers will take office at the
January meeting.
Section III: Nominations to Office
Nominations for PSA offices shall be held during the November meeting.
Nominations may be refused by the Nominees.
Section IV: Removal of Officers and or Members
Any officer and or member of PSA may be removed with 2/3 of the Active
Members present votes at any 2 consecutive regular meetings.
Section V: Suspension of Officers and or Members
Any officer or member may be suspended by a majority vote of the attending
Active Members at any regular or special meeting. Any violation of the
Anti-Discrimination Clause will result in immediate suspension. Duration
of suspensions shall be decided during motion discussion.
Section VI: Rules of Order
"Robert's Rules of Order" shall be the parliamentary authority for all
matters of procedure not specifically covered by these By-Laws.
Article VIII: By-Laws
Section I: By-Laws
The PSA may later amend, revise, add to, or repeal these Bylaws and or
adopt new By-laws at the pleasure by a 2/3 vote of the Active Members in
attendance at 2 consecutive regular meetings.
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John Dvorak is one of the most well known computer columnists with articles
appearing in several magazines including PC Magazine and Boardwatch Magazine.
John Dvorak and Nick Anis have teamed up to write a comprehensive guide to
personal telecommunications, which should give the reader just about
everything they need to jump on the information superhighway.
Dvorak's Guide to PC Telecommunications begins with a history of telephones
and telecommunications, moves on to how to install modems and software, and
goes into detail on just about every aspect of the on-line world. There are
chapters on Electronic Mail, The BBS Scene, Virus and Protection, Shareware,
the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and many other topics. There
are even chapters on Running A BBS and on BBS Software. Included is a disk
with several popular Shareware programs, such as the Telix communications
program and McAfee Associates' anti-virus utilities. There are also coupons
for discounts on dozens of other on-line related products.
The book is quite informative and is enjoyable reading for just about every
level of experience. Some may balk at the $39.95 retail price for a
paperback, but the 1,128 page book may answer many questions for the person
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BBS Basics
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What is a ZIP file?
The majority of the files found on bulletin boards are in the archive format,
which always gives the novice BBS user problems with the first few downloads.
Most people log on a board and download some great sounding program and cannot
figure out how to get it to work. This leads to more calls to the boards,
reading bulletins or paging Sysops, in an attempt to find out how to use this
file they cannot wait to try. Since most bulletin boards use files with a
.ZIP extension, users learn quickly about file compression.
Why are almost all files on bulletins boards found in the compressed, or
archive, format? There are basically two reasons. One reason is to compress
the file's size, thus reducing the amount of time it takes to transfer the
file via the modem connection. The other reason is to group all the files
necessary to operate the program under a single name, so the caller does not
have to download a bunch of different files to get one program to run.
There are many different authors who have released archive programs, but the
.ZIP format archive is by far the most common in the BBS world. Other
file extensions include .ARJ, .LZH, .PAK, .ARC, .ICE, .ZOO, among others.
When these programs are downloaded they come in a self-extracting format, so
you do not have to know any complicated commands to extract the files. Just
type the file's name and the program will extract itself, provided that there
is enough disk space. Each archive utility includes complete documentation on
the program's operation.
The commands for each archive utility differ slightly, but it is a relatively
simple command line for extracting files from .ZIP files. The best thing to
do is to place the archive utility's executable files, for example PKUNZIP.EXE
and PKZIP.EXE, in your system's path. It is unfortunate, but most DOS manuals
do not give a very good explanation of how the path works. By putting the
utilities in your path, the commands will work anywhere on your system
including diskette drives, so the utility does not have to be in the current
directory to operate. Your root directory is always on your system's path, so
copying PKUNZIP.EXE to C:\ will work if you do not have a thorough
understanding of DOS's path. However, it is better to place all the utilities
you wish to use universally on your system in a directory, for example C:\BIN,
since a cluttered root directory will slow down your system somewhat. The
path statement, which can be edited with any text editor, is found in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. In the above example, you would add C:\BIN to the end of
the path statement, but remember to separate all directories on the path with
a semi-colon. For example:
Old path - PATH C:\;C:\DOS
New path - PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:\BIN
If a file named PBM.ZIP was downloaded, the following is an example of how you
would extract the files you just downloaded.
PKUNZIP PBM C:\HOLD
The above assumes that you wish to extract the files within PBM.ZIP to a
directory called C:\HOLD. PBM could be replaced with any file name you might
download and it is not necessary to type the .ZIP extension. C:\HOLD could
also be replaced with the directory of your choice, or if you want to extract
the files to the directory where PBM.ZIP currently resides, leave the
directory off and just type PKUNZIP PBM.
There are other commands and many features included with the popular archive
utilities, but this should get those first downloads unziped.
Editor's Note: BBS Basics is available as a menu driven executable program
and contains all kinds of information for the new BBS user. The current
version is 2.0, and as we add and revise sections for future versions, the
text will first appear in the Pasco BBS Magazine. Look for BBS Basics in
future issues and look for the file BBSBAS20.ZIP on better BBSs everywhere.
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An Interesting Theory
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SYSOP NEWS...and CyberWorld Report is a relatively new publication, now with a
couple of issues under its belt. In a Guest Editorial in the May issue, Sam
Thompson has a very interesting theory about why the media continues to
present a tainted view of bulletin boards. His is an idea I had not really
thought about before, but it does make sense.
Mr. Thompson speculates that companies like MCI, TCI, Time-Life and Turner
Broadcasting are afraid of the competition from BBSs, and that these privately
owned boards will hamper the corporate plans to take over the information
superhighway. Not only are bulletin boards already providing the services
that these companies are promising, but they are doing it at a fraction of the
cost to the consumer. Bulletin boards are also more responsive to user's
needs, and modifications and improvements to the system can be made much
quicker than the huge national services can ever hope to accomplish. Bulletin
boards are a perceived threat, so this is why the major media only covers the
negative aspects. Of course, the primary reason behind all of this is money.
So the media portrays bulletin boards, as Mr. Thompson so eloquently put it,
as a place where perverts are in charge.
Think about it the next time you see one of those one-sided, sensationalized
stories that the media is famous for. Those of use who blamed it on the media
being simply uninformed, may have been a bit naive. Maybe, Mr. Thompson's
theory deserves some consideration.
Editor's Note: SYSOP NEWS...and CyberWorld Report is published monthly by BBS
Press Service, Incorporated, 8125 S.W. 21st Street, Topeka, KS 66615. Their
voice number is (913) 478-9239.
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Next Month
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The July issue of the Pasco BBS Magazine will have a feature on a new FidoNet
program for PCBoard called QFront, and we will talk with the author of this
revolutionary new program. Next month will also look at a bulletin board run
by the State Department designed to provide information for international
travelers.
There are other articles in the works and, hopefully, we will have a few
surprises. Look for the July issue of the Pasco BBS, which will be released
on, or before, June 22.
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Corrections and Clarifications
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I have noticed some typos, which have slipped through during the first year
and half of doing the magazine. Just last month Dave Anderson, President of
the Pasco Sysop's Association, was referred to as "President Dave." No matter
how much proof reading takes place, mistakes like that will be found from time
to time. If you see major mistakes, such as incorrect phone numbers or mis-
spelled names, please let us know. In such cases, the appropriate correction
will be run.
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Important Information
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