PROTOCOL: ALT COMPRESSION: NONE CONNECT 2400/ARQ CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 01/02/93 00:05:31 Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 228450; next msg =45994; 379 active msgs. Prev. call 12/30/92 @ 23:10, next msg was 45986 Recording logon for next time. Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking for msgs TO you, ^K to a >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 9 KILLED. 62 SUMMARY. 25 WARD CHRISTENSEN, 12/30/92,07:49:04,228416,2,DENNIS STAHL,,2 12/30/92,11:22:42,228417,1,PETE JONES,,1 12/30/92,11:24:15,228418,2,MICHAEL SHARTIAG,,2 12/30/92,11:43:02,228419,2,DENNIS STAHL,,1 12/30/92,12:53:31,228420,2,DENNIS STAHL,,0 12/30/92,13:01:27,228421,1,DAVID JOHNSON,,2 12/30/92,15:37:24,228422,1,RICH MARQUARDT,SCHAURBURG/IL,3 12/30/92,15:42:37,228423,1,RICH MARQUARDT,, 12/30/92,16:39:21,228424,1,LANE LARRISON,,1 12/30/92,17:29:37,228425,2,BARRY BAYER,,1 12/30/92,18:29:14,228426,2,BERNARD GOLDLUST,,0 12/30/92,19:14:31,228427,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,, E#45982,3 12/30/92,19:36:04,228428,3,MORT MOSS,SKOKIE/IL, E#45983,8 12/30/92,22:08:04,228429,1,KEN STOX,,2 12/30/92,22:21:21,228430,2,BILL MATTSON,,1 12/30/92,22:40:30,228431,2,BILL MATTSON,, E#45984, E#45985,19 12/30/92,23:10:43,228432,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#45986, E#45987, E#45988, E#45989,9 12/31/92,07:40:29,228433,2,DENNIS STAHL,,3 12/31/92,10:34:54,228434,2,JOHN LIN,,8 12/31/92,12:08:23,228435,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,, E#45990, E#45991,9 12/31/92,15:32:32,228436,2,BERNARD GOLDLUST,,1 12/31/92,16:46:47,228437,2,BOB THOMPSON,,1 12/31/92,23:39:12,228438,2,BENJAMIN COHEN,, E#45992, E#45993,12 01/01/93,05:12:23,228439,2,JERRY OLSEN,,12 01/01/93,08:13:06,228440,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,,2 01/01/93,13:07:14,228441,1,BRAD LAWRENCE,port charlotte/ fl,7 01/01/93,15:43:10,228442,2,GERALD PINE,,4 01/01/93,16:54:42,228443,2,DON PIVEN,,3 01/01/93,16:59:28,228444,2,DAVID GIBBS,,1 01/01/93,17:42:23,228445,2,JOHN PETRIKAS,,8 01/01/93,21:20:15,228446,2,PHIL SCOPES,Chicago, 01/01/93,21:58:04,228447,2,DAVID SILVERT,,3 01/01/93,22:34:44,228448,2,BERNARD GOLDLUST,,1 01/01/93,23:27:55,228449,2,ELI LEHRER,,1 ]I doing research on the Chicago area's BBSs and would like to interview you about your experiences and philosophy as a Sysop and a user of BBSs. The interviews would be conducted by telephone between now and early March. I am willing to keep your identity confidential if you prefer. If you are interested in participating in my research, please leave your phone number for me on this BBS before January 4th. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to call me at (312)761-0037. After January 4th, I can be reached at (203)688- 9876. Thank you, Ok, If you can not tell, thats a generic form letter. I would very much like to interview you. ELI LEHRER, 01/02/93,00:05:34,228450,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 45986 12/30/92 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ANDY SHAPIRO: "R/DISK CLEANUP TIP" 45987 12/30/92 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BILL MATTSON: "R/MODEM PROBLEMS" 45988 12/30/92 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "NEW TOYS?" 45989 12/30/92 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BILL MATTSON: "R/MSC 7.0 & IBM C SET/2" 45990 12/31/92 ANDY SHAPIRO => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/DISK CLEANUP TIP" 45991 12/31/92 ANDY SHAPIRO => WARD: "RE: TOYS" 45992 12/31/92 BENJAMIN COHEN => MICHAEL SHARTIAG: "R/LASERJET 4M" 45993 12/31/92 BENJAMIN COHEN => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/NEW TOYS?" - End of summary - Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts. Msg 45986 is 11 line(s) on 12/30/92 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ANDY SHAPIRO re: R/DISK CLEANUP TIP No, not using 4DOS - instead, CED. I don't want anything "too" different - I don't have those environments when on "other people's machines" etc. heh. I don't have a deskjet on my "main" machine, but actually I DID set up a little program to initialize the DeskJet - I put in all the normal fonts, densities, etc, that I use, and can cursor to one and hit space, it sends that setup. I wrote it in Pmate editor macors, and even saved it as a custom 28K version of Pmate called FS - Font Select. heh. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When you have an EXCELLENT programmable editor like Pmate, everything looks like an "editor" solvable problem. Msg 45987 is 09 line(s) on 12/30/92 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to BILL MATTSON re: R/MODEM PROBLEMS The only thing that comes to mind on the modem problems is that at times it seems to connect at the wrong speed. If I get a "connect 1200" then I just hang up and call back - I get 2400 that next time and everything works fine from there on out. It has to do with my having spent a lot of time customizing the answer sequences for an HST, but then having the HST die, and putting another (I think USR) 2400 modem on, which isn't a "perfect" match. If it were in my house, it would be easier to work on, but being in Chicago, it isn't. Msg 45988 is 05 line(s) on 12/30/92 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ALL re: NEW TOYS? Anyone get any new computer or electronic toys for Xmas? My Brother, thanks to me, got a Sharp 5200 pocket memo. I broke the "whisk" that I use for making pancakes, and asked Santa, but he gave me a rechargeable 4-"tool" electric whisk. Worked fine, heh, especially the plastic blade, to mix up some spackling compound (grin). Msg 45989 is 07 line(s) on 12/30/92 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to BILL MATTSON re: R/MSC 7.0 & IBM C SET/2 Sorry, my C-SET has mostly - SET. Were you using real Windows calls? Didn't that require an SDK? I guess Cset doesn't need the SDK, or sort of "you can think of it as THE SDK"? I "panicked" and bought it before the price went up but in retrospect dunno if I'll use it or not. Right now I need some ideas on cleaning up my hard disk. I've got 520M but it is VERY cluttered - too many versions of too many programs. Msg 45990 is 18 line(s) on 12/31/92 from ANDY SHAPIRO to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/DISK CLEANUP TIP CED - OK, but it can't do what 4DOS does! But on the other hand, you're right. When I'm working on someone else's machine, it's a PAIN not to have the stuff I'm used to. The BMT file I set up for 4DOS sets up the DJ500 in a neat way (I think): It gives you a menu for basic functions (reset to [my] defaults, set margin, do an envelope, or choose a font). If you do 'choose a font,' you get a drop-down menu of all the useful fonts (internal and those in the Prestige Elite cart), and just highlight one to load it. I really like the DJ, but HP's PCL is a royal pain at times. Order of commands is a real big factor. Having the ability to just pick a font off a menu makes it a whole lot easier to deal with. I keep hearing about PMATE, BTW. It sounds nice. I use MicroEMACS for my main editor/word processor/etc, and recently added a macro to call a high-speed text searcher (MasterFind) and dump the search results to a new buffer. You're right - given a good hammer. Msg 45991 is 07 line(s) on 12/31/92 from ANDY SHAPIRO to WARD re: RE: TOYS I didn't get one, but I saw today a little Casio 4300 'pocket book.' It's nice. For $69 you only get 32K, but the keyboard is good, th the whole thing is SMALL (REALLY the size of a pocket calendar, not a day-runner), and you can hook it up to a PC. If I had the $ right now I think that is the way I would go. Oh yes - the screen is quite readable, too, and it has a QWERTY layout. Msg 45992 is 02 line(s) on 12/31/92 from BENJAMIN COHEN to MICHAEL SHARTIAG re: R/LASERJET 4M Funny, I was at an office last week where there was a big box that said LaserJet 4M on it. When was the hold released.\ Msg 45993 is 11 line(s) on 12/31/92 from BENJAMIN COHEN to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/NEW TOYS? Actually got a few weeks ago, Zoom V.32bis fax-modem. Seems to work nicely, though I haven't yet tried out the fax receiving software. A friend of mine got a USR Sportster: the furnished software won't send out a fax that has been received. He tried WinFaxPro, but I'm the only one who can send him a fax from a fax machine; others have tried but the software refuses to accept them! Zoom provided MTEZ, which seems to work reasonably well. I used WordStar 7's fax printer driver, which has the same fonts as a LaserJet 3. It 'prints' the file to a PCX file and MTEZ nicely converts that to a fax. And downloading at 14.4 yields about 1600 cps vs about 230 at 2400 (as reported by ProComm). 'Tis a joy to the phone bill. dup. chars. >Function:?