ۻ ۻ ۻ ķ ͼ ۺ ۺ ͼ Ŀ ۺ ۺ ۻ DSNEWS11 SEPTEMBER 93 ۺ ۺ ͼ VOLUME 2 ISSUE 9 ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ Ŀ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ Located in the lovely ۻ ۺ ۻ ͼ ۻ town of Port Orchard, ۻ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۺ The NASA MLP BBS *IS* ۺۻۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ the definitive ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ educational experience ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ    ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ 206-871-3965 2400 ۻ ۺ ۺ ۻ 206-871-8089 14.4 v42 ۺ ۺ ɼ Hours: Forever, Amen! ۺɼۺ ۺ ͼ Jim & Mary Coleman ۺ ͼ ۺ ۻ ۺ ͼ ͼ ͼ Ľ ķ Dedicated to the life and science of the late Al McReaken Ľ Ŀ This DSNEWS file is a monthly newsmagazine produced by the sysop of The NASA MLP BBS in Port Orchard, WA. The purpose of this magazine is to educate and inform, and keep everyone abreast of NASA MLP activities. It is invaluable to long distance callers who are not able to call as often as local callers. Please upload/post this where you can. Nearly 70% of NASA MLP callers are long distance, and it does them a favor when DSNEWS travels far and wide. Thanks! Ŀ Letter from the Editor The NASA MLP File Directory Birth Announcement--Marina Lynne Coleman In Memory--Bill Velez "The Rock" and Mount Rainier The MARS OBSERVER Spacecraft NASA MLP BBS Gossip Top Message Posters Restoration Point Field Trip MLP POWER USERS RECOMMENDED BBS'S AND DSNEWS12 Ŀ  LETTER FROM THE EDITOR  Wow, here we are . . . September already! Actually, for reasons I'll expand on in a bit, I am writing this on August 15, so September is still half a month away. Believe me, it won't be long until we are smack dab in the middle of the holiday season again! It's cloudy and wet outside. I haven't seen the sun in many days, but that is normal in this Seattle/Tacoma area. Have I mentioned yet that The NASA MLP sources the SciFacNet meteorology and seismology conferences? Thought I would throw that in since we were talking about the weather. I have to apologize for DSNEWS10 being so short. Most of you are aware that Kevin Lawrence and I were hit by a car while test driving a motorcycle, and we were both injured rather severely. I was in the hospital for a few weeks and when I got out, DSNEWS was due out. I had no time to work on it, and, I doubt I could have done any good anyway. So, instead, I just released a very short version of it and started working on this one. I am writing this one a bit early because (1) I have to go back to the hospital for surgery on August 24-27 and (2) I have a baby due August 30! We know the baby will be a girl, and you'll no doubt find out her name later on in this newsletter as it is starting to look like she'll be born before this letter is over. Mary's doctor goes on vacation August 25 and I go back into the hospital August 24, so she would kind of like to have the baby BEFORE all this happens. An ultrasound will be done this Thursday, and if the baby looks ready to go, Mary will be admitted to Harrison and labor will be induced, or she'll just go with another C-section. That way, I'll get to see the baby before I go to surgery, and Mary will have a few quiet days with the baby following her birth. (QUIET??? Not with Erica in the house :) Gosh, now I'm depressing myself! Many of you know that while I have been flat on my back or in a wheelchair (as I am now), I've been compiling a report on Mount Rainier (yes, that HUGE mountain you see when you look out a south window if you live up here.) Mount Rainier is actually a dormant volcano on the verge of waking up! The USGS keeps a "volcano watch" on Rainier and residents of Tacoma and other nearby cities routinely practice "volcano drills." I thought it would be a fun project to study Rainier, and what may happen WHEN she blows! That report should be finished very soon, and I encourage you to take a look at it. I'll have more on this a bit later in the newsletter! Rainier has been asleep for 111 years. By contrast, Mt. St. Helens slept for 123 years before waking up in 1980. Thanks to you all . . . see ya next month! :) Jim/SYSOP Ŀ ۲۲۲۲۲۲ ۲۲۲۲۲۲ ۲ THE NASA MLP ۲ ۲ (206)871-3965 Hours: Forever, Amen!! ۲ ۲ The ULTIMATE trip! ۲ ۲۲۲۲۲۲ ۲۲۲۲۲۲ ͻ THE WEST COAST'S LARGEST NASA FILEBASE!! MUCH MORE!!! THE ONLY PACIFIC NORTHWEST BBS WITH A HAMSTER CONFERENCE! ͼ The NASA MLP BBS - Today's Launch Schedule: Seismology, Meteorology, Hobbies, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Current NASA News, Games, Children's Education, Music, Arts, All facets of Education, TO THE LIMIT OF YOUR IMAGINATION!!! Okay, here's something I have never done for a DSNEWS file, and it only makes since, as these files go all over the country within days of their release. What follows is a sneak peek at The NASA MLP file directory. *ALL* files on The NASA MLP are from CDRom, but, they are CUSTOM CDRom disks, made by myself, and triple checked for any type of virus or dangerous code. You can look, but you won't find a selection of file quite like this one ANYWHERE else. :) ͻ The NASA MLP Board Directory Listings ͼ 1) DSNEWS and Board Related Files 19) NASA GIFS 2) Cascade Range Volcanoes 20) GIFS of the Space Shuttle! 3) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms #1 21) Science GIFS 4) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms #2 22) Current NASA News 5) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms #3 23) Recent NASA News 6) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms #4 24) Archived NASA News 7) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms #5 25) NASA and its History 8) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms #6 26) NASA and its Centers 9) USGS 1994 Weekly Earthquake Updates 27) Notable NASA Speeches 10) USGS 1993 Weekly Earthquake Updates 28) Space Shuttle Missions #1 11) USGS 1992 Weekly Earthquake Updates 29) Space Shuttle Missions #2 12) USGS 1991 Weekly Earthquake Updates 30) Space Shuttle Missions #3 13) Earthquake Text Files and Information 31) (Reserved for future NASA) 14) Seismology and Earthquake Related 32) APOLLO PCX Graphic Images #1 15) Law Enforcement 33) APOLLO PCX Graphic Images #2 16) Law Enforcement Text Files 34) Satellite/Shuttle Trackers 17) Geography 35) NASA Games and Simulations 18) Math 36) Before the Space Shuttle 37) NASA Files #1 58) Jet Propulsion Lab Newsletters 38) NASA Files #2 59) Files for Writers 39) NASA Files #3 60) Word Processing #1 40) NASA Files #4 61) Word Processing #2 41) (Reserved for future NASA files) 62) Spelling and Phonetics 42) (Reserved for future NASA files) 63) Hobbies & Activities 43) Text files by Sysop 64) Information Texts 44) NASA Classroom Materials 65) Legal 45) NASA for Teachers 66) Kitsap County/Occupational 46) MLP Teachers' Lounge 67) Special Interest 47) NASA and Aeronautics 68) Calculators 48) Extraterrestrial and UFO 69) Music Programs 49) Space Station FREEDOM 70) Music/Sound 50) FREEDOM Newsletters 71) Music/Lyrics 51) NASA Health and Medical 72) Religion 52) Galileo Updates 73) Preschool 53) Magellan Updates 74) Kid's Education #1 54) Ulysses Updates 75) (Reserved for future Kid's) 55) Mars Observer Updates 76) Children's Games 56) About NASA SpaceLink 77) Miscellaneous Education 57) Fantastic NASA PCX Graphic Images 78) Trivia Shell Games 79) Astronomy #1 98) Programming (BASIC) 80) Astronomy #2 99) Programming (C) 81) Meteorology and Weather Related 100) Programming (Pascal) 82) Chemistry 101) Programming (Miscellaneous) 83) Aviation and Boating 102) Programming (Tutorials) 84) Commercial Demo Programs 103) Desktop Publishing 85) Food/Nutrition 104) Graphics/CAD 86) Food/Recipes 105) Monty Python Files 87) Medical/Health 106) Offline Mail Readers 88) Biology 107) Utilities 89) History 108) Fishin' Files 90) Spreadsheets 109) Paranormal/ESP 91) Computer/DOS 110) BBS Lists 92) Virus Protection 111) Jokes! 93) DataBase--Freeform 112) Star Trek GIFS 94) DataBase--Full Feature 113) Uploaded Computer 95) DataBase--Informational 114) Uploaded BBS 96) Programming (BASIC/QBASIC) 115) Uploaded Games 97) Programming (Assembler) 116) Uploaded GIFS, etc. 117) Foreign Language Studies 129) Windows #3 118) Demographics 130) Grab Bag #1 119) Electrical 131) Grab Bag #2 120) Communications 132) Grab Bag #3 121) (Reserved) 133) Prime Base Games 122) (Reserved) 134) Prime Base Utilities 123) (Reserved) 135) Unsorted Uploads 124) (Reserved) 125) (Reserved) 126) FREE Downloads 127) Windows #1 128) Windows #2 Thanks for your interest in The NASA MLP BBS of Port Orchard, WA! Node One (public) 871-3965 2400 baud Node Two (subscriber) 871-8089 14.4 v42 bis ķ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ɼ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺɼۺ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺۻۺ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۻ ɼ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ͼ ۺ ɼ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ɼ ۺۻۺ ۺۻۺ ͼ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ͼ ۻ ۺ ͼ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺɼۺ ۺ ۺۻۺ ۻ ɼ ۻ ۻ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ Is born, August 20, 1993 12:23 p.m. Ľ Most of you know that I was involved in a serious motorcycle accident the evening of July 20, 1993. Since then, I have been in near continuous pain and have undergone several painful surgeries, released from the most recent one August 27, 1993. With all this going on, a little bundle of joy is the best one can hope for. With my upcoming surgery date and a planned vacation by Mary's doctor, we became concerned that Marina would be born (1) while I was in Seattle for surgery (an hour away, at best) or (2) while her doctor was on vacation. We decided to plan a C-section on the 20th of August, and we did. Marina was due at 11:30 a.m. We were all in place in the operating room, including my mom, who has been very helpful to us lately and requested that she be allowed to witness the birth of ONE of her granddaughters, at least! The doctor was late. As it turned out, it was a very easy birth, with Marina arriving at 12:23 pm, nearly an hour late! Welcome, Marina, to our messed up world! ķ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺۻۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺɼۺ ɼ ۺ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺ ͼͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺ ͼ ɼ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۻ ɼ ۻ ɼ ͼ ۺ ͼ ɼ ɼ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ķ Ŀ ķ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ĵ Ŀ Ŀ Ĵ Ĵ Ĵ Ľ For long distance people and those who don't know, Bill was sysop of WINGS, a very large BBS in the Kitsap County. Bill was one of the more helpful people I knew, at times. Funeral will be held at 1pm on Wed 1 Sep at Lewis Funeral Chapel on Kitsap Way in Bremerton. Cards and flowers to Lewis. Any monitary donation is to be made in Bill's name to: Children's Hospital 4800 Sand Pt Way NE Seattle, Wa 98105 Ŀ  BILL VELEZ  Bill and I had been at odds at times in the past, but we generally got along very well. In fact, Bill was supposed to come over to see my new daughter as soon as he got out of the hospital. Bill Velez was *HIGHLY* instrumental in helping start a struggling young BBS, The NASA MLP a year and a half ago. Bill Velez will be missed very much and may he run the BEST BBS where he is now... (until I get there, that is!) Thanks for all, Bill. Ŀ  MOUNT RAINIER AND "THE ROCK"  "THE ROCK IS GONNA FALL ON US!" He woke with a start. And he ran to his mother The fear dark in his heart. And he told her of the vision That he was sure he'd seen But she said "Go back to sleep, son, You're having a bad dream. "Everybody knows the rock leans over the town Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground Remember Chicken Little said the sky was fallin' down Well, nothin' ever came of that The world still whirls around." "THE ROCK IS GONNA FALL ON US!" He stood and told the class The professor put his chalk down And peered out through his glasses But he went on and said, "I've seen it high up on the hill- If it doesn't fall this year Then very soon it will." (The professor remarks:) "Everybody knows the rock leans over the town Everybody knows that it won't crumble to the ground We've more important studies than Your fantasies and fears Everybody knows that rock's been perched Up there a hundred thousand years." "THE ROCK IS GONNA FALL ON US!" He told the magistrate, "I believe that we can stop it, but the time is getting late. You see, I've done all the research My plans are all complete--" He was showing them contingencies When they showed him to the street. (They said:) Everybody knows the rock leans over the town Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground Everybody knows of those who say the end is near Everybody knows that life goes on As usual 'round here." He went up on the mountain beside the giant stone They knew he wasn't sane So they left him all alone. He'd given up enlisting help For there was no one else He spent his days devising ways to stop the rock himself. One night while he was working Building braces on the ledge The ground began to rumble, The rock tumbled off the edge. "THE ROCK IS GONNA FALL ON US! Brother, you'll be crushed!" And, indeed, the rock was moving, Crumbling all the dust. He ran under it in one last hope That he could add a prop And as he disappeared The rock Came to A stop. The people ran into the street But all was still The rock seemed where it always was, Or where it always will be. When someone asked where he had gone They said, "Oh, he was daft. Who cares about that crazy fool!" And then they'd start to laugh. But high up on the mountain When the wind is hitting it. If you're watching very closely, the rock slips a little bit. Just like it does each year under the Puget Sound. :) ް۲۲ ݰ ޲ ݲݰ۲ THE ޲ޱ NASA MLP BBS ۲ ݲݰ۲"The Ultimate Trip!"޲ޱ ݰ ޲ ް۲۲ Many of you are aware of the seismicity of the Puget Sound area. We are number FOUR in the country, at risk of great earthquakes, and, as Mount Saint Helens showed us, violent volcanic action. The University of Washington is keeping a "Volcano Watch" on Mount Rainier even as you read this. I am now putting together a VERY COMPREHENSIVE report on Mount Rainier, that covers how it was born (on a raised, flat plateau), how it grew and how it may die. Mount Rainier has slept for 111 years and is slowly waking up. Someday, she will burp again. Steam has issued from her craters in the not too distant past. Scientists with seismometers and tiltometers are now keeping a close eye under her. The song says "The rock slips a little bit." I can tell you all about subduction and plate tectonics, and probably bore you right off to sleep. But, IT IS TRUE THAT THE GROUND YOU ARE SITTING ON NOW IS VERY VOLATILE, AND IT IS MOVING! A giant plate in the Pacific Ocean, called the Juan De Fuca plate is subducting (sliding underneath) the North American Plate (the one you are sitting on). This moves several inches a year in places, a few centimeters a year in others. Seismic energy builds and builds in places. Someday, something may slip or give with all that stored energy. When that happens, you may find yourself in the middle OF THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKE TO EVER HIT THE UNITED STATES! Larger than even California's quakes! This is not speculation or guesswork, or sensationalism designed to sell this (totally free) newsletter. THIS COULD HAPPEN! And that doesn't even include the more likely even of surface quakes, which could be powerful in themselves. STAY INFORMED! BE PREPARED! This can't be stressed enough. Official 1985 estimates for a great quake in the Seattle area put it at over 2,000 DEAD AND 4,000 injured. These estimates have been withdrawn, since they are old, and, consequently, too old. The NASA MLP will always have the information YOU need to prepare and survive. Please, take a few moments today to evaluate your living quarters and your lifestyle. Would YOU survive? Does your family have an emergency (fire, earthquake) evacuation plan? Do you know how to shut off the gas, electricity and water to your home? If not, LEARN HOW TO DO THAT TODAY. Consider this: when a quake hits, gas lines get broken and a majority of injury, damage and death comes from the resulting fires. STAY INFORMED. STAY ALIVE. DOWNLOAD QUAKE.ZIP Ŀ This has been a public service announcement from The NASA MLP Staff. Ŀ  THE MARS OBSERVER  There has been a lot of attention lately to the failed Mars Observer Mission. The NASA MLP has carried MARS OBSERVER MISSION STATUS REPORTS from day one. There are also continuously updated status reports on Galileo and all our other planetary probes, for those of you who were not aware of this! Here, since it is current and topical, is a short summation of what has been happening with the Mars Observer Spacecraft. MARS OBSERVER STATUS 5:30 p.m. 8/27 PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 MARS OBSERVER MISSION STATUS 5:30 p.m. PDT, August 27, 1993 The Mars Observer flight team continued today to listen for any response from the spacecraft, three days after it was set to enter orbit around Mars. At this time communication has not been reestablished. The command sequence to "reboot" the spacecraft's central computer, sent at 4:30 a.m. PDT this morning (Aug. 27), would place the spacecraft in "safe mode," in which state it would listen for commands from the ground for 64 hours. If, at the end of this interval, it had not heard from the ground, a "phone home" command would be executed on the spacecraft. If the command to "cold boot" the spacecraft's central computer system this morning was successful, the spacecraft would have entered a safing mode. This mode assumes there is a hardware problem aboard the spacecraft. (The contingency mode that the spacecraft was switching to during its cruise to Mars assumed there was a software problem on board.) Late Friday, the flight team was deciding whether to allow the 64-hour safing mode program to clock out before considering sending other commands to the spacecraft this weekend. Commands sent prior to that 64-hour safing interval could interrupt the safe mode interval and reset the clock to begin another 64-hour countdown. In the team's attempts to regain communications with Mars Observer, a number of failure scenarios have been identified. At this time, however, NASA does not know what caused the loss of communication, nor can the agency assign blame to any particular part or process. NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin yesterday named Dr. Timothy Coffey to head the Mars Observer investigation board. Dr. Coffey is currently director of research at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. It is NASA's standard policy to implement an independent review when there is cause to believe that a mission's primary objective cannot be met. ### MARS OBSERVER STATUS 8/27/93 10:30 a.m. PDT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 MARS OBSERVER MISSION STATUS August 27, 1993 10:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time The Mars Observer flight team has not been able to reestablish communication with the spacecraft despite repeated efforts to prompt the spacecraft to respond. A command sequence to "reboot" the spacecraft's central computer was sent at 1:07 a.m. PDT on Aug. 27. Commands are sent to the spacecraft assuming it is in orbit around Mars, and to another area of the sky assuming the spacecraft flew by Mars and is now in a heliocentric orbit around the sun. The commands sent to the coordinates of the heliocentric orbit at 1:07 a.m. were reradiated at 4:30 a.m. to the spacecraft had it entered orbit around Mars. If the command to "cold boot" the spacecraft's central computer system was successful, the spacecraft would enter a safing mode. This mode is more serious than the contingency mode that Mars Observer was switching to during its cruise to Mars. Safe mode is entered in response to a spacecraft hardware anomaly. Flight controllers will wait 65 hours to hear back from the spacecraft. With that option exercised, the team will have utilized all presently understood recovery approaches. They would then begin a "listen only" vigil in the event that the spacecraft's on-board fault protection would be able to restore communication with the ground. ##### 8/27/93: MARS OBSERVER ADVISORY Paula Cleggett-Haleim Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 27, 1993 In attempts to regain communication with Mars Observer, a number of theories have surfaced. However, at this time, it is not known what caused the loss of communication nor can any blame for any particular part or process be assigned. It is NASA's standard policy to implement an independent review when there is cause to believe that a mission's primary objective cannot be met. Yesterday, NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin named Dr. Timothy Coffey as head of the Mars Observer investigation board. Dr. Coffey is currently Director of Research at the Naval Research Laboratory. ް۲۲ ݰ ޲ ݲݰ۲ THE ޲ޱ NASA MLP BBS ۲ ݲݰ۲"The Ultimate Trip!"޲ޱ ݰ ޲ ް۲۲ Ŀ  NASA MLP Board Gossip!!!  Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm SORRY you had to PAGE-DOWN through all that Earthquake and NASA stuff to get to the "good part."... (No I'm not!) Did you know that there is a DSNEWS conference on The NASA MLP where you can make complaints (and REALLY get me mad :) or make suggestions or contributions, or even leave YOUR gossip??? So, come on, don't make me write the DSNEWS files on my own! It's a lot of work and I've been doing this for nearly a YEAR! Give me some help! Come on, I'm a wheelchair-bound HANDICAP now for cryin' out loud! Will SOMEONE please help out a LITTLE??? Hehehehe, I can grovel like STAN KING, huh? MLP GOSSIP!!!MLP GOSSIP!!!MLP GOSSIP!!!MLP GOSSIP!!!MLP GOSSIP!!!MLP GOSSIP!!! FLETCHER BONDS is back for awhile...Rumor is that he lives in Seattle now... Drop him a note if you get the time... RB MARTINEZ supposedly moved back to Kentucky. No one has complained yet... KHRISTA WEBB is being nice enough to lend me a modem (since no one else offered) since Stan King is taking his back. Node One runs on borrowed modems. When they get taken back and no one offers a new one, the node goes down and only subscribers can get through on Node Two for awhile. Node One is supported only by the board's non-supporters, believe it or not! :) Thanks, KHRISTA! ANDRADE was in and out for awhile. Haven't seen her or SCOTT BOONE lately, but I know that if you call the LimeLight BBS :) PAUL ZIMMERMAN is the sysop there; tell him DarkStar sent ya over, and he'll treat you downright well! WILLIAM ROUNTREE, of Prime Base BBS of Norfolk, Virginia (formerly, my next door neighbor) says "Hello to all you NASA MLP People!" I would like to say "Hello to all you PARTEX BBS PEOPLE in Jacksonville, Fl!" LEE MOBERG, sysop of Nobodeez Perfekt (my current neighbor) finally came home when the Nimitz (big aircraft carrier) pulled in. It was nice to see Lee again. RON WRIGHT, our local telephone wizard, is doing well. Ron called and visited me in the hospital several times. I really appreciated that. STAN KING KEVIN LAWRENCE is recovering from his injuries a HECK of a lot faster than I am! Most of you know that Kevin was my passenger on the motorcycle when we got hit. Join Conference 12 and get into his online AD&D game.... :) TRISH MENDENHALL is back from some sort of vacation. I haven't been able to talk with her much (since my butt cramps when I sit and type too long) but I hope to hear more about it. Maybe if it was fun enough, she'll go into the DSNEWS conference and write a summary of her vacation for the next newsletter. Who knows? (But please, Trish, not if it was REALLY boring :) RICHARD CRONISTER is one of the board's newer callers, and is also a friend of mine from work. Incidentally, it is *HIS* bike I wrecked! It's for sale, by the way, CHEAP, but it might need a little work! And, my doctor would be VERY interested if you find the two inches of bone missing out of my leg. It might be in the engine somewhere! MARK MCBRIDE I've seen his name a time or two and seen him log on a time or two, but haven't heard much from him. He IS around, though. :) THUD ROOTER is getting mad at people who quote too much and then leave a one or two word message. CINDY EMPOLEN has not called in a long time. Anyone know why? There's not a lot of gossip...it was a VERY slow month on the BBS and with me in and out of the hospitals, I just wasn't around too much to catch what's been going on. So, if I left your important something-or-other out, please don't be ***too*** mad :) ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ͼ ۻ ͼ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۻ ɼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ɼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ɼ ۺ ɼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۻ ۺ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ͼ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺɼۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ɼ ɼ ۻ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ͼ ۻ ۻ ۺ ͼ ɼ ۻ ۺ ۺ ɼ ۺ ۻ ͼ ͼ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۻ ɼ ۺ ۻ ۻ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ĵ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ĵ Ŀ Ĵ Ĵ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ ͻ 760 JIM COLEMAN 720 ANGI LONG 444 STAN KING 260 KEVIN LAWRENCE 260 PASHA PHARES 242 STEPHEN DOERK 188 MARY COLEMAN 165 THUD ROOTER 158 PAUL ZIMMERMAN 108 TRISH MENDENHALL ͼ Ŀ  RESTORATION POINT FIELD TRIP  The NASA MLP BBS frequenty sponsors field trips for those interested in attending. It is a great way to have fun and to meet people. We scheduled a Field Trip for July 22 to Restoration Point, advertised it nation wide and really got a lot of interest built up. Then, I was hit by a car on July 20 and was near-fatally injured, just TWO DAYS beforehand. I AM SORRY, TERRIBLY SORRY if any of you made the trip to Bainbridge to meet the rest of us and we were not there. We tried to get messages of cancellation out on the networks in time, but it may not have worked. There are future field trips planned to Mount Rainier, and Mount Saint Helens. These were to be in August, but will have to wait until I can walk again. They will probably be next summer. However, we may plan some small field trips over in the Seattle area during the winter months if we can come up with something to do. Unofficial MLP field trips happen all the time, to the zoo, parks, etc. The Official Field Trips all have a Seismology/Geology/NASA angle to them, so, for a wintertime Seattle field trip . . . any ideas? :) ͻ Top 15 Cities - Sorted by Calls Ķ City Callers Calls % Ķ PORT ORCHARD, WA 166 4,934 49.90 BREMERTON, WA 198 4,213 42.61 GRAPEVIEW, WA 1 988 9.99 MANCHESTER, WA 4 757 7.66 SILVERDALE, WA 48 571 5.78 VASHON ISLAND, WA 2 311 3.15 BELFAIR, WA 11 304 3.07 JACKSONVILLE, FL 2 255 2.58 ALLYN, WA 3 228 2.31 NORFOLK, VA 2 210 2.12 WINCHESTER ON THE BAY 3 190 1.92 GORRST, WA 1 117 1.18 POULSBO, WA 11 85 0.86 CLOVIS, NM 1 76 0.77 PORTLAND, OR 2 72 0.73 ͼ ͻ Top 20 Active Callers - Sorted by Calls Ķ Name City U/L D/L Calls LastOn Ķ KHRISTA WEBB GRAPEVIEW, WA 0 5 98808-29-93 STEPHEN DOERK BREMERTON, WA 140 254 73308-29-93 THUD ROOTER MANCHESTER, WA 10 5 72308-29-93 JOE NALLEY PORT ORCHARD, WA 22 116 69908-26-93 KEVIN LAWRENCE PORT ORCHARD, WA 50 280 52808-29-93 JOHN CRAWFORD BREMERTON, WA 26 87 52408-28-93 JOHN HEATON BREMERTON, WA 29 305 44508-26-93 ANGI LONG PORT ORCHARD, WA 1 17 38008-27-93 STAN KING BREMERTON, WA 24 70 36508-29-93 FLETCHER BONDS VASHON ISLAND, WA 14 84 29508-25-93 ANDY HARGROVE PORT ORCHARD, WA 7 91 29007-04-93 MARK MCBRIDE PORT ORCHARD, WA 5 58 26708-14-93 CHUCK GRAHAM JACKSONVILLE, FL 8 36 25208-29-93 PASHA PHARES PORT ORCHARD, WA 27 36 23408-29-93 PAUL ZIMMERMAN BREMERTON, WA 0 6 22708-28-93 SCOTT BERRY ALLYN, WA 9 178 21708-24-93 ROGER VAN HOOVER BELFAIR, WA 0 10 18808-28-93 TERRY HEATH PORT ORCHARD, WA 3 3 18607-10-93 MARY COLEMAN PORT ORCHARD, WA 0 0 17708-27-93 WILLIAM ROUNTREE NORFOLK, VA 28 3 17108-29-93 ͼ ͻ Top 15 Downloaders - Sorted by Bytes Ķ Name City Files Bytes Ratio Ķ KEVIN LAWRENCE ***SUBSCRIBER*** 280 28,098,702 7:1 JOHN HEATON ***SUBSCRIBER*** 305 24,514,010 7:1 SCOTT BERRY ***SUBSCRIBER*** 178 20,384,003 11:1 MIKE RENZ BREMERTON, WA 146 17,223,875 10:1 STEPHEN DOERK ***SUBSCRIBER*** 254 16,939,338 2:1 JOE NALLEY ***SUBSCRIBER*** 116 14,964,634 5:1 ANDY HARGROVE ***SUBSCRIBER*** 91 13,181,124 6:1 STAN KING ***SUBSCRIBER*** 70 9,867,071 2:1 JOHN CRAWFORD ***SUBSCRIBER*** 87 9,215,819 4:1 FLETCHER BONDS VASHON ISLAND, WA 84 8,675,815 6:1 PASHA PHARES ***SUBSCRIBER*** 36 5,665,377 1:1 JIM BRUSH JR. BREMERTON, WA 51 5,563,616+99:1 RON WRIGHT ***SUBSCRIBER*** 61 5,387,393 3:1 PAUL HALEY ***SUBSCRIBER*** 48 5,285,188 5:1 SUSAN RENZ ***SUBSCRIBER*** 21 5,268,595+99:1 ͼ ͻ Top 15 Uploaders - Sorted by Bytes Ķ Name City Files Bytes Ratio Ķ STEPHEN DOERK BREMERTON, WA 140 7,473,160 2:1 PASHA PHARES PORT ORCHARD, WA 27 5,831,631 1:1 WILLIAM ROUNTREE NORFOLK, VA 28 5,543,703 0:1 STAN KING BREMERTON, WA 24 3,914,266 2:1 KEVIN LAWRENCE PORT ORCHARD, WA 50 3,641,236 7:1 JOHN HEATON BREMERTON, WA 29 3,104,186 7:1 JOE NALLEY PORT ORCHARD, WA 22 2,841,036 5:1 THUD ROOTER MANCHESTER, WA 10 2,765,940 1:1 PHILIP WILK SILVERDALE, WA 22 2,367,846 0:1 JOHN CRAWFORD BREMERTON, WA 26 2,361,117 4:1 RON WRIGHT PORT ORCHARD, WA 11 2,006,788 3:1 ANDY HARGROVE PORT ORCHARD, WA 7 1,914,170 6:1 ROB BLUE PORT ORCHARD, WA 16 1,604,372 2:1 MIKE RENZ BREMERTON, WA 3 1,574,929 10:1 MARK MILLER BREMERTON, WA 5 1,567,554 0:1 ͼ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ͼ ۻ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۺ ɼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺۻۺ ͼ ۺۻۺ ۺ ۺ ͼ ɼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ɼ ۺ ۺ ۻ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ Will bring us a FULL YEAR AROUND. The NASA MLP has been around longer than a year, but it was nearly a year ago that I decided the board was significant enough to merit a monthly newsmagazine. I thank you all for you support of this, for downloading these issues, reading them, and spreading them around. We've come a long way in a year, as those of you who've been around since the beginning know. There've been the ups and the downs. I look forward to being with you all again next month in DSNEWS12. Let's make the Anniversary Issue special! Join the DSNEWS conference and contribute a little something. Maybe a personal reflection on what the MLP means to you, or friends you've made, or whatever. Thanks to each and every one of you for helping make The NASA MLP the best BBS in Kitsap County, hands down. Thanks! Jim Coleman DSNEWS*.* (C) 1993 Jim Coleman Feel free to distribute. CopyWrited Material. Do not alter file or contents without permission of author. Tagline of the Month: Help! My CPU is making a weird nois۰ܠ If you haven't subscribed yet, WHY NOT? ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۺ ɼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۻ ۻ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ I've set up a CASCADE RANGE VOLCANO file directory, and am now DESPERATELY looking for volcano files. These may be text files or GIF or PCX files! Please keep your eyes open for me in your neck of the woods. I prefer GIFS of the Cascade Range volcanoes, Mount Shasta, Hood, Baker, St. Helens, Rainier, etc. but any volcanoes are welcomed. Please send what you find to me... Here's what I have so far: WA1.GIF 223415 08-13-93 A beautiful photo of Mt. Rainier with a small | lake in the foreground. | Uploaded by: Ron Wright WA6.GIF 194796 08-22-93 Photo of Glacier Peak in the Cascade Mt. | Range as seen from Image Lake. | Uploaded by: Ron Wright WA9.GIF 184535 08-13-93 Mt. Rainier as seen from the Tacoma Narrows | Bridge (bridge is in foreground.) | Uploaded by: Ron Wright WA7.GIF 273592 08-13-93 Mt. Saint Helens several years after the | eruption. | Uploaded by: Ron Wright MTSHASTA.PCX 363281 08-23-93 You wanted GIF files of Mt. Shasta, Jim? | I think you'll LOVE this view of Mt. Shasta | from on board the space shuttle. | Uploaded by: Ham Tyler SHASTA_2.GIF 165690 08-17-93 Mount Shasta, one of the Cascade Range | volcanos. When Shasta erupts again, the | towns of Shasta and Weed will probably be | destroyed. | Uploaded by: Jim Coleman SHASTCIT.GIF 193358 08-18-93 View of Mt. Shasta and Shastina from the | streets of Shasta, a city that will most | likely be doomed when Shasta reawakens. LAVAFLOW.GIF 245285 08-23-93 View of cooled down lava off the flanks of | a dormant volcano. | Uploaded by: Ham Tyler VOLCANO.PCX 358192 08-13-93 Incredible view of an erupting volcano from | space. VOLCNO.GIF 290663 08-11-93 An aerial view of a Hawaiian volcano. | Uploaded by: Mark Hanson RAINIER.GIF 12681 07-20-93 GIF by Sysop. Shows how Mt. Rainier looked | before it's last eruption, compared to how | it looks now. CRATER.GIF 25151 08-04-93 GIF by Sysop. Photograph of the two | volcano craters on top of Mount Rainier! VOLTIME.ZIP 2363 08-02-93 Timeline of Mt. Saint Helens eruption. | Compiled by sysop. Fascinating! HELENS.ZIP 4144 07-20-93 Fantastic information on the Mount Saint | Helens eruption. Compiled by Sysop. ERUPTION.ZIP 4058 07-20-93 A fascinating chart of all the | volcanic eruptions along the | Cascade Range from California | to Washington. Compiled by the | Sysop of The NASA MLP BBS of | Port Orchard, WA LAVACP11.ZIP 96681 08-14-93 LAVACAP v1.1 Req. EGA/VGA & Mouse | Lavacap is an exciting arcade strategy | game similar to Soleau Software's popular | game called Oilcap. Race against the clock | as you try to construct a series of canals | to contain a lava flow from an erupting | volcano. Lavacap is packed with new | features and is written in beautiful EGA/VGA | graphics. This game will test your reflexes | and strategy skills to the limit. It's truly | addictive! MOUNTSH1.ZIP 279801 08-22-93 Fanciful artwork of Mount St. Helens following | its 1980 eruption. The artist has placed live | trees up its flanks and in its crater.