Underground Informer Volume 5 Issue 18 November 5, 1994 Page 14 Circulation: 203,157 SnailMail address: Published in the Underground (Where else?) The Underground Informer 4161 Tujunga Avenue #104 Studio City, CA 91604 Publisher and Editor: Celeste Dolan (The Publisher and Editor may also be reached at the following e-mail addresses. Mail for UI authors will be forwarded by the editor.) After Hours: Celeste 2576 Beeline: Celeste 357 Beyond Eternity: Celeste Blazin' Bytes: Celeste Chatterbox!: Celeste KBBS: Celeste Stepping Stone Hotel: Celeste 1053 The Ledge: Celeste Dolan The Murph Zone: Celeste Dolan The Westside: Celeste 4446 ...and on the Internet: celeste.dolan@ledge.com OR celeste@chatrbox.com UI Writing Staff: Delta 1 Pagan Prickly Porcupine Ralph the Fried Gerbil J.L. Seagull StarStorm UI Staff Associates (occasional contributors): All Nighter Crazyman The Game Junkie Indro Laser-Lite Bruce Murphy The Phoenix Pip Tom Sawyer Siberian Shasta ...and UI Snoopers and Informants on boards everywhere! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>> NOTICE TO SYSOPS! <<<<< Join The Underground Network! Your BBS can become a member of the growing family of California and out-of-state boards offering their users the one-and- only, original UNDERGROUND INFORMER. There is no charge to sysops for the UI. Contact the UI Publisher at any of the above SnailMail or e-mail addresses for details. You may become a Registered Distributor of the UI by calling these boards, which are authorized Master Distributors: Chatterbox!, Van Nuys, CA at 818-718-1600/West San Fernando Valley, 818- 995-6959/East SF Valley, or 213-731-3434/L.A. (22 lines at 14.4K baud) has a UI section easily reached by entering "/GO UI" at any menu prompt. Section includes downloading, online reading, feedback to the UI publisher, and sysop information packet with registration form. Beyond Eternity, Manhattan Beach, CA at 310-371-3734 (1200-14400 baud V.32/V.32bis--Do NOT use LAPM or V.42!) or 310-370-9464 (300-2400 baud only). Sysops register as a UI distributor in the initial log-on question- naire. The UI can be read online from [D]oor #6 and downloaded from the "UI" section (#11) of the [L]ibrary. The Murph Zone, Studio City, CA at 818-509-8233 (2400-14.4K baud) features super-fast UI log-on (enter "UI" at log-on prompt; no password needed), im- mediate download access to current issue and sysop information packet, and direct e-mail feedback to UI Editor. (You can also log on in the usual way with your name, of course.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Newest Members of The Underground Network (A partial list of UI distributors which includes only those BBSes that have joined The Underground Network within the last 90 days.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20/20 TBBS (312-769-2020; Chicago, IL) DRAX (310-672-8975; Inglewood, CA) Eclair BBS (818-288-0573; Alhambra, CA) Hawks Haven BBS (9-line DLX; 818-348-0278; Woodland Hills, CA) Sacramento Live! (916-485-9549; Sacramento, CA) The Dance of Shiva (502-897-1494; Louisville, KY) The Murph Zone [reopened] (1-line EBBS Plus; 818-509-8233; Studio City, CA) Wildlife in Venice Beach (9-line DLX; 310-391-1913; Venice, CA) Xeon's Magic Shop [moved] (1-line PCBoard; 818-353-3986; Tujunga, CA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Industrial strength copyright notice: Entire publication copyright (c) 1994 Celeste Dolan. Copyright to individual articles is owned by the author(s). All rights reserved. The Underground Informer is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Nothing in this publication may be altered, deleted, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photo-copying, recording, or otherwise) in whole or in part without prior written permission of the Publisher and Editor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: The articles, stories and other items in this publication do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the sysops, staff, paying members, or unpaid guests of any BBS anywhere in the known universe. Many of the articles are presented as a parody of real events and should in no way be construed as hav- ing any bearing whatsoever on anything at all. The State of California re- quires that we advise persons with little or no sense of humor that this pub- lication contains information which might be considered harmful to the brain given regular exposure to it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Closing thought: After a loooong series of posts on the Internet asking questions like "What is the "@" key (or "*" or "~" etc.) called?", Dark Scavenge of Sunlight.com asked: "So what's a called?" Kelley Rogers, posting from the Eugene Free Community Network in Oregon, was ready with the answer: "The ' ' is called the 'any key' as in 'press any key to continue.'" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~