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All information was confirmed factual at press- time; however we CANNOT be responsible for errors encountered due to acts of God, system malfunction or negligence on the part of any System Operator of any BBS listed in the Houston Area 713 BBS List (c). LOOK FOR: AUTHENTIC FILES VERIFIED IUL758 DAVID E. WACHENSCHWANZ, THE ATOMIC CAFE BBS when unzipping BBSMAGxx.ZIP. We are NOT responsible for any information obtained from a counterfeited copy of this publication. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij CONNECT! Magazine EDITORIAL³ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij CyberSpace has never been short of jerks and "CyberPunks" who's main goal in life is to cause trouble for those on-line. "Little Boy Boards," -- those BBS systems operated by punks and hoodlums who's parents or legal guardians don't have a clue what they're up to (or don't care) -- have given the BBS industry a black eye. These socially-retarded and often mentally ill little snots (no doubt spoiled rotten by a worthless mommy and daddy) have been the cause of computer viruses, long distance telephone scandals, credit card fraud and many more serious crimes that should result in a good 'ole hanging if our lawmakers weren't such liberal wimps. Abolish the parole system. Enforce the criminal penal codes. That's the way to deal with CyberPunks or any other criminal. It is with this in mind that a breath of fresh air is blowing over the Houston on-line world. A group of responsible BBS SysOps are helping to erase the negative image of the BBS industry that the little schmoes have made for us, transforming the BBS image from that of a house of viruses to that of a good neighbor. With all the wealth in Houston, thousands of Houstonians go to bed each night (that is if they have a bed) hungry. In a land of plenty, it is a vile thought of someone in need of a meal. In this issue of CONNECT! MAGAZINE, read how you too can join the effort started by a group of self-less BBS System Operators and their users to stamp out hunger in Houston. Its a story that will make you proud to be on-line in Houston, and one that can make a happy ending for all. ß --David Wachenschwanz, Editor (david.wachenschwanz@atomiccafe.com) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Checking the calendar... This month. . . * Election Day Tuesday November 8 * * U.S. Marine Corps 219th Birthday Thursday November 10 * * Veterans Day Friday November 11 * * Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 24 * * Chanukah Begins Monday November 28 * ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij LOCAL BBS SYSTEMS SPONSOR FOOD DRIVE³ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij ÛßÛ ÛßÛ Ûßß Ûßß ÛßÛ ÛßÛ ÛßÜ ÛßÜ ÛßÛ ßÛß Û Û Ûßß ÛßÛ ÛßÛ ßßÛ Ûß Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛßÛ Û Û Û Ûß ßßß ßßß ßßß ß ßßß ßßß ßßß ßßß ß ßß ßßß ßßß ßßß The sad fact is some folks don't have enough to eat. From November 1st to November 22nd your local BBS community is sponsoring an ONLINE Û ÛßÛ Ûßßß ÛßÛ ÛÜ Û ÛßÛ ÛÜ Û ÛßÜ ÛßÜ ÛßÛ ÛßÛ ÛßÛ ÛßÛ Ûßß Ûßß Û Û Û Û ßÛ Û Û ÛßÛÛ ÛßÛ ÛßÛÛ Û Û Û Û ÛßÛ Û Û Ûßß Û Û Ûß Ûß ßßß ßßß ßßßß ßßß ß ß ß ß ß ß ßßß ßßß ß ßß ßßß ß ßßß ß ß úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú COLLECTION POINTS úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú E Deer Park Computers 1806 Center N Missing Byte Computers 1020 W FM 1960, #5 NE Missing Byte Computers 25530 I-45 North You are urged to NW Missing Byte Computers 10560 Northwest Freeway to drop off S Missing Byte Computers 589-B West Bay Area Blvd NON-PERISHABLE SE Computize 12885 Gulf Freeway food donation at SW Computize 9647 Southwest Freeway one of these nearby SW LightSpeed Systems 6006 Bellaire,tete #105 locations W Computize 1008 Wirt Road W Power Plus 1771 Upland, Suite #105 WC Hal-PC (NOON-3)(6:30-9pm) 1200 Post Oak #106 WC Missing Byte Computers 9039 Westheimer ON-LINE FOOD DRIVE November 1st to November 22nd 1994 LOG ON and DROP OFF! By Bruce Bozarth I hope we can get the entire BBS community behind this effort to collect non-perishable foods for the Houston Food Bank. A dozen local area computer retailers have graciously agreed to be collection points for your donations made to this generous agency. Houston Food Bank has recently sent $100,000 worth of food into the flood disaster areas north of Houston. Their efforts--needed NOW-- mean that Food Bank reserves have diminished dramatically. Agencies which work with the Food Bank, such as Meals On Wheels, may not be as well supported in coming months without OUR help NOW. PLEASE "Log On and Drop Off" any non-perishable foods such as canned meats, vegetables, dried beans, rice, flour, etc. at any convenient location shown on our log on screen. Help us be successful in needed community work NOW and those with future need will thank us. Your sysop is NOT expected--or prepared--to collect or store any donations. All donations should be delivered to the listed drop off locations. Only good can come from this effort--it is a win/win situation for those in need and the BBS community in general. Let's show the non-modeming public just how big our hearts can be! THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING! ß ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij CONNECT! Magazine DIALING ON DOWN THE ROAD³ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij ÛßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÛ Û Dialing Down The Road Û Û Û Û With Chuck Wharton Û Û Û Û "Experiencing the Strange and Wonderful Û Û in Houston BBSing" Û Û Û Û "Ordinary Stuff, Too, When Available" Û Û Û Û Û ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Houston has a bulletin-board rich environment for Cyber-folks <197> unlike anywhere else. BBSs come and go, but when they go we have plenty to take their places and hundreds ready to receive calls at any given time. Sometimes it overwhelms me the variety of topics you can cover on a daily basis. You want religion? Just hitting the BBS list with my word processor search function, I found BBSs offering specific interests including Catholic, Pentecostal. Some offered more general descriptions like 'Christian' and 'Religious'. While not specifically mentioned in the BBS list, some offer additional religious areas such as Judaism and Islam. Still other boards mention they explore areas like paganism. And that's just religious subjects. There's also the topics of science, game-playing, technology, law, medicine, politics and many others, including of course the boards catering to interests of adults (using assumed names to talking filthy to each other). So I shouldn't have been surprised. I sought a specific topic -- encroachment of our natural rights (pre-dating the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, or Articles of Confederation) by our own government, its various police forces and the United Nations. People discussing this stuff subscribe to one or more of the various patriot groups, including gun ownership rights groups, conservative mainstream groups and religious groups. I decided to take a shot at finding the Paul Revere Nets in this area. The name just sounded right. I found three nets in the Paul Revere system -- including PR_Net, featuring conversations and debate; PRN_News, with announcements from different groups and news articles on government attacks on individual liberty; and PR_Tech, mostly nuts-and-bolts discussions about guns. I found the nets on two boards in October's list -- Alcatraz RBBS-PC at 450-3870 and Brigadoon at 409-321-4637 (Conroe Metro Number available as local call from part of Houston by dialing with Area Code, but without the 1). Great stuff in these nets! While PR_Tech offers the same kind of gun talk you can find in Usenet and Fidonet groups, the PR_News and PR_Net areas offer a thoughtful and responsible perspectives from a variety of groups who distrust the old belief that mankind's government represents a servant, with mankind the master. Discussions of events such as the Branch Davidian standoff and other shootouts with federal agents highlight the fact that government has gotten too big to take orders from its citizens anymore. One exciting, emotional string discussed a Paul Revere User's grief over the killing by a federal sharpshooter, named Horiuchi, of an unarmed woman, Vicky Weaver, who held her baby in her arms. The fatal shooting happened during a federal standoff in Idaho with the Weaver family. Here's a portion of one message: ========================================================================= Area: PR_Net Date: 10-18-94 18:46 (Public) From: CLAIRE WOLFE To: VINCE WORTHINGTON Subject: Weaver II VW> BTW, in preparation for the raid on the Branch Davidian compound, the VW> BATF named their training camp CAMP VICKY (according to the Justice VW> dept's report on the Waco massacre) in honor of agent Horiuchi. There was a rumor during the Weaver incident that agents called their Idaho base camp "Camp Vicki." This was never confirmed, and was denied by every government rep who was asked about it. I have not seen the text of the Justice Department's Waco Whitewash. But if it contains information about Camp Vicki, I would very much appreciate having the exact quote and page number. VW> I don't know about you, but this pisses me off beyond words. I hope VW> that Horiuchi ends up in the crosshairs of a patriot's scope one day VW> and gets what's coming to him. If he ever gets in my crosshairs I'm VW> going to send him one and name *MY* .308 168-grain Sierra HPBT match VW> bullet Vicky in HER honor. I, too, would like to see Horiuchi brought to justice. I don't believe I could ever do it myself, because--unlike Horiuchi--I don't think I could kill in cold blood. And I still have hope that "the system" will punish him--though that hope was always slight and is fading fast. The fact that Horiuchi is NOT dead now says a lot about the restraint and basic non-violence of gun owners. Despite your words, I don't believe you would kill him, either. His address has been published in a number of places, including here on PRN. Yet he lives in peace. And that's what's so horrible. He probably really does live in "peace"-- the blank, conscienceless state of a sociopathic killer--something we could never really be. VW> But this incident started over trivial, trumped-up, bullshit charges. VW> Not significantly unlike what has happened to David this year. He has VW> a justified concern for his and his family's well-being. I agree with this. And so does the government. In 1982, Congress investigated the BATF and concluded that the agency spent almost all its time harassing law-abiding people instead of going after real criminals. They recommended abolishing the agency, but no other federal agency would take in the ATF's badly trained, "cowboy" agents. ========================================================================= One of the most amusing strings of conversation poses a debate between Libertarians and conservative Republicans on freedom of gun ownership. The Libertarian party members say voting for their candidates represents the best way to fight gun control -- emphasizing that while Democrats continue expanding government and its abuses, Republicans spend at least part of their time helping the Democrats by compromising with them. The Republicans say voting for Libertarians just dilutes the conservative votes and makes the Democrat votes count more. First, we hear from the Libertarian side: ================================================================== Area: PR_Net Date: 01-18-94 14:54 (Public) From: BOB FENSTERMACHER To: SARAH NUNEZ Subject: Libertarians vs GunOw ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ -=> Quoting Sarah Nunez to Steve Caserza <=- SN> Forget all of this "punish the Republicans" trash! Well, how very convenient. SN> It was SN> anti-gunners of every stripe who voted in the Brady and Crime Bills. What a cheap out. I'd expect that "bipartisanship" excuse from a liberal. What do you mean by "every stripe?" There are only two colors in Congress- Republican and Democrat. The Republicans lied to us to get elected, and then voted against us and with the Democrats. SN> Vote them out of office, and vote in pro-gun candidates who can *win*! Who should I vote for here in Illinois- anti-gun Republican governor Jim Edgar, or anti-gun Democrat challenger Dawn Clark Netsch? Should I vote for anti-gun Republican Jim Ryan, candidate for Attorney General, who is running awful radio spots of a female country singer saying- "So if you're tired of gangs, and guns, and tears, and children cryin', The only one to vote for is Jim Ryan" or should I vote for anti-gun millionaire Democrat lawyer Al Hofeld, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence's pet candidate for the office? Huh? =================================================================== And the Republican rebuttal: ================================================================== Area: PR_Net Date: 10-19-94 10:51 (Public) From: LEROY PYLE To: MIKE BURGETT Subject: Re: Libertarians vs GunOw ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ -> Hi Leroy, -> -> Replying to a message of Leroy Pyle to Mike Burgett: -> -> LP> Realistically, I expect them to support the L party. My question -> LP> is as a result of the many who challenge the current efforts of -> LP> GunOwners to sway certain elections that will result in a legisl -> LP> body more favorable to GunOwners. -> -> Sorry, but I have trouble accepting the fact that electing members of -> that have betrayed us (and by 'us' I mean gun owners), time and time -> me that just seems like rewarding them for all the backstabbing. You conveniently ignore the fact that this is an excellent opportunity to reward DiFi (Diane Feinstein) for her backstabbing ways, and put GunOwners back on the lobby "map". This type of political action is what is best understood. We win, they lose. There is no one who will deny that a loss for DiFi will send an important message to all who know and care. You, again, seem to be making my case in putting the LP ahead of GunOwners by preferring a total loss over a win. If DiFi loses, GunOwners win by gaining a majority in politics by those who are closer to our thinking. To GunOwners, a win by Huffington would be a win. It appears to me that the only thing that will satisfy the LP is to continue to lose? You seem to want to insist (and do you really expect?) there to be some instantaneous change in politics. Like a magic wand, or something. It takes more than wishful thinking to get things done. ====================================================================== The PRN_News area had announcements from a variety of groups, including this one posted October 3 from the Parent Information Network (P.I.N.): ====================================================================== URGENT MESSAGE TO BE GIVEN TO P.I.N. AREA CONTACT PERSONS ("TOWN CRIERS") This is an "EMERGENCY BULLETIN" from P.I.N. to all of the special network. May I ask you to get a pencil and big piece of paper so that I can pass it on to you verbatim? Here is the bulletin: There two deadly items going before the U.S - Senate this week, and both must be defeated. They are: (1) the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which is ultra-dangerous to the Christian family and Christian church. Article 5 specifically calls upon the nations passing the treaty to "monitor the content of `family education"'. (2) The "tine print" in the new LOBBY REFORM ACT (S 349) would almost certainly force organizations like P.I.N., Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council and others to register as lobbyists simply to be able to "spread the word" about all of the current dangers. It is "sneaky" - just like H.R. 6 last spring! Here is what P.I.N. asks you to do: Call the Senate switchboard in Washington at (202) 224-3121 and the local offices of your Senators. (If you are a Wisconsin resident, Herb Kohl (414) 297-4451 & Russ Feingold (414) 276-7282.) Give them a very simple message lIke this: "We are `sick and tired' of radical U.N. treaties to "RESTRUCTURE" THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN FAMILY (like the new U.N. Treaty on Discrimination Against women and the children's rights treaty") and then trying to stifle opposition by means of the "fine print" in the new LOBBY REFORM ACT (5 349), which just went through the House last Thursday! This is a "slam dunk" just like H.R. 6. and we are not fooled by it one bit!" Because these measures came up "out of nowhere" so quickly, we cannot give you all of the details today, but if your phone calls to the senators mention that it is "sneaky" just like H.R. 6 and that you are VERY UPSET, it will get the message across. There is a massive protest already brewing, and we can win on these! Also, you can call P.I.N. at (414) 821-1873 for more information or to order two copies of the article called "Feminist Reconstruction" (which discusses the above mentioned women's treaty in depth.) for $1.00 postpaid. ===================================================================== If that 'Feminine Reconstruction' pamphlet includes the plans for Michelle Pfeiffer or Kathy Ireland, I'd say it's well-worth the dollar. Oh, wait. That's FEMINIST reconstruction. Not FEMININE. Don't care for any today, thanks! If that's the best the United Nations can do, I'd say the John Birch Society was right all along. Let's get the U.S. the heck out of U.N. Construction of feminists, indeed! As I said earlier, the PRN_Tech area has messages typical of the other gun-talk offerings on Fidonet or Usenet. But I thought this recipe especially helpful: ====================================================================== Area: PRN_TECH Date: 09-30-94 08:55 (Public) From: MARTIN EBLE To: TERRY BUYERS Subject: Bore Cleaner ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Terry Buyers: TB> Thought the post on Ed'd Red had floated through here TB> a couple of times... Like this?: RED MIX If you're offended by the high price of rifle bore cleaner, there's no reason why you can't mix your own with common ingredients that are inexpensive, effective, provide corrosion protection, and satisfactory lubrication. This "recipe" is based on a formula in Hatcher's Notebook, Frankford Arsenal Cleaner #18. The original Hatcher recipe called for equal parts of turpentine, acetone, Astral Oil, and sperm oil (with 200 grams of lanolin optionally added per liter). Astral oil is the equivalent of our K-1 kerosene. Sperm oil's modern equivalent is Dexron II(e) automatic transmission fluid. Lanolin makes it easier on the hands. This mix will not chemically remove copper fouling, but it does an excellent job on carbon residue. CONTENTS (1) part Kerosene - K1 (1) part Dexron II/IIe ATF (1) part Stoddard Solvent (aka "Varsol") (1) part Acetone Optional: up to (1) part USP Anhydrous Lanolin Topical Lubricant (drug stores) MIXING INSTRUCTIONS: Mix in well-ventilated area outdoors. Use a clean 1 gallon metal container, or one of PET or PVC. Do NOT use HDPE!! The mix will dissolve it! Begin with the Dexron ATF. Next add the K-1 Kerosene.(*1) Carefully measure the rest of the ingredients and pour into container. If you are adding Lanolin, it may be easier to melt it in a double-boiler. (*1) A small quantity of the 50-50 ATF/kerosene may be saved for use as a compatible gun oil. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE: 1. Unload the firearm. Open the action and confirm the bore is clear. The mix is most effective when the barrel is still warm to the touch from firing. Saturate a patch with bore cleaner and push it through the bore from breech to muzzle. The patch should be a snug fit. Let the first patch fall off and do not pull it back into the bore. 2. Using a second saturated patch, similarly start it into the bore from the breech scrubbing from the throat area forward in 3-5" strokes and advancing until the patch exits the muzzle. Wait approximately 1 minute to let the bore cleaner soak. 3. For heavily carbon-fouled, leaded, or neglected bores a bronze brush wet with bore cleaner may be used to remove stubborn deposits. 4. Use a final wet patch pushed straight through the bore to flush out loosened residue. Let the patch fall off without pulling it back into the bore. Leaving the bore wet will protect it from rust for up to 30 days. If lanolin has been incorporated into the mixture, it will protect the firearm from rust longer. 5. Wipe spilled mix from finish and exterior surfaces before storing the gun. While it is harmless to blue and nickel finishes, the acetone will soften most wood finishes. 6. Before firing a cleaned firearm, push two dry patches through the bore and dry the chamber using a patch wrapped around a brush. 7. Hot water cleaning is unnecessary after use of black powder, Pyrodex or chlorate primers if this mix is used exclusively. If hot water cleaning is done, flush thoroughly with Red Mix to prevent rusting from residual moisture. 8. Apply the following indelibly to the container of mix: SAFETY WARNINGS: CAUTION: HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN FLAMMABLE 1. Flammable mix. Keep away from heat, sparks or flame. 2. FIRST AID - If swallowed DO NOT induce vomiting, call physician immediately. In case of eye contact immediately flush thoroughly with water and call a physician. For skin contact wash thoroughly. 3. Use with adequate ventilation. Avoid breathing vapors or spray mist. It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling. Reports have associated repeated and prolonged occupational overexposure to solvents with permanent brain and nervous system damage. If using in a closed space that lacks forced air ventilation, wear respiratory protection meeting NIOSH TC23C or equivalent. Keep container tightly closed when not in use. *************** This recipe is in the public domain, and may be freely distributed. All instructions and safety warnings included herein should accompany it. ========================================================================= The Paul Revere Nets offer viewpoints I have not found on Usenet or Fidonet. 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Ü ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij CONNECT! Magazine CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES³ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij COLONIAL FURNITURE COLORS NEW MEXICO HISTORY ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß By James E. Rickman, LANL PIO LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO October 5, 1994 -- Keith Bakker, a post-graduate intern from the Smithsonian Institution, is using Los Alamos National Laboratory equipment for research that challenges some widely held beliefs about the original appearance of traditional New Mexican furniture. "When we look at 18th and 19th century New Mexican furniture today, we often find worn, darkened varnishes and weathered wood," Bakker said. "That is not how it looked when it was made. The original artisans quite often painted the furniture with vivid colors: reds, blues, greens, oranges, and yellows. Some of this furniture was really bright -- just like similar New England furniture was. Other pieces were painted brown, either with opaque paints or semi-transparent glazes." If Bakker is correct, his research may color debate about how isolated early New Mexican settlers were from the influences of Spain and Mexico City. By taking advantage of a memorandum of understanding between Los Alamos and the Smithsonian that allows Institution researchers to use LANL equipment, Bakker has found there's more to New Mexican Spanish Colonial furniture than meets the naked eye. Bakker has been coming to LANL about once a week for the last two years to look at furniture samples and cross-sections under a state-of-the-art microscope with ultraviolet illumination. Each sample -- usually smaller than a period on a printed page -- is prepared with fluorochrome dyes before Bakker looks at it under the microscope, which enlarges a sample image to 400 times actual size. Under the microscope's ultraviolet illumination, lipids (fats) and proteins, constituents of furniture oils and animal glues, glow in distinctive layers before Bakker's eyes. "By applying fluorochrome stains and examining the samples under the uv-microscope we can characterize the various layers of finish and make intelligent guesses about the history of a piece of furniture," he said. Bakker has found that some of the dark colors associated with 18th century New Mexican furniture are the result of later varnishes, most likely applied by furniture restorers who had a mistaken impression of the furniture's original appearance. But the layers underneath, identified through the microscope, show Bakker how brightly colored the furniture often was when it was made and used in New Mexico homes. Original artisans sometimes coated the wood with white gesso, a mixture of gypsum and animal glue, and then applied transparent layers of paint. In these layers, paint pigment particles -- seen easily by Bakker under the Laboratory's uv-microscope -- are spaced relatively far apart. Consequently, light penetrates the paint layers and reflects off the white background, enhancing the brilliance of the color. The technique was well-known to 18th century European craftsmen and documented in artist's manuals and treatises from Spain, Italy and England. Bakker's research indicates that settlers of Northern New Mexico apparently also knew this technique. What's more, the pigments in the paints were expensive and are not from local materials, an indication that they were imported from Mexico or Europe. "This indicates the influence of the Mexican guild system in the New Mexico," Bakker said. "People didn't just settle here and then start teaching themselves how to paint. This goes against the common notion that when people settled here originally, the area was isolated and the settlers were unsophisticated." So how did so much of New Mexico's Spanish Colonial furniture end up with its contemporary darker finishes? Bakker has a hypothesis. Anglos who came to the Southwest in the early 1900's liked the furniture and began buying it at low prices from Hispanic families who were no longer using it in their homes, Bakker said. Furniture items often had been stored outdoors before collectors would purchase them. "So, Anglos started collecting furniture that was weathered and worn and beat up, and it fit with all the romantic notions they had about how isolated New Mexicans were and how hard life was in frontier New Mexico," he said. Ultimately, many collectors brought the furniture to someone for restoration, Bakker said. The restorers refinished the furniture with dark varnishes, perhaps because the original paint had darkened with age and that's all the restorer saw. Similarly, around the turn of the century -- when the Arts and Crafts Movement was popular -- furniture collectors expected to see "natural" wood and sometimes pieces were left in their weathered and unfinished condition. The rest is history...although not necessarily an accurate history, according to Bakker. "I think we can be reasonably certain that craftsmen who built this furniture didn't go to the trouble and expense of obtaining pigments from Mexico, putting them on a white background and then covering it all up with a dark varnish," Bakker said. To test his hypothesis, Bakker, a furniture conservator, is gathering as much information as possible about furniture restoration techniques of the 1930s. Using the ultraviolet microscope and other equipment available in Los Alamos' Life Sciences Division, Bakker has shown that some of the outer dark layers of varnish on New Mexican furniture were put there by restorers long after the furniture was originally made. "Some people may have a hard time accepting these ideas,' Bakker said, "because they have these set beliefs about 'Southwestern Style.' Many people think the rough condition of New Mexican Spanish Colonial furniture somehow represents the way it was made and used. "I'm saying that the present condition of New Mexican furniture often represents romantic 20th century ideas, rather than the ideas of the 18th and 19th century Hispanic craftsmen who built the furniture," Bakker said. BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY! ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Lasers, plasmas and beams of all sorts -- electron, ion and microwave -- have a variety of potential applications in industry, and a "virtual" center at Los Alamos has been established to develop new processes based on beam technologies and relevant to industry. The center is "virtual" because it has no walls but instead identifies and ties together capabilities across the laboratory. 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COMMUNICATIONS ³ ³ Visa 7 1 3 - 5 3 0 - 2 7 0 9 MC ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ADVANCING FUSION RESEARCH IS GOAL OF HISTORIC U.S.- RUSSIAN EXPERIMENT AT LOS ALAMOS LAB ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß By Jim Danneskiold and Kathy Higgins, LANL PIO LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, October 20, 1994 -- Russian and Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists today joined unique Russian technology with sophisticated Los Alamos diagnostic instruments in a controlled fusion energy experiment. The experiment united nuclear weapons design physicists and engineers from the two former Cold War foes. The experiment, in Ancho Canyon near Bandelier National Monument, is the fifth experimental campaign in 13 months between Los Alamos scientists and researchers from the All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics at Arzamas-16. "These experiments are providing the first good look for Western science at a relatively untried approach to controlled fusion energy," said Los Alamos physicist Irv Lindemuth. A fusion and pulsed-power expert, Lindemuth has been a key player in the Russian-U.S. laboratory collaborations. Lindemuth stressed that the experiments achieve two important goals: advancing the knowledge of physics in both nations and bringing together for peaceful research the scientists who designed the Russian and U.S. weapons of mass destruction. "These experiments are part of an unprecedented scientific collaboration between nuclear weapons scientists of these two nations that has been encouraged at the highest levels of both governments," he said. In today's experiment, the Russian-built pulsed-power apparatus converted the chemical energy released by roughly 100 pounds of high explosives into an intense electrical pulse and concentrated magnetic energy. The electromagnetic energy compressed and heated a plasma, or magnetized gas, to pressures and temperature that approach those found in the sun and other stars. Data still being analyzed from the Los Alamos diagnostic equipment will provide much more detailed information than ever before about the plasma behavior when it is heated to temperatures approaching the onset of fusion reactions, Lindemuth said. Scientists from both nations also will examine how different high explosives, some of which were developed at Los Alamos, affect the outcome. Magnetized target fusion has characteristics of both U.S. approaches to fusion power: magnetic fusion, such as the tokamak reactor at Princeton, and inertial confinement fusion. In magnetic fusion, a gas is heated sufficiently to strip its atoms of their electrons and the resulting plasma is confined by a magnetic field as it is heated further to create a fusion reaction. Inertial confinement fusion uses a powerful laser to compress a fuel pellet with so much force that the heat ignites the fusion process in the pellet. A magnetic field allows the Russian magnetized target fusion technique to suppress heat loss in the plasma, as in magnetic fusion, while retaining the implosion heating and plasma confinement advantages of inertial confinement fusion. The compression and speed of reactions achieved in magnetized target fusion are intermediate from those recorded in the two Western fusion methods. "Unique Russian equipment makes possible a thorough experimental examination of this alternative approach t fusion energy," Lindemuth said. A controlled fusion reaction requires heating a plasma to temperatures greater than 40 million degrees Celsius. Los Alamos and Arzamas-16 scientists expect that today's experiment achieved temperatures greater than 4 million degrees for several millionths of a second, but a tiny component of the plasma approached 40 million degrees and produced fusion reactions. Analysis in progress may show that the experiment may have potentially produced the largest number of fusion reactions ever in a single pulsed- power experiment at Los Alamos. Similar experiments six months ago at Arzamas-16 produced nearly 10 trillion fusion reactions. Arzamas-16 researchers, led by the late Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet weapons designer, dissident and Nobel Prize winner, developed Russian magnetized target fusion, a technique the West knew little about until recently. Sakharov once said that realization of the potential in pulsed power for studying high-energy density physics and producing electrical energy from fusion reactions was his fondest wish. Los Alamos has the only active U.S. high-explosive pulsed-power program. "Prior to this year, no one has ever fully described the Russian hardware in the scientific literature," Lindemuth said. "In fact, these pulsed-power systems and the spectacular Russian achievements weren't known about at all before 1992." In a related experiment last winter at Los Alamos, researchers from the two institutes used the ultrahigh magnetic fields generated by the other Russian pulsed-power machines to study the properties of high-temperature superconductors, which could increase the understanding of electronic devices at the atomic level. Discussions about joint scientific work began in February 1992 during an historic visit to Arzamas-16 and its sister laboratory at Chelyabinsk-70 by Los Alamos Director Sig Hecker and John Nuckolls, former director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In addition to his role in the scientific collaboration, Lindemuth has successfully brought together Russian and U.S. scientists and their families through several exchange visits, a pen-pal project with the Los Alamos and Arzamas-16 schools and a visit to New Mexico last spring by eight Arzamas high school students and their teachers. VOLCANO: GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIST ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß By James E. Rickman, LANL PIO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, October 27, 1994 -- A Los Alamos National Laboratory geologist has discovered that a killer volcano has the "Midas touch." Fraser Goff, with Los Alamos' Geology and Geochemistry Group, today presented findings about the gold-producing propensity of Colombia's Galeras volcano -- which killed nine people during a 1993 eruption -- at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting in Seattle. Goff has learned that Galeras is exhaling about a pound of gold into the air each day through its vents. In addition, the volcano has formed a vein in which high-grade rock fragments have an equivalent yield of about eight ounces of gold per mined ton. In January 1993, Goff and other Los Alamos researchers attended a conference on volcanic threats in Pasto, Colombia, a town of about 300,000 nestled at the base of Galeras. Goff and his colleagues also wanted to take samples to look for evidence of tritium in volcanic discharges. But on January 14, all hell broke loose: the volcano let fly with a spray of heated rock, gas and ash that claimed the lives of nine people, six of them scientists, who were near the rim of the 14,000 foot tall volcano. Goff was in a valley well below the rim when Galeras exploded. Another member of Goff's team was near the rim, but he huddled under a hard hat and received only a few burns from the scorching-hot rocks raining down. "About two and a half weeks after the eruption, we were inside the crater collecting samples," Goff said. "It was kind of strange being there." But it was a comment by a Colombian guide that eventually helped Goff realize that the volcano was producing more than magma and a caustic brew of hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid and other noxious gases. "Near one of the gas vents we were sampling, about 16 kilometers west of the Galeras summit, this guide kind of jokingly asked me if I wanted to look at a gold vein," Goff said. "The guide was kind of laughing like it was nothing and I took a few samples and brought them back with the others." Goff said it wasn't until he found gold in the quartz vein material that he started looking for gold in the other samples. "We didn't start out this project looking for gold," he said. "If I hadn't found it in the samples from that vein, we probably wouldn't have looked for it at all." The Galeras volcano is producing a large amount of the precious metal, relative to other active volcanoes. Goff took samples of magmatic fluid -- sulfur and sulfate-laden steam that roared out of fumaroles at temperatures between 200 degrees and 360 degrees Celsius (between 392 and 680 degrees F) --and found that the fluid contained gold in quantities of 0.04 parts per million, while precipitated sulfur from the fluid contained quantities as high as 23 parts per million. Goff found gold in quantities as high as 2.59 parts per million (or about two and a half grams per ton) in rocks that had come from Galeras eruptions; in the quartz vein he sampled, the quantity of high-grade gold was about 269 parts per million, while gold ore showed up in quantities of about 22 parts per million. "This is a significant amount of gold coming from the Galeras volcano," Goff said. "The few other active volcanoes which have had fluids analyzed for gold indicate concentrations of about 10 parts per BILLION or less. So the gold coming out of Galeras is much higher than anything that has been seen from an active volcano so far." The samples were tested at two different laboratories to ensure the accuracy of the readings. Goff's colleagues at Los Alamos' Geochemistry Laboratory first analyzed the rocks and fluids that had been collected from Galeras. Samples also were sent to a lab in Canada. Moreover, the gold-bearing vein sample was dated by Los Alamos scientist Mike Murrell and found to be about 560,000 years old. Since the vein is at the base of the volcano, it indicates that Galeras has been expelling gold during episodic eruptions since infancy. "The fact that this volcano is producing so much gold is exciting to geologists because we are seeing an active geologic record of ores being build up in rocks -- an active ore deposit is probably being formed right now," Goff said. "For geochemists, this volcano provides them with an opportunity to see how gold and other metals are chemically transported and deposited." However, people may take an interest in Galeras for reasons other than science, he said. "I've been keeping this quiet for a couple of years now and I haven't told really anybody about this," said Goff. "I'm sure once the word starts getting out there will be some people who will stake claims on the volcano." Goff outlined his discovery of gold at Galeras in a paper that was published in the October 1994 issue of "GSA Today." ß ÛßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÛ Û For the latest news in computer technology, read Dwight Silverman's column Û Û in the business section every Sunday in The Houston Chronicle, Houston's Û Û Information Source. 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If you can't get through, try again later. If you are the SysOp of a BBS and wish to have your system listed in Houston's largest and most accurate BBS list, call THE ATOMIC CAFE BBS at 713- 530-8875. Log on under your real name, and answer the registration informat- ion. Then, from the top level menu, select . You will then be at the Houston Area 713 BBS List (c) Center. Select <4> to add a system or to change your system. Select <5> to remove your system from the list. In either case, you will be asked to answer a questionnaire for EACH line you wish to list. The service is FREE. We reserve the right to refuse to list any system that we feel may be inappropriate to list. Here are a few other things to keep in mind ... *FidoNet BBS systems dedicate one hour a day to mail exchange. That hour is normally from 4-5 a.m. central time, or 3-4 a.m. central daylight time. 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Systems up one day may be down for good on the next. For every system to goes down, there are usually 2 or 3 to replace it. Therefore, it is vital that you always do your BBS dialing from a RECENT list. Ü ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß DCE BPS Rate (BR) Key: *=300 a=1200 b=2400 c=9600 d=14,400 e=16,800 f=19,200 g=28,800 NOTE: DCE is the speed of data down a telephone wire. DTE is the speed of data from your modem to your computer and vice versa. We do not list DTE rates as it is pointless to do so. ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß PLATFORM KEY: ALT=Altos COC=Tandy Color Computer AMG=Amiga Computer DOS=MS-DOS/PC-DOS operating system KPR=KayPro APL=Apple Computer OS2=OS/2 2.0 ATI=Atari Computer TIA=Texas Instruments 99/4A CMD=Commodore Computer UNX=Unix WNT=Windows NT CPM=CP/M MAC=Macintosh ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ SOFTWARE KEY: NAME: SUPPLIER: Auntie BBS....................................W. J. Meier dba W&W Associates 1988 Via Appia Walnut Creek, CA 94598 510-937-0156 C-Net Pro.....................................Perspective Software 313-537-6168 (Voice) 313-537-5942 (Fax) 313-255-2466 (BBS) Command Processor (C.P.) Tm...................Gary T. Metcalf 315 Moser Rd. Louisville, KY 40223 502-244-7188 (BBS) DLX...........................................Baudtown 818-894-4150 (Voice) 818-893-7600 (BBS) EXCELSIOR! Pro BBS............................Sycom Design Software 313-774-2153 (Voice) 313-772-5802 (Fax) 313-772-6442 (BBS) FirstClass....................................SoftArc, Inc. 416-299-4723 (Voice) 416-754-1856 (Fax) 416-609-2250 (BBS) GT POWER......................................P&M Software Co. 3104 East Camelback Road #503 Phoenix Arizona 85016 Hermes II.....................................Computer Classifieds 206-643-2316 (Voice) 206-643-7830 (Fax) 206-643-2874 (BBS) Major BBS, The................................Galacticomm Incorporated . 4101 SW 47th Avenue . Suite 101 . Ft. Lauderdale, Fl 33314 . 305-583-5990 (Voice) . 305-583-7846 (Fax) . 305-583-7808 (BBS) . ......................................PPL Networks . Authorized Galacticomm Dealer . 1400 W. Sam Houston Parkway N . Suite 230 Houston, TX 77043 . 713-464-4256 (Voice) . 713-597-1090 (BBS) . ......................................4D Communications Authorized Galacticomm Dealer And DC-NET Distributor P.O. Box 58002 Houston, Texas 77258 713-334-3333 (Voice) 713-335-0147 (Fax) PCBoard.......................................Clark Development Company Inc P.O. Box 571365 Murray Utah 84157 801-261-1686 (Voice) 801-261-8987 (Fax) 801-261-8976 (BBS) Powerboard BBS................................NUIQ Software, Inc. 914-833-3479 (Voice) 914-833-3623 (Fax) 914-833-1479 (BBS) ProBoard......................................ProBoard International 612-537-8655 (Voice) 612-537-8613 (Fax) 612-537-8659 (BBS) RemoteAccess..................................Wantree Development 108 West 3rd Street Bonner Springs, Kansas 66012 913-441-1336 (Voice) 913-441-0596 (Fax) 913-441-0595 (BBS) RoboBoard/FX..................................Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. P.O. Box 633 Aylmer Quebec Canada J9H6L1 800-363-7626 (Voice) 819-685-0994 (Fax) 819-682-7771 (BBS) Searchlight...................................Searchlight Software Inc. 6516 Detroit Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44102 216-631-9290 (Voice) 216-631-9289 (Fax) 216-631-9285 (BBS) Spitfire......................................Buffalo Creek Software 913 39th Street West Des Moines, Iowa 50265 515-225-9552 (Voice) 515-225-8496 (BBS) Synchronet....................................Digital Dynamics 714-529-6328 (Voice) 714-529-9721 (Fax) 714-529-5313 (BBS) TBBS (The Bread Board System).................eSoft Incorporated . 15200 E. Girard Avenue . Suite 3000 . Aurora, CO 80014 . 303-699-6565 (Voice) . 303-699-6872 (Fax) . 303-699-8222 (BBS) . .................Connect! Communications Co. Authorized eSoft Dealer SALES, SERVICE, SUPPORT DISCOUNT ESOFT PRICES Hardware/Books/CDs P.O. Box 720894 Houston TX 77072 713-530-2709 (Voice) 713-530-5644 (Fax) 713-530-8875 (BBS) TurBoard......................................TeleMedia P.O. Box 566491 Atlanta, GA 31156 404-395-6525 Wildcat!......................................Mustang Software Incorporated P.O. Box 2264 Bakersfield, CA 93303 805-873-2500 (Voice) 805-873-2599 (Fax) 805-873-2400 (BBS) Are we missing YOURS? Send us the information: P.O. Box 720894 Houston Texas 77072 or via Internet at: sysop@atomiccafe.com. We'll add yours next issue! Systems listed as "LD" or "L-D" or "Long Distance" may or may not be a toll call from your area. If the number is a toll call from the Connect! offices, then it is so annotated and the caller is advised that a toll charge may be assessed by the phone company. ²²²²²²²²²² *********************************************************** *ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸* ²²²²²²²² *³ Presenting Houston's 24 Hour Bulletin Board Systems: ³* ²²²²²²²²² *ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ;* *********************************************************** ²²²²²²²²²² ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Software System System Name Phone BR Type Type Comments ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 001-Science Fiction...778-0239 a Ivory CMD 8UP BBS, The......713-424-2739 d TAG DOS LD GAMES,FILES,FILES... 10-Forward............444-4535 d Wildcat! DOS StarTrek, Games 1701D USS Enterprise..466-0778 d TAG DOS MODs;GIFs;Action Figures A-Mega BBS Node 1.....488-6077 d Wildcat! 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Words! Soul! I.F.H.C.A.............948-9906 b TBBS DOS Pipe,valve,fitting database Ice Castle, The.......722-5400 b MajorBBS DOS chat lines/e-mail/cd databases Ice Lair BBS-1........694-1522 b MajorBBS DOS 6 Nodes, Adult Chat Lounges Ice Lair BBS-2........694-2173 b MajorBBS DOS Adult Forums/Nets Ice Lair BBS-3........694-2365 b MajorBBS DOS Adult Door Games/Online Games Ice Lair BBS-4........694-9055 b MajorBBS DOS Crossroads/TradeWars 2002 Ice Lair BBS-5........694-5254 d MajorBBS DOS MatchMaker/User GIFS/XXX GIFS Ice Lair BBS-6........694-5059 g MajorBBS DOS 1st MBBS in Hou to do USERGIFS Ice Palace, The.......591-7939 b TAG DOS FidoNet Ideal Rampage, The....578-2177 d PCBoard DOS 5.6 GiG On-Line, Filez..DooM ! Ikonoclast............721-1538 d WWIV DOS games, philosophy InfoQuest BBS.........320-9163 d Wildcat! DOS Games, files, CD-rom, FidoNet Inner Sphere Node 1...893-4919 d Renegade OS2 OS2 and battletech Support Inner Sphere Node 2...893-0923 d Renegade OS2 battletech and os2 Insider, The..........784-8823 b Wildcat! DOS Real Estate Assistance Intercont'l Airways...661-7360 c Spitfire DOS AutoDial String 6617360,,77,77 Internet Source One...623-7920 c MajorBBS DOS At prompt:c ios I/O Error.........713-288-3744 d PCBoard OS2 OS/2 Support/files/msgs/MODs JW's BBS..............680-1296 d Wildcat! DOS Fidonet / CD Rom online Jackson's BBS I,The...849-4022 g TAG DOS 3Gigs,Adult,Echos T-Net Jackson's BBS II,The..849-4083 g TAG DOS Coming Soon Online Games! JAMWAR BBS!...........462-6629 g TriBBS DOS user friendly,instant access Jason's BBS...........361-3169 d Renegade DOS Games! Adult Areas, GIF's!! Jerks BBS, The........456-0401 d ExcaliburDOS Adult,Shareware, Jim Dandy's BBS.......476-9709 d TAG DOS FidoNET/onlineGAMES/Adult File Joe's Bar and Grill...674-4640 b TAG DOS FidoNet Jose Cuervo Clipper...787-9658 b Wildcat! DOS dBASE/Clipper users group Joy House, The........458-9293 g PCBoard DOS Adult/Love/Sex/S&SNets/Files JunkYard, The.........458-0552 d ProLogon DOS Keefer's Keep.........484-3485 b TAG DOS Nancon Team AD&D staff kens comics...........355-8419 b Vision CMD Houstons biggest commic bbs King's Corner BBS,The.550-2661 d Spitfire DOS CD-Rom,Circuit Net,LOD,TW2002 Knight Stuff, The.....692-8527 g Maximus DOS DuckNet, CHNet, BRE league 750 Knowledge Transfer....370-5804 b Spitfire DOS Education;CBT;AI;Entrepreneurs Komputers for Kids!...286-7800 d GT Power DOS Universal Law/Edu/Wolves Labyrinth.............440-4869 f TAG DOS files,messages,stuff. Last Call.............523-8366 d Maximus DOS 2-lines; Alt. Lifestyle, FidoNet Last Chance BBS 1-713-576-2795 d Wildcat! 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Leisure World.........859-0902 e CNET AMG FIDO,CLINK,AmiNet,ADS,SAN Lifestyles BBS Node 1.331-5512 d RemAcess DOS Alternative Lifestyles w/chat Lifestyles BBS Node 2.331-3609 d RemAcess DOS General, Adult & Teen Msg Ares Lighthouse BBS, The...431-1825 c GT Power DOS NetMail, SIGEchos, adultareas Linear Logic BBS......561-0702 d Maximus DOS messages, tech, netmail, files Linx..................440-7364 a PCBoard DOS Livewire BBS..........821-4749 e Spitfire DOS FidoNet,CircuitNet..Zyxel 19.2 Lone*Star BBS, The....485-8127 f TriBBS DOS Online tape, adult, gifs, jpg Longhorn BBS..........937-8636 d Spitfire DOS Houston's First Outdoors BBS lost boys bbs.........975-7943 d Maximus DOS Alternative lifestyles Lumin‚ Online.........242-8741 g PCBoard DOS Anti-Violence/General Interest Macaw's Roost Node 1..495-1797 d PCBoard DOS Rollover to next node if busy! Macaw's Roost Node 2..495-5766 d PCBoard DOS 3 CDs Online! 3+ GigaBytes Macaw's Roost Node 3..495-3730 g PCBoard DOS Internet/Usenet, RIME, Fido Macaw's Roost Node 4..495-0555 g PCBoard DOS Adult areas, Throbnet, Hotnet MacCentral............644-3856 d 1stClass MAC GUI interface CD-ROM online MacEndeavour..........640-1298 d TBBS DOS Mac msgs, files; Fido, UseNet MacLair...............286-2540 g 1stClass MAC Internet, OneNet, 2 gigs Magicœand áás.........432-0440 d Renegade DOS Cooœ ANSI/Files/Msgs/Doors/etc Mailbox, The..........331-1753 c TAG DOS Main Line BBS-1.......893-1541 g Wildcat! DOS *CD-ROM*, USR 28.8 Line, Doors Main Line BBS-2.......893-0648 d Wildcat! DOS Cr. NET WHQ, 700+ Megs online! Mask Removed Nd 1,The.947-3062 b Wildcat! DOS doors, messages,files Mask Removed Nd 2,The.947-6062 d Wildcat! DOS 70+ doors, messages, 345 Megs Matchmaker............480-4466 e Homemade UNX Internet Mail; 36 lines Matrix Family BBS.....575-0818 d Renegade DOS 5000 files No RATIO!! Maximum Overdrive.....470-9165 d Spitfire DOS 760 Megs,Adult,Games,Gifs,Msgs Media Bank............748-2420 b RBBS DOS Media One Studios.....953-2600 g MajorBBS DOS Texas Largest BBS! All Welcome Mel's.................896-1545 d GT Power DOS Genealogy;Shareware;Religious Merlin's Keep.........342-8968 d TAG DOS Adventure BBS, AD&D Msg base Michael's Place.......946-8606 d VBBS DOS Fido Echo/NetMail;Internet Micon Co., The........947-8185 c Maximus DOS Fido 1:106/8185 EchoMail Micro Archives........449-2775 d PCBoard DOS cd-roms, ASP BBS Mike & the Boys' BBS..996-9776 d TAG DOS File Transfer, Adult Sections Mister Ed's BBS.......580-8105 b Spitfire DOS Mont Belvieu BBS......385-2001 d PCBoard DOS 1.2Gigabytes online USRHST Mont Belvieu BBS......385-2689 d PCBoard DOS 2 gigs online/ Matchmaker door Moondance BBS.........342-5590 d RoboBoardDOS WindowsAdultGamesDoorsDOOMSVGA Morning Train BBS,The.860-0751 b Spitfire DOS Games, Files, Misc stuff Mr. Ed's Corner.......447-6119 d Renegade OS2 V.32/V.42; Programming Music Connection, The.240-0105 d TAG DOS FidoNet Musician's Guild......242-4927 a 128-Net CMD Music, Sprites, Animation MYBBS.................364-8241 d PRO! ATR Science, Politics, Star Trek My New BBS............726-0445 c Maximus DOS Zoom 12,000 Turbo My Lil' Corner........575-1470 d Wildcat! DOS Online games, messages, files N.H.C. BBS............443-5782 d Wildcat! DOS Education/Star Trek/Info New Ware Club.........558-9420 d Wildcat! DOS Virus;Games;Windows New Zalem.............360-3594 d TAG DOS Anime,games,rpg's,msg's,nofile NEXUS 6...............398-9363 d TAG DOS DOOM Players Heaven Nocturnal Madness.....499-5468 c Wildcat! DOS No Ratios,Adult Files Non-Violent Alts......452-2114 d Maximus DOS peace Nuclear Exposure......463-2854 b GT Power DOS Games,messages,matchmaker! Nuts and Bytes BBS 1..997-9867 d GT Power DOS Doors, Files, GTPN, FIDO Nuts and Bytes BBS 2..997-1324 d GT Power DOS Files, games, messages Optical Delusions.....772-2209 d Wildcat! DOS Latest files/adult areas/more! Pachyderm PWR BBS,THE.464-7429 d GT Power DOS RUSH,FILES,GAMES,ECHO'S,POLICE Pale Rider............434-8308 d RoboBoardDOS Files/Games/New Users Welcome! Paradise Play Line....597-1090 d MajorBBS DOS World Wide Link,Romance & love Paradise Play Line....597-4000 d MajorBBS DOS 26 lines,chat,social activities Paradise Play Line....597-4021 d MajorBBS DOS Fun Loving, Bi-weekly Parties! Paradise Play Line....597-4014 f MajorBBS DOS Live world wide Chat linkups!! Paradise Play Line....597-4017 f MajorBBS DOS Feel the Excitement of Cybersp Paradise Play Line....597-4001 d MajorBBS DOS Internet Email and Usenet Paradise Play Line....597-4002 d MajorBBS DOS Galacticomm BBS Dealers Paradise Play Line....597-4003 d MajorBBS DOS Ambassador Dealer for MajorBBS Paradise Play Line....597-4004 d MajorBBS DOS Games, Tele-Arena, Kyrandia Paradise Play Line....597-4005 d MajorBBS DOS Internet, USENET, anonymous Parliament............443-6632 d TAG DOS Adult ONLY! Paul T's Place........941-6112 d GT Power DOS Mail,files,games,local chat PC Passions...........355-0401 d TAG DOS Files-Games-Messages Pegasus II............337-5349 d RemAcces DOS Adult areas, Two CD-Rom, 2 Gig Penguins On Parade....787-9077 f Maximus DOS Music & Writing, Fidonet, Etc. Pentecostal BBS, The..641-3058 b Spitfire DOS Christian, 1.50 Gig's Perry's BBS...........466-5349 d Renegade DOS ADULTS ONLY - FILES - MESSAGES Phantasia BBS.........457-6669 c Spitfire DOS SciFi/Fantasy/Anime/RIME/SFNET Phone Booth BBS, The..820-2223 b RBBS DOS Adult Games And Conference Phunny Pharm, The.....474-5420 d Spitfire DOS Megamail,Medical,Aviation PIC of the MID Town...961-5817 d Maximus OS2 OS/2, CP/M, Adult Access, FIDO Pink Triangle BBS,The.777-9562 d RemAcess DOS Gay/Lesbian, MSG Bases, Files Pit Road..............568-0814 f RoboBoardDOS Online Gif View, files, adult Platinum RBBS, The....667-4215 e RBBS DOS USR DS-Validation Required Playline Magazine BBS.568-4400 b MajorBBS DOS Adult dating, sexual areas Pleasure Dome.........497-7731 d TAG DOS message base,files, doorgames Possum Belly BBS-1....587-2368 d ExcaliburDOS Files,Star Trek,Fun For All Possum Belly BBS-2....587-9918 d ExcaliburDOS Files,Star Trek,Fun For All Power House BBS, The..852-7028 a Image CMD Christian support; games Power Plus - Node 1...550-9944 g PCBoard DOS Computer store,INet,Fido,5GB Power Plus - Node 2...550-9955 e GT Power DOS Computer store, GTPN Prime Concepts BBS....937-4872 c TAG DOS Comic/Cards - Tech Support Printing Press, The...869-8681 c RBBS DOS Graphics, printer support, gen Programmers Attic,The.894-4429 d Wildcat! DOS Programming: all languages Programmers' Palace...242-4708 f ProBoard DOS Programming files & fido Project X - I.........356-7368 f RoboBoardDOS Dedicated to files - free ser. Project X II..........351-2524 f RoboBoardDOS A World of fun W/ over 2 gig's PSL Online............442-6704 d PCBoard DOS Public(software)Library online Psychodrome BBS.......488-6817 d PCBoard DOS HUFON-VGA Planets-Hack -Solves Psycholistic Tendencie491-1833 g TAG DOS Message bases!,USURPER,L.O.R.D Quick Draw BBS........448-2853 c Telegard DOS R/C Connection, The...339-1277 d GT Power DOS Games/Mail/ Files Ragnarok..............621-8252 d 1stClass MAC 1.7GB/CD/ADULT/MSG's/MAC FILES RAM-Rock BBS..........662-0060 f TAG WNT Adult files and Entertainment Rangers F.U.B.A.R.BBS.992-3860 e Wildcat! DOS 9600 + only, files files files Really Big Board,The..784-6073 f Spitfire DOS Fido EFF LOD LORD Usurper Free Recipes 'R' Us........939-1772 d TAG DOS Just hundreds of good recipes Recovery Room I.......242-9674 c Oracomm DOS Addiction/12 Step recovery Recovery Room II......242-3750 b Oracomm DOS Gay/Straight AIDS/HIV+ Support Remote Control, The...324-3931 f TAG DOS Files-Games-Messages-Fidonet Renegade..............682-1546 g Wildcat! DOS Fun place to call for games Ringworld Node 1......681-6634 d Wildcat! DOS Roller & Inline Skating Info Ringworld Node 2......681-5091 d Wildcat! DOS Internet/Usenet 50,000 files Rivan Warrior.........324-3302 d TAG DOS Multi-net, RPG's, etc. Roach Coach OS/2,The..343-0942 f Maximus OS2 USR DS V.32t Fidonet OS2Net Road Kill Cafe,The....370-7004 c TAG DOS Adult 17 and up, SRE,BRE,HM,GW Rocnrol BBS...........496-7415 d Wildcat DOS Adult,Windows,Games,Programing Room Under the Stairs.597-0145 c TBBS DOS FileZ,Games,Messages,??? Round Table, The......922-1393 b Maximus DOS BBS for eclectics,GC MENSA RSS-BBS Support Center859-8253 b Wildcat! DOS Support 4 Ramsoft S.N.A.F.U.............482-2292 e TAG DOS Online games:Tw2002,BRE-SRE,PIT Sands ProBoard........961-1604 e PCBoard DOS General Sag's Sack BBS........343-0091 b TriBBS DOS On-Line Games & Message Bases Satellite TV Board....623-4899 c Spitfire DOS Sat Tv Info - RIME Houston Hub Second Chance BBS.....482-9328 g Wildcat! OS2 Survivor/Recovery Support Set Free! BBS.........324-4421 d TAG DOS Christian Ministry Outreach Shadetree BBS, The....821-9948 d WWIV DOS WWIVnet,Internet,Games,Files Shadows Of Nights.....354-6406 d TAG DOS Files,Fidonet,Podnet and Doors Shark Waters..........890-0025 b TAG DOS 31 doors Shelly's Web..........523-3446 d Renegade DOS FILES, GAMES AND MESSAGES Sherwood Forest BBS...879-6073 d RemAcess DOS TONS of message areas! 8+Nets! SHIT..................521-4624 d Oblivion DOS Programming board from Hell Shop-Net Online!......530-7365 f RoboBoardOS2 Online Shopping, Cyber-Ads Shop-Stop, The........558-8989 f RoboBoardDOS Great Deals & CD-ROM ONLINE Short Circuit.........495-8156 c Wildcat! DOS Silent Mobius BBS.....872-3752 d Searchlt DOS Anime/adult/shareware SilverCOrp............261-5418 b FoRoem DOS A Small Business Forum Singles Connection!...956-8777 d MajorBBS DOS Profiles of & chat w/SINGLES Slug Trailllll........479-8043 b Wildcat! DOS Files for kids, General, Adult Small Town Spitfire 1.359-1393 d Spitfire DOS *CD-Rom:2.6gigs;RIP;New Users* Small Town Spitfire 2.359-1494 b Spitfire DOS *CircuitNet;Doors;Free Access* Snake Pit.............466-3022 d TAG DOS USR DS;FidoNet Echos;Files;GIFS Software Expressions..530-1599 c Maximus DOS ASP,Files,Online games, SDN HUB Solar Realm Node 1,The855-1665 d Telegard DOS Home of SR-Games! Solar Realm Node 2,The855-1687 d Renegade OS2 Home of SR-Games/Gaming System Solutions.............438-1219 g Maximus DOS Investment/RealEstate/Watkins Sound Off [FX]-1......392-7286 d RoboBoardDOS Now 6 Nodes! Planet Connet Hub Sound Off [FX]-2......392-7385 b RoboBoardDOS All 14,4 or Higher,live Chat! Sound Off [FX]-3......392-7280 d RoboBoardDOS 40,000+files, Door Games! Sound Off [FX]-4......392-5836 d RoboBoardDOS Adult base,View Gifs Online! Sound Off [FX]-5......392-7826 d RoboBoardDOS See vga Satellite Weather! Southern Outpost,The..997-7138 d TAG DOS On-line games, messages, files Southwest Crossing....933-9303 d Maximus DOS Potpourri of areas/information Specific Solutions....522-1104 d GT Power DOS rec.backcountry & rec.guns arc Squeak! BBS, The......485-0321 b TAG DOS FidoNet, some doors, programs Stage of Dreams.......488-3264 d RemAcess DOS FidoNet;RPGs;Doors;Files Stained Glass Windows.445-3963 c PCBoard DOS Windows Files/Free Access Star Base I...........961-0744 d Renegade DOS 600MB+&Files&Msgs&Games&MORE! Star Crusier's Flites.455-2409 b Maximus DOS Files Starshine.............998-2282 g Wildcat! DOS files,cd rom STATES RIGHTS BBS.....495-0485 d TAG DOS Political discussion St.Lawrence BBS 486...530-0717 g RemAcess DOS Higher access time & d/l limit Strike Force..........643-6143 d Unknown DOS Games & Adult GIF'S Shareware Super Collider........973-8034 g ExcaliburDOS Games,gifs,wavs,mods,jokes,fun Synergy BBS Node 1....558-2040 g Wildcat! DOS A free computer flea market Synergy BBS Node 2....558-2966 e Wildcat! DOS computer sales and service N/U Synergy BBS Node 3....558-8890 e Wildcat! DOS New Wave Computers-The PC Doc Tales of the Crypt713-251-1961 d TriBBS DOS LD Files,msgs,doors,gotta call Talk Channel Houston..476-5196 d DLX DOS ADULT SOCIAL/CHAT 32 LINES Terminal Zone, The....531-7517 d Wildcat! DOS Games, messages Terrapin Station,The..584-9877 d WWIV DOS 2Gig,adult,4 networks, games Texas Gold Mine.......849-1090 d PCBoard DOS Online games and files Texas Online..........660-7020 d TAG DOS Adult Gifs galore Texas Outpost, The....354-2975 g PCBoard DOS Technical - CD - Networks Texas Safety Assoc....265-7872 d TBBS DOS Business and Personal Safety There is Life.........855-8142 d Wildcat! DOS F,M,C,Educational,Religious Tomz Toyz.............462-5215 e PCBoard DOS Adult CD-ROMS online Toon-Town BBS II......332-0809 g RBBS DOS 28.8b Games,Fido,Files,CDROMS. Total CAD System......721-7726 b TAG DOS CAD and 3D computer graphics Town Talk Houston.....530-7600 c DLX DOS HST, Chat, on line trivia Town Talk Houston.....495-6500 b DLX DOS Chat, on line trivia Track Hound, The......331-4106 d Maximus DOS Racing Greyhound Info/FIDO Traders *BBS*, The....991-3325 d Synchnet DOS buy/sell/trade/6 cd rom's Tranquility Base......893-9124 d GT Power DOS Star Trek, BBS Chess, CD-ROM Twisted Psyche BBS,The489-1154 d RoboBoardDOS Files, Messages, Doors Uncle Wally's Place...493-2501 d TAG DOS Assoc. of Shareware Prof. BBS Under Construction....931-0600 d PCBoard DOS Underground, The......589-6469 d Maximus DOS Adult,celebrity,files,doors UnderWorld BBS........681-6166 b TAG DOS Live RPG's, msgs, doors, files Untamed Wilderness....480-8403 d PCBoard OS2 250+ Fido Conf. 18000+ files Up All-Nite BBS.......477-3708 d Renegade DOS Adult, Game Files,Msg. Uptown Connections713-259-0715 d TAG DOS LD Car Jack w/Sys, FREE, un-fun USS Pegasus...........777-0821 g Maximus DOS USR VFC/DS,HAM,RPG,CDROM,2.6Gb U.S.S. SEAQUEST...713-288-6440 f Wildcat! DOS LD Great Ansi, Games,Files, Valley Soft BBS.......893-2851 d WWIV DOS WWIVnet/FidoNet Vanity Vanity Publishg722-0934 b PCBoard DOS "Not Just For Writers" VeriTech..............578-0308 d Renegade DOS FidoNet VIS BBS...............894-2069 b Wildcat! DOS Basic Programming Wally World - Node 1..894-5350 d ExcaliburDOS Excalibur, over 7,000 files Wally World - Node 2..894-9633 g ExcaliburDOS Adult files, Windows BBS Walrus Street Jrnl,The270-7372 d Wildcat! DOS CD Rom, Files and Doors FREE!! Warehouse, The........473-7623 d RoboBoardDOS MODS,UTil,GAMEZ,NEW!-The PiTT WCSCNet...............568-6401 c Opus DOS FidoNet Whackey Whurled.......785-1632 d TAG DOS Online Gms,Msgs,Fls,humor bltn Wheel, The............341-5573 b Maximus DOS FidoNet Windwraith BBS........872-8560 b Image CMD PwrNet, Msg Bases, 46MgXfer,OLG Wings.................852-3753 b Wildcat! DOS Wizard's Realm, The...946-7315 b TAG DOS Message based BBS+fish/pet SIG Wizards Workshop, The.992-2526 b Ivory CMD Wooden Shoe, The......474-9657 c TAG DOS Games/Files/Messages/Fido X, The................728-2199 c RBBS DOS Libertarian activist base X-citing Systems......943-4000 d MajorBBS DOS all aldult X-citing Systems......943-4030 g MajorBBS DOS 28,8 baud of Xcitement Yankee Clipper, The...597-1653 d Wildcat! DOS Free,friendly>>BRE,trade,lord! Ye Olde Bailey I......520-1569 e PCBoard DOS Usenet & Smartnet Hub Ye Olde Bailey II.....520-9566 g PCBoard DOS Hayes v.FC 28.8 compliant modem Ye Olde Inn III.......331-3056 e TBBS DOS We *ONLY* Do Messages Zachary*Net...........933-7353 c NoChange DOS Ü ²²²²²²²²²²²² ************************************************************************** *ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸* *³ CONROE AREA 409 METRO BBS LIST ³* *ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ;* ************************************************************************** ²²²²²²²²²²²² The Conroe Metro Number is a local call from MOST of the Houston area. In order to dial the number just dial the 409 without the 1. If you are a Sysop of a Conroe Metro BBS and would like to see your BBS added to this listing please CONTACT LISA JACKSON at 1:106/3297 or 409-321-3297. 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