ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º ÇÄ¿ º K E E P I N G I N T O U C H º ³ º ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ º ³ º SPITFIRE Monthly Support Newsletter º ³ º for registered SPITFIRE Sysops! º ³ º October 1994 º ³ º Compliments of BUFFALO CREEK SOFTWARE º ³ º Buffalo Creek's BBS * 515-225-8496 º ³ º 38400/19200/9600/2400/1200 Bps º ³ º 2 Nodes º ³ º º ³ ÈÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Edited by Jacque Shipley The Mother Board BBS - (515) 986-3464 - 57600 Bps Sysop Of The Month by Walt Crede Roam This Fertile Land - (515) 288-8755 - 14400 Bps Newly Registered SPITFIRE BBS List by Ann Woltz Other Contributions As Noted ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Notes from the author of SPITFIRE! ÇÄ¿ ÈÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ SPITFIRE v3.5 Report ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; I really have very little to report. I was hopeful that I could find time to work on SPITFIRE's zmodem this weekend, however, I still have over 70 messages to answer today (already answered about 30). As I said in last month's report, I will get the zmodem problems fixed just as soon as I can find the time to do so. There are little changes and fixes being made on a fairly regular basis but none are really worth a special report. Thank you. ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ LAKOTA v1.4 ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; LAKOTA v1.4 is still being tested and has not been released. I have added an 'auto log off' feature to LAKOTA which I believe to be a nice addition. I am hopeful that we will be able to get a good, clean copy of LAKOTA released this time. My offer to allow any registered SPITFIRE Sysop to beta test LAKOTA v1.4 is still good. Please let me know if you are interested. ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ SFNET - SPITFIRE 'Exclusive' Mail Network Progressing ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; We have encountered a few bumps (expected) within SFNET. I view these bumps as positive. I am hopeful that those (and others) responsible for these bumps will realize that we are serious about operating a good, family style mail network. There is certain conduct which simply is not acceptable within SFNET. In spite of the bumps and in spite of those whose conduct is riding on the edge, I believe that most everyone is working together rather than typical 'flaming and blaming' which seems so prevalent on mail networks. I want to thank all SFNET participants for working to make SFNET a very special mail network. SFNET is a SPITFIRE 'Exclusive' Mail Network that we call can be proud of. Thank you. ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ SHILOH Addition ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; I made an nice addition to SHILOIMP ... When a message is addressed to an SFNET Node ID, then SHILOIMP will convert it to the name of the Sysop. For example, if a message was addressed to A0515001, then SHILOH would convert the A0515001 to Mike Woltz when the message is imported into Buffalo Creek's BBS message base. This is useful when you want to send a message to a Sysop but you don't know the exact name in which to address the message (i.e. - John Doe or Jon Doe). I trust this addition to SHILOH will be helpful ... Until next time, may God bless you... Mike, Ann & family ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Glory to God in the highest, ÇÄ¿ º and on earth peace, good will º ³ º toward men. º ³ º Luke 2:14 º ³ ÈÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ SFMSGLMR - SF LAST MESSAGE READ UTILITY ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; SFMSGLMR is a utility written by Mike Woltz to be used by SFNET's International Hub and the Area Code Hubs. When used with SHILOH, Buffalo Creek Software, QWK mail system software, SFMSGLMR allows the last message read pointers to easily be reset if an error occurs during the file transfer. SFMSGLMR uses two command line parameters. The /SET is used with SFMSGLMR when executed prior to running SHILOEXP. SFMSGLMR stores the last read message pointer information of the caller. The last read message pointer is then saved to a file on the drive. After running SHILOEXP and transferring the mail packet through DSZ, the batch file determines what processing should occur next based on the errorlevel returned by DSZ. If the DSZ reports the file transfer was successful, the file containing the last message read pointer information of the caller prior to running SHILOEXP is simply erased. However, in the event DSZ returns an errorlevel which indicates the file transfer was not successful, the batch file processes some additional commands. SFMSGLMR using the /GET command line parameter is used to reset the caller's last message read pointers to what they were prior to initiating the export. Then after resetting the pointers, the file which stores the last message read pointer information is erased. Anyone who has had to reset last message read pointers for a caller will realize what an important tool SFMSGLMR is. Not only does it save time but resetting the pointers automatically, but it eliminates the guess work of trying to determine exactly what the last message read pointers were in each conference for the caller. In other words, SFMSGLMR ensures the caller will not lose mail as a result of a bad file transfer from their mail source. For those who may be a bit hesitant in trying to set up a workable batch file for using SFMSGLMR, an example is included in the SFMSGLMR documentation. ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ WORLD'S OLDEST SYSOP!! ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; Prior to reporting the article on the world's oldest Sysop in the September "Keeping In Touch" newsletter, I had asked Walt for a brief introduction of himself. Unfortunately, it did not arrive before the newsletter was released. However, I would like to include it as a follow up in this month's newsletter. So, from Walt Crede, SPITFIRE Sysop and the oldest known BBS Sysop in the world: "I've often been asked, 'How come, Walt, you got into BBSing and where'd you get the name you gave your board?' Early in the "computer era" I bought one of the machines to make my writing career lots easier-- and immediately fell hopelessly in love with it. A nut I became. All those fantastic things my new-found toy was capable of doing had me hooked. Anything connected with computers became a fascination. I even taught myself the fundamentals of BASIC and began writing my own programs. Then I heard about bulletin boards and SPITFIRE. Got me a modem. Got in touch with Mike Woltz and one day in August back in 1988 that gracious guy stopped by the house with an early version of SPITFIRE and installed the same. That very afternoon Roam This Fertile Land was born. To this day, Mike is a dear and valued friend. Oh, yes, where'd I get my BBS' name? I once wrote a newspaper column under that masthead, so I simply carried it over to my BBS. Believe me, you never get too old for BBSing." The September article mentioned that Walt would soon be joining SFNET. Well, Walt is now online with SFNET so if you'd like to visit with Walt, be sure and send a howdy. I am sure he would enjoy hearing from you! ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ SPITFIRE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; Tony Jones, SPITFIRE Sysop of Electronic Innovations BBS in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, began putting together text files of SPITFIRE's most frequently asked questions. Tony monitors SFNET and compiles together informational messages which relate to the daily operation of a SPITFIRE BBS. The topics range from running SPITFIRE and SFNET, as well as a variety of third party utilities written to be used with SPITFIRE. To date, there are four SF-FAQ files which have been made available (SF-FAQ1, SF-FAQ2, SF-FAQ3 and SF-FAQ4.ZIP) for download. The intent of the SF-FAQ files is to offer an alternative source of information to those frequently asked questions related to running a SPITFIRE BBS. Mike Woltz, has become so inundated with replying to messages in an effort to provide support for his products, that it is difficult for him to find any time to write code for SPITFIRE and the many other Buffalo Creek Software SPITFIRE utilities. Hopefully, SPITFIRE Sysops will use the resources available to them. By reading the documentation, reviewing the SF-FAQ files and seeking help from other Sysops many of these support messages can be addressed by other sources which are available. Addressing a message to ALL in SFNET's SPITFIRE Support Conference is an excellent resource for receiving assistance. Most importantly, please do not misconstrue this to mean that Mike will not be there to support his programs. This is merely a cooperative effort among Sysops to free Mike from the replying to the same questions time and again when his time could be better spent programming. This is an educational process of trying to encourage Sysops to investigate other avenues of support in an attempt to find answers to the problems they are experiencing. Rest assured that for the those who are not able to find a "ready" solution to their problems, Mike will be available now and in the future, just as he has in the past. But with the ever growing SPITFIRE support base, Mike's time is at a premium. Therefore, please check the sources described above before contacting Mike. Many times if not most of the time, these sources will be able to answer your questions. ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ NOTES FROM DOWNUNDER ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; I am Paul Edgar and I operate the SPITFIRE Bulletin Board for Telecom New Zealand, I have been reading the Sysop of the Month and have decided to put my own experiences to paper. My introduction to computing was with a TRS80 clone (not a very good one at that) which in 1983 had cassette storage and used a TV as the screen and had a whopping 16k of ram. I soon lost patience and bought a TRS80 Colour Computer, used that for a while and basically lost interest until about 1987 when a friend of mine showed me his Commodore 64. I immediately went out and bought one. The C64 had this thing called a modem port and after lots of reading, I figured this was just the thing. I conned my father-in-law, who was holidaying in Hawaii to buy me one - 300 baud unit. However I was again disappointed, the modem was set up for the "Bell" standard not "CCITT", which really meant that the modem was not suitable for New Zealand, I could ring the USA but the costs were prohibitive. So there it stayed till about 1989, I had been made redundant mid 88 and had picked up another job in the Telecommunication industry with a company called Mitel. Mitel is a worldwide supplier of Private Telephone Exchanges, I was employed to assist installers with the smaller range. This meant if a new feature was required or a software bug was discovered, I would liaise with the software writers in Canada or the UK to rectify the situation. New code would be cut, I would field trial and provided the software was of commercial quality, fixed the bugs and did not introduce more problems it would be introduced. The major problem I had was the time between a problem being diagnosed and fixed took months. No small part of that was getting the software shipped, by the time customs documents were prepared and the legalities sorted out the software was on my desk months after the customer had lost patience. After one really nasty experience I had some software modemed to me as a solution, it was one of these "try this, try that" type of solutions until the problem was sorted and required a lot of recutting the software, but as I have found out over the years when you live in a different time zone it was me who had to be available at midnight to set up the modem so the software engineers could dial in and leave me the new code, which would be burnt into eproms and shipped to site. The solution was obvious (yeah use SPITFIRE I hear you say - but I wasn't that smart yet ... but I learn fast ) find a product that could do unattended transfers, found the perfect program "Procomm Plus" it had a host mode and all the goodies I would need, as time went by it was certainly an improvement but it became more obvious that the limitations were hindering the operation. I tried a couple of shareware products none of which had the flexibility of what I was looking for, however with all this dialing into BBS's the guy next to me took a real interest and decided to set up his own BBS - he choose SPITFIRE. So in the interest of continuity it seemed the best solution and he could administer it. That was until we were all made redundant again. Due to industry contacts both of us were able to get a job with Telecom again. They had decided to set up at high profile Technical Assistance Centre that would provide technical information on all of the products Telecom supplied to the market. I got SPITFIRE registered and we set up a dial in for all of our staff in the field about 2000 people although only 100 use it regularly. All of our manufacturers worldwide would dial in and leave software, documentation,notes etc. The field staff can get a download from a phone system and modem it to us and we can have a look at the problem and advise the solution in hours instead of the days it took to mail the disks. SPITFIRE is an integral part of our operation and would be virtually impossible to replace without mega investment in time and money, the spin offs have been excellent and often you will hear someone say, "Have you dialed in and seen the memo relating to this problem - OK call me back when you have !" I have personally benefited from being involved with the SPITFIRE project and have seen the reliability and strength of the code to be able to withstand the rigors of a 24 hour operation, every now and then I quote SPITFIRE to a supplier and say "look - I have a BBS software written by one guy in the states that is produced without any drama does what it is supposed to do and never breaks down - have a closer look at this stuff you have sent me and see if you can at least try for a similar standard" and usually they try a bit harder. Thanks Mike , I appreciate the effort over the last three years we have been involved with your product and I hope to be still involved in the future. ( As I speak I have just been made redundant for the third time and I will have to teach someone else to do all the bits on SPITFIRE - I may just have to start my own BBS!) Article Contributed by Paul Edgar ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ SPITFIRE UTILITY REVIEWS ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; SFEMB - SPITFIRE ENHANCED MESSAGE BASE ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ SFEMB, the SPITFIRE Enhanced Message Base is a utility / door that no high speed Sysop wants to be without! With Enhanced Scanning, Reading, Writing, this is the SPITFIRE Message Base for the 21st century. Currently in public beta, SFEMB is progressing nicely. In the future, it will have full RIP compliance, and give the SPITFIRE Message base the bloated look that would make Mike Woltz cringe! In its latest incarnation, SFEMB gives both the caller and the Sysop enhanced message scanning and reading. It also gives SPITFIRE the long awaited full-screen message editor. You can configure special conferences to be "alias" conferences, and SFEMB will keep track of your alias and alert you when someone sends a message to you whether you use your real name, or the alias! Also, SFEMB gives you Global Messaging, Smart Routing, Command Line initiation, Multiple Configs, QuoteBOX and FidoNet style quotes, up to three unique user BIO's for other users to view, custom taglines, and much more! Ever wanted to change a users security after reading a message from that user? SFEMB will allow you to locate and change a users security, message queue, or subscription date straight from the message base! SFEMB is written by David D. Turley and is available at the low pre 1.0 registration fee of $10. However, as with other programs written by David D. Turley, there is no set time limit when you have to register the program. You may use the unregistered program forever. However, you are asked to register if you feel it adds to your BBS. The latest version of SFEMB can be picked up Sanctuary BBS, (801) 486-8582. The latest version can also be FREQ'd via CNFD Net# 169:801/0 under the magic name "SFEMB". Registered users can pick up free upgrades anytime via the on-line auto-registration door. Article Contributed by Dave Turley Sysop of Sanctuary BBS - (801) 486-8582 ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ SPITFIRE BOARD-OF-THE-MONTH ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; The Sounding Board (formerly, The Kid's Corner) (813) 955-5956 / 28.8 Sysops: The Alger Family Sarasota, Florida, USA It was a typical Saturday morning, (10/8), sitting here reading through the day's SFNET mail, when a voice came on the answering machine (odd for this early on a Saturday). The voice belonged to Mike Woltz, expressing his desire for our BBS to be the "SPITFIRE Board-Of-The-Month". This was truly an unexpected surprise and honor. The Kid's Corner officially went online on August 25, 1992 with one goal in mind: to offer the children of the area an opportunity to learn about telecommunications, something we all feel is a "must" for the future. In our search for BBS software, it seemed we tried them all and came to the conclusion that SPITFIRE was the obvious choice, specifically for its ease of use for callers new to BBS'ing. The ease of setup and configurability played another major role in our decision. The BBS started as a project for our daughter, Adrienne, age 8 at the time. Adrienne, at that time was not new to BBS's, having participated on several local boards, messaging through both RIME and Jack Crawford's K12Net (an education-oriented network for students, educators, and interested parents). Our local K12 board dissolved, leaving a void. Investigation led us to members of the K12 administration in Amherst, Mass., and before long, we had established our own K12Net link. The BBS then became a "family affair" and all three of us became quite involved in attaining our original goal. This goal remained intact as we grew, adding educational files of all types and offering to our users features they might not find on most other boards. On the occasion of our second anniversary, we took the time to reflect back on the previous years' activities: the mass-mailings to all local schools, the personal calls getting people online, the visits to the schools, Adrienne's interviews with the local newspaper, even putting together systems so that Adrienne's friends could come online, and the results from it all. With the welcome addition of SFNET, and our designation as the 813 Hub, we felt it was time to extend our service to "kids of all ages". With a not-so-simple name change, The Kid's Corner, became The Sounding Board. In the last month and a half, our learning and sharing experiences with all of the people in SFNET have made the revamping all worthwhile! From the humblest of beginnings (8088 and a 2400 USR) the BBS is currently run on a 386/DX25 and a Supra 28.8 with 550 Megs of storage. CD-ROMs are planned for the very near future. We are indeed grateful to Mike Woltz for all of his help, support, and guidance. Without him, this BBS, our "Family Hobby", would simply not be. Thanks Mike! Bob, LouAnn & Adrienne Alger - A0813000 - ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ SPITFIRE SYSOP-OF-THE-MONTH ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; Bob St. Cyr The Software Exchange, Carlisle, Pa. (717) 243-9630 SF350078 - A SPITFIRE Pioneer If a heart attack could be the start of something good...then something good happened to me in the Fall of 1984! It was during a period of recovery that I began to look at other computer bulletin boards and the hobby sort of fascinated me. Not only that, but I was spending too much money calling all those boards, why not start my own, have everyone call me, and save all that money, right? Looking back I can see how naive we all must have been when we first started any of our boards. What is today The Software Exchange was put on-line on November 17, 1984, as the Cumberland Commodore, the name taken from our location here in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania, and the fact that it was then a Commodore 64 based BBS. Somewhere along the line reality set in and I purchased my first DOS system. I remember that first 20 meg hard drive! One user actually asked if I intended carrying the whole Library of Congress I had so much room! My, but weren't we naive in those days! Once I had that giant hard drive I began looking for a DOS based BBS program and tried one or two for short periods of time. I believe that one required a seemingly ton of Sysop maintenance to keep it perky, and another was so unstable as to guarantee a crash each and every night! A friend who became a SPITFIRE Sysop at just about the same time as I recommended that I take a look at SPITFIRE. I want to give that friend, Lamar Grimsley, all the credit for making me a SPITFIRE Sysop. Nothing that I have done in the BBSing world would have been possible without the cooperation and encouragement of my wife, and it was nice of her to remind me to say it now. She has been my bride ever since we married as youngsters those 48 years ago. That was March 13, 1946, at Ayer, Massachusetts, for any of you who are keeping score. When we married I was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army and we stayed in the Army until retirement here at the US Army War College in October '63. I had my military career finished by the time I was 37 so I had to go to work. It was by choice, of course, I could have stayed in the Army for another ten or more years. One reason for working was a family of six children. All of them are grown now and you know that you're growing old when your youngest child is himself a retired Air Force non-commissioned officer! So, for the first time in my life I had to learn what civilian industry was all about and I went to work for a subsidiary of the Ethyl Corporation and stayed with them until another retirement in October, 1986. I am fond of saying that the hardest work I have had to do since then is to run my SPITFIRE BBS! The eight years of retirement have been kind to me. There has been no other heart attack, medication is handling the high blood pressure, and I'm working on the cholesterol level. At the last reading the doc did mention that if my cholesterol level was my major league batting average I'd be making over $3 million dollars a year so that was a hint to get it down. Golf is my passion, it has been since the summer of 1946 when I played my first round in Bad Wildungen, Germany. It is a game where you can remain competitive well into your old age and still beat those even two generations removed! Now that I've gotten this far and about to close this out, it just came to me.......did Mike Woltz say to write something as SYSOP OF THE MONTH or as SPITFIRE BBS OF THE MONTH? Geez....he's going to think I NEVER pay attention to what he says ! The most exciting thing lately in the SPITFIRE world is formation of the SFNET mail network. If you are a SPITFIRE Sysop and not yet part of that net you're missing something really good! Get a note to Mike on Buffalo Creek and he'll point you toward a hub and get you started. I'd like to talk to you on SFNET! And if you'd like to know more about Bob St. Cyr.....well, it's my favorite subject! See you on the net.....SFNET! ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͸ ³ NEWLY REGISTERED SPITFIRE SYSTEMS ³ ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ; A hearty welcome is extended to the following, who have recently become public registered SPITFIRE Bulletin Board Systems: Starbase 47988................................605-352-6625...14400 BPS Erik Jepsen, Sysop.................................Huron, South Dakota LANDOVER BBS..................................616-361-0316...38400 BPS Marvin Porter, Sysop............................Grand Rapids, Michigan Terminator BBS................................602-625-1250...14400 BPS Shane Schmidt, Sysop................................Sahuarita, Arizona IXTLAN........................................407-259-7050...14400 BPS Ron Turan, Sysop....................................Melbourne, Florida Road Runner BBS...............................303-477-0356...14400 BPS Mark Fairchild, Sysop.................................Denver, Colorado Ridge Runner BBS..............................303-863-7164...14400 BPS Larry Nygaard, Sysop..................................Denver, Colorado Rainbow BBS...................................614-773-9233...14400 BPS David Schrake, Sysop.................................Chillicothe, Ohio Red Light District BBS........................910-433-2174...57600 BPS Brian Ladd, Sysop.........................Fayetteville, North Carolina CORPORATE.....................................616-668-5505...14400 BPS Thomas F. Gromak, Sr., Sysop........................Mattawan, Michigan My Enterprise.................................515-267-1009...14400 BPS Scott W. Harken, Sysop................................Des Moines, Iowa The Alliance BBS..............................310-635-7009....2400 BPS Wayne Zeides, Sysop.............................Long Beach, California The CyberLord.................................807-737-3699....2400 BPS John Wyndels, Sysop.....................Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada The Country Club..............................817-613-1834...14400 BPS Randy Brown, Sysop..................................Weatherford, Texas Utopia........................................513-574-8373...28800 BPS Nicholas Hasselbeck, Sysop............................Cincinnati, Ohio The Atomik BBS................................803-397-1019...14400 BPS Perry Wallace, Sysop............................Conway, South Carolina Blue Chips Collectable Hobbies................912-369-5093...14400 BPS Carol Surzinski, Sysop.............................Hinesville, Georgia New York LAN Association BBS..................212-730-7943...16800 BPS New York LAN Association, Sysop.....................New York, New York Synaptics Over Drive..........................703-330-8331...14400 BPS John Woodard III, Sysop.............................Manassas, Virginia Freebeez BBS..................................916-334-4760...14400 BPS Keith McCune, Sysop........................North Highlands, California In addition, there was 6 new private SPITFIRE BBS Systems registered. The private SPITFIRE BBS was registered to Sysops in San Jose, California; Lexington, Kentucky; Bridgeview, Illinois; Moreno Valley, California; Mentor, Ohio and Irving, Texas. There were 12 registrations for whom registration information was incomplete. These included BBS's in: Mims, Florida; Fremont, Nebraska; Tucson, Arizona; Reading, Pennsylvania; Boulogne, France; Radcliff, Kentucky, Overland Park, Kansas; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Cabarita, NSW, Australia; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Austin, Texas; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The increase in registrations where information is incomplete is largely due to Buffalo Creek's Software's policy of accepting on-line Mastercard and Visa credit card registrations. JUST A REMINDER...the newsletter is always looking for contributions! Please forward any articles in ASCII text to either Buffalo Creek's BBS or The Mother Board BBS.