*************************************************** *** Pirate Magazine Issue IV / File 9 of 10 *** *** Gene and Roger at the BBS *** *************************************************** ---------- REVIEW OF: EURO-AMERICAN CONNECTION (708) 296-0242 (Chicago Suburbs) ---------- GENE: Hey, Rog' -- here's a new board, just started up in December, and I think it has the potential to be one of the best boards in the country. You go in at 9600 and get 1550+ CPS, all the warez on on-line, and they all work. Can't beat that. You've seen the nearly 1 gig of space, and there's plans to go multi line. The users are a nice mix of instate/outstate. We've both read the message logs, and even you agree that there's not a lamer in the bunch. The files are well ad says, it's sure about the friendliest board I've been on. If you're having problems, Hot Mix is usually around to help, and he doesn't hide like a lot of sysops do. And I like the feature that *ALL* users only get 60 minutes a day, not counting upload time, and that time returned for uploads is a straight one-to-one. Keeps users from hogging or from uploading garbage just for more time. And don't forget that HST 14,400!! One meg in 10 minutes! ROGER: I dunno, Gene. I've seen lots of new boards, even good ones, come and go, and too often they don't live up to their promise. The sysops get lazy, the good users upload all their stuff, mooch what they can, then move on. You're NAIVETE amazes me! Yeh, yeh, the messages are good, but they're mostly about prolems with warez. I personally like the occasional flame and political discussion, and I didn't see any of that there. I agree that all the fixin's are there for a super board, but we'll see what it looks like in a year. But I'll admit that it's one of the best new ones I've seen, and in just looking a file dates, it looks like people are putting stuff up consistently. GENE: You're just jaded because Stealth went down and Berserker is still at 2400. C'mon! You *know* in your heart of hearts this is a darn good board. And you can't beat the small user's fee--just a couple of bucks a month--to store backup copies of stuff. And have you ever seen such a generous u/d-load ratio as five-to-one? ROGER: Look, I'm not knocking the board. But I've just seen to many fast starts and quick stumbles. If Hot Mix and the users can keep it up, I'll eat my words. I hope they do. I'll even call it. I'll bet you didn't know that the sysop's handle, "hot mix," is from his DJ days as a hot mixer of records, did you? -----RATING: ----- GENE: An enthusiastic 10!! THIS IS A GREAT BOARD! ROGER: Yeh, ok, I'll concede. I give it a 9+ -- but ask me again next year Here's what you see when you look on, Rog' -- there's lots of different areas and something for everybody. It's running TELEGARD, and that's about the hottest sysem around right now, and when 3.0 comes out, nothing will touch it!! zddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddQ 3 cdQ 3 EuroAmerican Connection BBS 3 3 3 Niles, IL 3 3 cdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd4 3 ATTENTION: ALL NEW USERS !!! cdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd4 3 > Use 10 for User Number > cdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd4 3 > Use 1111 for User Phone # > cdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd4 3 3 SHUTTLE LOGON MENU 3 3 Enter BBS Password: Telegard BBS Version 2.4 Standard - Copyright 1988,89,90 Eric Oman, Martin Pollard, and Todd Bolitho - All Rights Reserved. Display ANSI logon? 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Last few callers: 2511: Sp. Fly #34 from Waukegan, IL 2512: Jay Cepe #63 from Arlington Hts, IL 2513: The Untouchable #53 from Chicago, IL 2514: Captain Sir Henry Morgan #38 from Ann Arbor, MI 3 O | ------------------------------------------------------------ | O 3 3 O | NEWS FLASH from EuroAmerican Connection BBS | O 3 3 O | Sent by HOT MIX on 02/03/90 at 08:30am | O 3 3 O | | O 3 3 O | New News! | O 3 3 O | | O 3 3 O | Well I hope everyone noticed that we now have 660 Megs of | O 3 3 O | very fast ESDI storage! I still have an extra 300 Megs to | O 3 3 O | install and I'm waiting for some answers, (it may not be | O 3 3 O | possible) but I did promise a gigabyte and I keep my | O 3 3 O | promises so the gigabyte is NOT far fetched! | O 3 3 O | Anyway..I would like for everyone to be a total part of | O 3 3 O | this BBS and help it grow in every direction! We do have a | O 3 3 O | great FILE base but we also need a great MESSAGE base and | O 3 3 O | that can only happen with your participation! | O 3 3 O | Please make sure that you DO read your mail (and don't just | O 3 3 O | see it and delete it) and make sure that you delete it | O 3 3 O | after you carefully read it! If it's there it's serves a | O 3 3 O | purpose...Alot of you ask me things that I already | O 3 3 O | mentioned in mail but you didn't take time to read it! | O 3 3 O | Thats all...Enjoy the BBS | O 3 3 O | HOT MIX | O 3 3 O | | O 3 3 O | ------------------------------------------------------------ | O 3 Oooops it seems that it's me and you now! Teddy is out...Let's Party Now the EuroAmerican Connection supports High Speed Transfers of over 1500 cps All HST users PLEASE read message in the General Messages area with same title Always striving to be the BEST (and proving it!)...Coming soon 1.5 GigaBytes!! You are caller #2515, Time allowed - 60 minutes Mail waiting - 1 letter You have called - 64 times Last on - 02/24/90 Account limits - 7 calls, using a maximum of 60 minutes, per day. Read your mail now? Yes You have no mail waiting: .----------------------------------------------------. : AVAILABLE BULLETINS : : : : : : : : : : : : : `----------------------------------------------------' The EuroAmerican Connection BBS SysOp : HOT MIX Co-Sys : MAD COOK List of Users by User Name in Ascending Order Total Number of Users Listed = 147 User Name City & State Last Logon ========= ============ ========== AGENT 007 Lombard, IL 02/23/90 AMBER Lyons, IL 01/21/90 ANDY COOPER Mcgaw Park, IL 01/15/90 BAD SECTOR Leyden Township, IL 02/15/90 BADGER Gilbert, AZ 02/19/90 BARCLAY Henry, IL 02/11/90 BIG MAN Chicago, IL 01/03/90 BILLY THE KID Elmhurst IL 01/14/90 BLACK KNIGHT Naperville, IL 01/13/90 BLACKHAWK River Grove, IL 01/06/90 BONG HITS River Forest, IL 02/20/90 BOOMER Chgo., IL 01/25/90 BRIAN So.Holland, IL 02/23/90 BRIAN SMITH Wildwood, IL 02/08/90 BRYAN ALLISON Wheaton, IL 02/08/90 CAPT'N JACK Morgantown, WV 02/23/90 CAPTAIN COOK Hoover, AL 02/10/90 CAPTAIN DEATH Columbia, MO 02/18/90 CAPTAIN SIR HENRY MORGAN Ann Arbor, MI 01/31/90 CHLORINE SHARK Chattanooga, TN 01/14/90 CONSOLE COMMANDER Buffalo Grove, IL 02/19/90 COSTA SAPUNTZAKIS Hinsdale, IL 02/04/90 DARKSTORM Lemont, IL 01/03/90 DIRTY HARRY Wheeling, IL 02/21/90 DOCTOR CRACK Richton Park, IL 02/23/90 DOCTOR DOS Naperville, IL 02/11/90 DON JARVIS Chicago, IL 02/08/90 DON RIEB Glenview, IL 02/24/90 DON STIEN Chicago, IL 02/22/90 DOUG TAPP Schaumburg, IL 01/11/90 DR. FEELGOOD Greatlakes Il, IL 01/25/90 EGGHEAD DUDE Sesame Street, HI 01/07/90 ELVIS PRESLEY Elgin, IL 02/09/90 EPEIOS Dekalb, IL 02/13/90 ETHAN GRIGGS Chicago, IL 02/03/90 FAST FREDDIE Glenview, IL 02/04/90 FATSO Schaumburg, IL 02/23/90 FELIX FELLNER Skokie, IL 02/22/90 GANDALF Buffalo Grove, IL 02/23/90 GILGAMESH OF URUK Itasca, IL 02/15/90 GLENN ROSE Westmont, IL 02/09/90 GOLDEN MEDUSA~ Northbrook, IL 01/29/90 GORDON THOMPSON Dekalb, IL 02/21/90 GRAFFIX MAN Lisle, IL 02/11/90 GREG KLIMA Chicago, IL 01/21/90 GUEST USER Your Town 02/17/90 HACKMAN Downers Grove 02/11/90 HI-FI Glenview, IL 01/23/90 HOT MIX Niles, IL 02/24/90 JAEGERMECH Wheeling, IL 02/21/90 JAMMER Oslo Norway, NO 02/22/90 JAY CEPE Arlington Hts, IL 02/21/90 JAY CHEN Chicago, IL 01/20/90 JEDI Chicago, IL 02/24/90 JEFF YANG Wheaton, IL 01/20/90 JERRY CLAXTON Huntley, IL 01/27/90 JIM MCMAHON Baltimore, MD 02/23/90 JIM RICHARDS Sycamore, IL 01/20/90 JIM SHOE Chgo Il, IL 01/28/90 JIM VANATOR Chicago, IL 02/21/90 JOE CHARLIER Elk Grove Il, IL 02/03/90 JOE MARTIN Chicago, IL 02/22/90 JOHNNY Morton Grove, IL 01/06/90 JULIUS CAESAR Skokie, IL 01/25/90 KAT Niles, IL 02/20/90 KEITH DOERING Schaumburg, IL 02/18/90 KENNY JASON Chicago, IL 01/13/90 KING LEECH Chicago, IL 02/23/90 LORD HAVOC Chicago, IL 01/05/90 LORD SHIVA Joliet, IL 02/22/90 LORD X Chicago, IL 02/03/90 MAC Willowbrook, IL 02/07/90 MAD COOK Des Plaines, IL 02/21/90 MADMAN Mount Prospect, IL 02/13/90 MAMOMAN VAKAMAN Rolling Meadows Il, IL 02/15/90 MASTER BLASTER Waukegan, IL 02/10/90 MASTER NINJA Schaumburg, IL 02/24/90 MAVERICK Lincolnwood, IL 02/24/90 MEDIEVAL KNIGHTMARE Chicago Heights, IL 02/21/90 MERLIN Hinsdale, IL 02/23/90 METAL GODS Waukegan, IL 02/22/90 MIKE REED Palatine, IL 02/02/90 MIKE YOUNG Elgin, IL 01/21/90 MISTER MONOCHROME Chicago, IL 02/21/90 MR Z Tulsa, OK 02/23/90 MR. HARDWARE Skokie Il, IL 02/23/90 NICE PERSON Deerfield, IL 02/23/90 NIGHTOWL Wheeling, IL 01/12/90 NUN TUCKET Wheeling IL 01/16/90 OL' YELLER Arlington Hts. IL 02/17/90 OLD GUY Northbrook, IL 02/17/90 OLIVER WENDELL JONES Chicago, IL 02/15/90 PIG KILLER Cicero, IL 01/27/90 PINK PANTHER Chicago, IL 02/21/90 POWER BREAKER Chicago, IL 02/18/90 PUNKY STAR Chicago, IL 02/24/90 QUICK SILVER Mt. Prospect Il, IL 01/28/90 RAINMAN Evanston, IL 01/21/90 RAISTLIN MAJERE Barrington, IL 01/17/90 RAZZMATAZZ CHAZ Oak Park, IL 02/23/90 REEGADE Wheaton, IL 01/18/90 RICHARD STANALAND Tulsa, OK 02/15/90 ROADRUNNER Chicag0, IL 02/03/90 ROBOCOP Des Plaines, IL 01/08/90 ROCCO Park Ridge, IL 02/22/90 ROCKET Chicago, IL 02/24/90 RODNEY CLINGERMAN Maywood, IL 02/23/90 RON EARL Dekalb, IL 02/20/90 RON TOCCO Grayslake Il, IL 01/28/90 RONALD GOLZ Midlothian, IL 01/14/90 RONALDGOLZ Midlothian, IL 01/12/90 SAM HOUSTON Chgo, IL 02/17/90 SCHATTEN Desplaines, IL 02/04/90 SINISTER EXAGGERATOR Chicago, IL 02/24/90 SLADE Grayslake, IL 02/15/90 SP. FLY Waukegan, IL 02/23/90 SPANKY Skokie, IL 02/23/90 SPARKY Schaumburg, IL 01/09/90 SPEED DEMON Brookfield, IL 02/20/90 STARBUCK Sycamore, IL 01/17/90 STARSHIP Glen Ellyn, IL 02/09/90 STASH Park Ridge, IL 02/22/90 STEEL RAT Great Lakes, IL 01/05/90 STEVE Oak Park, IL 01/21/90 SUB ZERO Hinsdale, IL 01/28/90 SWITCH BLADE Chicago Il, IL 02/13/90 TED KOPPEL Chicago, IL 02/24/90 THE COUNSEL Mt. Prospect, IL 02/23/90 THE HEAD ZOOKEEPER Lhfjkl'F, IL 02/19/90 THE MAD CELT Glenview, IL 02/24/90 THE MAN Dekalb, IL 02/20/90 THE MISFIT Wheeling, IL 02/16/90 THE ONE AND ONLY SQUID Marengo, IL 02/18/90 THE REPORTER Niles, IL 02/21/90 THE SEEKER Chicago, IL 02/01/90 THE SPIDER Glenview, IL 02/22/90 THE UNTOUCHABLE Chicago, IL 02/24/90 THUNDER STICK Elgin, IL 02/23/90 TIM CHAPMAN Warrenville, IL 02/22/90 TONY WALLS Hometown, IL 02/05/90 TORA TORA Lombard, IL 02/22/90 TYPHON Glen Ellyn, IL 02/16/90 VIC RODELL Wheeling, IL 01/22/90 WHIZ KID Joliet, IL 02/23/90 WINPLACE Greshaam, OR 01/25/90 ZACH HARRIS Skokie, IL 02/23/90 ZEUS Niles, IL 02/24/90 Listing of Top 20 Downloaders: Downloads Uploads UL/DL User name and number Num KB Num KB Ratio ------------------------------------------ --- ----- --- ----- ----- 1 Punky Star #30 270 -19012 96 28004 60. 2 Gandalf #137 260 -18393 9 1778 3. 3 Jedi #90 180 -29927 164 24695 69. 4 Mr. Hardware #21 139 14182 133 24610 173.5 5 Felix Fellner #14 130 27041 66 16961 62.7 6 Maverick #40 85 15758 24 7815 49.5 7 Sam Houston #56 76 16566 37 8653 52.2 8 Spanky #3 70 18043 174 -22438 -124 9 Fatso #96 66 14839 23 3735 25.1 10 Mr Z #47 63 13958 31 6288 45.0 11 Zeus #16 60 10023 22 2171 21.6 12 King Leech #15 59 14619 22 4259 29.1 13 Jim Mcmahon #119 55 12777 18 5469 42.8 14 The Untouchable #53 52 6985 73 19360 277.1 15 Golden Medusa~ #72 48 8473 13 1602 18.9 16 Hackman #8 45 7980 82 23054 288.8 17 Nice Person #42 41 6707 8 1643 24.4 18 Merlin #17 36 7657 13 2006 26.1 19 Richard Stanaland #60 29 6934 12 2315 33.3 20 Captain Sir Henry Morgan #38 27 5319 17 4755 89.3 ------------------------------------------ --- ----- --- ----- ----- 19 Power Breaker #12 20 4671 18 4028 86.2 20 Speed Demon #51 16 5085 18 3843 75.5 ------------------------------------------ --- ----- --- ----- ----- EuroAmerican Connection BBS immmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm< Thu Feb 23, 1990 > Wed Feb 22, 1990 > Tue Feb 21, 1990 > Mon Feb 20, 1990 > Sun Feb 19, 1990 > Sat Feb 18, 1990 > Fri Feb 17, 1990 > Thu Feb 16, 1990 > Wed Feb 15, 1990 > Tue Feb 14, 1990 > Mon Feb 13, 1990 > Sun Feb 12, 1990 > Sat Feb 11, 1990 > Fri Feb 10, 1990 > hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm# Average system activity = 62%. Each block represents 2% of usage. Date: 3:10 am Sat Feb 24, 1990 Public 4/5 From: Hints and Tips! Title: 386 and an Epson lq1000 >> This message has 1 reply Can ANYONE help me on this: I had an IBM (True Blue) XT with an Epson LQ1000 which worked fine all of the time. Well now I have upgraded to a 386 and when I plugged in my epson and try to print anything all I get is alot of $ > mixed into the file and it doesnt even look like the file I am trying to print. Can anyone help me out to get this working properly? Is there anything you have to include in the config.sys/autoexec.bat to get the printer to recognise the files properly? Thanks alot to anyone for any help.......I will try anything to get it to work with the 386. Date: 2:36 pm Sat Feb 24, 1990 Public 5/5 From: Hints and Tips! To: Title: well >> This message is a reply First of all, is the printer serial or parallel? (or both), if u are using the parallel setup, the u might want start by checking your cables on a diff machine (but u said it worked on your xt, so that's not the culprit), second, if it is parallel setup, u want to try slowing your cpu down (if your computer allows it.....the computer could be shooting out the data too fast, and there's not enuf time to do handshaking, so you're getting shit printer out)...if it's serial, make sure your serial port is set at the same baud rate as the printer is....if it is, make sure u'r cable has its handshaking signal enabled (make sure the cable is wired properly).....(the first thing i would try is slowing the computer down, cuz high speeds usually do cause errors (especially at 33 MHZ!!!)) |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | ELITE ACCESS ONLY Message ... | | I want to remind you that if you 're planning to upload something NEW | | make sure that you upload it to the ELITE section ! | | Thank you for your support | | HOT MIX | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0* PD ONLY UPLOADS 1* ** NEW UPLOADS ** 2* Miscellaneous 3* DOCs, Cheats & Solves! 4* Music/MIDI 5* DOS Utilities 6* Hard Disk Utilities 7* Cracking/Unprotect Utilities 8* VGA Graphics etc 9* ANSI/Graphic Programs 10* Telecommunications 11* Printer Utilities 12* Word Processing 13* DeskTop Publishing 14* DataBases 15* Spreadsheets 16* Financial 17* Integrated 18* OCR/SCAN utilities 19* CAD/CAM programs 20* 386 Utilities 21* Programming Languages 22* Operating Systems 23* XENIX/UNIX/VpIX 24* Entertainment 25* Older Games 26* Telegard BBS software! 27* Other BBS software! 28* PD IBM Games 29* PD Utilities 30* ELITEs! 31* FREEWARE >--------=====END=====--------<