ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE AKRON BBS AND ADAM BBS NETWORK 
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* NATIONAL ADAM BBS USER'S GROUP PROPOSAL * 
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There has been a proposal made to tie all the known ADAM run 
Bulleitin Board Systems together to form a national or even an 
international Adam User's Group!  Members of local user's groups 
with access to their own BBS would be linked to similar groups 
around the USA and CANADA.  By sharing the various messages and 
bulletins as well as PD software, etc. with each other, no ADAM 
owner would ever find help beyond his reach.  By asking a 
question on one BBS, you would be able to receive help from just 
about ANYWHERE in a short space of time!  Late braking news on 
new hardware or software, using or installing it, etc.  would 
always be close at hand!  Both CP/M (AAUG Type) and EOS (ALink 
Type) systems could be supported.  Currently, Bob Blair of the 
 
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AWAUG User's Group is busy organizing things from his end as a 
central clearing house, so to speak, for the new proposal.  You 
can contact Bob Blair via his own BBS (a sister to THIS one!) at 
1-703-922-5497.  Please let us know if this sounds like an idea 
that you would help support.  You can leave us feedback either 
here, on Bob's BBS or on Larry Overman's BBS at 1-714-775-1603.


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A7953 19:59 Aug-03-1989 
 
TO: ALL 
FROM: Big John (SYSOP) 111 
SUBJ: NATIONAL NET 
I read the messages on teh 
CIS message base of a few 
days ago.  Let me make one 
thing perfectly clear.  I 
AM NEUTRAL on the use of 
any particular pice of BBS 
software.  I have offered 
people an incentive to run 
compatible software to 
this to make it easier.  
Thanks BJ 
 
A7955 18:58 Aug-04-1989 
 
TO: Alan Neely 
FROM: Big John (SYSOP) 111 
SUBJ: CIS # 81348 
                        I am offering a free clock 
board to "anyone who will 
run an AKRON compatible 
board " for one year.  I 
do this only becuase we 
are implementing software 
to allow the merging of 
other boards messages so 
that they can be read as 
messages and not as an 
ASCII file.  We still 
intend to use the A-NET 
messages in the NET 
libraries, though we we 
will have to make them 
into files that can be 
typed.  BJ 
A7963 17:02 Aug-05-1989 
 
TO: ALL 
FROM: Big John (SYSOP) 111 
SUBJ: TDOS 
Did you know that TDOS is 
not PD nor is it for sale. 
 You may not buy or sell 
it nor may you distribute 
it on a BBS.  If someone 
is selling it, we would 
like to know.  Thanks 
BJ 
 
A7964 20:14 Aug-05-1989 
 
TO: All 
FROM: Larry D. Overmnan Sr SUBJ: NET 
Ihave been getting some 
very good responce so far 
on this NET and I do hope 
it continues to increase 
in a short amount of 
time...Thanks to everyone 
whoo has participated so 
far in this 
endeavor.............  
A7983 22:03 Aug-08-1989 
 
TO: Anyone interested 
FROM: Robert Leach 259 
SUBJ: R80 game boards 
On a recent order to 
Jameco Electronic, I 
noticed that they had 
Coleco game boards for 
$3.00.  I ordered one. It 
looked brand new and 
turned out to be a working 
R80.  It tested out fine 
on EOS and 80CVU TDOS.  
There was some 
interference on my color 
monitor in 40 columns but 
a perfect picture on the 
80CVU.  So I ordered 4 
more to find out if it was 
a fluke.  One appeared new 
and the others either had 
identical prototype work 
or repairs made to them.  
Two of them were R80s that 
worked as good as the 
first and one did not have 
40 col video but worked 
fine with the 80CVU.  The 
forth board in the secord 
order had a broken reset 
switch. Overall seems like 
cheap backup.  Jameco's 
phone# is (415)562-8097 
and they require a minimum 
$20.00 order.  The person 
I ordered from said they 
had over 700 boards at 
that time.  They seem 
pretty nice and probably 
would honor a request to 
send out the unrepaired 
boards if they have them. 
Couldn't hurt to ask. 
 
A7989 15:02 Aug-09-1989 
 
TO: ALL 
FROM: Big John (SYSOP) 111 
SUBJ: SCANNER 
I need to know if there is 
enough interest in a hand 
held optical scanner to 
warrant developement of 
one.  My approach will be 
to interface a hand held 
PC type scanner to the 
ADAM.  This will save any 
hassels with trying to 
install something on your 
printer when your printer 
should really be available 
to print.  IF there is the 
interest, I would like ot 
do this one.  It would be 
done as the hard drive is. 
 At user group cost only.  
(You will have to buy the 
scanner yourself, and we 
will supply the interface 
and the software).  BJ 

 
 
FROM THE AKRON BBS:  
Sep-02-1989 
TO: All FROM: Ron Collins (SYSOP) 
SUBJ: Old Avatex 1200 
For those of you using the original old Avatex 1200 modem (I still use one and get great service from it!), if you want to use ZMP properly, you may have to change the modem init string.  The Avatex 1200 is the one with the 3 buttons on the front that allow you to turn it on or off, set the baud rate and switch from data to voice.  When using ZMP on my modem, I couldn't get it to dial.  I could see the lights flicker, but it just wouldn't "sieze" the phone line.  To solve that problem, I took a look at the string used in IMP for modems requiring verbose access.  I installed then new string using the CONFIG option within the ZMP program 

A Sep-01-1989 
 
FROM: Rick Lefko 
SUBJ: MEMORY EXPANDERS 
BJ: I was asked if you have any plans to release the "HOW- TO" make a 256K memeory expander at home book! Maybe you have???  How about it?? Do you have bare boards and other necessary goodies to make them?? . I will relay your answer! .  Thanks, 
          Rick 

            Sep-01-1989 
 
TO: Rick Lefko FROM: Big John (SYSOP) SUBJ: DO IT YOURSELF 
I am going to sell blank boards for everything that I ever built at cost to users groups.  The only catch is that I must have orders ( prepaid ) for 100 of each before I can order them.  A 256K will cost about 50 dollars at todays memory prices, a PIA2 about 5 dollars and a serial card a little over 10 bux.  BJ 
 
 

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