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Are you tired of seeing headers like "Nude teen videos" in your Home &
Garden newsgroup?  Are you getting bored with flame wars?  Are you fed
up with seeing "Make $50,000 in 30 days" here in can.usrgroup?

Then maybe you're ready to investigate a technology that's been around
for over a decade now that has already dealt with most of these
problems.

I'm referring to the traditional BBS, a technology that has already
dealt with most of the problems that beset Usenet today--and dealt
with them quite successfully.

Now, you may ask, what has this got to do with me as an internet user?
Well, you should be aware that the traditional BBS software permits
internet users to access these systems over the internet, provided the
BBS system has a connection.  The internet protocol that permits this
is called telnet and has been around almost as long as the internet
protocol suite.  The only thing is, to minimize your time online,
conserving your internet bandwidth for other things, you'll want to be
able to download files by Zmodem.  For that we recommend NetTerm,
available from http://starbase.neosoft.com~zkrr01/netterm.html or ZOC
from http://www.emtec.com which, when you install it, will become the
telnet client your browser invokes when linking to a telnet URL such
as telnet://bbs.coastalw.com.

So, if you want to see what these BBS networks, some of them over a
decade old, look like, download one of these clients and give us a
call at telnet://bbs.coastalw.com. You can register with us for free
and new, registered users have read-only access to U'NI-net, ILink,
NANET and Intelec networks (paid subscribers have full access).
Browse through some of the conferences, or use our Rosemail door to
select some conferences and download a QWK packet.  If you want to
know more about QWK packets, leave me a note in our main conference
(just use the C command), or email me and I'll tell you all about it.

Come and have a look.  This is what it can and should be like, not an
open free-for-all, but disciplined networks, each with their own
individual flavor.

Here's that URL again:
telnet://bbs.coastalw.com

Dave Oldridge
Sysop:  Coastal Watch BBS
telnet://bbs.coastalw.com
http://www.coastalw.com