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news@pdxgate.UUCP (Net News Account) writes:

>From: anderson@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Karen Anderson)
>Path: eecs!anderson

>I missed what happened to techbooks...There was an article earlier
>about Intercom taking over the BBS, but the number posted (223-1966?)
>isn't being answered, or at least it hasn't been in the last couple of days.
>There wasn't anything posted at the store.

>Does Intercom have a voice line?  We called information but the number
>they gave us wasn't the right one.

InterCom can be called anytime at 223-4245 voice (you'll get an answering
machine at the office if nobody's there).  

What happened to TECHbooks and what the mysterious 1966 number was all
about is a story that needs to be told over beers (or at least coffee)
with much waving of hands and an occasional raised voice.  It doesn't
lend itself well to electronic communications, in other words.

InterCom bought the techbook machine and the rights to the name, and
will be continuing operations as techbook.com indefinitely.  Having
gotten the system finally hooked up to the Internet a few months ago, 
it's not easy to switch names overnight.

PDaXs and techbook can be reached at 220-0636, 1200/2400 N81.  There are 
actually a couple more phone lines, and all accounts are set up exactly
as they were in Beaverton.  People who paid for accounts will be
provided with service according to the same terms that TECHbooks would
have provided.  Until October 1, the same pricing is in effect as what
TECHbooks was offering.  Send to info@techbook.com for more info on 
PDaXs accounts (still free) or subscription rates.

TECHbooks provided me with a chance to talk with a lot more people about
what was happening in local high-tech, Portland, or the world than just
about anything I can think of.  I'll miss that a lot.