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Re: subscribing to electronic bulletin boards

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From: Blake Farenthold
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 00:27
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In <lif1deINNn61@peaches.cs.utexas.edu>
sds@cs.utexas.edu (Sara Strandtman) writes:

>I'm posting for a friend, in Austin, who is seeking information on how to
>subscribe to electronic BBS.  Since I am familiar only with Internet access
>via UT Austin, I couldn't offer him any info.  Can anyone supply some
>information on newsgroups or bulletin board systems that the general
>public can subscribe to?
>
>I assume that, as yet, Internet access is not available except through
>users at sites that subscribe (i.e., UT, IBM, Dell, etc.)

There is a ProLine site in austin (pro-lep) that is an apple2 based bbs that

has an internet mail gateway and carries some newsgroups.  Pro-lep is
accessable at +1 512 288-2114.
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From: blake@pro-party.cts.com (Blake Farenthold)
Newsgroups: tx.general
Subject: Re: subscribing to electronic bulletin boards
Date: 11 Dec 1992 18:27:50 -0600
Organization: Corpus Christi, Texas' pro-party bbs +1 512 882-1899
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