-Andrew K./Icebreaker/ice...@eskimo.com
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Changes This issue:
Information on a new Commodore printed magazine from CMD, current list of
C64 people from the scene on Internet and their addresses, current list of
Commodore FTP filesites has been expanded. This issue is 4 times the size
of issue #1 and hopefully this will be getting out on a more frequent
basis now.
Thanks to: Robert Knop, William F Hagen, Coolhand, Voyager, Waveform,
Craig Bruce, Bernard H, Chiefy/Padua and anyone else who
provided information for this list.
All Listings are current 04/94. They are NOT Alphabetical as they were typed
in the order they were received. Any companies not on the list, or companies
on the list who wish to be included on the next quarterly update, please
send mail to Icebreaker (ice...@eskimo.com) with any current info or to
get a contact address to send catalogs + disks to.
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CONTENTS:
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1. C-64 Hardware/Software/Magazine/Repair addresses and phone numbers
2. Commodore User survey from Omicron International
3. Commodore 64 and the Internet!
A. IRC - Internet Relay Chat channel #C-64
B. Usenet Newsgroups for the Commodore
C. Commodore 64/128 FTP file sites
D. Current list of Commodore 64 Scene people on Internet and
their netmail addresses and status
4. FIDOnet Commodore 64 Resources
5. Calling Commodore BBS's around the World. (This will include some
phone numbers in later issues if people send them in. Include the
BBS Name, phone #, location (ex. Seattle, Wa USA), Sysops Handle or
name, baud rate, Software it runs on, and a small description of
what the BBS is like and how long its been up.
6. Latebreaking News
7. Closing Statements
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C-64 Hardware/Software/Magazine/Repair addresses:
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Parsec, Inc. (Publishes Twin Cities 128/64 Magazine)
POB 111
Salem, MA 01970-0111
1-508-745-9125
Software Support International (Call For FREE 300 page catalog!)
2700 ne Andresen Rd. St.A-1
Vancouver WA 98661
1-800-356-1179
Tenex Computer Services (Call for FREE 100 Page Catalog!)
P.O. Box 6578
South Bend Indiana 46660
1-800-776-6781
Briwall (Call for FREE On-Disk Catalog!)
P.O. Box 129/58
Kutztown PA 19530
1-800-766-5757
Software Discounters of America (Some great Commodore closeouts)
P.O. Box 111327-Dept. RN
Blawnox PA 15238
1-800-225-7638
The Grapevine Group Inc. (Call for FREE Catalog!)
3 Chestnut St.
Suffern, NY 10901
Orders: 1-800-292-7445
Info: 1-914-368-4242
Fax: 1-914-357-6243
Software Hut (No Catalog but excellent prices)
2524 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Orders: 1-800-848-0079
Info: 1-215-462-2268
Fax: 1-215-339-5336
C-64 Alive! Diskmagazine (Excellent!)
c/o Jack Vander White
P.O. Box 232115
Sacramento, CA 95823
$30 per year for 8 issues (2 to 3 disks each issue!)
Now includes printed suppliment with each issue also!
Subscribers also get free beta-test software occasionally!
MPCUG (Public Domain Software)
P.O. Box 391
Gloucester, VA 23061
R4/128 Magazine (Excellent Print Magazine)
c/o Saber Enterprises
7161 North Maine
Clovis, CA 93611-8200
$23.70 for one year (10 issues)/$5 for sample issue
Sogwap Software
115 Bellmont Road
Decatur, Indiana 46733
1-219-724-3900
Mad Man Software
1400 East College Drive
Cheyenne, WY 82007
1-307-632-1178
Compute's Gazette 64/128 Diskmagazine
P.O. Box 3250
Harlan, IA 51593-2430
$49.95 for 12 issues (2 to 3 disks per issue)
Creative Micro Designs (Free CMD C64 Hardware Catalog)
Also publishes new print magazine COMMODORE WORLD! (excellent!)
P.O. Box 646
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Orders: 1-800-638-3263
Info: 1-413-525-0023
Bbs: 1-413-525-0148
8-Bit Software (FREE Catalog)
Public Domain & Commercial Software
P.O. Box 542
Lindenhurst, NY 11757-0542
1-516-957-1110
Compusult Software (FREE Catalog)
P.O. Box 5160
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403
1-805-544-6616
Tons of $5-$10 Commercial Software + PD Stuff
Disks O'Plenty Software
8362 Pines Blvd. Suite 270
Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
1-305-963-7750
$2 for huge catalog plus sample disks (refundable)
Microstorm Software
P.O. Box 1086
Sidney, MT 59270
Q Enterprises Software
P.O. Box 77123
Washington, DC 20013-7123
Bear Computer Repair Inc
1005 McKean Street
Philadelphia, PA 19148
1-800-755-5295
Repair C64, C128, Disk drives etc.
Powerdisk Software
6813 Lotus Way
West Jordan, UT 84084
Compute Books!
c/o CCC
2500 McClellan Ave.
Pennsauken, NJ 08109
Mapping The 64, Mapping the 128, C64 Tips & Tricks etc.
Caloke Industries (Dept. GK)
P.O. Box 18477
Raytown, MO 64133
$2 for catalog + sample disk of programs
Tycom Inc. (Computer Repair)
503 East Street - Dept. C
Pittsfield, MA 01201
1-413-442-9771
J.P. PBM Products By Mail (Commodore Hardware)
c/o N. Sheridan
Mall Postal Outlet - Box # 60515
Downsview, Ontario M3L 1BO
CANADA
$2 For C64 Catalog on disk
Performance Peripherals, Inc.
5 Upper Loudon Road
Loudonville, NY 12211
1-800-925-9774
Modems, Drives, GEOS, Etc.
Creative Pixels Ltd. Software
P.O. Box 592
Library, PA 15129
Keystone Software - Dept. G (FREE Catalog)
P.O. Box 8369
Pittsburgh, PA. 15218
1-412-243-1049
KFPD Software
c/o Kenneth Franklin
P.O. Box 470464
Los Angeles, CA 90047-0464
$2 For Catalog + sample disks
FGM Connection
P.O. Box 2206
Roseburg, OR 97470
1-503-673-2234
Living Proof Software, Ltd.
Dept. G-3
P.O. Box 80714
Minneapolis, MN 55408-8714
Antigrav Toolkit Inc.
P.O. Box 1074
Cambridge, MA 02142
Write for FREE Catalog
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********* IMPORTANT INFORMATION ... PLEASE READ THE PARAGRAPH BELOW *********
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Omicron Inc.
Official C64-128 Census
1406 Euclid #1
Berkley, CA 94708-1944
* PLEASE SEND THIS IN *
This is an official census to see how many c64/128 users out there
still want to get new software for their machines. If enough people
write in Omicron. Inc will import and NTSC fix 1000's of European
and Japanese Commodore 64+128 Games and Utilities programs and make
them available in the USA at a low cost.
Please answer the following questions:
1. What type of Commodore do you own? (C64, 128, Vic20)
2. What disk drives and/or hard drives do you own? (1541, 1571, 1581,
Lt.Kernal, CMD, SFD 1001, etc.)
3. What RAM expansion devices do you own? (1764,1750,Quick Brown Box,
RAM-LInk, etc.)
4. What peripherals do you own? (modem - what kind/speed, fastload cart -
what kind, printer -what kind, mouse, joysticks, monitor etc)
5. What kind of software do you like best? (adventure, arcade, word proc,
utilities, modem software, etc. -list all that apply!)
6. How many new peices of software do you aquire each year and how much
should be spent/charged for new software?
Please fill out answers to this and send it to the above address.
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Are you on a BBS with Internet Access? If so here are some Commodore
related things:
When in IRC (Internet Relay Chat):
/join #c-64
Channel for the discussion of Commodore 64/128 topics
/msg Commbot help
will get you info on Commbot which carries C64/128 software to download
/msg Filebot help - another C64 bot with software to download from
/msg coolhand xdcc list - if he is online, this user has many c64 files
which can be downloaded via this command
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When in Usenet newsgroups:
join comp.sys.cbm
for discussion and news on many Commodore related topics
Also information on C64 Hacking, a textfile magazine about Commodore
programming and questions+answers.
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This is the list of FTP sites containing software and programs
specific to the Commodore 64 and 128 computers. Also, a Vic20 site.
To use this list on a UNIX system, just type 'ftp <sitename>', where
<sitename> is any of the sites listed below. Use 'anonymous' as
your login, and your E-mail address for the password. You can change
and list directories with 'cd' and 'dir', respectively, and download
files to your system using 'get'. Be sure to specify either 'binary'
if you are getting a program, or 'ascii' for a text file before you
begin the download.
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Host: ccnga.uwaterloo.ca
Last updated: 20 Apr 1994
Directory: /pub/cbm
Description:
csb...@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca (Craig Bruce) maintainer of the site writes:
>I have rearranged the files at the new "ccnga.uwaterloo.ca" anonymous FTP
>site for Commodore computers.
>The new "/pub/cbm" directory breakdown for this site is as follows:
>
>archivers : archiving/dearchiving programs for the C128/64
>audio : audio-related stuff for the C64
>comp.binari* : programs from the "comp.binaries.cbm" newsgroup
>comp.sys.cbm : important information gleaned from the "comp.sys.cbm" newsgroup
>demos : demo programs for the C64
>emulation : programs for emulating the C64 on various platforms
>games : games for the C128/64
>graphics : graphics stuff for the C128/64
>hacking.mag : issues of C= Hacking net magazine and related programs
>hardware : text files about hardware projects
>misc : stuff that doesn't fit into any other directory
>os : stuff for various alternative operating systems for the C128/64
>os/ace : stuff for the ACE operating system for the C128/64
>os/cpm : stuff for the CP/M operating system for the C128/64
>os/cs-dos : stuff for the CS-DOS operating system for the C128
>os/geos : stuff for the GEOS operating system for the C128/64
>programming : programming ideas/code/stuff for the C128/64
>telecomm : telecommunications software for the C128/64
>unix : related utility C programs and Unix shell scripts
>util128 : utility programs for the C128
>util64 : utility programs for the C64
>vic-20 : VIC-20 programs
>INCOMING : directory to upload new programs into (use appropriate subdir)
Host: eskimo.com
Last updated: 24 Apr 1994
Directory: /voyager
>The official support site for Novaterm 9.5.
voy...@isumataq.eskimo.com (Nick Rossi), Novaterm's author writes:
>The site will contain the most recent Novaterm version, archives, the
>individual files, the documentation in both CBM and standard ASCII, and
>any other information, news, new modules, or bug fixes that come along.
Host: sol.cs.ruu.nl (131.211.80.17)
Last updated: 24 Apr 1994
Directory: /pub/MIDI/PROGRAMS/C64
/pub/MIDI/DOC
Host: uceng.uc.edu (129.137.33.1)
Last updated: 06 Sep 1993
Directory: /pub/wuarchive/systems/cpm/c128
/pub/wuarchive/systems/cpm/c64
/pub/wuarchive/doc/misc/if-archive/infocom/tools
Host: aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de (134.95.80.1)
Last updated: 12 Apr 1994
Directory: /.disk2/usenet/comp.archives/auto/comp.sys.cbm
Host: ftp.csv.warwick.ac.uk (137.205.192.5)
Last updated: 18 Jan 1994
Directory: /pub/c64
Description: Contains PD games.
Directory: /tmp/c64
Description: Temporary files stored here. If /tmp directory not found, try
again at another time. /tmp directory not always available.
Host: clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk (137.205.192.6)
Last updated: 23 Apr 1993
Directory: /pub/c64
Host: nexus.yorku.ca (130.63.9.66)
Last updated: 21 Apr 1994
Directory: /pub/Internet-info
Description: Contains an older version of this listing.
Host: rigel.acs.oakland.edu (141.210.10.117)
Last updated: 12 Apr 1994
Directory: /pub2/cpm
Description: C128 CP/M.
Directory: /pub2/cpm/c64
Description: C64 CP/M.
Host: oak.oakland.edu
Last updated: 18 Apr 1994
Directory: /pub2/cpm
Description: CP/M software, most all of which will run on the C128.
Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.2.1)
Last updated: 18 Apr 1994
Directory: /usenet/comp.archives/auto/comp.sys.cbm
/usenet/comp.archives/commodore-64-128
/usenet/comp.archives/c64
/media/visual/collections/funet-pics/jpeg/games/c64
/media/visual/collections/funet-pics/jpeg/comp/games/c64
Host: tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (137.226.112.31)
Last updated: 07 Apr 1994
Directory: /pub/rz.archiv/simtel/cpm/c64
/pub/rz.archiv/simtel/cpm/c128
Host: update.uu.se
Last updated: 09 Apr 1994
Directory:
Description: CP/M software, most all of which will run on the C128.
Be sure to check other directory locations for more files.
Host: wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
Last updated: 09 Feb 1994
Directory: /systems/amiga/incoming/misc
/mirrors/cpm/c64
/mirrors/cpm/c128
Description: CP/M software, most all of which will run on the C128.
Be sure to check other directory locations too.
Host: ftp.demon.co.uk
Last update: 14 Feb 1994
Directory: /pub/cpm
Description: File: rogue17.pma
David Goodenough's port of Rogue. Needs QTERM screen
overlay, details included. You need PMAUTOAE.COM to
unpack. Also available from mail-...@nowster.demon.co.uk
Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu (128.59.39.2)
Last updated: 08 Apr 1994
Directory: /kermit2/old/c64
/kermit/bin
Host: cs.columbia.edu (128.59.1.2)
Last updated: 12 Apr 1994
Directory: /archives/mirror1/kermit
Description: The official Kermit support site containing the latest
C64 Kermit and support files. 80 columns C64 and C128.
Host: plaza.aarnet.edu.au (139.130.4.6)
Last updated: 28 Dec 1993
Directory: /pub/kermit/c
Description: Kermit files. Be sure to get the complete set of C64/128
Kermit.
Host: flubber.cs.umd.edu (128.8.128.99)
Last updated: 03 Jan 1994
Directory: /rec/newballistic
Host: f.ms.uky.edu (128.163.128.6)
Last updated: 24 Apr 1994
Directory: /archive/c64.zip
Host: ftp.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
Last updated: 24 Apr 1994
Directory: /pub/pics/jpeg/games/c64
/pub/misc/c64
/pub/kermit/c64
/pub/amiga/audio/misc/sid-tunes
/pub/cbm
Host: nic.switch.ch (130.59.1.40)
Last updated: 30 Mar 1994
Directory: /mirror/kermit/bin
Host: gmdzi.gmd.de (129.26.8.90)
Last updated: 14 Mar 1994
Directory: /if-archive/games/c64
Description: Contains a few PD text adventures.
Host: micros.hensa.ac.uk (148.88.8.84)
Last updated: 20 Apr 1994
Directory: /kermit/c64
Host: wilbur.stanford.edu (36.14.0.36)
Last updated: 21 Apr 1994
Directory: /pub/emulators/c64
Host: syrinx.umd.edu (128.8.2.114)
Last updated: 22 Apr 1994
Directory: /rush/c64-sounds
Host: tolsun.oulu.fi (130.231.96.16)
Last updated: 06 Apr 1994
Directory: /pub/c64
/incoming/c64
/pub/amiga/4/c64trans.zoo
/pub/c64
Description: Uploading to /pub/c64 is disabled because of lack of disk space.
However, for downloading it is still fully accessible.
Currently there is no administration for /pub/c64.
/pub/amiga is active, though.
Host: ucsd.edu (128.54.16.1)
Last updated: 06 Apr 1994
Directory: /midi/software/c64
Host: cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5)
Last updated: 12 Apr 1994
Directory: /comp.archives/c64
/pub/comp.archives/comp.sys.cbm
Host: bert.psyc.upei.ca
Last updated: 31 Jan 1994
Directory: /pub
Description: All the releases of the major demo parties of '93
Host: ftp.uni-hildesheim.de
Last updated: 20 Feb 1994
Directory:
Description: C64 directories (many)
Host: ftp.hrz.uni-kassel.de
Last updated: 03 Feb 1994
Directory: /pub/machines/vic-20
Description: A Vic-20 ftp site, administered by Andreas Heitmann
heit...@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de
Host: watson.mbb.sfu.ca
Last updated 14 Mar 1994
Directory: /emulator
/games
/incoming
/misc
/sidmusic
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NOTES:
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The latest version of The Commodore FTP Sites Listing (this list) can
be found in the Usenet newsgroup, comp.sys.cbm, where it is posted
twice monthly, generally at the beginning, and middle of each month.
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C-64 INTERNET PEOPLE CONNECTION GUIDE - UPDATE 4/24/94
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This is the C-64 mailers list. List manager is to...@compnews.co.uk, if you
want adding to the list then mail me and you will be placed on it.
United States users:- USA
EVE...@delphi.com - The Shadow/HWA
ag...@works.com - Agressor
mas...@lakes.trenton.sc.us - Massive Onslaught/Style (RSI ?)
ice...@eskimo.com - Icebreaker/BDS/SinisteR
gri...@eskimo.com - [Skyclad](Moloch)/SinisteR
mcb...@cs.arizona.edu - The Wiz/Expose/Style
ake...@adrienne.cs.rose-hulman.edu - Elwix/Style
fire...@netaxs.com - Firefoot/Style
st92...@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu - Wraith/RPG
u081...@astro.ocis.temple.edu - Fubar/RPG
da...@tfs.com - POL POT/Holiday Inn Cambodia BBS
af...@freenet.hsc.colorado.edu - Intruder/Empire
gp...@nyx.cs.du.edu - Rundy/POD
mhil...@eeyore.stcloud.msus.edu - Rad Man/TSM
utu...@ecf.toronto.edu - Blackice/Eclipse
jc...@umpsy.ab.umd.edu - Sir CyRo/ATTacker
jha...@gl.umbc.edu - Enterprise
bpe...@volta.elee.calpoly.edu - Death Demon/ex-FBR
European users:- England, Germany, Austria, Finland, Netherlands
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy.
to...@compnews.co.uk - Chief/Padua
po...@cs.tu-berlin.de - Ano/Padua
sch...@wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at - Antitrack/Legend
jsii...@niksula.hut.fi - Mercenary/Extend
t93...@mail.vitech.fi - D'Arc/Topaz Beerline
an...@modeemi.cs.tut.fi - Anvil/Topaz Beerline
pat...@htsa.aha.nl - Trax/The Ruling Company
c...@utopia.hacktic.nl - CBA/The Ruling Company
ha...@niksula.hut.fi - Hazor/Beyond Force
mhei...@snakemail.hut.fi - Solomon/Beyond Force
matr...@polaris.cc.utu.fi - Sage/Beyond Force
vanh...@snakemail.hut.fi - Boss/Beyond Force
lcve...@cs.ruu.nl - Mirage/Focus
v92...@si.hhs.nl - The Dark Judge/Focus
db...@oliven.bih.no - Joe/Maniax
sti...@brosme.dhmolde.no - Mr.Fantasy/Maniax
Pontu...@anet.bbs.bad.se - Bacchus/Fairlight
adri...@dsv.su.se - The Alchemist/Fairlight
watc...@ludd.luth.se - Watchman/Fairlight
p4t...@park1.park.se - Tron/FairLight
ds9...@vasa.se - VDK/Fairlight
pasi.ve...@lut.fi - BX/Origo
trp...@uta.fi - Destino/Origo
ecva...@cs.vu.nl - The Burglar/Success
o...@bil-5.bouw.tno.nl - Scout/Success
gre...@cs.tu-berlin.de - Greyrat/Lower Level
d3da...@dtek.chalmers.se - Matrix/Zone45
lars...@ifi.uio.no - Challeger/Offence
ev...@ifi.uio.no - Cycleburner/Megastyle
ru...@ntdh.no - Rune/Hoaxers & Sunrise
go...@wronski.math.TU-Berlin.DE - Cruncher/IMPRESSION
tun...@cc.helsinki.fi - Rockstar/Talent
mot...@world.std.com - Motley/Genesis Project
ol...@stud.unit.no - Sauron/Illusion
Mic...@stack.urc.tue.nl - Jesus/Silicon
d...@aarhues.dk - QED/Triangle
d93...@csd.uu.se - Rico/Preztel Logic(Fredrik Blom)
noe...@namu01.gwdg.de - Hornet/ (EX Padua).
ri...@cs.tu-berlin.de - Little Big Man/Dytec
do...@maya.dei.unipd.it - Bitman/F4CG
lem...@freenet.hut.fi - Lemming/Fatum+Panic Designs
sppl...@hp1.cbs.dk - Maduplec/Crest
Australian users:- Australia
s933...@COUGAR.vut.edu.au - Stomper/TSR
dpp...@acacia.itd.uts.edu.au - Giorgio Armani/TSR
c932...@frey.newcastle.edu.au - Neptune/TSR
greg....@f307.n713.fido.zeta.org.au - Logic/TSR
c934...@cc.uow.edu.au - Z/The Force
phil...@ee.uwa.edu.au - Christopher Jam/Shrydar
Useful C-64 users:- Finland, England, USA
MSMA...@cc.helsinki.fi - Marko Makela (Hardware dude)
CAP...@vax.sbu.ac.uk - Sean Capes (Old game writer)
rk...@ccosun.caltech.edu - R.Knop (FTP site)
du...@pembvax1.pembroke.edu - Craig Taylor (C-Hacking)
lu...@power.amasd.anatcp.rockwell.com - Coolhand (C-64 fan)
gp...@nyx.cs.du.edu - Rundy (x-POD, great guy!)
cl...@cfa.harvard.edu - Cliff, Author Cuckuu Egg
wave...@eskimo.com - 64 Dude/Coder/Fixer
Ex C-64 user:- USA, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Finland, Denmark
ol...@plasma.apana.org.au - Orlorin/Dominators
md93...@nada.kth.se - Euzkera/Censor Design
t91...@asterix.fi.upm.es - BlackHole/Blasters + TRC
scor...@phoenix.oulu.fi - Scorpion/Contex
tmb@tmb@chyde.uwasa.fi - TMB/Extasy
yo...@cyberspace.com - Wolfgang/ex-2d
mart...@dsv.su.se - Whitelion/Censor
g020...@gbar.dth.dk - lkp/dk
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If you have access to a BBS with Fidonet echoes, join the following
message bases:
CBM - Commodore 64 and 128 News and Discussions
CBM128 - Commodore 128 specific News and Discussions
GEOS - GEOS News and Discussions
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If you are on any local Commodore BBS's in your area keep them active. Post
messages, upload new programs. Don't be afraid to make a few long distance
calls to obtain new files. One hour of LD calling per month will only cost
around 8 bucks... and you can get dozens of files. If 10 people in your
local area do this, you will have a steady flow of new files and info to
your area. A little effort has BIG payoffs. Wake up and participate.
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Well that's it for this update. Please upload this to any and all BBS's
you are a member of. And remember to update me on any new companies,
Addresses, or FTP/Telnet sites for Internet that pertain to the Commodore
64 or 128. It is through user support and effort that the Commodore has
remained a popular computer with over 10 million owned in the USA alone!
And it is through our enthusiasm that it shall remain a viable home
computer for the next several years to come!
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Please send any updates via Internet mail to:
ice...@eskimo.com
or call Better Mousetrap BBS 1-206-775-8067 and leave E-Mail to
Icebreaker (user #14)
or call Surgical Strike BBS 1-206-488-2484 and leave E-Mail to
Icebreaker (user #10)
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Text contents (c) 1994 by Andrew K. All Brandnames and company names are
(c) and TM their respective companies. This is FREEWARE. It may be copied
and distributed via modem, disk or print at no charge. Hell.. please DO
spread it around!