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From: STT@kcbbs.gen.nz (Jon Clarke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: ST Format, EuroNet BBS system's
Message-ID: <1990Dec25.103928.23598@kcbbs.gen.nz>
Date: 25 Dec 90 10:39:28 GMT
Sender: dgd@kcbbs.gen.nz (David Dix, Kappa Crucis BBS, Auckland NZ)
Lines: 68
Organisation: STaTus BBS. The Atari BBS in Auckland, New Zealand.

Hi chaps,

 I am answering a message left in the December issue of ST Format an
 English Atari magazine. So anyone knowing Andrew Hutchinson please
 post this to him on the net as I am not aware of his EMAIL address.
 
 Andrew, you have asked for sysops to email / snail mail you. The snail
 mail is in the post but what with the xmas rush I guess it will take a
 while to hit the UK. 

 We run a BBS here in Auckland as the header and trailer of this 
 messages suggests. I would like to know more about access into 
 EuroNet and carring the ST Format information on our BBS down here.
 I already carry several USA based on-line Atari Magazines and 
 snippets from 'CT' in Germany. So it would be a bonus to our users
 to have an english input in this area.

 Re: your comments in the December issue. Sorry I have to disagree
 with your comments re CI$ as GEnie is by far the biggest Atari Base
 in the USA and to my knowledge in the modeming world. For this matter
 with the new Star services GEnie has it only costs $us4.95 a month 
 for all your online time. A lot cheaper than what you quoted for 
 Compuserve as you will agree.  GEnie can be accessed from 158 
 countries world wide via P.D.N and if you would like the NUA I 
 will be happy to email/snail mail it to you in the future so you can
 pop on and have a look.
 
 Re the ammount of files available in the USA I might add we have over
 85000 PD files on our BBS here in Auckland all with free access for our
 users to download. Over 1/4 of these are Atari ST files.

 A quick overview of the BBS as per your request.
 
 [a] Hardware : Mega 2
                330 of hard disks
                1.2 gigs on cd rom [2 cdar504's Atari cd_roms]
                Multi-line/node up to 19.2k in PEP
                CD_Port for multi serial lines
 [b] Software : MichTron Version 3 
 [c] Other    : Full Usenet [as per this message]
                on-line magazines
                PDN access NUA is 05301 9500001313
{to Paxus FaxNet [nz free dial tie lines/ no tolls]
                Atari-NZ / AUA  support on-line
                FREE PD ordering from USA for the users
                VT52/IGS/ascii menus supported
                EMail and Document [fmail] exchange
                [soon as the node number arrives Fido Net mail]
 [d] Fees     : NONE a totally free BBS
                donations _NOT_ excepted

Hope this helps Andrew. Please if you are on the net email me or on one
of the services below. 
 
 Email :	 Jon_Clarke@kcbbs.gen.nz  or STT@kcbbs.gen.nz
 Compuserve      72000,3555    
 GEnie           J.Clarke6
compuserve.com.usa
 Fido            Zone 3  _all_sysops_

 Merry Xmas to all users.
 Jon Clarke

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