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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: BIX
Message-ID: <862@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 12:22:07 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 21 12:22:07 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 21-Oct-85 15:44:18 EDT
References: <4090@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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Summary: Who Told You to Do This!

In article <4090@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> gardner@sri-spam.ARPA writes:
>From: gardner@sri-spam.ARPA (David Gardner)
>
>If you are interested in looking into the 'Byte Information Exchange'
>Amiga conference....
>
>Dial up your local TYMNET access number
>
>Login as>  BYTENETI;MGH
>
>At next
>prompt type>  BIX
>
>next prompt>  BIX
>
>User>   NEW
>
>And answer the questions.  I understand that the system is under
>test and therefore free until the 1-Nov.  They are accepting
>comments on the format plus there is LOTS of Amiga discussion
>going on.  Once you are on type "JOIN AMIGA" to get bombarded
>with stuff to read.
>
>Have fun!
>
>David Gardner

David:

     BIX is not yet open to the public officially.  As a moderator of
BIX I asked specifically whether I should invite people onto BIX for
test purposes and to add to discussion in my Conference.  The answer
was that I should use my discretion.  IT COSTS MONEY to run BIX and
as you noted it's not being charged at this time.  As such, I've
specifically invited a small handful of OS-9'ers onto BIX which is
currently being tested by about 1000 theoretical users (most of whom
are members of the Boston Computer Club, who are there by special
invitation).  Did someone authorize you to post this?

     For everyone else 'here' please do *not* use BIX unless you have
been invited on by a moderator.  The programmers are trying hard to
clean up he system for openning soon and the current software/hardware
is still not up to snuff.  As such, tempers are running a bit high
and system overload is a real possibility.

     If David reports back that he has had permission to post this, I
won't complain.  I don't necessary hear everything on BIX, but until
then I emphasis, MG.H has been spending a lot of money to get the
system up properly.  Show your appreciation by not draining that money
at this time.


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