T.PCP REVIEW
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ST| 00000EF0: 41 52 54 55 50 20 46 41 52 20 45 58 43 45 45 44 |ARTUP FAR EXCEED| 00000F00: 45 44 0D 45 58 50 45 43 54 41 54 49 4F 4E 53 2E |ED.EXPECTATIONS.| 00000F10: 22 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C8 45 4C 50 20 49 53 20 41 |".. .ELP IS A| 00000F20: 56 41 49 4C 41 42 4C 45 2C 20 48 4F 57 45 56 45 |VAILABLE, HOWEVE| 00000F30: 52 2C 20 46 52 4F 4D 0D 4F 54 48 45 52 20 D0 C3 |R, FROM.OTHER ..| 00000F40: D0 20 55 53 45 52 53 20 57 48 4F 20 53 45 45 4D |. USERS WHO SEEM| 00000F50: 20 54 4F 20 4B 4E 4F 57 20 4D 4F 52 45 0D 41 42 | TO KNOW MORE.AB| 00000F60: 4F 55 54 20 54 48 45 20 53 59 53 54 45 4D 20 54 |OUT THE SYSTEM T| 00000F70: 48 41 4E 20 49 54 53 20 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |HAN ITS OPERATOR| 00000F80: 53 2E 0D CD 4F 52 45 20 44 45 54 41 49 4C 53 20 |S...ORE DETAILS | 00000F90: 4F 4E 20 D0 C3 D0 20 43 41 4E 20 42 45 20 47 4C |ON ... 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..^U:REVIEWS. PC PURSUIT: A HANDY BBS SERVICE.. REVIEWED BY NORMAN MORRISO N.. SOME MODEMITES ARE BLESSED WITH.A PLETHORA OF COMPUTER BULLETIN.BOARDS IN THEIR LOCAL CALLING RANGE..OTHERS, LIKE MYSELF HAVE FEW, IF ANY,.AND ARE FORCED TO MAKE DO WITH.EXPENSIVE COMMERCIAL BO ARDS LIKE.GENIE AND Q-LINK. THESE SERVI CES.WOULDN'T BE SO EXPENSIVE IF USED.OCC ASIONALLY, BUT ONCE YOU GET.ONLINE, IT'S EASY TO GET HOOKED. PC.PURSUIT TO THE RESCUE!...... PCP IS A SERVICE OF TEL ENET.COMMUNICATIONS, THE PHONE FOLKS. F OR.$30 A MONTH YOU ARE PROVIDED WITH A.L OCAL NUMBER, CALLED AN INDIAL SITE,.WITH WHICH YOU CAN CONNECT WITH A.MODEM IN A FAR OFF CITY CALLED AN.OUTDIAL SITE. Y OU CAN ALSO.COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEWLY I NSTALLED.PCP MINICOMPUTER BBS AND GET ON LINE.WITH DELPHI, EXECPC, MNEMATICS,.PEO PLELINK, AND PORTAL. SOME OF THESE.SERV ICES OFFER REDUCED RATES FOR PCP.USERS.. ..... PCP TRULY IS A CHEAPER.ALTERNAT IVE FOR THE BBS-POSSESSED..UNTIL FEBUARY OF 1989, CONNECT TIME.WAS UNLIMITED DUR ING OFF-PEAK HOURS,.(6PM TO 6AM AND WEEK ENDS.) IN A.MONEY-MAKING MOVE, THE POWE RS AT.PCP HAVE RESTRICTED USAGE TO 30 HO URS.A MONTH, BUT IT'S STILL A GREAT.VALU E... HERE'S THE WAY IT WORKS: YOU GET .FROGGY AND DECIDE TO WASTE AN.EVENING, SO YOU DIAL YOUR LOCAL.NUMBER. AFTER LO GGING ONTO THE SYSTEM.WITH A TWO DIGIT C ODE YOU PUNCH IN.YOUR PCP USER NUMBER AN D A CODE SUCH.AS D/GAATL/12 WHICH CONNEC TS YOUR.MODEM WITH THE OUTDIAL SITE IN.A TLANTA, GEORGIA AT 1200 BAUD... ONCE IN, YOU SIMPLY DIAL YOUR.FAVORITE BBS'ES . ACTUALLY, IT CAN BE.A BIT MORE TEDIOU S THAN THIS BECAUSE.THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF.AVAILABLE LINES AT THE OUTDIAL SITE..PCP HAS PROMISED SINCE ITS INCEPT ION.FOUR YEARS AGO TO EXPAND SERVICE... A GOOD TERMINAL PROGRAM THAT HAS.RE-D IAL AND A TELEPHONE NUMBER BUFFER.WILL H ELP TO SAVE YOUR SANITY WHEN.USING PCP. WITH ALL THE PLACES YOU.CAN CALL, WITH PRACTICE, YOU WILL BE.ONLINE SOMEWHERE I N A VERY SHORT TIME.INDEED...... MANY CITIES HAVE 2400 BAUD.SERVICE, ALTHOUGH 1200 IS MUCH MORE.COMMON. 300 BAUD IS OUTMODED..I RECOMMEND THAT BEFORE SIGNIN G UP.FOR PCP THAT YOU HAVE 1200 BAUD.CAP ACITY. DUE TO THE THOUSANDS OF.MILES TH AT YOUR STREAM OF ELECTRONIC.BLEEPS AND BLOOPS HAS TO TRAVEL, YOUR.ACTUAL TRANSM ISSION AND RECEPTION.RATE WILL BE ONLY H ALF THAT FIGURE..FOR CONVERSATIONS AND M ESSAGES THIS.POSES NO PROBLEM, BUT SINCE A GOOD.DEAL OF TIME WILL BE SPENT UP- A ND.DOWN-LOADING NOVEL SOFTWARE, 300 BAUD .IS REALLY TOO SLOW...... DOWNLOADING IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.ALL ABOUT. THERE ARE LITERALLY.THOUSANDS OF FREE BBS'ES A VAILABLE TO.YOUR PRYING MODEM. AS YOU R EALLY GET.SLAVED TO THE SYSTEM, YOUR DAY WON'T.BE COMPLETE UNTIL YOU ACCESS A NE W ONE.OR TWO, OR THREE, OR FOUR. YOU'LL .FIND THAT AS YOU LOG ONTO A NEW.BOARD, A WHOLE LIST OF NEW BBS.NUMBERS WILL SUR GE INTO YOUR TERMINAL.BUFFER AT THE PRES S OF A BUTTON, AND.YOU'LL FEEL OBLIGATED TO CALL THEM.ALL....... DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN OF THE.DARK SIDE OF THE FORC E, BUNKY. YOUR.CAREFULLY STRUCTURED DIS K BOXES WILL.BECOME A SHAMBLES AS YOU HU NT DOWN A.FORMATTED DISK ON WHICH TO DOW NLOAD.AN OBSCURE COMPACTING PROGRAM. YO UR.COMPUTER AREA WILL BECOME LITTERED.WI TH PRINTED BBS NUMBERS. YOU WILL.TEMPOR ARILY ESCAPE TO WORK, BLEARY-.EYED, POND ERING SOME SILLY DISCUSSION.YOU FOUND YO URSELF INVOLVED IN ON AN.ATARI BOARD IN SMERDLAP, OREGON... THERE ARE 34 OUTD IAL SITES.LOCATED IN MAJOR CITIES AND HU NDREDS.OF LOCAL INDIAL NUMBERS. THE NOV ICE.USER CAN FOR THE MOST PART PAINLESSL Y.ACCESS THE WHOLE SUBCULTURE OF OUR.LAT EST ART FORM, THE BBS... THE ONLY NEG ATIVE, ASIDE FROM.BBS ADDICTION, IS DEAL ING WITH.TELENET, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL B E.INFREQUENTLY. THEY GIVE THE.IMPRESSIO N THAT THEY COULDN'T CARE.LESS IF YOU EV ER SUBSCRIBE TO PCP. AS.THEY STATE IN T HEIR LITERATURE, "THE.GROWTH AND VARIED USE THAT FOLLOWED.PCP STARTUP FAR EXCEED ED.EXPECTATIONS.".. HELP IS AVAILABLE , HOWEVER, FROM.OTHER PCP USERS WHO SEEM TO KNOW MORE.ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAN ITS OPERATORS..MORE DETAILS ON PCP CAN BE GL EANED BY.CALLING 1-800-835-3638 WEEKDAYS ... **** END OF TEXT ****.
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