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─── MESSAGE BASES ───────────────────────────────────────────
 1  General Chatter        1,204 msgs   3 new
 2  ANSI Art Gallery         388 msgs   1 new
 3  Modem Talk (14.4k!)      612 msgs
 4  FidoNet Echo: COOKING  2,950 msgs

From: PIXEL.WITCH   To: ALL
Subj: new logo up in file area 3, comments welcome :)

[Q] Back to main menu
─── FILE AREA 3: GRAPHICS ───────────────────────────────────
 NEONLOGO.ANS     6,144  03-12-92  Our new login screen
 TDRAW460.ZIP    92,410  11-02-91  ANSI drawing program
 FONTPAK1.ZIP    31,770  01-19-92  Block letter fonts
 ACIDVIEW.ZIP    58,002  07-30-92  Art pack viewer

Download ratio: 1:4. Upload something nice first!
Est. time for TDRAW460.ZIP at 2400 baud: 6 min 25 s

[Q] Back to main menu
─── DOOR GAMES ──────────────────────────────────────────────
 1  Dragon Cellar        turn-based dungeon crawl, 20 turns/day
 2  Trade Lanes 2000     space trading, 4 players this week
 3  Basement Trivia      yesterday's winner: BAUDBOY

Doors open in a separate program. Please don't hang up mid-game,
it corrupts the score file. Again.

[Q] Back to main menu
─── WHO'S ONLINE ────────────────────────────────────────────
 Node  Handle          Doing
  1    GUEST           Reading this list
  2    BAUDBOY         In door: Basement Trivia

Only 2 phone lines. If you got a busy signal, that's why.

[Q] Back to main menu
─── PAGING SYSOP ────────────────────────────────────────────
Paging NIGHTOWL... ♪ BEEP ♪

Sysop note: I'm probably asleep. The board runs on a
286 in my parents' basement and a second phone line I pay for
with my paper route. Be cool, no cussing in General Chatter.
Upload ratio enforced. Leave feedback with [F] then [U].
                                              -- NightOwl

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