Cyberpunk stuff

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                        Copyright (C) 1992 by Kevin Beck

                  Box 714 Airport Road, Swanton Vermont 05488

  May be distributed only as part of the diskbook "New Horizons in Cyberpunk".

  

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ÛÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ      WHAT IS FREEWARE?      ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÛ

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  This diskbook is distributed FREE.  I hope you enjoyed reading it!

  If so, please share the experience with somebody else.

  If your friends are interested in cyberpunk, please give them a copy.

  If you have a modem, please upload it to your favourite BBS.

  Speaking of BBS's, you can call Tim Campbell's BBS at 514-345-8654.  He has

  plenty of software which you can download on your first call.

  

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ÛÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ      WORKING  TOGETHER?     ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÛ

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  To most people outside the computer world, conditioned by uninformed media,

  cyberpunk sounds like vandalism without purpose.  I think it's more helpful

  to see cyberpunks as people who are giving our old assembly-line bureaucracy

  a much-needed kick in the pants.

  The computer networks are extremely liberating, and it's frustrating to deal

  with an old-fashioned establishment that doesn't see this.  Surely this is

  what is at the heart of the cyberpunk movement.

  In the coming years, cyberpunk will help remove a lot of preconceptions. One

  particularly subversive idea is that of shareware and freeware.  Software is

  by its very nature freely reproducible and thus hard to control. (Why do you

  think the Soviet Union forbade people to own personal computers and

  photocopy machines?  Popular rebellions require communication in order to

  succeed.)

  Today, cyberpunks and hackers live with in a world of free data flow.  As

  with any tool available to mankind, it can be used for good, or for evil.

  For destructive purposes ... or constructive purposes!

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  Tim and I would like to think that this "diskbook" is a good example of a

  constructive use of the new technology.  In theory, this one book could be

  uploaded to a central system (such as CompuServe) and by the participation

  of those who enjoy it, be passed to hundreds or thousands of people who

  would find it amusing and interesting.  That's the power that we all have at

  our fingertips!

  This requires a new breed of information consumer.  Unfortunately, people

  who sit in front of the TV and merely absorb what they see aren't likely to

  pass around good software.  "Couch potatoes" don't seem to be ready for the

  interactive, high-participation future that awaits us.

  Are you a watcher or a participant?  If you're somebody who likes to get

  involved in the process, you could help us (and others) by uploading this

  diskbook to a BBS or network.  Have a look at the following list, and if

  your favourite system is listed, you can help spread the idea of diskbooks

  by uploading this one.

  See if you can find your "online home" in this list...

  THE WORLD'S TOP MODEM CONNECTIONS   ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÛ

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  Ý  Absolute, Action-Link, Albuquerque ROS, Ambassador, Amcom, America      Þ

  Ý  Online, Apartment 2, Aquila, Attention To Details, Autoexec, Azcad,     Þ

  Ý  Back To Basics, Bad Attitude, Bath BBS, Big Byte, Bizynet, Blue Ridge   Þ

  Ý  Express, Break, Byzantine Empire, CBug, CCAT, COM1 Atlanta, Canada      Þ

  Ý  Remote, Casino, Central Louisiana Shareware, Chances Are, Channel 1,    Þ

  Ý  Charisma, Charlie's, Chicago Syslink, Circuit Board, City Lites,        Þ

  Ý  Classicomputerfieds, Classified Connection, Cloud 9, Collector's,       Þ

  Ý  Com-Link, Comm-Post, Community Resources On-Line, Compu-Data,           Þ

  Ý  CompuServe, Compuspec, Compusystems, Computer Hut, Computer Security,   Þ

  Ý  Computer Station, Computer Users Exchange, Conejo, Connect America,     Þ

  Ý  Connections, Construction Net, Consultant, Cyberspace, Cyberstore, DFW  Þ

  Ý  Programmers, DFW Skynet, DTel, Daemonworld, Data Point, Data World,     Þ

  Ý  Data-Base, Dataworld, Decibel, Delphi, Detroit Download, Digital        Þ

  Ý  Dynamics, Dreamline II, East Bay X-Change, Electric Dreams, Electronic  Þ

  Ý  Publishing, Elusive Diamond, Emmasoft Shareware, Enterprise, Epic,      Þ

  Ý  Evergreen, Excalibur Systems, Exec-PC, Fabulous, File Cabinet, Florida  Þ

  Ý  Information, Frozen Tundra, G-Net, GEnie, Garbage Dump, Genesee,        Þ

  Ý  Global-Net, Globe, Golden Gate, Gooey, Gorre & Daphetid, Grapevine,     Þ

  Ý  Grey Seas, HH Infonet, Hal 9000, Hawg Wild, Hawk's Castle, Heart of     Þ

  Ý  Tennessee, Hollywood News/Info, Homeline, IDP-BBS, Icebox, Indiana      Þ

  Ý  On-Line, Indiana Online, Info-Net, Intelec, Invention Factory, JR's     Þ

  Ý  Graphics, Kandy Shack, Kurpfalz, Lancaster Area BBS, Lapalma, Lebanon   Þ

  Ý  Link, Linking Rings, Logos, Mail Room, Matrix, Megasystem, Merrifield   Þ

  Ý  PC, Metro Online, Micro Foundry, Microcosm, Microlink B, Midvale,       Þ

  Ý  Mindless Ones, Modem Zone, Modems Delight, Mother Board, Mount Kerkis,  Þ

  Ý  Multisystem, NW PC Link, Nashville Exchange, Nautilus, Nitelog,         Þ

  Ý  Nor'Easter, Northwest Ohio, OTB, Online Now, Openwindow, Other BBS,     Þ

  Ý  Overline, PC Compnet, PC Consultant, PC Junction, PC Profile, PC-Ohio,  Þ

  Ý  PC-Profile, PGH South, Pacific Rim, Pee Dee Exchange, Planet X, Point   Þ

  Ý  BBS, Positive Id, Potpourri, Power Station, Prime Connection, Prime     Þ

  Ý  Cut, Prism, Prof-BBS, Programmer's Corner, Promised Land, Public        Þ

  Ý  Access, Puget Sound, Puma, R Fringe Forum, Random Access, Rapid River,  Þ

  Ý  Red Phone, Roadhouse, Rocky Mountain, Rosedale Data Line, Rural Free    Þ

  Ý  Delivery, Rusty & Edie, Salt Air, Satalink, Shareware Support,          Þ

  Ý  Shareware Unlimited, Smart Office, Software Creations, Software         Þ

  Ý  Expressions, Sound Advice, Sound of Music, Southern On-Line, Southern   Þ

  Ý  Star, Star's End, Starlink, Studio PC, T-8000, Tandy Harbour, Tech      Þ

  Ý  Pro, Technical, Times, Toolkit, Total Access, Toy Shop-PC, Travel       Þ

  Ý  Online, Turning Point, Twilight Zone, Ulysses, Uncle Bob's, Visions,    Þ

  Ý  Wingit, Wizard's Gate, Wolverine, Wyoming, Xevious ... got any others?  Þ

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  Did you find some of your favourite "cyberspace hang-outs"?  If so, please

  upload a copy of this diskbook so that your online neighbours can enjoy it,

  too.

  Thank-you for taking the time to read "New Horizons in Cyberpunk".  If this

  book gets a wide distribution, we will come out with another diskbook in a

  few weeks -- it's already mostly written!