On Monday, July 27, 1998 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Shawn Kurland wrote:   
   > I am looking for a bulletin board program designed for the TRS-80.  It   
   > was big in the early to mid-1980's, but I haven't seen it in years, and   
   > have no recollection of its name.     
   >    
   > I haven't been able to locate anything on several different search   
   > engines. Any ideas/suggestions on how to find this would be much   
   > appreciated.    
   >    
   > Thanks,   
   > Shawn   
      
   Not only do I remember PMS Niaug, I was a MEMBER of the Northern Illinois   
   Apple Users Group at the time, beginning in mid 1981.  I was doing Masters   
   work in CS at Illinois Istitute of Technology, and did not want to wait around   
   for a terminal at 35th and    
   State, on Chicago's South Side till 8:00 PM at night. So I added a Micromodem   
   II to my trusty Apple II+, with a phenomenal 64K or memory in order to do   
   assignments.   
      
   A few days later, after getting my first BBS List (I think it was Sonka but   
   I'm not sure) and calling the North/Pulaski BBS System as well as NIAUG and   
   Message 82 (which was still up for a bit before the Greene Machine replaced   
   it) Jazzman59 was born and    
   the rest is Chicago BBS history.   
      
   Aunt Sexy, Sexy Bedtime Stories, and more were cute and could hardly be   
   termred hard core porn, but mostly humorous.  Bob and Fern, George and myself   
   did most of the posting, and others joined in as the spirit moved them.   
      
   George set up regular BBS parties at area restaurants, and we had some at a   
   DISCO Called 123 that I used to hand out at as well  - Lynn120 and Lisa F and   
   I became friends and dated both briefly.    
      
   Those were the days, and it's nice to run into a few here.     
      
   After that, by 1984 I opted for PC Board and setup Publisher Information   
   Service, dedicated to Xerox Ventura Publisher, which also was started a   
   Compuserve Forum = so A lot of the files I had for DTP were uploaded to the   
   Compuserve Forum.   
      
   By 1986-7, the Metrolink Echo was sporting a Ventura Publisher Forum, which   
   orginated in CA so I originated it here in Chicago and entered into an   
   Authorized Ventura Publishing Training Center with Xerox Corp.   
      
   The BBS served well - we got a nice mention in PUBLISH! mag in 1985 and the   
   Chicago Tribune did a good piece in 1999.  After that, things just evaporated.   
      
   Those were the days.   
      
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