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Timothy Kline

Z*Magazine: 11-Oct-86 #2.1

Z*Magazine: 11-Oct-86 #2.1

  1. Timothy Kline
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    From: xx004@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Atari SIG)
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    Subject: Z*Magazine: 11-Oct-86 #2.1
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    Date: Sat Jul 3 20:45:56 1993


    |ZMAGAZINE| |OCTOBER| |ISSUE-2.1|
    -----------------------------------
    OCTOBER 11, 1986 ATARI NEWS PLUS
    -----------------------------------
    RON KOVACS EDITOR-PUBLISHER
    LARRY MIHALIK ASSISTANT EDITOR
    KEN KIRCHNER ASSISTANT PUBLISHER
    -----------------------------------
    Xx THIS WEEK IN ZMAG

    A) This week In Zmag
    B) Editor's Column
    C) Larry's Corner
    D) Online News
    E) Balloon Works BBS
    F) Atari Sellers
    G) CHAOS News
    -----------------------------------
    Xx EDITORS COLUMN

    Welcome to another edition of Zmag!

    This week I welcome back Larry
    Mihalik, who has been hard at work
    getting his BBS system going.

    I am going to complain this week
    about our Atari Magazine's on the
    HOT SPOT this week is ANTIC!!!

    Last weekend, I went to my local
    computer store to check out whats
    new and saw the October issue sitting
    on the rack. The price tag was 12.95
    with a double sided disk. Well
    I thought about it and decided to
    go for it. (By the way, next week
    I will expand on the computer
    store). Anyway, to continue this
    story....

    When I got home and peeled the
    plastic off the mag, I booted the
    disk and boy was I surprised!!
    Side one contained the drab file
    list the comes every month, not
    such a bad thing I suppose, but
    when I turned the disk over to find
    ST files, I was a little annoyed.
    Complete with instructions on HOW
    TO PORT OVER files to an ST.

    I wonder why??? Since the populus
    getting the disk are 8 bitters, WHY
    include 70% ST stuff on the disk??

    If ST users want the stuff, Why cant
    Antic supply them with their own
    disk??? Why should the 8 bit user
    even have to be exposed to software
    that cant run??? Why should an STer
    have to go through the process of
    PORT OVER when the can be supplied
    with a disk that is ready to run.

    Excuse me if I sound annoyed, But I
    am and really dont understand the
    logic behind it?? If you are
    reading this and can provide me with
    a different light, Please do???

    Now for the Second Attack!!

    On the last page of the mag they
    listed New Products or whatever they
    call it this week. I saw a tiny
    little thing about CARINA!! Sheesh
    guys give me a break!!! You are
    pushing BBCS II like it was the
    best thing on earth!! I ran it and
    had nothing but problems, so already
    you not on my good side!! But why
    even bother putting in a shabby
    little thing when more information
    could have been gathered!! I think
    putting it in the back of the issue
    and the lack of info supplied is
    poor judgement.

    My third attack goes to both Mags
    ANALOG AND ANTIC!! I understand
    that you guys prepare most of your
    issues weeks ahead, but looking through
    the last few issues of both mags,
    I find information which had already
    been covered in this measly mag
    called ZMAG!! Sheesh again!! Some
    of the articles are out dated!!

    I suppose I could go on and on and
    I am sure there is fault with what
    I am doing every week. There are
    some people who might even feel I
    have over stepped here, But I
    think about it this way! I subscribe
    to Analog monthly, I pay for each
    issue. Zmag collects no funds yet
    we cover more topics and news each
    week. I feel I am not getting what
    I pay for. If the issues were dated
    properly, instead of getting DECEMBER
    1986 issue in late October, the
    information in each magazine might
    be more interesting. I wouldn't
    mind getting October's issue in
    October??

    Any views are welcome and will be
    published. What is your thoughts??
    ___________________________________
    Xx|LARRY'S-CORNER|

    ----------PHREAKING!--------------


    Well, I am finally back, and I
    see that Zmag continues to survive
    without me! Anyway, on to the subject
    at hand=> Phreaking! For any of
    those that don't know what it is,
    it's a leeches way of placing phone
    calls for "free". They are parasites
    that prey on our convenience
    services provided by long distance
    phone companies.

    The phone companies have promised
    to wage war on these "code-users",
    but I decided to write this column
    on not what it is, or how they do
    it, or even the financial losses to
    the phone companies. Instead on
    what it is doing to the users.

    Recently, I recieved a message
    from a potential "new-user" to my
    BBS. Oh, I have been around and
    seen a lot, but this one struck me
    in such a way as to get me to
    finally speak out.

    This "new-user", I will call him
    MISGUIDED, logged on and left me a
    message. Here it is, but I have
    corrected the spelling and deleted
    the obvious portions of the message,
    but you will get the idea.

    -FROM- MISGUIDED
    --TO-- SYSOP
    -SUBJECT- VALIDATE
    ___________________________________

    HI
    THIS IS A COOL BBS
    HOW CAN I GET ACCESS HERE. MY REAL
    NAME IS
    FROM

    I AM 11, BUT DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST
    ME YOU WILL FIND ME A GOOD USER
    WELL PLEASE VALIDATE ME AND HERE
    ARE SOME NEW xxx-xxxx CODES FOR YA.

    xxx,xxx
    xxx,xxx
    LATER
    MISGUIDED
    __________________________________

    Well, I don't want to analyize
    the message, but I am sure you can
    see why I was sort of set back by
    this youngster.

    Obviously, MISGUIDED is an 11 yr.
    old BOY, who has been a victim of
    an enviroment that has lead him to
    believe that it is a "free" ticket
    to entertainment.

    This is far from the reality of
    the situation, but I promised myself
    not to preach why it is wrong, we
    should all know that by now. I very
    much doubt that this individual
    will ever take the time to read
    this article, or Zmag, so how do we
    get the message to him that what he
    is doing is wrong?

    Well, I hate to tell you this,
    but it falls on YOU! [EVERY last
    one].

    We have to take a stand and open
    our mouth's to these "code-user's".
    Not for thier sake, but your's. If
    the phone co., the FBI and every
    other agency can't put a stop to
    this parasite, what laws will be
    enacted to restrict tele-communications.
    It has happened before, those that
    make up a small group of people can
    cause enough of a problem that
    tele-communications maybe regulated
    in the future.

    So SPEAK UP!. If you see a message
    from anyone who refers to use of
    codes, or promotes the use, then
    hit that [R] button and reply. Let
    them know how you feel. Tell them
    that this is not "a standard practice"
    as most believe.

    You will be surprized at the
    final outcome, you will find that
    quite a number of other board users
    will back you up and reply in
    similar fashion. But, now that you
    read this, you are obligated to
    start the ice breaking. Stretch
    that finger and hit [R] and dig in.

    Don't rely on: "someone else will
    do it"...They won't!

    Until next time.

    Larry Mihalik
    The Lion's Den BBS
    The Syndicate BBS
    ___________________________________
    Xx|ONLINE-NEWS|

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    |COMPUTER CRIME BILL HEADS TO|
    | REAGAN'S DESK |

    When it comes to high-tech issues,
    the 99th Congress has taken a firm
    stance on electronic privacy and
    computer crime.

    With a bill to protect electronic
    privacy sent to the president just
    last week, the Senate and House of
    Representatives have now agreed on
    a computer crime measure and sent it
    off to the White House.

    Titled the Computer Fraud and Abuse
    Act (S 2281 and HR 4562), the
    legislation passed by voice vote in
    the Senate and was then accepted by
    the House with the Senate amendments.
    The House originally passed the bill
    in early June.

    Introduced in the Senate by Sen.
    Paul Trible (R-Va.) and in the House
    by Rep. William Hughes (D-N.J.), the
    measure expands the protections
    against computer crime currently
    governed by the nation's only
    computer crime statute (18 USC1030).

    "This bill will clarify the 1984
    statute to make clear that acts of
    simple trespass by unauthorized
    users of government computers are
    punishable," said Sen. Strom
    Thurmond (R-S.C.) in support of the
    measure. Thurmond is chairman of
    the Senate Judiciary Committee,
    which guided the measure through
    hearings and onto the floor for a
    vote.

    "It will also proscribe acts of
    fraud via computer or intentional
    destruction of computer data. Both
    fraud and destruction of property
    will be covered by S 2281 when they
    are committed against computers
    belonging to the federal government
    or to federally insured financial
    institutions. The same offenses will
    be covered when the crime itself is
    interstate in nature. Finally, S.
    2281 will permit prosecution of
    those who traffic in computer
    passwords belonging to others."

    Noting that federal crime laws
    lagged behind the technology, Trible
    told his Senate colleagues during
    debate on the measure that state and
    federal prosecutors have had difficulty
    adapting older criminal law statutes
    to computer crimes.

    "In the government's race to protect
    computer data against crime, the
    hour is late. Quite simply, the
    criminals have the technological
    edge," he said. "It is time to
    dispel the notion that computer
    crime is a game or a challenge to
    be overcome. The fact is, the
    computer criminal is a lawbreaker
    just like any other and deserves to
    be treated as such," Trible concluded.

    The president is expected to sign
    the bill.


    |FREE LAW BBS OPENS IN CALIF.|

    If you're an attorney in the LA
    area, take note: A new free computer
    bulletin board system has opened in
    Beverly Hills.

    Called Legacy/The Law Network, it's
    operated around the clock at baud
    rates up to 2400.

    According to a statement from the
    operator, attorney Robert H. Kohn,
    online lawyers may participate in
    discussions on computer law,
    entertainment law and telecommunications
    law, or may enter the "Lawyers
    Lounge" for a free-for-all discussion
    on any topic.

    Kohn is associate general counsel
    of Candle Corp., one of the major
    mainframe software publishers and
    former corporate counsel for software
    publisher Ashton-Tate.

    The board is accessible with a
    modem call to 213/553-1473.


    |VIDEO GAMES GOOD FOR KIDS|

    Parents, the word from one expert
    is not only to let your children
    play video games, but also make sure
    they do. According to Daniel Gopher,
    a professor at the Technion-Israel
    Institute of Technology, video games
    impart the kinds of skills needed
    in a modern, technological society.

    "They can fill an important void in
    training pilots, computer scientists
    or anyone else called upon to operate
    complex, technological systems," he
    explained.

    Because video games are fast-moving
    with players forced to pay attention
    to five or six simultaneous actions,
    they require concentration, visual
    acuity, hand-eye coordination and
    decision making. These are the same
    skills need for flying modern aircraft
    or operating the control room in a
    nuclear power plant.

    "The present working environment in
    high-tech industries is not much
    different from that of a complex
    video game. It is not too far-fetched
    to think that skills learned and
    acquired in a game environment can
    be translated into real-life situations,"
    Gopher said.

    He encourages parents to "stand
    over their children and make sure
    they practice on the computer, just
    as our parents stood over us to
    practice the violin or the piano."


    |BBS 'NEWS SERVICE' OFFERED|

    A Topeka, Kan., organization
    called the BBS Press Service is
    offering sysops of local bulletin
    boards a weekly computer news
    electronic magazine called Info-
    Mat, containing reports on
    computers, software and consumer
    electronics and more.

    Info-Mat is distributed free to
    BBSes that pay a $10 registration
    fee. For the fee, the sysops are
    authorized to download the weekly
    files from the Kansas board and
    post them in their areas. BPS also
    sells advertising which is
    displayed in each issue of the
    publication.

    So far some 45 boards in the US and
    Canada are carrying Info-Mat.

    A sample copy of the magazine is
    available on the host system at
    913/478-9239 which operates at baud
    rates up to 2400. The operators,
    Alan Bechtold and Bill Barton,
    suggest sysops get this old issue
    and post it on their boards to get
    reactions from callers.


    |CRACKER INVADES UNIX SYSTEMS AT|
    | UNIVERSITIES, BUSINESSES |

    A computer cracker who calls
    himself "Pink Floyd" has eluded
    authorities for six weeks and invaded
    computer systems at dozens of
    universities and businesses across
    the country.

    At least one computer specialist
    believes the intruder may be trying
    to "prove something about Unix
    security," noting that most of the
    break-ins have occurred in systems
    running under that multi-user
    operating system.

    The raider has been brazen about
    his success so far -- he makes
    taunting phone calls to systems people
    while cracking their security.

    According to The San Francisco
    Examiner, the cracker began his
    intrusions Aug. 25 and has since
    broken into computers at Stanford
    University, Lawrence Berkeley
    Laboratory, the University of
    Illinois, Massachusetts Institute
    of Technology, Mitre Corp. in
    Reston, Va., and at least three
    unidentified Silicon Valley
    companies.

    Authorities say there has been no
    detected damage to the online data,
    but the raider has made subtle
    alterations to some systems to make
    detection more difficult.

    Stanford University apparently
    sounded the alarm, calling police and
    phone company officials for help.
    The Examiner quotes university
    spokesmen as saying the cracker may
    have tapped into as many as 60
    campus computers, some of which
    include systems that contain non-
    classified, Pentagon-sponsored
    research data and programs.

    One computer scientist said the
    cracker fits the profile of a
    computer-science graduate student,
    because of his skill at maneuvering
    the systems. One theory is that he
    gained control over equipment
    monitoring Stanford's local area
    network, and thus was able to
    capture legitimate user passwords as
    they were sent over the network.

    The Associated Press quotes a
    computer researcher at a Silicon
    Valley think tank from a message on
    the US UNIX computer network:

    "At one point, an intruder spent
    two hours talking on the telephone
    with a Stanford system manager,
    bragging about how he had done it,
    but there was no way that the call
    could be traced to him. A few days
    later, I sat there and watched the
    intruder log onto one Stanford
    computer, and I watched every
    keystroke that he typed on his keyboard,
    and I watched him break into new
    directories, but there was nothing
    that I could do to catch him."

    Lester Earnest of Stanford's
    computer science department, told the
    Examiner, "It is hard to say what
    the motive was. It would not surprise
    me at all if it was someone who was
    trying to prove something about UNIX
    security."
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    To RON KOVACS
    From SYSOP
    Dated Thu 9-Oct-86 9:04:59 pm

    RON:
    THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT
    OUR SYSTEM AND SEND THE LATEST ISSUE ZMAG. ANYWAY GLAD TO HAVE YOU
    VISIT, AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU
    AGAIN SOON. -MIKE

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    Msg #4 CLUB MEETING
    Author MIKE BROWN
    To All
    Posted Fri 10-Oct-86 7:12:52 am

    THE NEXT MEETING OF THE MID-OHIO
    ATARI USER GROUP IS SATURDAY,
    NOVEMBER 1, 1986 AT THE GORMAN-RUPP
    COMPANY CAFETERIA ON BOWMAN STREET
    IN MANSFIELD. THE MEETING BEGINS AT
    7PM. IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION,
    PLEASE LEAVE A MEESAGE HERE. -MIKE

    [A]gain [R]eply [Q]uit [C]ont:


    | BBS Express! Ver 2.0 |
    | |
    | Copyright (C) 1986 |
    |by Orion Micro Systems |
    ______
    Xx Atari Sellers

    The following is a list of Stores
    that sell any of the following:
    Atari Computers, Disk Drives,
    Software, ST hardware/software,
    disk drive accessories and the like.

    Alpha Systems 216-374-7469
    Astra Systems 714-549-2141
    Abacus 616-241-5510
    American TV 800-551-9995
    B&C Computervision 408-749-1003
    Computer Games Plus 714-639-8139
    ComputAbility 800-558-0003
    Computer Creations 800-824-7506
    CompuCat 408-353-1836
    Computer Palace 800-452-8013
    Computer Mail Order 800-233-8950
    Computer Accessory 516-385-1858
    Computer Direct 312-382-5050
    Computer Repeats 303-939-8144
    Consumer Electronic 714-635-8621
    Duplicating Tech 516-333-5805
    Diverse Data 305-940-0458
    Electronic One 614-864-9994
    Future Systems 818-407-1647
    Gemini Electronics 201-267-0988
    Harmony Computer 800-441-1144
    Happy Computer 408-779-3830
    Lyco Computer 800-233-8760
    MicroTyme 800-255-5835
    SNW Electronics 800-874-1235
    Southern Software 205-956-0986
    S&S Wholesalers 800-233-6345
    White House 800-351-3442
    ___________________________________
    XxCAPITOL HILL ATARI OWNER'S SOCIETY

    C.H.A.O.S. is your most important
    ATARI peripheral. It is a club
    formed BY ATARI computer owners -
    FOR ATARI computer owners- full
    support for the ATARI 400, 800,
    600XL, 800XL, 1200XL, 130XE and the
    entire ST line.

    C.H.A.O.S. is not affiliated with
    the ATARI Corporation, but does
    maintain communication with ATARI
    through ANTIC's World-wide User's
    Network and ATARI's User Group
    Support Department.

    What does C.H.A.O.S offer to you as
    an ATARI owner?

    1. MID-MICHIGAN ATARI MAGAZINE, a
    professional quality newsletter
    published monthly in conjunction
    with other area ATARI computer
    clubs, with news and articles about
    ATARI computers, hardware, and
    software.

    2. The C.H.A.O.S. BBS, completely
    supported by the Club, and offering
    extra access levels for Club
    members as well as a ready forum
    for discussion, news, and Club
    announcements.

    3. Monthly meetings designed to
    expand your knowledge of the ATARI.
    Topics may include languages such
    as BASIC, LOGO or ASSEMBLER,
    presentations and demostrations on
    business uses of the ATARI,
    graphics, printing, utilities,
    telecommunications, new software,
    new hardware and of course, GAMES.

    4. A PROGRAM LIBRARY with over
    1,000 public domain programs
    available to all membeU?} These
    programs run the full spectrum from
    games and demos to full-blown
    business and telecommunication
    packages. The are written and
    contributed by members of user
    groups around the world.

    5. The opportunity to join
    Special Interest Groups. SIG's may
    include Novice computing, BASIC or
    ASSEMBLER programming,or any other
    subject as interest is shown.

    6. A NEWSLETTER LIBRARY with
    information and newsletters from
    over 100 other clubs, ATARI related
    books, and magazines, all available
    for lending.

    7. Through C.H.A.O.S. there are
    often discount offers and group
    purchases of software and hardware.

    8. Support that begins where most
    dealers have to leave off. A great
    place to ask those simple and
    complex questions. The help of
    other computer users who share your
    interest in the ATARI computer.


    Our ST-special interest group meets
    at 10:00 A.M. the SECOND saturday
    of each month... the General Club
    Meets at 10:00 A.M. on the THIRD
    Saturday of each month. Both
    meetings are held in room 118 of
    the PYSICS - ASTRONOMY building on
    the campus of MICHIGAN STATE
    UNIVERSITY. Meetings run about 2-3
    hours and include great demos, Q+A,
    and information. Watch the BBS for
    announcements, and feel free to
    call Club Officers to confirm the
    time and location of the meetings.


    If you would like additional
    information, call the Club
    President, Leo Sell, at
    517-393-7792, or simply post a
    message here on the C.H.A.O.S. BBS


    If you can't make it to the
    meeting, but want to join
    C.H.A.O.S. and receive the
    newsletter, access to our library
    and other resources, send $12.00
    for one year's membership along
    with your name, address and phone
    number to:


    C.H.A.O.S.
    ATTN: MEMBERSHIP
    P.O. Box 16132
    Lansing, MI 48901


    You will receive a year's
    subscription to MID-MICHIGAN ATARI
    MAGAZINE, a coupon entitling you to
    one free LIBRARY DISK of your
    choice (a $5.00 value!), and an
    access time increase on the
    C.H.A.O.S. BBS. We'll welcome you
    to the Club and look forward to
    seeing you at the next meeting.


    Cordially,
    Leo Sell, CHAOS President.

    ___________________________________
    Xx Zmag Systems

    MOUSE 219-674-9288
    Syndicate South 201-370-8021
    The Lions Den 201-396-0867
    Carina BBS 305-793-2975
    New York City BBS 718-604-3323
    Backstage BBS 201-944-1196
    The Help BBS 316-683-7514
    Temple of Doom 201-656-6439
    CHAOS 517-371-1106
    Balloon Works Inc 419-289-8392
    Atari Computer Club 305-734-6026
    Runequest 312-430-4234
    Bottom Line 201-991-5546
    EBBBS 201-254-6449
    Jam Station 201-467-1596
    The Syndicate BBS 201-968-8148
    Mega Vision 216-441-3816
    ___________________________________
    Xx Closing Comments

    I have been extremly busy the last
    two weeks. I have tried calling
    the above systems, some I have gotten
    through to and others are busy!!

    I will make an effort this weekend
    to get on all these systems. If you
    have any information you would like
    to share with others, please drop me
    a line on any of these BBS's.

    For the systems interested in adding
    your local news to this edition,
    just go to DOS and copy your file
    to ZMAG1011/A.
    Ex..
    Copy from,to:
    YOURFILE,ZMAG1011/A
    ___________________________________
    Thanks for reading!
    Zmagazine October 11, 1986
    Issue 2.1 New Jersey Edition
    ___________________________________