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- Technical Support and Contact Notes
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- "Silicon Creations, Inc - Powers To Be Reckoned With"
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- Copyright (c) 1996-1997 by Branislav L. Slantchev
- Last updated on Feb 18, 1997
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- Introduction ................................... /INTRO
- Author Direct .................................. /AUTHOR
- Support Sites .................................. /SITES
- Internet Sites ................................. /INTERNET
- Contact Notes .................................. /NOTES
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- i n t r o d u c t i o n /INTRO
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- This document contains a list of all current support sites for programs
- from Silicon Creations, Inc. I have also listed some other points of
- interest in the Internet Sites section (these are places related to the
- ProBoard scene in general).
-
- Before requesting support or contacting with problems, please be sure to
- read and understand the manual that came with your software. I have taken
- great pains in ensuring that the instructions are as clear as possible
- and the programs are as intuitive as they can get. Most problems that
- people seem to encounter are often due to incorrect data files and/or
- wrong setup.
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- Since all the programs are free, requests for new features and fixes will
- be given low priority and work on them will be heavily dependent on time
- availability.
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- a u t h o r d i r e c t /AUTHOR
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- The following is a list of addresses and methods of contact. Note that the
- best way to reach the author is via netmail or email. All netmail replies
- will be returned in the manner that they are recieved (i.e. I will route
- replies to routed netmail and will crash direct replies to direct netmail).
- E-mail is probably the fastest as I check it at least twice a day and try
- to reply promptly to every message. The CompuServe address should only be
- used by other CompuServe members. Internet email sent to this address will
- NOT receive an answer (it will not even be read!) so don't do it (it costs
- me $$$ to send/receive e-mail at that address). Also note that I only check
- this place once or twice a week; so there may be a slight delay there.
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- WWW site (use this one 1st) .. http://sci.base.org
- Internet e-mail .............. sci@webstar.net
- ProBoard support ............. sci@proboard.com
- UNIX lab (checked daily) ..... bslantch@cs.angelo.edu
- WWW site ..................... http://www.webstar.net/sci
- (alternative name for above).. http://web2.airmail.net/sci
- FTP site ..................... ftp://ftp.pcmicro.com/sci
- CompuServe id ................ 73023,262
- Fidonet netmail .............. 1:383/47
- TGPBN netmail ................ 751:1000/200
- Voice (see note) ............. (915) 947-5327
- Data (BBS/FAX) ............... (915) 949-4798
- Snail Mail ................... Branislav L. Slantchev
- c/o Silicon Creations, Inc.
- 1814 S. Pierce Str. #36
- San Angelo, TX 76904, USA
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- s u p p o r t s i t e s /SITES
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- This is a list of the official support and distribution sites for all SCi
- software. Most of them have all the files and magic names for FREQ. If, for
- some reason, your information is incorrect or if I have forgotten to update
- the list with your site, please, let me know. Support sites, by country
- and in no particular order:
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- USA
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- Name : Silicon Creations Name : Castle Rock
- City : San Angelo, TX City : Appleton, WI
- Phone: (915) 949-4798 Phone: (414) 830-1590
- Fido : 1:383/47 Fido : 1:139/613
- TGPBN: 751:2000/100 TGPBN: 751:1800/100
- Sysop: Branislav Slantchev Sysop: Dan Richter
- Flags: Home site Flags: Beta/Distro
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- Name : The EIC Board Name : Top's Diamond Mine
- City : University, MS City : Copperas Cove, TX
- Phone: (601) 236-2505 Phone: (817) 542-8783
- Fido : 1:18/125 Fido : 1:395/670, 671
- TGPBN: 751:1400/100 TGPBN: 751:1000/101, 102
- Sysop: Timothy Bryant Sysop: Arthur Stark
- Flags: Beta/Distro Flags: Beta/Distro
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- Name : The Hy-it Express
- City : Orlando, FL
- Phone: (407) 295-0594
- Fido : 1:363/198
- TGPBN: 751:1200/100
- Sysop: John Creamer
- Flags: Beta/Distro
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- ISRAEL
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- Name : Dark Hell BBS
- City : Arad
- Phone: +972-7-9972448
- Email: boriss@inter.net.il
- Sysop: Boris Sokalsky
- Flags: Distro
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- BELGIUM
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- Name : MegaByte BBS
- City : Vorst-Laakdal, Flanders
- Phone: +32-13-674345
- Fido : 2:292/315
- TGPBN: 751:320/401
- Sysop: Wim Jans
- Flags: Beta/Distro
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- GERMANY
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- Name : SPIESS-BBS
- City : Gansheim
- Phone : +49-9007-1060
- Fido : 2:2494/413
- TGPBN : 752:495/0
- Sysop : Peter Spiess
- Email : Peter.Spiess@t-online.de
- Flags : Distro
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- ARGENTINA
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- Name : Freak of Nature Name : Graph BBS
- City : Buenos Aires City : Buenos Aires
- Phone: +54-1-958-1742 Phone: +54-1-551-2417
- Fido : 4:900/588 Fido : 4:900/758
- Sysop: Luis Lobo Borobia Sysop: Mariano Defelipe
- Email: fon@geocities.com Email: mardef@graph.turdera.com
- Flags: Beta/Distro Flags: Distro
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- SWEDEN
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- Name : Shadoe Communications
- City : Gefle
- Phone : +46-26-106706
- Fido : 2:205/206
- Sysop : Mattias Pettersson
- Email : shadoe@swipnet.se
- Flags : Beta/Distro
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- UNITED KINGDOM
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- Name : ComStar BBS
- City : Hull
- Phone : +44-1482-789301,788898
- Fido : 2:2502/11, 12
- TGPBN : 752:440/400, 401
- Sysop : Ray Gould
- Email : ray@comstar.demon.co.uk
- Flags : Distro
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- NETHERLANDS
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- Name : BBS Wijchen
- City : Wijchen
- Phone : +31-24-6451722
- Fido : 2:284/604, 609
- TGPBN : 752:31/0
- Sysop : Cor Wessels
- Email : cwessels@worldaccess.nl
- Flags : Distro
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- i n t e r n e t s i t e s /INTERNET
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- This is a (by no means comprehensive) list of some interesting ProBoard
- sites. Note that most (all) of them have links to other related places.
- I have only included the ones of special interest. If you want more, go
- to any of those and follow the links.
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- http://www.proboard.com
- The official home of ProBoard. Maintained by Philippe Leybaert.
- Online plastic registration, development updates and links to
- most known ProBoard sites (nice MID music too :)
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- http://www.pcmicro.com
- This is a huge site. Maintained by Mike Ehlert. All recent stuff
- appears there. Also, it has the biggest collection of RemoteAccess
- utilities (all of them can run under ProBoard). Also, thanks to Mike
- for providing the space for the official Silicon Creations, inc. FTP
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- http://www.dma.be/p/bewoner/jmj
- The home site for all JMJ productions (most made by Ruben Provoost).
- This is the place where you will find the best chatter TheMin, as
- well as a lot of useful utilities (including the JMJLINE oneliner).
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- c o n t a c t n o t e s /NOTES
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- Support message conferences are available at Silicon Creations BBS. Note
- that there are dedicated sections for PB-Lib files/patches, etc. Also,
- there are file sections with A LOT of ProBoard related files (from TGPBN,
- DqP, the filebone, and tons of hand-picked utilities).
-
- ProBoard-related problems are discussed in the PROBOARD Fidonet echo which
- I monitor. You can post a PEX-related problem there. You can also post
- messages to me in any of the TGPBN echo areas.
-
- Please note that I am a full-time student and as such there may be a delay
- in replying. I regret that, but there is nothing I can currently do about
- it. Sorry.
-
- All pex suggestions and bug reports can be sent by email or netmail,
- whichever you prefer. I will answer in the manner the original message was
- sent. Netmail may be an exception. I am known to make direct overseas calls
- if the message has a high priority and I will do that, as long as my
- resources permit it. However, I may reply via routed netmail in case the
- reply is not urgent. In that case, allow a couple of days for delivery.
- Also note that I do not like receiving InterNet email at my CompuServe
- address. I may not reply to those messages because I am charged for reading
- them (meaning, I may decide not to read them). Only use this address if you
- are a CompuServe member (in which case we're ok).
-
- A note for voice calls. Remember that there's a time difference and if you
- are calling from outside the US, make sure you are not trying to page me
- or talk to me in the middle of the night. Actually, late afternoon is the
- best time to call (this is in Central Standard Time). I do accept voice
- calls for software support (as lots of people know by now) but I really
- prefer email/netmail/echomail as it gives me an opportunity to go over the
- problem thoroughly and (in case of echomail), benefit more sysops with the
- reply/solution.
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