alb@alice.UUCP (10/28/83)
>From alice!allegra!eagle!harpo!seismo!romine Tue Oct 25 14:10:47 1983 Date: 25 Oct 83 08:44:52 EDT (Tue) From: seismo!romine (Raleigh Romine) Subject: Shuttle CBBS Posted-Date: 25 Oct 83 08:44:52 EDT (Tue) Message-Id: <8310251244.AA01837@SEISMO.ARPA> Received: by SEISMO.ARPA (3.342/3.21) id AA01837; 25 Oct 83 08:44:52 EDT (Tue) To: harpo!eagle!allegra!alice!alb Status: R Adam, I've just discovered that NASA maintains a CBBS on the Shuttle and GAS. The phone number is (301)344-9156. I've been able to get in on a TI Silent 700, but no luck so far using seismo's Vadic dialer. I'll be phoning the human contact (Bob Pincus, (301)334-5874) today for further info. Thought you might be interested. Raleigh >From alice!ihnp4!seismo!romine Wed Oct 26 14:17:52 1983 Date: 26 Oct 83 14:17:52 EDT (Wed) From: seismo!romine (Raleigh Romine) Subject: GASNET Posted-Date: 26 Oct 83 14:17:52 EDT (Wed) Message-Id: <8310261817.AA08425@SEISMO.ARPA> Received: by SEISMO.ARPA (3.342/3.21) id AA08425; 26 Oct 83 14:17:52 EDT (Wed) To: ihnp4!alice!alb Status: R Adam, Here's more info on the GAS CBBS. The number was published in the Post a couple of weeks ago, so there should be no real problem with letting the net know. Raleigh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Script started on Wed Oct 26 13:56:18 1983 % tip gasnet starting call... dialing 3013449156 @ 300baud... connected HIT RETURN GET-AWAY SPECIAL WELCOME TO THE GET-AWAY SPECIAL USERS' NET THE 9TH FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER COLUMBIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REASSEMBLY OF THE RIGHT HAND SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER WITH ITS NEW APT ASSEMBLY WILL START SATURDAY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY. SCHEDULING OF A SECOND LAUNCH DATE SHOULD FOLLOW THIS ACTIVITY. TERMINAL NEED NULLS ? TYPE CONTROL-N AFTER LOGGING ON. TIME IN - 10/26/83 1:35PM PLEASE ANSWER ALL PROMPTS IN UPPER CASE. ALL USERS PLEASE LOG IN - PLEASE ENTER YOUR NAME ROMINE ONE MOMENT PLEASE IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME ON THE 'GAS-NET' ROMINE?YES THANKS FOR CALLING IN ON THE 'GAS-NET'. THIS NET HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT USERS IN THE NASA GET-AWAY SPECIAL (GAS) SMALL SELF-CONTAINED PAYLOADS PROGRAM. WE WELCOME COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS. WOULD YOU LIKE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GAS PROGRAM ?YES NASA, THROUGH THE GET AWAY SPECIAL PROGRAM, OFFERS TO ANYONE WHO WISHES, THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY AN EXPERIMENT ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE. EXPERIMENTS MUST BE SMALL, SELF-CONTAINED, AND OF A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NATURE. THEY WILL BE FLOWN ON A 'FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED' SPACE AVAILABLE BASIS. A NOMINAL FEE IS CHARGED FOR THIS SERVICE. THE FEE SCHEDULE IS: 2 1/2 FT3, 60 LB. PAYLOAD = $ 3,000 2 1/2 FT3, 100 LB. PAYLOAD = $ 5,000 5 FT3, 200 LB. PAYLOAD = $10,000 WOULD YOU LIKE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE 'GAS-NET' ?YES THIS SYSTEM IS BEING OPERATED ON A NORTHSTAR MICROCOMPUTER IT CONSISTS OF 40K OF MEMORY AND HAS 2 MINI FLOPPY DRIVES. THE SOFTWARE IS BEING RUN UNDER NORTH* BASIC AND COMMUNICATES THROUGH A DC HAYES MODEM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS NET IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME OF THE CURRENT SHUTTLE, GAS, AND SPACE INFORMATION. IN ADDITION, A MESSAGE SYSTEM HAS BEEN INCLUDED WHICH WILL ALLOW USERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, OR WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE GAS TEAM. TO OBTAIN THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE GAS PROGRAM, SHUTTLE, AND SPACE NEWS, USE "B" TO CALL UP A LIST OF BULLETINS. READ THE "MESSAGE" & "CONTROL CHARACTER" INSTRUCTIONS FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYSTEM. ** FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT BOB PINCUS NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, CODE 743 GREENBELT, MD 20771 PHONE (301) 344-5874 OR CLARKE PROUTY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, CODE 741 GREENBELT, MD 20771 PHONE (301) 344-6760 THANKS FOR COMING ABOARD ...............THE GAS TEAM WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE MESSAGE SYSTEM ?NO WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO USE THE CONTROL CHARACTERS ?YES THE FOLLOWING CONTROL CHARACTERS ARE ACCEPTED BY THIS SYSTEM: CONTROL - A REPEATS LAST LINE TYPED, 1 CHARACTER AT A TIME. CONTROL - C STOPS EXECUTION OF CURRENT PROGRAM - RETURNS TO COMMAND MENU CONTROL - G REPEATS THE LAST LINE TYPED BY YOU CONTROL - H PROVIDES BACKSPACE FOR CORRECTION (DELETE OR RUB) CONTROL - K LEAVES MESSAGE YOU ARE READING, RETURNS TO THE FUNCTION MENU CONTROL - N CHANGES NUMBER OF NULLS AFTER CARRIAGE RETURN CONTROL - S FREEZES OUTPUT UNTIL ANOTHER KEY IS HIT THERE ARE 173 MESSAGES ON FILE FUNCTION (B,C,D,E,F,G,H,N,Q,R,S,T,X,OR ?) : G WANT TO LEAVE ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS ? NO TIME OFF - 10/26/83 1:38PM TOTAL CONNECT TIME - 3 MINUTES. THANKS FOR CALLING ROMINE~. disconnecting... [EOT] % exit % script done on Wed Oct 26 14:00:12 1983