Welcome to LTD's /┤NSi Pack for December 1993, "The Christmas Batch"..
This pack makes up for the lack of a November pack due to many circumstances
beyond our control.  Our World HeadQuarters suffered a massive HD failure and
the board was lost in it's entirety.  Me being the great guy I am, I gave the
SysOp my backups from my old board, /┤lternate Reality.  So the WHQ is back
up and running as /┤lternate Reality now.  If you had an account on the WHQ,
you need to call and logon as new again if you haven't done so already.

I'm resigning as President of LTD because of a lack of time/patience
so if anyone is interested in Senior Staff or something, contact me.. I'll
hold the group together as best I can till someone else can take over.  I'm
also incorporating a new attitude into the group which hasn't been tried
before to my knowledge.  There will be no defined artists.. If you draw an
ANSi and submit it to us, and we put it in the pack, you're drawing for LTD.
There's no pressure on anyone either.  There will be NO member list, so if
you want your name to shine, you better do some work to stand out.  There
will be NO official distribution sites.  If you wish to support us by having
a file section for us or whatever, more power to you.  But we had over 80
distros and things were just a mess, so something had to be done.  I think
this is fair for everyone.  You want to be a courier, you courier.  Besides
LUPUS, we really don't have any couriers, again if you want to help out, go
for it, get it up everywhere you can.

Also, ALTERNET.EXE is included in this pack.. It's an application
generator for a new network that was around awhile back when I was running
a board.  The net is known as /┤lterNet, and we're just getting things back
up and running.. If you wish to join, run the app generator and send up the
results to us.  Very few boards carry the net right now, but we still have
about 50 messages a week per base.  We're accepting new boards, so fill out
the application and get it to us ASAP.

As I said in the last pack, you're not going to see much ansi from me
anymore.. I have school as my highest priority now, so I just run the group,
I don't draw for now..  This pack has ALOT of ANSi Screens from one of our
new artists, Aerosol.  We picked him up a few days after the release of our
first pack, so he's been putting out quite a bit of work.  We also have some
more excellent work from our Canadian Artist, Forlorn Extender.  Probably our
most talented artist, but also the hardest to get ahold of, I think you'll be
pleased with the work he submitted this month.  We have alot of new coders in
the group, all programming in various languages.  Mr. Data is our resident
assembly man, and you'll see his ANSi Viewer & Application Generator in the
next pack.  We also have quite a few other coders, and you'll see their progs
in the pack as well.  We've picked up a few trial artists as well, and you'll
see some of their work in this pack.

We have picked up a distribution site from Australia who is affiliated
with Future Crew.  We've circled the globe and are glad to see that our pack
has reached so many people in such a short time.  We also have a national
couriering group now working with us to spread our pack even faster, LUPUS.
We had some problems with couriers for our first pack, so hopefully this will
not be a problem anymore.  We're fortunate to have LUPUS with us.  I'll also
be sending the packs to some InterNet FTP sites, so if you have an account
be sure to check for the packs on them.  They'll probably be on ftp.uwp.edu
and clam.rutgers.edu, as well as a few others.

We are also looking for more artists as always..  We do requests for
boards at a very reasonable rate, if you are interested in getting a request
filled, contact an LTD member for more info.  I can be reached on all of the
LTD sites in New Jersey, as well as through /┤lterNet, Ultra Tech, or via the
InterNet (sujpatel@clam.rutgers.edu).  For fastest reply, contact me either
by InterNet, or on /┤lternate Reality.

Shit, I tend to write books when I intend to write 10 lines.. :)
Here comes the legal bullshit so I don't have to listen to every whining dude
that has a problem with something in this pack.  Everything in this pack is
100% original.  Any similarities are purely coincidental.  All imitations
(ex. Pitt, etc) are copyrighted to their rightful creators.  Any works can
be altered slightly to fit your needs if you get the approval of the author
first.  "Your checkout period is 24 hours.."  :-)  Whatever, just don't give
me any grief.

Quote for the Month: "Will you hose me down with holy water if I get too
Hot Hot!" --Meatloaf

Greets:     Boardmaster           - Always make backups!
Forlorn Extender      - Good Luck With Gothic
Mr. Data              - You've got some talent :)
Infinity/Eternal D.   - Issue #5 kicked some ass!
LUPUS Crew            - Welcome aboard guys..
Raistlin [iCE]        - Where's Iridium Issue #2?
Shihear Kalizad       - Fuck you lamer boy..
FusioN [ACiD]         - Stop poisoning the local minds
/┤CiD, iCE, etc.      - We're here to stay, accept it :)

(And of course, all the LTD members!)

-No C/┤rrier [LTD/Iridium]

[eoƒ] -12-01-93-