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<HTML> <BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="00FF00" LINK="00FF00" ALINK="#00FF00" VLINK="#00FF00"> <CENTER> <TABLE WIDTH=640> <TR><TD> <IMG SRC="/images/history.gif"> <TD> While the rest of TEXTFILES.COM is about archiving and saving the textfiles of the 1980's, this section is about up-to-date essays and commentary about that time. We're looking for perspective here; you were young when these files made their debut, and now that the digital age is here, what do you look back and feel? </TABLE> </CENTER> WHAT THIS PAGE IS ABOUT The purpose of the history section is for people who lived through the "Golden Age" of BBSes to write about their experience. They can write about it from the point of view of someone looking back, or they can try to recreate the feelings they had when they went through it in childhood (or early adulthood). A real nice bonus would be if people who wrote some of the textfiles on this site could cross-reference them and discuss what they were trying to achieve with the file, or give some context and perspective to the time the file was written. <TABLE WIDTH=100%> <TD BGCOLOR=#00FF00>Filename </TD> <TD BGCOLOR=#00DD00>Size </TD> <TD BGCOLOR=#00AA00>Description of the Textfile </TD></TR> <tab indent=60 id=T> <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD VALIGN=TOP><A HREF="EVILEXIDY">EVILEXIDY</A><TAB TO=T><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Mirror of Apple 2 Memory Page by Evil Exidy (August, 2005) It is rare that I am compelled to mirror an entire page of history, including graphics, but this is one of the best compilations of someone's apple memories I've seen.</TD></TR> <TR><TD> </TD></TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="1ststop.txt">1ststop.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 5042 <TD> Tales of the 1st Stop BBS in New Zealand, by Thomas Kanara (May 26, 2011) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="alancasterteen.txt">alancasterteen.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 5188 <TD> A Lancaster Teen Remembers BBSes (February 6, 2008) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="apsnet.txt">apsnet.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 3620 <TD> History of the APSNET BBS, by Russ Dale (2003) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="basehead.txt">basehead.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 38319 <TD> Eight Years of Glory *sic* a.k.a. How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Scene a.k.a. Babehead 2: A Tracker In The City, by Basehead <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="bitbucket.txt">bitbucket.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 3528 <TD> Lee Manning's memories of the Bit Bucket BBS. (November 12, 2012) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="c0dez.txt">c0dez.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 63056 <TD> Diary of a C0dez Kid, by Dark Sorceror (February 20, 2001) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="cgo.txt">cgo.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 9819 <TD> CGO's BBS Story (July 18, 2013) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="chickenheadbbs.txt">chickenheadbbs.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 22139 <TD> The BBS Universe from the Perspective of a Simple Pleb, by Chickenhead (July, 2004) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="crazy.txt">crazy.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 3940 <TD> The Legend of the Crazy Horse BBS, by Tim Grzechowski (November, 2004) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="cybrtrsh.txt">cybrtrsh.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 37385 <TD> Cyberthrash (Story) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="dalive">dalive</A> <tab to=T><TD> 5273 <TD> "Dead Alive" by the Extremist, about the way BBSes changed with the Internet (March 12, 2000) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="deadlysins.txt">deadlysins.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 10747 <TD> The Days of the Deadly Sins BBS, by Sysop Edward Crouser (2002) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="dhobbs.txt">dhobbs.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 4856 <TD> A Brief Story of a Hacker, by Derek Hobbs (August 11, 2010) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="drake.txt">drake.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 4832 <TD> I was a Teenage Hacker, by Frank Drake (May 1, 2006) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="draxamus.txt">draxamus.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 4235 <TD> I Was Just Thinking, by Draxamus (June, 2005) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="exidy.txt">exidy.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 6273 <TD> The Adventures of Evil Exidy and his Apple II Computer <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="exylic.txt">exylic.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 4650 <TD> Some BBS Memories by Exylic Xyth (September 20, 2005) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="firescape.txt">firescape.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 10781 <TD> From the BBS Backroads to the Information Super Highway (or Where Did All The BBSes Go?!?) by Fire Escape <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="goldsmith.txt">goldsmith.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 5937 <TD> The Tale of Goldsmith, by Ryan C. Smith (September, 2012) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="golnar.txt">golnar.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 15990 <TD> BBS Life in the 1980's by Scott (Golnar/Mr. Pez) (March, 2000) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="hack7.txt">hack7.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 52648 <TD> Computer Hackers: Rebels with a Cause, by Tanja S. Rosteck (April 27, 1994) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="hackingcracking.txt">hackingcracking.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 87956 <TD> The History of Hacking and Cracking, by Hack3r02 (2007) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="hackmorality.txt">hackmorality.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 83627 <TD> Hacking Morality, by Timothy Campbell (1995) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="happyhack.txt">happyhack.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 10796 <TD> What in the World is a Happy Hacker BBS? By David Bucci (2001) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="haynes.txt">haynes.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 8663 <TD> Letter from Scott Haynes - Running The Round Table BBS (March 2014) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="hermsys.txt">hermsys.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 2348 <TD> What Are Hermes Sysops? (November 1, 2001) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="heroic.txt">heroic.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 2027 <TD> Memories from John Touzios (January, 2006) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="iremember">iremember</A> <tab to=T><TD> 3093 <TD> I remember Those Days, by raindog151 (March 28, 2000) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="iwasthere.txt">iwasthere.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 5174 <TD> I Was There! By Frank Yantosca (Februayr, 2008) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="jayjay.txt">jayjay.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 7505 <TD> JayJay's Story (The History of T-Net) by John Hrusovszky (2001) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="jimhood.txt">jimhood.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 9846 <TD> C-Net and the MajorBBS, by James Hood (February, 2002) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="jon.txt">jon.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 4822 <TD> Jon's Story of His Time on the BBSes (October 7, 2001) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="kilroy">kilroy</A> <tab to=T><TD> 2929 <TD> My experiences, by King Kilroy (May 17, 2000) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="lansing.txt">lansing.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 5992 <TD> Some Memories of Lansing Michigan BBSes, by Robin Hood (Jason Artman) (December, 2005) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="lifeonledge.txt">lifeonledge.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 19195 <TD> Ten Years on the Ledge, by Joseph Sheppard of the Ledge PC-Board BBS (2004) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="lipkovits.txt">lipkovits.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 13525 <TD> Some BBS Memories by Rowan Lipkovits (May 1, 2005) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="mindvox">mindvox</A> <tab to=T><TD> 66115 <TD> Mindvox: The Overture (Voices in My Head) by Patrick Karel Kroupa (Lord Digital) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="minn.txt">minn.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 21622 <TD> Adventures in BBSing: BBSing Nostalgia in the Twin Cities. from Sash (2000) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="mmm.txt">mmm.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 5643 <TD> The BBS Story of Mean Mister Mustard (September 6, 2011) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="modemlife.html">modemlife.html</A> <tab to=T><TD> 21331 <TD> Thoughts on "The Modem Life: Is it Really Worth it?" by Bryan Nomad (January 19, 2002) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="modemwld.txt">modemwld.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 11323 <TD> The Modem World, by Charles P. Hobbs of the Blue Cafe (2000) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="mog-history">mog-history</A> <tab to=T><TD> 25260 <TD> A History of BBSes and BBSing from 1990 to the Present, by Mogel (February, 2000) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="moore.txt">moore.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 7991 <TD> Fonts of Youth, by Michael Moore (1994) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="moulton.txt">moulton.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 2472 <TD> A Message from Howard Moulton of RBBS (March 6, 2018) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="msorrow">msorrow</A> <tab to=T><TD> 41151 <TD> The Story of Midnight Sorrow, by Michael Waas (1991-Present) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="namaste.txt">namaste.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 3707 <TD> An Oral History of Alternative Lifestyles BBSes and Other Facts, from Namaste Master (October, 2004) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="nameisreo.txt">nameisreo.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 22043 <TD> My Name is Reo: A Look at How the Electronic Me Was Born, by Tom Hare (July 7th, 2000) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="necropls.txt">necropls.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 8134 <TD> The BBS Scene of Canton, Ohio, by Tom Bryant (September 3, 2001) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="netmask.txt">netmask.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 4777 <TD> What are these things that the old guys talk about... BBS's? by Netmask (May, 1999) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="olson6502.txt">olson6502.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 15021 <TD> Memories of Computers from Chris Olson (July 16, 2013) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="onan.txt">onan.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 8337 <TD> About the T.A.R.D.I.S. BBS, by Thomas O'Nan (November 17, 2006) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="pat.txt">pat.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 6049 <TD> My "Old Days Rant" by Patrick Guenette (June 18, 2001) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="phxbbs-m.txt">phxbbs-m.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 36260 <TD> A History of the Golden Age of the Phoenix, AZ BBS Scene, by Mirage (March 25, 2004) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="planetzero.txt">planetzero.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 6412 <TD> The History of the Planet-Zero BBS, by Benjamin Hauger (October, 2003) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="proudlyserve.txt">proudlyserve.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 20578 <TD> Excerpt from "Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters: What I Learned in Ten Years as a Microsoft Programmer" by Adam David Barr (2000) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="radexposed.txt">radexposed.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 12368 <TD> Radioactive Aardvark Dung Exposed, by Mercuri of RAD (May 9, 2001) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="reeves.txt">reeves.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 17141 <TD> Memories of a BBS Childhood, by Steve Reevers (January, 2003) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="sawyer.txt">sawyer.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 8981 <TD> Memories of the USS Enterprise BBS by Mike Sawyer (October, 2002) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="silverclaws.txt">silverclaws.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 3872 <TD> Xao Silverclaw's Story of Barking Pizza (August, 2004) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="stressman.txt">stressman.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 13862 <TD> Some Memories and a BBS List, by Justin Stressman (July 1, 2005) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="thievco.txt">thievco.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 20677 <TD> The Story and the Truth about the Thievco BBS (And Computer Security in General) by the Blue Boar (August 28, 1998) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="three.txt">three.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 6749 <TD> The Story of Two BBSes, Three BBS Names and Three Sysops, by Bill Mertens (August 15, 2001) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="ukunderg.txt">ukunderg.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 23530 <TD> A Brief History and Guide to the UK Underground Scene, by Paris of Soljo Publishing (August, 2004) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="unicorn.txt">unicorn.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 4382 <TD> Being a Unicorn, from Michelle Boasten:w <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="whatbbs">whatbbs</A> <tab to=T><TD> 4816 <TD> The Internet's Full Effect on BBS Use, by Mark Robbins of the Second Sanctum BBS (January 1, 1996) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="wil.txt">wil.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 13590 <TD> BBS Memories, from Wil (November 14, 2009) <TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="yuban.txt">yuban.txt</A> <tab to=T><TD> 5465 <TD> Memories of Bowling for Jesus, by Reverend Ed Yuban (January 19, 2003) </TABLE><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>There are 67 files for a total of 1,055,415 bytes.<TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>There is 1 directory.</TABLE> I hope to have this section grow to be one of the most complete and popular parts of this site. If you want to contribute, please don't hesitate to <A HREF="mailto:jason@textfiles.com">write to me</A>. </BODY> </HTML> If you wish to have the entire directory conveniently archived and compressed into one file, please download either <A HREF="http://archives.textfiles.com/history.tar.gz">history.tar.gz</A> (1328914 bytes) or <A HREF="http://archives.textfiles.com/history.zip">history.zip</A> (1376926 bytes) instead of all the files separately.