[history.gif] 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?

   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.

   Filename
   Size
   Description of the Textfile

   [1]EVILEXIDY               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.

   [2]1ststop.txt             5042
   Tales of the 1st Stop BBS in New Zealand, by Thomas Kanara (May 26, 2011)
   [3]alancasterteen.txt      5188
   A Lancaster Teen Remembers BBSes (February 6, 2008)
   [4]apsnet.txt              3620
   History of the APSNET BBS, by Russ Dale (2003)
   [5]basehead.txt            38319
   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
   [6]bitbucket.txt           3528
   Lee Manning's memories of the Bit Bucket BBS. (November 12, 2012)
   [7]c0dez.txt               63056
   Diary of a C0dez Kid, by Dark Sorceror (February 20, 2001)
   [8]cgo.txt                 9819
   CGO's BBS Story (July 18, 2013)
   [9]chickenheadbbs.txt      22139
   The BBS Universe from the Perspective of a Simple Pleb, by Chickenhead (July,
   2004)
   [10]crazy.txt              3940
   The Legend of the Crazy Horse BBS, by Tim Grzechowski (November, 2004)
   [11]cybrtrsh.txt           37385
   Cyberthrash (Story)
   [12]dalive                 5273
   "Dead Alive" by the Extremist, about the way BBSes changed with the Internet
   (March 12, 2000)
   [13]deadlysins.txt         10747
   The Days of the Deadly Sins BBS, by Sysop Edward Crouser (2002)
   [14]dhobbs.txt             4856
   A Brief Story of a Hacker, by Derek Hobbs (August 11, 2010)
   [15]drake.txt              4832
   I was a Teenage Hacker, by Frank Drake (May 1, 2006)
   [16]draxamus.txt           4235
   I Was Just Thinking, by Draxamus (June, 2005)
   [17]exidy.txt              6273
   The Adventures of Evil Exidy and his Apple II Computer
   [18]exylic.txt             4650
   Some BBS Memories by Exylic Xyth (September 20, 2005)
   [19]firescape.txt          10781
   From the BBS Backroads to the Information Super Highway (or Where Did All The
   BBSes Go?!?) by Fire Escape
   [20]goldsmith.txt          5937
   The Tale of Goldsmith, by Ryan C. Smith (September, 2012)
   [21]golnar.txt             15990
   BBS Life in the 1980's by Scott (Golnar/Mr. Pez) (March, 2000)
   [22]hack7.txt              52648
   Computer Hackers: Rebels with a Cause, by Tanja S. Rosteck (April 27, 1994)
   [23]hackingcracking.txt    87956
   The History of Hacking and Cracking, by Hack3r02 (2007)
   [24]hackmorality.txt       83627
   Hacking Morality, by Timothy Campbell (1995)
   [25]happyhack.txt          10796
   What in the World is a Happy Hacker BBS? By David Bucci (2001)
   [26]haynes.txt             8663
   Letter from Scott Haynes - Running The Round Table BBS (March 2014)
   [27]hermsys.txt            2348
   What Are Hermes Sysops? (November 1, 2001)
   [28]heroic.txt             2027
   Memories from John Touzios (January, 2006)
   [29]iremember              3093
   I remember Those Days, by raindog151 (March 28, 2000)
   [30]iwasthere.txt          5174
   I Was There! By Frank Yantosca (Februayr, 2008)
   [31]jayjay.txt             7505
   JayJay's Story (The History of T-Net) by John Hrusovszky (2001)
   [32]jimhood.txt            9846
   C-Net and the MajorBBS, by James Hood (February, 2002)
   [33]jon.txt                4822
   Jon's Story of His Time on the BBSes (October 7, 2001)
   [34]kilroy                 2929
   My experiences, by King Kilroy (May 17, 2000)
   [35]lansing.txt            5992
   Some Memories of Lansing Michigan BBSes, by Robin Hood (Jason Artman) (December,
   2005)
   [36]lifeonledge.txt        19195
   Ten Years on the Ledge, by Joseph Sheppard of the Ledge PC-Board BBS (2004)
   [37]lipkovits.txt          13525
   Some BBS Memories by Rowan Lipkovits (May 1, 2005)
   [38]mindvox                66115
   Mindvox: The Overture (Voices in My Head) by Patrick Karel Kroupa (Lord Digital)
   [39]minn.txt               21622
   Adventures in BBSing: BBSing Nostalgia in the Twin Cities. from Sash (2000)
   [40]mmm.txt                5643
   The BBS Story of Mean Mister Mustard (September 6, 2011)
   [41]modemlife.html         21331
   Thoughts on "The Modem Life: Is it Really Worth it?" by Bryan Nomad (January 19,
   2002)
   [42]modemwld.txt           11323
   The Modem World, by Charles P. Hobbs of the Blue Cafe (2000)
   [43]mog-history            25260
   A History of BBSes and BBSing from 1990 to the Present, by Mogel (February, 2000)
   [44]moore.txt              7991
   Fonts of Youth, by Michael Moore (1994)
   [45]moulton.txt            2472
   A Message from Howard Moulton of RBBS (March 6, 2018)
   [46]msorrow                41151
   The Story of Midnight Sorrow, by Michael Waas (1991-Present)
   [47]namaste.txt            3707
   An Oral History of Alternative Lifestyles BBSes and Other Facts, from Namaste
   Master (October, 2004)
   [48]nameisreo.txt          22043
   My Name is Reo: A Look at How the Electronic Me Was Born, by Tom Hare (July 7th,
   2000)
   [49]necropls.txt           8134
   The BBS Scene of Canton, Ohio, by Tom Bryant (September 3, 2001)
   [50]netmask.txt            4777
   What are these things that the old guys talk about... BBS's? by Netmask (May,
   1999)
   [51]olson6502.txt          15021
   Memories of Computers from Chris Olson (July 16, 2013)
   [52]onan.txt               8337
   About the T.A.R.D.I.S. BBS, by Thomas O'Nan (November 17, 2006)
   [53]pat.txt                6049
   My "Old Days Rant" by Patrick Guenette (June 18, 2001)
   [54]phxbbs-m.txt           36260
   A History of the Golden Age of the Phoenix, AZ BBS Scene, by Mirage (March 25,
   2004)
   [55]planetzero.txt         6412
   The History of the Planet-Zero BBS, by Benjamin Hauger (October, 2003)
   [56]proudlyserve.txt       20578
   Excerpt from "Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters: What I Learned in Ten Years
   as a Microsoft Programmer" by Adam David Barr (2000)
   [57]radexposed.txt         12368
   Radioactive Aardvark Dung Exposed, by Mercuri of RAD (May 9, 2001)
   [58]reeves.txt             17141
   Memories of a BBS Childhood, by Steve Reevers (January, 2003)
   [59]sawyer.txt             8981
   Memories of the USS Enterprise BBS by Mike Sawyer (October, 2002)
   [60]silverclaws.txt        3872
   Xao Silverclaw's Story of Barking Pizza (August, 2004)
   [61]stressman.txt          13862
   Some Memories and a BBS List, by Justin Stressman (July 1, 2005)
   [62]thievco.txt            20677
   The Story and the Truth about the Thievco BBS (And Computer Security in General)
   by the Blue Boar (August 28, 1998)
   [63]three.txt              6749
   The Story of Two BBSes, Three BBS Names and Three Sysops, by Bill Mertens (August
   15, 2001)
   [64]ukunderg.txt           23530
   A Brief History and Guide to the UK Underground Scene, by Paris of Soljo
   Publishing (August, 2004)
   [65]unicorn.txt            4382
   Being a Unicorn, from Michelle Boasten:w
   [66]whatbbs                4816
   The Internet's Full Effect on BBS Use, by Mark Robbins of the Second Sanctum BBS
   (January 1, 1996)
   [67]wil.txt                13590
   BBS Memories, from Wil (November 14, 2009)
   [68]yuban.txt              5465
   Memories of Bowling for Jesus, by Reverend Ed Yuban (January 19, 2003)

   There are 67 files for a total of 1,055,415 bytes.
                                There is 1 directory.

   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 [69]write to
   me.

   If you wish to have the entire directory conveniently archived and compressed
   into one file, please download either [70]history.tar.gz (1328914 bytes) or
   [71]history.zip (1376926 bytes) instead of all the files separately.

References

   1. http://textfiles.com/history/EVILEXIDY
   2. http://textfiles.com/history/1ststop.txt
   3. http://textfiles.com/history/alancasterteen.txt
   4. http://textfiles.com/history/apsnet.txt
   5. http://textfiles.com/history/basehead.txt
   6. http://textfiles.com/history/bitbucket.txt
   7. http://textfiles.com/history/c0dez.txt
   8. http://textfiles.com/history/cgo.txt
   9. http://textfiles.com/history/chickenheadbbs.txt
  10. http://textfiles.com/history/crazy.txt
  11. http://textfiles.com/history/cybrtrsh.txt
  12. http://textfiles.com/history/dalive
  13. http://textfiles.com/history/deadlysins.txt
  14. http://textfiles.com/history/dhobbs.txt
  15. http://textfiles.com/history/drake.txt
  16. http://textfiles.com/history/draxamus.txt
  17. http://textfiles.com/history/exidy.txt
  18. http://textfiles.com/history/exylic.txt
  19. http://textfiles.com/history/firescape.txt
  20. http://textfiles.com/history/goldsmith.txt
  21. http://textfiles.com/history/golnar.txt
  22. http://textfiles.com/history/hack7.txt
  23. http://textfiles.com/history/hackingcracking.txt
  24. http://textfiles.com/history/hackmorality.txt
  25. http://textfiles.com/history/happyhack.txt
  26. http://textfiles.com/history/haynes.txt
  27. http://textfiles.com/history/hermsys.txt
  28. http://textfiles.com/history/heroic.txt
  29. http://textfiles.com/history/iremember
  30. http://textfiles.com/history/iwasthere.txt
  31. http://textfiles.com/history/jayjay.txt
  32. http://textfiles.com/history/jimhood.txt
  33. http://textfiles.com/history/jon.txt
  34. http://textfiles.com/history/kilroy
  35. http://textfiles.com/history/lansing.txt
  36. http://textfiles.com/history/lifeonledge.txt
  37. http://textfiles.com/history/lipkovits.txt
  38. http://textfiles.com/history/mindvox
  39. http://textfiles.com/history/minn.txt
  40. http://textfiles.com/history/mmm.txt
  41. http://textfiles.com/history/modemlife.html
  42. http://textfiles.com/history/modemwld.txt
  43. http://textfiles.com/history/mog-history
  44. http://textfiles.com/history/moore.txt
  45. http://textfiles.com/history/moulton.txt
  46. http://textfiles.com/history/msorrow
  47. http://textfiles.com/history/namaste.txt
  48. http://textfiles.com/history/nameisreo.txt
  49. http://textfiles.com/history/necropls.txt
  50. http://textfiles.com/history/netmask.txt
  51. http://textfiles.com/history/olson6502.txt
  52. http://textfiles.com/history/onan.txt
  53. http://textfiles.com/history/pat.txt
  54. http://textfiles.com/history/phxbbs-m.txt
  55. http://textfiles.com/history/planetzero.txt
  56. http://textfiles.com/history/proudlyserve.txt
  57. http://textfiles.com/history/radexposed.txt
  58. http://textfiles.com/history/reeves.txt
  59. http://textfiles.com/history/sawyer.txt
  60. http://textfiles.com/history/silverclaws.txt
  61. http://textfiles.com/history/stressman.txt
  62. http://textfiles.com/history/thievco.txt
  63. http://textfiles.com/history/three.txt
  64. http://textfiles.com/history/ukunderg.txt
  65. http://textfiles.com/history/unicorn.txt
  66. http://textfiles.com/history/whatbbs
  67. http://textfiles.com/history/wil.txt
  68. http://textfiles.com/history/yuban.txt
  69. mailto:jason@textfiles.com
  70. http://archives.textfiles.com/history.tar.gz
  71. http://archives.textfiles.com/history.zip