Okay, by employing that phrase I'm insinuating a history I can't truthfully claim, but that's okay. I still miss the Good Old Days.
Recently I was treated to a view of somebody's Good Old Days, courtesy of Joe V., in the form of a documentary entitled "BBS: the Documentary" (Snappy). This darling little 8-episode series (which I haven't yet viewed in its entirety) details the development and evolution of the Bulletin Board System, a strange entity that served as an introduction to connectedness to many who frequent this blog. Sadly, I cannot claim that BBS pedigree, having cut my teeth on TLCNet, a slightly souped up version of a BBS, but I still get a hell of a lot of joy out this documentary, and--more notably--textfiles.com.
Textfiles.com is why I'm posting this entry. I have had a hell of a good time meandering through this site. It is an archive of BBS files, compiled by the BBS documentary creator, Jason Scott Sadofsky. It's got everything you've been missing for the last 10 years: conspiracy theories, a "how-to" for hacking answering machines, and (yes, Seth) ASCII porn galore!
Look it up if you've got the time. I know some of my TLCNet homies will want to check it out. It'll take you back to those good old 1200 baud, Rob Pickering days when the busy signal was your greatest enemy, and the German board was everybody's favorite hang-out.
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Labels: nerdcore
posted by dan @ 4:18 PM
2 Comments:
what about ask glen the drug guy?
massive cosign on this one. i used to mirror the whole site in college. tons of good reading
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