If you like what I'm doing with TEXTFILES.COM, then there is a good chance you might like some of these suggested sites and additional reading that I consider worth your time. I'm not the only one working to capture an era. | |
Suggested Other Sites...
John Stevenson's Hacker/Culture page is incredible, a real amazing approach to talking about his times with computers in the 1980's and 1990's. From his clever browser tricks to his insisting on bringing you as deep into his experience as possible, this site really takes advantage of today's technology to tell you about yesterday. Plus, he has direct capture screens of BBSes from his first logins, something most people have long lost or deleted. And he's a great writer, too. We're on divergent paths and approaches, but his shines brightly.
The Nifty Erotic Stories Archive contains over 9,700 erotic stories of all types and persuasions, many of which were saved off of BBSs of the 1980's. It is very likely I have a few of these stories myself, but they have many, many more.
Acheron.org is a very well-maintained news and file archive, dedicated to of all things ANSI artwork (Packs) Graphics (Hi-rez) and new stories and textfiles (Lit), showing that the culture of creating new and interesting takes using technology is very much alive and well, and worth seeing.
The Official 5.25" Disk Sleeve Archive is a awe-inspiring collection of the unique and interesting paper sleeves that would house 5 1/4" floppy disks for the vast majority of home computers of the 80's. While one might recall that non-commercial disks all came in plain sleeves, looking over this archive will change that notion immediately. If you lived and used computers through that time, this archive brings back memory after memory. Fantastic. |