If you know what a BBS is and remember when floppy disks were actually floppy, you might just appreciate this Web site. Collector Jason Scott has aggregated a veritable museum of text files with topics ranging from phreaking to food to sex. Text files, a.k.a. "T-files", were once the currency of early online aficionados. Jason has admirably chronicled the infancy of information technology, when the nation's computer networks were a tool of populist empowerment and not limitless commercialization, and, in the words of the proprietor, when "information became the juice people used to build themselves up, tear others down, or share with everyone to bring the whole social group up a few notches." Although the faint of heart will want to steer clear of some content, most will appreciate the well organized site and the fascinating files.

NetSurfer Digest 05.10, March 31, 1999

Now this takes us back.

Floppy Talk with Bill Beesley

"Jason Scott's web site is visually pleasant. Those who remember the old days when the BBS was the sole data exchange method will enjoy this site and derive pleasure from its ASCII art. The name of the talk [he gave at Defcon] was 'Textfiles, G-Philes and Log Files: Remember the 1980's through ASCII'.

"This is an immersion into the past, of sorts. You will remember the good old "press esc-esc to continue" and the warmth of your youth will come back to your time hardened soul."

Some Russian Site (Translated)