# BBS Textfiles

While the vast majority of the textfiles on this site came from Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes), a much smaller percentage concern themselves with the actual nuts-and-bolts issues, heartaches, triumphs, and wonder of the BBSes themselves. This section covers those files specifically.

Imagine a simple home computer, maybe an Apple II or Commodore 64, sitting in a basement of a suburban house, or maybe in the bedroom of a young computer kid, waiting eagerly for the next calling to come down the second phone line (or even the only phone line, late at night) so that the single user could read and post messages, upload and download files, or ask the SysOp (system operator) if they wanted to chat. This was the single node of power which gave hundreds of kids the platform to express themselves or affect the world around them, one caller at a time.

These files rank among my favorites; reading the rants about the rules of the BBSes, the distant but emotionally powerful networks that rose between groups of people who never met, and the glimpses you are given into how it was to have your machine running a message base, hoping that you were going to get the most "posts" of any of the boards running in your neighborhood. Fantastic.

Filename | Size | Description of the Textfile
ADS |  | Small Ads for Various BBSes
BBSLISTS |  | Lists of Telephone Numbers of BBSes Long Past
CBBS |  | CBBS: The Last Days of the First BBS
DELAM |  | Dr. Delam's Collection of Hacker Captures, Messages, and Files
DESTRUCTION |  | Files on or how to Crash and Destroy BBSes
FIDONET |  | Files, News and Information from the FidoNet Experience
FILELISTS |  | Lists of Files Available on BBSes Long Past
ICENEWS |  | Issues of the ICEnet Newsletter
KEELYNET |  | The File Collection from the Incredible KeelyNet BBS
MINDVOX |  | The MindVox Collection: Menus, Files and Forums of MindVox BBS, First Edition
PASCO |  | PASCO BBS Magazine (1993-1997)
PRINTOUTS |  | The Jason Scott / TEXTFILES.COM BBS Printout Collection
TMOK |  | Files from the 401 BBS "The Ministry of Knowledge"
UA |  | Messages, Logos and Captures from the Unauthorised BBS (1990-1995)
WWIVNEWS |  | Issues of the WWIVnews Newsletter
!sathack.txt | 4552 | An Introduction to the Sathack BBS
12budord.txt | 1152 | The Twelve Commandments of BBS Users
144bbs.txt | 27770 | 144BBS List, Compiled by the Downtown BBS (List of BBSes running 14.4k Modems)
144intro.txt | 7370 | Introduction to the 14.4k Modem BBS List
1598.ufo | 43110 | The MUFON Member's Guide to BBSing (How to Act on a UFO Format BBS)
2020bbs.msg | 1002 | Message from Roy Lipscomb offering to sell MP/M System on the 20/20 BBS (May 23, 1991)
21.txt | 1475 | Application to Join a Set of Adult Conferences on a BBS
221 | 21798 | Taming the Wild Kitty: Running a Wildcat! 4 BBS
514cu.txt | 18680 | The Complete Story of How to Become Elite in 514 by Mechanix
612bust.txt | 18512 | The IBM Bust of 612 by Professor Falken, Ex-Sysop of The Alliance (January 29, 1988)
800_4bbs.txt | 4016 | How to Get an 800 Number so All the Phreaks can Call the Best BBSes in the World and AT&T Pays for It
800bbs.txt | 16937 | America's Validated Toll-Free BBS List by Kevin Brook (December 31, 1994)
9600data.txt | 34072 | A Comparison of High Speed Modems Compatibility/Features/Differences/Prices (March 3, 1991)
9x.nfo | 2463 | Introduction to the 9X Group (Guidelines)
a-dial.txt | 4833 | Soft Docs: A-Dial Version 2.0, by Gerard Lane
abbbs.txt | 3491 | All the secrets of Another Bloody BBS
abuse.bbs | 12992 | Jim Anderson Gives up on The Most Significant Byte BBS (January 13, 1985)
abuse.txt | 13975 | The Jim Anderson BBS Rant, with Additional Comments
abusebbs.txt | 9741 | The Best Ways to Abuse a BBS by The Joker
access.app | 4526 | Application for Access to the Altered States BBS
ad | 1327 | BBS Ad: Country Micro RBBS
ad-art.txt | 12800 | Rusty and Edie's BBS: From the Beginning to the Beginning
advntge.txt | 2024 | The Ven-Tel Modem Advantage
ae.pro.tutorial | 4608 | The Blue Adept presents: ASCII Express II: The Pro (1993)
an13.txt | 4365 | BBS Crashing Techniques by Mr. Memorix (January 27, 1987)
aop.faq | 7436 | Association of Online Professionals Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
aop.txt | 15903 | Association of Online Professionals Information and Membership Application
arghack.new | 10036 | Another Chat with the Argus BBS Hackers (Boston BBS) by Criminal Minded
argusdrk.fun | 8268 | Argus Hackers: Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel by Kingpin (April 2, 1992)
arrest.txt | 4024 | Getting Busted: An Experience and a Warning
arubin.txt | 7530 | Andy Rubin Says Goodbye to The Spies in the Wire
aspbbs.txt | 195106 | List of ASP BBSes (1994)
at_set.txt | 9693 | A Rundown of the Hayes AT Command Set
author.txt | 11750 | Some Words from the Scan Man of P-80 BBS about His Hacker Chronicles CD-ROM
babbs001.txt | 8498 | Babbs Boy Presents: Anti-Fed BBS Security
basics.asc | 61990 | BBS Basics from Pasco BBS Magazine
baud-bps.txt | 4428 | Baud is Not Equal to BPS, by Grant DeLorean (February 26, 1990)
bbbasics.txt | 32264 | The BBS Basics, from Pasco Magazine (1993)
bbs-suit.txt | 12463 | BBS Suit: Linda Thompson Vs. Bob Predaina of the Professional's Choice BBS
bbs.txt | 5571 | Whatever Happened to COMMUNICATION In BBSes?
bbs30.asc | 3310 | The 30 Commandments of BBSing
bbs_mnrs.txt | 8704 | Some Hints on General BBS Etiquitte
bbsburn.txt | 22371 | The BBS Burnings, by Lance Rose of NetLaw
bbscd_ol.txt | 5553 | The BBS Callers Digest Online Version Information File and Pricing (March 10, 1992)
bbsdeath.pro | 7639 | The Death of BBSes
bbsethic.txt | 10159 | Ethics for BBS Users
bbsfaq.toc | 12476 | The Official BBS FAQ, Version 1.0, 1994 by Claire Walters
bbsfaq01.txt | 30558 | The Official BBS FAQ: Chapter 1: Introduction
bbsfaq02.txt | 30969 | The Official BBS FAQ: Part 2: Shareware
bbsfaq03.txt | 27994 | The Official BBS FAQ: Part 3: Remote Access
bbsfaq04.txt | 34186 | The Official BBS FAQ: Part 4: Vision X
bbsfaq05.txt | 23531 | The Official BBS FAQ Part 5
bbsfaq06.txt | 23069 | The Official BBS FAQ Part 6
bbsfaq07.txt | 43013 | The Official BBS FAQ, Part 7
bbsfaq08.txt | 39041 | The Official BBS FAQ Part 8
bbsfaq09.txt | 37462 | The Official BBS FAQ Part 9
bbsfaq11.txt | 10424 | The Offical BBS FAQ: Part 11
bbshist.txt | 5665 | The History of BBSes and How They Came to Be In the Hopeful State They Are Now, by Thomas Ark (December 4, 1986)
bbshistory.txt | 5664 | The History of BBSes and How They Came to Be in the Hopeful State They Are Today, by Thomas Ark (December 4, 1986)
bbsinfil.txt | 7934 | Computer Terror and Distruction: Issue #1 - BBS Infiltration by the Chamelion
bbslaw.man | 40618 | Version 1.1 - BBS LEGAL GUIDE by Clary and Kraft, 1993
bbslaw.txt | 7685 | Collection of BBS Laws Disclaimer To Put On Your BBS
bbslbl.txt | 42471 | A List of BBSes and Their Mailing Addresses
bbslist.txt | 7691 | List of "Official ModemNews Stands" for Issue #15
bbslog.txt | 14680 | Using the Files in the BBS Log Program
bbslog1 | 5247 | BBS Call Log
bbslog2 | 5248 | BBS Call Log (Second Page)
bbsloser.txt | 49305 | The Loser Users, by The Trash Compactor
bbspeak.txt | 4121 | Collection of BBS Speak
bbspr.txt | 122212 | The Computer Bulletin Board Guide to Public Relations Version 1.6 by Robert Parson (1994) (Concatenated)
bbsrates.txt | 5489 | On the Oregon BBS Rates Case (1992)
bbsrev.ans | 73016 | Jeff Hunter's BBS Review (In ANSI) September 17, 1992
bbsrev.asc | 119595 | Jeff Hunter's BBS Review by Jeff Hunter (September 17, 1992)
bbsting.txt | 5120 | Police Set up BBS Stings, by Jim Forbes, Infoworld
bbstip12.txt | 14305 | Effective Shareware Distribution via the BBS Channel Version 1.2 (August 10, 1992)
be-sysop.txt | 16438 | So You Want to Be a SysOp, by Wally Byczek, Wallyworld BBS 1989
billcat.ana | 4213 | Exploding Bill the Cat's Brain
bio | 5767 | The Biography of the Sysops of The Invention Factory BBS
birth.txt | 1665 | Collection of Birthdays for different BBSes and BBS Users, St. Louis Area
blitzend.txt | 1582 | The End of the Blitzkreig BBS, Transcribed by Phantasm [09/01/93]
boards.txt | 13312 | My Secret Life on the Boards by J.D. Hildebrand
boardsims.txt | 45212 | Board Simulations: A Great Collection of Title Screens of 1980's Hacker BBSes (1987)
boardsims2.txt | 59944 | Board Simulations: A Great Collection of Title Screens of 1980's Hacker BBSes (1987) (Slightly Different Version)
bob-2.man | 191208 | The Bust of the Private Sector BBS (August 1985)
bom.app | 5783 | An Application to Join the BOM Squad
bradford.txt | 955 | BRADFORD LUDES IS A MAJOR LAMER
brainst.orm | 9800 | Some of the HoHoCon 1991 Brainstorming Session
bulletin.txt | 7602 | Engineering Oriented Bulletin Board Systems Directory (April 8, 1991)
bullshit.txt | 3352 | The Pirates of Puget Sound talk about the Hard Drive Crash
callback.txt | 9834 | Callback Verification is for Chump Sysops! By Colostomy Bagboy
capitol.txt | 3968 | Information about the Capitol Connection BBS
career.txt | 7399 | Fraudulent Behaviour #2: Career Opportunities: A Hacker's Guide to a $50,000 Job (June 14, 1996)
cbbsbrth.msg | 3428 | Ward Christensen Explains to Janet Balas how CBBS Came to Be (March 1, 1993)
cbv.txt | 2582 | How to hack CBVs (Call-back Verification Systems) by Morpheus
cfog1.log | 4743 | Partial log of session on RCPM of "Chicago's First Osborne Group." from Roy Lipscomb
cfog2.log | 5417 | Partial log of session on RCPM of "Chicago's First Osborne Group." from Roy Lipscomb
changbbs.txt | 9527 | The Changing BBS, by Lois B. Laulicht, CCC of WV (1992)
chatchatchat1.txt | 42463 | CAPTURE: The Chat! Chat! Chat! BBS (May 19, 1993)
chatchatchat2.txt | 25186 | CAPTURE: The Chat! Chat! Chat! BBS (May 9, 1993)
chatchatchat3.txt | 14575 | CAPTURE: The Chat! Chat! Chat! BBS (May 16, 1993)
chatchatchat4.txt | 67018 | CAPTURE: The Chat! Chat! Chat! BBS (December 1, 1993)
chatwar.txt | 13845 | IronHorse goes deep into a chat-war being held on three BBSes in the New Jersey Area (Excellent)
closing.net | 31426 | Closing the Net by Greg Costikyan (January 1991)
color | 3556 | The Facelss Computer, by Tony Curro (1992)
colorama.txt | 1280 | BBS CAPTURE: The Colorama BBS
comcrime | 4878 | Computer Crime and Punishment by Kevin Heyboer, Sysop of the Pinellas Law Enforcement BBS (March 17, 1986)
command.txt | 3343 | The BBS Commandments from "Link-Up" Magazines
commands.bbs | 2944 | The Thirty BBS Commandments
compcult | 17441 | An Introduction to the Computer Underground, by The Butler, 2/26/1991
compueti.txt | 6844 | Computer Etiquitte by Mel North
computer.cri | 98842 | Computer Crime: Current Practices, Problems and Proposed Solutions, by Brian J. Peretti
coolhand.hac | 3301 | Coolhand Luke explains what is happening with TNSHB TGR
coph.log | 1883 | Log of Session on the Committee of the Physically Handicapped BBS, by Roy Lipscomb
corruptinf.hac | 5695 | Corrupt Security BBS Introduces Itself
cosysop.txt | 4529 | Thoughts on Co-Sysops for WWIV Boards and Security Levels in General
crash2 | 3772 | How to Crash GBBS II Boards
crashae.pro | 5376 | A Sysop's Guide to AE
crashem | 9077 | What to Do When You Break Into a BBS by Doctor Crush
cshcommy.txt | 2916 | How to Crash a Commodore BBS
cursehist.txt | 16121 | The Curse BBS, by The Incognito: A History (1988)
cyberthr.txt | 36647 | CYBERThrash by Julian Dibbell (March 1990)
danger1.txt | 5625 | The Danger of Computer Bulletin Boards by Chief Alfred Olsen (October 29, 1993)
danger2.txt | 4585 | The Danger of Computer Bulletin Boards by Chief Alfred O. Olsen (Second Part)
danger3.txt | 5784 | The Danger of Computer Bullet Boards, by Alfred O. Olsen (Part III)
dde-31.txt | 7406 | Distorted Digital Erection #31 (June 2, 1994)
dead1.txt | 17152 | The History of the BBS User, a Musical Drama in 5 Parts
defense.txt | 2699 | Your Defense as a BBS Operator, by Brian Oblivion (1992)
deflib.bbs | 103794 | Defamation Liability of Computerized BBS Operators and Problems of Proof by John R. Kahn
design.bbs | 22390 | Some Designs Ideas for a BBS Program
diaryhack.txt | 31710 | The Diary of a Hacker Parts I and II by the Cuisinart Blade (Excellent)
dirtydzn.txt | 53822 | The Dirty Dozen: An Uploaded Program Alert List Issue #7 (January 4, 1987)
disaster.!!! | 6975 | Extremely Long File About Why they're Not a Pirate BBS
dishpavc.frm | 1674 | NFO FILE: Fucking Hostile BBS System
dljunkie.txt | 3257 | Confessions of a Download Junkie (How to Tell You're Addicted to Downloading)
document.txt | 4276 | A User Describes his Dream BBS Software, Centrum
dodontae.hum | 9385 | The Do's and Dont's of ASCII Express by Quasimoto
donate.nws | 12378 | A Very Interesting Fight Breaks Out About Charging Subscription Rates for a Previously Public BBS (1989)
downtime.bul | 806 | A Policy Regarding BBS Downtime
dpa-bbs.-10 | 4595 | The Disktop Publishing BBS - The Epicenter of Electronic Publishing by Ron Albright, Sysop
dpa-q&a.-10 | 11197 | What is "disktop publishing?"
dti1.txt | 9351 | Midnite Computer Wiring Society Profile by DTI of Kryptic Night (1990)
dvoraktcimp.txt | 8785 | John Dvorak: Keystone Kops Caper in Computer Community (About the Tom Tcimpidis Case) (October 12, 1984)
electrop.txt | 115151 | Electropolis: Communication and Community on Internet Relay Chat by Elizabeth M. Reid (1991)
elite.acc | 37356 | A somewhat serious attempt by LOD to explain what the phrase "Elite" truly means and how to achieve it
elites.txt | 3113 | Someone who is VERY Angry about the Eliteness of a BBS
end.metal.ae | 7296 | The End of the Metal AE, by Lustfer Death
endmetalae.txt | 7442 | The End of the Metal AE (February 14, 1990)
engrgbbs.lst | 41232 | Engineering Oriented Bulletin Board Systems Directory (April 8, 1991)
exconf.log | 54758 | Log of a Session on the Executive Region Premium BBS by Roy Lipscomb (August 8, 1992)
exec-pc | 45577 | About the Exec-PC Network (Since 1982) by the Exec-PC BBS (1991)
fbi | 27677 | Excerpts from The FBI and Your BBS, from The Net News Admin of Ripco.Com (September 5, 1994)
fbi&bbs.txt | 18995 | The FBI Comes Rapping, Rapping At Your BBS by Brock N. Meeks
fbi1 | 6996 | Offworld BBS Buster: Computer Operator Denies Porn Menu by Christine Bertelson (January 19, 1993)
fbiraid.txt | 35665 | Colonel Guilty of Sending Porn over Computer from the Associated Press
fdfaq.001 | 8923 | FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about FrontDoor, TosScan, and Related Utilities
feardead.txt | 21557 | The Fear and Loathing BBS Was Busted Today, August 3, 1993
fever | 6453 | The BBS Fever by Steve King
fever.txt | 6515 | The Tragedy of On-Line Addition, by Steve King
file9301.src | 5585 | How do I Get a Copy of the Hack Report? (FidoNet)
filter.hst | 7167 | Telecomputing: BBS of the Month by Curt Phillips (Line Noise Filter)
fixline.txt | 13361 | Your System Has Noise! By Bill Noel
flamers.bib | 4353 | The Flamer's Bible by Joe Talmadge
flamerul.txt | 7807 | A Guide to BBS Flames by Stacy A. Thomas (Junary 4, 1993)
flmtips.txt | 14101 | Otto's Flame Tips: How to Conduct a Flame War, or How to Piss off FIDOnet Sysops in Network 105
fotmw.txt | 162566 | The Fall of the Modem World, by Chris (Unformatted)
freenopc.txt | 7760 | The New Orleans Personal Computer Club Membership Information File
fremont.hac | 12216 | Articles Concerning the California "Fremont Bust" (March, 1986)
fuckdave.txt | 14818 | Fuck Dave Lindsey (Warchild) by CyberChrist (November 11, 1993)
galnet.txt | 5214 | Galactica Net: Information and Rules
galnetco.txt | 12361 | GalacticNet: Rules and Regulation
gateway.ann | 13109 | Information on Gateway '89 (BBS Convention in NY)
gttutor0.txt | 23721 | Factual Errors in "GTTUTOR and MEGALink" Files by Chuck Forsberg (June 23, 1987)
gttutor1.txt | 27865 | A Tutorial about Modem Communications by Raymond Wood and Jim Davis
gttutor2.txt | 26189 | Conversation with Hames Davis and Raymond Wood Regarding Modems and GT PowerComm
gttutor3.txt | 11750 | Conversation with Hames Davis and Raymond Wood Regarding Modems and GT PowerComm (Part III)
guide.txt | 21321 | The Ultraviolet Cafe's Guide to Better Modeming Cuisine, by Tony Frey
h96sysop.txt | 14157 | Explanation of the Hayes Sysop Program
hacker-1.boy | 15023 | The Loser Hacker Wannabe on ARGUS by Genetic Mutation
hacker-2.boy | 24123 | Additional Comments from Lose Hackerboy, by Genetic Mutation
hacker.txt | 152596 | Northern Illinois University: The Social Organization of the Computer Underground
hacker3.txt | 18747 | The Diary of a Hacker Part 3, by the Blade Cuisinart
handle.hum | 9426 | How to Choose an Alias, by The Sheister/UMass Bandit
hi-speed.txt | 101627 | What You Need to Know About Modems by patrick Chen (December 25, 1991)
histrycc.txt | 12808 | The Ways of CACHE: A History of the Chicago Area Computer Hobbyist Exchange by Charles F. Douds (1983)
hotshot.txt | 134000 | FILE LIST: The Hotshot BBS In Sweden
howtobbs.txt | 9216 | How to Become an Unsuccessful, Burned-Out SysOp
hsalist.139.txt | 19980 | HSAnet Nodelist for Friday, May 19, 1995 -- Day number 139 (1995)
hsalistann.139.txt | 21069 | Information about The Hashbrown Society of America Network, including nodelist, by Rich Bobrowicz (2004)
hum1193 | 817 | Top Ten Ways To Tell You're Having a Really Rough Day In BBS Land by Joe De Rouen (1993)
hum4 | 4781 | From the Mage's Workshop: The BBS Weaselholic (1994) by Joe DeRouen
humor.txt | 6912 | BBS CAPTURE: Collection of Jokes from the Colorama BBS
hype2.txt | 11549 | A Reply to the Busted Information File by Bender (British Phreaking) (Includes Tags)
i.teen.modem.gk | 13952 | I Was a Teenage Modem Geek by The Sheister/Umass Bandit
ih-derf.txt | 11390 | One Man's Thoughts on the DERF BBS Scene
iiu-001.txt | 5955 | Bust Avoidance For Dipshits typed by Derision (1990)
info0 | 18432 | The IBM Bust of 612 by Professor Falken (January 29, 1988)
infolook.txt | 42946 | Information on Info-Look (September 23, 1989)
insane18.txt | 9034 | Insane Inc. Price List from Static Rave Zulu
install.txt | 11530 | DOCUMENTAITON: Chat with Lisa, by Mike Fox (1995)
intlwrn.txt | 2781 | A Warning Before Joining Interlec and Cliff Whatkinds
intro.fun | 2399 | Little cool intro blurb before launching into BBS Discussions
intro.prn | 9440 | An Introduction to the Paul Revere Network
intwrn2.txt | 9744 | A Response to Doug Scott's file/message called INTLWRN.ZIP (BBS Flame War from 1991)
jaycol93.oct | 13364 | BBSing and the Law by Jay Gaines
keith2.txt | 2585 | A Letter of Concern about the Seizing of a BBS Computer (January 19, 1994)
keith3.txt | 7854 | United States District Court vs. Steve Jackson Games
kiddie.txt | 20301 | A Recap of the Events Surrounding the Amateur Action BBS
kileach.txt | 6865 | Dr. Smut's Prescription to Sysops for Terrorizing Loser Users and Leeches
killtlgd.txt | 4805 | How To Crash a Telegard BBS by The Crypt Keeper
killwarz.txt | 2093 | Kill those K-RaDiCaL K00l KiD wArEz b0aRdS! (July 12, 1992)
kk00ld00ds.txt | 5401 | The History of K-K00l D00ds by The Edge
krad-usenet.txt | 25352 | Various Theories of what K-Rad Means on Usenet, Followed by some Original Users Mailing In (1994)
leeches | 3584 | Leeches, by The Grim Reaper of ESP (February 8, 1985)
leeches.txt | 3593 | Leeches by The Grim Reaper of ESP (February 8, 1985)
leechhat | 6558 | What Leeches Hate about A.E. Sysops by Crackmaster
legal.txt | 6288 | Checking Out Files from the Realm of Darkness BBS
libcat.pro | 4514 | Public Access to Library Catalogs Via Modem
limrks.txt | 6400 | BBS Capture: Colorama Dirty Limericks
lists.txt | 3030 | A Book of Lists (About BBS Programs) by Shooting Shark (September 3, 1985)
lnenoise.txt | 3172 | Line Noise, by Bill Noel
localbbs.txt | 7543 | A List of Chicago Area BBSes (1991)
lod_ss | 20451 | The Secret Service, UUCP,and The Legion of Doom
lodstuff.txt | 48261 | The LOD Files - A CuD Critique, by the CuD Moderators (May 29, 1993)
logonmsg.txt | 1318 | WELCOME SCREEN: The Clinic, with Sysop Doctor Quack
loserusr.txt | 7552 | The Traits of a Loser User (December 11, 1985)
lubbock.feds | 668 | A List of Lubbock, TX Federal Agents by Bartman (December 15, 1992)
maggot.weeding | 7552 | Dr. Arcane's Guide to Maggot Weeding Volume 1.0 by Dr. Arcane
maggotweeding.txt | 7757 | Dr. Arcane's Guide to Maggot Weeding Volume 1.0 by Dr. Arcane
mailsysp.lib | 18464 | Sysop Liability for Enroute Mail, by Mike Riddle
malformed.gens | 14464 | Maformed Genitals: Written by the Ramsacker of Pieces of Eight
mass.txt | 10880 | Blade Runner Describes the Goings-On of "Max", in the 908 BBS Clique of 1990
master.txt | 6656 | This story appears to be some threatening letter to a Sysop, about Communism.
mfgenitals.txt | 14754 | Malformed Genitals by The Ramsacker of Pieces of Eight
miagrps.txt | 7424 | Modem Organizations/Groups/Gangs in Stark County by M.I.A. (May 12, 1991)
minos.txt | 7424 | Information on the Minos BBS System
mnepress | 7314 | A Major Change in Direction for ModemNews (December 1, 1993)
mnfileid | 16542 | The Introduction and Thinking Behind FILE_ID.DIZ by Richard Holler Version 1.7 (March 11, 1993)
modem.pai | 15189 | A Collection of the "Modem Pail Kids"
modem.spf | 7168 | Split Personalities on Electronic Bulletin Boards by Rangott Spliekin
modem.txt | 8064 | Are you a BBS Addict?
modemlif.hac | 10818 | The Modem Life: Is it Really Worth it? By The Nomad
modmhead.txt | 9357 | Modemhead by Eddy Vasile
mogur.txt | 3356 | Southern California Sysops Pull the Plug on Tcimpidis, by David Brown (October 19, 1984)
mondo.txt | 16335 | Riding the BoardzZz: A Guided Tour of the Underground from Mondo 2000
mons | 3552 | Choosing a Monster BBS by Gage Steele (1994)
moritz.txt | 2685 | Complete description of the Bill Moritz Affair, Circa 6/1/90-11/1/90 by Kevin Paradine, Sysop, Zeppelin BBS
multi.txt | 48306 | Special Sysop Deals on MultiModems
must.see | 1940 | Tag for Rusty and Edie's BBS
mydaywss.txt | 15383 | My Day with the Secret Service Man, by The Incognito
narc-fbi.txt | 1202 | A Warning about FBI Agents penetrating BBSes
natl.enlt.1 | 5760 | The National Enlightener Issue #1
natl.enlt.2 | 8064 | The National Enlightener Issue #2
natl.enlt.cmmt | 3328 | The National Enlightener Comments and Credits
natlenlightener1.txt | 5904 | The Elite Commandments from the National Enlightener
natlenlightener2.txt | 8312 | The National Enlightener Issue #2: Interviews and Quotes
natlenlightener3.txt | 3367 | The National Enlightener Issue #3: Summing Things Up
ne3.txt | 4432 | The National Enlightener (Mid-80's Scandal Sheet for Phreaks)
nenewfsh.txt | 3498 | The National Enlightener (Scandal Sheet for the Pirate/Phreak World)
net282.txt | 11904 | Look out for John! He's a Sysop AND a Killer!
netmail.txt | 9380 | NetMail Documentation (Fidonet Netmail)
new.gen.group | 6528 | The New Generation Group Guide by Beezle Bart of The Thought Police
newgengrpguide.txt | 6555 | The New Generation Group Guide by Beezlebart of The Thought Police
newsltr.94 | 32894 | Newsletter for RAIN (Random Access Information Network) BBS through 1994 (1994)
newsltr.95 | 69376 | Newsletter for RAIN (Random Access Information Network) BBS through 1995 (1995)
newsltr.96 | 35164 | Newsletter for RAIN (Random Access Information Network) BBS through 1996 (1996)
nhawards.94 | 4753 | The New Haven BBS Awards, 1994 Edition (Second Annual)
nicecomm.txt | 4826 | Communication Etiquette in Modern Media (March 16, 1994)
nobusts.txt | 4164 | The Sysop's Guide to Not Getting Busted, by The Story Teller
noise.txt | 5573 | Dealing with Line Noise from Jim 953 (August 31, 1988)
non1 | 8734 | Michael Elansky: Anarchist? by Gage Steele (1993) Article about the arrest of the Connecticut Sysop for having Anarchy for Fun and Profit
norml-1.new | 8917 | The Organization of "The Resistance" (December 30, 1992)
norml-2.new | 19380 | NORML: Cannabis: The Rational View" (January 4, 1993)
nysastat.pro | 3492 | New York Sysops Association Ethics List
nystaxes.txt | 3868 | Important News Release from ModemNews: (September 10, 1991)
oas.txt | 3207 | The Online Atlanta Society (OAS) -- What Is It?
opinion.txt | 9216 | One SysOp's Opinion
pamateur | 3304 | The Twit Filter: The Professional Amateur by Dave Bealer
party!.txt | 3359 | Invitation to the Telecomputing Magazine COMDEX Party: "The Biggest Names in BBSing"
patriotbbs.ham | 4158 | The Great Dreams of the Patriot BBS
pcinfo.txt | 3968 | Police Report on John Richard, the Scofflaw Sysop
pcorip1.txt | 4746 | Warning how Phone Companies are charging all BBS's as a Business
pcorip2.txt | 2401 | Call to Arms to stop the Overcharing Phone Companies and Save BBSs.
pcp | 26942 | Access Numbers for PC Pursuit, by The Phantom
phile9.txt | 7599 | Phile 9: Review of Apple BBS Boards
pnbreg.frm | 2728 | Application to get onto the Adult Section of the Puss N Boots BBS
points.txt | 41830 | List of BBSes that Distribute ZIP Magazine
prelim.txt | 3962 | Tony Davis and the seizure of the Oklahoma Information Exchange BBS
product.txt | 6192 | The Roster of Devonline Products (BBS Doors)
prose.txt | 19584 | Archive of Poetry from the House of the Rising Sun BBS (October 1, 1994)
protogen.txt | 29808 | Log File of Going through the ProtoGen BBS (1993)
ques | 4616 | Questions and Answers To The BBSes and Nets Around the World (1993)
quiz.txt | 3912 | Are You a BBSaholic?
qwkformt.txt | 2232 | The QWK file format
qwkpacket.txt | 4161 | Information on the QWK Packet File Format
r&estory.txt | 13240 | Rusty and Edie's BBS Seized by the FBI (Bulletin Boards and Badges)
r0dent.txt | 6016 | A Day in the Life of a R0dent from the Music City BBS
ra.txt | 21105 | Generally Making a RemoteAccess BBS Sad, by Valentino
radshack.txt | 4561 | SysOp is Told by Radio Shack to Take Down Her BBS
raid.txt | 3919 | FBI Raids California BBS Thanks to the Efforts of the SPA (Press Release)
rbbs.txt | 3939 | How to Destroy an RBBS-PC System by Phreak's Cabaret
rbbsbox.txt | 2496 | RBBS-PC of Chicago Offers the Official RBBS-PC In a Box CD-ROM
rcpm-ug.prn | 51550 | RCP/M Guide: A Users Guide to the Operation of Remote CP/M Systems, by Jon Schneider of the Rio Grande RCP/M (June 5th, 1985)
real.bbs.users | 3072 | Real Sysops and Unreal Board Crashers: Real BBS Users by The Master Watchman of The Encounter
real.bbses | 3840 | Read BBSes Don't Eat Upload Credits by Suicidal Maniac
real.pirates.5 | 3072 | The Real Pirates Guide Volume 5 by Rabid Rasta and Control Reset of High Society
real.r0dents.gd | 4608 | Real R0dent's Guide by Shooting Shark
realbbsd.txt | 3829 | Real BBSes Don't Eat Upload Credits by Suicidal Maniac of the Dirty Bird's Nest BBS
realbbsusers.txt | 3098 | An Addition to Real Sysops and Unreal Board Crashers by The Master Watchman of The Encounter
realgphi.txt | 5894 | The Official Guide to G-Phile Authors, by Man Tooth (Needs Formatting)
ripcowar.txt | 75392 | The Seizure Warrant Documents for the Ripco BBS (1990)
safeinfo.fun | 2176 | Blueprints of the Safehouse BBS
safter | 18849 | The Scene, as I see it, and a warning to all my modem acquaintances, by Sought After (February 3, 1992)
sanessay.txt | 12620 | An Essay on the Electronic Highways by Havok Halcyon of SANctuary (September 25, 1992)
sbbbs85.txt | 5290 | The Santa Barbara BBS Scene of the Mid 80's, by Charles Hobbs
sbbstips.txt | 19917 | The SuperBBS Tip File
sbfree.txt | 31497 | Ad for the Strictly Business BBS's Free Offers to Help Your Business Grow, 1992
scared.pwp | 3072 | The Edge Talks About Being Harassed on his BBS
security.txt | 4009 | Wildcat BBS System Emergency System Documentation (January 2, 1989)
seizures.txt | 32081 | Some of the Dangers in Running a BBS (Message by Kee Hinckley) (June 1, 1990)
sel-bbs | 10558 | 21 Considerations in Selecting BBSes to Use and Enjoy, by Ken Buchholz
sfagenda.txt | 8460 | The Star Fighter Agenda by The Ramshacker (October 7, 1991)
sha2 | 2779 | The Best on the Boards, by Russell Mirabelli (1993)
sjgames1.txt | 2837 | Secret Service Held Guilty of Violating Computer Privacy by Bob Ortega (March 16, 1993)
sjgames2.txt | 6848 | Court Ruling Gives Laws on Privacy a Hi-Tech Edge, by Bob Ortega (March 18, 1993)
so.wannabe.syso | 5248 | So, You Wanna Be a Sysop Version 1.3 by The NOID, The Hevmedler, and Mister I/O
sol_text.lst | 124927 | The Files Listing for Socialism Online BBS
spoof.txt | 960 | HI I AM A NEW USER ON THIS BBS!!!!!!!
star.fytr.agnda | 8320 | An Analysis by The Ramsacker (October 7, 1991)
start-bb.txt | 41767 | So You Want to Start a BBS? bt Jerry Shifrin (May 23, 1987)
startbbs.txt | 8231 | Tips on Starting Your Own BBS by Pazuzu (November 11, 1993)
stbfiles.bbs | 43200 | Listing of Files on the STB BBS
strknkd2.txt | 15374 | Stark Naked: The Journal of Stark County Telecom Volume 1 Issue #2 (August 1, 1992)
strknkd3.txt | 16896 | Stark Naked: The Journal of Stark County Telecom Volume 1 Issue #3 (August 8, 1992)
strknkd4.txt | 19072 | Stark Naked: The Journal of Stark County Telecom Volume 1 Issue #4 (September 1, 1992)
strknkd5.txt | 15816 | Stark Naked: The Journal of Stark County Telecom Volume 1 Issue #5 (September 20, 1992)
stupidki | 4897 | Large, All Capitals Rant about Stupid Kids
suckage.nfo | 14410 | Large Amount of Information about Lithium
sundevil.txt | 69213 | Articles from 2600 Magazine regarding Operation Sundevil (The BBS Crackdowns of 1990)
suprt.lst | 48267 | Technical Support List: BBS's, Datafax's And Internet Sites (December, 1995)
syndrome.txt | 4422 | The Hacker Syndrome: How They Did It (September 5, 1986)
sys | 4235 | The SysOp's Tale, Poem by Jogn Chambers, 1992
sys_liab.txt | 203190 | E-Law: Legal Issues Affecting Computer Information Systems and System Operator Liability, by David J. Loundy
sysfun.txt | 6765 | SysOp Fun, by Mutant Offspring
syslaw.txt | 4493 | Book Review: SYSLAW: The Sysop's Legal Manual by J. D. Abolins
syslibli.txt | 105928 | Defamation Liability of Computerized Belletin Board Operators and problems of Proof, by John R. Kahn (February, 1989)
sysop.nws | 3024 | James Galt Discusses the Sysop Madness (April 27, 1989)
sysop.txt | 2606 | Information Regarding the Posting of Unicorn Software Programs on BBSes
sysopblu.pro | 4871 | The SysOp Blues
sysopeev.txt | 6199 | A Sysop's Peeves, by Bob Maxwell (July 21, 1986)
sysops | 21824 | What Files are Legal for Distribution on a BBS?
sysopsui.txt | 35115 | SysOp Suicide! (A Day in the Life of a System Operator) by James C. Goldbloom (March 1988)
sysoptest.txt | 15878 | The SysOp Test by Robin Francis and Bruno Gagnon (September 2, 1991)
tales.13.yr.old | 6528 | The United Anarchists' Guild Presents: Tales of a Thirteen Year Old Lose, by The Kracker and The Trash Can Man
tbk1.txt | 8232 | Weird Chat with The Black Knight on a BBS (1993)
tcctale.txt | 6528 | Once Upon a Time in A BBS Far Away (Parody/Complaint of a BBS) (December 12, 1993)
tdt-bust.nfo | 6421 | The Fed Busts: The TDT is Temporarily Disbanded
telecomputing.txt | 67456 | Telecomputing Magazine: Electronic Edition, by Galaxy Telecomm Corporation (October/November, 1990)
telegard.txt | 9682 | Martin Pollard Explains Why He's Killing off Telegard Software (December 8, 1991)
telix2.cap | 4838 | How to upgrade Your 2400 Modem into a 9600 Baud by Death Bringer (June 7, 1991)
textfiles.txt | 2320 | Textfiles, to the Tune of "Big Time" by Jason Scott (March 9th, 1987)
textprime.txt | 6520 | The Ramsacker's Textfile Primer (July 27, 1989)
tgbackdr.txt | 3814 | The Telegard Sysop's Protection Hints by the Man Against the Mob
thetruth.tdk | 4167 | The Real Story, by Michael Levy, aka The Dark Knight
toobad.pro | 3330 | The SysOp's Survival Guide
truth.txt | 10545 | The Truth about HumbleBabe
ua.txt | 14322 | Project Underground Alliance - A Proposal for Change: by Targa Phantom
ucgg0591.txt | 12223 | The UCGG Newletter (May 1991) by Robin #23
ussr.bbs | 5073 | Known USSR BBSes (February 22, 1991)
v32-v42.txt | 11737 | What is the Benefit of MNP? By David Terry, of Salt Air BBS, 05/19/1991
voiceswl | 151413 | Voices from the Well: The Logic of the Virtual Commons, by Marc A. Smith of Department of Sociology of UCLA
warehpav.bom | 7972 | WaReZ d00dz and H/P/A/V: A Failing Mixture, by Mr. Sandman (August 21, 1993)
warning.txt | 1330 | Warning about Dragons Lair BBS Being Down
wasphq.ans | 2911 | ANSI BBS Ad for the Trekkers' Tavern
who-me.txt | 8596 | So You Want to be a Sysop, by Al Gutkin of "The Tax Board"
winfrend.pro | 6601 | BBS Etiquette Education
works.phk | 8063 | Jason Scott's Offer to Revive the Works BBS (1995)
ziphack.txt | 2900 | Regarding Hacked versions of PKware Products, by Bob Mahoney (December 11, 1992)

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