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textfiles.com
Jason Scott's curated archive of the BBS era: text files, zines, phreaking documents, and BBS lists from the pre-web online world. It is a plain browsable site with no API, you explore it directly through the link provided. A core reference point for researching BBS culture and early online text.
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Por que é útil e como funciona
Textfiles.com is Jason Scott's curated collection of the written culture of pre-web online life: text files shared on bulletin board systems (BBSes), phreaking and hacking documents, underground zines, lists of historical BBSes, and related material from the 1970s through the early 1990s. It is a browsable site with no search box of its own, so Echo links you directly to it and you explore by category. It is an essential primary source for anyone researching BBS culture, early online communities, or pre-web digital subcultures.
O que há dentro
Over three million files, nearly 300 gigabytes in total, drawn from hundreds of BBS sources and covering the 1970s through the early 1990s.
Acesso
Freely reachable, no key, login, or captcha.