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If you like what I'm doing with TEXTFILES.COM, then there is a good chance
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you might like some of these suggested sites and additional reading that
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I consider worth your time. I'm not the only one working to capture an era.
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<B>Suggested Other Sites...</B>
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<A HREF="http://tranquileye.com/hackerculture/index.html">John
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Stevenson's Hacker/Culture</A> page is incredible, a real amazing
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approach to talking about his times with computers in the 1980's and
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1990's. From his clever browser tricks to his insisting on bringing
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you as deep into his experience as possible, this site really takes
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advantage of today's technology to tell you about yesterday. Plus,
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he has direct capture screens of BBSes from his first logins,
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something most people have long lost or deleted. And he's a
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great writer, too. We're on divergent paths and approaches, but
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his shines brightly.
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<A HREF="http://www.microship.com">Nomadic Research Labs</A> is the home
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of Steven K. Roberts, who was the original Techno-Nomad. When I was sneaking
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onto Compuserve in my teens, I would find these incredible stories of a man
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pedaling a bike across the country and writing on his laptop about all the
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wonderful things he'd run into. It was truly inspiring. In fact, a collection
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of some of these stories is on this archive. But if you want to do yourself
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a favor, stop by his site and read about him and pick up a copy of
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<A HREF="http://www.microship.com/Adventures/caa_disc.html">his book</A>,
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which chronicles his first
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incredible journey across America. It's a wonderful story to read and if
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you want a book on your shelf that really captures that Technology and
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Wonder and the Reality of Life feeling that textfiles might give you, this
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is the book.
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<A HREF="http://www.nifty.org">The Nifty Erotic Stories Archive</A> contains
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over 9,700 erotic stories of all types and persuasions, many of which were
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saved off of BBSs of the 1980's. It is very likely I have a few of these
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stories myself, but they have many, many more.
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<A HREF="http://www.acheron.org">Acheron.org</A> is a very well-maintained
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news and file archive, dedicated to of all things ANSI artwork (Packs)
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Graphics (Hi-rez) and new stories and textfiles (Lit), showing that the
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culture of creating new and interesting takes using technology is very much
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alive and well, and worth seeing.
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<A HREF="http://www.cyberden.com/sleeves">The Official 5.25" Disk
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Sleeve Archive</A> is a awe-inspiring collection of the unique and interesting
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paper sleeves that would house 5 1/4" floppy disks for the vast majority of
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home computers of the 80's. While one might recall that non-commercial disks
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all came in plain sleeves, looking over this archive will change that notion
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immediately. If you lived and used computers through that time, this archive
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brings back memory after memory. Fantastic.
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<B>Suggested Reading...</B>
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<P><I><SMALL>
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<B>Please note:</B> My links lead to the online bookseller
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<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com">amazon.com</A> because I happen to like them
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and am a big customer of theirs. I don't get money for linking to them and
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you are encouraged to purchase these books via any means you want, or to go
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to your local library and read them.</I></SMALL>
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<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/055356370X">The Hacker
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Crackdown</A> by Bruce Sterling is one of the few books written that comes
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close to portraying the many cultural forces that led to the BBS world of
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the 1980's. He gives a great feeling for the stories behind the events, and
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I think he really captures the moods that I feel when I look back at this
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time. This book is available for free on the Internet (and possibly even
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my site) but it's a great book to have on your shelf anyway.
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<B>Good Friends</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.rotten.com">ROTTEN.COM</A> is run by one of the
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SysOps of the Dark Side of the Moon and contains some of the most graphic,
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shocking, over-the-top imagery available on the Internet. Our intended
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audiences probably don't overlap all that much, but if you decide you
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need some pictures you'll never forget, this is the site for you.
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<B><I>This section will be growing.</I></B> Send mail to
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<A HREF="mailto:jason@textfiles.com">jason</A> if you can suggest further
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sites for him to browse and books to read.
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