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<p><b>textfiles.com</b> is a <a href="Website" title="Website">website</a> dedicated to preserving the digital documents that contain the history of the <a href="Bulletin_board_system" title="Bulletin board system">bulletin board system</a> (BBS) world and various <a href="Subculture" title="Subculture">subcultures</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and thus providing "a glimpse into the history of writers and artists bound by the 128 characters that the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (<a href="ASCII" title="ASCII">ASCII</a>) allowed them".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site categorizes and stores thousands of <a href="Text_file" title="Text file">text files</a>, primarily from the 1980s, but also contains some older files and some that were created well into the 1990s. A broad range of topics is presented, including <a href="Anarchy" title="Anarchy">anarchy</a>, <a href="Art" title="Art">art</a>, <a href="Carding_(fraud)" title="Carding (fraud)">carding</a>, <a href="Computer" title="Computer">computers</a>, <a href="Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">drugs</a>, <a href="Ezine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ezine">ezines</a>, <a href="Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">freemasonry</a>, <a href="Computer_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer game">computer games</a>, <a href="Hacker" title="Hacker">hacking</a>, <a href="Phreaking" title="Phreaking">phreaking</a>, <a href="Politics" title="Politics">politics</a>, <a href="Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">computer piracy</a>, <a href="Human_sexuality" title="Human sexuality">sex</a>, and <a href="Unidentified_flying_object" title="Unidentified flying object">UFOs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site was created and is run by <a href="Jason_Scott" title="Jason Scott">Jason Scott</a>.
</p><p>The site went online in 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as of 2005 had collected 58,227 files.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2017 the site was averaging 350,000–450,000 unique visitors per month.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the textfiles.com projects are "completionist" in outlook, attempting to gather as much information as possible within the decided scope.
</p><p>The site also houses a number of sub-projects with their own <a href="Hostname" title="Hostname">hostnames</a>. <i>artscene.textfiles.com</i> has a repository of computer art including <a href="Crack_intro" title="Crack intro">crack intros</a>, <a href="ANSI_art" title="ANSI art">ANSI</a> and <a href="ASCII_art" title="ASCII art">ASCII art</a> and other related documents; <i>audio.textfiles.com</i> has an archive of <a href="Audio_file" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio file">audio files</a>, including <a href="Prank_call" title="Prank call">prank calls</a>, recorded telephone conferences with BBS owners and hacker radio shows; <i>cd.textfiles.com</i> contains an archive of 1990s <a href="Shareware" title="Shareware">shareware</a> <a href="CD-ROM" title="CD-ROM">discs</a>; <i>web.textfiles.com</i> contains files created after the <a href="World_Wide_Web" title="World Wide Web">World Wide Web</a> went into mainstream use, approximately 1995; <i>bbslist.textfiles.com</i> aims to be a comprehensive list of all historical BBSes; <i>timeline.textfiles.com</i> is meant to list all important events in the history of BBSes.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Archive_Team" title="Archive Team">Archive Team</a></li>
<li><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li>
<li><a href="Jason_Scott" title="Jason Scott">Jason Scott</a></li>
<li><a href="Telehack" title="Telehack">Telehack</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFScott" class="citation web cs1"><a href="Jason_Scott" title="Jason Scott">Scott, Jason</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.textfiles.com/filestats.html">"TEXTFILES.COM File Statistics"</a>. <i>textfiles.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2010</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFScott2017" class="citation web cs1"><a href="Jason_Scott" title="Jason Scott">Scott, Jason [@textfiles]</a> (19 Nov 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/textfiles/status/932036330439217152">"I hadn't run webalizer against http://textfiles.com for, it looks like, 3-4 years. Finally did it - the site averages 350,000-400,000 unique users a month. Most want sex files and a PDF on the IBM Selectric Typewriter"</a> (<a href="Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) – via <a href="Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite></span>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.textfiles.com/magazines/STB/">Archive of <i>Short Talk Bulletin</i></a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Archive_Team" title="Archive Team">Archive Team</a></li>
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<ul><li><i><a href="BBS%3A_The_Documentary" title="BBS: The Documentary">BBS: The Documentary</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Get_Lamp" title="Get Lamp">Get Lamp</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Going_Cardboard" title="Going Cardboard">Going Cardboard</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Sockington" title="Sockington">Sockington</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="ANSI_art" title="ANSI art">ANSI art</a></li>
<li><a href="Chat_room" title="Chat room">Chat room</a></li>
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<li><a href="Timeline_of_file_sharing" title="Timeline of file sharing">Timeline</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Multi-user_dungeon" title="Multi-user dungeon">MUD</a></li>
<li><a href="Sysop" title="Sysop">Sysop</a></li>
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<ul><li><a href="ANSI_escape_code" title="ANSI escape code">ANSI escape code</a></li>
<li><a href="Door_(bulletin_board_system)" title="Door (bulletin board system)">Door</a></li>
<li><a href="Internet_outdial" title="Internet outdial">Internet outdial</a></li>
<li><a href="Remote_Imaging_Protocol" title="Remote Imaging Protocol">Remote Imaging Protocol</a></li>
<li><a href="Skypix" title="Skypix">Skypix</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="FidoNet" title="FidoNet">FidoNet</a></li>
<li><a href="RelayNet" title="RelayNet">RelayNet</a></li>
<li><a href="WWIVnet" title="WWIVnet">WWIVnet</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Boardwatch" title="Boardwatch">Boardwatch</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Computer_Shopper_(US_magazine)" title="Computer Shopper (US magazine)">Computer Shopper</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="BBS%3A_The_Documentary" title="BBS: The Documentary">BBS: The Documentary</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ward_Christensen" title="Ward Christensen">Ward Christensen</a></li>
<li><a href="Randy_Suess" title="Randy Suess">Randy Suess</a></li>
<li><a href="Chuck_Forsberg" title="Chuck Forsberg">Chuck Forsberg</a></li>
<li><a href="Tom_Jennings" title="Tom Jennings">Tom Jennings</a></li>
<li><a href="Steve_Punter" title="Steve Punter">Steve Punter</a></li>
<li><a href="Jason_Scott" title="Jason Scott">Jason Scott</a></li></ul>
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