bbs1.txt · circa 1994–1996
"Underground Warez Kiddie Type" BBS capture
A login-and-scroll capture from the mid-90s underground: the ANSI banner art, the file menus, the warez-kiddie atmosphere the original label wears with a grin. It sat on the webmaster's drive for a decade before the rebuild. On this page the era's email addresses and dialable numbers are redacted — handles, boards and banners stay exactly as they were.
The capture, as preserved
Opening lines, with the era's email addresses, dialable numbers and network addresses redacted on this page. The full session runs unredacted in the live terminal, exactly as it was captured.
@ Cleared for logon
This System Is Proud To Be:
,d·S S·b, $$$$@S·b, ,d·S@S·b, ,d·S ,d·S@S·b, ,d·S@S·b, ,d·S
$$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$
$$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$
$$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$1m$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$$S&·'
$$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$
$$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ ,dS$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$
$$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$@$$$$ $$$$ $$$$@$$$$ $$$$@$$$$ $$$$
$$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $S·' $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$
· $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ ···· $$$$ S$$S $$$$ S$$S $$$$ S$$S $$$$ S$$S $$$$ S$$S ·
· $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ ···· $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ ·
· $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ ···· $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ ·
`··S@S··' $S·' $S·' `··S@S··' `··S@S··' `··S@S··' `··S@S··' `··S@S··'
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· ··· Where the boards live now
The homebrew board behind this collection — tHe sHacK bBS of velvet.ath.cx, 1998–2006 — runs again in the browser at theshackbbs.online ↗, reconstructed from the 2006-10-26 filesystem dump.
Part of the sdelic.org rebuild · BBS captures · ANSI art, explained · the hub