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The files on TEXTFILES.COM are maintained by somewhat arbitrary guidelines, so if a file you're looking for is not in one section, try a few others. Files are often in the "8+3" format, but since they're coming from all sorts of sources, this isn't guaranteed. Our focus is on the years 1980-1995, but files from before and after sometime sneak in.
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Walkthroughs and Hints for Text Adventures
Files that YOU SHOULD NOT FOLLOW
Apple II Technical and Lore
Various ASCII Artwork/Illustrations
Running and Using Bulletin Boards
General Computer-Related Files
They're All Out To Get You
An unnecessary amount of Drug information
The Classics Meet ASCII
Food and Eating
A Weird Grab Bag of Oddness
Information Files on Home and Arcade Games
Textfile Writer Collectives
The seamy underside of, well, Everything
Ham Radio Operation Information, sort of
Files evoking a Holiday Spirit
Many, many attempts at being Funny
You're Soaking In It
Textfiles recounting laws or their application
Collections of "E-Zines", including Phrack
Television and Movie Minutae
Samples of message bases from different BBSs
Files about Music or for Musicians
Often poorly transcribed News Stories
Textfiles dealing with alternate religions
Files about, from, and against the Phone Company.
All Hail the Warez
Files of a Political Nature
All of the Deep Geek Stuff
Sheets for the Cheats
Act Like Someone Else For Fun
And not quite Science
Files about trying to Make More of You
Science Fiction reviews and lists
BBS User-Written Fiction
Be Suspicious, Be Worried, Be Prepared
Files indicating We Are Not Alone, or that We Are
The Textfiles of Today
Computer Viruses, Trojan Horses, and Worms
Many people want to download an entire directory and sift through it
on their own time. To assist this research, most of the directories have
a file at the end that is an archive of that entire directory. It is
compressed as well, so it takes less time than downloading the files one
by one. Please feel free to download that way.
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