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T E X T F I L E S

Groups: Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions

Having no knowledge of this group except for the occasional file that had

previously trickled into my collection, I present the quick introduction of a

Mr. <A HREF="http://www.arlington.com/~tjames/">Jed Sanders</A>:

The tradition of various text-file distribution "conglomerates" is an old one, reaching back to the

very dawn of BBS history. Before the warring ANSI groups existed (indeed, before ANSI itself existed),

before the rise in popularity of the mostly European "demo" (graphics + music) scene, there was the simple

storyteller. Dating back to a time when text-files were the hottest-traded commodity online (and sometimes

the only thing available), there are few of these pioneering groups left intact in the graphically oriented

online world we see today. Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) comes to mind; Lunatic Labs in Los Angeles. The

San Francisco Bay Area had its own contribution: Shawn-Da-Lay

Boy Productions, more commonly known as simply SDLBP.

Contributions to this group came primarily through three East Bay BBSes: The Electric Pub (defunct, Sir

Death sysop), The Pirate's Hollow (now simply "The Hollow," Doctor Murdock original sysop, later - and

currently - Powerful Paul), and RatHead Systems (now <A HREF =

"pspock.html">PolySpock</A>, Ratsnatcher sysop). The group flourished

primarily in 1988-90, with an average of two or three new files per week shooting through the transom.

Many of these files are gone forever. Some of them deserve this fate. The writing is intensely young

here, which isn't to suggest that there aren't a few hidden treasures among the muck. Don't expect much

in the way of rational, well-thought opines: what follows is a product of its own age, with its own rules, not

to be judged on any standards other than its own. What is most rewarding about the SDLBP files, however,

is the opportunity to watch young writers emerge from a spot where nothing lay before. Many of the participants

have gone on to much bigger things; some are sysadmins at major UNIX sites, others engaged in graduate

study. Some are unemployed and some are lost.

These files remind you that the place that you came from is gone.

T E X T F I L E S

Groups: Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions

alucard.ror

ballad.txt

beerblue.txt

beerblus.txt

brain.ans

bud.txt

cainru.txt

coldturkey.txt

control.ans

daigger.txt

deathlor.txt

drinkme.txt

eatshoe.txt

finnshrm.pst

fnord!.txt

fnord.txt

fpigs.txt

greengl.txt

guideboo.k

heather.txt

homdrg.txt

homedrug.txt

horkart.txt

hypothes.txt

logon5.clr

madness.txt

movie.ans

mtorture.txt

mystic.txt

nuclear.txt

p-men1.gam

pitbull6.thy

pitbull6.txt

poemdox2.txt

poemdox3.txt

poemdox4.txt

poems.txt

portrait.txt

pyramid.txt

quest.txt

quest2.txt

ratm-1.txt

ror.ans

ror.bbs

saucer.txt

scolhel2.txt

scolhel3.txt

scolishl.txt

sdbbake1.txt

sdbp-56.txt

shroom01.txt

shroom02.txt

shroom03.txt

shroom05.txt

shroom06.txt

shroom07.txt

shroom08.txt

shroom09.txt

shroom10.txt

shroom11.txt

shroom4.txt

shroom4b.doc

shroom4b.txt

story.txt

th.txt

the-best

toolkit.txt

usrtypes.txt

wayrat.txt

wedding.txt

wes

wes.txt