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With many programs that you downloaded from BBSes, you would often find
a little hint of text in the unpacking of the archive, or when you read
a file called READ.ME or CALLTHIS.BBS. These were ads for BBSes, and would
promise you the world if you called. Some of them go on for a long time,
telling you every last detail about the BBS, and some just hint at the
greatness you will find when you dial in.
It should be noted that this practice was most popular with pirate BBSes,
because they would have many individual programs that they were trying to
spread around, and get some fame as being the First and Best at getting
the latest stuff. On the other hand, a lot of the major, major BBSes would
also "tag" every file in their collection because they wanted people to
subscribe to them, so they could make some cash. Fame, money, all in little
1k files.
Tag File for the Digital Illusions BBS
Tag File for the LSD Institutde BBS
Agreement to Evaluate The Software in this Archive from the Software Evaluation Library BBS
Tag file for the Flying Teapot BBS
Tag File for the P.I.T.S. BBS (June 26, 1993)
Tagfile for The Pits BBS, September 20, 1993
AD: The One Thousand BBS from Mississauga, Ontario
IBM ASCII Tag file for Joe's BBS
Tag File: Beyond The Cemetery BBS
ONE DAY EMPIRE: Member List and BBS List
Tag File for the Flashbacks BBS
Tag File for the Data Control BBS
Tag File: Arrested Development BBS
BBS Ad for The Tribe, and for you not stealing anything
BBS Tag for The Electric Circus
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="_�klan�_.nfo">_�klan�_.nfo</A> Tag File: Kosher Kourier Klan (Membership List)
BBS AD: The Country Micro RBBS
BBS AD: Abyssimal Dissimulation
Advertisement for the Upside Down AE Line
Tag File for The Complete Tarto
BBS AD: Arrested Development BBS
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="adj�c���.��s">adj�c���.��s</A> AD: Adjacent Reality BBS
Tag File for AKIRA PROJECT BBS
Akira Lets You Know The Toronto Pirates Had Better Watch Out
Tag File: The Akira Project (1995)
ALPHA: Tag File, Member List, BBS List
AMNESIA: Member List and BBS List
AMNESIA: Member List and BBS List, Feb. 1996
AMNESIA: Courier, Member, and BBS List
AMNESIA: Courier, BBS, and Member list 1997
TAG: The Miskatonic University BBS
Tag File for COMAX, Scandanavian Headquarters
Ad for the Appleseeds BBS in 919
Tag File: The Nuclear Assault BBS
TAG File for the AXIS BBS Software World Headquarters
Ad for the Bloom Beacon-Picayune BBS
Tag File for the Comnet Luxembourg BBS
Tag File for Sunlight Through the Shadows
Tag file for the NIGHT WINGS BBS
Tag File for Sarcastic Existence BBS (January 20, 1994)
BBS: Bad Medicine (Mammoth File, IBM ASCII)
BBS AD: The Digital Underground
Tag File for the Software Connection BBS
Ad for The File Factory BBS (In Canada!)
Ad for the Black Forest WWIV BBS, Lockjaw the Ogre, SysOP
BBS Ad for the Dwelling of Nothinness
Tag file for the Renegade Legion
Tag File for Black Dog Towers BBS
Tag File for the Black Skyline BBS
List of BBSes that provide the zine "Lights Out"
Tag File: BOOMTOWN BBS (Lines Version)
Ad for BRITNET, British Culture Subnet
Introduction to the Bruin Network, a Network for Les/Bi/Gay issues
Tag File for Life and Soul BBS
Very Large Collection of Interesting BBS Tagfiles
Tag file for the Extended Amiga BBS
Tag file for the Extended Amiga BBS
Carding Information from the Big Guy, including lots of BBS Ad Tags
Tag file for the Christian Dating Service BBS
Ad for the Chalkboard BBS, 24 hours a day since 1987
Tag File for the City of Chaos BBS
BBS: Castle Rock County (December 7, 1996)
CRIMSON: Best of the Best, Member List, and BBS List
CRIMSON: Member List and BBS List
BBS: List of Crusader BBS Headqarters
Tag file for the Countdown to Extinction BBS
Tag File for the Cyberpunk BBS
BBS AD: The Duck and Cover BBS
Tag File for the Damage Control BBS
Tag File for the DarkNess Net (Fidonet BBS)
Tag File for the Digital Illusions BBS
Tag File: The Digital Underground BBS
BBS: The Digital Drug Store BBS
ANSI TAG FILE: The Dimented ANSI
BBS: Dead Man's Bluff (Excellent IBM ASCII Art)
Ad for the Downtown BBS, Chapel Hill
BBS: The Dead Pirates' Society BBS
Tag File for the Coffeeshop Zombies WHQ
BBS List for Dynamite Courier Boards (They're all Private)
Additional Tag file for the East BBS
Tag File for the Nuclear Cemetery BBS
Tag for the Edgewise Online System by Rancid
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="ei9ye���.nfo">ei9ye���.nfo</A> BBS: Dolphin Base BBS
Tag file for the Risky Business BBS
Information on Becoming a Distribution Site for EMC
Tag File for the Eagle's Nest BBS
BBS/Node List for The Sub-Etha Net
NFO: How to Hack SCL Nets by The EvilHacker
AD: Introduction to the City Zoo BBS by Kirk Gorman
FOTL: Free On the Line: BBS and Member List
BBS: The Frelance Couriers BBS
Tag File for the Flatliner's BBS
Tag File for the Flatliner BBS
FILE PROPULSION SYSTEMS: Member List and BBS List (November 10, 1995)
Ad for the Hamburger Haven BBS
BBS: The Anthrox Belgian Headquarters
Tag File for Rusty and Edie's BBS
Nice ASCII Art Intro Screen, welcoming you to the Fringe BBS
FREELANCER'S CREW: BBS List, Administration, Memberlist
BBS AD: Radio Daze AM and FM BBS
AD: Pirates with Attitudes European Headquarters (September 30, 1994)
Tag File for the Galactic Zone BBS
BBS AD: Goat Blowers Anonymous
Tag for Goat Blowers Anonymous BBS
GDU: Grave Dancers Union 1993 BBS and Member List
Tag File for Europe's Something
NFO: Glory Group and Membership List
THE GRAND COUNCIL: Member list and BBS List
Welcome Screen for the Greek Inn BBS
Tag file for the Green Eggs n' Spam BBS
Tag File for the Nuclear Cemetery BBS
How to Hack a School Network, by The EvilHacker
HACKnet Network Application Form (January 1, 1996)
HFA: The User Base of the BBS: World of Xeen
BBS: Digital underground BBS, INC's European's Headquarters
ANSI BBS AD: The GhostShip BBS
Tag File for the Horse Feathers BBS
BBS Ad for Sarcastic Existence
HTC: High Tech Couriers Members and BBS List
HARDWIRE: Courier List and BBS List
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="h�p�.bbs">h�p�.bbs</A> Tag File for the Hacker's Party BBS
Tag File for the Swelling of Nothingness BBS
IIT: Israel's Internet Traders NFO FIle (1994)
BBS AD: For Image BBS: The Violence in Heaven World Headquarters
NFO: Indiction Members and BBS Lists
Tag File for the Eagles Nest BBS (ASCII)
Tag File for the Black Fist BBS
Tag File for the MindeWare Networks
NFO: This File Leeched from Atomic Garden
NFO: Illusions of Integrity BBS
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="jetswhq.��">jetswhq.��</A> Tag File for the JETS BBS
Tag File for the Late Night Network
BBS Ad for the Renegade Legion BBS
Join LionNet (Neat IBM ASCII Ad)
Tag File for the Lost In Time BBS
The Incredible ASCII BBS Logo Collection (1990s) Part 1
The Incredible ASCII BBS Logo Collection (1990s) Part 2
The Incredible ASCII BBS Logo Collection (1990s) Part 3
The Incredible ASCII BBS Logo Collection (1990s) Part 4
The Incredible ASCII BBS Logo Collection (1990s) Part 5
The Incredible ASCII BBS Logo Collection (1990s) Part 6
The Incredible ASCII BBS Logo Collection (1990s) Part 7
Tag File for the HighTime Technologies BBS
LORD OF THE UNDERGROUND: BBS Ad
Tag File for the Concept Elite
AD for the HOO BBS (Not the Only BBS in Town)
FATAL ILLUSIONS: Credit Card Cheat and BBS List
Tag File for the maxxed Out BBS
Tag file for Middle Earth Online
Tag File with Staff List of MeTaMoRpHiSiS (1995)
AD: Metalland BBS, a Cult of the Dead Cow System
BBS Ad for the NASA MLP BBS of Port Orchard, WA (1993)
MENACE COUIERING: Membership and BBS List
Tag File for the Modern Technology BBS
TAG File for Shark/Mohawk of United Couriers
BBS Ad for the Netherworld BBS
Tag Files for the Omeg, the House, and MCI (August 1992)
The Utopia BBS Welcome Screen, Including the Entire Text of "Night of the Hackers"
Logo for the NetWork Hacker Alliance
Tag File for the OUTER PLANES BBS
Don't Call Sea of Noise BBS! (Ad)
REBEL ALLIANCE: Membership and BBS List
Tag file for the Obscene Phobia BBS
BBS: The Slave Den BBS Home of the Humble Slaves
KORT: Knights of the Round Table BBS and Member List
Call Pirate-80 (P-80) Online Since 1980
PARTNERS IN CRIME: Founders, Members, BBS List
Tag file for the Spellbound BBS
PC Link: The Fido Techology Network (Tag)
AD: The PhishNet Underground BBS (December 29, 1995)
Ad for PLAYNET, an Adult Messaging Network
Introductory Offer to Access InfoSystem's Full Internet Service (May, 1994)
Tag File for the Predatory Nature BBS
BBS: Pentagram World Headquarters
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="pwa�ehq�.��">pwa�ehq�.��</A> AD: The Pirates with Attitudes European Headquarters BBS
TAG File for the Empire City BBS
Tag File for Cerebral babylon BBS
Tag File for ASU Computing Services BBS
Tag File for a 600 Megabyte BBS
NFO: The Menace Membership List
Tag File for the AtlantiST BBS
This File Passed through Twisted Reality
Great IBM ASCII Tag File for The Void
Tag File for the Reality 13 BBS
Ad for the Reign of Terror BBS
Tag File for the Reign in Blood BBS
TAG File for the Road to nowhere BBS (November 3, 1993)
NFO: Membership List of Request to Send
RTS: Request to Send: BBS List
Tag File for the Runing Renegade BBS
Information on the Through the Shadows BBS (1994)
SCOOPEX: Tyrol/Austria Scenery Disc for FS 5, Member and BBS List
Tag File for the Skeleton Crue BBS, Moraga California
Tag File for the Seduced Reality BBS
Apple Net 2 is up! Come Join! (BBS Advertisement)
File Listing of Social Graces BBS (March 10, 1991)
NFO: This File Was on Shelter BBS
Ad for the Searchlight BBS in Smithtown NY (On a TRS-80 Model III)
SILICON OVERDOSE: Staff and BBS List
Tag File for the Sonic BOOM BBs
Tag File for the SYmphony of Sickness BBS
Tag File for the Sound of Music BBS
BBS: Source of Reality (With Poem)
Tag File: Omega Base Privae BBS
AD: The Stormwatch I BBS in Highland Park, NJ
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="strike!.��s">strike!.��s</A> Tag File for Strike BBS
The Swinger's Network Tag File
SyncNet Tag File (With Nice Drawing of Brazil)
Tag File for the Synergy BBS (New Jersey)
AD: The Techknow Excalibur BBS Systems
TAG for The Electric Kool-Aid ACID Test BBS
Release for the Nikola Tesla BBS (October 3, 1989)
BBS Ad for the Illustrated Mac BBS (919)
BBS AD: West Coast Super Regional Host
Tag File for the Cybernews BBS
Tag File for TITSNET (Adult SF Network)
AD: The Last Resort BBS in Chattanoogs Tennessee
Tag File for Rusty and Edie's BBS
Great Tag File for TOXICNET BBS Group
Tag file for the Trader's Outpost BBS
REBEL ALLIANCE: Short BBS List
DOCUMENTATION: Tamalpais Technologies - The Login Checker II (1994)
AD: The Twilight of the Idols BBS
BBS AD: Twilight of the Idols BBS
BBS AD: The Cincinnati Computer Connection
Advertisement for Universenet SF BBS Network
BBS AD: The COnsultants Exchange
Tag File for Unphamiliar Territory BBS
User Log of the Pirates of Puget Sound BBS
Tag File for US Net Mail, the Rural Community BBS Message Network
BBS Node List for the UNDERWORLD
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="u�gita+.nf�">u�gita+.nf�</A> BBS: The Digital Drug Store
BBS: The Void (Incredible IBM ASCII Art)
The Video Game Piracy has Begun! (BBS Ads)
TAG File for the Virtual Reality BBS
Tag File for the Wild and Dngerous Adult BBS
BBS AD: Dwelling of Nothingness
Tag file for the Warehouse BBS
West Branch Connection BBS Tagfile and Menu
Ad for the HELLFIRE BBS (Ansi)
WILDCARDS: 25 Node BBS List for Wildcards
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="x�nocid�.inc">x�nocid�.inc</A> BBS: Xenocide BBS, with MASSIVE Legal Disclaimer
Tag File for Rusty N' Edie's BBS
Tagfile for the Creative Thoughts BBS
Tagfile for the West Coast Institute of Virus Research BBS
Tagfile for the Archives Online BBS
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="�of.bbs">�of.bbs</A> Tag File: Agents of Fortune BBS (With Agreement)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="�-�ello.132">�-�ello.132</A> BBS: Tornado of Souls
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="����$!��.���">����$!��.���</A> BBS: Blades of Steel (Incredible Work)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="�.out">�.out</A> Information About Checking Out Software From this BBS
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="�spam!.txt">�spam!.txt</A> BBS AD: SpamLand BBS
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="�ߵ$.���">�ߵ$.���</A> Ad for the Black Abyss BBS
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="σ��ԫ��.nfo">σ��ԫ��.nfo</A> Ad for the Exclaibur BBS (1993)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="ׯ�ӧ���.�">ׯ�ӧ���.�</A> BBS Ad for Retaliator's Place
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="�����յ�.nfo">�����յ�.nfo</A> BBS: Southern Wastelands
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="�l0wm��i.tch">�l0wm��i.tch</A> BBS: Pentagram
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="�l0wm��i.tch">�l0wm��i.tch</A> BBS: Pentagram
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="��������.nfo">��������.nfo</A> Tagfile for the SCOTCH BBS
Important Credit: A majority portion of these files came from a site called the
<A HREF="http://www.defacto2.net/scene-archive/">Defacto2 Scene Archive</A>,
and were acquired and saved by the folks of that group. They've done a
wonderful job on the site, and it is highly reccommended that you check
it out.