Some time in 1995, a year or so after I had embraced the Web, I slowly lost interest in local BBSes completely. This January 1995 file list (518 KB text) comes from the Cajun’s Corner BBS in Ventura, California; probably the last warez board in the 805 area code. I used to save the file lists for offline browsing. This was the last I ever downloaded.
Among the “Elite” files are Ecstatica, System Shock, and the September 1994 build of the Chicago beta 1 (later dubbed Windows 95).
Funny… Every file uploaded to the BBS, including those that stayed offline on tape backups, would have fit on a measly three gig drive. (If you’re interesting in playing any of the games on that list, try the Underdogs.)
Awesome!
Here are a couple BBS related links that should be of interest to any old BBSers….
BBSmates: http://www.bbsmates.com/
BBS Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org/cgi-bin/eleweb.exe?action=3&script=readmsg&sub-action=15&areanum=1004
Adventures in BBSing: http://british.nerp.net/commentary/bbses1.html
Cheers! 🙂
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