Ancient Web: TEXTFILES.COM Kept the BBS World Readable

Jason Scott started TEXTFILES.COM in 1998 to preserve BBS-era text files he had collected in his youth. The project grew into a huge archive of computer culture built around a simple idea: copies survive.

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By Switchboard Tech Services · Originally published 2026-10-01

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