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<p>textfiles.com is a <a href="/facts/Website/SAsjJnca">website</a> dedicated to preserving the digital documents that contain the history of the <a href="/facts/Bulletin_board_system/22d9c9s2">bulletin board system</a> (BBS) world and various <a href="/facts/Subculture/xUYDM25I">subcultures</a>, and thus providing "a glimpse into the history of writers and artists bound by the 128 characters that the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (<a href="/facts/ASCII/vGUI33Qu">ASCII</a>) allowed them". The site categorizes and stores thousands of <a href="/facts/Text_file/zYW4JmES">text files</a>, primarily from the 1980s, but also contains some older files and some that were created well into the 1990s. A broad range of topics is presented, including <a href="/facts/Anarchy/BA6reeTa">anarchy</a>, <a href="/facts/Art/ILbnQHHb">art</a>, <a href="/facts/Carding_(fraud)/UEf2Jq2P">carding</a>, <a href="/facts/Computer/SQe1aK05">computers</a>, <a href="/facts/Recreational_drug_use/eoBD3vKn">drugs</a>, <a href="/facts/Ezine/MsAsjPNr">ezines</a>, <a href="/facts/Freemasonry/zgLC9973">freemasonry</a>, <a href="/facts/Computer_game/vmTdNASJ">computer games</a>, <a href="/facts/Hacker/bhg519lj">hacking</a>, <a href="/facts/Phreaking/3Ldta7fW">phreaking</a>, <a href="/facts/Politics/1gDNy3RP">politics</a>, <a href="/facts/Copyright_infringement/33JDsS5S">computer piracy</a>, <a href="/facts/Human_sexuality/fjnqcFxP">sex</a>, and <a href="/facts/Unidentified_flying_object/EcXogHdh">UFOs</a>. The site was created and is run by <a href="/facts/Jason_Scott/zug6VerN">Jason Scott</a>. </p><p>The site went online in 1998, and as of 2005<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Textfiles.com&action=edit">[update]</a> had collected 58,227 files. As of 2017<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Textfiles.com&action=edit">[update]</a> the site was averaging 350,000–450,000 unique visitors per month. Most of the textfiles.com projects are "completionist" in outlook, attempting to gather as much information as possible within the decided scope. </p><p>The site also houses a number of sub-projects with their own <a href="/facts/Hostname/WcLyMFKA">hostnames</a>. <i>artscene.textfiles.com</i> has a repository of computer art including <a href="/facts/Crack_intro/SpVs3KVj">crack intros</a>, <a href="/facts/ANSI_art/joDyguL0">ANSI</a> and <a href="/facts/ASCII_art/TmgLtCg5">ASCII art</a> and other related documents; <i>audio.textfiles.com</i> has an archive of <a href="/facts/Audio_file/hLgkfATf">audio files</a>, including <a href="/facts/Prank_call/oVYYag73">prank calls</a>, recorded telephone conferences with BBS owners and hacker radio shows; <i>cd.textfiles.com</i> contains an archive of 1990s <a href="/facts/Shareware/TAhIvJXt">shareware</a> <a href="/facts/CD-ROM/JwuaYLJv">discs</a>; <i>web.textfiles.com</i> contains files created after the <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">World Wide Web</a> went into mainstream use, approximately 1995; <i>bbslist.textfiles.com</i> aims to be a comprehensive list of all historical BBSes; <i>timeline.textfiles.com</i> is meant to list all important events in the history of BBSes. </p>