Jason Scott's Weblog
I was recently sent mail about a payphone textfile that has found new life on Google Maps. Here it is, along with some background history from the author, which I’ll reprint below: “A collection of payphones in Santa Barbara that I compiled in 1982 when I was 14 years old. I still have the address […]
One of my secret weapons, Gene Buckle, was kind enough to sniff out and send along a precious package indeed: a 1990s archive/transfer of a 1981 software and documentation collection of the original BBS Software, CBBS. This is the real deal – writings and code (including source) of the original BBS program, along with a […]
Sometimes, stuff just sneaks up on you. You see the previous examples, know the trends, and yet still you get caught out in the rain. That’s how it is for me and being able to read 5 1/4″ floppy disks on a PC. I can’t. I can read them on an Apple II and I […]