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Made with Vim, SQLite, PHP, and Bash in a Debian Linode, AsciiCache is an experimental fusion of:
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BBSs were pre-internet platforms where people shared art, textfiles, and music over phone lines. While I missed their heyday (1985-95), it's amazing to think that some of these are still around if you know where to look, and thanks to archivists like Jason Scott of textfiles.com, I’m able to preserve many of these files here, as well.
Long before the Internet escaped from the lab, connecting the planet and redefining what it meant to meant to be a computer user... ...there was a brave and pioneering band of hobbyists who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. By using a modem, anyone who knew the phone number of these machines could connect to them, leave messages, play games, send and receive files in a virtual community... and millions did. They called these places Bulletin Board Systems, or BBSes. Their collections of messages, rants, thoughts and dreams became the way that an entire generation learned about being online.
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Computers Computerz -- Knowledge from the Depths! | |
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Artwork Various ASCII Artwork/Illustrations |
BBS Running and Using Bulletin Boards | |
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Music Information about music ...including guitar tabs |
Science Files Science!! --Let none question it's ways! | |
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Survival Files Survival: intense, conspiratorial, and sometimes... true |
Viruses Documentation & info on computer viruses |
#Here's some code
# Creates a unique, 6 digit, alpha numeric code
import random
rnd = random.randint(0, 25)
letterList = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', \
'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']
print(letterList[rnd] + letterList[random.randint(0, 25)] + \
letterList[random.randint(0, 25)] + '-' + str(random.randint(0, 999)))