Your one-stop shop for all files of a "computery" nature, that cover how to rebuild a piece of computer hardware to do something it was never meant to do, or to see someone go really deeply into a computing subject that would cause most people to yawn and look for the snack table. Since BBSes were on computers, it was natural for people who used BBSes to focus on all aspects of these wonderful machines. The evidence of their interest and their experimentation resides below.
Of course, nearly ALL textfiles are computer-related in some fashion, and some subjects might fit here but fit even better in another section. For example, you should most definitely check out the programming and apple sections as well, as you might not agree with what I decided should go where.
| Filename | Size | Description of the Textfile| CYBERSPACE | DIRECTORY | DOCUMENTATION | DIRECTORY | 1080mods | 3610 | Amiga 1080 Monitor Modifications
| 144_ctrl.txt | 6819 | Zaphod Beeblebrox' Notes on using PC 1.44mb 3.5" Drives with Atari STs and STEs
| 144disk.txt | 6178 | Edited Textfile about 3.5" Diskette Formats, from Kevin Maier of IBM Corporation (May 10, 1989)
| 144meg.txt | 13288 | How to Upgrade your Atari ST Floppies to 1.44mb 3.5" Drives, by Robert B. Pegram
| 1541.tri | 12170 | Two Rarely Used 1541 Disk Drive Functions, by Peter Weighill (September 1993)
| 16550a_n | 5842 | Information on the 16550a UART
| 1991-12 | 42275 | What is ISDN Good for? By Mitch Kapor of the EFF (December 10, 1991)
| 1pt4mb.inf | 5035 | Notes on the Use of 1.4mb Drives in AT Compatibles
| 2496 | 4891 | How to upgrade your US Robotics 2400 Baud Modem into a 9600 Baud Modem by Death Bringer 06/07/1991
| 24to96x.txt | 7424 | Complaint about a file purporting to convert a 2400bd Modem to 9600 baud; claims it's a Hoax
| 25mgupgd.txt | 13929 | A 2.5 Meg Socketed RAM Upgrade for the 1040ST by Barry Orlando (Decmber 28, 1988)
| 28_8khst.txt | 9335 | US Robotics Announces the Last Modem You'll Ever Buy (Press Release, June 8, 1992)
| 2ndrs232.txt | 7725 | How to Get a Second RS232 Port For Your Atari (July 15, 1987)
| 450baud.txt | 7296 | On the Topic of 450 Baud, by Scott Loftesness, May 28, 1983
| 486vs040.txt | 15981 | CISC: The Intel 80486 vs. The Motorola MC68040 from Advanced Microprocessors by Daniel Tabak (Scribed by Mike, July 1992)
| 4chan8bi.asc | 8688 | Plans for a 4-Channel 8-Bit Analog-to-Digital Converter for PC from Francis J. Deck
| 500hacks.txt | 46075 | A Do It Yourself Guide to Computer Repair and Modification of the PC and Amiga 500 from Lewin Edwards
| 500mm.txt | 6983 | Disk Storage Reaches Molecular Level, from Video Computing November/December 1988 Issue
| 68040.txt | 12653 | The New CISC Micorporcessor offers RISC Performance
| 86bugs.lst | 13776 | Undocumented and Buggy Instruction in the Intel 80x86 Processors Version 1.0 by Harald Feldmann
| 8bitcomp.txt | 24445 | The Designing and Building of an 8-Bit Computer: A Personal Story, by Mark Balch (1990)
| 8chan12b.asc | 6047 | Chap 12-Bit ADC for IBM PC by Francis J. Deck
| 8meg_exp.txt | 8158 | An Amiga 8meg RAM Expander, by John Kamchen (1991)
| 9600.inf | 19072 | The Long, Painful Road to a 9600 Baud Standard
| 9600data.txt | 30848 | A Comparison of High Speed Modems (9600bd) from Mike Ehlert, January 11, 1991
| 9600info.inf | 19119 | 9600 Baud Modems: An Overview
| a4000 | 6725 | A Scared Amiga Beta Tester lets the Cat out of the Bag about the Amiga 4000
| a5000.txt | 11864 | The First Reports of the Amiga 5000
| a500_1mb | 8312 | Directions on How to Convert your Amiga 501 Cartridge to Chip RAM
| accel.txt | 3948 | An Amiga 500 Processor Accellerator Project, by Leslie Ayling
| act-13.txt | 63155 | The Amateur Crackist Tutorial Version 1.3 by Specular Vision
| addcard.txt | 2291 | Hack to Allow an Amiga 1000 or Amiga 500 to expand its 86-pin slot to 100pin
| addictio.txt | 7589 | The Tragedy of Online Addiction, by Steve King
| addrive.txt | 8357 | Generic 3.5 Inch Double Sided Disk Drive for the Atari 520/1040 Series
| aids.txt | 1571 | The AIDS Trojan Horse Program Marches On (March 1990)
| alt-bin.txt | 49521 | Notes on Decoduing UUENCODEd .GIF Files
| ami-chts.txt | 182700 | Large Collection of Amiga Video Game Cheats
| ami-init.txt | 4080 | The Amiga Boot Sequence and Errors
| amihist.txt | 19261 | Notes of RJ Mical Speaking about the Rise and Fall of Amiga Computer
| amiport.txt | 10617 | More Ports for your Amiga: An I/O Expansion Board
| amscsi.txt | 6497 | Building a SCSI COntroller for the Amiga
| anetwork.txt | 3363 | Making a Simple Atari ST to Atari ST Link
| anonymit | 34657 | The Joy of Handles, or Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Me But Have No Right to Ask, 1992
| antiarq.txt | 1257 | Getting Rid of the ARQ Flashing by Mr. Fone
| anywhere.txt | 4142 | DOCUMENTATION: The Anywhere Scroller Version 1.00
| apple.txt | 7253 | The Text of the Apple-Microsoft Agreement
| arthayes.txt | 30471 | General Introduction to HAYES Modems and Compatabiles by Ignaat Simons
| ascii | 7504 | Folklore: The Original Uses of the Unusual ASCII Codes, by Douglas Jones (June 2, 1994)
| atamnesa.txt | 2595 | Hey! These IBM ATs have batteries inside and they're failing!
| babel92a.txt | 79153 | Babel: A Listing of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms by Irving Kind, 1989-1992
| backdoor.txt | 12384 | Collection of Back Doors to computer games, by George Knochel
| bartle-m | 450025 | Interactive Multi-User Computer Games, a Report by Richard Bartle, 1990
| basunix.hac | 15360 | Basic UNIX Use by Lord Lawless
| bbsnoise.txt | 3251 | Your System Has Noise, by Bill Noel
| begunix.txt | 337256 | A Beginner's Guide to UNIX, from the Denver Office (September 16, 1991)
| being.txt | 38959 | Being in Nothingness: Virtual Reality and the Pioneers of Cyberspace, by John Perry Barlow
| best.cps | 11430 | Get the Best out of JRCOMM and your DUALST 14.4kbps on your Amiga, from The Spirit (May 19, 1991)
| bill1035.pro | 16647 | Description and Call to Arms on H.R. 1035
| biprint.txt | 9485 | Making your PC Parallel Port Bi-Directional by Mark F. Bower (IBM PC) ((July 1991)
| bitsbaud.txt | 10112 | Bits, Baud Rate, and BPS: Taking the Mystery Out of Modem Speeds, by Michael A. Banks
| blt6 | 21816 | Techniques for Off-Line Mail Reading, by Robert Dionne (May 6, 1990)
| buildit.doc | 59591 | Building an IBM Compatible, or How to be a Real Clone, by DJ Elliott (January 1991)
| buildit.txt | 33024 | The Obese Agnus: The New 500 Board and Other Recent Experiences by Andrew WIlson (July 23, 1989)
| carriers.pro | 6100 | Comparison of different Long Distance Carrier performance
| cart.txt | 8192 | Turning an Atari ST's Cartridge Port into a Read/Write Port
| cascade.txt | 6784 | Information from Cascade Electronics about Being Ripped Off
| cbm_dead.txt | 2610 | Eulogy on Commodore as it Goes Under (From Down Under)
| cd-rom | 93046 | An Introduction to CD-ROM Technolgy by Andy Poggio (March 1988)
| chaos.txt | 2432 | Chaos, Strange Attractors and BrainMaker Plots
| cheap144disk.txt | 2996 | Making a Cheap 1.44mb Disk!
| cheats | 40275 | A Very Large Collection of Amiga Cheat Codes
| cleankey.txt | 9856 | How to Clean the IBM PC Keyboard by David R. Bivens
| clinton.sgi | 38608 | Remarks by the President and Vice President to Silicon Graphics Employees, Feb. 22, 1993
| coemail | 12431 | Formulating A Company Policy on Access to and Use and Disclosure of Electronic Mail on Company Computer Systems, by the Electronic Mail Association, October 22, 1990
| colors.32k | 9679 | Getting an Atari ST to Display 32,768 Colors by Barry orlando (September 9, 1989)
| colr.txt | 8448 | Guidelines for Effective Color Terminal Usage, from Tektronix
| comdefs.hum | 5121 | Grab-Bag of Geeky and General Humor
| comlpt.pro | 4175 | An Overview of PC Hardware's LPT/COM/IRQs
| compdev.txt | 12301 | Some Thoughts on the Development of Personal Computers by Duane Bristow
| comphorror.hum | 164912 | A Fantastic Collection of Computer Horror Stories
| compiler.tut | 8576 | Compilers and How They Work: An Overview, by Lou Morgan
| compuser | 9572 | The Gospel according to CompuServe! (Their position)
| conclus.txt | 17859 | |