It was natural that groups of close friends, working together to write textfiles on whatever subjects they considered their own, would start considering themselves a sort of rock and roll band, or maybe a gang. To this end, Textfile "Groups" starting making appearances early in the 1980's, and of course it's gotten completely out of hand.
Some groups had members that never actually met each other; they did all their work online and might be many many miles apart, or even in different countries. Some groups were open to anyone who wanted to be a member, and some were finite and refused to expand or contract. And then there's the cDc.
| Filename | Size | Description of the Textfile| 9X | DIRECTORY | The 9X Group | ANARCHYINC | DIRECTORY | Anarchy Incorporated | BANANAREPUBLIC | DIRECTORY | The Banana Republic BBS Collection (From New Zealand) | BAR | DIRECTORY | The Bad Ass Retards | BLACKCIRCLE | DIRECTORY | Black Circle Productions | BUZZ | DIRECTORY | The Buzz Brothers | CDC | DIRECTORY | The Cult of the Dead Cow Library | CHINA | DIRECTORY | The CHiNA Colleciton | DAMAGEINC | DIRECTORY | Damage, Incorporated | METALCOMMUNICATIONS | DIRECTORY | Neon Knights and Metal Communications | OCTOTHORPE | DIRECTORY | Octothorpe Productions, the official Works BBS Group | OMNIPOTENT | DIRECTORY | Omnipotent, Inc. | PHAIT | DIRECTORY | Phreaks, Hackers and Anarchists Instigating Turmoil | PHONELOSERS | DIRECTORY | The Phone Losers of America | PPH | DIRECTORY | The Phido Phreaks | PPP | DIRECTORY | Phucked Phreak Productions | SHAWN | DIRECTORY | Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions | TWAT | DIRECTORY | The Winner ANSI Team | VIDEOVINDICATOR | DIRECTORY | The Works of the Video Vindicator | ZAN | DIRECTORY | Zhit Access Nation | |
| There are 20 directories. |
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