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<TITLE>T E X T F I L E S</TITLE>
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<IMG SRC="../images/howc.gif" ALT="HOW YOU CAN HELP">
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<P>
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<TABLE WIDTH=620>
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<FONT FACE="Courier New" COLOR="#00FF00">
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Thanks for asking about how to help. <P>
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TEXTFILES.COM represents a multi-hundred-dollar cost to me each month,
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taking into consideration hosting and other concerns. To be honest, I
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can take it. I'm at an excellent job at a wonderful company and they
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pay me well enough to allow me this and other nice hobbies. This isn't
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to say I'll turn your money away, of course, but it shouldn't be your
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primary concern.
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What <I>is</I> of primary concern to me is saving the files and text
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from the 1980's, and that text is located on now-aging disks, tape,
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and even, I dare say, 10 and 20 meg hard drives. When those media go,
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that's the end of that data, and I <I>know</I> I haven't gotten every
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important file ever created. If you've got some old disks that have
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files you never did anything with, please consider sending them or
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a copy of them to me. That stuff is precious; and it is rare; and it
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is finite. That's what matters.
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If you're really a glutton for punishment, consider becoming a
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textfiles.com mirror. I could use more in other countries, than the
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US, which is pretty well sewed up. I can give details of the size
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and other matters.
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Finally, if you're from that time, please consider mailing me
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about your experiences and what you learned from your time on the BBSes.
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Consider writing essays; consider sharing what you went through
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with the world. I'll happily provide a forum.
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Thanks for caring.
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<TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>
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Jason Scott<BR>
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<I>Proprietor, TEXTFILES.COM</I>
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<IMG SRC="../images/asciifor.gif"><BR>
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<IMG SRC="../images/gfiles.gif">
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