WHAT IS AN "ARTSCENE"?

ANSI ARTWORK Color-Filled Text-Based Artwork (1982-Present)

ANSI MUSIC Music Imbedded in ANSI Files

ACiD: THE COLLECTION Artwork, Artifacts, Music and Photos from Ansi Creators in Demand

ARTPACKS The "Art Scene" becomes self-aware (1990-Present)

ASCII ARTWORK Text-Based Art from BBSes and Later the Internet (1982-Present)

ASCII ARTPACKS Often called "New School ASCII" or "Old School ASCII"

ELECTRONIC MAGAZINES (EMAGS) Magazines and Writing in the form of Programs

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS Essays, Guides, and Timelines for Scenes

THE iCE COLLECTION Artwork and Music from Insane Creator Enterprises (1992-Present)

INTROS, CRACKTROS AND SCREENS Programs that Shout Out a Big Hello

INFORMATION FAQs, Manuals, Sheets and other Explanatory Documents

LITPACKS Creative Writing in the Artscene

MIRRORS Mirrored Collections of other Scene Archives

MUSIC, MODS, AND MP3S Literately Years of Computer-Based Music

RTTY ART Bow Down, Kids: Computer-based Art Starts Here

VT100 ART AND ANIMATION Animation Utilizing VT100 Codes (Used by DEC Terminals)

HOW TO VIEW THE COLLECTION Without going completely, utterly insane

The TEXTFILES.COM Artscene Collection is meant to be a catch-all repository of packs, photos, artwork and other artifacts of various Art Scenes throughout computer history. Many of these files exist in other venues, accompanied with heavy graphics and animation. On this site the focus is having copies of all the primary files, as well as any historical context, if some can be found. As a result, there are none of the common complicated trappings of other art sites; the focus is to be a library. If you have additional examples of art from difference scenes, please don't hesitate to contact Jason Scott.