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.
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1003v-mm 4347 | Information on the Western Digital 1000v-MMx Series
| 1006v-sr | 4347 | Information on the Western Digital WD1006V-SR1 and 2
| 1080mods | 3610 | Amiga 1080 Monitor Modifications
| 1105.txt | 2468 | How to Boot with DR DOS (October 31, 1991)
| 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)
| 154xb | 8693 | JUMPERS: Adaptec AHA-1540B
| 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
| 2310-12 | 4347 | JUMPERS: Adaptec ACB-2310,12
| 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)
| 286 | 6326 | A Review of Compaq DeskPro 286 by Bob McDuffee
| 286-2 | 2828 | Part 2 of the Review of the Compaq DeskPro 286 by Bob McDuffee
| 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)
| 2w93358a.txt | 4445 | Guide to PGP Operations in a Secure Environment
| 386486.txt | 5589 | A Low Cost Performance Boost for Your 386 PC
| 400top.txt | 12870 | The SatisFAXtion Modem/400: Solutions to Common Problems
| 401bugs.txt | 7387 | Two Suspected Bugs in MS-DOS v4.01 by William S. Ataras III (June 5, 1991)
| 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
| 4dostips.txt | 3297 | 4DOS Specific Information and Tips
| 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 | Harald Feldmann's 86BUGS List (November 3, 1994)
| 87.set | 15313 | Information about the 8087 and 287 Coprocessors
| 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 Compatibility/Features/Differences/Prices (March 3, 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
| aboutems.txt | 27370 | Memory Expansion in80x86-Based Computers Under MS-DOS by John Wilson of Hyperdyne
| abrash.lst | 20429 | Roll Your Own Minilanguages with Mini-Interpreters, by Michael Abrash and Dan Illowsky (1989)
| 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
| adapter.txt | 18556 | How to Connect a PC to a VideoCrypt Decoder, by Markus Kuhn (June 19, 1994)
| add5.25drive.txt | 3576 | How to Hook a 5.25" Drive to your Amiga, by Les Ayling
| add512kb | 2438 | How to install a 1mb Chip into an Amiga 500 on the Mothercard
| 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)
| all-help.tec | 36845 | All the Help Scripts from the DESQview 2.26, QEMM 5.0, Manifest 1.0, QRAM 1.0, etc.
| alsnutt1 | 2182 | Big Al's Norton Utilities Tech Tips Volume 1 Number 1 by Al Hansen (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
| amiga_technical_info.txt | 43685 | USENET Postings: Amiga Technical Information (1989)
| 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
| anderson.asc | 130304 | Kermit for OS/2 by Brian R. Anderson (1990)
| anderson.lst | 5622 | C Customized Memory Allocators by Paul ANderson
| andrson2.asc | 135168 | Kermit for OS/2 by Brian R. ANderson (1990)
| 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
| appendix.txt | 3866 | A Listing of Modem And Information Standards
| apple.txt | 7253 | The Text of the Apple-Microsoft Agreement
| arcsuit.txt | 56430 | Court Complaint from System Enhancement Associates and PKWARE (July 6, 1988)
| 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)
| ascii.inc | 1040 | A Short List of ASCII Character Set Definitions
| asm.txt | 101753 | The 8086 Family Architecture
| asmstr.asc | 23451 | Structured Programming Column by Jeff Duntemann (February 3, 1989)
| asp3404.txt | 274371 | Catalog of Products from the Association of Software Professionals (October 4, 1990)
| asp5202.txt | 1219432 | Catalog of Products from the Association of Software Professionals
| asp5301.txt | 1292374 | Official Catalog of Products by Association of Shareware Professionals (Contents)
| asp804.txt | 1933029 | Official Catalog of Products by Association of Shareware Professionals (Contents)
| asp9301.txt | 2212930 | Official Catalog of Products by Association of Shareware Professionals (Contents)
| asp9501.txt | 1978185 | Official Catalog of Products by Association of Shareware Professionals (Contents)
| aspbbs.dlm | 42717 | |