In 2005, Alan Weston began selling copies of his collection of BBS textfiles on the Ebay auction site, offering 20 megabytes (uncompressed) of textfiles for $5 plus shipping. Negotiations for a donation were unsuccessful, so I purchased the CD-ROM for a total of $9.50; now you get it for free. Much thanks to Alan for offering this collection to the world, even if there was a toll involved.
| Filename |
Size |
Description of the Textfile |
| 1990 | Messages from 1990 (Oceanside BBS and Compuserve) | |
| 1991 | Messages from 1991 (Compuserve) | |
| 1992 | Messages from 1992 (Compuserve) | |
| 1993 | Messages from 1993 (Compuserve, Delphi, Ocean Beach BBS) | |
| 1994 | Messages from 1994 (Compuserve, Delphi, Ocean Beach BBS) | |
| 1995 | Messages from 1995 (Compuserve, Delphi, Ocean Beach BBS) | |
| 1996 | Messages from 1996 (Compuserve and Ocean Beach BBS) | |
| There are 7 directories. |