{"id":13566,"date":"2023-03-21T02:04:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T01:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/the-art-of-writing-textfiles-what-you-needed-to-know\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T08:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T07:47:50","slug":"the-art-of-writing-textfiles-what-you-needed-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/the-art-of-writing-textfiles-what-you-needed-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art Of Writing Textfiles. What You Needed To Know."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+<br \/>\n^+ +^<br \/>\n+^ THE ART OF WRITING TEXTFILES ^+<br \/>\n^+ +^<br \/>\n+^ WRITTEN BY: ^+<br \/>\n^+ THE BRONZE RIDER +^<br \/>\n+^ HOME BASE: THE PRISM BBS\/AE\/CF ^+<br \/>\n^+ +^<br \/>\n+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+<\/p>\n<p>THIS FILE IS OBVIOUSLY ABOUT WRITING T-FILES. TO WRITE A T-FILE, YOU NEED<br \/>\nTHESE THINGS:<\/p>\n<p>1. YOU NEED AN APPLE \/\/E OR \/\/C WITH UPPER &amp; LOWER CASE&#8230;<br \/>\n(USING A II+ IS REALLY A PAIN.) AN APPLE ISN&#8217;T NECESSARY, BUT REAL<br \/>\nTEXTFILE WRITERS DONT USE ANYTHING BUT THE BEST&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2. YOU NEED AN 80 COLUMN CARD.<\/p>\n<p>3. YOU NEED THE ABILITY TO STRETCH OUT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY SO THAT<br \/>\nTHE FILE TAKES LONGER TO V)IEW AND TAKES UP MORE DISK SPACE. A TEXTFILE<br \/>\nSHOULD BE AT LEAST 15 SECTORS, BUT ITS BEST IF ITS OVER 20.<br \/>\nEXAMPLE:<\/p>\n<p>YOU WANT TO SAY:<br \/>\nWRITING T-FILES IS A PAIN&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>IN A T-FILE YOU WOULD SAY IT LIKE THIS:<br \/>\nWRITING A TEXTFILE IS A VERY TIME-CONSUMING AND ARDUOUS TASK.<br \/>\nIT TAKES A LOT OF THOUGHT AND IS VERY WEARING ON A PERSON. IT<br \/>\nIS NOT AT ALL EASY.<br \/>\nAND THEN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID.<\/p>\n<p>4. YOU NEED THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE SCREEN AND KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE<br \/>\nCENTER IS SO THAT YOU CAN CENTER GARBAGE.<br \/>\nEX.<br \/>\n-&gt;VVVVVVVVV GARBAGE ^^^^^^^^^<br \/>\n^+ HELLO +^ HELLO<br \/>\n+^+^+^+^+^+^+ &gt;<\/p>\n<p>(^^^^^^^^^^^)<br \/>\n) HELLO (<br \/>\n(^^^^^^^^^^^)<\/p>\n<p>&gt; THE LOCKSMITH THOSE GUYS WRITE THE BEST T-FILES &lt;<\/p>\n<p>8. ITS HELPFUL TO HAVE A GOOD WORD PROCESSOR, BUT AE WILL DO THE JOB GOOD<br \/>\nENOUGH. AE HAS ONE OF THE BEST TEXT EDITORS.<\/p>\n<p>9. IT HELPS A LOT IF YOU ARE DRUNK AND TO HAVE MUSIC BLASTING IN YOUR EARS<br \/>\nIN STEREO. I DON&#8217;T KNOW WHY, BUT THATS JUST THE WAY IT WORKS.<\/p>\n<p>WRITE A TEXT FILE AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE WITH A MODEM, BUT THATS<br \/>\nKIND OF A PAIN.<\/p>\n<p>NOW HERE IS A LIST OF NON-NECESSITIES:<\/p>\n<p>1. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, YOU DON&#8217;T HAVE TO SPEEL STUPH RITE.<br \/>\nSPEELINK ERRURS AR VARY COMON.<\/p>\n<p>2. YOU DON&#8217;T NEED A 1200 BAUD APPLE-CAT UNLESS YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO<br \/>\nSTRETCH OUT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY. USUALLY ANY 300 BAUD MODEM<br \/>\nWILL WORK FINE.<\/p>\n<p>3. YOU DON&#8217;T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE WRITING YOUR TEXTFILE<br \/>\nABOUT IF YOU CAN MAKE IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG.<\/p>\n<p>4. YOU DON&#8217;T NEED TO BE A -REAL PIRATE-, BUT IT HELPS. YOU ALSO DON&#8217;T -HAVE-<br \/>\nTO BE STONED, BUT IT HELPS.<\/p>\n<p>5. AND YOU DEFINATELY DON&#8217;T NEED A HIGH I.Q., BUT I HEAR THAT IT HELPS.<\/p>\n<p>(^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^)<br \/>\n)! !(<br \/>\n(! CALL THESE AWESOME BBS&#8217;S, AE&#8217;S, AND CF&#8217;S&#8230; !)<br \/>\n)! !(<br \/>\n(! THE PRISM BBS\/AE\/CF 300\/1200 BAUD 10 MEG &#8230;&#8230;. (201)-637-6715 !)<br \/>\n)! THE METAL AE &#8211; PASSWORD:KILL &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. (201)-879-6668 !(<br \/>\n(! 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LATER, THE BRONZE RIDER&#8230; !)<br \/>\n)! \ufffd !(<br \/>\n(^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^)<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-right'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-13566 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='13566' data-nonce='65e0e39b87' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-13566 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-13566 status align-right'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+ ^+ +^ +^ THE ART OF WRITING TEXTFILES ^+ ^+ +^ +^ WRITTEN BY: ^+ ^+&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-13566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-othernonsense","tag-english","wpcat-7-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14244,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13566\/revisions\/14244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}