Groups: Octothorpe Productions

After getting well over a thousand textfiles, The Works decided that it should give back by creating a textfile writing group. Jason was fond of the word "Octothorpe", which was the Bell System name for the pound button on a telephone keypad. Hence, Octothorpe Productions was born.

As the leader and maintainer of these files, I can give insight into the experience of a typical textfile group. Unfortunately, most of my insight is that I simply kept a special file upload area on the BBS open for my friends to add files to. Some did, and many did not. The Cruiser took it and ran with it, producing all sorts of files about the typical subjects a good group would cover, like phreaking and music. The Mathematician kept donating fiction, and I buzzed in here and there with any and all writings I came up with, branding them "Octothorpe Productions".

Octothorpe Productions lived with the first Works BBS, from 1986-1988.


Filename
Size
Description of the Textfile
blood! 9609
The Final Blood, from Octothorpe Productions
bookjob.oct 10240
The Unauthorized Summary of the Book of Job
cfh.oct 21295
Comments From Hell, from The Works
extentio.oct 1136
The Works Sacred Extention List
gabriel.oct 2157
"Textfiles", to the tune of "Big Time"
globmute.oct 4753
Making a Global Hold/Mute Switch, by The Cruiser
hashoil.txt 4666
THC-resin Extraction reprinted from "Marijuana Hydroponics: High-Tech Water Culture" by Daniel Storm, published by And/Or Books, Typed/edited by The Deviant of The Works BBS
journal1.oct 24893
Miscellaneous Techniques for the Telecommunications Hobbyist
kilroy.lyr 7841
Lyrics to Styc: Kilroy Was Here
labamba.lyr 1983
Translation for La Bamba
mytapes.mus 7149
The Cruiser's Record and Tape Selection
osunycom.adv 6155
Infocom Adventure Parody of an OSUNY Meeting
paranoia.oct 6632
Paranoia: By the Mathematician
partcoll.oct 28672
Transcription of Playboy's Top 40 Party Colleges
pezrambl.oct 20975
Mr. Pez's Rambling about Textfiles
ramble2.oct 977
Oh God Pez is Up So Late
ramble3.oct 3398
Mr. Pez's Third Ramble
ramble4.oct 2944
Pez in an entropic mood today.
ranier.lyr 2819
Ranier -- A Song Parody by Night Hawk and The Cruiser
realpez.oct 16384
Real Pez Devotees
realwork.oct 3394
Real Works Users
rfp1.fun 5778
Radiological Fun Pages
rfp2.fun 7201
More Radiological Funnies
sentit.txt 1196
The Slipped Disk Answers the Trivia Question and Blabs for a Paragraph
shopanar.ana 7546
Anarchy In Your Local Supermarket, by The Slipped Disk and The Outland
transpl.oct 3178
"Transplant" By: Jason Scott
twk.oct 4096
Hi, I'm the Wiz Kid!
twk2.oct 9216
You should check out The Wiz Kid's RHBBS!
whytext.oct 2223
Why I choose textfiles, by Jason Scott
works2.oct 5047
The Guide to Real Works Users
xmas.oct 7655
Shedding True Light on Christmas Day, by The Cruiser

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