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  the personal home page of zmus, text-only edition          node 01
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  This is the text-only version of zmus' lair, for Lynx users, purists,
  and anyone reading this on a VT100. It wraps at 72 columns. You're
  welcome.


  ABOUT ME
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  My handle is zmus.

  I'm old enough to remember when getting online meant a modem
  screaming down the phone line while you prayed nobody in the house
  picked up the extension. Back in the 90s I read 2600 cover to cover,
  every issue, and I still think a good text file beats a good video.

  These days I still run my own server (you're on it), I still think
  16-colour ANSI art is the highest form of art, and I still type ATDT
  when nobody's looking.


  WHAT'S HERE
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  /                          the BBS welcome screen (80x25 ANSI)
  /~zmus/                    the home page (HTML, circa 1998)
  /~zmus/zmus.txt            this file
  /zmus-lair-welcome.ans     the raw ANSI art, CP437 with SAUCE.
                             open it in SyncTERM.


  COOL LINKS
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  2600 Magazine ............ https://www.2600.com/
  textfiles.com ............ http://www.textfiles.com/
  16colo.rs ................ https://16colo.rs/
  Telnet BBS Guide ......... https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/
  SyncTERM ................. https://syncterm.bbsdev.net/
  BBS: The Documentary ..... http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/
  The Wayback Machine ...... https://web.archive.org/


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  last updated 2026-10-01. this file contains no javascript.
  (c) 1998 in spirit, 2026 on paper. zmus.