It was natural that groups of close friends, working together to write textfiles on whatever subjects they considered their own, would start considering themselves a sort of rock and roll band, or maybe a gang. To this end, Textfile "Groups" starting making appearances early in the 1980's, and of course it's gotten completely out of hand.
Some groups had members that never actually met each other; they did all their work online and might be many many miles apart, or even in different countries. Some groups were open to anyone who wanted to be a member, and some were finite and refused to expand or contract. And then there's the cDc.
| Filename | 
Size | 
Description of the Textfile | 
9X| 9X  |  | |
ANARCHYINC| Anarchy Incorporated |  | |
BANANAREPUBLIC| The Banana Republic BBS Collection (From New Zealand) |  | |
BAR| The Bad Ass Retards |  | |
BLACKCIRCLE| Black Circle Productions |  | |
BUZZ| The Buzz Brothers |  | |
CDC| The Cult of the Dead Cow Library |  | |
CHINA| The CHiNA Colleciton |  | |
DAMAGEINC| Damage, Incorporated |  | |
FISH| Folks In Santa Hats |  | |
METALCOMMUNICATIONS| Neon Knights and Metal Communications |  | |
OCTOTHORPE| Octothorpe Productions, the official Works BBS Group |  | |
OMNIPOTENT| Omnipotent, Inc. |  | |
PHAIT| Phreaks, Hackers and Anarchists Instigating Turmoil |  | |
PHONELOSERS| The Phone Losers of America |  | |
PPH| The Phido Phreaks |  | |
PPP| Phucked Phreak Productions |  | |
SHAWN| Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions |  | |
TWAT| The Winner ANSI Team |  | |
VIDEOVINDICATOR| The Works of the Video Vindicator |  | |
ZAN| Zhit Access Nation |  | |
| There are 21 directories. |