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This was such a huge part of my life as a non-BBS-connected 14-19 year old in the 90s. First via CD-ROM in 1992/1993. Then via the Internet from 1995/1996 and o
by tpmx 6y ago
This was such a huge part of my life as a non-BBS-connected 14-19 year old in the 90s. First via CD-ROM in 1992/1993. Then via the Internet from 1995/1996 and onwards.
It was maintained by people working for the US Army at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The first atomic bomb site (Trinity) is nearby:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simtel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simtel
Getting access to the SIMTEL CD-ROM was a fantastic revelation for me - so much glorious source code. Especially the turbopas/vga directories - but really, that whole CD-ROM kept me busy and learning for years.