This is all that's left of a web community that once existed on Listserv way back in the days before graphical-user interfaces.

Grandpa says: "Why, I remember when everything was text-based! And you had to walk ten miles in the snow to type in what you had to say on the command line...!"

If you're new in town, and want to get an idea of the "flavor" of this archive, a good place to start is right here, during the transition point of this literary clan from FNORD-L to DONKEY-L.