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Original ANSI-style compositions from the bb00 staff and guests. Everything here is plain UTF-8 with CP437 block descendants, set in a monospace web stack — no images, no external fonts, no trackers. The lore explains how the medium works; this page is just the medium in use.
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the carrier tone
was the last word
anyone heard me say
▓█▒░ · · · ▒▓█ · · · ░▒▓█ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ W O O D B L O C K · B B S ║ ║ ║ ║ ░▒▓█ est. 1998 · sysop: chisel · node 1/1 █▓▒░ ║ ║ ▓█▒░ files ▸ 12.4 gb · msgs ▸ 47 new ░▒▓█ ║ ║ ║ ║ [F]iles · [M]ail · [C]hat · [L]ore · [G]oodbye ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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▓▓ the beam returns the beam returns the beam returns ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ the beam never stopped returning
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┃ r e l i q u a r y ┃
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▒ the last good byte
▒ two half-blocks
▒ an escape code
▒ a carrier tone
▒ your handle > gopher://inn.bb00/ 1/about ─── the inn never closes 1/rooms ─── seven, currently empty 1/guestbook ─── sign before you leave 1/weather ─── mostly phosphor 1/out ─── you were never really here
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(the same pattern, three times,
is the only pattern that reads) by the block and the half-block by the escape and the bracket by the CP and the four three seven by the beam and the phosphor by the handle no one used in a sentence out loud let this page still draw tomorrow
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nobody was going to open the line so we opened it anyway we wrote to each other in block-letters and waited to be read for a long time eventually we were mostly by each other
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