It must have been a hell of a summer. The vast majority of these files come from the middle of 1991, and the members of ZAN (Zhit Axis Nation) banded together to create a pretty positive and somewhat complicated allegiance of textfile writing. The ringleader appears to be Creature of Prometheus, who designed the format of the files and to which the others seem to defer. Exorcist preaches anarchy, fighting, and destruction, while Guido Sanchez thinks too much. When the character of every member makes itself known to you, you know you've got something special.
The group disappears after 1991. Guess they knew to stop when it was good.
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286mem.zan | 14421 | How to use Extended Memory on a 286 by Cockrowch (July 25, 1991)
| anarchy1.zan | 4229 | So You Wanna Be an Anarchist, by Trojan Man
| answer.zan | 7048 | Answering Machine Anarchy! by White Lightning (June 20, 1991)
| anticrsh.zan | 5952 | Make Your BBS Crash Proof! by Cockrowch
| atheism.zan | 8477 | Does God Have a Girlfriend? by White Lightning (June 20, 1991)
| backup1.zan | 7517 | Backup Dos and Don'ts by Intelligent Wise IQ
| bigten.zan | 9176 | The BIG Picture, by Maverick
| bksales.zan | 5531 | How to Sell a Book without Writing It First by Guido Sanchez (June 15, 1991)
| dada&cub.zan | 5340 | Dadism and Cubism: Duchamp and Picasso by Creature of Prometheus (June 10, 1991)
| deathto.zan | 7314 | The Great Hate List by White Lightning
| drug.zan | 3000 | Preactical Solution to Drug Problem, by The Nasty Knight (June 19, 1991)
| ea1.zan | 3771 | HST vs. 2400 by Snare
| f117-aot.zan | 11001 | Stealth Fighter: Informative Outline by Creature of Prometheus (June 6, 1991)
| faith.zan | 10943 | Blind Faith No More! By Guido Sanchez (June 15, 1991)
| flujav.zan | 2390 | Fun with Fluorescent Javelines by Creature of Prometheus (June 16, 1991)
| fnord.zan | 19790 | More Things About the Illuminati by Guido Sanchez (July 14, 1991)
| freecall.txt | 2018 | Free Calls on Pay Phones: The Paper Clip Method, by Master Mind
| funteror.zan | 7179 | Fun Things to Do to Scare the Shit Out of People by The Baron (June 10, 1991)
| gasphun.zan | 4018 | Gas Phun, by The Nasty Knight (June 17, 1991)
| hate2.zan | 5609 | More "Don't You Hate"... by Cockrowch and Charlatan
| hoffa | 14706 | School Report on Jimmy Hoffa
| hoffabib | 1584 | Bibliography for Jimmy Hoffa Report
| hoffaout | 794 | Outline for the Jimmy Hoffa Thesis
| illumina.zan | 18885 | The Secret Masters by Guido Sanchez
| knockout.zan | 3518 | How to Knock Someone Out by Creature of Prometheus (June 30, 1991)
| lagang.zan | 7978 | Los Angeles Street Hoods by Lee Jackson (1989)
| later.zan | 3824 | Chinese Street Fighting, by The Exorcist (July 24, 1991)
| launcher.zan | 6301 | Tennis Ball Launcher by The Baron (June 1, 1991)
| life_x.zan | 3830 | The Meaning of Life Part 10, by Guido Sanchez (June 14, 1991)
| makegrad.zan | 20978 | Making the Grade by Stan Kiley
| makemula.zan | 4491 | Makin' Moolah FAST by Creature of Promethius (June 10, 1991)
| megotqst.zan | 4303 | Mommy, I Got a Question About...? by Creature of Prometheus (July 28, 1991)
| midnite1.zan | 10157 | Midnight Philosophy, by White Lightning
| milkbomb.zan | 3928 | Milk Bombs, by Last Call (November 14, 1991)
| mozart.zan | 9484 | Movie Critique and Proof of Facts by Creature of Prometheus (June 6, 1991)
| murphy.zan | 9152 | Murphy's Cousin's Brother's Laws by Guido Sanchez (July 14, 1991)
| nastypr1.zan | 7573 | Nasty Pranks: Grammar School by Creature of Prometheus (June 30, 1991)
| naturepr.zan | 1614 | Nature's Progress by Creature of Prometheus (July 19, 1991)
| noschool.zan | 3700 | How to Fake Sickness and Go Home Early, by Homocidal Hitchhiker
| notan.zan | 15490 | No Tan Lines, from Creature of Prometheus (July 22, 1991)
| peta.zan | 6025 | Gee Thanks, PETA, by Guido Sanchez (June 17, 1991)
| poetry.zan | 8157 | Some Funky Poetry by White Lightning (June 20, 1991)
| pollack.zan | 6908 | Confessions of a Teenage Pollack by Guido Sanchez (June 26, 1991)
| proverbs.zan | 4993 | Several Proverbs to Live By! by Creature of Prometheus (July 27, 1991)
| quikie.zan | 2316 | A Quickie Explosive, by The Exorcist (July 24, 1991)
| realansi.zan | 4629 | How to REALLY use ANSI, by Wise Intelligent IQ and Sturge Killer (September 9, 1991)
| shower.zan | 5749 | Shower Surprise by Creature of Prometheus (July 22, 1991)
| socides.zan | 8669 | How to Socially Destroy Someone Without Physical Harm! by Creature of Prometheus (June 6, 1991)
| thepool.zan | 10687 | The Pool, by Creature of Prometheus (July 22, 1991)
| title.pag | 1446 | TEMPLATE: Template for the Zhit Axis Nation Presents Textfile
| twins.zan | 9528 | The Twins, by Creature of prometheus (July 22, 1991)
| velcro.zan | 5845 | The First School of Velcro, by Guido Sanchez (July 14, 1991)
| vmb.zan | 4703 | How to have Your Own Voice Mailbox, by The Exorcist (July 24, 1991)
| want_2_b.zan | 9427 | So You Want to Be a Pirate, by Creature of Prometheus
| weenies.zan | 5942 | Why Most "Anarchy" Modemers are Weenies, by Guido Sanchez
| whattodo.zan | 988 | Creature of Prometheus Lays Down the Guidelines
| why.zan | 9216 | Why is There Religion? by Guido Sanchez (June 18, 1991)
| zan.des | 4386 | An Introduction to Zhit Access Nation by CoP
| zan2.txt | 723 | Tag File for ZAN
| zitcure.zan | 3523 | How to Remove Zits or Just Shit Water by Creature of Prometheus (June 10, 1991)
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| There are 60 files for a total of 410,874 bytes. |