retroputing!

Specifics

The webpage was pretty much written by hand using Textedit under OS X though there was a little help from GoLive as I like its PHP editor.

The colors themselves are lifted from a Commodore 64 demo so if don't like em, blame Commodore for the wonderful palette of 16 colors! The icons themselves are mostly from Mayhem in Monsterland and Creatures - both for the C64. The flash animation is myself playing a few seconds of a game and the DWI screen is from my old C64 scene days.

The History

Particles! was founded on May 25th, 1992 as a BBS board that opened up in Northern California. At that time, we were catering to the local BBS community and C64 users (we were running it on a C128). The name "Particles!" is actually a play on a theme that was common for BBS's back then - name everything "board". In other words, we had BBS's called "Surf Board" and "Circuit Board" so we thought "Particle Board" would be a nice play on the theme. Of course, instead of continuing with just that, we figured we would change it to "Particles!" so people would just be dumbfounded by the name.

Particles! the webpage was started on July 25th, 1996 as a way to advertise the BBS. It had many themes over the years, such as "Awe of the Chaos" which celebrated the group "The Charlatans" from 1997-2002, "The US 99E page" from 1998-1999, "The Particam!" from 1998-2002. The only thing constant on this page is change, and the topics at hand are what I'm into at that given time. If I get bored, that section will fall into disarray and like an old building, will eventually be demolished. If at a later date I get a renewed interest, I'll start it up again. Some topics will never be revived, like "The MP3 List" because the interest is so far gone it'll never be back.

The current setup, Retroputing, is dedicated to my love of classic computers and consoles. For me, it newer machines don't seem to have the spark that the older machines generated. Maybe just nostalgia? I'm not sure.

I'm always interested in suggestions, so feel free to drop us a line if you have any suggestions.