FILE_ID.DIZ Stories… A Trip Down Memory Lane
I remember the days when there was no such thing as “file_id.diz” and users had to enter a description for every single file that you uploaded manually. A pain in the ass and often causing poor descriptions of your file directory, because most users (especially in the “Warez Scene” or “Software Pirates Scene“) did not have the time to enter very long and descriptive details to every file. Remember, there was no copy-and-paste nor multi-tasking at that time either. I know that the AMIGA guys had tools that worked similar to the Windows Clipboard. For that reason was the Amiga scene also the first that introduced the mini ASCII logos of release groups that AMIGA couriers used for the BBS file descriptions to make the files more prominent. Oldskool (AMIGA style) file_id.diz ASCII design for the Elite Warez PC release group Razor 1911 . . Quake III (c)Id???Software final CD???Rip __________ . /________ \ ???============??? : ???[01/99]??? : | _\ )__/|______ ____|\ __ _/????????? | /___/ _____ / __ \ \/ \ ??????\_ \????????? | . \ < |/ /____\ | .\_/ ??????/ ??? ??? | |\______|___________/ | ????????? ??? ??? | / .:.nineteeneleven.:.\ | roy ???== |/ ===================== \| ====??? . Logos were adapted by the PC scene after file_id.diz was introduced by Clark Development Corporation (I believe that was with PC Board V14.5, but I am not 100% sure, it could also been V15.0). The first ASCII (file_id) logos for PC releases were Amiga style designs, often even[…]
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