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Ask HN: Why is no one making FILE_ID.DIZ anymore?

11 points reconnecting | 1 comments | 15 May 25 08:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source

Back in the BBS days, nearly every ZIP folder contained `.nfo` and `FILE_ID.DIZ` files. I searched for "FILE_ID.DIZ" on GitHub and found only [1], [2], [3] files from last year.

How is it possible that such a strong habit has completely disappeared?

[1] https://github.com/Gargaj/Foxotron/blob/master/file_id.diz

[2] https://github.com/FDOS/freecom/blob/master/FILE_ID.DIZ

[3] https://github.com/TirrenoTechnologies/tirreno/blob/master/FILE_ID.DIZ

1. rboyd ◴[16 May 25 13:29 UTC] No.44005286[source]▶
We can't. We don't have the ascii artists anymore.