Its heyday was in the 1987-1990 era, when BBS's or Bulletin Boards were the closest thing most people could get to the Internet, and before there was any such thing as the World Wide Web or online graphics, at least as far as the general public was concerned. With these basic tools, a flood of creativity was unleashed in the online world to take advantage of the new world of online graphics. This resulted in a huge amount of stunning online artwork. Much has been lost to the mists of time, but some have been preserved, and now these creations have a home at Skypix.org.
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