The file was a stamp of authenticity, explicitly explaining what group released the software and described what modifications (or cracks) were applied if any. NFO files were ubiquitous, and sometimes required, during the era of the BBS. They are commonly associated with warez groups who include them to declare credit of said release. The files have been explained as essentially being the press releases of the warez scene. Usage of NFO files in publishing of warez Recently to aid internationalization, instead of using the old code page 437 extended ASCII characters, modern ASCII art uses the current de facto web standard ISO-8859-1/ ISO-8859-15 or Unicode UTF-8 characters. Therefore, it was not destined to become standardized throughout the non-English world. The ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) code page 437 character set was originally designed by IBM for the earliest DOS PCs so many years ago. Because of this, ANSI art was much less common, and getting ANSI art to display correctly on a Windows 95 PC often proved more difficult, leading to a decline of such art in NFO files.

If the user's computer wasn't already configured to load the ANSI.SYS driver, viewing ANSI art required reconfiguring and rebooting. These animations, however, required ANSI.SYS to be loaded by the DOS shell. īefore Windows 95 was introduced, NFO files also sometimes used ANSI-escape sequences to generate animated ASCII art ( ANSI art). More than forty thousand demoscene productions have an NFO file next to the program file.

The Humble Guys later became a demogroup, thus bringing the. Hence its strong presence on Usenet newsgroups that carry binaries and on P2P file trading networks. The perpetuation of this file extension legacy was carried on by warez groups which followed after THG and is still in use to this day. This file was used in lieu of the more common README.TXT or README.1ST file names. The first use came in 1990 on the THG release of the PC game Bubble Bobble. Such organizations are also known as warez groups or crack groups. BBS', to establish distribution immediately. The THG group would first upload their package to their world headquarters, 'Candyland BBS' or later 'The P.I.T.S. NFO files were first introduced by 'Fabulous Furlough' of the elite PC warez organization called The Humble Guys, or THG. Unlike README files, NFO files often contain elaborate ANSI art. NFO files are also often found in demoscene productions, where the respective groups include them for credits, contact details, and the software requirements. If the NFO file is for software, product installation notes can also be found. The information may include authorship and license information. NFO files usually contain release information about the media.

2.1 Usage of NFO files in publishing of warez.

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