Uncle Roger
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Uncle Roger was begun online on Art Com Electronic Network (ACEN) on the WELL on December 1, 1986. It was first told as an online serial with the keywords provided in each lexia-based installment, so that the readers could create their own version of the work using their own database software.
The work consists of three parts: File 1, A Party in Woodside; File 2, The Blue Notebook; and File 3, Terminals.
A working hypertextual version was published online (programmed with UNIX Shell Scripts) on ACEN from 1987-1988 with each part appearing separately. The publication of File 2 was partially funded by the California Arts Council and Art Matters. At the same time, 1987-1988, disk versions of this work were self-published and distributed by Art Com -- first Apple II and then IBM PC. The disk version was also included in the traveling exhibition, Art Com Software, as well as in other exhibitions.
Uncle Roger was first adapted for the World Wide Web in 1995 and revised in 2003. It is available at http://www.well.com/user/jmalloy/uncleroger/unclerog.html. The best overall reference for Uncle Roger is Judy Malloy, "Uncle Roger, An Online Narrabase," in the journal issue "Connectivity: Art and Interactive Telecommunications,"Leonardo 24:2, 1991 (which is included in the Printed Materials series).
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