<s>
Superior	B-Protocol
Art	I-Protocol
Creations	I-Protocol
(	O
SAC	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
underground	O
artscene	O
group	O
which	O
caters	O
primarily	O
to	O
and	O
is	O
well	O
known	O
within	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAC	O
members	O
have	O
made	O
,	O
besides	O
ANSI	B-Protocol
and	O
ASCII	O
art	O
,	O
VGA	B-Protocol
bitmap	O
graphics	O
,	O
tracker	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAC	O
's	O
character	O
graphics	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
bottles	O
and	O
FTP	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
mid	O
to	O
late	O
1990s	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
notable	O
ANSI	B-Protocol
artscene	O
groups	O
had	O
distanced	O
themselves	O
from	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
,	O
rather	O
creating	O
art	O
for	O
the	O
sake	O
of	O
art	O
,	O
or	O
for	O
bulletin	B-Application
boards	I-Application
that	O
were	O
purely	O
artscene	O
related	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seizing	O
this	O
opportunity	O
,	O
SAC	O
moved	O
into	O
this	O
vacant	O
territory	O
and	O
quickly	O
became	O
recognized	O
as	O
the	O
leading	O
group	O
of	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
artists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAC	O
was	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
establish	O
credibility	O
and	O
respect	O
from	O
non-warez	O
art	O
groups	O
and	O
also	O
demogroups	O
of	O
the	O
broad	O
and	O
diverse	O
computer	O
art	O
scene	O
that	O
was	O
already	O
established	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
new	O
member	O
applications	O
and	O
artwork	O
samples	O
were	O
published	O
in	O
designated	O
member-only	O
areas	O
at	O
the	O
SAC	O
World	O
Headquarter	O
BBS	B-Application
"	O
Closed	O
Society	O
"	O
which	O
was	O
located	O
in	O
Berlin	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
applications	O
were	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
at	O
SAC	O
's	O
IRC	B-Protocol
Channel	O
#SAC	O
on	O
the	O
EFnet	O
and	O
SAC	O
FTP	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
HQ	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
leader	O
was	O
primarily	O
the	O
task	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
n't	O
always	O
simple	O
)	O
of	O
collecting	O
the	O
new	O
artwork	O
produced	O
by	O
members	O
and	O
assembling	O
the	O
new	O
SAC	O
Art	O
Pack	O
,	O
updating	O
the	O
group	O
's	O
NFO	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
and	O
releasing	O
the	O
Pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
problem	O
because	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
SAC	O
Roy/SAC	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
SysOp	O
of	O
the	O
SAC	O
World	O
headquarter	O
BBS	B-Application
called	O
"	O
Closed	O
Society	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAC	O
artists	O
created	O
and	O
still	O
create	O
today	O
ASCII	O
&	O
ANSI	B-Protocol
Text	O
art	O
(	O
.NFO	B-Protocol
release	I-Protocol
info	I-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
logos	I-Protocol
,	O
file_id.diz	O
logos	O
,	O
BBS	B-Application
artwork	O
)	O
and	O
VGA	B-Protocol
pixel	O
art	O
for	O
other	O
computer	O
groups	O
,	O
BBS	B-Application
's	O
(	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
)	O
and	O
FTP	B-Protocol
sites	I-Protocol
,	O
websites	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAC	O
musicians	O
created	O
"	O
MOD	O
"	O
and	O
later	O
also	O
MP3	B-Application
music	I-Application
;	O
just	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
piece	O
of	O
art	O
or	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
"	O
Intros	O
"	O
,	O
Demo	O
and	O
other	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Installers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAC	O
"	O
coders	B-Application
"	O
or	O
programmers	B-Application
programmed	O
BBS	B-Application
ads	O
,	O
Cracktros	O
and	O
Intros	O
using	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
graphics	O
and	O
music	O
created	O
by	O
fellow	O
SAC	O
Members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
brief	O
period	O
,	O
SAC	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
PPE	O
(	O
PCBoard	B-Protocol
Programming	O
Executable	O
)	O
section	O
;	O
this	O
was	O
eventually	O
separated	O
out	O
from	O
SAC	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
PPE	O
Group	O
"	O
Peanuts	O
"	O
(	O
Abbreviation	O
:	O
PNS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PPE	O
's	O
are	O
programs	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
proprietary	O
PCBoard	B-Protocol
Script	B-Language
Language	I-Language
PPL	O
(	O
PCBoard	B-Protocol
Programming	O
Language	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
could	O
only	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
PCBoard	B-Protocol
and	O
no	O
other	O
BBS	B-Protocol
Software	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCBoard	B-Protocol
was	O
very	O
popular	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
over	O
90%	O
of	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
BBS	B-Application
systems	O
that	O
were	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
introduction	O
of	O
PPL	O
in	O
PCBoard	B-Protocol
Version	O
15.0	O
boosted	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
until	O
then	O
fairly	O
unknown	O
BBS	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
by	O
Clark	B-Protocol
Development	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
this	O
time	O
the	O
PC	O
(	O
warez	B-Application
)	O
scene	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
powerful	O
BBS	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
that	O
could	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
BBS	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
Ami-Express	O
(	O
Short	O
:	O
Ami-X	O
or	O
simply	O
/X	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
all	O
warez	B-Application
BBS	B-Application
systems	O
running	O
on	O
Amigas	B-Device
used	O
/X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
adaptation	O
of	O
/X	O
called	O
PC	O
Express	O
saw	O
a	O
brief	O
period	O
of	O
widespread	O
use	O
but	O
was	O
soon	O
replaced	O
by	O
PCBoard	B-Protocol
15.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Towards	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
a	O
good	O
majority	O
of	O
NFO	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
ASCII	O
art	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
various	O
members	O
of	O
SAC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Now	O
a	O
globally	O
operating	O
organization	O
,	O
SAC	O
employs	O
approximately	O
40	O
artists	O
and	O
programmers	B-Application
worldwide	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
groups	O
creating	O
art	O
for	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
.	O
</s>
