He was a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow, old Hacking Group back in the 80's. They would probably post txt. files back and forth to each other on the "internet" (using dialup) before it was actually publicly used. He admitted to being the hacker identified as Psychedelic Warlord. He wrote some really weird stuff, but he was 15-16 at the time. https://www.wired.com/story/beto-orourke-cult-of-the-dead-cow-hacking-group/ One of many articles. This one has links to some of his writings.