Archer is ARCHivE Reader application for Retro1.Org. The archer application is a PHP8/MySQL based application which contains the entire message archive from the ControlFreaks mail lists. It also contains the index to all of the known CYBIS(PLATO) files archived to-date.

Archer is built using the MVC (Model/View/Controller) pattern and contains underlying clusters of tables (in the Model) which serve the following information:

• Privileges in the Archer context.
• User Groups and Rights in the Wiki CODEX context.

• Given Name, Surname, E-Mail, Full Name, etc.
• Requested Role (Contributor, Moderator, etc.)

• Message Bodies for all e-mail since 2001 for ControlFreaks
• Attachments for all e-mail

All known files still in existence from the following systems:

• VCampus/CYBIS
• FSU/PLATO
• NovaNET