List of BBS software

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This is a list of notable dial-up bulletin board system (BBS) software packages.[1][2]

Contents

Apple II based

  • ASCII Express - one of the original Apple II BBS/Terminal programs
  • AppleNet -
  • CATFUR - file transfer software that ran exclusively on AppleCat modems
  • Diversi-Dial - (DDial) - Chat-room atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other DDial boards.
  • FutureVision - by TC Wilson (aka The Captain) - based on the METAL language
  • GBBS - Applesoft-based BBS program
  • GBBS Pro - based on the ACOS language
  • HotCom - by Hansi
  • Networks II - by Nick Naimo
  • PEPSI (BBS) - by Bill Wolf & Todd O'brien - based on MACOS, a hacked & improved version of ACOS
  • PixelTerm - a hi-resolution graphical dial-up BBS and client package for the Apple II - supported rich media messages including graphics, shapes, sound, fonts, sprites and animation.
  • ProLine - by Morgan Davis - popular with many A2 user group BBSs
  • ProTerm - by Intrec - (in ProTerm remote mode)
  • The Proving Grounds - A role playing game BBS
  • Pseudodel - a Citadel variant for the Apple //
  • TProBBS - An RPG BBS by Guy T. Rice; a version has been ported by Robert Hurst at RPGD
  • Warp Six - Applesoft-based BBS program, by Jim Ferr
  • WAPABBS - Washington Apple PI Users Group BBS
  • WWIV BBS

Amiga based

  • 4D-BBS by Dale E. Reed Jr.
  • ABBS (a Mike's BBS like system)
  • Ami-Express aka "/X" (Very popular in the crakers/pirate software scene)
  • AmiCon v1 & 2, C language based modular BBS system by Paul Roffey
  • BBBS
  • CNet Amiga by Ken Pletzer (1-4)
  • CNet Amiga by Zen Metal Software (4.1 - 5.07a)
  • CNet Amiga by Storm's Edge Technologies (5.10+)
  • DLG Professional BBS
  • Excelsior! BBS
  • Falcon CBBS a work-a-like of MSDOS Opus-CBCS
  • MAX's BBS by Anthony Barrett
  • MAX's Pro by Niki Murkett
  • NiKom - by Niklas Lindholm
  • New Touch Pro (NTPro)
  • Paragon BBS
  • Transmission Impossible BBS by Lee Bates
  • TransAmiga by Timothy J. Aston (written in BlitzBasic)
  • Xenolink 2 by Xeno Inc
  • Zeus BBS originally by Nick Loman and Alex May

Atari based

  • The ACS BBS (ANTIC BBS)
  • A.M.I.S. BBS (ATARI Message Information System)
  • ATKeep
  • BBCS (Bulletin Board Construction Set)
  • BBS Express! by Rick Taylor, Keith Ledbetter
  • BBS Express-Professional!
  • Carina
  • Carnival (BASIC, first introduced in ANTIC Magazine)
  • FoReM BBS ("Friends of Rickey Moose")
  • FoReM-XE
  • Fox-Box
  • Milestone BBS by Ernst Marending
  • Nite Lite BBS by Paul Swanson
  • Oasis IV
  • QuickBBS ST
  • STadel, a Citadel variant for the Atari ST
  • Titan (Written by Dominic Vaccaro in 1984)
  • Titanic
  • Turbo BBS (a FoReM clone)
  • Transcendence BBS

Commodore-based

CP/M based

Many of these needed BYE and KMD to handle modem interactions and file transfers

  • RBBS written in Microsoft Basic - really slow login with more than a few users
  • PBBS 4 written in Z80 Assembly Code by Russ Pencin
  • QBBS (QuickBBS)
  • TBBS
  • XBBS
  • MikroKom

Macintosh based

MS-DOS based

Texas Instruments TI-99/4A based

  • TIBBS Written by Ralph Fowler.

Multi-platform

TOPS-10

  • QZ KOM

OS/2 based

Unix based

Windows

Acorn RiscOS

References

  1. ^ 2005, BBS: The Documentary, Bovine Ignition Systems, directed by Jason Scott
  2. ^ Jason Scott (2005), BBS Software Listing, http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_BBS_software"

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