This is a list of notable dial-up bulletin board system (BBS) software packages.[1][2]
For door based games, see Door games [edit] Apple II based - AppleNet -
- 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 or MACOS (modified ACOS) language
- HotCom - by Hansi
- KauCom - by Brendon Woirhaye
- Networks II - by Nick Naimo
- METAL BBS - written in a powerful scripting language designed for more than just a BBS
- PEPSI (BBS) - by Bill Wolf & Tod 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
- 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
- 4D-BBS by Dale E. Reed Jr.
- ABBS (a Mike's BBS like system)
- AmBoS by Jörg Eßmann and Kai Szymanski
- 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
- BBS-PC! (v4.13 -4.20)
- 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
- Rapport BBS by Mark Brinicombe and Paul Roberts
- 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
[edit] 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
- RATSoft/ST
- Raven of Mystic BBS by David Bolt
- STadel, a Citadel variant for the Atari ST
- Titan (Written by Dominic Vaccaro in 1984)
- Titanic
- Turbo BBS (a FoReM clone)
- Transcendence BBS
- Spiffy BBS (ATASCI / ASCII / VT52) for Atari ST (written by Richard Kelsch)
- Autonomic Systems by Glyn "T'GG" Phillips
- Bloxham BBS
- FBBS by Marcus Anselm (with significant help from Rob O'Donnell / Jon Freeman and Jason Tanner)
- NBBS by Jon Freeman
- OBBS by Rob O'Donnell
[edit] CP/M based Many of these needed BYE and KMD to handle modem interactions and file transfers [edit] Macintosh based [edit] MS-DOS based - 1BBS - Written by Teemu Harju
- 2AM-BBS - Written by Neil Clarke, Chris Gorman, and Tom Vogl (2AM Associates)
- Alacrity BBS
- Allans kakburk
- Alphabox
- Alpha-KOM
- Apocolis - Written by Pat Barnes and Dan Joseph, an offshoot of the original Vision.
- Auntie BBS Written by Wes Meier
- BBBS
- CBBS - The first ever BBS software, written by Ward Christensen.
- Celerity BBS
- Citadels including DragCit, Cit86, TurboCit, Citadel+
- Computer Information Exchange (CIE)
- DeusBBS - Written by Simon Giles
- DLX BBS Written by Richard Gillmann (Inner Loop Software)
- EDLX BBS
- EleBBS
- Emulex (later Emulex/2)
- Elite BBS - Written by HJ van Rantwijk
- Eternity
- Ezycom - Written by Peter Davies
- FerretBBS - Written by Jason Scott (www.textfiles.com)
- Fido - Written by Tom Jennings (www.wps.com)
- Force! - Written by Guy Smith and Jim Langley
- Forum PC - One of the most copied BBS sources which spawned a legion of "Forum hacks"
- Fornax - Written by Minh Ma (aka Briareos)
- Free Speech - A simple single-template message board
- Galacticomm - Producers of Major BBS
- Gap
- GBBS - Graphics BBS used in the Melbourne area
- Genesis PC BBS - Written in Turbo Pascal 3.0 by Jim Berg and Steven (Kiriwuth) Path
- GT-Power
- Hostplus - part of the Telix suite
- H-KOM
- Hysteria BBS - tricky WWiV hack
- Illusion BBS
- Iniquity BBS
- Infusion BBS
- Impulse BBS
- Insomnia BBS
- Infinity BBS
- Insanity BBS
- Instinct BBS
- Jet BBS
- L.S.D. BBS - Written by The Slavelord of The Humble Guys (THG)
- Major BBS
- Maximus
- MAX's BBS and MAX's Pro
- MBBS
- McBBS - by Derek E. McDonald
- Mystic BBS
- MikroKom
- NanoBBS
- Nexus BBS
- Nochange - by Jim Kloss
- Oblivion/2
- Opus-CBCS - First written by Wynn Wagner III
- Oracomm (early) - Written by Guy Young
- PCBoard
- PegaSys
- PipeLine - Written by Matt Stanley (Net Distortion)
- Pobble - Written in New Zealand by Josh Parsons
- PowerBBS
- Powerboard BBS
- ProBoard BBS - Written by Philippe Leybaert (Belgium)
- Puppy
- Pyroto Mountain
- PoweredBoard
- QuickBBS - Written by Adam Hudson (With assistance by Phil Becker)
- QuiverBBS
- RBBS-PC
- RemoteAccess - Written by Andrew Milner
- Renegade - Written by Cott Lang
- Revelation
- RIPterm by TeleGrafix Communications
- RoboBOARD/FX - Written by Seth Hamilton
- SDLX BBS Written by Dustin Thomas, Jason Quinn
- Searchlight BBS (SLBBS)
- Shotgun BBS - Written by Brent Shellenberg
- Spitfire
- STadel-PC, a PC version of the STadel variant of Citadel for the Atari ST
- SuperBBS by Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala
- TBBS
- Telegard
- TriBBS
- TPCS
- TCL
- TAG
- Tornado BBS
- UBBS
- VDLX BBS Written by Collin Gohl
- Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
- ViSiON
- ViSiON-X
- ViSiON/2 "The Revision"
- VorTeX BBS - Written by Jason S. Clary. A protected mode multitasking BBS with a mixed ANSI and vector graphic system using an ANSI-like protocol.
- Waffle - Written by Tom Dell, and supported UUCP (and Fidonet through extensions).
- Wildcat! - Originally by Mustang Software
- Worldgroup - The latest version of MajorBBS, the last released by Galacticomm.
- WWIV - Written by Wayne Bell, included WWIVNet and while popular on DOS platforms also had an OS/2 version.
- XBBS - Written by Mark Kimes. Distributed with source code, this allowed a very customizable system. Also available for OS/2. Support was very limited ("If it breaks, you have both pieces" -- M. Kimes).
[edit] Texas Instruments TI-99/4A based - TIBBS Written by Ralph Fowler.
[edit] Timex/Sinclair based - Spiffy BBS (written for the TS2068 in 1983 by Richard Kelsch)
[edit] Multi-platform [edit] TOPS-10 [edit] OS/2 based [edit] Unix based [edit] Windows [edit] Acorn RISC OS [edit] References - ^ 2005, BBS: The Documentary, Bovine Ignition Systems, directed by Jason Scott
- ^ Jason Scott (2005), BBS Software Listing, http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/
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