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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[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
  • STadel, a Citadel variant for the Atari ST
  • Titan (Written by Dominic Vaccaro in 1984)
  • Titanic
  • Turbo BBS (a FoReM clone)
  • Transcendence BBS

[edit] Commodore-based

  • 1541 BBS
  • 6480 Exchange by David Tingler
  • 6485 Exchange by "Ivory Joe"
  • 6487 Exchange by Nick Smith
  • 64 Exchange BBS by "The Breaker"
  • 64 Messenger by Messenger Software
  • Ace-Line BBS by Gilligan
  • All American BBS by Nickolai Smith
  • All American 128 by Nickolai Smith
  • ARB BBS by Arthur Brock
  • Bizarre 64 by Bill Atchison
  • Blue Board by Martin Sikes
  • BoneBoard by Randy Schnedler
  • Bob's BBS
  • BBS64 by Steve Punter
  • BBS Construction Set by Will Gaddy
  • C*Base by Gunther Birznieks, Jerome P. Yoner, and David Weinehall.
  • C-Net 64 by Perspective Software
  • C-Net 128 by Perspective Software
  • C-Net DS2 by Jim Selleck
  • CCGMS BBS by Craig Smith
  • Centipede BBS by Adam Fanello
  • CHATeau by Eugene Tiffany
  • Citadel 64 BBS by K2NE Software
  • Color64 by Greg Pfountz
  • Color 64 (Version 128) by Adam Fanello
  • Commodore Mania BBS by Don Snider
  • Dataquick BBS
  • DarkStar BBS by DarkStar Software
  • Dircon BBS by Jay Winick and Aaron Ogus
  • DMBBS by ARTIsoft
  • Does the Job BBS by Andrew Bernhardt
  • EBBS 64 by Ed Parry
  • EBBS 128 by Mike Pugliese
  • Electric Magazine by Bob Shannon
  • Electro-Com by Bill Bowers
  • Elite BBS by HJ van Rantwijk
  • Elite Exchange 1 by Stevyn Prothero
  • Fasst 64 BBS by Randy Epstein (former: C-Net 64 BBS v11.7a)
  • Frontier 128
  • Hal's BBS by Richard Buchanan
  • Image BBS by New Image Software
  • Infoquick BBS by Lew Lasher
  • Intelligentsia 128 by Robert S. Murawski
  • Ivory BBS by Bill Jackson
  • Keeper-Line by Tom Davidson
  • Laser 128 by Chris Timmerberg
  • Lightning BBS
  • Matchmaker
  • McBBS by Derek E. McDonald
  • Microram BBS
  • Midgaard BBS
  • Mike Black BBS by Mike Black
  • Omni 128 by Omni Software
  • PETBBS by Steve Punter
  • Punter BBS by Steve Punter
  • RAD BBS
  • RAVICS by Adam Jacobs
  • RGBBS
  • Ribit BBS by J.W. Fulmer
  • Satellite BBS by Shaw/Backer
  • SCBBS by Chad Stansel
  • Star 128
  • Stellar Zone by "Mr. X"
  • ST/R BBS by Douglas McLaughlin
  • Spence XP by Spence/McFarlane
  • Spectrum BBS by "Strange Illusion"
  • Spice-Net by Darrell Spice
  • Supra 128 by Julian Burger
  • Fantasy Rollplaying by Deep Pan Software
  • Ultra-Com BBS by PW
  • U.E.S. BBS by Willie Goebel
  • Vision Color BBS by Vision Software
  • Visions BBS by Larry Ross
  • VortexNet 128 BBS by Stephen Kunc
  • Xavian BBS by Star Tech Software
  • ZBBS by "Mr. Bill"
  • Zelch 64 BBS by Planet Ink.
  • Zelch 128 BBS by Elite Software

[edit] 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

[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)
  • DLX BBS Written by Richard Gillmann (Inner Loop Software)
  • 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
  • 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 - gorgeous but 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
  • Oblivion/2
  • Opus-CBCS - First written by Wynn Wagner III
  • 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
  • RoboBOARD/FX - Written by Seth Hamilton
  • Searchlight BBS (SLBBS)
  • 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
  • Terminate
  • TriBBS
  • TPCS
  • TCL
  • TAG
  • Tornado BBS
  • UBBS
  • Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
  • ViSiON
  • ViSiON-X
  • ViSiON/2 "The Revision"
  • Waffle - Written by Tom Dell, and supported UUCP (and Fidonet through extensions).
  • Wildcat! - Originally by Mustang Software and later sold to Santronics Software, Inc.
  • 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).
  • Zinfandel - an adaptation by Jason Massey of the praiseworthy Citadel-86 code.

[edit] Texas Instruments TI-99/4A based

  • TIBBS Written by Ralph Fowler.

[edit] Multi-platform

[edit] TOPS-10

  • QZ KOM

[edit] OS/2 based

[edit] Unix based

[edit] Windows

[edit] Acorn RiscOS

  • ArcBBS

[edit] 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/

[edit] External links