List of BBS software
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This is a list of notable dial-up bulletin board system (BBS) software packages.
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[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) - DDial Chat-room atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other DDial boards.
- FutureVison - by TC Wilson (aka The Captain) - based on the METAL language
- GBBS - Applesoft-based BBS program
- GBBS Pro - based on the ACOS language
- KauCom - a multinode BBS based on ACOS
- 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 //
[edit] Amiga based
- 4D-BBS by Dale E. Reed Jr.
- Ami-Express aka "/X" (Very popular in the crakers/pirate software scene)(See http://amiexpress.skywalk.co.uk/ )
- 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+) [1]
- DLG Professional BBS [2]
- Excelsior! BBS
- MAX's BBS by Anthony Barrett
- MAX's Pro by Nikki Murkett
- NiKom - by Niklas Lindholm [3]
- 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)
- F.O.R.E.M. ("Friends of Rickey Moose")
- FoReM-XE
- Oasis IV
- STadel, a Citadel variant for the Atari ST
- Titan (Written by Dominic Vaccaro in 1984)
- Titanic
[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
- 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 (see http://www.fanello.net/bugsoft/centipede/)
- CHATeau by Eugene Tiffany
- Citadel 64 BBS by K2NE Software
- Color 64 by Greg Pfountz
- Color 64 (Version 128) by Adam Fanello
- Commodore Mania BBS by Don Snider
- Dataquick BBS
- DarkStar BBS by DarkStar Software
- 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 Bill Fink
- 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
- Laser 128 by Chris Timmerberg
- Lightning BBS
- Matchmaker
- McBBS by McGuire/Theobald
- 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
Paragon BBS Software v1.15 (1992)
[edit] CP/M based
[edit] Macintosh based
- Citadels including Macadel, MacCitadel
- FirstClass (SoftArc)
- Hermes
- NovaLink
- TeleFinder
- Red Ryder (software) (early example of donationware)
- White Knight (software)
[edit] MS-DOS based
- 2AM-BBS Written by Neil Clarke, Chris Gorman, and Tom Vogl (2AM Associates)
- Alacrity BBS
- Allans kakburk
- Alpha-KOM
- 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)
- Eternity
- Ezycom
- Fido - Written by Tom Jennings (www.wps.com)
- 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
- Galacticom - Producers of Major BBS
- Genesis PC BBS - Written in Turbo Pascal 3.0 by Jim Berg and Steven (Kiriwuth) Path
- Hostplus - part of the Telix suite
- H-KOM
- Hysteria BBS - gorgeus but tricky WWiV hack
- Illusion BBS
- Iniquity BBS
- Infusion BBS
- Impulse BBS
- Insomnia BBS
- Infinity BBS
- Insanity BBS
- Instinct 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
- Mystic BBS [4]
- MikroKom
- Nexus BBS
- Oblivion/2
- Opus-CBCS - First written by Wynn Wagner III
- PCBoard
- PegaSys
- Pobble - Written in New Zealand by Josh Parsons
- PowerBBS
- Powerboard BBS
- ProBoard BBS - Written by Philippe Leybaert (Belgium)
- Puppy
- Pyroto Mountain
- PoweredBoard
- 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 [5]
- Telegard
- Terminate
- TriBBS [6]
- TPCS
- TCL
- TAG [7]
- Tornado BBS
- UBBS
- Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
- ViSiON
- ViSiON-X
- Waffle - Written by Tom Dell, and supported UUCP (and Fidonet through extensions).
- Wildcat! - Originally by Mustang Software and later sold to Santronics Software, Inc. [8]
- Worldgroup - The latest version of MajorBBS, the last released by Galacticomm. [9]
- 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
- BBBS
- Citadel
- EleBBS
- Synchronet
- Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
- PortaCOM
[edit] TOPS-10
[edit] OS/2 based
- AdeptXBBS
- BBBS
- EleBBS
- Maximus
- Virtual Advanced, also known as VBBS
- XBBS - 32-bit platform version of XBBS originally for MS-DOS systems.
[edit] Unix based
- Synchronet
- BBBS
- Citadels including Citadel/UX, Dave's Own Citadel
- Eagles BBS - ebbs *nix based
- EleBBS
- Falken BBS - Linux-based
- Firebird - Linux-based (see http://www.firebird.org.tw)
- Maple
- Maximus
- Megistos
- FEWT Software the home of Photon BBS
- Sklaffkom - Linux-based
- LysKOM
- Uncensored the home of Citadel/UX
[edit] Windows
- BBBS
- EleBBS
- Excalibur BBS
- Synchronet
- Wildcat! - version 5 and later ran on 32-bit Windows
[edit] External links
- BBS Archives
- The BBS Software Directory is an attempt to create "a canonical list of all the BBS Software Packages there ever were for any platform," including software archives when possible.
