Other BBS Software Programs
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| Original author(s) | Adam Hudson [1] |
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| Developer(s) | (and Phil Becker) |
| Initial release | 1986 [2] [3] [4] BBS Sites that ran on QBBS (QuickBBS) Texas: AES (Austin Software Exchange) ran for over 10 years - Site offered Files, Message Board, Doors, Games, multi-user chat rooms. First in area to offer ISDN services. |
| Stable release | 2.90 / January 4, 1999 |
| Operating system | MS-DOS |
| Type | Bulletin board system |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | (defunct) |
QuickBBS (QBBS) was a bulletin board system (BBS) application first introduced for MS-DOS by Adam Hudson. [5] [6] [7]
Messaging
Multi-User Login
Doors
Games
File Transfer
Multi-user interaction
Low Memory Overhead
Written in Borland Turbo Pascal
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