Second Sight was a commercial
bulletin board system
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(BBS)
program written by Scott Watson, who founded
The FreeSoft Company
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of
Beaver Falls,
Pennsylvania
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Mac BBS SW list 9412 4/5
11 Dec 1994 - Google Groups, ''...Freesoft (Second Sight), 9411 / The Freesoft Company / 105 McKinley Road / Beaver Falls, PA 15010, USA / Tel: +1-412-846-2700 / BBS: +1-412-846-5312 / Fax: +1-412-847-4436...'' for the Apple Macintosh
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. It was the second program from Watson, the first being the Red Ryder terminal emulator
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. When first released it was known as Red Ryder Host, later becoming White Knight, and finally Second Sight. Second Sight was a traditional text-based BBS system, unlike products like TeleFinder
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and FirstClass
FirstClass is a client–server groupware, email, online conferencing, voice and fax services, and bulletin-board system for Windows, macOS, and Linux. FirstClass's primary markets are the higher-education and K-12 education sectors, including ...
which supported a graphical interface.
Next, Watson came up with a program for anyone to create a BBS. It was called Red Ryder Host, but later renamed Second Sight. Scott introduced the new program in the same way as Red Ryder, by posting it on bulletin boards. By then, Watson operated his own bulletin board.
See also
*Red Ryder
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References
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Classic Mac OS software
Bulletin board system software