SuperBBS is a
DOS
DOS (, ) is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers. The DOS family primarily consists of IBM PC DOS and a rebranded version, Microsoft's MS-DOS, both of which were introduced in 1981. Later compatible syste ...
Bulletin Board System
A bulletin board system (BBS), also called a computer bulletin board service (CBBS), is a computer server running list of BBS software, software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, the user perfor ...
(BBS) software package written by Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala.
It was born as a functional clone of
RemoteAccess BBS (which in turn was a clone of
QuickBBS), but extended the functionality with several newer technology a different way from RA. SuperBBS offered news, email, file sharing, discussion forums, realtime chat etc. and was used in more than 40 countries. It has been distributed as
shareware
Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost. Often the software has limited functionality or incomplete documentation until the user sends payment to the software developer. ...
.
SuperBBS supported Hudson type messagebase, USERS.BBS style userbase, flexible menu and textfile options to make the software highly customisable. Supported several style doorway (external) programs and utilities written for QuickBBS, RemoteAccess and ProBoard.
The development ceased when Antman
entered the
Finnish army
The Finnish Army ( , ) is the army, land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: infantry (which includes armoured units), field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, Combat engineering, engineer ...
in 1993 and decided not to continue the development.
References
External links
SuperBBS files
Bulletin board system software
DOS software
FidoNet
Computer-related introductions in 1990
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