Refimprove date September 2007 Disputed date March 2008 Telegard is an early bulletin board system BBS software program written for IBM PC compatible computers running MS DOS and OS 2 . Telegard was written in Pascal programming language Pascal with routines written in C and assembly language , based on a copy of the WWIV source code . Telegard has several features that make it attractive to BBS sysops, such as being free, having remote administration facilities built into the main program, and the ability to handle CD ROM s internally. ref http www.telegard.net telegard.html Strike, Tim Telegard Information website ref Telegard is still viable today as it can accept telnet connections by using a virtual modem FOSSIL set up such as http www.pcmicro.com netserial NetSerial , a virtual modem driver, and http www.pcmicro.com NetFoss NetFoss , a freeware FOSSIL driver, both for Windows. OS 2 users can use the SIO VMODEM combination to allow telnet access to their BBS. Citation needed date September 2007 Current status According to Tim Strike, Telegard s current author, development has ceased and will not be taken back up. According to a post Tim made on Outpost BBS in Fidonet s TG SUPPORT echo in 2005 Strike, Tim Post made in Fidonet s TG SUPPORT echo via Outpost BBS concerning Telegard blockquote I m not sure where Telegard can go from here I m not sure that the PC that has all the source code can boot, nor am I sure that I have all the compilers and tool chains that would be required to revitalize the project. I also know that I don t have the time, or the will, to continue the project myself. I don t remember what state it was left in, as time and age have not likely been kind to the project. Off the top of my head, I don t know what code can be open sourced, and wouldn t move the project that way without the consent of the other authors of the project and yes, as much ... OpenTG References Reflist External links http www.telegard.net Official Telegard Site http www.telegard.org ... more details
Notability date March 2008 Unreferenced date March 2008 PegaSys was an MS DOS based BBS BBS software based on Telegard , used in the early 1990s. This system was written and maintained by Andrew Miffleton. It was used on The Echo Chamber, Inacomp, The Dark Alley, The Sensual BBS, The Wormhole and The Atomic Cafe. Category Bulletin board system software Category DOS software software stub ... more details
two now known as Telegard 2, is under heavy development. The code has moved from MRI Ruby to JRuby ... and conform to standards. WWIVnet & FidoNET Compatibility TgNET Internet based Telegard 2 network More ... of software components used in Telegard 2 OpenJDK 6 Jruby 1.5.3 Ruby 1.8.7 H2 DBMS Ramaze ... information about contributing on the project s website. See also Telegard Renegade BBS WWIV External links http www.telegard.org Telegard 2 Project http www.launchpad.net telegardTelegard 2 on Launchpad ... more details
Infobox Software name Renegade logo screenshot caption developer Cott Lang, Patrick Spence, Gary Hall, Lee Palmer, T.J. McMillen released July 1993 latest release version 1.18a DOS latest release date March 26, 2011 latest preview version latest preview date operating system MS DOS genre Bulletin board system license website http renegadebbs.info Renegade is a freeware bulletin board system BBS written for IBM PC compatible computers running MS DOS that gained popularity among hobbyist BBSes in the early to mid 1990s. It was originally written by Cott Lang in Pascal programming language Pascal , based on the source code of Telegard , which was in turn based on the earlier WWIV . Transfer of control On April 23, 1997, after the decline of BBS popularity, Lang ceased development work on Renegade and passed it on to two Renegade BBS utility authors Patrick Spence and Gary Hall. Spence and Hall maintained Renegade for three years, releasing three updates with their new, ISO 8601 Ordinal dates ordinal date version scheme. Jeff Herrings, another former third party software developer, was handed the source by Spence in January 2000 after offering help when he found there was no Year 2000 problem Y2K compliant version of the software. Herrings released a public alpha version of Renegade in March 2000 addressing Y2K compliance problems. He stepped down as active programmer in October of 2001 citing lack of time and desire. Herrings released his Y2K compliant source code to the public via the Dreamland BBS in September of 2005 and stated he did so because he felt betrayed by Patrick Spence regarding a personal matter and as such felt it was right for the source to be released to the general public. ref cite web url http www.bbsdocumentary.com software IBM DOS RENEGADE herrings.txt title Resignation of Herrings first Jeff last Herrings date October 7, 2001 ref Spence eventually handed the program over to Corey Snow in 2002 , who intended to release an open source , Java Platfo ... more details
The JAM Message Base Format was one of the most popular file formats of message bases on DOS based Bulletin Board System BBSes in the 1990s. JAM stands for Joaquim Andrew Mats after the original authors of the API , Joaquim Homrighausen, Andrew Milner, Mats Birch, and Mats Wallin. ref http dissent612.com development JAMAPI JAM.DOC ref Joaquim was the author of FrontDoor , a DOS based FidoNet compatible mailer. Andrew was the author of RemoteAccess , a popular DOS based Bulletin Board System . JAM was originally released in 1993 in C, however the most popular implementation was Mark May s MK Source for Msg Access written in Pascal which also saw its initial release in 1993. ref Filename http www.wpusa.dynip.com files2 PROGLIB MKSM106.ZIP MKSM106.ZIP may be found in ZIP file format ZIP , LZH or ARJ archive formats ref BBS software EleBBS Ezycom LoraBBS MBSE Mystic BBS Nexus BBS RemoteAccess ProBoard TAG BBS TCRA32 Telegard Expand list date August 2008 Mail import export software http www.billingware.org crashmail.html Crashmail II A portable Fidonet tosser for JAM messagebases AllFix File Tosser can read control messages from and post messages into a JAM messagebase Altair FTN message proccessor Altair FTN tosser FastEcho FTN tosser FMail FTN tosser Gecho FTN tosser HPT Fidonet FTN tosser IMail FTN tosser Regina Tosser 2 WaterGate xMail 1.00 FTN tosser Partoss Parma tosser FTN tosser TosScan FTN tosser Expand list date November 2009 Mail reading editing software FrontDoor FrontDoor FM Sysop s local access reader editor from FrontDoor package FrontDoor FrontDoor APX Integrated reader editor from FrontDoor APX package GoldED message editor GoldED Sysop s local access reader editor Hector DOS RAVIP ReadMsg BBS door that replaces builtin message base option TheReader v4.50 BBS door that replaces builtin message base option TimED Sysop s local access reader editor WebJammer Expand list date August 2008 Offline QWK Bluewave software Bluewave Jc QWK OffLine Message System OL ... more details
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