SuperBBS
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| author = Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala
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| released = {{Start date and age|1990}}
| discontinued = very much
| latest release version = v1.17-3
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|1993|2|13}}
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| operating system = DOS
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| genre = Bulletin Board System
| license = Shareware
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SuperBBS is a DOS Bulletin Board System (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.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} It has been distributed as shareware.
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 in 1993 and decided not to continue the development.
References
External links
- [http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/IBM/DOS/SUPERBBS/ SuperBBS files]
Category:Bulletin board system software
Category:Computer-related introductions in 1990
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