FLEUG
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Also listed as: Franklin Lakes ROS / The Data Exchange / The Data
Exchange BBS

"The BBS originally started out as the FLEUG (Franklin Lakes Epson
Users Group) running the RCPM (Remote C/PM) BBS. The BBS ran only
at night (yes, I used the computer during the day) for users of
the Epson QX-10 computer and also supported the Epson series of
printers. The board originally started out running on two 360K
floppy drives; the first drive held the BBS programs and message
areas, and the second drive would hold the support programs, text
files & utilities. The main problem I had with the RCPM software
was the fact that people had direct access to your computer and
its drives and user areas. When I decided to install a hard disk,
I switched to the brand new ROS BBS software, since it handled the
bulletin board operations without allowing users direct access to
your hard drive areas. I changed to an MSDOS system about the same
time as the ROS software author, so ROS was ported to the MSDOS
operating system (about 1985~1986) and I continued to run that.
ROS soon was able to handle two nodes running under a multitasking
software (DoubleDOS, Desqview) so I installed another phone line,
bought a newer computer and another modem and let the BBS to run
24 hours a day. I Switched to MBBS around February 1990, mainly
because of the ability to run multi-node operation on a single
computer. I had 10 nodes up and running when I finally shut the
system down on April 1995. I saw the writing on the wall; there
was really no need for local BBS systems when you have the World
Wide Web available." - John Dougherty

Phone   : 201-337-1327
Place   : Franklin Lakes, NJ
Years   : 1984 - 1995
Sysop   : John Dougherty
Software: MBBS, RCPM, ROS (Remote Operating System), RoboBoard,
          Worldgroup

Listed by telephone number, as they all were. A few of
these boards did reach the web: see recoveries-002.txt.
Source  : bbslist.textfiles.com, compiled by Jason Scott

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