ABBS #X ======= "ABBS #X ran on an Apple II with 48K, a 16K language card, two 140K diskettes, and a Hayes Micromodem II. The software was about 3000 lines of uncommented assembly, and 2000 or so of Integer Basic. It was the first BBS in the southeast to use circular message files, eliminating the usual requirement of periodically "packing" the message database and renumber all the messages. It kept a copy of the user information in the 16K language card (with a driver that made it look like a RAM disk), and maintained it as a balanced binary tree, making user name look ups incredibly fast. It supported 1 main message base of 100 messages, and 2 sub message bases of 25 messages each. Messages were 24 x 80, supported upper and lower case. Operator chat was available, along with message editing facilities, message search, etc. Most of it was written while I sat in school failing math classes." - J.C. Wren Phone : 404-256-1549 Place : Atlanta, GA Years : 1982 - 1983 Sysop : J.C. Chris Wren Software: Basic + Assembly, Written by J.C. Wren 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ gopher://hp84.com/ | https://ge97.com/ .