J.A.D.E.
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"J.A.D.E., 608-752-7840, was started in November of 1982, by
myself (Dennis Adams) and Peter Melan on a Model I TRS-80. We
wrote the software ourselves in BASIC. We had to optimize the heck
out of the word-wrap algorithm, which we thought was really needed
back then with the wide disparity in display widths (VIC-20 @ 22,
many various computers @ 40, TRS-80 @ 64, serial terminal @ 80).
The final optimization ran in real-time even on the new *fast*
modem we bought (a USRobtics 1200 baud ). It initially used 5 1/4"
drives and the messages were stored on an 8" driver we modified to
work with the TRS-80. Later, we bought the very first version of
Phil Becker's "TBBS" (from a handwritten ad!) and then later added
a hard-disk. We "beta tested" TBBS through many versions. It only
every had a single phone line when we ran it, and got hit by
lighting twice. It was Pete's computer. I came up with the name
"JADE" -- it stands for Janesville Area Data Exchange. When Pete
moved out of town, I took over JADE, where it languished on a PC
XT clone until Dave Wendt took it over when I went to college, and
grew it even larger, with multiple lines and internet access." -
Dennis Adams

Phone   : 608-752-7840
Place   : JANESVILLE, WI
Years   : 1982 - 1996
Sysop   : Dennis Adams, Peter Melan, David Wendt
Software: TBBS

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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