Software:ProBoard
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| Developer(s) | Philippe Leybaert (Belgium), Telegrafix, Mike Ehlert, John Riley, Lawrence Stockman, Rushfan and Jason Bock |
|---|---|
| Initial release | June 1991 |
| Stable release | 2.30-A4
/ July 6, 2023 |
| Written in | Borland C++ |
| Operating system | DOS |
| Type | Bulletin Board System |
| Website | www |
ProBoard 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 Philippe Leybaert (Belgium) in Borland C++, optimized with assembly language, a QuickBBS-style BBS.
Latest Information
Jason Bock purchased the rights and source code to the software on October 27, 2021. Jason fixed many Y2K-compliant issues, incuding the JAM and Squish message base date issues as well as many cosmetic issues. Jason also implemented an anti-bot utility as well as methods to allow shelled out Python scripts.[1]
ProBoard v2.30 is currently being developed and has been handed out to a team of Alpha testers.
See also
- QuickBBS
- Pcmicro
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