QuickBBS

QuickBBS (QBBS) was a bulletin board system (BBS) application first introduced for MS-DOS by Adam Hudson.[5][6][7]

QuickBBS
Original author(s)Adam Hudson[1]
Developer(s)(and Phil Becker)
Initial release1986 (1986)[2][3][4]

BBS Sites that ran on QBBS (QuickBBS) Texas:

AES (Austin Software Exchange) ran for over 10 years - Site offered Files, Message Board, Doors, Games, multi-user chat rooms. First in area to offer ISDN services.
Stable release
2.90 / January 4, 1999 (1999-01-04)
Operating systemMS-DOS
TypeBulletin board system
LicenseProprietary
Website(defunct)

Features

Messaging

Multi-User Login

Doors

Games

File Transfer

Multi-user interaction

Low Memory Overhead
Written in Borland Turbo Pascal



BBS Sites that ran on QBBS (QuickBBS)

 



   Texas:


   ASE (Austin Software Exchange) ran for over 10 years - 
 
        Site offered Files, Message Board, Doors, Games, multi-user chat rooms.  

        Multi-Line

        First in area to offer ISDN services.

        Affiliated with Central Texas Sysop Association


   ASEU (Austin Software Exchange Utilities) ran for over 10 years - 
 
        Site offered Files, Message Board, Doors, Games, multi-user chat rooms.  

        Multi-Line

        First in area to offer ISDN services.

        Affiliated with Central Texas Sysop Association

Other BBS Software Programs

RBBS-PC
FidoBBS / FidoNET


References
  1. Andrew Milner Biography, Bulletin Board Systems, Those BBS Days. ..Andrew Milner wrote RemoteAccess...It began in 1989 as a clone of QuickBBS by Adam Hudson who then worked as a programmer for eSoft (Phil Becker)...
  2. BETA TEST, By Paul Barkley, 03/05/1996, Google Groups, ...GP> 1986 - v1.00 was originally a 1986 Science/Math Fair GP> project by Adam Hudson. (He later released v1.01, GP> v1.02, v2.00, v2.01, v2.03, and v2.04. At the time, he GP> was 16...
  3. Connectivity: BBS Software: RemoteAccess Version 1.01, PC Mag, 10 Sep 1991, Page 276, ...Originally written as a solution to the problem of setting up a compatible QBBS (QuickBBS) system for multiple users,...
  4. Int'l BBSing and Electronic Communications Conference, By Marshall Barry, 15/07/1991, Google Groups, ...The 1991 International BBSing and Electronic Communications Conference (FidoCon '91)...At this historic gathering (August 16–18, 1991) you will hear:...- Adam Hudson tell why he wrote QuickBBS!...
  5. Adam Hudson joins Esoft..., By Erik Jacobson, 02/05/1991, Google Groups, ...Adam Hudson, the original author of QuickBBS, has joined the staff of eSoft, Inc. ...
  6. Still kickin..., By Adam Hudson, 16/03/2004, Google Groups, ..And myself, function as the CTO/Founder of Data393 (www.data393.com) and very much in the consutling side of the world in the areas of networking and security (www.egenity.com)...
  7. Data393 Founders Move On, by theWHIR.com, February 24, 2005, Web Host Industry Review, ..Englewood, Colorado-based...Data393 (data393.com) announced...that co-founders ...and Adam Hudson are resigning as senior officers of Data393 to pursue an entrepreneurial venture related to the data center industry. The new company will be a customer of Data393...


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