The software

TITLEABOUTLICENCEBOARDS VIC-BBSVIC-20 · 1983 A board for a real VIC-20, rebuilt in the 2020s from its author's board of 1983. RIGHTS UNKNOWN 1

TITLEABOUTLICENCEBOARDS All American BBSC64 · C128 · 1987 A C64 board from 1987, with a 128 version, sold with paid updates. COMMERCIAL 1 Blue BoardC64 A fast C64 board in pure machine code, written in Vancouver and sold around the world. COMMERCIAL 1 C*BaseC64 A C64 board written in compiled BASIC with machine-code help, known for networking its message bases. Now open source. OPEN SOURCEON THE SHELF 15 C-Net 64 and DS2C64 · C128 · 1986 The C64 C-Net line: C-Net 10, 11 and 12, and DS2, which is still looked after. RIGHTS UNKNOWN 9 Color 64C64 The C64 board that put colour and graphics on the caller's screen. Version 7.37 is public domain. PUBLIC DOMAINON THE SHELF 16 Image BBSC64 · C128 · 1988 The most-run board on our list. A C64 BBS that began as the upgrade to C-Net 12 and is still being worked on. RIGHTS UNKNOWN 17

TITLEABOUTLICENCEBOARDS Centipede 128C128 A C128 board sold by Bugsoft, put in the public domain by its author in 2000. PUBLIC DOMAINON THE SHELF 4 Zelch 128C128 · 1991 A board for the 128 in 128 mode, from 1991. It ran on the internet from 1996 and came back in 2021. RIGHTS UNKNOWN 1

TITLEABOUTLICENCEBOARDS ABBSAmiga · 1991–2026 A Norwegian Amiga board from about 1991, back in 2026 as a free download. FREEWARE 1 AmiExpressAmiga · 1992–2024 The Amiga board of the scene. The original was sold; the rewrite that boards run today is open source. OPEN SOURCE 17 CNet ProAmiga C-Net's Amiga line: a big multi-line board, sold until the late 1990s. COMMERCIAL 5 DLG ProfessionalAmiga A full Amiga board with networking built in. Free to use on an Amiga, source and all. FREEWAREON THE SHELF 3 MAX's BBSAmiga · 1992 An Amiga board in machine code, with its FidoNet tools built in. Public domain. PUBLIC DOMAINON THE SHELF 1 NiKomAmiga · 1990 A Swedish Amiga board from 1990, open source since 2015. OPEN SOURCE 2 Zeus BBSAmiga A British Amiga board of the mid-1990s, sold for about £100. COMMERCIAL 2

TITLEABOUTLICENCEBOARDS Mystic BBSPC · Linux / Unix · 1997–2023 A PC board from 1997, free, running on everything from Windows to a Raspberry Pi. FREEWARE 6 SynchronetPC · Linux / Unix · 1991–2026 A PC board from 1991 that went free and then open source, and now answers telnet for boards of every kind, PETSCII included. OPEN SOURCE 11 Wildcat!PC · 1986– A PC board from 1986 that is still sold today. COMMERCIALSTILL SOLD WorldgroupPC Galacticomm's big multi-line PC system, The Major BBS and Worldgroup, revived with free licences. RIGHTS UNKNOWN 1 WWIVPC · Linux / Unix · 1984–2023 A PC board from 1984 with its own network, WWIVnet. Open source today. OPEN SOURCE 2

TITLEABOUTLICENCEBOARDS ENiGMA½Linux / Unix · 2015 A board written for the 2010s, which talks to old terminals the way they expect. Open source. OPEN SOURCE 1 MBSE BBSLinux / Unix · 1998–2026 A board for Linux from 1998, with FidoNet built in. Open source. OPEN SOURCE PETSCII BBSLinux / Unix A toolkit for building PETSCII boards for 64 and 128 callers, written in Java. RIGHTS UNKNOWN 1