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WWIV

OPEN SOURCE1984–2023Wayne Bell

A PC board from 1984 with its own network, WWIVnet. Open source today.

The story

WWIV was started by Wayne Bell in 1984 as a school project and grew into one of the best-known PC boards, with its own network, WWIVnet, from 1987. Registered sysops got the source, which made it easy to change and led to a whole culture of modifications. It is open source today and still looked after.

Versions

YEARRELEASE 1984First version1987WWIVnet20235.8.1

Boards on our list running it

2 boards

Blood StoneWWIV · Rohnert Park, CA, USA
Public Electronic Net Info SystemWWIV · Mesa, AZ, USA