<s>
AdeptXBBS	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
BBS	B-Application
originally	O
written	O
explicitly	O
for	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
the	O
BBS	B-Application
sub-culture	O
was	O
at	O
its	O
height	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Internet	O
was	O
emerging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
authors	O
wrote	O
this	O
system	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
many	O
DOS	B-Device
based	O
BBS	B-Application
systems	O
available	O
in	O
commercial	O
markets	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
AdeptXBBS	B-Protocol
boasted	O
built-in	O
internet	O
gateways	O
,	O
built-in	O
FidoNet	O
capability	O
,	O
and	O
native	O
modern	O
operating	O
system	O
support	O
as	O
differentiating	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AdeptXBBS	B-Protocol
was	O
based	O
on	O
XBBS	O
by	O
Mark	O
Kimes	O
and	O
was	O
licensed	O
by	O
AdeptSoft	O
of	O
Boca	O
Raton	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
AdeptXBBS	B-Protocol
was	O
completed	O
with	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
,	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
performance	O
promised	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
never	O
reached	O
the	O
popularity	O
that	O
the	O
authors	O
hoped	O
.	O
</s>
