<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
notable	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
(	O
BBS	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
home	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technology	O
writer	O
Ron	O
Albright	O
wrote	O
of	O
several	O
BBS	O
applications	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
in	O
the	O
March	O
1985	O
article	O
Touring	O
The	O
Boards	O
in	O
the	O
monthly	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
magazine	O
MICROpendium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Albright	O
's	O
article	O
references	O
several	O
notable	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
confirm	O
what	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
BBS	O
system	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
commercially	O
available	O
BBS	O
system	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/A	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Bryan	O
Wilcutt	O
,	O
DC.S	O
,	O
when	O
he	O
was	O
15	O
years	O
old	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bulletin	O
Board	O
Software	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
TI	B-Language
Extended	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
and	O
TI	O
Assembly	O
Language	O
for	O
the	O
TMS9900	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
BBS	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
in	O
the	O
early	O
to	O
mid	O
1980s	O
was	O
aptly	O
named	O
TIBBS	O
(	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TIBBS	O
was	O
purported	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
BBS	O
written	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
microcomputer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
ceased	O
producing	O
the	O
99/4A	B-Device
,	O
its	O
enthusiasts	O
became	O
even	O
more	O
supportive	O
of	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
TIBBS	O
continued	O
into	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Holly	O
aired	O
a	O
BBS	O
written	O
in	O
TI	B-Language
Extended	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
around	O
late	O
1982	O
or	O
early	O
1983	O
in	O
the	O
Northwest	O
Chicago	O
suburbs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Holly	O
wrote	O
his	O
BBS	O
software	O
on	O
his	O
own	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
available	O
BBS	O
software	O
options	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shields	O
 '	O
inspiration	O
came	O
after	O
watching	O
the	O
motion	O
picture	O
WarGames	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
interface	O
was	O
modeled	O
directly	O
on	O
Nick	O
Naimo	O
's	O
Networks	B-Library
II	I-Library
BBS	O
software	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shields	O
used	O
TI	B-Language
Extended	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
his	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
TI-COMM	O
was	O
written	O
entirely	O
in	O
TI	B-Language
Extended	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
it	O
relied	O
on	O
PRINT	O
and	O
INPUT	O
commands	O
and	O
the	O
routines	O
built-in	O
to	O
the	O
RS232	O
DSR	O
ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
many	O
assembly	O
language	O
support	O
routines	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
ran	O
from	O
TI	B-Language
Extended	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
in	O
40-column	O
text	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monty	O
had	O
been	O
programming	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
since	O
1981	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
student	O
at	O
University	O
of	O
Wisconsin	O
,	O
Madison	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
Techie	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lubbock	O
was	O
the	O
birthplace	O
of	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
,	O
but	O
the	O
806	O
area	O
code	O
had	O
not	O
yet	O
had	O
a	O
BBS	O
running	O
on	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TI-SUB	O
,	O
soon	O
renamed	O
TI-Net	O
BBS	O
,	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
TI	B-Language
Extended	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
with	O
assembly	O
language	O
support	O
routines	O
for	O
RS232	O
communications	O
and	O
40-column	O
text	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
