<s>
C*Base	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
popular	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
software	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C*Base	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
programmed	O
by	O
Gunther	O
Birznieks	O
of	O
Bethesda	O
,	O
Maryland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Commodore	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
2.0	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
speed-critical	O
routines	O
hand-coded	O
in	O
6502	B-General_Concept
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
;	O
the	O
BASIC	O
portion	O
was	O
compiled	B-Language
with	O
the	O
Blitz	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Birznieks	O
cites	O
CMBBS	O
,	O
Color64	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
C-Net	O
as	O
his	O
influences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Birznieks	O
stopped	O
working	O
with	O
Commodore	O
computers	O
some	O
time	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
C*Base	B-Protocol
3.1	O
,	O
he	O
transferred	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
Jerome	O
P	O
.	O
Yoner	O
living	O
in	O
Brandon	O
,	O
Manitoba	O
,	O
Canada	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Copyright	O
and	O
maintenance	O
of	O
C*Base	B-Protocol
were	O
later	O
entrusted	O
to	O
David	O
Weinehall	O
of	O
Tavelsjö	O
,	O
Sweden	O
,	O
who	O
rereleased	O
the	O
project	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-or-later	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
C*Base	B-Protocol
proved	O
popular	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
reasons	O
,	O
not	O
least	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
its	O
almost	O
limitless	O
configurability	O
and	O
its	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
standard	O
and	O
third-party	O
peripherals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Commodore	O
64	O
(	O
or	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
in	O
64	O
mode	O
)	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
run	O
C*Base	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
CBM	O
and	O
CMD	O
floppy	O
and	O
hard	O
drives	O
are	O
supported	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Lt	B-Device
.	I-Device
Kernal	I-Device
hard	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modem	B-Application
baud	O
rates	O
up	O
to	O
2400	O
are	O
supported	O
through	O
the	O
user	O
port	O
,	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
9600	O
through	O
the	O
cartridge	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
and	O
disk	O
accelerators	O
such	O
as	O
TurboMaster	O
and	O
JiffyDOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
interoperates	O
well	O
with	O
both	O
Commodore	O
and	O
non-Commodore	O
terminal	O
programs	O
;	O
it	O
supports	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
,	O
ANSI	O
,	O
and	O
PETSCII	B-Protocol
output	O
in	O
40	O
or	O
80	O
columns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Punter	B-Protocol
and	O
XMODEM	B-Protocol
protocols	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
file	O
transfers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
version	O
3.1	O
,	O
full	O
networking	O
support	O
for	O
message	O
bases	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
making	O
C*Base	B-Protocol
one	O
of	O
the	O
only	O
Commodore	O
bulletin	B-Application
boards	I-Application
capable	O
of	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
