<s>
Commo	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
telecommunications	O
program	B-Application
which	O
was	O
written	O
and	O
maintained	O
from	O
1989	O
to	O
1998	O
by	O
Fred	O
P	O
.	O
Brucker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-Application
,	O
written	O
in	O
optimized	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
distributed	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
was	O
small	O
and	O
fast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
macro	O
language	O
used	O
by	O
Commo	B-Protocol
was	O
simple	O
,	O
with	O
assembly	O
language-like	O
statements	O
surrounded	O
by	O
curly	O
braces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offered	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
control	O
most	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
terminal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
macro	O
would	O
reconfigure	O
the	O
Alt-X	O
key	O
to	O
display	O
a	O
dialog	O
box	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
confirm	O
before	O
exiting	O
the	O
program	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-Application
's	O
macro	O
and	O
configuration	O
files	O
were	O
free-form	O
text	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
edited	O
with	O
any	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
popularity	O
among	O
those	O
who	O
wanted	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
configure	O
the	O
program	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fred	O
Brucker	O
actively	O
provided	O
support	O
for	O
screen	O
readers	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
COMMO	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
a	O
popular	O
program	B-Application
for	O
the	O
visually	O
impaired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Powermacros	O
add-on	B-Application
made	O
COMMO	B-Protocol
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2002	I-Protocol
'	O
helper	O
 '	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacroBBS	O
was	O
a	O
Bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
written	O
entirely	O
out	O
of	O
COMMO	B-Protocol
macros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mr.	O
Brucker	O
released	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
COMMO	B-Protocol
on	O
25	O
December	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
