<s>
Forum	B-Application
80	I-Application
refers	O
to	O
a	O
BBS	B-Application
software	O
created	O
in	O
1980	O
by	O
Bill	O
Abney	O
of	O
Kansas	O
City	O
(	O
MO	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
for	O
running	O
a	O
BBS	B-Application
on	O
a	O
Tandy	B-Device
TRS	I-Device
80	I-Device
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
name	O
is	O
most	O
notable	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
BBS	B-Application
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Forum	B-Application
80	I-Application
BBS	B-Application
was	O
set	O
up	O
in	O
late	O
1980/early	O
1981	O
in	O
Kingston	O
upon	O
Hull	O
in	O
the	O
north	O
of	O
England	O
by	O
Frederick	O
Brown	O
,	O
a	O
computer	O
enthusiast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
in	O
many	O
articles	O
in	O
computer	O
magazines	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
BBS	B-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
for	O
Brown	O
's	O
way	O
of	O
treating	O
the	O
delicate	O
computer	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frederick	O
Brown	O
later	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
AFPAS	O
,	O
the	O
Association	O
of	O
Free	O
Public	O
Access	O
Systems	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
set	O
up	O
to	O
bring	O
together	O
sysops	O
and	O
BBS	B-Application
users	O
and	O
became	O
an	O
information	O
service	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
contact	O
for	O
help	O
in	O
accessing	O
UK	O
BBS	B-Application
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
did	O
this	O
with	O
co-sysop	O
Neil	O
Douglas	O
Barnby	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
went	O
on	O
later	O
to	O
create	O
other	O
BBS	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forum	B-Application
80	I-Application
was	O
used	O
by	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
bulletin	B-Application
boards	I-Application
set	O
up	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
replaced	O
by	O
Fidonet	O
.	O
</s>
