<s>
KOM	B-Application
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
BBS	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
text-based	B-Application
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
a	O
menu	O
based	O
)	O
input	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
was	O
QZ	O
KOM	B-Application
,	O
but	O
soon	O
others	O
imitated	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
KOM	B-Application
systems	O
outside	O
QZ	O
was	O
Permobas	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Permobil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
ran	O
on	O
two	O
(	O
later	O
seven	O
)	O
ABC	B-Device
80	I-Device
with	O
300	O
bit/s	O
modems	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
5	O
or	O
10	O
MB	O
hard	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schyffert	O
later	O
started	O
his	O
own	O
BBS	B-Application
named	O
"	O
Ring	O
så	O
spelar	O
vi	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
old	O
ABC80	B-Device
become	O
thanks	O
to	O
sponsorship	O
from	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
a	O
later	O
version	O
was	O
operating	O
its	O
services	O
on	O
PDP	O
computers	O
and	O
later	O
on	O
VAX	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
active	O
KOM	B-Application
systems	O
today	O
,	O
see	O
the	O
article	O
on	O
LysKOM	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
