<s>
Net-Works	O
II	O
is	O
a	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
software	O
package	O
written	O
by	O
Nick	O
Naimo	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
microcomputers	O
and	O
originally	O
published	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
time	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
software	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
dozen	O
or	O
so	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nick	O
Naimo	O
(	O
born	O
1945	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
)	O
developed	O
Net-Works	O
II	O
independently	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
as	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
Computer	O
Station	O
,	O
a	O
BBS	B-Application
provider	I-Application
based	O
in	O
Missouri	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
split	O
amicably	O
from	O
Computer	O
Station	O
to	O
work	O
full-time	O
for	O
Advanced	O
Data	O
Systems	O
,	O
a	O
start-up	O
software	O
developer	O
in	O
St.	O
Louis	O
,	O
Missouri	O
,	O
who	O
developed	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text-based	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Applesoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
Integer	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
and	O
binary	O
program	O
downloading	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Net-Works	O
II	O
received	O
a	O
rave	O
review	O
in	O
InfoWorld	O
,	O
with	O
John	O
Prather	O
writing	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
personal	O
computer	O
and	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Net-Works	O
II	O
may	O
well	O
be	O
responsible	O
for	O
a	O
phenomenon	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
80s	O
equivalent	O
of	O
the	O
CB	B-Application
radio	I-Application
of	O
the	O
70s	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Author	O
Dean	O
Gengle	O
in	O
his	O
book	O
The	O
Netweaver	O
's	O
Sourcebook	O
(	O
1984	O
)	O
called	O
Net-Works	O
II	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
general-purpose	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
"	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
package	O
by	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
was	O
a	O
massive	O
success	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
1986	O
edition	O
of	O
Stewart	O
Brand	O
's	O
Whole	O
Earth	O
Software	O
Catalog	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
of	O
nearly	O
a	O
dozen	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
bulletin	O
board	O
programs	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
1984	O
,	O
roughly	O
sixty	O
BBSes	B-Application
were	O
running	O
Net-Works	O
II	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Softalk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writer	O
Matt	O
Yuen	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
Net-Works-based	O
BBSes	B-Application
varied	O
greatly	O
.	O
</s>
