<s>
Qmodem	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
shareware	B-License
telecommunications	O
program	O
and	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qmodem	B-Protocol
was	O
widely	O
used	O
to	O
access	O
bulletin	B-Application
boards	I-Application
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
was	O
well	O
respected	O
in	O
the	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qmodem	B-Protocol
was	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Qmodem	B-Protocol
SST	O
and	O
QmodemPro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qmodem	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
by	O
John	O
Friel	O
III	O
in	O
1984	O
and	O
sold	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
through	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
The	O
Forbin	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qmodem	B-Protocol
gained	O
in	O
popularity	O
very	O
quickly	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
much	O
faster	O
and	O
had	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
compared	O
to	O
PC-Talk	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
dominant	O
shareware	B-License
IBM	O
PC	O
communications	O
program	O
of	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
in	O
Borland	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
,	O
the	O
application	O
originally	O
supported	O
the	O
Xmodem	B-Protocol
protocol	O
,	O
gradually	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
other	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
popular	O
Zmodem	B-Device
protocol	O
and	O
CompuServe-specific	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
CIS-B	O
and	O
CIS-B	O
+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qmodem	B-Protocol
evolved	O
to	O
include	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
host	O
a	O
simple	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
successor	O
of	O
Qmodem	B-Protocol
,	O
by	O
Mustang	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Several	O
versions	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
with	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
being	O
QmodemPro	O
2.1	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
which	O
was	O
released	O
July	O
7	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1992	O
John	O
Friel	O
received	O
the	O
Dvorak	O
Award	O
for	O
his	O
development	O
of	O
Qmodem	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
independent	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
re-implementation	O
of	O
Qmodem	B-Protocol
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
called	O
Qodem	B-Protocol
started	O
development	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qodem	B-Protocol
is	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
and	O
has	O
features	O
common	O
to	O
modern	O
communications	O
programs	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Unicode	O
display	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
telnet	B-Protocol
and	O
ssh	B-Protocol
network	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
