<s>
RemoteAccess	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
DOS	B-Application
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
BBS	O
)	O
software	O
package	O
written	O
by	O
Andrew	O
Milner	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
his	O
company	O
Wantree	O
Development	O
in	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RemoteAccess	B-Protocol
was	O
written	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
with	O
some	O
Assembly	B-Language
Language	I-Language
routines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RemoteAccess	B-Protocol
(	O
commonly	O
called	O
RA	O
)	O
began	O
in	O
1989	O
as	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
QuickBBS	B-Protocol
by	O
Adam	O
Hudson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
shareware	B-License
concept	O
in	O
1990	O
and	O
became	O
popular	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Europe	O
,	O
UK	O
,	O
South	O
Africa	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
South	O
Pacific	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
the	O
main	O
advantage	O
over	O
QuickBBS	B-Protocol
was	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
multiple	O
nodes	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Quarterdeck	O
's	O
DESQview	B-Operating_System
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
RA	O
's	O
features	O
quickly	O
grew	O
to	O
become	O
considerably	O
more	O
advanced	O
than	O
the	O
QuickBBS	B-Protocol
software	O
of	O
which	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
QuickBBS	B-Protocol
clones	O
appeared	O
shortly	O
afterwards	O
including	O
ProBoard	B-Application
,	O
SuperBBS	O
and	O
EzyCom	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
never	O
gained	O
as	O
much	O
support	O
or	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RA	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
BBS	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
to	O
support	O
the	O
popular	O
JAM	B-Protocol
Message	I-Protocol
Base	I-Protocol
Format	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
was	O
partly	O
conceived	O
by	O
RA	O
's	O
author	O
,	O
Andrew	O
Milner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RA	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
shareware	B-License
BBS	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
to	O
support	O
a	O
FDB	O
(	O
file	O
database	O
)	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
using	O
files.bbs	O
text	O
files	O
to	O
describe	O
files	O
in	O
each	O
directory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RA	O
interfaced	O
with	O
message	O
relaying	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
FidoNet	O
through	O
3rd	O
party	O
utilities	O
such	O
as	O
FrontDoor	B-Protocol
(	O
Joaquim	O
Homrighausen	O
)	O
,	O
MainDoor	O
(	O
Francisco	O
Sedano	O
)	O
and	O
FastEcho	B-Protocol
(	O
Tobias	O
Burchhardt	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
people	O
who	O
eventually	O
became	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
RA	O
beta	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
over	O
1500	O
titles	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
more	O
third	O
party	O
utilities	O
written	O
for	O
RA	O
than	O
for	O
any	O
other	O
shareware	B-License
BBS	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
RA	O
was	O
initially	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
Andrew	O
also	O
released	O
a	O
commercial	O
edition	O
-	O
"	O
RemoteAccess	B-Protocol
Professional	O
"	O
-	O
that	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
utilities	O
to	O
allow	O
remote	O
control	O
of	O
nodes	O
over	O
a	O
network	O
(	O
RANETMGR	O
,	O
and	O
RATSR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
many	O
System	O
Operators	O
switched	O
over	O
from	O
running	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Boards	I-Application
to	O
becoming	O
Internet	O
Service	O
Providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Morse	O
released	O
some	O
minor	O
updates	O
including	O
a	O
Y2K	B-Error_Name
fix	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
add	O
any	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bruce	O
Morse	O
continues	O
to	O
own	O
the	O
code	O
today	O
and	O
RA	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
version	O
known	O
as	O
RemoteAccess-Professional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RemoteAccess	B-Protocol
was	O
never	O
ported	O
to	O
a	O
32-bit	O
version	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
were	O
two	O
clones	O
of	O
RA	O
in	O
the	O
later	O
years	O
which	O
did	O
include	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
:	O
EleBBS	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
which	O
included	O
DOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
flavors	O
,	O
and	O
MBSE	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
which	O
focused	O
mainly	O
on	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
numerous	O
conversations	O
about	O
creating	O
Windows	O
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
32-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
RA	O
around	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
RemoteAccess	B-Protocol
never	O
included	O
internal	O
telnet	O
support	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
telnet	O
BBS	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
telnet-FOSSIL	O
driver	O
such	O
as	O
NetFoss	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
a	O
Virtual	O
COM	O
port	O
engine	O
such	O
as	O
under	O
Windows	O
,	O
or	O
using	O
SIO/VMODEM	O
under	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
