<s>
Renegade	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
BBS	O
)	O
written	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC-compatible	O
computers	O
running	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
that	O
gained	O
popularity	O
among	O
hobbyist	O
BBSes	B-Application
in	O
the	O
early	O
to	O
mid	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Cott	O
Lang	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
,	O
optimized	O
with	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Telegard	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
was	O
in	O
turn	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
earlier	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
23	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
decline	O
of	O
BBS	O
popularity	O
,	O
Lang	O
ceased	O
development	O
work	O
on	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
and	O
passed	O
it	O
on	O
to	O
two	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
BBS	I-Protocol
utility	O
authors	O
:	O
Patrick	O
Spence	O
and	O
Gary	O
Hall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spence	O
and	O
Hall	O
maintained	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
for	O
three	O
years	O
,	O
releasing	O
three	O
updates	O
with	O
their	O
new	O
,	O
ordinal	O
date	O
version	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Herrings	O
,	O
another	O
former	O
third-party	O
software	O
developer	O
,	O
was	O
handed	O
the	O
source	O
by	O
Spence	O
in	O
January	O
2000	O
after	O
offering	O
help	O
when	O
he	O
found	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
Y2K-compliant	B-Error_Name
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Herrings	O
released	O
a	O
public	O
alpha	O
version	O
of	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
in	O
March	O
2000	O
addressing	O
Y2K-compliance	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spence	O
eventually	O
handed	O
the	O
program	O
over	O
to	O
Corey	O
Snow	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
who	O
intended	O
to	O
release	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
Java-based	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
which	O
never	O
saw	O
the	O
light	O
of	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T.J.	O
McMillen	O
received	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
in	O
October	O
2003	O
from	O
Patrick	O
Spence	O
in	O
a	O
plea	O
to	O
have	O
some	O
much	O
needed	O
features	O
added	O
to	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
McMillen	O
then	O
added	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Chris	O
Hoppman	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
remaining	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
BBS	I-Protocol
operators	O
around	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
left	O
McMillen	O
,	O
once	O
again	O
,	O
alone	O
to	O
carry	O
on	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Herrings	O
released	O
his	O
Y2K-compliant	B-Error_Name
source	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
via	O
the	O
Dreamland	O
BBS	O
in	O
September	O
2005	O
citing	O
he	O
believed	O
it	O
was	O
right	O
to	O
share	O
a	O
software	O
he	O
deemed	O
mostly	O
abandoned	O
in	O
hopes	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
see	O
further	O
and	O
more	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
little	O
free	O
time	O
,	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
idled	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
until	O
April	O
2006	O
when	O
McMillen	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Exodus	O
)	O
added	O
the	O
talent	O
of	O
Lee	O
Palmer	O
to	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
team	O
to	O
replace	O
Hoppman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
McMillen	O
released	O
the	O
v1.19	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
Source	O
code	O
on	O
GitHub	O
in	O
hopes	O
someone	O
would	O
add	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
one	O
stepped	O
up	O
in	O
7+	O
years	O
,	O
so	O
McMillen	O
once	O
again	O
resurfaced	O
in	O
2020	O
to	O
release	O
version	O
1.22/DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
some	O
time	O
on	O
his	O
hands	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
pandemic	O
,	O
McMillen	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
hash	O
out	O
v1.25	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Woodridge	O
worked	O
on	O
his	O
own	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
v1.19a/DOS	O
code	O
and	O
added	O
quite	O
a	O
few	O
fixes	O
and	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Woodridge	O
was	O
asked	O
to	O
join	O
and	O
to	O
merge	O
his	O
code	O
base	O
with	O
the	O
v1.25/DOS	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
full	O
install	O
and	O
an	O
upgrade	O
package	O
of	O
v1.30/DOS	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
BBS	I-Protocol
website	O
listed	O
below	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
work	O
is	O
now	O
being	O
coded	O
under	O
'	O
The	O
Renegade	B-Protocol
Development	O
Team	O
 '	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.30	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
Full	O
Install	O
and	O
Upgrade	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
