<s>
Skypix	B-Device
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
markup	O
language	O
used	O
to	O
encode	O
graphics	O
content	O
such	O
as	O
changeable	O
fonts	O
,	O
mouse-controlled	O
actions	O
,	O
animations	O
and	O
sound	O
to	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Michael	O
Cox	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1987	O
,	O
and	O
first	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
Atredes	O
BBS	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
renamed	O
Skyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skypix	B-Device
allowed	O
BBS	O
sysops	O
to	O
create	O
interactive	O
BBS	O
systems	O
with	O
graphics	O
,	O
fonts	O
,	O
mouse-controlled	O
actions	O
,	O
animations	O
and	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skypix	B-Device
used	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
ANSI	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
system	O
that	O
added	O
new	O
instructions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
were	O
normally	O
created	O
using	O
Skypaint	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
generate	O
Skypix	B-Device
files	O
directly	O
from	O
a	O
familiar-looking	O
paint	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
files	O
could	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
and	O
any	O
Skypix-enabled	O
terminal	O
program	O
would	O
notice	O
the	O
encoding	O
and	O
recreate	O
the	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
underlying	O
BBS	O
software	O
could	O
be	O
programmed	O
in	O
the	O
ARexx	B-Operating_System
language	O
(	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
REXX	B-Language
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
resulted	O
in	O
an	O
enthusiastic	O
group	O
of	O
Skypix	B-Device
hobbyists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skypix	B-Device
was	O
available	O
only	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
Skyline	O
BBS	O
and	O
accessed	O
using	O
the	O
Skyterm	O
terminal	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skypix	B-Device
support	O
was	O
later	O
implemented	O
in	O
JR-Comm	O
by	O
Johnathan	O
Radigan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
inventor	O
Jay	O
Miner	O
himself	O
ran	O
a	O
Skyline	O
system	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
terminal	O
program	O
JR-Comm	O
,	O
other	O
BBS	O
software	O
programs	O
started	O
to	O
support	O
Skypix	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
C-Net	O
Amiga	B-Device
Pro	O
BBS	O
Software	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
these	O
boards	O
still	O
offers	O
Skypix	B-Device
graphics	O
when	O
using	O
JR-Comm	O
.	O
</s>
