<s>
SPITFIRE	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
DOS-based	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
written	O
by	O
Mike	O
Woltz	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
his	O
company	O
Buffalo	O
Creek	O
Software	O
of	O
West	O
Des	O
Moines	O
,	O
Iowa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPITFIRE	B-Protocol
was	O
written	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
with	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
routines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
moderate	O
sized	O
fanbase	O
,	O
only	O
outnumbered	O
by	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
RemoteAccess	B-Protocol
,	O
TriBBS	B-Protocol
,	O
PCBoard	B-Protocol
,	O
Major	B-Application
BBS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Wildcat	B-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
multiple	O
"	O
nodes	O
"	O
of	O
SPITFIRE	B-Protocol
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
;	O
although	O
,	O
most	O
SysOps	O
preferred	O
to	O
use	O
Quarterdeck	O
's	O
DESQview	B-Operating_System
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPITFIRE	B-Protocol
interfaced	O
with	O
message	O
relaying	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
FidoNet	O
through	O
third	O
party	O
utilities	O
such	O
as	O
SHILOH	O
,	O
a	O
QWK	O
networking	O
interfacing	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
BCSUTI	O
,	O
a	O
Postlink-style	O
networking	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPITFIRE	B-Protocol
's	O
most	O
successful	O
release	O
(	O
Version	O
3.2	O
)	O
came	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
December	O
1992	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
1523	O
registered	O
copies	O
of	O
Spitfire	B-Protocol
still	O
running	O
,	O
out	O
of	O
2111	O
total	O
registered	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
by	O
1994	O
,	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
had	O
exploded	O
on	O
scene	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
SysOps	O
began	O
converting	O
from	O
running	O
BBSes	B-Application
to	O
becoming	O
Internet	O
service	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Woltz	O
was	O
unwilling	O
to	O
add	O
Internet	O
connectivity	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
so	O
SPITFIRE	B-Protocol
's	O
usage	O
dwindled	O
significantly	O
throughout	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
advances	O
in	O
technology	O
,	O
SPITFIRE	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
telnet	B-Protocol
BBS	O
using	O
a	O
virtual	O
FOSSIL	B-Protocol
driver	O
and	O
Telnet	B-Protocol
engine	O
(	O
SIO/VMODEM	O
under	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
NetFoss	B-Protocol
,	O
NetSerial	O
or	O
NetModem	O
under	O
Windows	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPITFIRE	B-Protocol
(	O
version	O
3.6	O
)	O
was	O
updated	O
in	O
1999	O
for	O
Y2K	O
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
release	O
is	O
SPITFIRE	B-Protocol
3.7	O
(	O
as	O
of	O
1	O
January	O
2010	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
still	O
supported	O
by	O
Buffalo	O
Creek	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
