<s>
TeleFinder	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
Macintosh-based	O
bulletin-board	B-Application
system	I-Application
written	O
by	O
Spider	O
Island	O
Software	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
model	I-Operating_System
whose	O
client	O
end	O
provides	O
a	O
Mac-like	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
such	O
system	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
,	O
predating	O
Apple	O
's	O
own	O
AppleLink	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
Mac-based	O
BBS	O
systems	O
like	O
FirstClass	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TeleFinder	B-Protocol
software	O
consists	O
of	O
2	O
programs	O
,	O
the	O
Server	O
software	O
(	O
Macintosh	B-Device
only	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
based	O
client	O
software	O
(	O
also	O
called	O
TeleFinder	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
both	O
macintosh	B-Device
and	O
Windows	O
based	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TeleFinder	B-Protocol
Server	O
could	O
also	O
network	O
with	O
other	O
TeleFinder	B-Protocol
Server	O
BBS	O
computers	O
and	O
share	O
email	O
and	O
forum	O
messages	O
between	O
themselves	O
and	O
also	O
over	O
FidoNet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TeleFinder	B-Protocol
Server	O
System	O
Operator	O
(	O
SysOp	O
)	O
could	O
also	O
use	O
ResEdit	O
(	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
resource	O
editor	O
software	O
)	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
modify	O
profiles	O
to	O
give	O
their	O
BBS	O
a	O
unique	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
profile	O
files	O
were	O
distributed	O
by	O
each	O
BBS	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
client	O
software	O
,	O
if	O
they	O
wished	O
to	O
see	O
this	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otherwise	O
,	O
a	O
default	O
GUI	B-Application
was	O
used	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeleFinder	B-Protocol
Server	O
and	O
Client	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Rusty	O
Tucker	O
with	O
portions	O
by	O
Chris	O
Silverberg	O
and	O
Jim	O
White	O
for	O
Spider	O
Island	O
Software	O
in	O
Irvine	O
,	O
California	O
USA	O
.	O
</s>
