<s>
Telegard	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
early	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
BBS	O
)	O
software	O
program	O
written	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC-compatible	O
computers	O
running	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegard	B-Protocol
was	O
written	O
in	O
Pascal	B-Application
with	O
routines	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegard	B-Protocol
has	O
several	O
features	O
that	O
make	O
it	O
attractive	O
to	O
BBS	O
sysops	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
being	O
free	O
,	O
having	O
remote	O
administration	O
facilities	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
handle	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
internally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegard	B-Protocol
is	O
still	O
viable	O
today	O
as	O
it	O
can	O
accept	O
telnet	B-Protocol
connections	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
virtual	O
modem/FOSSIL	O
set	O
up	O
such	O
as	O
,	O
a	O
virtual	O
modem	O
driver	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
a	O
freeware	O
FOSSIL	B-Protocol
driver	O
,	O
both	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OS/2	B-Application
users	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
SIO/VMODEM	O
combination	O
to	O
allow	O
telnet	B-Protocol
access	O
to	O
their	O
BBS	O
.	O
</s>
