<s>
Telix	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
telecommunications	O
program	B-Application
originally	O
written	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
by	O
Colin	O
Sampaleanu	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
1988	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
note	O
for	O
Telix	B-Protocol
3.10	O
,	O
Sampaleanu	O
announced	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
'	O
Exis	O
Inc.	O
'	O
;	O
name	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
software	O
until	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
1992	O
;	O
which	O
is	O
when	O
Exis	O
Inc	O
.	O
sold	O
Telix	B-Protocol
to	O
former	O
Exis	O
Technical	O
Support	O
Manager	O
Jeff	O
Woods	O
,	O
who	O
founded	O
'	O
deltaComm	O
Development	O
Inc.	O
'	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
distributed	O
by	O
them	O
thereafter	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
they	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
was	O
shareware	B-License
and	O
had	O
great	O
popularity	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
strengths	O
included	O
a	O
fast	O
built-in	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Zmodem	B-Device
file	B-Operating_System
transfer	O
protocol	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
needing	O
a	O
separate	O
program	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
powerful	O
scripting	O
programming	O
language	O
similar	O
to	O
C	B-Language
,	O
'	O
SALT	O
 '	O
(	O
Script	O
Application	O
Language	O
for	O
Telix	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
simpler	O
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
'	O
SIMPLE	O
 '	O
which	O
was	O
suitable	O
for	O
most	O
scripting	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
suffered	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
problems	O
,	O
including	O
delays	O
in	O
publication	O
(	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
author	O
,	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
C	B-Language
)	O
,	O
an	O
unpopular	O
attempt	O
at	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
and	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
's	O
impact	O
on	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telix	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
dial	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
or	O
other	O
phone-line	O
based	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
ANSI	O
emulation	O
and	O
various	O
file	B-Operating_System
transfer	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
