<s>
The	B-Protocol
Bread	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
(	O
TBBS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
multiline	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
based	O
commercial	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
software	O
package	O
written	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
Philip	O
L	O
.	O
Becker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
originally	O
created	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
poker	O
game	O
with	O
friends	O
that	O
were	O
praising	O
the	O
BBS	B-Application
software	O
created	O
by	O
Ward	O
Christensen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TBBS	O
is	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
The	B-Protocol
Bread	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
,	O
although	O
this	O
explanation	O
was	O
buried	O
in	O
the	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
different	O
because	O
"	O
BBS	B-Application
"	O
was	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
to	O
stand	O
for	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TBBS	O
started	O
out	O
in	O
1983	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
line	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
BBS	B-Application
)	O
originally	O
written	O
for	O
RadioShack	O
TRS-80	B-Device
machines	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
IBM-PC	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
BBS	B-Application
packages	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
had	O
their	O
menu	O
structures	O
hard	O
coded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
time	O
progressed	O
,	O
Phil	O
completely	O
re-wrote	O
the	O
TBBS	O
program	O
in	O
assembler	O
to	O
operate	O
on	O
IBM	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
running	O
under	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
BBS	B-Application
software	O
packages	O
could	O
only	O
achieve	O
simultaneous	O
user	O
access	O
by	O
either	O
running	O
their	O
software	O
on	O
LAN	O
systems	O
,	O
dedicating	O
one	O
complete	O
machine	O
per	O
modem	O
,	O
or	O
under	O
multitasking	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Quarterdeck	O
's	O
DESQview	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
those	O
wishing	O
to	O
run	O
more	O
lines	O
,	O
multiport	O
serial	O
boards	O
from	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
Digiboard	B-Application
were	O
used	O
to	O
allow	O
up	O
to	O
96	O
modems	O
to	O
be	O
hooked	O
into	O
the	O
one	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
height	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
TBBS	O
could	O
support	O
more	O
simultaneous	O
users	O
at	O
full	O
speed	O
on	O
less	O
hardware	O
than	O
any	O
competing	O
BBS	B-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
software	O
companies	O
,	O
like	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
computer	O
hardware	O
companies	O
all	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
relied	O
on	O
TBBS	O
for	O
their	O
online	O
technical	O
support	O
and	O
file	O
download	O
services	O
until	O
Internet	O
web	O
and	O
FTP	B-Protocol
sites	I-Protocol
replaced	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
direct	O
dial	O
BBS	B-Application
presence	O
in	O
the	O
mid	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TDBS	O
(	O
The	O
Data	O
Base	O
System	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
dBase3	O
compatible	O
compiled	O
language	O
that	O
supported	O
creation	O
of	O
multiline	O
applications	O
and	O
games	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
exit	O
the	O
TBBS	O
environment	O
via	O
batchfiles	O
(	O
or	O
dropfiles	B-Protocol
)	O
making	O
it	O
more	O
stable	O
than	O
its	O
competitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interchange	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
TBBS	O
system	O
to	O
grab	O
outgoing	O
modem	O
lines	O
to	O
dial	O
other	O
services	O
,	O
networking	O
multiple	O
BBS	B-Application
systems	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
in	O
all	O
,	O
TBBS	O
and	O
its	O
option	O
modules	O
were	O
far	O
beyond	O
the	O
performance	O
and	O
reliability	O
of	O
what	O
other	O
BBS	B-Application
authors	O
could	O
dream	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
1988	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Southern	O
California	O
installed	O
TBBS	O
for	O
their	O
16	O
line	O
BBS	B-Application
system	O
administered	O
by	O
Susan	O
Biddlecomb	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
Director	O
of	O
Computer	O
Support	O
of	O
the	O
USC	O
Health	O
Care	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provided	O
other	O
services	O
(	O
RAS	B-Device
,	O
DNS	B-Application
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
many	O
IPAD	O
owners	O
to	O
more	O
easily	O
become	O
Internet	O
Service	O
Providers	O
(	O
ISP	O
's	O
)	O
as	O
BBS	B-Application
usage	O
on	O
the	O
whole	O
began	O
to	O
wane	O
,	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
growing	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
