<s>
TriBBS	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
bulletin	I-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
BBS	O
)	O
designed	O
for	O
MS-DOS-based	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TriBBS	B-Protocol
was	O
written	O
by	O
Mark	O
Goodwin	O
and	O
marketed	O
through	O
his	O
company	O
,	O
TriSoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TriBBS	B-Protocol
was	O
written	O
in	O
C++	O
and	O
assembly	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TriBBS	B-Protocol
development	O
was	O
guided	O
primarily	O
by	O
the	O
requests	O
and	O
suggestions	O
of	O
the	O
SysOps	O
who	O
used	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
TriBBS	B-Protocol
Application	O
Program	O
Interface	O
was	O
added	O
by	O
Goodwin	O
to	O
aid	O
other	O
software	O
developers	O
in	O
making	O
third	B-General_Concept
party	I-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
operate	O
seamlessly	O
with	O
TriBBS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
TriBBS	B-Protocol
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Gary	O
Price	O
of	O
Freejack	O
's	O
Software	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
developed	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
add-ons	B-Application
and	O
tools	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
TriBBS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
small	O
feature	O
additions	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
significant	O
contribution	O
Price	O
made	O
was	O
making	O
TriBBS	B-Protocol
Y2K-compliant	B-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
TriBBS	B-Protocol
was	O
sold	O
again	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
to	O
Frank	O
Prue	O
of	O
PTC	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
PTC	O
Software	O
announced	O
via	O
the	O
alt.bbs.tribbs	O
newsgroup	B-Application
that	O
they	O
intended	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
32-bit	O
version	O
of	O
TriBBS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
TriBBS	B-Protocol
v11.6	O
was	O
released	O
23	O
March	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
