<s>
VBBS	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Virtual	B-Protocol
Bulletin	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
BBS	O
)	O
for	O
DOS	O
(	O
and	O
later	O
OS/2	B-Application
)	O
that	O
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
Roland	O
De	O
Graaf	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
from	O
scratch	O
in	O
QuickBASIC	B-Language
,	O
it	O
developed	O
a	O
loyal	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
door	O
for	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
quickly	O
grew	O
into	O
an	O
original	O
BBS	O
concept	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1993	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
thousands	O
of	O
computers	O
running	O
VBBS	B-Protocol
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtualNET	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
largest	O
VBBS	B-Protocol
message	O
network	O
,	O
had	O
close	O
to	O
1500	O
members	O
by	O
version	O
6.14	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
VBBS	B-Protocol
remained	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
but	O
in	O
1994	O
Roland	O
released	O
version	O
7.0	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
another	O
release	O
of	O
VBBS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
released	O
Virtual	B-Protocol
Advanced	I-Protocol
(	O
VADV	B-Protocol
)	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
VBBS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
VADV	B-Protocol
contained	O
many	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
old	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-Protocol
Advanced	I-Protocol
would	O
finally	O
reach	O
version	O
2.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
growing	O
trend	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
VADV	B-Protocol
now	O
supported	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
POP3	B-Protocol
,	O
SMTP	B-Protocol
,	O
NNTP	B-Protocol
,	O
WWW	O
and	O
Finger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
rise	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
costs	O
of	O
upgrades	O
and	O
tensions	O
within	O
the	O
support	O
network	O
,	O
Virtual	B-Protocol
Advanced	I-Protocol
all	O
but	O
faded	O
away	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-Protocol
Advanced	I-Protocol
was	O
frozen	O
in	O
its	O
current	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtualNET	B-Protocol
did	O
not	O
survive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
1999	O
,	O
Steve	O
Winn	O
,	O
a	O
loyal	O
VBBS	B-Protocol
supporter	O
and	O
script	O
writer	O
,	O
began	O
to	O
help	O
revive	O
the	O
dying	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Steve	O
created	O
the	O
VADV-PHP	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
web	O
front-end	O
for	O
Virtual	B-Protocol
Advanced	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtualNET	B-Protocol
was	O
reborn	O
in	O
early	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
