<s>
Waffle	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
bulletin-board	B-Application
system	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Tom	O
Dell	O
for	O
the	O
Dark	O
Side	O
of	O
the	O
Moon	O
BBS	O
which	O
ran	O
under	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
later	O
UNIX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
unique	O
among	O
DOS	B-Device
BBS	O
software	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
configuration	O
files	O
were	O
in	O
readable	O
text	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
fully	O
supported	O
Usenet	B-Application
and	O
UUCP	B-Protocol
on	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Usenet	B-Application
news	I-Application
group	O
named	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
discussion	O
of	O
the	O
Waffle	B-Protocol
BBS	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Waffle	B-Protocol
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
link	O
Waffle	B-Protocol
(	O
under	O
DOS	B-Device
)	O
to	O
Fidonet	O
and	O
WWIV	B-Operating_System
using	O
external	O
gateway	O
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
