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{center}!galacticommbanner.jpg!{center} h1. The Major BBS Restoration Project h2. Welcome! The Major BBS by Galacticomm was the most successful commercial bulletin board system (BBS) software package. It was the brainchild of a brilliant computer science pioneer, Tim Stryker. His innovative assembler library called the Galacticomm Software Breakthrough Library (GSBL) allowed 256 simultaneous users to connect to a single DOS program on a single DOS-based computer. His multi-modem and X.25 hardware enabled operators to provide access for those users. This project is dedicated to discussing and preserving the history of Galacticomm, The Major BBS, and other products, and resurrecting the software and vast library of third-party TPD/ISV add-ons, making them work with Worldgroup v3.3 for Win32 systems. In addition, we will preserve as much of the publications of Galacticomm and the ISVs, including files. You may read more about the project background, or check the project status blog. h2. Get Involved! If you can contribute any information, print ads, magazines, manuals, diskettes, software, source code, or anything at all to the project, please e-mail

questman(at)themajorbbs.com.

If

you'd

like

to

join

the

e-mail

mailing

list

with

other

fellow

sysops

and

fans

of

The

Major

BBS/Worldgroup,

send

mail

to

sysops-subscribe@themajorbbs.com.

Also,

please

check

out

the

Discussion

Forums,

where

you

can

meet

fellow

users

and

get

support,

information,

etc.

But

first,

read

the

Forum

Code

of

Conduct.

And,

of

course,

sign

up

for

an

account

here

on

the

Wiki

and

contribute

scans,

screenshots,

images,

software,

and,

most

importantly, information!

If you sign-up for the Wiki, send questman(at)themajorbbs.com an e-mail with your username and what sections of the site you would like to contribute to. Otherwise, you will be able to view pages and comment, but not contribute edits.

Check out some related links.


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The Major BBS Restoration Project

Welcome!

The Major BBS by Galacticomm was the most successful commercial bulletin board system (BBS) software package. It was the brainchild of a brilliant computer science pioneer, Tim Stryker. His innovative assembler library called the Galacticomm Software Breakthrough Library (GSBL) allowed 256 simultaneous users to connect to a single DOS program on a single DOS-based computer. His multi-modem and X.25 hardware enabled operators to provide access for those users.

This project is dedicated to discussing and preserving the history of Galacticomm, The Major BBS, and other products, and resurrecting the software and vast library of third-party TPD/ISV add-ons, making them work with Worldgroup v3.3 for Win32 systems. In addition, we will preserve as much of the publications of Galacticomm and the ISVs, including files.

You may read more about the project background, or check the project status blog.

Get Involved!

If you can contribute any information, print ads, magazines, manuals, diskettes, software, source code, or anything at all to the project, please e-mail

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  • Project Information - The Major BBS Restoration Project project details, status, needs, etc.
  • Galacticomm - The history of the company that started it all - Galacticomm, Inc. History of the company, profiles of its key people, and the products developed.
  • TPDs and ISVs - History of the various TPD/ISV companies and people that developed for The Major BBS and Worldgroup, and all of the products they developed.
  • The BBSes - A history of systems that ran The Major BBS and/or Worldgroup, with profiles on some of the notable (or current) systems.
  • Message Forums - Project message forums; also the place for community support for the software!


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