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 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!
Check out some related links.
- 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.
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