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h2. 

Background

and

History

Logicom

was

one

of

the

first

third-party

developers

for

[

The

Major

BBS

|gcomm:TheMajorBBS]

.

It

was

started

in

south

Florida

by

[

Don

Arnel

|DonArnel]

.

Logicom's

influence

was

also

very

strong

on

[

The

Major

BBS

|gcomm:TheMajorBBS]

itself.

An

early

modification

written

by

[

Arnel

|DonArnel]

allowed

Sysops

to

create

a

sub-menu

from

[

The

Major

BBS

|gcomm:TheMajorBBS]

(yes,

it

used

to

just

be

one

main

menu!).

Later,

it

was

expanded

to

allow

dynamic

menuing,

and

later

became

[

Galacticomm

|gcomm:Home]

's

[

Menuman

Edition

|gcomm:MenumanEdition]

,

which

eventually

was

folded

into

the

main

standard

BBS.

Other

contributions

included

the

line

editor,

which

[

Arnel

|DonArnel]

helped

[

Tim

Stryker

|gcomm:TimStryker]

write

in

1988.

Logicom's

addons

were

varied;

both

functional

and

entertainment

modules

were

offered.

One

thing

was

constant:

for

over

a

decade,

Logicom

produced

some

of

the

finest

and

most

profitable

add-ons

for

[

The

Major

BBS

|gcomm:TheMajorBBS]

and

[

Worldgroup

|gcomm:Worldgroup]. In November 1995, [Don Arnel|DonArnel] founded Cyberware,

.

In November 1995, Don Arnel founded Cyberware, Inc.,

whose

purpose

was

to

develop

and

maintain

the

Logicom

line

of

products

for

[

The

Major

BBS

|gcomm:TheMajorBBS]

and

[Worldgroup|gcomm:

Worldgroup

]

.

Logicom

focused

on

reselling

Cyberware

products

and

handling

sales

and

technical

support.

Tim

Arnel

became

president

of

Logicom.

As

the

[

Worldgroup

|gcomm:Worldgroup]

market

began

collapsing

in

the

late

1990's,

[

Arnel

|DonArnel]

sold

the

rights

during

a

per-module

sale

in

January-February

1997

to

many

Logicom/Cyberware

modules

to

[

Soft

Arts,

Ltd.

|SoftArts]

Some

modules

did

not

transfer

to

[

Soft

Arts

|SoftArts]

(for

example,

[

Biorhythm

]

went

to

[

Adventurecomm

]

);

We're

working

on

getting

a

full

Logicom/Cyberware

catalog

list

as

well

as

a

full

history

of

their

rights

transfer.