Tag: GBBS

GBBS Pro 2.3 Manual & Software

Seattle, Washington — July 30, 2023 — The popular Bulletin Board System, GBBS Pro, has received a significant update to version 2.3 – both the software and the expanded physical manual that accompanies it with an additional 142 pages. GBBS Pro 2.3 is a user-friendly, highly-modifiable Bulletin Board System (BBS) for communications and entertainment.  It has advanced features that can be configured by a novice, yet challenge advanced programmers.  Originally released between 1980 and 1993 for Apple II computers, this…

GBBS Pro Bulletin Board System Archive Relocated

The GBBS Pro Source Code archive has moved. The new location is on the Call-A.P.P.L.E. Github page which is located at:https://github.com/callapple GBBS Pro Bulletin Board System is an Apple II based BBS program which allows users to run their own bulletin board cheaply and easily. The latest version of the publicly available builds from the GBBS Pro website at https://gbbs.applearchives.com/ or order the manual for version 2.2 from A.P.P.L.E. at https://www.callapple.org/documentation/books/gbbs-pro-2-2/

GBBS Pro 2.2 Book released by A.P.P.L.E.

Seattle, Washington — July 21, 2017 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) and Kevin M. Smallwood are proud to announce the immediate availability of the book GBBS Pro Bulletin Board System: Version 2.2 and the software update that accompanies it. GBBS Pro is a user-friendly, highly-modifiable Bulletin Board System (BBS) for communications and entertainment.  It has advanced features that can be configured by a novice, yet challenge advanced programmers.  Originally released between 1980 and 1993 for Apple II computers,…

Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine Jan/Feb 2017 Released

The Jan/Feb 2017 issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine has been released to A.P.P.L.E. members.  This 36-page full-color issue features many exclusive articles including: – Akalabeth: The Beginning of a Legacy– Steve Jobs: The Quiet Philanthropist– GBBS Pro: The Official Archive– The Apple II Web Server in BASIC– Uthernet II update– Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Swift Be My Playground A.P.P.L.E. members can log into their accounts and download the PDF magazine.  If you are not yet a member, be sure to join through…

Age of Reason BBS Down Due to Power Spike

The Age of Reason BBS which runs on a real Apple //e is down at the moment.  This week, Washinton state has several back to back storms causing power outages throughout the western part of the state.  A power spike sent the machine into oblivion and in talking with Gene Buckle, the curator of the BBS, he still doesnt know exactly what is wrong with it.  Age of Reason runs on GBBS Pro, a BBS package written by Greg Schaefer…

New BBS Goes Online using GBBS Pro

It looks like someone finally put a GBBS back online.  Gene Buckle has put up his Age of Reason BBS using GBBS 1.3j which was developed by L&L Productions in 1986.  This software ran many of the BBS’s during the 1980’s and 1990’s eventually coming to a screeching halt when the IIgs was discontinued and with the Internet becoming more popular. While many people have tried to put up BBS’s in the past 10 years, not many of them lasted. …