From: Andy Funk To: bbssoftware@bbsdocumentary.com Subject: Landline and Ham Radio BBSs I just found out about your BBS project. Cool! Back in the 80s and 90s, from about 1986 to 1994, I operated a BBS that was mainly on-the-air over ham radio (the precursor to digital cell phones, texting, etc.) but also had telephone access. It was known as the KB7UV ROSErver/PRMBS, at 718-956-7133. The software was ROSErver/PRMBS (Packet Radio MailBox System), written by Brian Riley (then callsign KA2BQE, now N1BQ) of Vermont . (Brian used to run a Citadel BBS in NJ.) ROSErver indicated it was part of the Radio Amateur Telecommunications Society's RATS Open System Environment. (Other elements included an over-the-air, X.25 packer switch.) ROSErver/PRMBS ran under DOS, and used DESQview for multitasking. Amateur (ham) Radio had an international email network via our interconnected Packet radio BBSs (PBBSs) operating from the early 80s that hasn't completely disappeared, but has greatly diminished due to the Internet. But the pioneering experiments and demonstrations of wireless computer communications by ham radio operators paved the way for today's 2-way pagers, digital cellular networks, Blackberries, etc. You already include FBB in your list -- FBB is another packer radio BBS system. There were/are several others, and a rudimentary BBS was built-into many Terminal Node Controllers (TNCs) -- the "box" that went between computers and radios, including the radio modem and control circuitry. Best of luck, /Andy