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In 1994, Peterson rewrote The Realm of Angmar, adapting it to MS-DOS (the basis for many dial-in BBS systems), and renamed it Swords of Chaos. For a few years this was a popular form of MUD, hosted on a number of BBS systems, until widespread Internet access eliminated most BBSes. [citation needed]
Monochrome BBS – BBS based in the UK, founded in 1990 and still running 2023; OSUNY – legendary old-school hack/phreak BBS from the 1980s; pcmicro; Plover-NET – early hacker BBS, origins of hacker group Legion of Doom; PTT Bulletin Board System – largest BBS in Taiwan, still the most popular online forum in 2018
Frequently they act as a front-end to themed databases on subject such as astrology, numerology and fortune-telling, recipes, weather prediction, personal ads (sometimes with additional match-making functionality), classified ads and "for sale" listings (sometimes permitting auctions), BBS lists, and parting comments from the most recent BBS ...
As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
Four Sword/Picori Blade: A sword forged by the Minish as a gift to the kingdom of Hyrule, which allows its wielder to split into four beings. Sword of Sages: In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, it is a holy weapon used by the Six Sages in an attempt to execute Ganondorf. However, Ganondorf survives due to being protected by the Triforce ...
FBB (F6FBB) – packet radio BBS system, still in use. [5] GBBS (Graphics BBS) – used in the Melbourne area. GT-Power; L.S.D. BBS – written by The Slavelord of The Humble Guys (THG). The Major BBS; Maximus; McBBS – by Derek E. McDonald. Opus-CBCS – first written by Wynn Wagner III. PCBoard; PegaSys; ProBoard BBS – written by Philippe ...
Exec PC BBS. The Exec-PC BBS launched on November 28, 1983, in the den of owner Bob Mahoney and his wife Tracey. This was in the earliest days of BBSing, and in contrast to most systems that used one of the many shareware BBS systems, ExecPC was a custom system written in the Clipper database system. This allowed them to add new features to the ...
Sword of Chaos and Other Stories is an anthology of sword and planet short stories edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The stories are set in Bradley's fictional world of Darkover . The book was first published by DAW Books in April 1982.