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====== History of MBBSEmu ====== | ====== History of MBBSEmu ====== | ||
- | The journey of The MajorBBS Emulation Project (MBBSEmu) began well before its first code was uploaded to GitHub in 2019. My name is Eric Nusbaum, and I initiated my foray into reverse engineering modules for The Major BBS as [[https:// | + | The journey of The MajorBBS Emulation Project (MBBSEmu) began well before its first code was uploaded to GitHub in 2019. My name is [[https:// |
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+ | With the 90s winding down and headed into Y2K, we had all moved on to the Internet and were playing games like Unreal Tournament instead of Tele-Arena, TradeWars, or Legend of the Red Dragon. | ||
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By 2018, the challenge had escalated: finding free, effective tools for disassembling Major BBS Modules was proving to be a formidable task. This led me to develop a specialized disassembler for these modules. It not only produced a disassembly but also auto-documented the Major BBS APIs used by the DOS Module DLLs. This tool, [[https:// | By 2018, the challenge had escalated: finding free, effective tools for disassembling Major BBS Modules was proving to be a formidable task. This led me to develop a specialized disassembler for these modules. It not only produced a disassembly but also auto-documented the Major BBS APIs used by the DOS Module DLLs. This tool, [[https:// | ||
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As MBBSEmu celebrates its fourth anniversary, | As MBBSEmu celebrates its fourth anniversary, | ||
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+ | * Eric Nusbaum | ||
+ | * [[mailto: |
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