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- | Galacticomm | + | ====== History of Galacticomm, |
- | In 1986 Tim Stryker, Galacticomm' | + | The MajorBBS was a DOS Bulletin Board Software (BBS) written by Timothy Striker |
- | Version 5.0 of The Major BBS was released in 1988. The GalactiBox (a 16-slot COM 1-4 expansion chassis) was developed the same year. In 1989, Version 5.07 unveiled new " | + | While initially created to showcase the GSBL and Model 16, by 1988 Tim was licensing more copies |
- | Galactic Innovations, | + | In 1992 The MajorBBS v6 was released |
- | The Major BBS Version 6.0 ($259) implemented a major architectural shift in 1992 with native protected mode operation | + | 1995 also saw the rapid growth of public Internet access which drew a large percentage of its users from the BBS community. Like many BBS companies of the time, Galacticomm held delusions that they could compete with the growing popularity of the Internet. “Project Victory”, now renamed Worldgroup, was publicly announced on January 30th 1995 and Worldgroup v1.0 would be released |
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+ | 1996 was a very turbulent year for BBSing | ||
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+ | After Tim's passing, Galacticomm struggled on but with the loss of their visionary as well as droves of users leaving BBS' | ||
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+ | In 2002 the company would ultimately | ||
- | By 1994, Galacticomm was one of the largest BBS software providers in the world. | ||
- | The Galacticomm mission statement was: **//" |
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