Dave's own version of Citadel
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Dave's own version of Citadel (DOC) is a variant of the Citadel/UX
Bulletin board system
(BBS) software which was developed specifically to run ISCA BBS
in the late 1980s. It is based on Citadel/UX 3.0 but very heavily modified to suit the specific needs of ISCA BBS, which at its peak was a massive system supporting hundreds of simultaneous users. DOC and its descendants are now used by a number of Internet BBSes, including some in Latin America
, which have been heavily modified, support 8-bit characters
, and are presented in Spanish
.
Along with its offshoots DOC has inspired at least four clone codebases, including YAWC
, which is likely the oldest, Jammin
, which has since become WeIrDo
, bbs100 (which is licensed under GPL
), and A better Citadel (ABC).
After a number of years, the DOC source code
was finally released under the GNU General Public License
. It is presented mainly for 'academic interest' due to its complexity, specificity to ISCA BBSes PA-RISC hardware, and poor documentation; however, at least one branch from an earlier version of DOC is being developed under the name vDOC (or variant DOC), which is known to work on Linux
, Solaris, and FreeBSD
systems.
.
Citadel/UX
Citadel/UX is a collaboration suite that is descended from the Citadel family of programs which became popular in the 1980s and 1990s as a bulletin board system platform. It is designed to run on open source operating systems such as Linux or BSD...
Bulletin board system
Bulletin board system
A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging...
(BBS) software which was developed specifically to run ISCA BBS
ISCABBS
ISCABBS, also known as ISCA, is a bulletin board system, formerly based at the University of Iowa. Dave's own version of Citadel, an early branch of the Citadel/UX BBS software, was developed to run ISCA...
in the late 1980s. It is based on Citadel/UX 3.0 but very heavily modified to suit the specific needs of ISCA BBS, which at its peak was a massive system supporting hundreds of simultaneous users. DOC and its descendants are now used by a number of Internet BBSes, including some in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, which have been heavily modified, support 8-bit characters
Character (computing)
In computer and machine-based telecommunications terminology, a character is a unit of information that roughly corresponds to a grapheme, grapheme-like unit, or symbol, such as in an alphabet or syllabary in the written form of a natural language....
, and are presented in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
.
Along with its offshoots DOC has inspired at least four clone codebases, including YAWC
YAWC
Yet Another Wersion of Citadel BBS is a variant of Dave's own version of Citadel that was developed to run under Linux. The project was started in 1994 By Kenneth Haglund a student from Vaasa in Finland...
, which is likely the oldest, Jammin
Jammin
Jammin was an original reality television series created by Sí TV that documents the attempts of six Latino bands to win a $10,000 cash prize and a Gibson sponsorship. Out of hundreds of bands that submitted entries, only the top fifteen bands, selected by online polling, advanced to the next round...
, which has since become WeIrDo
Weirdo
Weirdo was a magazine-sized comics anthology created by Robert Crumb and published by Last Gasp from 1981 to 1993.Weirdo served as a "low art" counterpoint to its contemporary highbrow RAW...
, bbs100 (which is licensed under GPL
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
), and A better Citadel (ABC).
After a number of years, the DOC source code
Source code
In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...
was finally released under the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
. It is presented mainly for 'academic interest' due to its complexity, specificity to ISCA BBSes PA-RISC hardware, and poor documentation; however, at least one branch from an earlier version of DOC is being developed under the name vDOC (or variant DOC), which is known to work on Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
, Solaris, and FreeBSD
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant...
systems.
Partial list of DOC BBSes
Unless otherwise noted, all these BBSes may be accessed by telnetTELNET
Telnet is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area networks to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communications facility using a virtual terminal connection...
.
- Renaissance BBS, (telnet gilyeat.com)
- ISCABBSISCABBSISCABBS, also known as ISCA, is a bulletin board system, formerly based at the University of Iowa. Dave's own version of Citadel, an early branch of the Citadel/UX BBS software, was developed to run ISCA...
, formerly bbs.isca.uiowa.edu, now at bbs.iscabbs.com, home of DOC - Eschwa BBS, bbs.eschwa.com
- ITESO BBS, club.gdl.iteso.mx (in SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) <-- BBS Dead - Club BBS, club.bbseros.org (in fact the line above at ITESO BBS is not longer valid, this is the new name and address for that BBS) <-- BBS Dead
- Smart BBS, smartbbs.org port 23 (telnet://smartbbs.org) (in SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) Derivative of Club BBS. - Matrixbbs, matrixbbs.org (in SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) - Utopia Dammit! BBS, telnet://bbs.utopiadammit.com (also available via sshSecure ShellSecure Shell is a network protocol for secure data communication, remote shell services or command execution and other secure network services between two networked computers that it connects via a secure channel over an insecure network: a server and a client...
), home of vDOC - Inara BBS, bbs.inarabbs.com port 23 ( telnet://bbs.inarabbs.com/ )