GBBS
GBBS is a bulletin board system (BBS) program for the Apple II. Its first series, named GBBS, was written in Applesoft and used by boards such as Demon Roach Underground in Lubbock, Texas Its successor, GBBS Pro, was ACOS-based. GBBS-Pro was used by boards like ProBOARD II in Paso Robles, California, Scotland Yard GBBS/AE Pro in Cincinnati, Ohio and Apple Elite II in Riverside, California.
GBBS (literally: Greg's Bulletin Board System) was written by Greg Schaefer, who later authored the terminal emulation program ProTERM. The GBBS-Pro system was based on the ACOS compiler and language. ACOS was a BASIC-like language wherein the modem handling routines had replaced some of the other basic functions. Arrays (for instance) were unheard of in ACOS and so it was necessary to find other ways to work around these limitations (i.e. files replaced arrays). GBBS systems could be highly customized and modified. Mods were shared between sysops (system operators) and even ProTERM support was given via a GBBS system.
GBBS (DOS)
GBBS, or Graphics BBS, was BBS software developed from 1989-1992 by Eric Anderson as part of his thesis at Chisholm Institute of Technology. Although it had superior graphics capabilities compared to RIP, it was harder to integrate into existing BBS's, and so was ultimately less popular.
GBBS allowed sending graphics defined by BASIC commands as well as GIF images. Since the images were cached between sessions, each image only needed to be downloaded once so these connections were often as fast as a text BBS.
The software was primarily used around Melbourne until the Internet killed the old bulletin boards.
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La Cantaleta
by: CabasY ahora que vas hacer
que para donde vas
que si tomas mas
con quien has salido,
Que porque no llegue
que llegue tarde ayer
que ya no se me ve
si no es amanecido,
Con ese repicar
me voy a trabajar
y todo es un suplicio
que voy a contestar si nadie puede hablar con semejante ruido,
que voy a contestar si nadie puede hablar con semejante ruido, RUIDO!
Y ahora que vas hacer
que para donde vas
que si tomas mas
con quien has salido,
Que porque no llegue
que llegue tarde ayer
que ya no se me ve
si no es amanecido,
Con ese repicar
me voy a trabajar
y todo es un suplicio
que voy a contestar si nadie puede hablar con semejante ruido,
que voy a contestar si nadie puede hablar con semejante ruido.
Me tiene loco todo el dia, con esa cantaleta,
Hay me tiene loco loco todo el dia, con esa cantaleta
Y aquien le va a gustar la casa, con esa fiera suelta,
Y aquien le va a gustar la casa, con esa fiera suelta,
Hay me tiene loco todo el dia, con esa cantaleta
Hay me tiene loco loco todo el dia, con esa cantaleta,
Y aquien le va a gustar la casa, con esa fiera suelta,
Y aquien le va a gustar la casa, con esa fiera suelta,
Hay me tiene loco loco todo el dia, con esa cantaleta,
Hay me tiene loco todo el dia, con esa cantaleta,
Y aquien le va a gustar la casa, con esa fiera suelta,
Y aquien le va a gustar la casa, con esa fiera suelta,
Que no me quieres mas
que no sirvo pa' na
que porque no me ido,
si no me quieres mas
deja mi vida en paz