In 1991, looking for a networkable BBS program, Freshman Alex Wetmore decided to write his own. He named it YABBS, ported it to Linux as it became available, and opened it to the public. It ran for two years, while he updated the software, and then died a quiet death in April, 1994. Alex has been kind enough to put the message bases from his BBS up on the internet, where a copy of them resides here. Good solid stuff.
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00readme | 1273 | Introduction to the YABBS Message Base Collection
| anarchy | 1157489 | YABBS: Anarchy in the US (Politics) Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| bugs | 159504 | YABBS: YABBS Bugs Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| cartoons | 85797 | YABBS: Cartoons, Comics and Animation Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| enviro | 108044 | YABBS: Environmental Issues Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| food | 107280 | YABBS: Food and Cooking Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| freeass | 248745 | YABBS: Free Association Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| game | 126168 | YABBS: Games Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| general | 656381 | YABBS: Social Misfits Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| hack | 689571 | YABBS: #Hack Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| ircmud | 156623 | YABBS: IRC, MUDs and Internet BBSes Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| mindgame | 394655 | YABBS: Mind Games Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| music | 187140 | YABBS: Music and Sound and Stuff Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| poetry | 789824 | YABBS: Poetry and Creative Writing Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| religion | 240474 | YABBS: Religious Issues Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
| unix | 278461 | YABBS: Unix Message Base (Sept 4, 1994)
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| There are 16 files for a total of 5,387,429 bytes. |