# Graphics BBS

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For Greg's Bulletin Board System, see [GBBS](/source/GBBS).

**Graphics BBS** (**GBBS**) was a [bulletin board system](/source/Bulletin_board_system) [server](/source/Server_(computing)) developed from 1989 to 1992 by Eric Anderson as part of his thesis at [Chisholm Institute of Technology](/source/Chisholm_Institute_of_Technology). Although it had superior graphics capabilities compared to [RIP](/source/Remote_imaging_protocol), it was harder to integrate into existing BBS's, and so was ultimately less popular.[1]

GBBS allowed sending graphics defined by [BASIC](/source/BASIC) commands, as well as [GIF](/source/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](/source/Melbourne) until the [Internet](/source/Internet) killed the old bulletin boards.[2]

## References

1. [The BBS Software Directory](http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/IBM/DOS/GBBS/)

1. ["Dial up BBs's ? - Dial-up"](https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2723404). *Whirlpool.net.au*. Retrieved 2023-12-27.

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