# Spitfire (BBS)

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'''SPITFIRE''' is a [bulletin board system](/source/bulletin_board_system) for [MS-DOS](/source/MS-DOS) released in 1987. It was written by Mike Woltz (1945-2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/obituaries/dmr127955|title=Michael David Woltz Obituary}}</ref> and published in 1987 as [shareware](/source/shareware) by his company Buffalo Creek Software of West Des Moines, Iowa.

==History==
SPITFIRE was written in [Turbo Pascal](/source/Turbo_Pascal) with [assembly language](/source/assembly_language) routines.  It was released in 1987 as [shareware](/source/shareware), and had a moderate sized fanbase, only outnumbered by products such as [RemoteAccess](/source/RemoteAccess), TriBBS, [PCBoard](/source/PCBoard), [Major BBS](/source/Major_BBS), and [Wildcat! BBS](/source/Wildcat!_BBS).{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}  It was possible to run multiple "nodes" of SPITFIRE under [Windows](/source/Windows) and [OS/2](/source/OS%2F2); although, most [SysOp](/source/SysOp)s preferred to use Quarterdeck's [DESQview](/source/DESQview) for this purpose.  SPITFIRE interfaced with message relaying systems such as [FidoNet](/source/FidoNet) through third party utilities such as SHILOH, a QWK networking interfacing program, and BCSUTI, a Postlink-style networking interface.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

SPITFIRE's most successful release (Version 3.2) came in 1992. By December 1992, there were 1523 registered copies of Spitfire still running, out of 2111 total registered to date.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shipley |first1=Jacque |title=Keeping in Touch |journal=Spitfire Monthly Support Newsletter |date=January 1993 |volume=SF01-93 |issue=January 1993 |url=http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/IBM/DOS/SPITFIRE/support/ |access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> In October 1993, Version 3.4 was released, supporting [RIPscrip](/source/Remote_Imaging_Protocol) graphics which offered more modern vector graphics. But in 1994, the [World Wide Web](/source/World_Wide_Web) exploded on the scene, and many SysOps began converting from running BBSes to becoming [Internet service provider](/source/Internet_service_provider)s.

Due to advances in technology, SPITFIRE can be run as a telnet BBS using a virtual [FOSSIL](/source/FOSSIL) driver and [Telnet](/source/Telnet) engine (SIO/VMODEM under [OS/2](/source/OS%2F2), NetFoss, NetSerial or NetModem under Windows).

SPITFIRE (version 3.6) was updated in 1999 for Y2K compliance, and its most recent release is SPITFIRE 3.7 (Released in January 2010)

==References==
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==External links==
{{cite web|title=Buffalo Creek Software|url=http://www.buffalocrk.com|publisher=Buffalo Creek Software|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204091221/http://buffalocrk.com/|archive-date=2022-12-04|access-date=24 April 2023}}

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