# SuperBBS

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{{Infobox software
| name                   =
| title                  = SuperBBS
| logo                   = <!-- File: -->
| screenshot             = <!-- 250px -->
| caption                =
| collapsible            =
| author                 = Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala
| developer              =
| released               = {{Start date and age|1990}}
| discontinued           = very much
| latest release version = v1.17-3
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|1993|2|13}}
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| frequently updated     = <!-- DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does -->
| programming language   = <!-- [Turbo Pascal](/source/Turbo_Pascal) with some [Assembly Language](/source/Assembly_Language) routines -->
| operating system       = [DOS](/source/DOS)
| platform               =
| size                   = <!-- 829&nbsp;[KB](/source/Kilobyte) -->
| language               = <!--Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Spanish, Swedish-->
| status                 =
| genre                  = [Bulletin Board System](/source/Bulletin_Board_System)
| license                = Shareware
| website                = <!-- {{URL|http://www.rapro.com}} -->
}}

'''SuperBBS''' is a [DOS](/source/DOS) [Bulletin Board System](/source/Bulletin_Board_System) (BBS) software package written by Aki Antman and Risto Virkkala.<ref name="tivi_20180305" /> It was born as a functional clone of [RemoteAccess](/source/RemoteAccess) BBS (which in turn was a clone of [QuickBBS](/source/QuickBBS)), but extended the functionality with several newer technology a different way from RA. SuperBBS offered news, email, file sharing, discussion forums, realtime chat etc. and was used in more than 40 countries.<!-- said Antman -->{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} It has been distributed as [shareware](/source/shareware).

SuperBBS supported Hudson type messagebase, USERS.BBS style userbase, flexible menu and textfile options to make the software highly customisable. Supported several style doorway (external) programs and utilities written for QuickBBS, RemoteAccess and ProBoard.

The development ceased when Antman [entered](/source/Conscription_in_Finland) the [Finnish army](/source/Finnish_Defence_Forces) in 1993 and decided not to continue the development.

== References ==
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<ref name="tivi_20180305">{{cite web|last1=Korhonen|first1=Suvi|title=SuperBBS:n kehittäjästä tuli it-yrittäjä|url=https://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/superbbs-n-kehittajasta-tuli-it-yrittaja-6704939|website=Tivi|publisher=Alma Media Oyj|accessdate=14 March 2018|language=Finnish|date=5 March 2018}}</ref>

</references>

== External links ==
* [http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/IBM/DOS/SUPERBBS/ SuperBBS files]

Category:Bulletin board system software
Category:DOS software
Category:FidoNet
Category:Computer-related introductions in 1990

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