Searchlight BBS

Searchlight BBS
Original author(s)	Frank LaRosa
Developer(s)	Searchlight Software (1987–1998); TeleGrafix Communications
Initial release	1985
Final release	5.1 / February 6, 1999
Written in	Microsoft Level III BASIC; Turbo Pascal
Operating system	DOS
Platform	IBM PC compatible; TRS-80
Available in	English
Type	Bulletin board system
License	Shareware

Searchlight BBS is a bulletin board system (BBS) developed in 1985 by Frank LaRosa for the TRS-80.^[2] LaRosa formed a company, Searchlight Software, through which he marketed and sold Searchlight BBS. In 1987, LaRosa expanded the software and sold it as shareware written for the PC in Pascal (using Turbo Pascal).^[2] The features of Searchlight BBS included a full screen text editor, a remote DOS shell, and file transfer via the XMODEM protocol. Searchlight BBS rapidly grew in popularity, and appeared frequently in Boardwatch magazine and at BBS conventions across the United States. Eventually, Searchlight BBS supported FidoNet, ZMODEM, Internet e-mail and telnet connectivity.

In 1995 LaRosa began work on Spinnaker Web Server, to compete with Netscape and other web server software. Searchight Software sold Searchlight BBS, along with Spinnaker Web Server, to TeleGrafix Communications in 1998.^[3]

References

^ "Searchlight BBS". telegrafix.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b First Searchlight BBS
^ "Archived copy". telegrafix.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Searchlight BBS". telegrafix.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[franklarosa.com-2] First Searchlight BBS

[3] "Archived copy". telegrafix.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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