CB Simulator

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<p>In October 1983, CBSIM CB Simulator was written and released by Jerry Thomas Hunter as the first publicly accessible CB Simulator software available for privately operated <a href="/facts/Bulletin_board_system/22d9c9s2">computer bulletin board systems</a> (BBSs). The program was released as "freeware" as an add-on module (or "Door") for the popular <a href="/facts/RBBS-PC/Vr3D1bUc">RBBS-PC</a>. It enabled users connected on one node of a bulletin board system to "chat" with users dialed in on other nodes. Initially, CBSIM supported a maximum of 32 concurrent nodes (connected users), and allowed dynamic creation and cataloging of "channels" by the users of the BBS on which it was installed. The source code was released to the public from the inception of the CBSIM project, and this source code quickly became the foundation for multi-node chat systems embedded in other popular BBS software products.
</p><p>In the mid-1980s, a version of CB was written for the DEC <a href="/facts/RSTS%2fE/76t3p3Fu">RSTS/E</a> operating system. It was accomplished by using a rare shared R/W Runtime system, to keep track of users in the CB simulator. This was one of the first and only usage of a shared memory area, mapped to Basic-Plus virtual arrays, to keep track of a program usage. Using CB, you could communicate to other users across <a href="/facts/DECnet/9wnFzPvn">DECnet</a> to other nodes of the system. Built in was also a pseudo-tty module, which allowed you to execute programs, while 'chatting' in CB on the same terminal. The software was made available though DECUS SIG RSTS users group.
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<ul><li><i>An Introduction to CompuServe's Citizens' Band Simulator</i>. Columbus, Ohio: CompuServe Incorporated. 1986.</li>
<li>"CB-ing Turns Ten". <i>CompuServe Magazine</i> (October 1990): 34. October 1990.</li>
<li>"1980 Technology Happenings". <i>Computerworld</i> Goff, Leslie Jay. August 9, 1999.</li>
<li>"RSTS/E CB Simulator".  Written by the author of the program 2016.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200757/https://wiki.cc.gatech.edu/scqualifier/images/e/e8/Van_Gelder-Electronic_lover.pdf">The Strange Case of the Electronic Lover</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>CompuServe Innovator Resigns After 25 Years, The Columbus Dispatch, 11 May 1996, p. 2F <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Dylan Tweney (September 24, 2009). "Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers Debuts". Wired (magazine). Retrieved July 9, 2019. <a href="https://www.wired.com/2009/09/0924compuserve-launches" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2009/09/0924compuserve-launches</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Mike Pramik (November 12, 2000). "Wired and Inspired". The Columbus Dispatch. (Business page). <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Transcript of the 'Phil Donahue Show' episode aired March 15 1985 <a href="http://www.tranquileye.com/hackerculture/approaches/donahue_1985.txt" target="_blank">http://www.tranquileye.com/hackerculture/approaches/donahue_1985.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Van Gelder, Lindsy (October 1985). "The Strange Case of the Electronic Lover" (PDF). Ms. Retrieved August 30, 2013. <a href="http://lindsyvangelder.com/sites/default/files/Plinkers.org%20-%20Electronic%20Lover.htm_.pdf" target="_blank">http://lindsyvangelder.com/sites/default/files/Plinkers.org%20-%20Electronic%20Lover.htm_.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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CB Simulator