KOM
Encyclopedia
KOM is a type of BBS
, with a text-based
(as opposed to a menu
based) input system. The first was QZ KOM, but soon others imitated the user interface.
The QZKOM system was first opened in 1978, which probably makes it the first Swedish-developed forum service in Sweden. It was forbidden by the Swedish government late the same year, reopened with permission in 1979.
Before opening of QZKOM, QZ ran the American system Forum-Planet which provided similar services but only for very small user groups.
Some KOMpatible systems are:
For a list of active KOM systems today, see the article on LysKOM
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Bulletin board system
A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging...
, with a text-based
Text-based
Usually used in reference to a computer application, a text-based application is one whose primary input and output are based on text rather than graphics or sound. This does not mean that text-based applications do not have graphics or sound, just that the graphics or sound are secondary to the...
(as opposed to a menu
Menu (computing)
In computing and telecommunications, a menu is a list of commands presented to an operator by a computer or communications system. A menu is used in contrast to a command-line interface, where instructions to the computer are given in the form of commands .Choices given from a menu may be selected...
based) input system. The first was QZ KOM, but soon others imitated the user interface.
The QZKOM system was first opened in 1978, which probably makes it the first Swedish-developed forum service in Sweden. It was forbidden by the Swedish government late the same year, reopened with permission in 1979.
Before opening of QZKOM, QZ ran the American system Forum-Planet which provided similar services but only for very small user groups.
Some KOMpatible systems are:
- LysKOMLysKOMLysKOM is a KOM-based conferencing system developed by the Lysator Academic Computer Society at Linköping University and Linköping Institute of Technology. It can be seen as a cross between news and e-mail, but with the presence and speed of IRC or IM-networks. The most common client is the LysKOM...
- MikroKOMMikroKOMMikroKOM is a KOM style BBS software written in Turbo Pascal. Originally it was written to run under CP/M on a MicroBee 128K, but was later ported to MS-DOS....
- SklaffKOMSklaffkomSklaffKOM is a KOM style BBS software written by Torbjörn Bååth, Peter Forsberg, Peter Lindberg, Odd Petersson and Carl Sundbom in 1992 and early 1993. Later additions has been made by Daniel Grönjord and Olof Runborg. SklaffKOM was developed under SunOS 5.x and was later run under Interactive...
- NiKom
- H-KOM
- TPCSTPCSTPCS is a KOM style BBS software written in C and assembler for MS-DOS....
- TCLThe Common LinkTCL, The Common Link, was a Swedish BBS system developed by Ulf Hedlund in the late 1980's. It was based on the capabilities of the KOM conferencing system used at many Swedish universities, and distinguished itself from the other major FidoNet BBS systems at the time by its support for topic...
, for MS-DOS - EasyKOM
- Alpha-KOM
- Nice Touch
- OpenKOMhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/openkom/
For a list of active KOM systems today, see the article on LysKOM
LysKOM
LysKOM is a KOM-based conferencing system developed by the Lysator Academic Computer Society at Linköping University and Linköping Institute of Technology. It can be seen as a cross between news and e-mail, but with the presence and speed of IRC or IM-networks. The most common client is the LysKOM...
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