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  • Telegard

    Telegard BBS was originally developed starting in 1986 by Carl Mueller, Dave Boisvenu, and a developer known as Bill, who began modifying the Pascal source code of WWIV v3 while they were still in their teens. The group was all in the Detroit area. Around 1989, the project was turned over to Eric Oman, a prolific young programmer who was reported to be in middle school at the time of working on Telegard. Under Oman, Telegard became a highly popular, modular platform. Martin Pollard joined as a co-programmer and alpha tester by version 1.8(?). Pollard sought to professionalize the software and distance it from its immature or warez-oriented reputation. Eric Oman leaving the project because it was "not fun anymore". The software's history took a definitive turn when the version 2.5 source code was accidentally leaked to the public. This leak became the foundation for several other legendary BBS packages, most notably Renegade, Iniquity, Impulse and others. Martin Pollard was frustrated by dealing with Telegard users and shut down Telegard development and support in December 1991. Tim Strike revived Telegard in 1993, with version 3.x releases. Today, the software is preserved as a cornerstone of BBS history, with the original telegard.net domain recently restored for archival purposes. Key Figures and Version Milestones - Carl Mueller: The original creator who branched the software from WWIV source code in 1986. - Eric Oman: The lead developer during Telegard's peak popularity; he was active until version 2.5g, which is considered the last version he worked on. - Martin Pollard: A key programmer and coordinator who managed the project through the early 90s and released the "So long" email in December 1991. - Tim Strike: Took over the project in September 1993, leading the transition to the 3.x series. There was talk about a ground-up rewrite in C++. - Version 2.7: Released in 1991, this became the "mainstay" version for many SysOps and was the final version written in Turbo Pascal. - Version 3.09 / 3.10: Later stable releases maintained by Tim Strike and the Telegard Development Team through the late 1990s.

  • Telegard Utilities

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  • README.NOW in JEZSRC.ZIP

    ...urce. This idea is to prevent people from doing what Cott Lang did to the Telegard source when he made Renegade. I wrote this game in November 199...

  • BULLETT.MSG in BBS18A.ZIP

    ...░▒▓▓ ▓▓▒░ Telegard Bulletin Board System List Telegard v1.8a...

  • NEW18A.TXT in BBS18A.ZIP

    Changes made for Telegard version 1.8a : ========================================== ===========================================================...

  • RELEASE.DOC in BBS18A.ZIP

    ...` `--- `--' `--- `--' ` ` ` ` `--' _*--------------- Telegard Bulletin Board - Version 1.8a Standard Copyright(...

  • VER.TXT in BBS18A.ZIP

    Telegard Revision History: ============================ 03-05-89 - 1.6d1 Standard 03-28-89 - 1.6d2 Beta 04-02-89 - 1.6d3 Beta 04-28-89 - 1.6d...

  • DEM0197.MEM in DEM-0197.ZIP

    ...wave.newwave.netade sm ─ stoned militia ─ warez96@cris.com ─ telegard  il ─ illusion ─ illusion@havok.m8.netegade - rene...

  • PACK.LST in DEM-0197.ZIP

    ...spasm's eternity file scan mod sm-matrx.zip stoned militia's telegard matrix sb-tetrs.zip sonicboom's iniquity tetris mod ...

  • PACK.LST in DEM-0397.ZIP

    ...2 matrix mod ; | nd-tgscr.zip - telegard pause prompt script < < rm-nvali....

  • DEM1098.NFO in DEM-1098.ZIP

    ...You see, I have this affliction where if I don't try to hack the Telegard 2.5g source 3-4 times a month, these nasty b[0;...

  • DESC.SDI in DORE0297.ZIP

    ...▀▀▀|16|00 |08 BBS Mods 4 all the seasons, |08 Renegade, Iniquity, and Telegard |09▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ |17|14 .·■ DoRE 02-9...

  • DORE0297.NFO in DORE0297.ZIP

    ... DM-RGNFO.ZIPRENEGADE RGINFO Revision DM-TGNFO.ZIP TELEGARD Bulletin Generator DM-TGUSR.ZIPTELEGARD User List Maker D...

  • FILE_ID.DIZ in DORE0297.ZIP

    ...▀▀▀|16|00 |08 BBS Mods 4 all the seasons, |08 Renegade, Iniquity, and Telegard |09▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ |17|14 .·■ DoRE 02-9...

  • ACTVTY13.DOC in actvty13.zip

    ...~~~~~~~~~~~ ANSI Activity log for Telegard v1.6e2 Written by Todd Bolitho and Eric Oma...

  • CHECKUL.DOC in chckul10.zip

    ... By Josh Lippy │ ───────────────┤ For Use with Telegard 2.7 └──────────────────┘ ====================================...

  • DESQVWTG.DOC in desqtlgd.zip

    ...86 or 386SX, you may want to take advantage of the DesqView environment. Telegard seems to run fine on my system, and I myself like the convienienc...

  • DUPCHECK.DOC in dupcheck.zip

    -========================================================- Telegard Duplicate User Checker v1.04 for Telegard v2.7+ -============================...

  • HANGUP.CFG in hangup35.zip

    ...correspond with ;the SYSOP defined Telegard colors, ;and are for the b...

  • HANGUP.DOC in hangup35.zip

    ... 1992, All Right Reserved │ ──────────┤ For Use with Telegard 2.7 │ ───────────────┤ └──────────────────┘ =============...

  • FIXES.WB5 in hsl_tgb5.zip

    ...d chose load HSLINK.EXE directly from the PROTOCOL path defined in Telegard. Makes for a more reliable loading procedure. * Fixed...

  • HSLK-TGI.DOC in hsl_tgb5.zip

    ... | | HS\Link Bidirectional Protocol Interface for Telegard. | | Copyright 1991,1992 by Tim Strike an...