PCBoard

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PCBoard

Screenshot of PC-Board 15.0
Developer:	Clark Development
Latest release:	15.3 / September 1996
Preview release:	15.4 beta / June 1997
OS:	MS-DOS / OS/2
Use:	Bulletin board system
License:	Proprietary
Website:	(defunct)

PCBoard was an MS-DOS / OS/2 bulletin board system (BBS) software package first created by the Clark Development Corporation, and originally introduced in 1983. PCBoard was one of the first commercial BBS packages for DOS systems.

Clark Development pioneered the FILE ID.DIZ format as well as a powerful scripting language (PPL) which supported modifications called PPEs (PCBoard Programming Executable).

The last full release of PCBoard by Clark Development was version 15.3 in September of 1996. The final release was 15.4 beta, which had a one-month trial period. Later, the lead software engineer from Clark Development released information on how to bypass the trial period timeout[1]; the timeout had been inserted as a reminder and had not been intended to permanently disable the software.

Clark Development went bankrupt in July 1997.