Offworld

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter.
It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view.
Please discuss further on the talk page.
This article has been tagged since May 2008.

This article does not cite any references or sources. (May 2008)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

This article may not meet the general notability guideline or one of the following specific guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion.
This article has been tagged since May 2008.

Offworld was a computer bulletin board system created and operated by Joey J. It was the largest system of its kind in both Los Angeles and Saint Louis, sporting 32 incoming phone lines at its peak.

Offworld started as Dial-Your-Match #88 in 1984 in Los Angeles. It was moved to Saint Louis in the Fall of 1991. In 1994, it was shut dow permanently amidst controversy over responsibility for user-contributed content, which BBS journalist Jack Rickard discussed in his magazine Boardwatch in 1993.

Offworld ran under MS-DOS using DLX multi-user software by Richard Gillman, with additional customized software routines written by Joey J, which gave the system several unique features.

Former users gather at http://offworld.ws.