Editing Bulletin board system (section)

==Features==
A classic BBS had:
* A [[computer]]
* One or more [[modem]]s
* One or more phone lines, with more allowing for increased concurrent users
* A [[List of BBS software|BBS software package]]
* A [[sysop]] – system operator
* A user community

The BBS software usually provides:{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
* Menu systems
* One or more [[Message board|message base]]s
* Uploading and downloading of message packets in [[QWK (file format)|QWK]] format using [[XMODEM]], [[YMODEM]] or [[ZMODEM]]
* File areas
* Live viewing of all caller activity by the system operator 
* Voting – opinion booths
* Statistics on message posters, top uploaders / downloaders
* [[Online game]]s (usually single [[Player (game)|player]] or only a single active player at a given time)
* A [[BBS door|doorway]] to third-party online games
* Usage auditing capabilities
* Multi-user chat (only possible on multi-line BBSes)
* Internet email (more common in later Internet-connected BBSes)
* Networked message boards
* Most modern BBSes allow [[telnet]] access over the Internet using a telnet server and a virtual [[FOSSIL]] driver.
* A "yell for SysOp" page caller side menu item that sounded an audible alarm to the system operator. If chosen, the system operator could then initiate a text-to-text chat with the caller.
* Primitive social networking features, such as leaving messages on a user's profile