The quote is a little misleading. It was popular with multi-line BBSes back in the day for its accessible multitasking of DOS-based software on x86-based syste

The quote is a little misleading. It was popular with multi-line BBSes back in the day for its accessible multitasking of DOS-based software on x86-based systems. The software that many BBSes ran in the 90s (at least in my area code and the surrounding) was one of (a) Telegard[0] (b) T.A.G. or (c) a Forum hack of some kind[1]. These were all DOS-based and were impossible to get working in a two-node setup under Windows. Desqview and Desqview/X worked relatively well but still meant I had to shut down the BBS when my Dad wanted to use Lotus 123. Everyone I knew that had a multi-node setup ran OS/2 for a while. It was easily pirated, and inexpensive enough for the relatively honest amongst us compared to commercial UNIX offerings but the important reason was that it easily ran my current BBS software. [0] And its many hacks, Renegade being a large one. Ironically, I don't think the original Telegard was multi-node. I ended up re-writing Telegard, myself, and added multi-node support using some of the leaked, I think 2.25, version. [1] Run by the "Elite" :P