I used the modem terminal program {COMMO} to automate dialing and logging in to 300 (at peak) BBSes in my hometown to auto download/upload QWK mail packets (thi

I used the modem terminal program {COMMO} to automate dialing and logging in to 300 (at peak) BBSes in my hometown to auto download/upload QWK mail packets (think RSS crossed with /var/lib/mqueue) while I slept, and then I’d wake up and open them all in the QWKmail tool and read through all the new posts and occasionally write my own in reply, which would be uploaded the next time the autodialer ran. Imagine a terminal emulator with Expect scripting built into a UI overlay for editing line-based scripts and running them, and the ability to cause UI for the user to respond to, and you’ll be close to understanding how amazingly unique and precious this tool was. Sadly, the author died a few years ago, and his family didn’t choose to release the source code. I dream someday of replicating it, or paying someone to replicate it, because it was innovative and taught me ways of thinking about programming that have no equivalent in modern era.