to allow large number of multiple nodes under OS/2 Automatically detects OS/2 operation for time-slice control Full network support for any NetBIOS compatible network, including NetWare, LANtastic, 3-Com, Vines & more. Full remote DOS access for SysOp if desired True & complete multi-lingual language support Requirements IBM PC compatible Minimum 320k RAM DOS 3.1 or higher Modem to support remote dial-in, a Virtual Modem such as NetSerial, or the NetFoss telnet FOSSIL for Windows. PCBoard/M Needs 80386 CPU or higher since code is written using 80386 instructions for maximum speed. PPLC versions PCBoard V15.00 PPLC V1.00 PCBoard V15.10 PPLC V2.00 PCBoard V15.20 PPLC V3.00 PCBoard V15.21 PPLC V3.10 PCBoard V15.22 PPLC V3.20 PCBoard V15.30 PPLC V3.30 PCBoard V15.40 PPLC V3.40 (both beta) PPE/PPL groups Thousands of PPEs were developed and published, often available free of charge, by individuals or scene groups. A number of commercial PPEs were also developed, mostly under shareware licensing. A number of release groups who were specialized in PPE and other PCB/BBS tool developments were formed, such as the French group Aegis Corp, the Russian group Brutal PPE/PCE/PRO Coders (BPC) and the German groups Peanuts (PNS) and Paranoia (PNA). Warez groups Such as PWA and DOD released several PPEs which were used by many sysops, including the PWA "NewScan" PPE, the PWA "Files-Reverse" PPE and the DOD "LARS Upload Processor". The French group Aegis Corp distributed a PPE De-compiler (PPLX) written by Lone Runner, which allowed the de-compilation of PPE binaries back to human-readable PPL code. Lone Runner also wrote the Aegis PPL compiler, which produced smaller and faster code than Clark Development's original PPL compiler. Other tools for PPE developers followed. Another PPE De-compiler was PPLDecompiler (PPLD) written by CHiCKEN, a member of the "Swiss Coding Division" of the group Electronic Rats (EcR). PCBoard Metaworlds Metaworlds was an attempt by CDC to establish a BBS-like environment on the Internet, basically a closed mailbox in HTML format online. Access to the content was only possible for registered users who had to authenticate themselves with username and password to access the system. Metaworlds supported the parallel operation with the standard ANSI based PCBoard BBS software and used Microsoft SQL Server as underlying database. A runtime-version of Microsoft SQL Server came with the Metaworlds software. CDC went out of business before Metaworlds was finished. Metaworlds was developed by CDC to make the transition to the Internet when the