Neverending Story BBS was a piece of
software for a few different
8-bit microcomputers (in fact, they were completely different
codebases) like the
Commodore 64 and
Apple II. On the
Commodore 64 version, there was no real
downloads or
message base other than an ongoing story that was written by the users. A user would
log in, read the story
so far, and if they desired, contribute to the continuation of the story. The requirements for running it were small, requiring only a
modem, some kind of
disk drive (a Commodore
1541 would do), and a
telephone line.
Later on, a similar program was created that was a door for MS-DOS based BBS's, including a chain for early versions of WWIV and for Major BBS.