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'''TIBBS''' (Texas Instruments Bulletin Board System) was a computer [[BBS]] system that was popular in the early to mid 1980's. TIBBS was the first BBS written to run on the [[TI-99/4A]] microcomputer. The program was begun because its author, Ralph Fowler, of Atlanta, Georgia was told by TI's engineers that the machine was not powerful enough to support a BBS. |
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae |
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] |
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| classis = [[Liliopsida]] |
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| ordo = [[Poales]] |
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| familia = [[Juncaceae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Juncus]]'' |
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| species = '''''J. xiphioides''''' |
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| binomial = ''Juncus xiphioides'' |
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| binomial_authority = [[Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer|E.Mey.]] |
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Approximately 200 systems were sold and many TIBBS systems popped up around the World. Operators ranged from teen-agers to one SysOp (System Operator) in Sacramento, California who was over 70 years old. |
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'''''Juncus xiphioides''''' is a species of [[Juncus|rush]] known by the common name '''irisleaf rush'''. It is native to the southwestern United States and [[Baja California]] where it grows in wet areas in many habitat types. This is a [[Rhizome|rhizomatous]] perennial herb producing erect stems to a maximum height between about 40 and 80 centimeters. It has wide leaf blades for a rush, often exceeding one centimeter in width at the base. The few straw-colored leaves reach up to 40 centimeters in length. The large [[inflorescence]] has many clusters of up to 70 flowers each. The flower has very narrow green, red, or yellow-brown, lance-shaped [[tepal]]s and six [[stamen]]s with very small anthers. The fruit is a brown oblong capsule. |
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After Texas Instruments ceased producing the 99/4A, its enthusiasts just became more supprotive of each other and TIBBS continued into the late 80's. Eventually Fowler turned the program over to the public domain and moved on to a different PC platform. |
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*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8238,8239,8310 Jepson Manual Treatment] |
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=JUXI USDA Plants Profile] |
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000197 Flora of North America] |
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*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Juncus+xiphioides Photo gallery] |
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Phillip (P.J.) Holly aired a BBS written in Extended Basic on his TI-99/4(a) home computer in late 1982 or early 1983 in the Northwest Chicago suburbs. His code was given to fellow BBS friends, and eventually used as a starting point for the Chicago TI-User's Group BBS, which later was coded in assembly language using TI-Editor Assembler. |
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Mr. Holly wrote his bbs on his own because he realized there was a lack of bbs software for the TI. He was 12 years old. |
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Months later, he discovered Mr. Fowler's BBS in Atlanta. To his knowledge, his BBS was the first TI bbs online. It was most definitely the first in the Chicagoland area. |
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Juncus xiphioides is a species of rush known by the common name irisleaf rush. It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California where it grows in wet areas in many habitat types. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing erect stems to a maximum height between about 40 and 80 centimeters. It has wide leaf blades for a rush, often exceeding one centimeter in width at the base. The few straw-colored leaves reach up to 40 centimeters in length. The large inflorescence has many clusters of up to 70 flowers each. The flower has very narrow green, red, or yellow-brown, lance-shaped tepals and six stamens with very small anthers. The fruit is a brown oblong capsule.
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