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	[[Image:Program-ads.png\|frame\|right\|Screen shot of the BBS ad for the Contrails BBS, which no longer exists]] BBS Ads was a simple series of programs that advertised [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system bulletin board systems (BBSes)] via a {{Tech:Win16}} program. Customization for different BBSes was achieved by modifying [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa381050.aspx stringtable] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format bitmap] resources in a Windows resource editor; no recompilation from the source code was necessary. The stringtables stored the name of the BBS as well as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysop sysop] names, cosysop names, and telephone numbers. Optionally, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV wave sound file] can be included as ~~a resource~~ and will automatically play on the program's startup.		[[Image:Program-ads.png\|frame\|right\|Screen shot of the BBS ad for the Contrails BBS, which no longer exists]] BBS Ads was a simple series of programs that advertised [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system bulletin board systems (BBSes)] via a {{Tech:Win16}} program. Customization for different BBSes was achieved by modifying [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa381050.aspx stringtable] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format bitmap] resources in a Windows resource editor; no recompilation from the source code was necessary. The stringtables stored the name of the BBS as well as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysop sysop] names, cosysop names, and telephone numbers. Optionally, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV wave sound file] can be included in the same directory as the ad's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Executable EXE file] and will automatically play on the program's startup, if present.

	Please do not call any of the phone numbers listed in the ads as they no longer serve BBSes.		Please do not call any of the phone numbers listed in the ads as they no longer serve BBSes.

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[[Image:Program-ads.png|frame|right|Screen shot of the BBS ad for the Contrails BBS, which no longer exists]] BBS Ads was a simple series of programs that advertised [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system bulletin board systems (BBSes)] via a {{Tech:Win16}} program. Customization for different BBSes was achieved by modifying [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa381050.aspx stringtable] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format bitmap] resources in a Windows resource editor; no recompilation from the source code was necessary. The stringtables stored the name of the BBS as well as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysop sysop] names, cosysop names, and telephone numbers. Optionally, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV wave sound file] can be included as a resource and will automatically play on the program's startup.

Please do not call any of the phone numbers listed in the ads as they no longer serve BBSes.

==Download==
*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/bbsads.zip Download BBS Ads and its source code]'''

BBS Ads - Revision history

Stevenlawrance at 01:01, 15 October 2007

Stevenlawrance: New page: Screen shot of the BBS ad for the Contrails BBS, which no longer exists BBS Ads was a simple series of programs that advertised [http://en.wikipedia.o...