Acropolis (Apple)

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Acropolis
Original author(s) Ryan Gesler
Initial release 1996 (1996) by Frederick Gotfredson
Discontinued v1.0 / December 1996; 27 years ago (1996-12)
Platform Apple IIe/GS

Acropolis

I know nothing about this software, or if it has any relation to the DOS version of Acropolis.

From the BBS Documentary

Released by Fred Gotfredson, written by Ryan Gesler. This Apple II BBS program was billed as a work-in-progress that was being released simply because they had reached a critical mass in time and effort and decided to make sure the world got it. Files within the .SHK archive that was released by Fred Gotfredson in 1996 show some files going back to 1993.

If the files inside are any indication, Acropolis BBS Software was in use from 1993 onwward on Ryan Gesler's BBS, "Apple Seeds". It appears to be a Citadel clone, which would make it rather unusual for the Apple II platform. Beyond that, the system appears to have inter-BBS networking capability with other Acropolis BBSes (that is, all the Acropolis BBSes call each other at 3am and transfer messages between each other).

Acropolis files

File Size Date
Acropolis 1.0 (?, 7 disk images?) 250,556 bytes
Acropolis v1.0 .SHK Archive, generated from Usenet Posting 242,034 bytes
Acropolis Documentation, from .SHK Archive 6,465 bytes
Acropolis Online Help: New User Tutorial by Fred Gotfredson and Ryan Gesler 6,330 bytes October, 1993
Acropolis Online Help: File Transfers by Fred Gotfredson and Ryan Gesler 5,247 bytes December, 1993