Second Sight was a commercial bulletin board system (BBS) program[1] written by Scott Watson,[2][3] who founded The FreeSoft Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania[4] for the Apple Macintosh. It was the second program from Watson, the first being the Red Ryder terminal emulator. When first released it was known as Red Ryder Host, later becoming White Knight, and finally Second Sight. Second Sight was a traditional text-based BBS system, unlike products like TeleFinder and FirstClass which supported a graphical interface.
| Original author(s) | Scott Watson |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | The FreeSoft Company |
| Type | BBS |
Next, Watson came up with a program for anyone to create a BBS. It was called Red Ryder Host, but later renamed Second Sight. Scott introduced the new program in the same way as Red Ryder, by posting it on bulletin boards. By then, Watson operated his own bulletin board.
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edit- ^ Second Sight, Take Three, By Mark H. Anbinder, 10 January 1994, TidBITS, ...The FreeSoft Company recently shipped the long-awaited 3.0 release of their popular Second Sight bulletin board software. Second Sight 3.0 is the successor to Red Ryder Host and Second Sight version 2.1; the company also publishes White Knight, the popular terminal software formerly known as Red Ryder...
- ^ "T H E O F F I C I A L" / B B S F A Q, Version 1.0, Copyright (C) - 1994, Author/Editor - Claire Walters, ...Second Sight 3.0...Originally Written by Scott Watson. / Version 3.0 by Jeff Dripps...
- ^ Mac BBS software.... what options are there ?, 2 Sep 1992 - Google Groups, ...The current offerings in Mac BBS software include: Second Sight (Red Ryder Host), by Scott Watson, currently in version 2.1...
- ^ Mac BBS SW list 9412 4/5, 11 Dec 1994 - Google Groups, ...Freesoft (Second Sight), 9411 / The Freesoft Company / 105 McKinley Road / Beaver Falls, PA 15010, USA / Tel: +1-412-846-2700 / BBS: +1-412-846-5312 / Fax: +1-412-847-4436...