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KOM (bulletin board system)

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KOM is a type of BBS, with an intuitive text based (as opposed to a menu based) input system. The first was QZ KOM, but soon others imitated the user interface.

The QZKOM system was first opened in 1978, which probably makes it the first forum service in Sweden. It was forbidden by the Swedish government late the same year, reopened with permimssion in 1979.

Some KOMpatible systems are:

For a list of active KOM systems today, see the article on LysKOM.