The Chatting Zone On-line Help System

Credits and Acknowledgements...
The Chatting Zone On-line Help System

We would like to thank the following people, companies and organisations for helping make the TCZ project possible...

* The authors of TinyMUD (1989) and UglyMUG (1990-1991) for the codebases on which TCZ is based:

For TinyMUD, our thanks go to: David Applegate, James Aspnes and Bennet Yee.

For UglyMUG, our thanks go to: Peter Crowther, Robin Heydon, Nick Huggins, Malcolm J. Harwood, Dave Proctor and Gary D. Wallage.

* J.P.Boggis, the sole developer of TCZ from beta code (21/12/1993) to pre-release v4.3 (11/04/1999.) The TCZ 2000 Project commenced on 11/04/1999, preparing the TCZ source code for public release (See 'tcz' and 'gpl') and introducing S.A.Boggis to working on the code.

* Linus Torvalds for the Linux Operating System (Freeware UNIX for PC's), under which TCZ was mainly developed - A practical alternative to Microsoft and reliable UNIX server Operating System.

* Flux BBS (Run by Termisoc at the University of Plymouth) for hosting the first public TCZ on a trial basis (Spring/summer 1994, running v2.x of the code.)

* Lasermoon Ltd., UK (No-longer trading) for providing the original TCZ MUD with its first permanent site on the Internet (It was originally started at Lasermoon on 28th November 1994 (See 'history'), running v3.2 of the code.)

* AngliaNet Ltd., UK (Now owned by NetCIB) for providing the original TCZ MUD with its second permanent site on the Internet.

* The Information, Media and Communication (IMC) Research Group in the Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London for hosting the original TCZ MUD between 2001 and 2004 as part of an official research project.

* The users of the original TCZ MUD, for contributing to the friendly atmosphere and helping make it the friendly and enjoyable place it is.

* The administrators of the original TCZ MUD for all of the hard work and dedication that they have put into making it what it is.

Also, see 'version info', 'bug fixes', 'authors', 'history' and 'features'.