# Is this forum powered by Discourse?

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With these type of programs you will often find the designs mimic one another

Back in the DOS BBS days most of the typically popular BBS forums were based on Telegard code or made to be similar in layout & core function.

I was using Renegade and with hacking the ovr file was able to make some simple tweaks to make a lot of visual changes. Simpler days.

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