Editing Commodore 64 (section)

=== Networking software ===
During the 1980s, the Commodore 64 was used to run [[bulletin board system]]s using software packages such as [[Steve Punter|Punter]] BBS, Bizarre 64, [[Blue Board (software)|Blue Board]], C-Net, [[Color 64]], CMBBS, C-Base, DMBBS, Image BBS, EBBS, and The Deadlock Deluxe BBS Construction Kit, often with [[sysop]]-made modifications. These boards sometimes were used to distribute [[cracked software]]. As late as December 2013, there were 25 such Bulletin Board Systems in operation, reachable via the [[Telnet]] protocol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbbsoutpost.servebbs.com |title=Commodore BBS Outpost |website=Cbbsoutpost.servebbs.com |access-date=March 18, 2017}}</ref> There were major commercial [[online services]], such as [[Compunet]] (UK), [[CompuServe]] (US{{snd}} later bought by [[America Online]]), [[The Source (online service)|The Source]] (US), and [[Minitel]] (France) among many others. These services usually required custom software which was often bundled with a [[modem]] and included free online time as they were billed by the minute. [[Quantum Link]] (or Q-Link) was a US and Canadian online service for Commodore 64 and 128 personal computers that operated from November 5, 1985, to November 1, 1994. It was operated by [[Quantum Computer Services]] of [[Vienna, Virginia|Vienna]], Virginia, which in October 1991 changed its name to [[America Online]] and continued to operate its [[AOL]] service for the [[IBM PC compatible]] and Apple [[Macintosh]]. Q-Link was a modified version of the [[PlayNET]] system, which [[Control Video Corporation]] (CVC, later renamed Quantum Computer Services) licensed.