{
  "collection": "Cool BBS Ami Pro working documents",
  "reviewed": "2026-08-03",
  "source": "Local disk backup recovered by the site owner",
  "formatNote": "Ami Pro SAM version 4 files. The documents are predominantly Windows-1252 text with inline formatting records; modern LibreOffice and libwps command-line importers did not recognise these copies.",
  "notice": "The mirrored documents contain historical names, email addresses, and telephone numbers. Numbers and domains may have been reassigned; do not use them as present-day contact details.",
  "documents": [
    {
      "filename": "cool.sam",
      "title": "Cool BBS operating profile",
      "description": "A one-page in-house profile describing the board's features, mail networks, software, hardware, modem, and staff roles.",
      "publicHref": "/assets/amipro/sources/cool.sam",
      "mediaType": "application/octet-stream",
      "bytes": 9696,
      "sha256": "1eeca1511c3bf6439864eddd23eb4061b314ec843bdc9409b37143e366154469",
      "pageRecords": 1,
      "embeddedDateCandidates": {
        "createdEpoch": 754546550,
        "createdDateUtc": "1993-11-29T04:15:50Z",
        "savedEpoch": 754548535,
        "savedDateUtc": "1993-11-29T04:48:55Z"
      },
      "dateCaveat": "The numeric fields decode plausibly as Unix timestamps, but Ami Pro field semantics and the originating computer's timezone have not been independently verified.",
      "keyEvidence": [
        "States that the board was started in September 1989; later first-person records give 1990 and 5 September 1991, so the exact chronology remains unresolved.",
        "Lists RsaNET, FidoNet address 5:7102/99, and CoolBBS@CT.SA. Historical global nodelists have not corroborated /99; they instead record BBS 'R' US at 5:7102/124 from November 1991 to January 1992.",
        "A separate 1996 Roblist application names RsaMAIL as a messaging route alongside RsaBBS and email. That makes RsaMAIL plausible context for CoolBBS@CT.SA, but no address example or Cool BBS configuration has been recovered to prove the connection.",
        "Names single-line WildCat!, TomCat, FrontDoor, Windows for Workgroups, and MS-DOS 6.",
        "Describes a 486-DX 50, tape backup, dual-speed CD-ROM, and V.32bis 14,400-baud SupraFaxModem."
      ],
      "publicationStatus": "Mirrored byte for byte with site-owner approval on 2026-08-03."
    },
    {
      "filename": "bbs.sam",
      "title": "‘S.A. Computer’ cover mock-up",
      "description": "A two-page-record magazine-cover draft promoting Cool BBS as the feature BBS on page 4, alongside Netline, mail-network, and offline-mailer teasers.",
      "publicHref": "/assets/amipro/sources/bbs.sam",
      "mediaType": "application/octet-stream",
      "bytes": 8229,
      "sha256": "a5e9717d237aa0ad2cf8bdbdf88525c7879b0adc19f111934f23781368f0dc06",
      "pageRecords": 2,
      "embeddedDateCandidates": {
        "createdEpoch": 754583659,
        "createdDateUtc": "1993-11-30T14:34:19Z",
        "savedEpoch": 769452518,
        "savedDateUtc": "1994-05-20T16:48:38Z"
      },
      "dateCaveat": "The numeric fields decode plausibly as Unix timestamps, but Ami Pro field semantics and the originating computer's timezone have not been independently verified.",
      "keyEvidence": [
        "Calls Cool BBS the issue's feature BBS and directs readers to page 4.",
        "Contains unfinished publication placeholders such as Vol 0 No 0 and NoMonth 0000; it is treated as a draft, not proof of publication."
      ],
      "publicationStatus": "Mirrored byte for byte with site-owner approval on 2026-08-03."
    }
  ],
  "reviewedButNotMirrored": [
    {
      "filename": "sierra2.sam",
      "bytes": 12982,
      "sha256": "5c606c1b2faf2fbbc0e85a8babd715362003e5fdb67e2be7d950cb130c84a27a",
      "date": "1993-11-29",
      "description": "A proposal for a Sierra support conference and Southern African dealership, with detailed software and hardware information.",
      "publicationStatus": "Withheld because the original contains a personal street address and contact details."
    },
    {
      "filename": "tps.sam",
      "bytes": 7086,
      "sha256": "77a769e8310e0a962312710a59d68b1c921f1b9fd4520ccae6dd35de7f2a8eea",
      "dateCandidate": "1994-01-05",
      "description": "A Cool BBS game patch sheet stating that the board was temporarily down and expected to reopen with WildCat! version 4.",
      "publicationStatus": "Withheld because the original contains personal telephone and fax details."
    },
    {
      "filename": "hotl.sam",
      "bytes": 6185,
      "sha256": "0f352df419eec36763dd35fffb63cf74bb21e4d265de9968d99302b49cf988d8",
      "dateCandidate": "1994-05-18",
      "description": "A Cool BBS hotline script documenting 24-hour operation except for mail runs, a planned second node, and SYSOP@COOL.CSTAT.CO.ZA.",
      "publicationStatus": "Withheld because the original contains personal telephone and fax details."
    }
  ]
}