{
  "collection": "Roblist preserved distributions and backup snapshots",
  "retrieved": "2026-08-03",
  "notice": "These DOS-era distributions and backup snapshots contain historical names and telephone numbers. Numbers may have been reassigned; do not dial them.",
  "releases": [
    {
      "issue": "May 1993",
      "version": "3.2",
      "filename": "RF9305.ZIP",
      "bytes": 70477,
      "sha256": "1b702beb8ada4a817f35331b88ce464b994f8b7bd4f85a00dd5e96484383b121",
      "source": "https://bbs.mythicalkingdom.com/sbbs/data/dirs/bbslists/rf9305.zip",
      "contents": [
        "ROBLIST.EXE",
        "BBS.DBF",
        "AREAS.DBF",
        "CONTROL.DBF",
        "export utilities",
        "text files"
      ],
      "bbsRecords": 187,
      "coolBbsMatch": true
    },
    {
      "issue": "October 1995",
      "version": "4.0",
      "filename": "RF9510.ZIP",
      "bytes": 127137,
      "sha256": "77c635c76b8d13826e3ed8a4ce4761ee09f3c7bf387c53ac94aec79fb183943f",
      "source": "https://discmaster.textfiles.com/browse/7028/Current%20Shareware%20Volume%205%20(January%201996).ISO/bbslist/rf9510.zip",
      "contents": [
        "ROBLIST.EXE",
        "BBS.DAT",
        "SPECIAL.DAT",
        "ROBLIST.HLP",
        "ROBLAPP.TXT",
        "FILE_ID.DIZ"
      ],
      "bbsRecords": 274,
      "coolBbsMatch": false
    },
    {
      "issue": "February 1996",
      "version": "4.0",
      "filename": "RF9602-BACKUP.ZIP",
      "artifact": "Reconstructed backup ZIP",
      "bytes": 130005,
      "sha256": "d70436277c28f684573eb1e455e089516df455a60deb82f789e6c37ef8cd3790",
      "source": "Local directory backup recovered by the site owner",
      "contents": [
        "bbs.dat",
        "file_id.diz",
        "roblapp.txt",
        "roblist.cfg",
        "roblist.exe",
        "roblist.hlp",
        "roblist.pif",
        "special.dat"
      ],
      "fileSha256": {
        "bbs.dat": "e0a14bfa53686ce3a484473a8fb2fc7da418339fcba4af8555987903023c5e5a",
        "file_id.diz": "92ac65e60f05b9af6e8e698ffbe8007ec811513d4ffd955ecf8f821f52a82c43",
        "roblapp.txt": "a39179ad3f22f96d3249119c7eefdc06c6c7065796484b73894236ce3a642fdc",
        "roblist.cfg": "5c7041aad679da03e43fd600df51c168e552abe67f8bbb2ddd0606da12d03735",
        "roblist.exe": "dc0dfa874cff1d70feeee9ac2ee6c25352c6b878f9454d0b799e54454787b0f0",
        "roblist.hlp": "fc32404b33590599443a654b325f5d30392c8996567dcac91ee56c0746f54e1e",
        "roblist.pif": "9364779d1125463f7eacfa1301cbf6b2de15727da49ad35fd7677c787eb5d008",
        "special.dat": "58d2e6ba2c35c2d3100c5dc5e0875b9e8192c77e6f8d4030730ccf629ee991c1"
      },
      "bbsRecords": 230,
      "coolBbsMatch": false,
      "note": "The ZIP container was reconstructed on 3 August 2026. All eight contained files are byte-for-byte copies of the recovered directory; ROBLIST.CFG and ROBLIST.PIF appear to be machine-local additions."
    },
    {
      "issue": "October–December 1996",
      "version": "4.0",
      "filename": "RF9612.ZIP",
      "bytes": 162324,
      "sha256": "0504319950b10a95cda59a762c6ce99cfb7e21684e9deba2baab4f1da735293c",
      "source": "https://bbs.hmvh.net/roblist/RF9612.ZIP",
      "contents": [
        "ROBLIST.EXE",
        "BBS.DAT",
        "SPECIAL.DAT",
        "ROBLIST.HLP",
        "ROBLAPP.TXT",
        "FILE_ID.DIZ"
      ],
      "bbsRecords": 125,
      "coolBbsMatch": false
    }
  ]
}