About the BBS

The SkyWalker's Court (TSC) is the only electronic Bulletin Board System (BBS) in Central Luzon (Region III) of the Republic of the Philippines. It was founded by Jun Martin, the System Operator (SysOp), on 11 February 1996 in San Fernando, Pampanga.

The BBS was put up because the Sysop wanted local computer users to have easy access to shareware & freeware without incurring long distance charges calling BBS' in Metro Manila (as he was doing).

TSC is now offering free Internet e-mail. This has been one of the main goals of the BBS from the start, and it has been realized with the help of www.freeservers.com. Callers will have their own email addresses, but still use the sysop's personal account to send text-only email. Come, login to TSC BBS, and avail of this feature!

One of the first callers was Marco Antonio Cabazal, Sysop of Tambayan ng Bayan! BBS. He wasted no time in recruiting TSC into the Philippine Alternative Network (PAN). TSC became a member of PAN on April 21, 1996(?) and the Sysop immediately applied his newfound knowledge in networking to create a new BBS network, The Philippine AXiS Network. TSC went on to become a member of several other networks.

Why the BBS Name?

You may be asking, why "SkyWalker"? Is the sysop a fan of Star Wars' main protagonist, Luke Skywalker? No, he's not. He named the BBS after Avelino "Samboy" Lim, aka "The SkyWalker," nicknamed that way because of his great acrobatics in the air when playing basketball (hang time, dudes!). Samboy is simply the greatest shotmaker in the history of basketball. Well, alongside Michael Jordan, the Samboy Lim of the NBA, of course. To see Samboy's stats (and those of other players, too), see the Philippine Basketball Association and the Metropolitan Basketball Association web sites.

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