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					Rexx has a long and colorful history, which to be properly told follows the efforts of three people. John Borowski, Raymond Wright, and Chris Gorman and their separate paths which collided to create Rexx... 1987...In the Beginning Sometime around 1986 three friends at Drew University (Tom Vogel, Neil Clarke, and Chris Gorman) created a BBS software package known as 2amBBS. In 1987, One member of 2am-Associates, Chris Gorman moved to California to attend Cal-Tec. In October of 1987 Wamblyville was brought online in the Cal-Tec Dorm using the 2amBBS software. Flying high over what you thought was the Western United States, you hear your helicopter making grotesque noises. Soon, you begin to plunge. After a crash landing, you find yourself somewhere east of: Wamblyville The original login screen that identified the system John and Raymond were not idle during this time either, it was about this time that they were trying to create a BBS using a Tandy Color Computer. (We won't go into detail but suffice to say they learned not to try hotwiring a hair-dryer to use as a cooling fan...) 1989? Jerel Crossland, a friend of Chris Gorman's bought and installed 2am-BBS at his home in Glendale. The BBS was called Rivendale. A user of Wamblyville named Glen Knowles (aka "STUPID") created and tested an online game called Crown and Country at Wamblyville. At the urging of Raymond Wright, John became a member of the Rivendell BBS. After finding a listing for Wamblyville on Rivendale, John Borowski joined Wamblyville as a user, under the name "ROKO" which was the name of a character in a short science fiction story he had written many years before. In and about this time John Borowski was programming a BBS software package which he called Djinn-BBS. Along with the planning aid of his long time friend Raymond Wright. The first version of Djinn to be brought online was in Hollywood during this year and failed horribly due to administrative and personal financial problems. The Board was shut down when John moved to Norwalk to work for Bechtel. (The BBS was online for a total of 2 months.)
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