TinyMUD is the name both of a certain implementation of a Multi-User Dungeon server, and the first MUD run using that implementation. The MUD itself has subsequently come to be known as "TinyMUD Classic" or simply "Classic", or occasionally "DaisyMUD" (since in its final days in its first incarnation, it ran on a computer named "daisy").

The TinyMUD server was originally written by James Aspnes in mid-to-late 1989. TinyMUD was inspired by Monster. He announced the availability of the first TinyMUD on August 19, 1989; seven months later, on April 29, 1990, he announced TinyMUD's closure (due to the process size exceeding the memory limit on the host system). People who have been "mudding" continuously since those days are referred to as "dinosaurs" or "dinos."

TinyMUD's database was briefly ressurrected as "PlanckMUD" (named after the new machine it was running on, "planck") by Bruce Woodcock on October 8, 1990. Subseqently renamed "TinyMUD Classic", the goal of this project was to clean up and revive the database, as well as serve as a method of stress-testing the new server it was running on. The revival was very controversial among many TinyMUD players, but the new version was actually even more popular than the original. Sadly, TinyMUD was shut down again on December 11, 1990 when permission to use the new server was revoked.

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In TinyMUD (1989-1990) the world db and software was saved, and occasionally resurrected on "Brigadoon days". For events... #ipres09
JMarkOckerbloom (John Mark Ockerbloom) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:49:58 -0000
In TinyMUD (1989-1990) the world db and software was saved, and occasionally resurrected on "Brigadoon days". For events... #ipres09

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