[1]: 149 Nick Naimo (born c. 1945 in New York City[2]) developed Net-Works II independently in the early 1980s as a member of Computer Station, a BBS provider based in Missouri.

[3]: 56  While working at Advanced Data Systems, Naimo also served as city councilman for the suburb of Maplewood, Missouri.

Naimo quit Advanced Data Systems sometime in 1982 to work for the IT department of a printing press in St. Louis before relocating in Newburgh, Indiana,[2] to work for Better Business Computers & Systems, a computer store and software publisher based in nearby Vincennes.

[3]: 55  He gave top marks to the software's performance, error handling, and ease of use, calling it "an extremely easy-to-use program, both from the standpoint of the sysop and of system users".

[12]: 98 The gambling personality Jerry L. Patterson opened a BBS running Net-Works II out of South Jersey in March 1984.