Historical List of BBSes in the 212 Area Code --------------------------------------------- Created by TEXTFILES.COM From Many Sources 212-206-6732 | The Electric Eye BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-1996) SYSOP | Jeff Tiedrich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-219-0962 | The Dorsai Diplomatic Mission, The Dorsai Embassy | New York City, NY (1983-1991) SYSOP | Skip Mac-Stoker, Crawls (Charles Rawls) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-219-8824 | Gateways | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1991) SYSOP | James Ng SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-222-2135 | Computerized Aids Ministry | NYCZ 2, NY (1995) SOFTWARE | MAJOR --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-226-9045 | The Wetlands Saloon | NYCZ 1, NY (1995-1996) SYSOP | Dennis Law --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-227-8514 | Mirage BBS | NYCZ 1, NY --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-231-7163 | The Access System | NYCZ1, NY (1990) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-241-8965 | SPIDER WEB | NYCZ 2, NY (1985) SOFTWARE | AMIS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-242-7814 | Red Phone | New York, NY (1990-1996) SYSOP | Chris Welber SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-245-9315 | USS Inverness | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) SYSOP | Jonathan McGirr --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-245-9398 | Duffy Motors | NYCZ 1, NY (1991) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-250-7090 | Tele-Master:Packets of NY | , NY (1986) SYSOP | Bill Schimoler --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-254-0969 | EROSLink | NYCZ 1, NY (1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-254-2528 | FPX-change BBS, THE FPXCHANGE | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1993) SYSOP | Jeff Milton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-254-3190 | Medical BBS, NYU Med Center, NYU Medical (107/18), NYU | MEDICAL FIDO | NYCZ 1, NY (1987-1989) SYSOP | Jim Mihalcik MD --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-254-8000 | Pseudo Laissez-Faire BBS | New York, NY (1995) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-255-1214 | The Abyss BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1990) SYSOP | Northwind SOFTWARE | Telegard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-255-1282 | The Running Board | NYCZ 1, NY (1990) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-255-3730 | City People BBS, City People BBS Node 2 | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-1996) SYSOP | Barry Weiser --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-255-6656 | City People BBS | New York, NY (1990-1996) SYSOP | Barry Weiser SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-255-7240 | Manhattan RCP/M RBBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1983) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-262-0431 | Messianic Jewish Network, MJCN New York, MJCN-6, Messianic | Jew Net | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1994) SYSOP | Phil Goble --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-267-3636 | PipeLine | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-267-5030 | Virtual Exchange | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-267-6432 | PipeLine | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-267-7431 | PipeLine | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-269-4879 | 134 AMuse, AMuse, NEW YORK CITY HUB | NYCZ 1, NY (1986-1989) SYSOP | Thomas Holaday --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-274-1243 | The Invention Factory | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-274-8110 | Invention Factory, Invention Factory Node #1, The | Invention Factory BBS | New York City, NY (1984-1996) SYSOP | Michael Sussell, New York City, NY since 03/84, Mike | Sussell SOFTWARE | PCBoard, PCBoard 15.1 COMMENTS | From the January 1996 issue of Boardwatch: New York's | best BBS. Free downloads for new users. More than 14 gig | of shareware and freeware. Internet, Usenet, e-mail. | Large adult files area. MC Visa Amex.
From the | September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: New York City, NY | since 03/84. Sysop: Michael Sussell. Using PCBoard 15.1 | with 48 lines on MS-DOS/NOVELL-3.11 with 99999 MB | storage. US Robotics at 28800 bps. $15 Monthly fee. New | York's best BBS! Free down-loads for new users. More than | 14 gig of share-ware and freeware. Internet/Usenet E- | mail. Large adult files area. Master/Visa/Amex.
"I | ran Normandeau Newswire as a SIG there. Favorite amongst | readers was "Filthy Food for Thought" which were | highlights of FDA recalls which at that time I had to get | via dial-up from FDA. I published the list of "Allowable | Filth Limits in Food". When it went down, there were | OVER 100 phone lines. In last few years there came about | an FCC MONTHLY surcharge of a few dollars on each phone | line. BSS was in its hayday during DOS. Mew computers | came with Windows and preloaded with AOL or other on-line | GUI software so people didn't go hunting for BBSs to | call. Declining revenue VS escalating cost brought it | down." - Ray
46 Lines - 100 Directories - Full Usenet | Feed - 8.2GB --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-274-8111 | Invention Factory | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-274-8112 | Invention Factory | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-274-8298 | Inveriont Factory Node #3 | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-274-8390 | Invention Factory Node #2, The Invention Factory | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-274-8905 | Invention Factory | NYCZ 1, NY (1993) SYSOP | Michael Sussell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-281-9478 | BENIN, Informed Sources | NYCZ 3, NY (1993-1995) SYSOP | Nathaniel Phillips --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-283-0108 | The International Hosteler BBS | NYCZ 3, NY (1995-1999) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-289-3965 | AmerIServe | NYCZ 2, NY (1993-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-289-4567 | The Outpost | NYCZ 2, NY (1990) SYSOP | Max Kane (The Godfather) SOFTWARE | Telegard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-293-7878 | Male Forum | MANHATTAN, NY (1996-2001) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-299-3258 | OS/2 User's Goldmine | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1995) SYSOP | Hans Bakker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-304-0072 | The CyberChurch BBS | NYCZ 3, NY (1989-1990) SYSOP | Larry Rice --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-304-8553 | NoVaSys | NYCZ 3, NY (1986) SYSOP | John Cottrell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-324-8570 | The Nemesis BBS | NEW YORK CITY Z, NY (1991-1994) SYSOP | Steve Chong --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-333-3285 | BillBoard | NYCZ 1, NY (1986-1988) SYSOP | Bill Bertholf, Bill Board --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-334-9171 | PAL Software | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1991) SYSOP | Robert Tolz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-340-9666 | The Machine, The Machine | NYCZ 1, NY (1985-1994) SYSOP | Rudy Gordon SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-341-3533 | TRIBECA ISC BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1987-1988) SYSOP | Rich Mazzara --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-346-1289 | INFORMATION CENTER (TM), Tritel BBS | New York, NY (1991-1992) SYSOP | Richard Levey --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-348-2049 | PC-Serve | NYCZ 2, NY (1985) SYSOP | Hugh Hamilton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-348-3842 | The Screaming Goat | NYCZ 2, NY (1992-1994) SYSOP | Mark Berger SOFTWARE | Wildcat COMMENTS | "A small New York City BBS that dealt mostly with | shareware games like Rogue and Moria and with .gif | files." --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-348-5714 | Laserboard, RRHost | New York City, NY (1986-1992) SYSOP | Stuart Gitlow SOFTWARE | Red Ryder Host COMMENTS | "The BBS was for Mac users only and was the first BBS of | any kind in NYC to have 9600 bps access. I started and | ran the Board until 1988, when Adam Wildavsky took over | in NY and I moved the primary system to Pittsburgh. The | Pittsburgh system closed shortly afterward." - Stuart | Gitlow --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-353-1211 | Anti-Elvis Club BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1995) SYSOP | Doby Daenger --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-353-8415 | Digital Zero (tm), DigitalZero[tm], DigitalZero[tm] | New York, NY (1990-1996) SYSOP | Ted Young SOFTWARE | Spitfire --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-353-9727 | =ZipCode!= | NYCZ 1, NY (1993-1994) SYSOP | Andrew Turnbull --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-355-6359 | Concentric Research BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1993) SYSOP | Marc Collins --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-357-4112 | AT,INN lIP-7P | NYCZ 1, NY (1985) SOFTWARE | AMIS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-362-1040 | TCBBS B.A.M.S. New York | NYCZ 2, NY (1982-1983) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-364-6678 | Power Station | MANHATTAN, NY --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-365-8510 | Micro Vision BBS, MicroVis | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1990) SYSOP | O. Quincoces SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-366-9720 | MASTERS CSTL | NYCZ 1, NY (1985) SOFTWARE | Forem ST --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-367-2940 | Bronx Science BBS, THE BRONX SCIENCE BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-367-9090 | Fordham Prep's BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1993) SYSOP | Fr Lombardi --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-371-5462 | Granny's BBS, Granny's RBBS, Granny's RBBSm] | New York, NY (1988-1996) SYSOP | Patrick Wolfert, Pat Wolfert SOFTWARE | RBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-380-3864 | Atari BBS | NEW YORK CITY Z, NY (1988-1991) SYSOP | K2BSM --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-385-2034 | Occupational Health/Safety, OSHA BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1987-1995) SOFTWARE | PCBOARD --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-388-0818 | Geek Central, The MuttHutt BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1993-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-391-6440 | NEP Productions | NYCZ 1, NY (1988) SYSOP | Bill Hurlock --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-397-0729 | LaserBoard New York | NYCZ 1, NY (1988) SOFTWARE | Red Ryder Host --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-397-1576 | The Beginner's BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1995) SYSOP | Richard Kirschner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-397-8388 | Dutch Connection BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) SYSOP | Hans Bakker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-402-1382 | (R)ad (T)ech BBS | MANHATTAN, NY (1990) SYSOP | Elvin Rosaly --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-406-3318 | ZyBrex Realm | New York, NY (1989-1993) SYSOP | Zephyr / Damon SOFTWARE | Renegade, Telegard then switched to Renegade COMMENTS | "Err ... I still have the BBS backed up on them old 5.25 | disks." - Zephyr / Damon --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-406-9108 | Tentra Red Flag BBS, TentraRedFlag | Manhattan, NY (1988-1996) SYSOP | Andi Anderson SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-409-4194 | Softlaw Legal BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1987-1991) SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-410-0949 | NET-WORKS Brooklyn, NET-WORKS New York, NEW YORK | Brooklyn, NY (1982-1985) SOFTWARE | NET-WORKS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-410-7173 | BackStreets Remote Communications, BackStreets Remote | Connunications | NYCZ 2, NY (1991) SYSOP | Tess Santiago SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-415-3500 | Hypercube BBS, HyperCube Systems Communications | NYCZ 1, NY (1990-1994) SYSOP | Mike Oswald SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-415-3513 | HyperCube Systems Communications | NYCZ 1, NY (1991) SYSOP | Mike Oswald SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-420-0527 | Magpie BBS | New York, NY (1993) SYSOP | Steve Manes COMMENTS | Support/Demo System for Magpie BBS/Conferencing Software --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-420-1234 | Business Network Source II | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) SYSOP | Chris Lee --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-427-1805 | Danny Soft, DannySoft,pgm'g | NYCZ 2, NY (1987-1994) SYSOP | Daniel Doman SOFTWARE | dBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-431-1194 | Kantor, Frederick W., The Invention Factory, The Invention | Factory BBS | New York, NY (1985-1994) SYSOP | Michael Sussell, Mike Sussell SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-431-1216 | Backroom 2 | NYCZ 1, NY (1991) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-431-1273 | InventionFact'y, InventionFactory | NYCZ 1, NY (1984-1996) SYSOP | Michael Sussell SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-431-1944 | DorsaiEmb.1 | NYCZ 1, NY (1988) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-431-1948 | DorsaiEmb.2 | NYCZ 1, NY (1988) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-431-1950 | The Dorsai Diplomatic Mission | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1992) SYSOP | Skip Mac-Stoker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-431-4508 | The Invention Factory | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-431-7367 | 3D Microcomputers Online | NYCZ 1, NY (1997) SYSOP | Danny Wong --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-432-1992 | Zooman's Zoo BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1994) SYSOP | Douglas Kent SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-432-7288 | MANHATTAN SOUTH | NYCZ 1, NY (1985-1987) SYSOP | Peter Morant --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-439-6126 | The Frontal Lobe | NYCZ 2, NY (1990) SYSOP | Tim Degraye --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-441-3755 | CONNECTION-80 Woodhaven | Woodhaven, NY (1982-1985) SOFTWARE | CONNECTION-80 --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-442-3874 | SISTER Staten Island | NYCZ 1, NY (1982-1984) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-448-6576 | Long Island ABBS | New York, NY (1980) SOFTWARE | ABBS COMMENTS | Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February | 1980 Issue) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-449-2274 | AE LINE: 1-800 | NYCZ 1, NY (1984) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-456-2528 | MATCHMAKER #7 | NYCZ 2, NY (1982) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-457-3304 | GREYHAWK'S | NEW YORK, NY (1985) SOFTWARE | Forem ST --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-464-3434 | CRYPT | NYCZ 1, NY (1985) SOFTWARE | AMIS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-473-1967 | New York MUG | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-475-0917 | ZipCode! | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) SYSOP | Andrew Turnbull --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-477-0683 | The Electric Eye BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1993-1994) SYSOP | Jeff Tiedrich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-477-7072 | HUB 700 Echomail Coord, NYCNetHUB 700 Echo Coord, The | Braintree Bookshelf | New York, NY (1991-1995) SYSOP | Louis Berman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-486-0118 | The Mastre BBS, The MasTRE | Roosevelt Island, NY (1992-1996) SYSOP | Ducu Ionescu SOFTWARE | Renegade --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-486-6281 | Major Woody's Private Retreat | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1995) SYSOP | John Doran, Major Woody --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-486-9780 | Concentric Research BBS, Nebadon BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) SYSOP | Marc Collins --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-488-1684 | Secure Mail | NYCZ 1, NY (1988) SYSOP | Gene Coppola --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-489-0516 | Friends Too, Friends! Too | NYCZ 1, NY (1990-1994) SYSOP | Peter Kronenberg, P. Kronenberg SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-489-7370 | FOG#15 NYOUG RCP/M, FOG-15 | New York City, NY (1986-1991) SYSOP | L. Hinckley, Livingston Hunkley COMMENTS | New York Osborne Users' Group (FOG AMO #135) New York | Osborne Users' Group (FOG AMO #135) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-490-1146 | Mike's IBM-PC Bulletin Board | New York City, NY (1982-1985) SYSOP | Mike Stone SOFTWARE | RBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-496-0391 | New York Management Services MBBS/RCPM | NYCZ 2, NY (1985) SYSOP | John Hoffman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-496-7946 | Alex's DragonDom, Data Com Software, DataCom Software, | FIDO #205 Alex's DragonDom | NYCZ 2, NY (1984-1994) SYSOP | Alexander Morris SOFTWARE | FidoNet, PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-496-8324 | Aardvark BBS, The Aardvark | New York, NY (1991-1995) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-505-8650 | ZipCode! | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1993) SYSOP | Andrew Turnbull --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-505-9221 | The Sudden Thought | NYCZ 1, NY (1990) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-512-2000 | PMS - McGraw-Hill Books | NYCZ 1, NY (1984-1985) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-518-1539 | The Connection BBS | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1991-1992) SYSOP | Maurice Schwartz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-518-9347 | Computers, Computers, Et Cetera | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1990-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-519-1349 | Running Board PCB REL | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1990-1991) SYSOP | Howard Belasco --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-519-1791 | Running Board NODE 2, The Running Board | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1988-1996) SYSOP | Howard Belasco SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-519-8042 | Stargate BBS | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1992-1994) SYSOP | George Carrillo --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-528-0122 | TRIBECA ISC BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1988-1989) SYSOP | Rich Mazzara --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-529-0498 | PCSI | NYCZ 1, NY (1986-1990) SYSOP | Daniel Doman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-529-6032 | Enchanted Isle, Times Square BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1991) SYSOP | Arnold Arce --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-532-2278 | HumanTech CUSSNET | NYCZ 1, NY (1986) SYSOP | Gerry Hoffman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-533-2698 | Cyberia | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-533-5418 | Joe's Diner | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-534-2858 | BMBBS Avenger's Mansion | NYCZ 2, NY (1984-1985) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-534-3149 | VTUG-BBS | New York, NY (1982-1985) SYSOP | Adam Jacobs SOFTWARE | RAVICS COMMENTS | "Noticed that my BBS wasn't in your list! I think its | story is mildly interesting, so... here's a brief | summary. I ran VTUG-BBS for somewhere between 2 and 3 | years, starting in the fall of 1982, first on a VIC-20 | and then on a C-64. I wrote the software, RAVICS, which | was -- I believe -- the first BBS available for these | machines. VTUG stood for VIC Technical Users' Group, | although I never really got a user's group off the ground | - the BBS was all there was to it. The BBS was initially | fairly simple - a single message base and "chat with the | sysop" - but rapidly developed into a reasonably | interesting system with multiple message bases, private | mail, tree-structured conferencing, and uploads/downloads | (which were, however, a relatively unimportant part of | the BBS's culture - this was long before the warez days). | I think the user base was a couple hundred and the system | was off-hook pretty much 24 hours a day at the peak. I | wrote the software on a VIC-20 shortly after obtaining | the VICmodem (for my 13th birthday - I'd received the VIC | for Christmas a few months before!) and hacking up a | simple autoanswer device for it. I'm sure it was the | first, and possibly the only BBS on a VIC-20. Without | really setting out to do so, I sold a few copies of it | and I bought the C-64 with the proceeds shortly after its | release. Of course I promptly "ported" the BBS to the | 64, so RAVICS was probably the first BBS software | available for the C-64 as well - this was at a time when | virtually all BBSs, at least in 212, ran on Apple IIs, | TRS-80s, etc. In the next couple of years I ran VTUG and | sold a reasonable number of copies of RAVICS to sysops | around the country (despite having no advertising other | than the BBS itself).
"In 1984 I sold the C-64, sold | the rights to RAVICs, and bought an IBM PC XT. I made | some half-hearted attempts to write a BBS for the PC, and | ran some third-party software for a while at 534-3149, | but I was in high school by then and I was spending too | much time thinking about girls and mathematics. I | relinquished the title of sysop and became instead a | user: a denizen of the legendary Ailanthus Tree. Thanks | for a site that brings back some memories from nearly 20 | years ago - although my BBS is far from the only | interesting one from those days that is missing from your | 212 list! Let me know if you're interested in any of the | others I remember... BTW I posted a message to Usenet in | 2002 requesting info about the later life of RAVICS | (after I sold it) - archived at | http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/COMMODORE/VIC- | 20/RAVICS/adam.txt and | http://mail.textfiles.com/pipermail/cosysops/2003- | February/000046.html, but note that the email address I | gave in the message is no longer active. That message | gives a few more details about VTUG/RAVICS. I never | received any replies, unfortunately, so I still don't | know what happened to RAVICS later on, though I know that | there were BBSs running RAVICS for at least a few years | more...." - Adam Jacobs --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-534-3716 | NYMUG | NYCZ 2, NY (1985) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-534-8557 | FIDO #204 Noble-House, Noble House | NYCZ 2, NY (1984-1985) SYSOP | Jonathan Youngwood SOFTWARE | FidoNet --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-535-8924 | DEC-WARE, DEC-WARE (Fido 79), FIDO #79 DEC-WARE | NYCZ 2, NY (1984-1985) SYSOP | Matt Kanter, Matthew Kanter SOFTWARE | FidoNet --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-535-9006 | Haz-Mat II, RoadKill | New York, NY (1993-1997) SYSOP | Joshua Levitsky, Joshua Levitsky (Joshie) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-541-5975 | MMMMMM#2 | NYCZ 1, NY (1983-1984) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-542-3859 | Forem ST | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1989-1991) SYSOP | Carmelo Marrero --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-543-3923 | Arabian Dezert | NYCZ 3, NY --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-543-6470 | Forgotten Machine | NYCZ 3, NY (1988-1989) SYSOP | Manny Gonzalez --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-545-7956 | Anescomp Medical BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1991) SYSOP | Jim Mihalcik MD --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-547-4210 | After Hours BBS | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1987-1994) SYSOP | Ed Kitty --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-548-0380 | Forgotten Machine, ForgottenMach, The Forgotten Machine | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1991-1994) SYSOP | Manny Gonzalez --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-562-5161 | Fever, Fever BBS | Bronx, NY (1987-1992) SYSOP | Victor M. Alvarado COMMENTS | It's been a very long time since I seen the name of my | BBS on the monitor. I was the Sysop of Fever BBS. The | system was running on an Atari Computer serving the City | of NY user groups MANIA and AFUG. The BBS started out | back in 1987 and pulled its plug 5 years later." - Victor | M. Alvarado --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-566-3413 | Overlook NYC Mayor's Office | NYCZ 1, NY (1990-1991) SYSOP | Dave Litvin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-567-2509 | Bronx HUB, Manhattan HUB, NYCnet EchoMail Coordinator, | NYCnet EchoMail CRP Administrator, NYCnet | Manhattan AdminHub, NYCnet Manhattan | EchoHub 1, NYCnet Manhattan EchoHub 2, | NYCnet Network Coordinator, Thunderdome | BBS | NYCZ 3, NY (1992-1997) SYSOP | Robert Forgione, R. Forgione, Maxine Forgione --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-567-4242 | NYCnet EchoMail Coordinator, NYCnet EchoMail CRP | Administrator, NYCnet Manhattan EchoHub 1, | NYCnet Manhattan EchoHub 2, NYCnet UUCP | Feed, Thunderdome BBS Node 2 | NYCZ 3, NY (1995-1997) SYSOP | Robert Forgione, UUCP, Maxine Forgione --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-579-2869 | Fordham Jesuit BBS, Fordman Jesuit | Bronx, NY (1987-1996) SYSOP | Fr Nick Lombardi, Fr Lombardi SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-580-3615 | Needful Things | NYCZ 2, NY (1993-1996) SYSOP | Michael Lehman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-582-3244 | Dutch Connection BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) SYSOP | Hans Bakker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-582-8369 | Popular Mechanics On-Line | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-587-5310 | Dynamic Decisions, Inc. | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-591-4487 | Demon, FIDO #8 Demon | New York, NY (1984) SYSOP | Danny Feinsmith SOFTWARE | FidoNet --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-594-4425 | Blue Dog, BlueDog BBS | New York, NY (1991-1997) SYSOP | Philip Perlman SOFTWARE | Opus , MAXIMUS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-594-7632 | Suzy's Creamcheeze | NYCZ 1, NY (1996-1998) SYSOP | Mark Reichenbach --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-595-2798 | Flash Traffick | New York City, NY (1994-1998) SYSOP | Josh Ehrlich, Julian Graham SOFTWARE | PC Board COMMENTS | "We got started a little bit late in the game, so we had | some trouble bringing in the calls. However, as we were | both somewhat active in the local and national computer | art scenes, Flash Traffick became a distribution site for | several prominent ansi/ascii groups. Most of our callers | were from 212 and 718, but we got some from as far away | as 516 and 914." --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-597-9083 | Metro Area M.U.G. BBS, Metro Area Macintosh Users Group | NYCZ 1, NY (1988-1994) SYSOP | Frank Ventura SOFTWARE | Red Ryder Host --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-598-4984 | Suicide Prevention | NYCZ 1, NY (1995) SOFTWARE | PCBOARD --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-604-9875 | Tree Branch Online! | NYCZ 1, NY (1995-1997) SYSOP | Michael Muller --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-614-0806 | Ashanti Connection II | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-1995) SYSOP | Ronald Williams --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-619-4710 | Beast of East | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-619-9423 | AMuse/newcli | NYCZ 1, NY (1987-1989) SYSOP | Dave Lipshutz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-625-5931 | C U R A RCP/M, RCP/M CURA | NYCZ 1, NY (1983-1985) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-626-0375 | Nybbles-80 NY | NYCZ 1, NY (1982-1983) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-627-0531 | FPX-2, FPX2 | New York City, NY (1992-1996) SYSOP | Kevin Freeman SOFTWARE | QuickBBS , RemoteAccess --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-627-2673 | Main-Frame Conn FIDO, MainFrame Connect | NYCZ 1, NY (1986-1989) SYSOP | Don Sanderson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-627-3441 | NYCnet Election Coordinator | NYCZ 1, NY (1995-1996) SYSOP | Howie Ducat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-627-3571 | Communication Specialties, Election Coordinator, Howie At | Large, NYCnet NC Emeritus | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-1996) SYSOP | Rich Wood, Howie Ducat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-627-5089 | Template Garden Software Technical Support | NYCZ 1, NY (1995) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-628-4817 | The High Times | NYCZ 2, NY (1988) SYSOP | DHC Rules SOFTWARE | GBBS Pro --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-628-5486 | Network One | New York, NY (1991-1996) SYSOP | Staff SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-633-6114 | Tree Branch | NYCZ 1, NY (1996) SYSOP | Michael Muller --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-645-2176 | City-Lights BBS, Metro CPU BBS, Metro CPU Studio/Act | NYCZ 1, NY (1987-1991) SYSOP | Michael Ehrmann --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-645-8673 | Comm. Specialties, Communication Specialties, NYCNet Inner | Boro HUB, NYCnet Manhattan EchoHub 1, | NYCnet Manhattan Echomail Hub (HEC3A), | NYCNet Net Echomail Coord | NYCZ 1, NY (1990-1995) SYSOP | Rich Wood, Howie Ducat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-645-8686 | SusNet/EEIS | NYCZ 1, NY (1995) SYSOP | Dennis Law --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-645-8756 | CommSpec BBS, Communication Special, Howie At Large, HUB | 700 EchoMail Coord, Net 278 InterNet Hub, | Net 278 InterNet Link, NYCNet Echomail | Coord Node 2, NYCNet Help Desk, NYCnet | InterNet Link, NYCnet Manhattan EchoHub 2, | NYCnet Manhattan High-Speed Echomail Hub | (HEC3B), NYCnet NC Emeritus | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1996) SYSOP | Howie Ducat, Rich Wood, Help Desk, Redd Herring --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-647-8660 | NY WEBB | NYCZ 1, NY (2001-2004) SYSOP | Garrett Griggs SOFTWARE | MajorBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-662-7171 | American Psych Exchange, American Psychology Exchange, | AMPIE | NYCZ 2, NY (1989-1995) SYSOP | Marc Martin SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-662-8597 | Doctor'sOff, The Doctor's Office BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1987-1991) SYSOP | Neil Leder SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-666-6927 | Poetry In Motion, Poetry In Motion BBS | New York, NY (1994) SYSOP | Inez Harrison --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-671-9399 | Magic Apple | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1991) SOFTWARE | GBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-677-3460 | GramercyPark | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1991) SYSOP | Eran Newman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-677-7414 | The Bear Cave | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-2000) SYSOP | Scott Bergmann --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-677-7426 | Bears Cave, The Bear Cave BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1990-1996) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-679-0813 | Islam Lifestyles BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-1998) SYSOP | Yaakob Abdullah --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-679-1879 | Scarlet's Dom | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-1996) SOFTWARE | MajorBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-679-6972 | NYPC BBS | New York, NY (1992-1996) SYSOP | M. Steinberg SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-679-6973 | NYPCG BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1995) SYSOP | Michael Steinberg --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-679-9146 | ImageNode | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-684-6234 | Sir Swift's Ridge | NYCZ 1, NY (1990) SYSOP | Sir Swift SOFTWARE | Telegard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-685-8309 | PosterBd Net, PosterBed Net, The Posterboard Network | New York, NY (1992-1996) SYSOP | Tom Murphy SOFTWARE | PCBoard COMMENTS | "Relay Hub for BrooklynNET" - Tom Murphy --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-686-5248 | Nightline, Utopian Niteline, Utopian Quest (107/169), | Utopian Quest NYC | NYCZ 1, NY (1987-1992) SYSOP | Gerrie Blum, Gillian Boardman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-686-9243 | IntraTech OnLine | NYCZ 1, NY (1989) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-691-2679 | Real Exposure | New York City, NY (1993-1996) SYSOP | Joey Havlock SOFTWARE | Wildcat , WildCat 3.9 --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-691-3548 | Real Exposure BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1993-1994) SYSOP | Joey Havlock --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-696-0360 | PC Mag I.R.S., PC Mag IRS | New York, NY (1985-1996) SYSOP | Chris Parker, Chris Barr, PC Magazine --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-696-9777 | CareerPath BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1987-1990) SYSOP | David Hart --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-697-3713 | Sappho's Exchange(women only) | NYCZ 1, NY (1990-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-697-7171 | Financial Software Exchange, Financial SW | NYCZ 1, NY (1990-1994) SYSOP | Alex Nason --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-704-3094 | ACDBBS, Islam LifeStyles BBS, The ACD BBS! | New York, NY (1991-1994) SYSOP | Yaakob Abdullah, Larry Dipaola, Larry DiPaola COMMENTS | "I worked for Delta Air Lines and had ACD BBS in the NYC | office. The office closed and apparently the same number | ended up running an Islam BBS. I didn't run that one." - | Larry DiPaola --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-721-1204 | Erogenous Zone | NYCZ 2, NY (1991) SYSOP | Novus Entertainment SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-721-1206 | Novus | NYCZ 2, NY (1992-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-721-4122 | Applesauce | New York, NY (1993) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-721-4180 | Male Stop | NYCZ 2, NY (1991-1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-721-6007 | The Laboratory, The Laboratory BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1990) SYSOP | The Mad Scientist SOFTWARE | Telegard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-721-7972 | Politically Incorrect | NYCZ 2, NY (1994) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-722-7788 | Slice of the Apple | NYCZ 2, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-724-6826 | AmNet-NYC, AMNET-NYC Node | NYCZ 2, NY (1991-1996) SYSOP | John Frederick --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-724-9071 | StairCase | NYCZ 2, NY (1987-1992) SYSOP | Chris Lincoln --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-727-1380 | STAR TREK | NYCZ 1, NY (1985-1988) SYSOP | Curt Vendel SOFTWARE | Carnival --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-727-3213 | AMAGINATION, Amagination | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1994) SYSOP | Jesse Erlbaum --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-727-9046 | Career Doctor's BBS, Career Doctors' BBS, Nat'l DP jobs | li, Nat'l DP Jobs List, Natl DPjobs lst | New York, NY (1990-1996) SYSOP | Debbie Hart SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-733-2816 | Hollow World | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) SYSOP | Groo COMMENTS | Agile Member BBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-734-1090 | ACE BBS | New York, NY (1991-1996) SYSOP | Jim Moran SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-740-2148 | APARNet | NYCZ 3, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-740-5680 | BULLET-80 New York | NYCZ 3, NY (1982-1983) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-741-2955 | NYC SCOUTING | NYCZ 1, NY (1996) SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-741-8671 | Chelsea BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1992) SYSOP | Mark Acierno --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-742-1077 | The Real World | NYCZ 1, NY (1990) SYSOP | Benji Anaheim (Mack the Hack) SOFTWARE | Telegard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-744-7269 | PoSt MoRtEm | New York, NY (1992-1993) SOFTWARE | TG --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-746-3778 | TITAN'S TOWR | NYCZ 2, NY (1985) SOFTWARE | AMIS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-749-3268 | Walter's BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1994-1995) SYSOP | Walter Parrish --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-749-7258 | Columbia UG, FLUX/CUPCUG BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1990-1991) SYSOP | Ray Schwartz SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-750-0132 | Age Base | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-750-3643 | Midnight Driver Data Super Highway, Midnight Driver Super | Data Highway, MidnightDriver | New York City, NY (1993-1996) SYSOP | Dave Lew, New York City, New York since 07/93 SOFTWARE | PCBoard , PCBoard 15.2 COMMENTS | From the January 1996 issue of Boardwatch: Free Internet | mail and Usenet news. Tons of newsgroups. CD-ROMs with | gigabytes of s hareware online all the time. We | specialize in games including the latest from Apogee and | ID. The best buy around. Come cruise by and see what all | the excitement is about.
From the September 1994 | issue of Boardwatch: New York City, New York since 07/93. | Sysop: Dave Lew. Using PCBoard 15.1 with 4 lines on MS- | DOS 80486 with 3000 MB storage. Hayes at 28800 bps. | $59.95 Annual fee. Free Internet mail and Usenet news. | Over 800 Usenet newsgroups and increasing every day. 2 | CD-ROMs with tons of shareware. Lots of games including | the latest Apogee wares. The best buy around. Come cruise | by and see what all the excitement is about. --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-750-6443 | BEYOND PARADISE #4 | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-1995) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-752-8660 | Free Financial, FREE FINANCIAL NETWORK (FFN), The Free | Financial Network | New York, NY (1990-1996) SYSOP | Alex Nason SOFTWARE | MajorBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-753-0888 | APL PI, NY MetroNet, NYC Hub | NYCZ 1, NY (1986-1989) SYSOP | Bill Bertholf, Chris Lincoln, Auto Pilot --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-757-3387 | Metro CPU Studio | NYCZ 1, NY (1989) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-759-2125 | Air Force One | New York, NY (1991-1994) SYSOP | Maverick SOFTWARE | PCBoard COMMENTS | "Originally started in the 80's on and for the 8-bit | Atari, this updated version of the BBS was geared toward | the Commodore Amiga." - Maverick --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-764-5912 | UNITEX | NYCZ 1, NY (1988) SYSOP | James Waldron --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-766-2080 | CompuServe | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-766-3788 | LLM | NYCZ 1, NY (1988-1990) SYSOP | J Wallace --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-767-9046 | THE MAGIC REALM | NYCZ 1, NY --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-767-9881 | R A C S IV | NYCZ 1, NY (1982) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-769-4308 | THE MALE CONNECTION, The Male Connection | NYCZ 2, NY (1992-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-769-4799 | Hi Tech BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1991) SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-771-1384 | The Yankee Slipper | NEW YORK, NY (1992-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-772-7167 | DATAbase DABBS) | NYCZ 2, NY (1984) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-777-8282 | FILE-LINK BBS, The File-Link BBS | Manhattan, NY (1992-1995) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-780-9475 | Queer ConX | NYCZ 1, NY (1993-1994) SYSOP | Derek Felska --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-780-9653 | Village | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-781-4723 | Friend's, Friends! | NYCZ 3, NY (1985-1994) SYSOP | Gerry Pulver, WB2RSI SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-781-7324 | Franklins Tower REL | NYCZ 3, NY (1990-1991) SYSOP | Jeff Groden --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-784-6826 | AmNet-NYC | NEW YORK CITY Z, NY (1993-1995) SYSOP | John Frederick --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-787-4787 | Hard Candy | NYCZ 2, NY (1991-1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-787-6565 | The Manhattan Project | NYCZ 2, NY (1991) SYSOP | Marc Sahr SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-790-9290 | HQ BBS RBBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1990-1991) SYSOP | Bud Adams --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-792-6766 | Reflex Point | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1990) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-792-8881 | Enterprise BBS, Star Gate BBS, Stargate BBS | Bronx, NY (1986-1989) SYSOP | Nick Di Napoli (Admiral Kirk), Nick DiNapoli (Admiral), | Cousin Nicky SOFTWARE | CNET 9.0, 10.0, 11.5, CNET 12.0, C-NET, Wildcat! COMMENTS | "Went from Stargate to Stargate II and then to Enterprise | BBS because it wasn't like there weren't enough systems | called that already....." - Nick di Napoli
"I | originally started off running C-Net then modified it | like everyone else did for the games etc and eventually | used Wildcat before I took it down. Phone bills then | were 10x more what they are now lol. One user at a time | of course. Took it down whenever I wanted to log into | The Great Beyond (DDial) lol until I bought the phone | line for it. I had an impressive fanbase and ran along | side other boards like Top Secret BBS, Searchlight, etc." | - Captain NYC --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-795-8455 | A.B.T. BBS 3Node | NYCZ 3, NY (1993) SOFTWARE | Renegade --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-799-2123 | DNH Enterprises | NYCZ 2, NY (1989-1991) SYSOP | Steven Schlusse --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-799-4649 | ASTROCOM, TCBBS AstroCom, TCBBS W.E.B.B. New York | New York, NY (1982-1984) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-803-1363 | ASGARD | NEW YORK, NY (1985) SOFTWARE | AMIS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-803-5405 | CYBEROTICOMM | NEW YORK, NY (1995) COMMENTS | CYBEROTICOMM 212.803.5405. local access available from | 201, 516 and 914. Exciting, fun. social board for adults | only. Join us for chat, spe- cial interest forums, | straight and fetish file libraries, personals and a | shopping mall of hot products to suit your desires. | Become part of a dynamic online community with an | excellent male/female ratio. - BBS Magazine March, 1995 --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-807-3529 | Grand Central DCSAR | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-809-7984 | Video Game Info Serv #2 | NYCZ 1, NY (1993) SYSOP | Mark Astarita --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-822-6997 | The Electric Line BBS | NEW YORK, NY (1992) SYSOP | James Spameni --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-823-1520 | MetroChat$ | NEW YORK, NY (1988) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-823-6412 | Patch House | NEW YORK, NY (1989) SYSOP | John Morales --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-823-9232 | LoveLine BBS, The Loveline TBBS | NEW YORK, NY (1987-1990) SYSOP | Anne Capola --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-824-5512 | Patch House | NEW YORK, NY (1991-1994) SYSOP | John Morales --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-826-8827 | Textbase, Textbase BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1985-1989) SYSOP | Martin Ellis --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-828-3989 | Frenzy! BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1990-1991) SYSOP | Alex DeLuca SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-831-4920 | Boom Boom BBS | New York, NY (1991-1995) SYSOP | Edward Fenster, Ed Fenster --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-831-9280 | METRO Online Entertainment | New York City, NY (1993) SYSOP | Bruce Kamm/Metro Online Services COMMENTS | 32 line DLX with City Guide/Ski Database - Matchmaker - | Chat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-831-9286 | Metro | NYCZ 2, NY (1991-1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-838-9514 | THE GAMERS INN | NYCZ 1, NY --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-842-2033 | The Tardis BBS | NEW YORK CITY Z, NY (1991-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-852-0419 | HQ RBBS, The Headquarters | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-861-0580 | Damnation | NYCZ 2, NY SYSOP | Mavec --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-861-2475 | Ellena Caverns | NYCZ 2, NY (1989-1990) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-861-6795 | CODEBREAKER | NYCZ 2, NY --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-861-9827 | Delphinus | NYCZ 2, NY (1994-1996) SYSOP | D. Hirsh SOFTWARE | Searchlight --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-863-3141 | Frenzy! BBS | NEW YORK, NY (1991) SYSOP | Alex DeLuca SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-865-2596 | Virtuoso Think Tank BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1991) SYSOP | Joseph Lyons SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-865-7043 | The Double Helix, The Double Helix BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1990-1991) SYSOP | Jeff Jennings SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-868-0720 | NBDPA NY, bdpa ny | Manhatten, NY (1995-1997) SYSOP | Michael Holman Sr., Mike Holman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-869-3880 | IDBUG | NYCZ 1, NY (1991) SYSOP | Jack Accardo SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-869-3923 | IDBUG | NYCZ 1, NY (1991) SYSOP | Jack Accardo SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-870-3953 | Computerized AIDS Ministry | NYCZ 2, NY (1994) SOFTWARE | MajorBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-873-6981 | General Services | NYCZ 2, NY (1993-2000) SYSOP | John Frederick --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-874-6319 | Wolves Den | NYCZ 2, NY (1985-1989) SYSOP | Tony Woolf, Simon Namthor --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-876-5885 | Amer.Info.Svcs, American Information Services, AmerIServe | Public, Graphical User Interface, The | Gooey (GUI) BBS, The Gooey BBS | New York, NY (1991-1996) SYSOP | David Shapiro SOFTWARE | PCBoard COMMENTS | List of BBS List Keepers: Graphics User Interface | BBS/David Shapiro
ListKeeper: Graphical User | Interface BBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-877-7703 | ABBS New York, LINKS II MIDI INN, LINKS II MIDINET | NYCZ 2, NY (1983-1992) SYSOP | Billy Arnell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-879-2625 | Dwight School BBS, IEMUG BBS, The Dwight BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1991-1992) SYSOP | Nick Didkovsky --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-879-5182 | AMIS Manhattan Message Manager | NYCZ 2, NY (1984-1985) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-879-7698 | TCBBS Leigh's Computer World | NYCZ 2, NY (1982-1983) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-879-9031 | Big Electric Cat | New York City, NY (1991-1992) SYSOP | Robert Sweeney, Charles Foreman, Lee Fischman, Richard | Newman SOFTWARE | Stride Unix COMMENTS | "I was one of the sysops. Originally we were set up | (illicitly) in the computer room of a midtown advertising | agency. It is a VERY amusing story -- pity you didn't | know about it before the movie! We eventually migrated | to the offices of a communications firm elsewhere in the | city. I still have the Big Electric Cat user manual, | with its very entertaining cover. Robert Sweeney was | killed in a motorcycle accident in 2001." - Lee Fischman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-885-0969 | Tele-Master:Women's BB | , NY (1986) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-885-3101 | Computers Efficiently, Inc | New York, NY (1993) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-886-5035 | AE Line: GETRAD/FRESH, AE LINE: GETRAD/FRESH | NYCZ 1, NY (1984-1985) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-888-4773 | Beyond Paradise #1, Paradise Wares, BEYOND PARADISE #1 | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1995) SYSOP | Paradise King COMMENTS | Crystal Member BBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-888-6239 | Beyond Paradise #2, BEYOND PARADISE #2 | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1995) SYSOP | Paradise King COMMENTS | Crystal Member BBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-888-6565 | Computers & Dreams Inc. BBS, Computers and Dreams, | Incorporated, COMPUTERS & DREAM BBS, | Computers&Dream | New York, NY (1991-1996) SYSOP | William Stewart SOFTWARE | PCBoard COMMENTS | COMPUTERS & DREAM BBS — Simply the best BBS in New York | City! Don't believe us? Call (212) 888-6565 and enjoy our | FREE access and instant verification. 3 FREE and PUBLIC | NODES give you access to 760mb of files and dozens of up | to date registered doors. Another 3 PRIVATE NODES allow | access to a jukebox of CD-Roms, USATODAY online and | BoardWatch Magazine online, more time and download | capabilities all for $30 per year! All modems are USR | Courier HST Dual Standard! --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-888-6746 | Beyond Paradise #3, BEYOND PARADISE #3 | NYCZ 1, NY (1992-1995) SYSOP | Paradise King COMMENTS | Crystal Member BBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-889-6438 | Software Concepts Design | New York, NY (1993-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-889-7022 | Medical BBS, NYU Med Center, NYU MEDICAL FIDO | NYCZ 1, NY (1985-1986) SYSOP | Jim Mihalcik MD --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-891-8100 | Earth News Central | Brooklyn, NY (1979-1988) SYSOP | Jonathan Gleich SOFTWARE | Apple BBS, DDIAL, Galacticomm COMMENTS | "It was the first Multiuser apple bbs system, running | three apple ]['s and a 6 gig corvus drive, then was a 12 | line chat system called diversi dial, then became a 16 | user galacticomm system. Died sept of 1988." - Jonathan | Gleich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-892-1281 | The Connection BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) SYSOP | Maurice Schwartz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-893-2318 | M.A.D.H.O.U.S.E BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-896-0519 | ABBS ?-Queens | NEW YORK, NY (1982-1984) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-896-6063 | SHERWOOD FOREST | NEW YORK, NY --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-897-3392 | COMM-80 Queens | NEW YORK CITY, NY (1982-1983) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-912-9141 | Modem Over Manhatten (MOM) | New York City, NY (1978-1982) SYSOP | Larry Kelly, Alif Terranson SOFTWARE | CBBS COMMENTS | "We were one of the very first CBBS systems in use, and | we *were* the first one with multiple floppy's always | online (1mb across four drives IIRC). M*O*M was heavily | trafficked by the Phreak community although it was not a | Phreak board per se. In late 1978 we took a KIM-1 and | used it as a controller so that we could run Ward's [now | modified - poorly] code to accomodate multiple lines: by | the time 1979 became the year you remembered to write on | your checks, we had 2 lines available on a 24x7 basis. | This was *extremely* unusual in 1979: CBBS was still on | it's birth curve, and only supported a single "user". | I've been wanting to send this in for years, but I | couldn't find any floppies (8 inchers: if there's any | left, it should be obvious, right?) or flyers. Then were | sitting here talking about it, and the number just popped | into my head unannounced!!! Now it's yours. :-)" --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-924-1138 | The Red Phone Info Net, The Red Phone Information Sys, The | Red Phone Network InfoSys, The Village | Inn, THE RED PHONE NETWORK | New York, NY (1988-1994) SYSOP | Chris Welber SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-924-6598 | PCSI | NYCZ 1, NY (1985) SYSOP | Daniel Doman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-924-9627 | BluePhishen' | New York, NY (1993-1996) SYSOP | Jamie Popken SOFTWARE | QuickBBS , RA --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-924-9681 | hpacv.com | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-925-2535 | FPX-change BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1992) SYSOP | Jeff Milton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-925-8231 | DorsaiEmb.3 | NYCZ 1, NY (1988) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-927-2929 | Theatre Arts BBS | NYCZ 3, NY (1993) SYSOP | TJ Meyers --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-927-4980 | The Laboratory BBS | NYCZ 3, NY (1991-1994) SYSOP | Michael Forrest --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-927-6919 | > Super 68 <, DANTE'S INFNO, Super 68000 | NYCZ 3, NY (1985-1992) SYSOP | Dante Nicolello SOFTWARE | AMIS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-929-1110 | Adam & Eve Online | NYCZ 1, NY (1995) SYSOP | Antony Van Couvering --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-931-9629 | Instinet | NEW YORK, NY (1988) SYSOP | Darrin Rodriguez --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-932-9512 | NYMUG BBS | NYCZ 2, NY (1988) SOFTWARE | Red Ryder Host --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-933-9459 | Bronx BBS, Bryan Boyle's Bronx Bulletin Board | Bronx, NY (1980-1986) SYSOP | Bryan Boyle SOFTWARE | Message-80, Connection-80, TBBS COMMENTS | "Built the system on a mod 1 trs-80. Had, at the time, | about 150 regular users, including most of the leading | lights of the phone phreaker community that met in | greenwich village under the name "TAP". Also a large | selection of downloadable programs for broadcast | engineers. The experience of running/maintaining/hacking | a beeb got me into the computer industry full-time. | Still have the system I used, as well as the software. | Pack rat, you know...:)" - Bryan Boyle --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-935-0363 | Post Modem | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-935-8787 | Aline, Newcom LINK | NYCZ 1, NY (1993-1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-941-0526 | Photographers Network BBS | New York City, NY (1995-1997) SYSOP | Ron Janorkar --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-942-5059 | ShadoWorld | NYCZ 3, NY (1989-1990) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-945-1909 | The Crystaline Entity | New York, NY (1993) SOFTWARE | RENEGADE --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-947-0899 | The Glass Bead Game | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1992) SYSOP | Terry Ross --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-951-8373 | ATARI LIBRARY | NYCZ 1, NY (1985) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-956-4535 | Complete Computer Corp | New York, NY (1993) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-956-8076 | Double Helix, Double Helix | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-2004) SYSOP | Jim Henderson SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-962-1920 | Wise Byte | New York, NY (1988-1996) SYSOP | Ron Chibnik SOFTWARE | Searchlight --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-962-1923 | WallSoft Systems Inc | New York, NY (1993-1995) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-964-8090 | Inner New York City HUB, New York City Fire Dept, NYC Fire | Dept (278/702), NYC Fire Dept. | NYCZ 1, NY (1988-1995) SYSOP | Mike Ciferri SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-966-4187 | Abiel Corporation | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1991) SYSOP | Mark Clayton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-966-4653 | DorsaiEmb.5 | NYCZ 1, NY (1988) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-966-6406 | DorsaiEmb.4 | NYCZ 1, NY (1988) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-974-3925 | !!The Game Line!! Node 1, The Game Line | NYCZ 1, NY (1994-2002) SYSOP | Ken Zigeler SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-975-0046 | The Big Apple BBS | NYCZ 1, NY --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-979-0719 | Dead of Night | NYCZ 1, NY SYSOP | Zod --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-980-6951 | Mission Control Opus, Network Policy Coord, Troy's Mailbox | NYCZ 1, NY (1989-1991) SYSOP | Troy Volin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-982-3333 | Air Force One | New York, NY (1983-1984) SYSOP | Maverick SOFTWARE | BBSExpress COMMENTS | "Board ran on an Atari 800XL with two double density 5 | 1/4" floppy drives- one for the OS/BBS software, and the | other for file upload and downloads." - Maverick --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-982-4645 | Sold American | NYCZ 1, NY (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-984-0633 | NYPC BBS | NYCZ 1, NY (1996) SYSOP | Michael Steinberg --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-988-3677 | OUTPOST APPLE | NYCZ 2, NY --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-988-5030 | MindVox, MindBox | New York, NY (1992-1994) SYSOP | Phantom Access Technologies, Inc. SOFTWARE | UNIX COMMENTS | Internet Access, E-Mail, Newsgroups, ftp/telnet --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-989-1550 | Mindvox | NYCZ 1, NY (1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-989-2696 | New York Apple CP/M Group (NYACPMG) RCPM, New York Micro- | Systems RCPM | NYCZ 1, NY (1984-1985) SYSOP | Larry Clive --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-989-3278 | Bigtime, Carders Carbera | New York City, NY (1984-1986) SYSOP | Edison Carter SOFTWARE | CNET v12.0 --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-989-4675 | Inbound/Outbound/Teleconnect | New York, NY (1993) SYSOP | Harry Newton Publications COMMENTS | Telephone Sales Trade Magazine Online Service --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-989-8411 | Echo, ECHO [East Coast Hangout] | New York, NY (1992-1996) SYSOP | Stacy Horn --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-991-1664 | CONNECTION-80 Manhattan | NEW YORK CITY ZONE, NY (1982-1984) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-995-0059 | Manhattan Transfer, Manhatten Transfer | NYCZ 1, NY (1991-1994) SYSOP | John De Lorenzo --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-996-3664 | Metro Infolook | NYCZ 2, NY (1991-1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-997-2488 | PMS - McGraw-Hill Books | NYCZ 1, NY (1982-1984) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 212-xxx-xxxx | AmerIServe Subscriber | (1992) --------------+-----------------------------------------------------------