| MAP OF THE 214 AREA CODE |
| 214-216-7424 Mesquite, Texas |
Dragon's Throne (1986-1989) |
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"We had MANY get-togethers and parties for the members of this board and had lots of fun and made lots of great friends. BBSing ruled! *8)" - SpaZzie (Linda Alexander)
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| 214-221-4216 |
DALLAS DIAMOND, TX K-RCP/M |
(1985)
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| 214-221-8876 |
DALLAS DIAMOND, TX North Texas BBS |
(1987) GBBS Pro |
| 214-223-0983 |
IRVING, TX RBBS IBM PC Dallas |
(1984-1985) Mark Collard |
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| 214-223-1006 |
IRVING, TX T/Systems |
(1985) Tony Shimps |
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| 214-227-8040 |
PLANO, TX Biz Link, Caffeine Connection, DFW Online Mall |
(1989-1992) Jerry Mawhinney |
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| 214-231-1372 |
DALLAS (ALLEGIA, TX Rising Star |
(1986-1995) Jeff Rush | OPUS |
| 214-231-3841 |
DALLAS (ALLEGIA, TX Dallas Metroplex, FidoCon 92 Info, Hubbub, NE Dallas Hub, Nibbles & Bytes, Nibbles & Bytes
, Nibbles and Bytes, SoftWare Dist |
(1988-2003) Ron Bemis | FidoNet, Maximus |
| 214-233-2371 |
DALLAS FRONTIER, TX AE Line: RAGS, AE LINE: RAGS |
(1984-1985)
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| 214-234-4952 |
Richardson, TX Daltrug, Rabbit and Snake's BBS, RABBIT&SNAKE, RABBIT/SNAKE |
(1989-1996) Don Brandt | Opus
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| 214-234-5790 |
DALLAS LAKESIDE, TX BAMBI 5000, BEBOP 5000, BIG 5000, BLAH 5000, BLIZ BLAM 5000, BUBBA HUB, CLUB 5000, Dumb Guy's BBS, Dumb Guy's!, F90TY 5000, FU8RN 5000, FUBAR 5000, HUB 5000, HUB OF FUTILITY, HUBUB BUB BUBUH, MMMMM 5000, NANAH 5000, NO NAME HUB, Outlaw HUB, POOBAH 5000, RE6Y3 5000, RINGO HUB, RTEYE 5000, SMUSHED 5000, TY69H 5000, UH OH 5000, WHAM 5000, WHOOSH 5000, WONGO 5000, XYNFN 5000 |
(1981-2005) Paul Lentz |
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| 214-235-2419 |
DALLAS FRANKLIN, TX Tornado Alley, Tornado Alley 2 |
(1981-1997) Michael Cedeck |
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| 214-235-7407 |
DALLAS FRANKLIN, TX Shadow Magic BBS |
(1989) Kirby Flake |
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| 214-235-8784 |
DALLAS FRANKLIN, TX BBS-80 DALTRUG |
(1982-1983)
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| 214-237-2742 |
DALLAS, TX LeTourneau University BBS |
(1988-1990) Kevin Bulgrien | Wildcat |
| 214-238-1016 |
DALLAS LAKESIDE, TX The Dallas Connection RCP/M RBBS |
(1985) Russ Pencin |
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| 214-238-1568 |
Lakeside, TX Teledunjon IV |
(1983-2000) Mary Rush | TeleDunjon |
"A play-by-modem Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying BBS where players and dungeon masters carried out gaming campaigns lasting five years or more."
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| 214-238-8745 |
DALLAS LAKESIDE, TX Star's End |
(1986-1988) Dan Thompson |
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| 214-239-3073 |
DALLAS EMERSON, TX North Dallas |
(1985) Dan Kardell |
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| 214-239-5842 |
Dallas, TX Eclectic Computer System, NET-WORKS Eclectic Computer Sys., NET-WORKS Eclectic Computer System |
(1982-1985) NET-WORKS |
| 214-239-7607 |
Dallas, TX CHAI Way, Chai Way II, CHIA Way, The Chai Way |
(1989-1995) Aaron Schmiedel | RemoteAccess |
| 214-240-0286 |
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX FIDO Electronic Classified |
(1989)
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| 214-240-5962 |
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX M/DATA BBS |
(1987-1988) Mike McLeland |
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| 214-240-8821 |
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX NCC-1701 |
(1988) Rod Ashmore, Bill Bailey |
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| 214-241-1939 |
DALLAS EXPRESS, TX RCP/M CBBS Maxicom |
(1983)
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| 214-241-4378 |
DALLAS EXPRESS, TX Syndey Austrailia |
(1987) GBBS Pro |
| 214-241-5412 |
DALLAS EXPRESS, TX 860/17 TeleCompaq |
(1989-1990)
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| 214-242-9339 |
DALLAS FLEETWOO, TX THE DIPLOMAT |
(1987)
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| 214-242-9399 |
DALLAS FLEETWOO, TX The Diplomat |
(1986) Robert Eskridge |
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| 214-245-2432 |
IRVING, TX "C", DBBS Greenleaf |
(1985-1989) Don Killen |
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| 214-245-5253 |
IRVING, TX DFW RCP/M |
(1984-1985) Nathan Stewart |
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| 214-245-5633 |
IRVING, TX Aviation Connect, AVIATION CONNECTION
|
(1985-1987) Ray Smith |
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| 214-247-2367 |
DALLAS EXPRESS, TX AIDS Info Exchange, Aids Information Exch, AIDS Information Exchange, Info Exchange (1) |
(1989-1994)
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| 214-247-5609 |
DALLAS EXPRESS, TX Aids Information Exch, Info Exchange (2) |
(1989-1991)
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| 214-248-0173 |
DALLAS, TX User-to-User |
(1989)
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| 214-248-2784 |
DALLAS, TX Q.C.T.C. Tech Support, Quality Components |
(1989-1991) Don Croucher | PCBoard |
| 214-248-4539 |
DALLAS, TX ABBS Dallas Info Board |
(1982-1983)
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| 214-250-3323 |
DALLAS, TX Chai Way II |
(1987-1989) Aaron Schmiedel |
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| 214-250-3778 |
Dallas, TX Greenleaf Software Inc, Greenleaf Support |
(1986-1996) Helen Moreira, Don Killeen | Wildcat
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| 214-250-4553 |
DALLAS, TX Dios Falso |
(1989-1993) John Simon, Toby Leonard | Vision-X |
| 214-251-1175 |
Irving, TX Psychlo Empire, The Psychlo Empire |
(1982-1996) Mark Corona | Forum XL, XPRE |
"It was run on an Atari 800 computer with 48K of memory until 1991 when it was transfered to an Atari ST." - Mark Corona
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| 214-252-6903 |
DALLAS LAKESIDE, TX AE LINE: HACKER |
(1984)
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| 214-254-7664 |
IRVING, TX DFW 211, DFW 5211, Hambone's Cop Shop, Hambone's Fido, Hambone's Opus Cop Shop |
(1987-1994) Louis Hamilton | FidoNet |
| 214-255-4332 |
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX Pirates' Guild |
(1989)
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| 214-256-1971 |
IRVING, TX TEXAS REAL ESTATE INVESTOR |
(1986)
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| 214-256-3007 |
IRVING, TX Interstellar Mail |
(1988) Gary W. Chambers |
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| 214-259-9750 |
ADAMS, TX R-E-F-L-E-C-T-I-O-N-S, Reflections |
(1988-1994) Kurt Doxey | Wildcat |
| 214-261-5814 |
DALLAS (ALLEGIA, TX 860/19 Arlington (Met) |
(1989)
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| 214-262-2202 |
DALLAS GRAND PR, TX CHRISTIAN NET-WORKS |
(1982)
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| 214-262-5044 |
DALLAS GRAND PR, TX Grey Haven |
(1988) Silver Mane | GBBS Pro |
| 214-265-0264 |
DALLAS EMERSON, TX Sex Clinic |
(1989)
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| 214-267-5880 |
DALLAS MELROSE, TX RBBS RF's & Lectrons |
(1989)
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| 214-267-8245 |
DALLAS MELROSE, TX GBBS Apple Corps |
(1989)
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| 214-268-6495 |
Dallas, TX Computer Hobbyists Group of North Texas CBBS |
(1980) CBBS |
Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue)
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| 214-270-6755 |
Mesquite, TX Super Computer, Super CPU |
(1986-1989) Joe Coker |
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| 214-271-0984 |
DALLAS, TX Commodore Social Club |
(1989)
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| 214-271-8899 |
Garland, TX, 75041 Diver Down BBS/Garland BBS/PC Tech BBS, PC Tech, PC-Tech |
(1984-1996) Jon Hutto, Hutto/Garrison, Jon Hutto/various | UltraBBS
, PCBoard, RBBS, Fido, PC-Board, UltraBBS |
"Just a little updates. I put it up originally on a 2400bps Hayes modem and an Original IBM PC with Dual Floppy drives in 1984. I was only 13 at the time, and basically grew up around the whole BBS community. I spent many years running legitimate, and illegitimate BBS on the same number. In the 80s I think everyone did a little pirating out of their boards. In the end, the last 3-4 years I was working with Bill Rathbone, and Bob Farmer on the UltraBBS software. Mine was one of the official sites for it, and the first site to run it. In the end I ran two nodes of UltraBBS, until finally the Internet was taking over BBSes almost completely. Then I ran a Telnet BBS for a year or two before finally dropping it. Was a great time, and quite fun. Thanks for keeping the list. Hope this updated information is useful. You've kinda made me nostalgic!" - Jon Hutto
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| 214-272-0374 |
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX PC Board US Computers |
(1989)
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| 214-272-9651 |
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX Computer Reset |
(1989)
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| 214-276-1940 |
FORT WORTH, TX MSM TCOMM 2300-0600 |
(1989-1991) Steve Marrero |
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| 214-276-7275 |
FORT WORTH, TX Herald's Point |
(1989) Craig Benson |
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| 214-276-7499 |
Garland, TX Lost Island Desktop, Lost Island, The |
(1983-1991) Dennis Recla | Cit? ?.?, TurboCit |
"Started in 1983 when it was a lost island, since it only operated during the daytime from 6am till 10pm each day. It was in the bedroom and made too much noise. It later moved to another room where I changed from the original BBS software that I had developed to running a Citadel system." - Dennis Recla
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| 214-276-8902 |
FORT WORTH, TX AMUG BBS, DMUG |
(1988-1989)
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| 214-279-8402 |
DALLAS, TX PBBS Bullet 'N Board |
(1989)
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| 214-285-9976 |
LEWISVILLE, TX Delta Omega IV |
(1989)
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| 214-286-2673 |
DALLAS NORTHLAK, TX The Pleasant Grove RCP/M |
(1985) Richard L. Transue |
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| 214-286-3824 |
DALLAS NORTHLAK, TX Litter Box |
(1989) John Ferra |
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| 214-286-7145 |
DALLAS NORTHLAK, TX Balch Springs |
(1985) H.W. Stephens |
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| 214-287-1332 |
DALLAS, TX Dragon's Lair |
(1989)
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| 214-288-1537 |
Mesquite, TX Amiga Scope, AmigaScope, PC Board Amiga Scope |
(1988-1996) Mark McBreen | OPUS |
| 214-288-4297 |
DALLAS, TX Alternative Education BBS, Capps & Craddock, Hip Boots Required |
(1988-1991) Joey Capps |
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| 214-288-4859 |
Dallas, TX Dallas Forum 80 |
(1980) Forum-80 |
Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue)
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| 214-288-7899 |
DALLAS, TX PC Board Deskmate |
(1989-1994)
|
| 214-289-1386 |
DALLAS, TX BBS 80 DALTRUG, BBS-80 DALTRUG |
(1983-1985)
|
| 214-289-2669 |
DALLAS, TX DOT Prompt, Dot Prompt PCBoard |
(1989-1991) Randy Gorman | PCBoard |
| 214-289-8524 |
Dallas/Mesquite, TX Knight Court, Knight Court! |
(1988-1991) Bill Adams | WWIV |
| 214-298-1292 |
DALLAS DUNCANVI, TX AE LINE: GOLD |
(1984)
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| 214-306-7218 |
DALLAS, TX 24hr ticket agy |
(1987-1996) Charles Reiss | RBBS |
| 214-315-0420 |
Lewisville, TX ACCESS, DFW 124, Access |
(1988-1995) Trey Reeves | OPUS |
| 214-315-8244 |
Lewisville, TX The Alpha Centauri BBS |
(1985-1989) Dan Ratje | Opus |
"This BBS was originally part of the FIDO net, and ran FIDO as the BBS. I was looking for more punch than what was available in FIDO (at the time) and moved to OPUS. This BBS had a small user base, and was really just a step towards getting really connected. I remember posting that I had the fastest machine in town (I purchased the first 16 MHZ - 386 w/1M ram, a US Robotics 9600 and a new VGA monitor)... About 3 days after I posted that bit of info, I got a messaage from another sysop saying that he had the fastest machine... He had just purchased a 20 MHZ 386 that day. Ha! What fun we had. " - Dan Ratje
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| 214-321-9366 |
DALLAS DAVIS, TX Ninja's Sanctuary |
(1989)
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| 214-324-3501 |
Dallas, TX Keely Net, Keelynet |
(1988-1995) Jerry Decker | Wildcat, Wildcat! |
"I was the creator and sysop for KeelyNet back in 1988 when I got tired of photocopying so many papers, thinking it would be much easier to share them via a BBS. The first 6MB was all HAND TYPED by me as seed material. We had as many as 2,000 members at one point. I tried the Internet in 1994 and finally shut down the BBS in 1995 when I setup a KeelyNet homepage and populated it with 'some' of the many files that had built up on the BBS. At that time, there were 7 KeelyNet 'mirrors' of our files. The focus of the board was and is alternative science, primarily free energy, gravity control and electronic health/rejuvenation techniques. KeelyNet always encouraged the free sharing of information except where proprietary with the idea of making correlations that would lead to experiments with the end result being working technology that would better the world. It continues to this day, October 2005 with a much bigger network." - Jerry Decker/KeelyNet
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| 214-327-3527 |
DALLAS DAVIS, TX 24 Hour Ticket Agency, 24Hr Ticket Agen, 24Hr Ticket Agency
|
(1987-1994) Charles Reiss |
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| 214-327-6639 |
DALLAS DAVIS, TX NCC-1701 |
(1987) Rod Ashmore |
|
| 214-328-0103 |
DALLAS DAVIS, TX Zoo Commodore BBS |
(1989)
|
| 214-328-6909 |
DALLAS DAVIS, TX Joel Sampson's Engineering, Omni-Net, Omni-net BBS |
(1989-1991) Wildcat |
| 214-328-8721 |
DALLAS DAVIS, TX AE Line: CARCEL |
(1985)
|
| 214-330-4156 |
DALLAS FEDERAL, TX GBBS King Arthur's Court |
(1989)
|
| 214-331-8813 |
DALLAS FEDERAL, TX Buck$Board, H.A. BURDEN & ASSOC.
, R.E. LENDERS ELECT. MAIL MSG SERVICE |
(1986-1987) Hank Burden |
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| 214-337-4096 |
DALLAS FEDERAL, TX Mercury - M.T.S. |
(1988-1990) Charles Witherspoon |
|
| 214-339-8283 |
Dallas, TX Camelot, Hyperion BBS |
(1988-1994) Jim Stanford, King Arthur | RemoteAccess |
| 214-341-1972 |
DALLAS DIAMOND, TX AE LINE: SNOMAN |
(1984)
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| 214-341-2775 |
DALLAS DIAMOND, TX Excalibur($?) |
(1988-1991) BBSP |
| 214-343-3908 |
DALLAS DIAMOND, TX Word Wise |
(1985-1986) Bob Helwig |
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| 214-348-0727 |
DALLAS DIAMOND, TX MEALS |
(1989-1992)
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| 214-348-2237 |
DALLAS DIAMOND, TX Software Mechanics |
(1989) Lewis Sheriff |
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| 214-348-3273 |
DALLAS DIAMOND, TX Capps & Craddock II, Penguin Palace |
(1989-1994) Ken Craddock |
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| 214-351-9859 |
Dallas, TX Collector's Edition, Collector's Edition (1), CollectorsEd, File Cabinet, THE FILE CABINET |
(1987-1996) Len Hult, Leonard Hult, Len Hull | PCBoard
, Wildcat, PC-Board |
| 214-352-2259 |
Dallas, TX SDF-1 - Super Dimension Fortress |
(1987-Present) charmin (Ted Uhlemann), jello (Stephen Jones) | Magic City Micro BBS |
"The original "SDF" Apple ][e was purchased on July 13th, 1985 for $1065.95 by Ted Uhlemann. On June 16th, 1987 SDF answered its first call at 1200 bps. The BBS ran on the Apple ][e until sometime after Operational Sundevil (February 1990) when another local UNIX BBS 'killer.dallas.tx.us' was shutdown. This event is the catalyst for SDF's transition from running as an traditional menu BBS to that of a multi-user public access UNIX System. In late 1990 sdf.lonestar.org began answering at 972-436-3281 and continues to run this day. Infact, it is the only system that offers a direct UNIX login connection from major cities in the USA via a modem without the need of running CSLIP or PPP." - Stephen Jones (Jello)
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| 214-352-7208 |
DALLAS FLEETWOO, TX The Squidland Two |
(1988) Robert Lett |
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| 214-352-8721 |
DALLAS FLEETWOO, TX F I A W O L |
(1989)
|
| 214-357-6446 |
Dallas, TX Thieve's Undergroup |
(1986)
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| 214-358-3738 |
DALLAS FLEETWOO, TX OPUS Chai Way |
(1989)
|
| 214-361-1386 |
DALLAS EMERSON, TX NET-WORKS Dallas |
(1982-1983)
|
| 214-363-1957 |
DALLAS EMERSON, TX Eighteenth Fret |
(1989) Sam Slay |
|
| 214-369-2836 |
DALLAS EMERSON, TX Blackbird BBS |
(1989) Drake Harrelson |
|
| 214-370-0081 |
DALLAS TAYLOR, TX The Pits |
(1987-1989) Perry Compton |
|
| 214-370-1840 |
DALLAS TAYLOR, TX Cave |
(1985) John Skinner |
|
| 214-372-4782 |
DALLAS FRANKLIN, TX David's Place |
(1988) David Riewe |
|
| 214-373-3929 |
DALLAS EMERSON, TX BBC's Fun Net |
(1989-1990)
|
| 214-380-9063 |
DALLAS (TELIGEN, TX Dallas Outbound, EchoMAIL HELP, SCA Consulting Inc |
(1986) Jon Sabol |
|
| 214-386-8157 |
DALLAS HAMILTON, TX AE LINE: KLEPTO |
(1984)
|
| 214-392-1121 |
Dallas, TX Big D Fido |
(1986-1990) Dennis Forcier | FidoNet |
| 214-392-7312 |
DALLAS, TX Cool Beans, DFW 224, OPUS Centerville, Strawberry Furp Suprise, The Wienie Roast |
(1987-1994) Kurt Grutzmacher | Maximum OS/2 |
| 214-393-7090 |
DALLAS (TELIGEN, TX Central Aerosp, Central Aerospace, Central BBS, Central/K2 |
(1986-1996) Jeffrey Kay, Jeffery Kay | RBBS, RBBS-PC |
| 214-394-6717 |
DALLAS, TX Confederacy |
(1989)
|
| 214-394-7438 |
Carrollton, TX Datalink, DATALINK BBS, Datalink BBS-AMSAT, Datalink,Satelli, DRIG BBS, DataLink RBBS System, Digital Remote Imaging Group |
(1985-1998) Jeff Wallach, N5ITU, Jeffrey Wallach, Dallas Remote Imaging Group/Jeff Wallach | PCBoard
, RBBS-PC |
Weather Satellite Imaging, NOAA Satellite Tracking-AMSAT-NA
|
| 214-398-0159 |
DALLAS EXPRESS, TX Hal's Byte Box |
(1988) Wildcat |
| 214-406-8003 |
Star One |
(1988) Todd Gamel |
|
| 214-416-2162 |
DALLAS, TX Dallas Metroplex, NC Graveyard, North Dallas 4000, Project Alexandria, The Diplomat, The Hat, Will Jeff A. Ever See This? |
(1987-1998) Robert Eskridge, Bryny |
|
| 214-416-5933 |
DALLAS, TX Aviation Connection |
(1989-1991) Ray Smith |
|
| 214-416-6382 |
DALLAS, TX CITADEL BBS, Gates of Mordecai |
(1987-1991) Maher Maso | Cit2.40b |
| 214-416-6833 |
DALLAS, TX Fifth Dimension,The, Fifth Dimension, The |
(1987-1990) Maher Maso | CitGrem |
| 214-416-8116 |
DALLAS, TX Magnum Opus |
(1987-1991) David Lovrien | OPUS |
| 214-418-0159 |
DALLAS, TX Aviation Conn. |
(1987-1989) Ray Smith |
|
| 214-418-9678 |
DALLAS, TX Southern Crossroads PEP |
(1989) Dean Lachan |
|
| 214-418-9679 |
DALLAS, TX Reg 19 SDS Coord, Southern Crossroads BBS, Southern Xroads |
(1987-1991) Dean Lachan |
|
| 214-420-2748 |
DALLAS (LOGIX), TX RBBS Camelot |
(1989)
|
| 214-422-4772 |
DALLAS (ACSI), TX Dallas Inbound, Dallas Metroplex, Inside Track Edition |
(1985-1989) Chuck Lawson |
|
| 214-423-3506 |
FRISCO, TX The End Of The Rainbow |
(1989-1990) Dan Perkins, John Dan Perkins |
|
| 214-424-1305 |
DALLAS MELROSE, TX OPUS Phantom WOC'r, QUICKBBS Phantom |
(1988) Charley Teel |
|
| 214-424-2001 |
DALLAS MELROSE, TX CompSportsware, Peripherals Plus |
(1987-1991) Jan Porter | GBBS Pro |
| 214-424-2005 |
DALLAS MELROSE, TX Dallas Inbound, Dallas Metroplex, Inside Track Edition: Opus |
(1987-1988) Chuck Lawson, David Lovrien |
|
| 214-424-2085 |
DALLAS MELROSE, TX Plain-OH Apple IIGS |
(1988) Mr. Tubbs | GBBS Pro |
| 214-424-3602 |
DALLAS MELROSE, TX OPUS Beacon |
(1989) Steve Wolff |
|
| 214-424-6361 |
DALLAS MELROSE, TX Psychology Forum |
(1989)
|
| 214-424-7711 |
DALLAS MELROSE, TX Night City, Night City II |
(1989) Chuck Lawson |
|
| 214-432-3584 |
DALLAS, TX OPUS USA, TexArkOkLa |
(1989-1990) John Summers, Diana Summers |
|
| 214-432-3586 |
DALLAS, TX OPUS USA, THE Friendly OPUS |
(1988-1990) John Summers, Diana Summers |
|
| 214-436-2858 |
Irving, TX Hidden Valley RCP/M |
(1985-1986) Sysop?, Joe Gattis | RBBS v3.5 |
"Ran on an S100 System." - Joe Gattis
|
| 214-436-3281 |
Dallas, TX Super Dimension Fortress |
(1987-1999) Ted Uhlemann, Stephen Jones, Daniel Finster | Magic City Micro BBS, Citadel & System V UNIX |
|
| 214-437-0914 |
DALLAS FRANKLIN, TX Dallas Metroplex, DFW 125, DFW 6125, Jeff Misses Y'all Dallas!, Verbose Ink |
(1989-1996) Clay Tinsley | OPUS |
| 214-437-1627 |
DALLAS FRANKLIN, TX THE BEACON |
(1988) Wildcat |
| 214-437-2734 |
Richardson, TX Palindrome ONLINE, Palindrome WriterNet, TIgger Roleplaying games, Palindrome OnLine |
(1988-1998) Shalanna Collins, Don Weeks, ShalannaCollins | MAXIMUS, OPUS |
| 214-437-4075 |
DALLAS FRANKLIN, TX Dallas Metroplex, Dallas Outbound, DFW 210, EchoMail Help, Hardwired Fidonet 124/210 |
(1987-1991) Jon Sabol |
|
| 214-442-0223 |
DALLAS 1, TX North Tx C Programmers, NTCP NT C Programmers |
(1989-1994) Kevin Kerr | OPUS |
| 214-442-1254 |
DALLAS 1, TX The Bailiwick BBS |
(1988-1991) Wildcat |
| 214-442-3440 |
Dallas, TX Digital Domain |
(1988-1990)
|
| 214-455-1653 |
DALLAS, TX The Big Top |
(1989) Wildcat |
| 214-458-2620 |
Dallas, TX InnsofCourt, The Inns of Court |
(1989-1996) Arthur Geffin, Arthur Geffen | Collosus, Phoenix |
LAN Related Files and Utilities 1:124/6101
|
| 214-462-0295 |
DALLAS RIVERSID, TX Micro Chip |
(1987-1988) Niel Brieger |
|
| 214-462-8054 |
DALLAS RIVERSID, TX Soft-Touch |
(1986-1987) Steve Smegner |
|
| 214-463-6581 |
DALLAS GRAND PR, TX Doc's Office, The Doctor's Office |
(1985-1994) Dr. Lee Clayton | PCBoard |
| 214-465-2615 |
DALLAS RIVERSID, TX The Forgotten Realm |
(1989) Wildcat |
| 214-470-2206 |
DALLAS RICHARDS, TX ESI-Richardson, Sysops/ESI emply on |
(1987-1991) Jerry Lopiccolo, Jerry LoPiccolo | PCBoard |
| 214-475-4598 |
Rowlett , TX Comm Link Rowlett, Rowlett RBBS |
(1986-1989) Dan Kardell | RBBS |
"The first board was stolen when the house was broken into and a second machine was set up to replace the system." - Dan Kardell
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| 214-475-5282 |
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX RBBS-PC A.S.S.I.S.T. |
(1989-1990)
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| 214-481-4991 |
FARMERSVILLE, TX C-NET Keyboard Connection |
(1989)
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| 214-484-1408 |
DALLAS EVERGREE, TX Cyclop's, Cyclops |
(1988-1991) Wildcat |
| 214-484-2590 |
Addison, TX The Wyrms Byte |
(1988-1993) John Bowlin, Thomas Wheeler (Co-Sysop) | OPUS, Maximus |
"We started it in 1989 in College Station, Texas, running on OPUS. When the Maximus system (which I still think is the best BBS software ever written) came out we ported to it. In 1991 we moved to Addison, TX (a Dallas suburb). It was shut down forever in either '92 or '93. TWB was mostly role playing game oriented, with a smattering of files and programming stuff and other miscellany. We were in several networks, including Fido, and in our heyday I think we had around 50 callers a day. It was a lot of fun, a lot of work, and a lot of aggravation. And it was great." - Thomas Wheeler | "The BBS actually started in 1988 under the Wildcat BBS software, on an XT clone that didn't even have a hard drive (2400 baud). But I'd say 1989 is when we actually settled on the name "The Wyrm's Byte" and when we switched to using Opus and we also were running on a 30mb hard drive (same XT clone). We also ran it under a software called Remote Access (RA) from Australia for a while after Maximus (or maybe in between Opus and Maximus). We were a part of Fidonet for a long time, and also V-Net (Vervan's Wargaming Network), and Candy Net (C-Net). We ran several "Doors" games such as Tradewars and Baron Realms Elite. At one time we even ran 2 lines, but that got to be too expensive. We shut the system down in either late 92 or early 93, as I moved away from Dallas and my living situations at my new place didn't allow me the freedom to operate a BBS. At the time the system was shut down it was operating on an AMD 386 40mhz. Not sure about hard drive size but probably in the neighborhood of 100mb." - John Bowlin
"I would also like to make mention of my earlier BBS (87-89 I believe) I ran a Colorama BBS on a TRS-80 Color Computer at the same phone number, it was "The Flying Fortress". It was originally started on a 300 baud acoustic coupler for a limited time during the day. Yes, I would hear the phone ring and run and answer it. I later upgraded to a manual answer 300 baud modem, then an auto answer 300 baud modem and kept the BBS up 24/7. During that time period I had upgraded Color Computers to a "COCO 2" and had a speech/sound pack that would announce who was logging in, an 80 column card and green screen, all the bells and whistles. The BBS had many message boards and many games and a download section. I also maintained my own Dallas, Fort Worth BBS list that I manually verified monthly. I finally had a 1200 Baud auto answer modem, and perhaps a 2400 before moving to an IBM PC clone (Tandy 1000) and starting the SGMS. Thanks for your site!" - Eric Hedstrom
"Three BBSes used the Eclectic name (Eclectic 1, 2, and 3), all sponsored by Eclectic Corporation and operated by Randy. Later, four Dallas BBSes ran on Outposts and used Eclectic/MUMPS-Net software -- Eclectic, Parallax, Quotron, and Alternative London Underground --all but Eclectic only lasted a year or two before going to that great bit-bucket in the sky in the late 1980s. "On 26 March 1986, as Eclectic Systems was going out of business, Randy handed over to me the equipment, manuals, name, and responsibility for continuing Eclectic's proud tradition. On 5 November 1990, Eclectic BBS was switched to a PC-type computer (still using MUMPS-Net software), and on 22 August 1994, Eclectic began using TriBBS software. "At one time, Eclectic was an very active discussion board, with a few games and downloadable files. However, in recent years, the remaining 15 or so active users have mostly played the old door games, with only a few discussions and no files. "As of 5 February 2007 (my wife and I celebrated our 52d anniversary today), Eclectic still operates 24/7. "Eclectic is the oldest BBS continuously operating in the Great Southwest -- the tradition continues." - Chuck Thompson
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