At that time, a board could be in only | one network (using WWIV's proprietary networking), and | there was a schism between two major networks, WWIVNet | (managed by the author of the software, Wayne Bell | "Random #1@1") and WWIVLink, which had broken away about | a year before. I joined WWIVNet and became "Starship | Trooper #1@2750". Within the next year, however, the | software was modified to support multiple networks, and | VALHALLA joined WWIVLink as well, as well as several | others.
Most of the networked "sub-boards" | (newsgroups) were related to science fiction, role- | playing games, C programming, and WWIV sysop discussions. | One user of my system was Tim Skirvin, who was made co- | sysop because of his frequent contributions to many | "subs", and later became a well-known Usenet personality. |
Source to WWIV was available to sysops who had paid | the $50 registration fee, and we exchanged "mods", or | modifications, on networked sub-boards. I created a few | trivial mods, but spent much more time developing | external utilities, mainly related to WWIV-style | networking. Among these were "ELN", a more graphical | version of "L-NET", a viewer and editor for spooled | messages awaiting transit to the next node, and | "STRIPIT", which intercepted incoming messages and | applied various filters -- basically implementing system- | wide killfile functionality.
In December of 1992 the | 286 system was upgraded to a 386/25 with 4MB of memory. | I hoped to be able to run the BBS under Windows 3.0 and | take advantage of multitasking; I quickly learned that | Windows was unable to service the serial interrupts fast | enough, and the high error rate made any connection | unuseable. A month later, I upgraded to OS/2 2.0, which | was much more able to handle a high-speed serial | connection, even when other programs were running. Like | several other local sysops who had come to the same | conclusion, I quickly became an OS/2 advocate (and added | several OS/2 advocacy subboards).
Also in early 1993 | I joined Fidonet, where WWIV systems were rather rare, | due to the complexity of the gateway software.
The | board remained extremely popular, with its single phone | line in use almost constantly, until August of 1993, when | I relocated to the 312 area code (Chicago). In its next | incarnation, it was known as "A Clockwork Orange OS/2" - | Matt Hucke
"History of this BBS is at
| http://www.cynico.net/~hucke/valhalla.html"
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217-352-6118 | LawBoard Fido
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1986-2002)
SYSOP | Fred Grosser
SOFTWARE | FidoNet
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217-352-6168 | The Workshop
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1990-1994)
SYSOP | Paul Stansberry
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217-352-6389 | NetWorks BBS
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Andrew Vogel
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217-352-7323 | Books, The Book Store
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1990-1994)
SYSOP | Bruce Pea
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217-352-9318 | TechnoBoard II
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1989)
SYSOP | Chad Brooks
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217-354-4711 | Almost Paradise
| OAKWOOD, IL (1994-1998)
SYSOP | Christy Blew
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217-355-1214 | Iconoclastic BBS, The Dungeon, The Dungeon BBS
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1992-1994)
SYSOP | Eddie Thomson
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217-355-2034 | The Perfect Pattern
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1992-1994)
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217-355-8222 | Freeside Uplink
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1991-1993)
SYSOP | Dave Gerdes
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217-355-9233 | Tequila Sunset
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1992-1994)
SYSOP | Kent Noonan
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217-356-0267 | M-Link
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1991)
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217-356-0278 | Alliance, FTS Corp., Multilink II
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1990-1999)
SYSOP | Justin Kuntz, Justin Hill
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217-356-0298 | Alliance
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1991-1993)
SYSOP | Justin Hill
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217-356-0471 | CybreTransfre
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1994-2002)
SYSOP | Fred Kerr, Greg Smith
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217-356-2162 | Bikers Home
| Champaign, IL (1989-1994)
SYSOP | slim
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
COMMENTS | "The first biker bbs in central Illinois that I knew of.
| slim was quite a strange guy. There was alot of stories
| and bike pics..etc he had a program called sherry or
| something like that for chat. He also had an extensive
| interactive bar and shop guide. We had some great
| times.. and all got together at the local bars. Many
| female users said that they got the number off stall
| walls :) He went on to start the virtualbiker web site as
| well as the vbmo around 94 or 95 I havent heard from him
| in many years. Thanks for keeping things like this
| alive!" - Anonymous
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217-356-6922 | Dark Side Of the Moon Software
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1988-1991)
SYSOP | Harold Barker
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217-356-7186 | Two2Tango
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1992-1993)
SYSOP | Melissa Woo
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217-356-7763 | Big City Lights
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1991)
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
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217-356-7776 | Big City Lights
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1991)
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
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217-356-9512 | Third World
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1992)
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217-356-9736 | Dark Side Of the Moon Software
| Savoy, IL (1991-1992)
SYSOP | Harold Barker
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217-359-0139 | Avalon
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1988)
SOFTWARE | Red Ryder Host
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217-359-0436 | DataQuest
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1995-1996)
SOFTWARE | MajorBBS
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217-359-1081 | Politzania
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1994-1999)
SYSOP | Mark Gibson
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217-359-1189 | SKYLINE! SYSTEMS
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1993-1995)
SYSOP | Mike Latinovich
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217-359-2071 | Realm of Darkness
| CHAMPAIGN URBAN, IL (1990)
SOFTWARE | Emulex/II
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217-359-2163 | Bloom County BBS
| Champaign, IL (1986-1987)
SYSOP | Sun Kwok
SOFTWARE | UBBS
COMMENTS | "I ran Bloom County from 1986 to 1987 while attending
| the University of Illinois until I graduated in December
| 1987. Many users took an alias from Bloom County comic
| strip at the time. We had all kinds of folks, from The
| Pooch (Jeff Schomer, age 12) to mostly college age users.
| Some of the users would get together at my college
| apartment at 604 E. White Street to play Risk, eat pizza,
| or just hang out. I was also friends with Helen Whatley
| (Unnamed BBS), Dale Creekmur (Tranquillity II) and Russ
| Price (CatStar BBS). Helen and Russ are classmates and we
| had several classes together! We were in the Computer
| Science curriculum. The sysops in the area were a pretty
| tight group at the time. We would gather monthly (hosted
| by Dale, usually) and talk about running our BBS's,
| users, and so on. It was a great time. I still have a
| printout from my old Apple ][ with all the users names
| and addresses.
| ""SLASHER BBS was started by John Riley with the help of
| Robert King, SysOp of Planet Caravan BBS, which later
| became God and Country Node 2. It started off in Feb. of
| 1993, as a private BBS for the two users, John Riley and
| Robert King to quickly exchange files and chat if needed.
| In March of 1993, we both decided to open our BBS to the
| public. TriBBS had a high price for it's registeration,
| so the two SysOps started looking for other software to
| run their BBS. In early or mid summer of 1993 Rob King
| was introduced to Dave Wright, SysOp of God and Country
| Node 1. He ran God and Country Node 1, using ProBoard BBS
| software. ProBoard was hardly crippled at all in it's
| shareware state, and Robert King suggested to John Riley,
| he switch over to ProBoard as he was doing. He was also
| going to become God and Country Node 2. John switched
| over and several users were happy. Infact one even
| donated a 28.8 Baud Modem which was the fastest speed at
| the time. SLASHER BBS ran in Decatur, IL until around
| April of 1998, when the SysOp moved to Tupelo, MS. He
| looked for other local SysOps, but had found only ghostly
| traces of the old BBSes. However with the help of some
| online SysOps, John Riley turned SLASHER BBS into a
| telnet ProBoard BBS. After a few years, and ProBoard
| being murder by Pat Clawson, John Riley, finally switch
| over to a Synchronet system.... Which he still mods every
| chance he gets to make it more like his old ProBoard
| system. I finally have purchased the rights to the
| ProBoard software, and went back in 2006 to using it. We
| are working hard every free chance we get to completing a
| 32Bit and 64Bit version of ProBoard. I may no long live
| in Decatur, Illinois, but you can reach SLASHER BBS via
| telnet @ telnet://slasherbbs.com Thank you!" - John
| Riley"
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217-428-9803 | The Operating Room
| DECATUR, IL (1993-1996)
SYSOP | David Klitzsch
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
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217-429-4738 | C.A.M.S.
| DECATUR, IL (1984)
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217-429-5541 | C A M S II, NET-WORKS C.A.M.S.
| DECATUR, IL (1982-1983)
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217-429-6310 | R.A.G.T.I.H.E.
| DECATUR, IL
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217-429-8913 | CompuByte!
| DECATUR, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Nabil Draves
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217-431-0244 | Night Shift Node 2
| DANVILLE, IL (1994-1995)
SYSOP | Lonnie Courson
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217-431-1003 | The Answer Center BBS
| DANVILLE, IL (1996-1998)
SYSOP | Curt Chambers
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217-431-1446 | Scotts Mail System
| DANVILLE, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Scott Orvis
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217-431-1695 | The Relative Connection
| DANVILLE, IL (1988-1994)
SYSOP | Chuck Haine
SOFTWARE | RemoteAccess
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217-431-2128 | (SOL) NET2460 NEC, Lonnie Courson, Night Shift Node 2
| DANVILLE, IL (1994-1998)
SYSOP | Cyber Tech, Lonnie Courson
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217-431-3189 | The Mystic's Labyrinth
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Roberta Payne
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217-431-4999 | Danville Net, Net 2460 NEC, The Night Shift
| DANVILLE, IL (1992-1998)
SYSOP | Lonnie Courson
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217-431-5555 | Scotts Mail System
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Scott Orvis
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217-431-5885 | Danville High School
| Danville, IL (1993)
COMMENTS | FrEdMail System
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217-431-8087 | Helping Hand
| DANVILLE, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Jason Wheaton
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217-431-8555 | The Grapevine BBS
| DANVILLE, IL (1992-1993)
SYSOP | Danny Keele
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217-438-3133 | Shadow Den, TSD
| AUBURN, IL (1995-1996)
SYSOP | Shane Guile
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217-442-0211 | Brian's Brainy System
| DANVILLE, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Brian Bridges
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217-442-0408 | Helping Hand
| DANVILLE, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Jason Wheaton
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217-442-0480 | Helping Hand
| DANVILLE, IL (1994-1996)
SYSOP | Jason Wheaton
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217-442-1503 | Yllar 17.3
| DANVILLE, IL (1994)
SYSOP | George Powell
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217-442-1819 | Ricks Mail System
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Rick Sadowski
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217-442-5860 | Omar's BBS, Ricks Mail System
| DANVILLE, IL (1992-1994)
SYSOP | Rick Sadowski
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217-442-6397 | Yllar 17, Yllar 17.3
| Illinois, IL (1993-1998)
SYSOP | George Powell
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217-442-7006 | Danville Net, NET2460 NEC, Yllar 17 Downlink
| DANVILLE, IL (1997-1998)
SYSOP | George Powell
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217-442-7643 | The Crib
| DANVILLE, IL (1992-1993)
SYSOP | Don Cheesman
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217-442-9818 | Brian's Brainy System
| DANVILLE, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Brian Bridges
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217-443-1200 | Sportsman's Lodge
| DANVILLE, IL (1994-1998)
SYSOP | Danny Keele
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217-443-1860 | Friendship Inn
| DANVILLE, IL (1990)
SYSOP | T Clabaugh
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217-443-1972 | Palace Msg System /fx
| DANVILLE, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Danny Keele
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217-446-0105 | Danville Net, Net 2460 NEC, The Hook and Slice BBS, The
| Hook and Slice Club
| DANVILLE, IL (1991-1998)
SYSOP | Bill Spicer
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217-446-3009 | Brians Brainy System
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Brian Bridges
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217-446-3740 | EMail Connection
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Bill Lundgren
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217-446-4564 | Brians Brainy System
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Brian Bridges
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-446-4652 | EMail Connection
| DANVILLE, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Bill Lundgren
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217-446-6485 | The Answer Center BBS
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Curt Chambers
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217-446-6802 | Kims Den
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Kim Hill
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217-446-9152 | LakeSide
| DANVILLE, IL (1993-1995)
SYSOP | Wes Wheeler
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217-446-9294 | Danville Net, Jewel Of The Night, NET2460 NEC
| DANVILLE, IL (1994-2000)
SYSOP | Sherri Thomas, Amethyst
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217-446-9901 | EMail Connection
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Bill Lundgren
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217-469-7653 | Infinity's Edge II
| SAINT JOSEPH, IL (1993)
SYSOP | Gary Huls
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217-477-0164 | The TimberWolf BBS
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Earl Henderson
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217-477-0168 | The TimberWolf BBS
| DANVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Earl Henderson
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217-498-8040 | Private Chambers, The Apothecary
| ROCHESTER, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Mark Greenlee, Janet Greenlee
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217-498-8093 | Private Chambers
| ROCHESTER, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Mark Greenlee
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217-498-9651 | Flamingo,The
| ROCHESTER, IL (1990)
SOFTWARE | Cit86v3.32
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217-522-1937 | The Rift
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1992-1996)
SYSOP | John Hull
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217-522-4707 | LincolnLand Net, The Temples of Syrinx
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1995-1997)
SYSOP | David Bloomberg
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217-522-7352 | House of Rothschild
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1990-1994)
SYSOP | Jourdan Rothschild, J. Rothschild
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
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217-522-8680 | The White House, White House
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1992-1996)
SYSOP | Joseph Pope
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
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217-522-9668 | U S A One, U.S.A. 1, U.S.A. One, USA-1 BBS, U.S.A. One.
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1992-1997)
SYSOP | Al Hansen
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217-523-2624 | Synapse
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1990)
SOFTWARE | Cit68kv3.31
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217-523-5071 | Dark Palace
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1996)
SYSOP | Kyle Gatewood
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217-523-5247 | HCS
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Carl Henson
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217-523-9583 | Tequila Sunset
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Kent Noonan
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217-525-3349 | Springfield District
| Springfield, IL (1993)
COMMENTS | FrEdMail System
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217-525-4185 | Synapse II
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Ed Sutherland
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217-525-6251 | Synapse II
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1992-1993)
SYSOP | Ed Sutherland
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217-525-8894 | Dark Cavern
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Tom Davis
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217-525-9945 | Warp Drive
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Ed Sutherland
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217-526-3710 | Ole Tinbrain
| MORRISONVILLE, IL (1988)
SYSOP | Jim Colligan
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217-528-1427 | The Gamer's Edge
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994-1996)
SYSOP | Gary Allgood
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217-528-4161 | Politically Incorrect Node 2
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1995)
SYSOP | John Wilcockson
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217-528-7138 | The Politically Incorrect BBS
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1995-1997)
SYSOP | John Wilcockson
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217-529-0239 | Audio-Video Concepts Online
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1996)
SYSOP | Greg Zoll
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217-529-1113 | BULLET-80 Springfield, IL
| Springfield, IL (1982-1985)
SOFTWARE | BULLET-80
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217-529-3223 | Athenanet
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1990)
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217-529-4336 | Shadow Den
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Shane Guile
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217-529-6452 | Capitol City bbs, Capitol City BBS RBBS HAM
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1989-1994)
SYSOP | Gary Huff, K9UAB
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217-535-1017 | Fantasy Land, Fantasy Land Node 2
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994-1997)
SYSOP | Steve Horrighs
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217-544-0081 | Frontrunner BBS
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994-1997)
SYSOP | Robert Lewis
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217-544-1022 | Electric Dreams
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Dwayne Terry
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-544-2431 | Frontrunner BBS
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Robert Lewis
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217-546-0954 | The Quest
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1992)
SYSOP | Wally Hartshorn
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217-546-7276 | The House
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Kerry Burns
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217-546-7608 | Quest,The, The Quest
| Springfield, IL (1988-1994)
SYSOP | Wally Hartshorn, Dominic Duvall
SOFTWARE | AmiDel, Cit86v3.31
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-546-8231 | RBBS IBM PC Old Jack
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1984-1985)
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217-546-8767 | PC Connection, PC Connx, PC-Connection BBS
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1989-1994)
SYSOP | Dave Pointer
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-546-9204 | The House
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Kerry Burns
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217-562-2280 | Prairie Data BBS
| PANA, IL (1989)
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217-562-3153 | The Cookie Jar
| Pana, IL
SYSOP | Philip Cook
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217-566-3701 | Fantasy Land Node 2
| WILLIAMSVILLE, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Steve Horrighs
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-566-3775 | Fantasy Land, FantasyLand
| WILLIAMSVILLE, IL (1992-1996)
SYSOP | Steve Horrighs
SOFTWARE | Spitfire
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-566-3776 | Fantasy Land Node 3
| WILLIAMSVILLE, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Steve Horrighs
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217-585-0082 | The Quest
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Wally Hartshorn
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-585-0415 | Common Place
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1992-1993)
SYSOP | Greg Zoll
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217-586-2007 | NeoMorph, The Arena
| MAHOMET, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Larissa Kohler
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217-586-4704 | Alpha Centauri
| MAHOMET, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Jason Lohmeyer
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-586-4799 | Paradox
| MAHOMET, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Billy Schriver
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217-586-5173 | Brown Bag
| MAHOMET, IL (1993)
SYSOP | Aaron Wilson
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217-593-6545 | LTM Computer, LTMCS Online
| CAMP POINT, IL (1994-1996)
SYSOP | Dale Shank
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217-629-5482 | Electric Dreams
| RIVERTON, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Dwayne Terry
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-629-6354 | The Spider's Lair
| RIVERTON, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Bill Webb
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217-629-7336 | The Mysterious Seas
| RIVERTON, IL (1994-1996)
SYSOP | Bill Mapp
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217-632-7472 | Cheers BBS
| PETERSBURG, IL (1994-1995)
SYSOP | Mike Mcgary
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217-634-4614 | The Dragon's Keep
| TALLULA, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | JR Brown
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217-643-2396 | The Satellite Opus/SDNet/Works, The Satellite/SDNet/Works
| THOMASBORO, IL (1990-1994)
SYSOP | Jim Fischer
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217-684-2081 | The Cloud Chamber
| PHILO, IL (1991-1995)
SYSOP | Hector Mandel
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-688-2542 | The Eclipse
| SIDNEY, IL (1992-1993)
SYSOP | Jesse McCabe
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-698-0276 | The Jailhouse
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1995)
SYSOP | CJ Taylor
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217-698-0335 | Fantasy Land, Fantasy Land BBS
| Springfield, IL (1991-1996)
SYSOP | Steve Horrighs, Steve Horrighs, Jr
SOFTWARE | Spitfire
COMMENTS | From the September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: Springfield,
| Illinois since 12/91. Sysop: Steve Horrighs, Jr. Using
| PCBoard 15.1 with 4 lines on MS-DOS with 10000 MB
| storage. US Robotics at 28800 bps. $30 Annual fee. Simply
| the best. 5+ Megs added daily. Lots of doors. Thousands
| of message echos from more than 9 national mail networks
| w/ 3 adults only networks. 1/3 of files online are adult
| related. Fast online instant upgrades with VISA, MC.
| Download on first call.
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217-698-0907 | Hell BBS, The Bone Yard
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Paul Corpstein
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-698-1081 | InfoQuest
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Kelly Jones
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-698-1423 | Fantasy Land Node 2
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994)
SYSOP | Steve Horrighs
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217-735-2251 | Lighthouse
| LINCOLN, IL (1993-1996)
SYSOP | Glen Buckley
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-753-4309 | MCMS Word Exchange
| Springfield, IL (1983-1985)
SOFTWARE | MCMS
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217-753-4655 | Flight Line
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1995-1999)
SOFTWARE | TriBBS
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-753-8642 | InterLink BBS
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (2001-2002)
SYSOP | Jay Link
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-762-2847 | The Back Door, The BackDoor BBS
| MONTICELLO, IL (1991-1999)
SYSOP | Ed Maroon
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-774-3508 | Hudson Softside, Hudson Softside BBS
| Shelbyville, IL (1992-2002)
SYSOP | Jim Hudson
SOFTWARE | Wildcat
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-774-5978 | Hudson Softside, Hudson Softside BBS, Hudson Softsides BBS
| Shelbyville, IL (1992-2002)
SYSOP | Jim Hudson
SOFTWARE | Wildcat
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-774-5992 | Coconut's Grove, Coconut's Grove...Again!!
| SHELBYVILLE, IL (1994-1995)
SYSOP | Patrick Lines
SOFTWARE | Wildcat
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-784-4712 | Boonies
| GIBSON CITY, IL (1993-1994)
SYSOP | Terry Shull
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-787-0922 | Slap Shot
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Mike Cotrone
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217-787-9101 | LincolnLand Net, The Temple of Syrinx, The Temples of
| Syrinx
| Springfield, IL (1991-1995)
SYSOP | David Bloomberg
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-787-9400 | Paul's BBS
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1995-1999)
SOFTWARE | TriBBS
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-788-6735 | Spugtown
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1996)
SYSOP | Donald Walker
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-789-4181 | ICAANet
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994-1997)
SYSOP | Steve Simmering
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-789-5080 | BEC BBS 1
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1991-1994)
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-789-5970 | B E C, B.E.C, BEC BBS 2, Bell Employees Club BBS, B.E.C.
| Springfield, IL (1989-1995)
SYSOP | George Lollar
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-789-5971 | BEC BBS 3
| Springfield, IL (1991-1995)
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-789-9473 | The Dead Zone
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1994-1996)
SYSOP | Rick Norman
--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
217-789-9577 | Computer Tutor, Data Drum
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1990)
SYSOP | Bill McDannell
SOFTWARE | Cit86v3.24
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217-792-3663 | Ultimate BBS, Ultimate Connection
| MOUNT PULASKI, IL (1994-1996)
SOFTWARE | MajorBBS
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217-793-6644 | Spugtown
| SPRINGFIELD, IL (1993-1995)
SYSOP | Donald Walker, Don Walker
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217-824-9601 | Truck Stop
| TAYLORVILLE, IL (1995)
SYSOP | Phillip Windell
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217-854-2823 | Sullivan Radio Shack Dealer
| CARLINVILLE, IL (1991-1994)
SYSOP | Aaron Shipley
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217-854-3046 | Super BBS
| CARLINVILLE, IL (1986)
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217-854-6131 | Cville Radio Shack
| CARLINVILLE, IL (1987-1988)
SYSOP | Matt Turley
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217-864-3367 | The Decatur Connection
| MOUNT ZION, IL (1992-1995)
SYSOP | Bob Andrews
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217-864-4096 | Grass Roots
| MOUNT ZION, IL (1995-1999)
SYSOP | Lester West
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217-875-3259 | Quest
| DECATUR, IL (1995-1999)
SYSOP | Ben Damery
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217-875-5418 | CondCrit, Condcrit
| DECATUR, IL (1989-1994)
SYSOP | Joe Prosser
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217-875-5579 | TSPNET 2.3
| DECATUR, IL (1984)
SYSOP | The Penguin
SOFTWARE | TSPNET
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217-875-7114 | CAMS (Central Il. Automated Message System), NET-WORKS
| C.A.M.S., NET-WORKS C.A.M.S.][, NET-WORKS
| CAMS][, The Data Hut
| Decatur, IL (1983-1996)
SYSOP | Robert Williams
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
, NET-WORKS, Red Ryder Host
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217-876-0907 | Midnight Rider
| DECATUR, IL (1995-1999)
SOFTWARE | TriBBS
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217-877-1138 | 2/3 Board
| Decatur, IL (1991-1996)
SYSOP | James Jones
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
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217-877-8380 | The Final Frontier
| DECATUR, IL (1995-2002)
SYSOP | Dave Mink
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217-877-8728 | God and Country
| DECATUR, IL (1994-1995)
SYSOP | Dave Wright
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217-885-3658 | The Future BBS
| BURTON, IL (1994)
SOFTWARE | Wildcat
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217-888-3929 | Greenwood Connection
| (1991)
SYSOP | Bob Westwater
SOFTWARE | PCBoard
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217-892-2367 | After Midnight
| RANTOUL, IL (1994)
SYSOP | John Blackburn
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217-892-2822 | The Connexion BBS
| RANTOUL, IL (1990)
SYSOP | Jim Lavin
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217-892-4220 | NIGHTFALL
| RANTOUL, IL (1994-1995)
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217-892-8236 | Library BBS
| RANTOUL, IL (1989-1991)
SYSOP | Bill Province
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217-892-8716 | TechnoBoard
| RANTOUL, IL (1989-1990)
SYSOP | Curtis Campbell
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217-892-8889 | Network: Atari
| Rantoul, IL (1986)
SYSOP | Jeff Look
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217-893-0844 | Air Force 1
| RANTOUL, IL (1992-1993)
SYSOP | Dave Summers
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217-893-1801 | Hotel California
| RANTOUL, IL (1991)
SYSOP | Mike Butrovich
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217-893-3728 | MidWest IBM SoftSource BBS
| RANTOUL, IL (1990-1993)
SYSOP | Russ Blakeman
SOFTWARE | Fido, Maximus, Proboard
COMMENTS | "Ran this BBS in conjunction with running (remotely and
| physically) of Hacker's Anonymous on the U-I C-U campus.
| This BBS was my own personal BBS run initially on a Sanyo
| MBC-555-2 with 4 floppies (no HD) using Fido then
| upgrading to a 286 era machine with 40 mb RLL HD and 2
| floppies and 2400 baud external modem. It evolved to
| other BBS platforms to eventually having BinkleyTerm for
| mail/front end, door games, Fidonet, etc. Closed it down
| in early 1993 when I had to pack to move for a move to
| Wichita/McConnell AFB as Chanute was closing." - Russ
| Blakeman
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217-893-4261 | The Connexion BBS
| RANTOUL, IL (1990)
SYSOP | Jim Lavin
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217-893-4646 | Hotel California
| Rantoul, IL (1991-1992)
SYSOP | Mike Butrovich
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217-893-8618 | TechnoBoard II
| RANTOUL, IL (1990)
SYSOP | Richard deTrafford
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217-935-6144 | "MANIAC BBS"
| CLINTON, IL (1993-1996)
SYSOP | Steve Meade
SOFTWARE | Wildcat
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217-935-8237 | The Up All Night BBS
| CLINTON, IL (1995-1999)
SOFTWARE | TriBBS
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