| MAP OF THE 309 AREA CODE |
| 309-274-2200 CHILLICOTHE, IL |
Burco BBS (1988) |
Wildcat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 309-295-7742 Macomb, IL |
The Underworld (1985-1988) |
The Mole and The Sorceress | Universal BBS (UBBS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"First BBS on WIU Campus! Ran on a cloned Apple ][ with a 2400 baud US Robotics Courier modem, 10 MB external hard drive (about the size of a shoe box)." - Greeny
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| 309-342-0637 |
GALESBURG, IL Stork, Stork BBS |
(1987-1994) Rick Lawsha |
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| 309-342-5302 |
GALESBURG, IL Brandy, BRANDY
, BRANDY/Games |
(1987-1994) Kent A. Murphy |
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| 309-342-7178 |
GALESBURG, IL MAGIE II, NET-WORKS MAGIE |
(1982-1983)
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| 309-343-3799 |
Galesburg, IL MAGIE, NET-WORKS MAGIE, L-5 Galesburg, Il (Magie) |
(1984-1985) NET-WORKS |
Several different SIGs. Network access to Telenet, Tymnet, C-serve, Genie, many others. Various computer SIGs and L-5 info.
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| 309-343-6659 |
GALESBURG, IL The Toolbox, Toolbox
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(1989-1996) D. Massingill | RBBS |
| 309-346-1134 |
PEKIN, IL Charles BBS, Charlie's BBS |
(1988-1990) Charlie Hickey, Charlie Hinkey |
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| 309-346-6829 |
Pekin, Il Silver Slipper BBS |
(1989-2000) Ed Henry |
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| 309-346-7736 |
PEKIN, IL Pekin Opus Net 2 |
(1987) Carl Frazier |
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| 309-346-9455 |
PEKIN, IL Access System |
(1988) Carl Frazier |
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| 309-347-1268 |
PEKIN, IL Space Walker |
(1988) Wildcat |
| 309-347-2187 |
PEKIN, IL Info Net Systems, Info-Net Systems, InfoNet Systems, Pekin Opus Net 3 |
(1987-1994) Neil Beiersdorf |
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| 309-347-5240 |
PEKIN, IL Logos BBS, Pekin Area Hub |
(1989-1990) Michael Boykin |
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| 309-347-5914 |
PEKIN, IL NCC-1701-C BBS |
(1989) Kevin Newell |
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| 309-353-4781 |
PEKIN, IL Hideaway BBS |
(1988) Dale Hackney |
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| 309-353-9161 |
PEKIN, IL Pekin Phoenix BBS, Phoenix BBS |
(1987-1992) Mike Christenson, Mike Christianson, Mike Christianson
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| 309-379-2284 |
STANFORD, IL Wheels On The Road |
(1989) Wildcat |
| 309-438-3330 |
BLOOMINGTON, IL ISU BBS |
(1985-1996) RBBS |
| 309-438-7370 |
BLOOMINGTON, IL Illinois State University, ISU BBS,CompSci |
(1985-1994) David Doss, George Warren | RBBS |
| 309-452-8451 |
BLOOMINGTON, IL Normal, Ill RBBS RCP/M |
(1985) Chuck Henderson |
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| 309-482-0530 |
ALEXIS, IL Hacker A |
(1989) Wildcat |
| 309-556-2419 |
BLOOMINGTON, IL The Linthaus |
(1987)
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| 309-563-9543 |
Galesburg, IL MAGIE, NET-WORKS MAGIE |
(1984-1985) NET-WORKS |
| 309-662-0779 |
BLOOMINGTON, IL Logical Shift Left, The Pretzel Board |
(1986-1988) The Pretzel | Ascii Express |
| 309-674-0905 |
PEORIA, IL Central IL, M I K E, M I K E BBS, M I K E PEP, MIKE BBS |
(1988-1999) Lee Busby, Dianne Durham |
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| 309-674-8111 |
PEORIA, IL CBBS Peoria |
(1985)
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| 309-677-2075 |
Peoria, IL Future Link |
(1988-2000) Murrel Rhodes | MajorBBS |
Some history of this BBS: http://www.a5.com/about/our_history.asp
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| 309-682-4465 |
PEORIA, IL The Electronic Post Office |
(1988) Red Ryder Host |
| 309-688-0604 |
PEORIA, IL ANARC BBS |
(1988-1991) Kirk Baxter |
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| 309-688-5527 |
PEORIA, IL Central IL, S P I K E PEP |
(1988-1989) Lee Busby |
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| 309-688-9789 |
PEORIA, IL Express 1 BBS, THE COMPUTER EXPRESS |
(1988-1990) Bob Pauli | Wildcat |
| 309-691-0938 |
PEORIA, IL Runways Other End |
(1989) Dave Hart |
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| 309-691-5416 |
Peoria, IL Buzzard's Roost, Central & Southern Il, Central IL, Peoria Opus Net 1, Runways End HST, Runways end OPUS, S P I K E, The Runway's End, The Runways End BBS |
(1987-1995) Dave Hart, Lee Busby, David G Hart |
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| 309-692-5461 |
PEORIA, IL Peoria Opus Net 2 |
(1987-1988) Steve Deckert |
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| 309-692-6502 |
PEORIA, IL ABBS Peoria |
(1982-1984)
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| 309-694-7725 |
East Peoria, IL Central IL, EPE On-Line, EPE Online |
(1988-1999) Quentin Smith | Wildcat
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| 309-697-1011 |
Bellevue, IL BearWhiz, BearWhiz BBS |
(1989-1999) Denene Gallion | Searchlight Software |
"Multi-Line BBS (the other number was (309)697-9523 ) Without John Smith of the PC Connection BBS BearWhiz would never have been 'born'. He was my mentor in getting it all started. Special thanks to John!" Denene Gallion
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| 309-697-1758 |
Peoria, IL Nuclear Zone |
(1985-1989) James Howell |
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"The Nuclear Zone was a single line C64 300 baud BBS which had a message board and hosted files focused on (hacking, phreaking, anarchy, cracking, cookbooks, etc..)" - James Howell
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| 309-697-2431 |
Peoria, IL ABBS |
(1981) Greg Smith | ABBS |
| 309-698-3254 |
East Peoria, Il Range World Online Insanity And Information Service |
(1985-1993) Range & his co-SySauce, Closeapple | Renegade |
"Range World was dedicated to freedom of speech and information. The majority of its file section was dedicated to textfiles of all kinds, from anarchy to collections of recipes." - Range
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| 309-698-4837 |
PEORIA, IL Proteus Network |
(1989) Dave Burleson |
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| 309-755-4006 |
East Moline, IL HookNet |
(1986-1993) Terry Tharp | ForumST |
"Began on an Atari 1040ST w/4mb RAM, 2x65mb SCSI HD's Lotsa doors, 2 Lines, Later moved to Champaign, IL (HookNet II) then to Moline, IL (HookNet III+ (ForumPC/PCBoard on 386DX33)) FIDO'd all the way!" - Iron Chicken
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| 309-755-6684 |
East Moline, IL Dementia, The Trading Post |
(1986-1987) Kim Ellis | GBBS Pro |
| 309-755-8274 |
EAST MOLINE, IL MouseCapades |
(1988) Red Ryder Host |
| 309-755-9840 |
EAST MOLINE, IL Barney's |
(1989)
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| 309-762-0140 |
MOLINE, IL Pass It On, Pass it On |
(1989-1994) Terry Braden |
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| 309-762-5273 |
MOLINE, IL Derby Connx |
(1987-1989) A. Derbyshire |
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| 309-764-2025 |
MOLINE, IL Quad Cities PCBoard |
(1989-1994) Alan Thomas, Alan L. Thomas | PCBoard |
| 309-788-9811 |
Rock Island, IL Genealogy WorkSh, Genealogy Workshop, Geneology Workshop, The Genealogy Workshop |
(1989-2000) Bill Frederickson |
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| 309-792-2543 |
EAST MOLINE, IL PHOENIX, PHOENIX BBS, Phoenix RBBS, Phoenix,astron, The Phoenix |
(1988-1996) Ron Bryant | RBBS |
| 309-794-0289 |
ROCK ISLAND, IL Boondocks, FIDO #89 Boondocks |
(1984-1985) Jonathan Smith | FidoNet |
| 309-797-6191 |
MOLINE, IL Dragon's Egg |
(1988) Wildcat |
| 309-797-8160 |
MOLINE, IL Gallifrey Alt., Gallifrey Alternative |
(1987-1988) Forum |
| 309-833-4368 |
MACOMB, IL Phoenix BBS |
(1989-1991) RaneshMukherjee | Wildcat |
| 309-944-5455 |
GENESEO, IL Geneseo, Ill, RCP/M Geneseo |
(1982-1983)
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