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"First BBS I ever called after acquiring a 300 baud modem for my Radio Shack TRS-80. Remember it like it was yesterday...." - jjo31420a
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312-213-1666
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Electropolis Multi-Line (1988) |
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312-215-4937
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Dragon's Lair (1990) |
| Monarch |
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312-221-0171
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The Supreme Court (1986) |
| Forem ST |
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312-221-2879 Chicago, IL |
The Missing Link BBS (1989-1995) |
Thomas Conley | PCBoard, PCBB |
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312-223-4802 Grayslake, IL |
NixPix Person-To-Person (1992-1995) |
Larry Green | Oracomm |
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"17-line chat board. Renamed MindScapes in 1993. Part of the loose-knit NixPix network (Denver, Chicago, Grayslake, Tennessee) until the renaming. Featured in "The Joys of Cybersex," by Phil Robinson and Nancy Tamosaitis (Brady, 1993)."
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312-223-9673
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Lakes Region (1986) |
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312-225-3962 Chicago, IL |
The Land of Fa V (1988) |
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312-225-9138 Chicago, IL |
The Feminist B.B.S., The Feminist BBS (1988) |
Linda Grossman | |
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312-225-9711 Chicago, IL |
Bog {225}, The Bog (1991-1994) |
Greg DeCicco | CELE |
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312-225-9836 Chicago, IL |
The Static Barrier (1987) |
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312-226-0672
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A Clockwork Orange OS/2 (1993-1995) |
Matt Hucke | WWIV |
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"This BBS was a continuation of "Valhalla" (217-352-3682) after I relocated from Champaign to Chicago in the summer of 1993. For the first nine months, it was part-time, because I lived in a University dorm and had only one phone line. Due to the limited hours, it did not have much of a local user base - it primarily existed so I could stay in contact with my friends in the WWIV sysop community. When I moved into an apartment where I could install an additional phone line, I requested a number where the last three digits spelled out "OS2". With this move, it did gain some more local users, but its primary purpose was the distribution of my software and maintaining contact with other WWIV sysops. My handle was "Starship Trooper", and WWIVNet address was "1@3250". I continued to work on several WWIV-related utilities that I had begun developing in Champaign. One of these was a network spool file editor for OS/2 Presentation Manager GUI. In January of 1995 I took a job as sysadmin at a local ISP. After that, I had little time to maintain the BBS at home or to work on its software. I turned over the source code and distribution rights for my WWIV utilities to a sysop in St. Louis. The BBS went down permanently in late April, 1995." - Matt Hucke
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312-227-7455 Chicago, IL |
Bio Med, BioMed, Midwest Biomedical Society, Midwest Biomedical [Private], RBBS Biomed (1986-1995) |
| RBBS |
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312-231-7418
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Mindseye, The Mindseye BBS (1990) |
Matt Sheahan (Cerebromancer) | Telegard |
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312-231-8223
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Chicago Metro-Net (1986-1988) |
| ABBS |
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312-232-1250
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Windmill (1987-1989) |
Ed Curlin | PCBoard |
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312-232-6339
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P.S. Meeting Room (1989) |
| Wildcat |
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312-232-7933
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Micro Mail B B S, Micro Mail B.B.S. (1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
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312-232-8804 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
The Dark Forrest
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Clovis Greeneslade | |
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312-233-8327
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Double Take II (1986-1988) |
| Net-Works |
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312-233-9607 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Machine (1992-1996) |
| FRST |
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312-234-4843
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Jolly Roger Shop (1987) |
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312-234-6237
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Hotel California (1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
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312-234-6795
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Flaming Toilet (1987) |
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312-234-7366
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The Inner Sanctum (1988) |
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312-234-8187
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Steed's Bar and Grill, The Steed's Bar (1987-1988) |
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312-234-9257 Lake Forest, IL |
Calamity Cliffs Computer Center (1980-1981) |
Tom C. | CP/M, RCPM |
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312-235-3200 Chicago, IL |
PMS - Chicago Public Library, PMS Chicago Public Library (1983-1985) |
| PMS |
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312-235-4327
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Piper's Term (1993-1994) |
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312-235-4673
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Piper's Term (1993-1994) |
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312-235-6794
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MAC Universe (1994) |
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312-235-7902 Chicago, IL |
C.F.O.G. Two, CFOG - 2 (1986-1988) |
Bill Kuykendall | |
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FOG (FOG AMO #80) member supported system. PRACSA FOG (FOG AMO #80) member supported system. PRACSA
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312-235-7948
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Bighead, Dark Tower (1994-1995) |
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312-237-2773
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Coliseum (Home of dotSYS) (1993-1995) |
Matthew Swajkowski | |
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312-237-3416
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BIT WIZ Opus (1994-2000) |
Michael Katz | |
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312-237-6120
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Borge, Game Room, Pita 3 (1993-1995) |
Rafal Rusilowicz | |
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312-237-8365 Chicago, IL |
Not So Perfect BBS (1990-1994) |
| PCBB |
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312-237-8366
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Not So Perfect (1990-1994) |
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312-239-1889 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Trading Post, The Chicago Board of Trade (1990-1994) |
Bill Ross | PCBoard, PCBB |
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312-239-2978
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Dew Drop Inn (1992) |
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312-243-1046
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DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #39 Chicago (1983-1984) |
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312-244-0260
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EXCELSIOR! Support HQ (1995) |
Thomas W. Dietz | |
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312-244-2484
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Windy City (1993-1995) |
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312-245-9110
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PLINK (1989) |
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312-246-7705
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Custom Software (1989-1994) |
Steven Merenkov, Steve Merenkov | PCBoard |
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312-246-9493
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Traders Connection (1987) |
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312-247-7359 Chicago, IL |
Southside, SouthSide BBS (1990-1992) |
Stan Rygula | |
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312-248-0091 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (Inc.) (1991-1994) |
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312-248-0092 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (Inc.) (1991-1994) |
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312-248-0109 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (Inc.) (signup line), Thunderbolt (signup line), Thunderbolt, Inc. (1991-1996) |
| MajorBBS |
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312-248-0234 Chicago, IL |
Continuum Foundation (1991-1994) |
| Telegard |
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312-248-0900 Chicago, IL |
CCS BBS, Chicago Computer Society, Ddsw1, MCSNet (40 lines), MCSNet (Chicago) (1991-1996) |
| AKCS |
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SLIP/PPP Provider
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312-248-3809 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Conservative (1993-1996) |
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312-248-4822 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (A), Thunderbolt (Inc.), THUNDERBOLT! (1990-1995) |
Zeus | MajorBBS 6.21f |
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From the September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: Chicago, Illinois since 02/91. Sysop: Zeus. Using MajorBBS 6.21d with 10 lines on MS-DOS 80386 with 16000 MB storage. US Robotics at 14400 bps. $10 variable fee. "Where the GODS come to play.." mythology-themed BBS! MajorNet, NetAccess netmail, ChatLink, InterLink, Interactive Games, Oracles, Online News/Magazines, RIP Graphics, INTERNET access & MORE! FREE demo access. Rates low as $0.01/hr. Family rates, too!
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312-248-6295 Chicago, IL |
Ddsw1, MCSNet (PEP only), MCSNet [PEP only] (1993-1996) |
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312-248-7207 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (Inc.) (1991-1994) |
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312-248-7219 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (Inc.) (1991-1994) |
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312-248-7243 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (Inc.) (1991-1994) |
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312-248-7247 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (Inc.) (1991-1994) |
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312-248-7703 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (Inc.) (1991-1994) |
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312-248-7820 Chicago, IL |
Thunderbolt (Inc.) (1991-1994) |
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312-248-8758 Chicago, IL |
1 Step BBS, 1Step BBS, First Step BBS (1989-1992) |
Jay Rothschild | |
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312-249-1650
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HighVoltage C-Net Commodore (1990-1991) |
Michael Scribner | |
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312-249-4385
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The Blue Knight BBS (1988) |
The Blue Knight | GBBS Pro |
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312-252-0642 Chicago, IL |
Dickie's Place, Dickie’s Place (1993-1995) |
| XZOT |
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312-252-1125
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Phoenix, PHOENIX (1992-1995) |
Gandalf
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Tarkus Team Member BBS
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312-252-2136 Logan Square, IL |
Logan Square RCP/M, Logan Square RCPM, RCP/M Logan Square (1981-1986) |
Earl Bockenfeld | RCPM |
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312-252-3663
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CULINARY
, Culinary Connection (1994-1996) |
Andy Biegel | |
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312-252-6180
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First National Software, War Net Software Bank III, War-Net Software Bank III (1987) |
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312-252-6489 Chicago, IL |
Chicago CP/M (1981) |
| CP/M |
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312-252-9509
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GUI Users International (1994) |
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312-253-3633
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AE Line: GHOST, AE LINE: RANA#1, AE LINE: GHOST (1984-1985) |
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312-253-6134
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PC-Tech (1988) |
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312-253-6224
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M.P.P.L. BBS (1988) |
| Wildcat |
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312-254-3413
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The Equinox BBS (1994-1996) |
Bill Masuka | |
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312-254-8334
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CyberGraFX BBS (1994) |
| Wildcat |
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312-255-0722
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NET 115 Echo Coordinator, NET 115 Internet Gateway, Special Services FS Hub, Windstar Network (1995) |
Steve Schmidt | |
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312-255-1416
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The Bird's Nest (1988) |
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312-255-6489 Arlington Heights, IL |
Computerland (New Format), NET-WORKS CLAH (1981-1982) |
| CLAH-NET |
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"Apparently a part-time BBS run at a Computerland, later transferred elsewhere." - Jason Scott
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312-255-8838
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PC Center (1985-1986) |
Jeremy Smith | IBBS |
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312-256-8119
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SECO (1986) |
Jim Heider | |
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312-257-7747
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Aliens (1988) |
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312-258-8423 CHCZ 1, IL |
Vivacious Vibrations (1996) |
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312-259-7785
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AE Line: THRILL, AE LINE: THRILL (1985) |
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312-259-8086
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BBS IBM PC Chicago, BBS IBM PCmodem Chicago, IBM-PC BBS, RCP/M IBM PC (1982-1984) |
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312-259-8930
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Com-ads (1989) |
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312-260-0640 Wheaton, IL |
MCMS Metro West Database (1982-1983) |
Terry Haas | |
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"It was originally running from my shop in Wheaton and then moved to the city where I had a computer mail order business and store. It ran on a TRS 80 Model 3, initially on the built-in floppy drives, and used a 300 baud modem. Upgraded it to a buggy beta version of a US Robotics 1200 baud, and also purchased a Corvus 5 MB external drive. I think at the time it might've been the only BBS using a hard drive (probably because nobody else was dumb enough to spend $2,000+)." - Terry Haas
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312-260-1859
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HexNet (1987-1990) |
Brian Mackison | |
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312-260-9660
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Working With Works (1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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312-262-2209
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The Leech BBS, The Phantom Illusion BBS (1990-1991) |
King Leech | Telegard |
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312-262-3626 Chicago, IL |
After the Bars, After The Bars (1991-1995) |
| DLX, DLXB |
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312-262-5600
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Adventureline (1989) |
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312-262-6173
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DeafComm (1990-1992) |
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312-262-7125 Chicago, IL |
Wooge City (1993) |
| HRMS |
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312-262-7619
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Krishna Yoga Foundation (1993-1995) |
Vaishnava Dasa | |
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312-262-8959
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Byls Fido (1986) |
| FidoNet |
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312-263-0924 Chicago, IL |
Assembly Not Needed, Art of Luck (1990-1996) |
Richard Kelps | RBBS, RACC |
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312-267-3430
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Stichomythia (1995) |
Manuel A. Hernandez | |
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312-267-4427
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Com-Link Data Systems (1986-1988) |
| IHCS |
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312-267-4749 Chicago, IL |
Exec Region, ExecRegion, Executive Region BBS (1989-1996) |
Randy Gautier | PCBoard
, PCBB |
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312-267-4750
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Executive Region BBS (1989-1995) |
Randy Gautier | PCBoard |
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312-267-7665
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The Voice of Peace (1986) |
| OTBB |
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312-271-4733 Chicago, IL |
Knight's Quest, Knights Quest, People Who Need People , Sit'N'Bull [$], Knight’s Quest (1992-1996) |
| VBBS |
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312-271-5214
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The Knights Quest (1992) |
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312-271-7348 Chicago, IL |
Cooter's Garage, Cooter’s Garage (1991-1993) |
| SLBB |
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312-272-0943
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Captain Video (1988) |
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312-272-1423
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The Castle (1987) |
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312-272-5912
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The Igloo (1988) |
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312-272-7111
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4 Sights Network (1991-1992) |
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312-274-1677
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Nexus (1986) |
| MCBB |
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312-274-2343
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Dew Drop Inn (1994) |
Brad Hanson | |
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312-274-3544
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Chicago Rogers Park Area FS HUB, Chicago Rogers Park Area Hub, Online Central (1995-1997) |
Bill Bottom Jr. | |
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312-274-4088
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The Palace (1988) |
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312-274-5366
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C I S, Programmer's Cafe, Zone Corporation (1993-1995) |
Bill Bottom Jr, Bill Bottom Jr. | |
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312-274-6128
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FarPoint, The Farpoint BBS (4 Lines) (1991-1996) |
Frank McNeill | RBBS |
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312-274-8136
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National Islamic (1993-1995) |
Mohammad Khan | |
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312-274-9515 Chicago, IL |
Insane Domain (1991-1996) |
Aaron Yelton | Hermes, Firstclass, Hotline, FRST |
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"This was one of the first BBSes I can remember running on a Mac. I think Aaron originally ran Hermes on it, but I forgot if he went to Hotline then First Class, or the other way around. Anyway - it was a friendly bunch, and the regulars would meet in real life fairly often. I haven't heard from any of them in over a decade. Too bad - I miss that bunch!" - Jay Duff
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312-274-9963 Chicago, IL |
Skyway BBS (1995-1997) |
Robert Newton, Chuck Goes | tbbs |
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"This was a short lived BBS. We tried it when our old software was end of lifed at the Zoo BBS. The secondary number you listed, 312-274-9982 is non-existant. We did have a voice line at 312-274-9981. Again, these numbers changed with the area code split and became 773. This bbs actually was the precursor of our current firm, Digital Interplay which is an internet service provider." - Chuck Goes
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312-274-9982 CHCZ 1, IL |
Skyway BBS, Skyway BBS [$] {270} (1996) |
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312-275-0848 Chicago, IL |
Free! Board (1992-1996) |
Norman Nithman | RBBS |
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312-275-1785 Chicago, IL |
20/20 TBBS, 20/20 {769} (1991-2000) |
John Shew | TBBS |
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312-275-7492 Chicago, IL |
Windy City (2 lines) (1993-1994) |
| TRIB |
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312-276-2866
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Palace (1993-1995) |
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312-276-3603 Chicago, IL |
American Archive (1991-1993) |
| PCBB |
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312-276-4159 Chicago, IL |
American Archive, Ye Olde Archives (1985-1996) |
JohnRosengarten, John Rosengarten | PCBoard
, PCBB, RBBS first week, PC Board after that |
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"This was a hobby of mine, I started with a 1200-baud Hayes modem and one dedicated line, the name was ye Olde Archive the first year or so, but later people complained that the name was too far down the alphabetized list and we changed it to American Archive in 1987 I recall. We also were the first (or maybe the second, hard to tell as there was no central registry) IBM-based BBS, running on an IBM-XT with a ten megabyte HDD the first year. Soon a second, 20-MB Seagate half-high drive was purchased from Elek-Tek in Lincolnwood and we has a total of thirty Mb of disk space. About 25 Mb of space was available for downloadable files, mostly programming languages, file utilities, device drivers and how-to files. We always worked with ShareWare authors to keep the latest versions of programming utilites available. Features included programming forum, sale-trade forum and the ever-loved Adult forum. Users had to send me a xerox of their driver license by US Mail to access adult section. Adult pictures were very tame, mostly bikinis and tasteful nudes. When explicit photos were uploaded we would delete them, as Attorney General Ed Meese (remember the draconian policies and intrusions of free speech that characterized the Ronald Regan era?) was proposing harsh penalties for anything indecent. In 1988 we went to two lines and a third was added in 1990. We had a 3-Com server and five dedicated computers at its heighth. At the end (1992-1996) we had five US Robotics Courier HST (56 kbps link speed) all externals so I could impress visitors to my basement with the rows of blinky lights. With the universal adoption of the Internet, few visitors came after 1995 and in 1996 we finally pulled the plugs. We want to thank the many people who donated time, hardware and cash to support American Archive. John Rosengarten (Ye Olde Sysop) now works as Internet Administrator at a small nameless government agency." - John Rosengarten
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312-276-5680
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American Archive (1990-1993) |
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312-278-1195
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Aircrash Bureau {327}, Chicago Wicker Park Area, Chicago Wicker Park Area FS HUB, The Aircrash Bureau (1995-2000) |
Eric Schreiber | |
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312-278-2343
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Academy (Programming) (1993) |
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312-278-5911
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Vato Land (1994-1995) |
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312-278-9513
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The Color-80 B B S, The Color-80 B.B.S. (1986-1988) |
| COCO |
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312-279-1053
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Automated Systems, High Resolution B.B.S. (1986-1988) |
| PCBB |
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312-279-4399 CHICAGO, IL |
PIRATE'S GUILD
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312-279-8525
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CAT BBS (1988) |
| Wildcat |
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312-280-8180
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LAW MUGS BBS, LAWMUG (1985-1986) |
Paul Bernstein | |
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312-280-8565
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Assoc. of Individual Investors, Computerized Investing BBS (1991-1994) |
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312-280-8764 Chicago, IL |
American Association of Individual Investors, Assoc. of Individual Investors, Computerized Investing, Individual Investor's BBS, Arte’ Graphics DTP (1986-1995) |
| Wildcat! |
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312-281-6046 Chicago, IL |
Pisces Financial, Pisces Stocks & Options, Pisces Stocks and Options, Pisces Finanial (1990-2000) |
| TBBS |
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312-281-6749
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Game Parlor (1991) |
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312-281-6887 Chicago, IL |
Coconut Club III, The Coconut Club (1988-1993) |
| TAGG |
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312-281-7018
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Lakeview Links (1994-1996) |
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312-282-4851
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Tech Support Resource, TSR BBS (1994-1996) |
| PCBoard
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312-282-6929
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Ultimate (1991) |
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312-282-8605
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WorldWide Access (6 lines) (1993-1996) |
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312-282-8606 Chicago, IL |
Gagme [Fee] (1993) |
| UNIX |
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312-282-8608
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Gagme [Fee] (1993) |
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312-282-8609
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Gagme [Fee] (1993) |
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312-282-8610
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WorldWide Access (2 lines - PEP) (1993-1995) |
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312-282-9272 Chicago, IL |
Ski's Lodge, Ski's Lodge BBS (1986-1990) |
Ken Morrison | RBBS |
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312-283-0559 Chicago, IL |
Chinet, Unix - Chi-Net [wlcrjs], chinet (1985-1996) |
Randy Suess | |
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UNIX System offering Internet Mail
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312-283-0560
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Chinet (1989-1991) |
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312-283-3919
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New Users (1993-1996) |
Craig Pease | |
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312-283-4035 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Megaphile, CHIMEGAPHILE (1990-1996) |
Pat Stenberg | Spitfire
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312-283-8564 Chicago, IL |
Malachi Brothers (1991-1993) |
| RNGD |
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312-283-8672
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Chinet (1989-1991) |
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312-284-5508
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BillBoard (1993-1994) |
Bill Masuka | |
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312-284-6124
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The ASCII Connection (1986) |
| Diversi-Dial |
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312-284-6601
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Forbidden Zone (1987) |
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312-284-7133 Chicago, IL |
Fourth Dimension (4D Software), The 4th Dimension BBS (1986-1995) |
Jeff Sorrentino, Jeff Jones | PCBoard, PCBB |
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312-284-7957 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
Gateway Chicago (1996) |
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312-284-7983 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
Gateway Chicago (1996) |
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312-286-0608 Chicago, IL |
COPH 2 (115/778), COPH-2 (BGMS) (1986-1991) |
Eric Bohlman | PMS |
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312-286-1795 Chicago, IL |
The County Morgue (1990-1991) |
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312-286-2491 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
Psycho System (1996) |
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312-286-3789 Chicago, IL |
KOZ Exchange (1987) |
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312-286-7870 Chicago, IL |
Flying High (1994-1996) |
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312-288-3410
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Information Age (1991) |
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312-289-0014 Bartlett, IL |
The Monitor Post (1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
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312-289-1089 Bartlett, IL |
Blue Thunder, War Games (1986-1988) |
| AMIS |
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312-289-1198 Streamwood, IL |
NIBS (1981) |
| ABBS |
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312-289-4973 Bartlett, IL |
Dial-Your-Match, The Mad Marty (1986-1988) |
| DYMS |
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312-289-9808 Bartlett, IL |
The Billboard BBS (1989) |
Gary Watson | |
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312-291-1619 Northbrook, IL |
Mothers (Video Info), Ski Machine (1981) |
| ABBS |
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312-293-0199
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Growers Xchange, The Growers Exchange (1986-1988) |
| MCBB |
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312-293-0696
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Growers Exchange BBS (1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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312-293-1021
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West Chicago Express [Fee] (1988-1990) |
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312-293-1468
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The Other Side (1988) |
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312-293-5675
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Imperial Palace (1987) |
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312-295-5852 Lake Forest, IL |
Wits of the World (1988) |
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312-295-6926 Lake Forest, IL |
International Apple Core, MACropedia BBS, MACropoedia, MACropoedia BBS, NIAUG, PMS - I.A.C. (1981-1989) |
Dave Alpert | MCBB, Red Ryder Host, ABBS |
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312-295-7284 Lake Forest, IL |
NET-WORKS Adventure's Inn (1983-1984) |
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312-295-8706 Lake Forest, IL |
AE Line: OAKLEY (1985) |
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312-296-0114 Chicago, IL |
theWeb! (1991-1993) |
Chris Browne, Chicago IL | |
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312-296-1085 Chicago, IL |
Reciprocity (1994-1995) |
Chuck Price | |
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312-296-3883 Chicago, IL |
Interface BBS Atari) (1983) |
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312-296-7782 Chicago, IL |
Logopolis (1988) |
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312-297-1591 Chicago, IL |
The Chicago BBS (1989-1990) |
Sidney Bratkovich | |
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312-297-3242 Chicago, IL |
Marvin (1988) |
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312-297-3275 Chicago, IL |
Realm of Amber (1987) |
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312-298-4121
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O'hare Oasis (1990) |
Ronald Fine | Telegard |
|
312-307-1519 Schaumburg, IL |
Glenside Coco-Rama (1988) |
| |
|
312-307-8897 Schaumburg, IL |
Station SOL (1989) |
Rick Waterson | |
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312-310-9014
|
Outpost BBS (1990-1991) |
John Clark | |
|
312-321-1275 Chicago, IL |
Modem Controls Inc (1993) |
| |
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312-321-1432
|
G.E. Games (1981) |
| ABBS |
|
312-323-3741 Hinsdale, IL |
CHIPMUNK, NET-WORKS Chipmunk, The Chipmunk (1982-1986) |
| Net-Works |
|
312-323-4711
|
SouthDog (1989) |
Timothy Shea | PCBoard |
|
312-323-9707
|
AE LINE: DEAL (1984) |
| |
|
312-325-0558
|
Games Galore (1990) |
Empty V | Telegard |
|
312-326-0023
|
A Touch of Class On-Line, Touch of Class Online, TouchOfClass (1994-1996) |
Jay Parekh | |
|
312-326-4392 Chicago, IL |
RCP/M Bridgeport, RCP/M PLUS, CPM3 RCP/M (1983-1986) |
Dick Lieber | |
|
312-327-0226
|
Aircrash Bureau, Chicago Lakeview Area FS HUB, Chicago's Brand New FS HUB (1993-1995) |
Eric Schreiber | |
|
312-327-1605
|
Captain Dave's Weasel Farm (1993) |
| Renegade |
|
312-329-7381 Schaumburg, IL |
Packet BBS N3AIA.IL.USA.NA (1990) |
Doug Reed | |
|
312-334-1596
|
Sexy [Adult] (1991) |
| |
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312-334-7468
|
RuneQuest (1991) |
| |
|
312-334-8638 Chicago, IL |
Final Frontier, Mackey's Hidey Hole (1992-1996) |
| ORAP |
|
312-334-9092
|
The Talamasca (1993-1996) |
| |
|
312-335-0305 Hazel Rest, IL |
The Science Fiction Centre, The Sci Fi Centre (1987-1988) |
Derek Ferguson | Pyroto Mountain |
|
"I used to read the TV Guide cover to cover every week, posting exact times for all the old Sci Fi movies that were shown in the middle of the night. One day, my dad got a call from the FBI asking why a Polish spy was calling our house. He must've been a Sci Fi fan in his spare time. My dad made me shut the board down, to be safe."
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312-336-6700
|
Great Lakes, Great Lakes B.B.S. [Private] (1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
|
312-337-2410
|
Cock Pit (1991-1996) |
| |
|
312-337-6631 Chicago, IL |
Computer Room, Personal Computers of Chicago (1980-1981) |
| ABBS |
|
Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue)
|
312-338-0338 Chicago, IL |
WestRidge CommuniCenter (1988) |
Phil Jern | |
|
312-338-0632 Chicago, IL |
Point, Point, The, Polint (1990-1995) |
| |
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312-338-1600 Chicago, IL |
Enterprise Zone (1993-1994) |
Kevin Bryson | |
|
312-338-2504 Chicago, IL |
CyberNet (1995) |
Andre Queen | |
|
312-338-3488 Chicago, IL |
Murkworks (1991) |
| |
|
312-338-5298 Chicago, IL |
SuperBytes Express BBS (1992-1993) |
Larry Dinkoff | |
|
312-338-6100 CHCZ 1, IL |
Diversi-Dial
|
| |
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312-338-8827 Chicago, IL |
A I S, AIS-Chicago 396, AIS/Chicago, Apple Info, Fido 396, Net 115, The Chicago B.B.S., The Chicago BBS (1981-1990) |
Sidney Bratkovich | FidoNet, AIS |
|
312-338-8856 Chicago, IL |
Enterprise Zone (1994) |
Kevin Bryson | |
|
312-341-6217
|
DePaul College of Law, DePaul College of Law B.B.S. (1988-1990) |
| |
|
312-342-0015 Chicago, IL |
BBS-Chicago Amiga, BBS-Chicago II7, BBS-Chicago ][, BBS-Chicago ][ {842}, BBS-Chicago {842}, Bulletin Board System Chicago, ChicagoLand Hub 5, ChicagoLand North, BBS-Chicago ][, B&B Electronics (1990-1995) |
Joel Nelson, joel nelson | QBBS |
|
312-342-1866 Chicago, IL |
Publisher Info Service, Publisher Information Service (1990-1991) |
George Weinert, George M. Weinert V | PCBoard |
|
312-342-6919 Chicago, IL |
Publish!, Publisher Info Service (1986-1990) |
| RBBS |
|
312-342-7652 Chicago, IL |
Publisher Information Service, Windows World Network (1991-1995) |
| |
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312-343-0100
|
Lincolnet (1986-1988) |
| PMS |
|
312-344-2505
|
C F O G Osborne, C.F.O.G. Osborne (1986) |
| RBBS |
|
312-344-8638
|
FInal Frontier (1992) |
| |
|
312-345-3919
|
The Cider Press (1988) |
| |
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312-345-4127
|
TI-West (1989) |
Nick Iacovelli
| |
|
312-345-7202
|
The Intercept (1988) |
| |
|
312-346-4218
|
Wood Computer Associates (1986) |
| RBBS |
|
312-348-0097 Chicago, IL |
MODEM MEDIUM Chicago (1984-1985) |
| MODEM MEDIUM |
|
312-348-3508 Chicago, IL |
Starz (2 lines) (1992-1996) |
| |
|
312-348-7269 Chicago, IL |
Lively Arts {348}, The Lively Arts (1989-1994) |
Prestigiacomo | |
|
312-348-8258 Chicago, IL |
The Lively Arts (1990-1992) |
Steve Weikert | |
|
312-348-9101 Chicago, IL |
Lincoln Park Zoo (1990) |
| |
|
312-349-0098
|
Atari Worship (1986) |
| AMIS |
|
312-350-1109 Wood Dale, IL |
Trade Mark (1986-1988) |
Teleprompter | Marsh |
|
"I ran this BBS on an Atari 800 and Atari 800XL systems. Storage was on four Atari 1050 drives, all having the eprom chips to double its capacity. There was at one time Trade Mark II and Trade Mark III when it was cool to franchise the name :-) Remember passwords = pirate and phreak numbers?" - Teleprompter
|
312-350-9346
|
The Zoo BBS (1990) |
Jim Howard (Head Zookeeper) | Telegard |
|
312-351-0288
|
Snarf's Music Std. (1990) |
| Monarch |
|
312-351-2658
|
The Alter Ego (1986) |
| ABBS |
|
312-351-4374 Schaumburg, IL |
MCMS WACO Hot Line, N. Ill. Computer Society BBS, W A C O, W.A.C.O., W.A.C.O. BBS, WACO Hot Line (1982-1998) |
A Kahn, K Argo | MCMS |
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312-351-6702
|
Grand Stand RBBS, The Grand Stand (1986-1989) |
| RBBS |
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312-351-8815
|
Amiga Doc, N.I.C.S. Amiga Users Group (1988) |
| |
|
312-352-1035
|
RBBS of Chicago, RBBS Of Chicago 160m, RBBS ofChicago, RBBSofChi (1987-1991) |
Loren D. Jones | |
|
312-352-5681
|
Chicago C-NODE (1983) |
| |
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312-352-8842
|
The IDOG Exchange (1987) |
| |
|
312-352-9231
|
Cess Pool (1992) |
| |
|
312-353-2382 Chicago, IL |
VARO Chicago Property Management, VARO Chicago Property Mgtt (1989-1996) |
| PEBB |
|
312-354-6606 Countryside, IL |
The Byte Board (1980-1982) |
jaxtrx | Self Written |
|
"Fun story - Originally I used computer to download games, after a rather large phone bill, I was informed to find a way to have people call me or the modem would be taken away. So dug through the Commodore C-64 manuals and taught myself enough machine code and BASIC to write a BBS. Feature and refinement wise, it "bit"(lower quality) compared to the CBBS of the day, hence "bytes" board but I did sell a couple of copies and had an active message and file base for a part time BBS." - Jaxtrx
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312-355-4293
|
Freeside (1989) |
Jeff Porter | |
|
312-356-3776 Lindenhurst, IL |
DESKTOPPERS, Desktoppers BBS, DeskToppers Multi-Line, Desktoppers Multi-Line MAC Brd (1987-1991) |
Randy Bennett | Wildcat |
|
312-356-6420 Lindenhurst, IL |
Desktoppers Multi-Line MAC Brd (1989) |
Randy Bennett | |
|
312-357-8075
|
AE Line: PRODOS, CAMELOT, AE LINE: PRODOS (1985) |
| |
|
312-358-0634
|
The Wild West (1986) |
| IBBS |
|
312-359-2553 Palatine, IL |
RCP/M Palatine (1981-1982) |
| CP/M |
|
312-359-7953
|
Tom Clough (1989-1991) |
Monica Arena | |
|
312-359-8080 Palatine, IL |
Palatine RCP/M, Palatine RCPM, RCP/M Palantine, RCP/M Palatine, The AT&T Unix System (1981-1988) |
Tim Cannon | RCPM |
|
312-359-9346
|
The Central Command (1989) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-359-9450 Palatine, IL |
P B B S Palatine, P.B.B.S. Palatine, PBBS Co-operative Comp Svc (1981-1986) |
John Petrikas | NorthStar, NBBS, PBBS |
|
312-362-0538 Libertyville, IL |
BPGB, BPGB QuickBBS (1988-1989) |
B Phillip Gerber, B Philip Gerber | |
|
312-362-5368 Chicago, IL |
Illinet Online/Carl Uncover, Illilnet Online/Carl Uncover (1989-1996) |
| |
|
312-362-7875 Libertyville, IL |
Computers for Christ, Computers For Christ #11 (1984-1991) |
Doug Moore | TBBS |
|
312-364-0048 New York, NY |
STARLET ConNECtion BBS, The Starlet ConNECtion (1985) |
Steve Sarna | RBBS |
|
312-364-7320
|
The ZED B B S, The ZED B.B.S. (1986-1988) |
| PCBB |
|
312-369-4332
|
Cabaret Voltaire (1988) |
| |
|
312-371-1396
|
AppleSider ][, AppleSider ][ (1987) |
| GBBS Pro |
|
312-373-8057
|
PMS - Chicago, S.L.O.B.B. (1981-1984) |
| ABBS |
|
312-374-0039
|
Chicago Trading Post (1990-1996) |
| |
|
312-376-0081 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
Greg's Place (1996-1998) |
Greg Socha | |
|
312-376-7598
|
BBS IBM PCmodem Chicago, RBBS IBM PC Chicago (1983-1985) |
| |
|
312-376-9872 Chicago, IL |
PUB Desktop Publishing, The PUB (1992-1995) |
| PCBB |
|
312-377-0359
|
The Time Centre (1988) |
Belgarion of Riva | Pro-Talk |
|
312-377-5988
|
Fox Valley ROS-34, Pics 1.5a CP/M Kaypro MSDOS (1988-1991) |
Dave Cummens | |
|
312-377-7674 CHICAGO, IL |
Front 242
|
| |
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312-380-7603
|
ExIS Inc. DataEase Support (1991-1996) |
| |
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312-381-4134
|
N.I.C.S. PC Users Group, Oracle BBS (1988-1991) |
John Martin | |
|
312-382-1369
|
Elven Realm (1985) |
| |
|
312-382-3270
|
Protecto Multi-Line B.B.S., Computer Direct (1988) |
| |
|
312-382-3453
|
Network 21 (1989) |
Klee Dienes | |
|
312-383-3144
|
The PMC Store (1986) |
| FidoNet |
|
312-383-5939
|
The Greenhouse (1987-1988) |
Joe Pluta | |
|
312-383-6335
|
Discovery Place, DiscoveryPlace, The Discovery Place (1988-1994) |
Mike Cook | |
|
312-383-7794
|
The Fisherman (1986) |
| UBBS |
|
312-384-0013 Chicago, IL |
RCP/M RBBS Xerox Midwest, Xerox Midwest RCPM/RBBS (1983-1986) |
David Lowy | RCPM |
|
"This was one of the 1st BBSs up on the Xerox 820 SAM (Simply Amazing Machine) an early commercial CP/M system with an initial whopping 482K space on two 8' floppies!" - David Lowy
|
312-384-0518
|
Microlog (1994-1995) |
| |
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312-384-0616
|
Stygian Abyss (1993-1995) |
| |
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312-384-0716
|
Stygian Abyss (1993-1995) |
| |
|
312-384-2320 Chicago, IL |
CACHE Lobo-80 (1986) |
Unknown | |
|
312-384-3925 CHCZ 1, IL |
Gateway Chicago (1996) |
| |
|
312-384-4762 Chicago, IL |
Remote Apple CP/M (1981) |
David Mortiz | RAPM, Apple CP/M |
|
312-384-6250
|
Stygian Abyss, The Stygian Abyss (1993-1995) |
Donald Krerowicz | |
|
312-384-6614 CHCZ 1, IL |
State of Decay
|
| |
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312-384-7957
|
Chicago Sexaholics, Gateway Chicago , Gateway Chicago BBS, Pleasure Palace (1994-2000) |
| TriBBS |
|
312-385-2764
|
Shade-Tree (1990) |
| |
|
312-386-4290 Oak Park, IL |
Prometheus Multi-Line, Prometheus TBBS (1988-1989) |
Edward Vincent | |
|
312-388-0170 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
Chicago's Amature Erotica [$] (1996) |
| |
|
312-390-2764
|
Defender (1990) |
| Pcboard |
|
312-392-0188
|
Arlington Hts Library Dial Access, Arlington Library Dial Access (1986-1988) |
| DATA |
|
312-392-2403
|
ACS Arlington Heights, DATA THIEVES (1983-1984) |
| |
|
312-393-4755 Warnville, IL |
NET-WORKS RJNET, RJNET (1983-1985) |
| NET-WORKS |
|
312-394-0071 Arlington Heights, IL |
Samson, SAMSON BBS, Samson Fido (1987-1991) |
Larry Miglore | |
|
312-394-4398 Arlington Heights, IL |
Nite Owl (1986) |
| RBBS |
|
312-394-5772 Arlington Heights, IL |
Epson America RBBS/RTPM, Epson RBBS/RTPM, HI-RES Windy City Database, Windy City (1985-1990) |
Roger Heath | RBBS |
|
312-395-1816
|
The Slauter House (1987) |
| |
|
312-395-1992 Antioch, Il., |
The Outer limits (1988-1992) |
Ralph Kenyon | Wildcat |
|
312-395-5865 ANTIOCH, IL |
The Outer Limits (1988-1992) |
Ralph Kenyon | Wildcat and PC Board |
|
"I remember this bbs. He had a node 1 of 312-395-5865. His node 2 was 312-395-1992. He shutdown OL after talking to John at Lakes bbs. I was a supporting user on both. I remember both Ralph and John taking time to call me and say they are shuting down." - Pete
|
312-395-7233
|
On-Line Computer Store (1986) |
| RBBS |
|
312-395-9456
|
The Infocomatium, Genesis Project (1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
|
312-396-1022
|
RBBS IBM PC Chicago (1984-1985) |
| |
|
312-397-0871 Chicago, IL |
Commodore, PET BBS Commodore (1982-1985) |
| PET BBS |
|
312-397-5849
|
The Pyramid (1988) |
| |
|
312-397-6888
|
Chicago Attache' User's Group RCP/M (1984-1985) |
Donald Larson | |
|
312-397-8308
|
OS-9 6809 BBS (1983-1984) |
| |
|
312-398-1935
|
Tandy-4 B.B.S. (1988) |
| |
|
312-398-2872
|
Excellence (1986) |
| PCBB |
|
312-399-8977 Chicago, IL |
Work 20 (1990) |
John Summers | |
|
312-404-0549 Chicago, IL |
Workstations Unlimited {404} (1992-1993) |
| SLBB |
|
312-404-2824 Chicago, IL |
WorkStations Unlimited (1990-1994) |
James Simonson | |
|
312-404-5529 Chicago, IL |
Chew the Fat (1994-1995) |
| |
|
312-413-3901
|
Cybernet (1990-1991) |
| |
|
312-413-3914
|
Something Completely Different, Valhalla (1993-1995) |
| |
|
312-416-1180
|
F O R A, F.O.R.A. (1986) |
| RBBS |
|
312-419-3453
|
The Little BBS (1994-1996) |
| Spitfire
|
|
312-420-1722 Lisle, IL |
DigiTec Znode (tm) (1986) |
Unknown | |
|
312-420-1959 Naperville, IL |
The Wall (1983-1986) |
The Rook, Bishop | ABBS |
|
Rock music theme BBS run on an Apple II+ computer, later with a DSDD Rana Elite 3 drive to keep up with usage. Users left "graffiti" on the "wall".
|
312-420-7995 Naperville, IL |
ABBS Illini Microcomputer, IL. Microcomputers, Inc. (1981-1983) |
Dav Holle | ABBS, ABBS+ |
|
312-420-8868
|
AE Line: PRODOS, AE LINE: PRODOS (1985) |
| |
|
312-422-3326 CHCZ 1, IL |
Bible Online
|
| |
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312-422-4476
|
ClAUG South (1991) |
| |
|
312-423-7558
|
The Computer Lab (1988) |
| |
|
312-424-2882 Burbank, IL |
America BBS (1984-1986) |
Bob Vrastil | C64 based |
|
312-425-6061
|
Compu Erotica, Compu-Erotica, CompuErotica (1988-1994) |
| |
|
312-426-3279
|
Fox Rival, Fox River Valley B.B.S., Fox River Valley PCB 145m, FoxRivVal (1988-1994) |
George Krueger, Geo.Krueger | PCBoard |
|
312-426-8228
|
Shop (1990) |
| PCboard |
|
312-427-1395 Chicago, IL |
FamilyNet EchoGate, NETWORK ECHOGATE, Network Echogate {50} (1991-1992) |
Bob Hoffman, R Hoffman | |
|
312-427-4164 Chicago, IL |
The Star View Connection (1995) |
Robert Carlson | |
|
312-427-5454 Chicago, IL |
NABET (AFL-CIO), NABET Intl. (Union members only), NABET International (1990-1995) |
| PCBB |
|
312-427-6291 Chicago, IL |
Law View (1991-1995) |
| RBBS |
|
312-429-6088 CHICAGO - FRONT, IL |
CruiseLink BBS
|
| |
|
312-430-4477 Hickory Hills, IL |
The Switchboard (1986-1988) |
Ken Morrison | GBBS |
|
312-432-2396
|
The Looney Bin (1986) |
| ABBS |
|
312-432-3062
|
The Key to Time (1988) |
| |
|
312-432-4178
|
Connie (1988) |
| |
|
312-432-4285
|
Fox Trot RBBS (1989) |
Jay Schulman | |
|
312-432-6964
|
Wizard's Guild (1986) |
| Ascii Express |
|
312-433-4563
|
Universal (1986) |
| UBBS |
|
312-433-5459
|
The Dragon's Spire (1988) |
| |
|
312-433-7340
|
Diversi-Dial 36 (1986-1988) |
| Diversi-Dial |
|
312-434-0142
|
Blade Shop (1993-1996) |
| |
|
312-434-5969
|
CENTRUM (1994-1995) |
| |
|
312-435-5584
|
7th Circuit
(1994) |
| |
|
312-436-0559 Chicago, IL |
COPH 2, COPH 2 (115/778), COPH-2 (BGMS), COPH-2 (BGMS) {778} (1991-1996) |
Eric Bohlman | Wildcat! |
|
312-436-2261 Chicago, IL |
North Pole (1989-1993) |
| |
|
312-436-3062 Chicago, IL |
AMNET
(1985-1988) |
Chip Berlet & Alan Fenske | RBBS modified to NEWSBASE |
|
312-436-3580 Chicago, IL |
LITH-X (1994-1995) |
Rimvydas Blistrabas | |
|
312-436-4505 CHCZ 1, IL |
Insomnia Central (1996) |
| |
|
312-437-3225
|
Guild Mail, Suburbia, The Guildhall (1987-1988) |
Dick Sonka | |
|
312-438-9356
|
Dark Side of the Moon, The Dark Side of the Moon (1986-1989) |
Chad Hendrickson (Dioskilos) | AMIS, Carina |
|
"An Atari 8-bit BBS that started with a highly modified version of AMIS and ended with Carina II. The final few months saw a switch over to a custom built Atari ST BBS program called "Matrix" written in GFA Basic by Mike Szewczyk. If anyone has a copy of Atari ST Matrix BBS software, please contact hendricksonc@hcgi.com." - Chad Hendricks
|
312-439-3563 Mt Prospect, IL |
CSS BBS (1989) |
| |
|
312-439-8369 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
Morrison Hotel
|
| |
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312-439-9679 Mt Prospect, IL |
The Midrange System (1989) |
David Gibbs | |
|
312-441-6957
|
AE Line: OUTPOST, AE LINE: OUTPOST, The Outpost (1984-1985) |
| |
|
312-442-9697
|
Lankhmar Mountain (1988) |
| |
|
312-443-3744
|
C A S A T CBBS, C.A.S.A.T. CBBS, RCP/M CBBS CASAT (1984-1985) |
John Manning | |
|
312-445-1130
|
ACS Chicago (1983-1984) |
| |
|
312-445-3883 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
PIRATE'S SHIP
|
| |
|
312-446-3898
|
The Junction (1986) |
| UBBS |
|
312-447-3857
|
The Midwest Exchange, Mansion AE (1987-1988) |
Disk Muncher | |
|
312-447-8175
|
The Riverside Premium (1988) |
| |
|
312-448-6472
|
PHAMIS (1985) |
Don Mack | AMIS |
|
312-448-8290
|
Lode Data Systems (1986) |
| RBBS |
|
312-452-0333
|
Computers Plus (1986-1988) |
| IBBS |
|
312-453-7831
|
Chicago Conn. (1989) |
Hank Ellerman
| |
|
312-455-0086
|
The Cellblock (1988) |
| |
|
312-455-3256
|
Westdale (1987-1989) |
Alan Izzo
| |
|
312-455-9488
|
Candyshoppe (1990) |
The Warden | Telegard |
|
312-456-1107 CHCZ 1, IL |
Bethel Fellowship
|
| |
|
312-457-2219
|
C L A U G II, C.L.A.U.G. II (1986-1988) |
| AMIS |
|
312-459-5721
|
The Nite Owl (1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
|
312-459-8375
|
North Suburban Library Dial Access (1986-1988) |
| DATA |
|
312-459-9331 Wheeling, IL |
Incomm's Turbo Board (1986) |
Brad Grinstead | |
|
312-462-7560 Wheaton, IL |
ANALEPTIC P.C.M.S., MCMS P.C.M.S. Wheaton, MCMS PCMS, P C M S, P.C.M.S. (1983-1990) |
C Hornaday | MCMS |
|
312-462-9844
|
S.C.A.T, Suburban Chicago Atarians (1985-1988) |
| AMIS |
|
312-463-0252 Chicago, IL |
Red October, The Red October (1993) |
The Joker | Renegade |
|
312-463-8535
|
Metal Alternative, Metal Alternative Music BBS (1993-1999) |
| TriBBS |
|
312-463-8932
|
Mind Master's Domain, Mindmaster's Domain (1988) |
David Lucas | TUBBS |
|
312-465-2478
|
Maverick House (1991) |
Maverick James | PCBoard |
|
312-465-HACK
|
The Glue Ball (1983-1986) |
Vid Kidz, Barney Badass, Mr. //c | CBBS |
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"The Glue Ball was a message base/pirate board running modified Commodore 64 CBBS code, 3 1541 drives and the 300/450 Commodore modem. The multiple 1541 drives were obtained by fraud at a local Zayre store when we discovered that buying a drive then returning the box with a brick in it and claiming that the drive didn't work. This is not cool, but it is history. The Glue Ball was possibly best known for the writing contained upon it, as the welcome screens were constantly changing and tended to be fairly imaginative. The name Glue Ball is a reference to an aspect of particle physics that I'm too stupid to explain. Vid Kidz was taken from the name of the design team of the coin-op video game Robotron. The name Barney Badass was selected as it was the name Vid called Barney the day they met in the cafeteria of Mather High School in 1983. That meeting would also develop into an early Chicago punk rock / surf band called The Defoliants, whose career lasted 5 years. An early song by that band was an instrumental called "Cold Start 64738", which should entertain any C64 head. Modifications to the code were done often under a programmer's tool for the 64 called Sysres, a kind of wrapper environment for C64 Basic code. It was admired because of its ability to display all variables in the code using the "dump" command, which also caused much snickering." - Barney Badass
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312-469-2597
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Glen Ellyn RCP/M, Glen Ellyn West Suburban RCP/M, RCP/M Glen Ellyn (1983-1985) |
Jim Mills | |
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312-469-2872
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Torgazmic, Torgazmic Systems (1989-1994) |
Jim Torgerson | PCBoard |
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312-469-7737
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AE Line: INDOOR (1985) |
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312-469-8412
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Infinity (1988) |
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312-470-0017
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Morton Grove RCP/M RBBS (1984) |
Mark Stein | |
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312-470-1691
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Cache/Nicol Chicago BBS (1988) |
| Wildcat |
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312-472-6796
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ConsultNet (1987-1988) |
Don Damon | |
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312-473-9350 North Chicago, IL |
Gator's Lair, The Gator BBS (1989-1990) |
Stan Pifer | |
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312-473-9415 North Chicago, IL |
North Shore Sinclair (1988) |
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312-474-0410 Chicago, IL |
Lost (1992-1996) |
| XZOT |
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312-474-0710 Chicago, IL |
Lost BBS, The Lost BBS (1992-1995) |
Michael Stowe | |
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312-474-4280 Chicago, IL |
Channel 708 (1990) |
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312-474-5795 Chicago, IL |
Electronic Oddysey (1987) |
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312-475-4884 Evanston, IL |
ABBS Gamemaster, GAMEMASTER, The Game Master B B S, The Game Master B.B.S., The Game Master BBS (1981-1986) |
| ABBS |
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312-475-5282
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ABBS Video Adv. Movie Marquee (1983) |
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312-475-5522
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Board Electric (1986-1988) |
| ERAC |
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312-476-1508 CHICAGO, IL |
Battle of Evermore (1996-2000) |
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312-477-0716 Chicago, IL |
A Space Oddity, Space Oddity, Space Oddity {477} (1993-1995) |
Barry Barr | |
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312-477-7834
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Columbia Graphics (1994) |
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312-477-8243
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Lane Tech BBS (1995) |
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312-477-9738
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Space Oddity (1993-1995) |
Barry Barr | |
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312-478-0419
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10% Connection (1992-1994) |
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312-478-1439
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Fremen Mountain (1996) |
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312-478-3045
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Truckstop (1990) |
| Forum |
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312-478-3902
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Arcadia (1986) |
| TBBS |
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312-478-3903
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North Parks TBBS (1987) |
Dave Jeschke | |
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312-480-8730
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FIDO #57 MCCPowers, MCCPowers (1984-1985) |
Russ French | FidoNet |
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312-481-4170
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Locker Room
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312-481-4177
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ISS, INC. BBS - CHICAGO (1988) |
| Wildcat |
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312-481-9625
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Brontosaurus (1993-1995) |
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312-482-9940
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Chicagoland Coordinator, NET 115 Echo Coordinator, NW Chicago Hub, Paul Revere Network {223}, Paul Revere Network/HQ, Paul Revere Network/HQ Node 1, PRN HQ, The Paul Revere Network/HQ (1995-2000) |
Leroy Pyle | |
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312-482-9960 CHCZ 1, IL |
Paul Revere Network/HQ Node 2 (1999-2000) |
Leroy Pyle | |
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312-484-1747
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G.A.B.B.S. (1988) |
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312-484-1984
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BBS-1984 (1988) |
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312-484-7782
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Logopolis, Logopolis CBBS (1986-1989) |
| CBBS |
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312-488-8969
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Nefertiti BDPA (1994) |
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312-489-2524
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Clip-Joint (1990-1991) |
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312-490-9206 Chicago, IL |
Chicago DECUS, DEC PCLug (1986) |
Chuck Garrett | FidoNet |
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312-491-2611 Evanston, IL |
Chicago Business, ChicagoNorthShore, North Shore (1987-1991) |
Chris Michael | |
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312-491-3070 Evanston, IL |
Northwestern LUIS System, Northwestern University LUIS System. (1986-1988) |
| DATA |
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312-491-3215 Evanston, IL |
N.U.T.U.G. B.B.S. (1988) |
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312-491-3892 Evanston, IL |
Northwestern ACNS, Northwestern Micro, Northwestern University ACNS, Wildcat (1986-1989) |
Roger Safian, Bill Bliss | FidoNet |
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312-491-6995 Evanston, IL |
The Word Processing B.B.S., Word Processing (1986-1988) |
| IBBS |
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312-496-1243
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The Command Module (1988) |
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312-497-9756
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THE WIDOW MAKER BBS (1988) |
| Wildcat |
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312-498-1809
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The NSC Connection (1986) |
| GBBS |
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312-506-9691
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GUI Programmers (1994-1995) |
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312-506-9823
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Motocicleta (1994-1995) |
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312-508-0313
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FreeBase (1995) |
Johnathon Nordquist | |
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312-508-9113
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Mid-Eastern Illinois Net, The Engine Shop (1997-1999) |
Robin Russell | |
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312-508-9980
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Engine Shop BBS, The Engine Shop (1996-2000) |
Don & Robin Russell | |
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312-509-1816
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Dark Side, Ultimate Frontier (1990) |
Mister Monochrome | Telegard, Monarch |
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312-513-1034
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Midwest (1989) |
Steve Mills | PCBoard |
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312-519-1353
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Space Station I (1987) |
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312-520-1780
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Software Plus B B S, Software Plus B.B.S. (1986-1988) |
| STBB |
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312-523-4904 Chicago, IL |
Oracomm #103 (1991-1994) |
| ORAP |
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312-523-6351
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Hopefully Heaven (1989-1995) |
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312-525-0639 Chicago, IL |
Genesis Network #2 (1994) |
Bob Conway | |
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312-525-4897
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After The Bars (1996) |
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312-525-5296 Chicago, IL |
Argent Griffon Inn, The Gold Dragon CBIS (1989-1990) |
Michael Lichon | |
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312-526-0642
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N.I.C.S. Apple Users Group (1988) |
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312-526-3725
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Northern Illinois R.B.B.S. (1988) |
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312-526-6922 CHCZ 1, IL |
The Funeral Parlor
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The Walrus | |
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312-527-6994
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Compu-erotica (1991) |
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312-528-1611 CHCZ 1, IL |
GHOST SHIP - TARDIS
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312-528-4724 Chicago, IL |
Gothic Folly (1992-1993) |
| SLBB |
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312-528-5020 Chicago, IL |
Ripco, Ripco II, RipCo ][, RIPCO, RipCo ][ (1986-2000) |
Dr. Ripco | GBBS, Ascii Express, SLBB |
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312-528-6351 Chicago, IL |
Hopefully Heaven (1993) |
| CNET |
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312-528-7141 Chicago, IL |
Chicago CBBS, Chicago Area Computer Hobbyists' Exchange (CACHE), Ward and Randy's Chicago CBBS (1980) |
Ward Christensen, Randy Suess | CBBS, CP/M CBBS |
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Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980).
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312-528-9180
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Dew Drop Inn (1994-1996) |
Brad Hanson | |
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312-529-0081 Elk Grove, IL |
Tech Exch
, The Tech Exchange (1988-1989) |
Mark Madej | |
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312-529-1586 Elk Grove, IL |
Elk Grove Repeater, Elk Grove Village, Information Exchange, The Elk Grove Repeater (1986-1991) |
Glen Randles | TBBS |
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312-530-2209
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GGS BBS (1988-1990) |
| Wildcat |
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312-532-8209
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Great Lakes Civil Air Patrol, GREAT LAKES REGION CAP
(1987-1994) |
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312-534-5588
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Lane Tech, Lane Tech BBS (1996-2000) |
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312-535-2761
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Great Escape, Rebel's Retreat (1990-1991) |
| PCBoard |
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312-535-8282
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CPSnet (Chicago Public Schools) (1989-1996) |
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312-535-8512 Chicago, IL |
CPSnet (Chicago Public Schools) (1989-1996) |
| MGPE |
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312-535-8513
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CPSnet (Chicago Public Schools) (1989-1996) |
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312-536-0829
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Black Female (1995-1996) |
| Wildcat
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312-537-2611
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D&D Software 1 (1986) |
| ERAC |
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312-537-3456
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AE LINE: QUZI (1984) |
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312-537-3463
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E T 's Home (1990) |
Night Owl | Telegard |
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312-537-3532
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DPRP (1987-1988) |
James Zachary | |
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312-537-7063 Chicago, IL |
ABBS CODE, C.O.D.E. Consultants (1981-1983) |
| ABBS |
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312-537-7888
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RCP/M Prairie View (1984-1985) |
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312-539-1625
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Sweet Home Chicago BBS (1996) |
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312-539-2679
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LAAke Effect (1994-1997) |
Tom Kelly | |
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312-539-3120
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Theta Universe (1996) |
Robert Fried | |
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312-539-6419
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Electric Paradise (1986) |
| Online |
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312-541-4617
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D&D Software 2 (1986) |
| ERAC |
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312-541-6470
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Electronic Exchange (1981) |
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312-543-0180
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Trans-Com B B S, Trans-Com B.B.S. (1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
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312-543-8112
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AmigaTech (1988) |
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312-545-1945
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The Night Line (1986-1988) |
| AMIS |
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312-545-2204
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Inner Sanctum ]I[ (1990) |
| Brand-X |
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312-545-2225
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EXODUS, Mask (1994-1995) |
Gil Gonzalez | |
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312-545-6871
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Realms of Horror (1994-1995) |
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312-545-7812
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Final Frontier (1992) |
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312-545-8086 Chicago, IL |
CBBS, CBBS Chicago, Ward and Randy's, Ward and Randy’s, CBBS-1 (1979-1995) |
Ward Christensen, Unknown | CBBS |
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312-545-9764 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
J&K BBS (1996-1999) |
John Simpson | |
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312-545-9793
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WormWood (1995) |
Shannon Wood | |
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312-549-0822
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End Complete (1993-1995) |
Glen Cirje, Glenn Cirje, Tomi Koivusaari | |
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312-551-9461
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Grey Haven # 2 (1990) |
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312-551-9574
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Grey Haven # 1 (1990) |
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312-560-0559
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Data Express (1986-1987) |
| PCBB |
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312-560-0730
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Ye Olde Shack (1986) |
| PCBB |
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312-561-2382 Chicago, IL |
Bear's Den, Bears Den, Bears' Den (A), The Bear's Den, Baha’i National Center (1988-1995) |
| TBBS |
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312-561-6140 Chicago, IL |
Anonymous Wonder BBS, The Anonymous Wonder, The Anonymous Wonder BBS (1990-1994) |
Bill Brown, William Brown | Telegard |
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312-561-9382 Chicago, IL |
Satellite AE (1987) |
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312-564-0931
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AE LINE: SRF (1984) |
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312-564-1122
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AE Line: SRF, AE LINE: SRF (1985) |
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312-564-1339
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The Library (1988) |
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312-566-2435
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Remote Control (1988) |
Brian Smith | TUBBS |
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312-566-8911
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AKCS Traveler's Aid - One (1988) |
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312-566-8912
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AKCS Traveler's Aid - Two (1988) |
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312-567-5036
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JURISnet (1989-1991) |
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312-567-9821
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Mother's Bar and Grill (1990) |
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312-568-1965
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Graveyard (1994-1996) |
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312-573-0538 Chicago, IL |
Omega, Omega (Amiga) (1992-2000) |
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312-573-0539 Chicago, IL |
Omega (1993-1994) |
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312-573-1121 Chicago, IL |
The Lost BBS (1992) |
Mark Jones, Michael Stowe | |
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312-573-1657 Chicago, IL |
Omega (1992-1994) |
| CNET |
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312-573-1989 Chicago, IL |
Omega (1992-2002) |
Rinaldo | C-Net |
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312-577-5143
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AE Line: PRODOS, AE LINE: PRODOS (1985) |
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312-578-1701
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The Gator BBS (1989) |
Stan Pifer | |
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312-579-0814
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The Forgotten Realms (1994-2000) |
Torrance Jones | TriBBS |
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312-581-0338
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The Cellar BBS (1995) |
Arthur R Lubben | |
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312-581-1111 Chicago, IL |
The Village Adult BBS, Village (A) [Fee], Village (A) [Fee] , Village Adult BBS, Village Information Systems (1989-1996) |
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312-581-1180
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Cellar (1993-1996) |
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312-581-4956
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Village (A) [Fee], Village (A) [Fee] (1991-1992) |
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312-581-4957
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Village (A) [Fee] (1991) |
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312-581-4958
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Village (A) [Fee] (1992) |
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312-582-1115 Chicago, IL |
Nitro Burnin' Funny Cars (1993) |
Xanax | |
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312-582-2458 Chicago, IL |
Big Den's Pen, Big Den’s Pen (1992-1996) |
| Spitfire |
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312-582-4657
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Corona (1993-1996) |
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312-582-9249
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Forbidden Dimension, Front Line, The Forbidden Dimension (1990-1994) |
Astro Ranger | Telegard, Forum |
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312-583-0053 Chicago, IL |
Cosmic's Universe, Cosmic’s Universe (1992-1996) |
| SLBB |
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312-583-0489 CHCZ 1, IL |
Chicago Irving Park Area Hub, Sysop Central, Sysop Central II, Sysop Source II (1996) |
Dan Jones, George Roberts | |
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312-583-1674 Chicago, IL |
JBS-BBS (1991-1995) |
John Schulte | Spitfire |
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312-583-1745
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JTsoft Support, N Central City FS Hub, PCsource, Sysop Central, Sysop Central II, Sysop Source (1994-1996) |
Dan Jones | |
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312-583-2271 CHCZ 1, IL |
PCsource BBS583 (1996) |
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312-583-2648
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JT Files (1992) |
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312-583-2791
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Crunchy Frog (1994) |
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312-583-6364
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C-64 Users Group B B S, C-64 Users Group B.B.S. (1986-1991) |
| CCBS |
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312-583-8481 Chicago, IL |
Paradise Towers (1991-1996) |
David Lucas | PCBoard
, PCBB |
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312-584-9130
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CustomAmiga (1988) |
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312-586-0162
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Skull.s Pit
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312-587-8756 Chicago, IL |
Crossroads, Crossroads (B) {743}, Crossroads {743}, The Crossroads BBS (1991-1996) |
John Kristoff, Niteline | Telegard, RemoteAccess |
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14400
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312-588-0587
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Can We Talk (1992-1994) |
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312-588-1003
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Rick's BB, Rick's Permiun BBS PCB, Ricks BBS (1986-1991) |
Lars Pedersen, Lars Pederson | PCBoard |
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312-588-3303
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Chicago Online (1995-1999) |
| TriBBS |
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312-588-3430
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Cosmos Bros BBS, Cosmos Pirates (1990) |
Robert Fried | Telegard |
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312-588-4231
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Intelligent Shades of Blue (1994-1995) |
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312-588-5399
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Chicago Tech Excahnge (1990) |
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312-588-5434
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CyberNet (1995) |
Andre Queen | |
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312-589-0508 Chicago, IL |
SQLBBS, SQLBBS , SQLBBS [SQL], SQLBBS(r) (1990-1994) |
John F. Prior | RBBS |
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312-589-1816
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The Ult. Frontier (1990) |
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312-589-2377
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SCSI Peripherals, SCSI Periphs (1993-1996) |
P. Janiszewski | RBBS |
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312-589-2827
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Beaker's Beacon, Beaker's Beacon 212 (1986-1988) |
John Bekas | FidoNet |
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312-589-2927
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Beaker's Beacon (1990) |
Beaker | Telegard |
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312-591-1111 Chicago, IL |
Village (1993) |
| PCBB |
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312-593-6478
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Turner Tech (1987-1989) |
Memory Turner | |
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312-594-0643 Chicago, IL |
Power Palace, The Power Palace (1993-1995) |
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312-594-0813 Chicago, IL |
Midnight Connection, The Midnight Connection (1990-1996) |
Gary Wolf | PCBoard, PCBB |
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312-594-8989
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STL Software (1986) |
| IBBS |
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312-597-8485
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Creme-de-Coco B B S, Creme-de-Coco B.B.S. (1986) |
| COCO |
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312-598-0525
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SPORTFIDO
, Sports Fido 512 (1986-1987) |
| FidoNet |
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312-598-4861
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Cass-80 Hickory Hills (1983-1985) |
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312-599-8089
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Oak Lawn (1988-1989) |
Vince Damore | PCBoard |
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312-604-5356
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Doulos (1991) |
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312-604-8715 Chicago, IL |
School Board [Teachers only], School Board [Teachers only] (1990-1995) |
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312-604-8888
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Krex (1989) |
Steve Krex | PCBoard |
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312-616-1071 Chicago, IL |
BYTE DEMOLINK, B.S. (1991-2000) |
| CL64 |
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312-620-8244 Chicago, IL |
SupportNet Chicago (1990) |
Jerry Ablan | |
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312-622-0363 Chicago, IL |
Always Under Construction (1994) |
Susan Janz | |
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312-622-3313 Chicago, IL |
Raganrok, Ragnarok (1992-1993) |
| Telegard |
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312-622-4442 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Syslink, Chicago Syslink [Fee], CHICAGO SYSLNK, GREENE MACHINE Chicago, IL, MCMS Message-82 (1981-1999) |
GEORGE MATYASZEK, George Matyaszek, G Matyaszek | OTBB, GREENE MACHINE, HOST, M81 |
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312-622-4445 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Syslink [Fee] (1991) |
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312-622-7080 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Syslink [Fee] (1989-1991) |
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312-623-2226
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Waukegan Public Library (1986-1988) |
| UBBS |
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312-624-8771 Chicago, IL |
Feminist, Feminist BBS (1991-1998) |
| GBBS |
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312-627-5138 CHCZ 1, IL |
GHOST SHIP 111 - PENTAGON, DEATH STAR
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312-629-2253
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C A K E, C.A.K.E. (1986) |
| RCPM |
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312-629-4478
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The Computer King [Fee] (1988) |
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312-630-1892 Glen Ellyn, IL |
EchoMail to Go, Future Zonegate, IFNA Plebiscite, North America (1989-1990) |
Stephen Bonine, Steve Bonine, IFNA Elections Comm, Z1C | |
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312-630-6282 Glen Ellyn, IL |
ChicagoDowntown, COPH Mail, TNT BBS (1987-1991) |
Steve Bonine | |
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312-631-1233 Chicago, IL |
Frankenstein's Lab, Frankenstein’s Lab (1989-1995) |
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312-631-1732
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Citywide File Storage (1991) |
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312-631-2172 Chicago, IL |
Equinox, The Equinox BBS System (1991-1996) |
Bob Malus | Spitfire
, PCBB |
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312-631-2178
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Equinox (1993) |
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312-631-3467 Chicago, IL |
Emergency, Emergency , Emergency BBS, Emergency Public (1991-2004) |
Clark Staten | MajorBBS
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"Emergency.com was originally a "BBS." It was established in the mid/late 80's on a 286 desktop that cost about U.S$3,000. It orginally had one and then two dial-in phone lines, with an eventual increase to 16 available accesses. We were among the original WorldGroup BBS's and operated it until 1995, when we formally went to different software on the World-Wide Web. This was our initial entry into the on-line world and it included e-mail and messaging on FidoNet. All communications were done via modem, though in it's late stages, we also had highspeed (56K) that were internet access. Our first modems were Hayes, at 1,200 baud, then 2,400 and eventually 5,600. We then had a dedicated 56 frame-relay internet connection. Finally, we got a real highspeed (1.54mb) line into our office. The rest is history and available in various formats and iterations at emergency.com We were on-line, at least intermittently, before 1991....not sure exactly when we went on-line all of the time....think it was when we got our second computer. Please also see: On Becoming a Techno-Nerd...By Clark Staten, EMT-P I/C at: http://www.emergency.com/technerd.htm for additional history on what became Emergency.com." - C. L. Staten
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312-631-4563
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PRETTY HATE MACHINE (1994-1995) |
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312-631-7191 Chicago, IL |
MicroLink (6 lines), MicroLink BBS, Online Resource (1992-1996) |
Casey Drozed | MajorBBS |
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312-631-7393
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Online Resource (1993-1995) |
Casey Drozed, Casey Drozd | |
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312-631-8470
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The Underground Garage (1988) |
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312-632-0000 CHCZ 1, IL |
WorldWide Access (1996-2000) |
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312-635-7863
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Gallifrey II (1986-1988) |
| AMIS |
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312-636-4485
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Fertech Systems (1988) |
| Wildcat |
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312-636-9612
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Photos and Fun BBS System (1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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312-637-0585
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Imperial City (1995-1996) |
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312-637-3205 CHICAGO, IL |
XXX-Perts BBS (1996) |
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312-637-5659
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Left Side of Normal (1994) |
Tom Torbeck | |
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312-639-8654
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Star "9" PCB, Star 9 (1989-1994) |
Rex Robinson | PCBoard |
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312-640-7980
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Computer Guild, The Computer Guild (1986-1988) |
Dick Sonka | TBBS |
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312-642-6483
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College of Complex (1990) |
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312-644-5165 CHCZ 1, IL |
GHOST SHIP ][ - ARAGORNS
|
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312-646-6097
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The Misfits (1986) |
| DYMS |
|
312-646-6523
|
Ever-Random Llamo, Just Another Amiga BBS (1991-1996) |
| |
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312-646-6615 Chicago, IL |
Up All Night (1992-1995) |
| PCBB |
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312-646-6616
|
Up All Night (1991-1995) |
| |
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312-647-7636
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IBM-PC BBS, RCP/M A.B. Dick Co. (1982-1983) |
Gene Plantz | |
|
312-648-1981 Dallas, TX |
Micro-Labs Inc, Micrographics (1992-1995) |
| RACC |
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312-648-4867
|
ONLINE Omega (1983-1984) |
| |
|
312-649-0490 Chicago, IL |
E N A, E.N.A, Emergency Nurses Association, ENA BBS, E.N.A. (1989-1995) |
| TBBS |
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312-649-1225
|
The HaHa ][ (1987) |
| |
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312-649-1730 Chicago, IL |
Lillipute, Lillipute Z-Node, Z-System Znode (tm) (1985-1990) |
Richard Jacobson, Unknown | |
|
312-651-7252
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TI-South (1989) |
James Brooks
| |
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312-653-1765
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Rasputin's Dungeon (1990) |
| RBBS |
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312-653-5999
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Family Radio Forum WJCH, Family Forum (1988) |
John Rorvick | |
|
312-653-6089
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The Hotel (1988) |
| |
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312-654-1133
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Multi-Line Message Center (1988) |
| |
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312-654-2918
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The Quarterdeck (1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
|
312-655-1044
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AE LINE: SEASME (1984) |
| |
|
312-657-1113 Glenview, IL |
Spectrum MACInfo (1989) |
Steve Levinthal | |
|
312-661-1740 Chicago, IL |
Law MUG {661}, LawMUG
, LawMug RBBS, LAWMUG RBBS DePaul Law School (1985-2002) |
Barry Lowe, Alfred Roth, Paul Bernstein | RBBS |
|
312-661-1741 Chicago, IL |
LawMug RBBS (1989) |
Alfred Roth | |
|
312-665-0065
|
Ripco , Ripco Communications (1994-2000) |
| |
|
312-665-1301
|
Archimedes' Screw (1992-1994) |
| |
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312-665-4178
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Archimedes' Screw, Archimedes' Screw {761} (1992-1994) |
Renan Ponce | |
|
312-665-7319 Chicago, IL |
Home Again, HOME AGAIN!, Home Again BBS (1993-1996) |
William Johnson | PCBoard
, PCBoard v15.2 |
|
312-665-9732
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The Other Board (1988) |
| |
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312-668-5731
|
Chaos (1990) |
| Telegard |
|
312-670-4239 Chicago, IL |
System Compatibility Corp, Systems Compatibility Corp., Systems Compatibility Technical Support (1993-1995) |
| |
|
312-670-6736
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Position Report, The Position Report (1988-1990) |
| |
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312-671-4992
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HUG-CBBS (1981-1982) |
Paul Mayer, Dave Leonard | RCPM |
|
312-672-7611
|
Capps Remote Atletic RBBSPC (1990-1991) |
Lee Thoresen | |
|
312-674-1042 Evanston, IL |
Marvin (1986) |
| UBBS |
|
312-674-1638 Evanston, IL |
Bill's Color Comp PCB HAM, Bill's PCBoard (1986-1991) |
William Knopp | PCBoard |
|
312-674-1989 Evanston, IL |
TechLine RBBS (1989) |
Mark Annis | |
|
312-674-2159 Evanston, IL |
PC Tech Center (1986) |
| IBBS |
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312-674-2282 Evanston, IL |
The Closet (1988) |
| |
|
312-674-6502 Evanston, IL |
C C B S, C.C.B.S., Commodore Video King (1983-1988) |
| CCBS |
|
312-674-7564 Evanston, IL |
Gamer's Hall (1987) |
| Emulex |
|
312-674-9246 Chicago, IL |
Marvin, MODEM MEDIUM Marvin (1984-1985) |
| MODEM MEDIUM |
|
312-675-1819 CHCZ 1, IL |
TRON
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| |
|
312-675-8881
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ACOA (1986) |
Roger Strauss | |
|
312-677-8514 Skokie, IL |
Fantasy, FBBS Skokie (1981-1982) |
| FBBS |
|
312-679-8983
|
The Ham & Hobby B B S, The Ham & Hobby B.B.S., The Ham and Hobby B.B.S. (1986-1988) |
| PCBB |
|
312-680-5105
|
Python (1991) |
| |
|
312-680-7603 Chicago, IL |
ExIS inc. DataEase Support (1993) |
| Spitfire |
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312-680-8566
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Dragons Den AE (1987) |
| |
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312-680-9613
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Scream Machine (1982-1983) |
| |
|
312-683-2379
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The Cavern, The Caverns (1986-1988) |
| RBBS |
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312-683-3666
|
Great Cavern (1990) |
| PCboard |
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312-684-0530
|
Inferno (1991) |
| |
|
312-684-9267
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Snow's Dorm (1991-1996) |
| |
|
312-685-1136 Chicago, IL |
Silent Circle, Silent Circle BBS (1993-1996) |
Tom Markiewicz | PCBoard
|
|
312-685-2393 Chicago, IL |
Chicagoland Coordinator, Cougar's Compound, Cougar's Compound Node 1, Cougar's Compound Node 2, Cougars Compound Node 1, IN TRANSIT NET 115 Echo Coordinator, NW Chicago FS Hub, NW Chicago Hub (1994-2000) |
Mike Moline, Michael Moline | |
|
312-685-4008 Chicago, IL |
Silky's Chambers (1993-1995) |
| |
|
312-685-4529 Chicago, IL |
Silky's Chambers (1994-1995) |
T.J. Bugsalewicz, T.J. Hankosky | |
|
312-685-4873 Chicago, IL |
Cybertech, CYBERTECH (1992-1995) |
Flashback
| |
|
Independent Member BBS
|
312-685-5818 Chicago, IL |
Eagle System BBS, Eagle Systems, Eagle Systems BBS (1990-1999) |
Rich Coffey, Eagle Master | Telegard, Wildcat |
|
312-685-6360 Chicago, IL |
Silicon Implants Online (1994-1995) |
| PCBOARD |
|
312-685-8108 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
Silky's Chambers (1996) |
| |
|
312-685-9573 Chicago, IL |
Apple Net, APPLE-NET, MODEM MEDIUM Apple-Net, NET-WORKS Apple Juice (1983-1988) |
| UBBS |
|
312-689-8869
|
Great Lakes, Great Lakes Fido 969 (1986-1990) |
Lew Prather | FidoNet |
|
312-690-1132
|
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #70 (1984) |
| |
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312-690-2211
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The Crooked Dragon Inn (1988) |
| |
|
312-690-3808 Chicago, IL |
Jim Mills RCP/M, Jim Mills RCPM, Ampro 4 RCP/M (1986-1988) |
Jim Mills | RCPM |
|
312-690-6775
|
The Electric Cafe (1986-1988) |
Seth Tisue (Dr. Strangelove) | GBBS Pro |
|
The Electric Cafe was located in Wheaton, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago). It operated on an Apple II+ with a 1200 baud internal modem. It was primarily a discussion board, especially about music and politics. I'd be delighted to hear from any of the board's old users; visit me at http://tisue.net." - Seth Tisue
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312-693-1223
|
IBEW Local 1220, Local 1220 BBS (1989-1996) |
| Wildcat
|
|
312-693-2904
|
O'hare Oasis (1990) |
| Telegard |
|
312-693-4100
|
CompuServe (1991-1992) |
| |
|
312-693-7871 Chicago, IL |
Lambda Zone (14 lines, 312 dialin) (1993) |
| TBBS |
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312-695-2606
|
Church of the Brethren B.B.S., Church of the Brethern (1988) |
| |
|
312-695-7194
|
The Inner Workings (1988) |
| |
|
312-696-0324
|
N.A.A. B.B.S., Nat'l Assoc of Accountants, Natl Assoc. Of Accountants (1988-1991) |
Jim Whaley | |
|
312-697-1606
|
RichWare (1989) |
Rich Dougherty | PCBoard |
|
312-697-4475
|
The Animal House (1990) |
Thunder Stick | Telegard |
|
312-699-6353
|
Graveyard (1990) |
| Forum |
|
312-699-7482
|
The Challenger (1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
|
312-702-2119
|
CCS, Chicago South (1993-1995) |
Eric Hoffmann | |
|
312-702-2146 Chicago, IL |
CCS, U of C Computer Store, CCS, U of C Computer Store (1993-1994) |
Eric Hoffman | |
|
312-702-3395 Chicago, IL |
CCS, CCS, U of C Computer Store (1993-1994) |
Eric Hoffman | |
|
312-714-8568
|
Gagme (1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-723-7815
|
Late Night (1990-1994) |
| |
|
312-723-8434
|
Gangster Arms, Highlander's, King James (1994-1996) |
James Walker | GT |
|
312-724-0742
|
Foundation (1987) |
| |
|
312-724-0807
|
Bullwinkle's Bar (1986-1988) |
| Ascii Express |
|
312-724-8874
|
The Lite Fido 615 (1986) |
| FidoNet |
|
312-725-0652
|
Captain Video B.B.S. (1988) |
| |
|
312-725-2189
|
Mona Lisa (1995) |
| |
|
312-725-2758 Chicago, IL |
Alternate Dimension, Chemical Warfare (1991-1995) |
| Telegard |
|
312-725-5890
|
Chi Net, Chi-Net, ChiNet (1986-1994) |
| UNIX |
|
312-725-6628
|
Mr. Blotto (1994-1996) |
| |
|
312-725-6999
|
Mr. Blotto (1994) |
Brian Waddick | |
|
312-725-7586
|
Software Exchange, Wizard's Palace (1987) |
Roger Mialkowski | PC-Board |
|
312-727-2174
|
Dark Side (1987) |
| |
|
312-727-4868 Chicago, IL |
Hispanic Bell Mgmt Association, Hispanic Bell Mgmt.Assoc. (1989-1993) |
| Wildcat, Wildcat! |
|
312-727-5043 Chicago, IL |
Bell Microcomputer Club BBS, Bell Microcomputer Club [$], Bell Microcomputer Club [Fee], Ball Microcomputer Club (1989-1996) |
Lyle Giese | PCBoard, PCBB |
|
312-727-8809
|
Bell Microcomputer Club [$], Bell Microcomputer Club [Fee] (1991-1996) |
| |
|
312-727-9111
|
Midnight BBS (1990) |
| PCboard |
|
312-728-4069
|
The Lazy Dragon (1986) |
| UBBS |
|
312-728-7784 Chicago, IL |
RuneQuest (1989-1995) |
| BPRO |
|
312-728-9722
|
786 BBS Of Chicago 110m, The 786 Board (1987-1991) |
Shabbir Damani | |
| Click Here to Browse Artifacts for 312-728-9722 | |
| |
312-729-0012
|
N A B B S O, N.A.B.B.S.O. (1986) |
| FidoNet |
|
312-729-0556 Chicago, IL |
Ham Radio BBS (1986) |
Unknown | |
|
312-729-2101 Chicago, IL |
Biz B B S, Biz B.B.S., The Business B.B.S., IBMPC/Business BBS (1986-1988) |
Les Multack | IBBS |
|
312-729-3203
|
The First Node (1988) |
| |
|
312-729-3471
|
Microsolve 151 (1986) |
| FidoNet |
|
312-729-8768
|
Mac Net, Spectrum MACInfo, Spectrum MACNet, The Rest of Us (1986-1991) |
Steve Levinthal, Mike Borsetti | UBBS |
|
312-731-0320
|
International Computer Service (1990-1991) |
| |
|
312-732-5790 CHCZ 1, IL |
Fibber's Closet (1996) |
| |
|
312-733-6661
|
Club <21+ only> (16 lines) (1992-1994) |
| |
|
312-735-1879
|
Engine One, Mid-Eastern Illinois Net (1994-1999) |
Karen Lang, KAREN LANG | |
|
312-735-4060 Chicago, IL |
The Struggle Within (1991-1993) |
Insanity | Telegard |
|
312-735-6831
|
PowerForce BBS (1996) |
| |
|
312-735-9553
|
Windy City (1991-1994) |
| |
|
312-735-9979
|
Axis (1996) |
| |
|
312-736-0228 Chicago, IL |
The Phone Company (1989) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-736-5415 Chicago, IL |
Bu$ine$$man's $pecial, Bu$inessman's Special (2 lines), Bu$inessman'sSpc, Bu$inessmanSpec, Bu$ine$$man’s $pecial (1992-1996) |
Larry Teren | Wildcat
, Wildcat! |
|
312-736-7388 Chicago, IL |
I CAN (115/738), I CAN! BBS, I Can! {738}, NW Chicago Proper (1990-1995) |
Bogie Bugsalewicz | MAXIMUS, SLBB |
|
312-736-7434 Chicago, IL |
Chicagoland Coordinator, I CAN!, I CAN! BBS, North Shore Hub 3 Temp, Northwest Chicago Proper (1991-1995) |
Bogie Bugsalewicz | |
|
312-736-7526 Chicago, IL |
Innovations, Innovations BBS, Innovations (Peter Hru), Innovations BBS (1988-1995) |
Peter Hru | |
|
312-738-0350
|
Angel's Paradise (1995) |
| |
|
312-738-2785 CHCZ 1, IL |
Life Savior
|
| |
|
312-739-6121
|
AE Line: MAXX (1985) |
| |
|
312-740-2072 Chicago, IL |
The Black Knight BBS (1988-1989) |
Jerry Callahan | |
|
312-740-9128 Chicago, IL |
L A M S, L.A.M.S., MCMS L.A.M.S. Round Lake (1982-1986) |
| MCMS |
|
312-741-9782
|
Strangers in the Night, The Call Box (1986-1988) |
| Diversi-Dial |
|
312-742-6590
|
BMBBS Adult Fantasy System (1984) |
| |
|
312-743-1769 Chicago, IL |
Real Estate Forum (1992-1995) |
| RBBS |
|
312-743-1871 Chicago, IL |
Midwest InterLink, NorthSider/Ynet International (1994-1995) |
Dan Mueller | |
|
312-743-2287 Chicago, IL |
Cat's Scratch-N-Post [Fee] (1991) |
| |
|
312-743-3153 Chicago, IL |
Lakeshore Modem Magazine (1981-1985) |
Patrick Townson | Apple ][+ with a variant of Apple ABBS |
|
"We did social issues discussions, I think there were about 20-25 regular users. About this same time, I was an assistant sysop for Chicago Public Library BBS phone 312-235-7200. I also worked a little with Jerry Ablan with his THINK! BBS. I 'got into' Usenet as a newsgroup Moderator on comp.dcom.telecom (a position I still hold today, 2006) and I also maintained in those days a forum on Compuserve. I grew tired of the old 'single server' style machines and decided to close Lakeshore Modem Magazine at the end of 1986 and go full time with Usenet; by that point I had about 35,000 participants in TELECOM Digest (comp.dcom.telecom). Old users from Lakeshore Modem Magazine are invited to stay in touch at ptownson@telecom-digest.org" - Patric Townson
|
312-743-4532 Chicago, IL |
ChicagoLand, Cook County BBS, Cook County Board (1988-1991) |
Tom Etheridge | |
|
312-743-5439 Chicago, IL |
The Crossroads BBS (1992-1994) |
John Kristoff | |
|
312-743-6116 Chicago, IL |
Krishna Yoga Foundation, Krishna Yoga Foundation BBS, Krishna Yoga Foundation {800} (1989-1994) |
Vaishnava Dasa, Vaishnava dasa | |
|
312-743-7292 Chicago, IL |
NorthSider BBS (1994) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-743-7729 Chicago, IL |
Hare Krishna RBBS, Krishna Yoga Foundation, Krishna Yoga Foundation {800} (1989-1994) |
Vaishnava Dasa | |
|
312-743-7741 Chicago, IL |
Krishna Yoga Foundation, Krishna Yoga Foundation {800} (1995-2000) |
Vaishnava Dasa | |
|
312-743-8176 Chicago, IL |
Games, MARS/RP Rogers Park (1981-1982) |
| FGS/RP |
|
312-743-9452
|
ZOO [$] (1996) |
| |
|
312-743-9791 Chicago, IL |
The Zoo, ZOO [$], ZOO [$] (1994-2001) |
| |
|
312-745-0924
|
NET-WORKS North Parks (1982-1983) |
| |
|
312-745-2465
|
Stud'ts of Ayn R, Students of Ayn Rand, The Students Of Ayn Rand/SOAR (1990-1991) |
Dave Green | |
|
312-745-2808
|
The Forge (1991) |
Ronnieman | |
|
312-745-7800
|
Adult RipScrip Demo (6 lines), File Cabinet (1993-1996) |
Kenny Jason | PCBoard
|
|
312-745-8962
|
Rainbow Computer News, Rainbow Computers (1986-1990) |
| NEWS |
|
312-746-0548
|
Flat Cat Alley (1989) |
Lew Prather | |
|
312-747-4247
|
The Valley Girl (1986) |
| AMIS |
|
312-747-7568 Chicago, IL |
Compu-Shop, CompuShop, RBBS Chicago (1985-1986) |
Tom Speaker | IBBS, RBBS |
|
312-749-8137
|
Eminence Front/New World (1990) |
Larry Beske | Telegard |
|
312-749-8139
|
War Zone (1990) |
| Tag |
|
312-751-1503 Chicago, IL |
High Res, High Resolutions, InfoComm Co, InfoComm High Resolution MAC, The High Res B.B.S. (1988-2000) |
Willie Wagner | RRDH |
|
312-751-2447 Chicago, IL |
Compact Disc Connection (1992-1993) |
| |
|
312-751-9194
|
I&E System Of Chicago (1993-1994) |
| |
|
312-752-6104
|
Art of Science (1989-1990) |
| |
|
312-752-7412
|
CHICAGO NEWS
, Non-Profit Info Center, Non-Profit Information Center (1986-1990) |
| IBBS |
|
312-752-9171
|
Onip (1996) |
| |
|
312-754-7412
|
Byte Back (1986) |
| UBBS |
|
312-755-6264
|
Apple Tree (1986-1988) |
| UBBS |
|
312-756-2023
|
Jousting Fields (1990) |
| Spectrum |
|
312-756-3023
|
Jousting Fields (1990) |
| Spectrum |
|
312-757-3135
|
T I South, T.I. South, T.I.B.B.S. South (1986-1988) |
| TIBB |
|
312-758-1136
|
The "Foolish Pleasure" BBS, The "Foolish Pleasure"BBS (1988-1990) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-759-1916
|
Silver Tongue (1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
|
312-759-5402 Bolingbrook, IL |
Chicagoland, DEC RB HELP, Illini Data RB (1986) |
Rob Elliott | FidoNet |
|
312-759-6297
|
SATELITE (1985) |
| Carina BBS |
|
312-759-7005
|
Jim's B B S, Jim's B.B.S. (1986) |
| RCPM |
|
312-759-9101
|
The Sundog (1988) |
| |
|
312-759-9191
|
The Bunker (1986-1988) |
| Online |
|
312-761-0274 Chicago, IL |
Overdrive (1991-1993) |
| TRIT |
|
312-761-1116 Chicago, IL |
Ceasars Gyrp Palace, Edwardo's Magic Burrito Bucket (1994-1996) |
| |
|
312-761-1270 Chicago, IL |
Glitch in The System (1994) |
| |
|
312-761-2077 Chicago, IL |
Lakefront Leisure, Lakefront Leisure {404} (1992-1995) |
James Simonson | |
|
312-761-2097 Chicago, IL |
Lakefront Leisure, WorkStations Unlimited (1993-1994) |
James Simonson | |
|
312-761-2155 Chicago, IL |
FreeBase, FreeBase! (1994-1995) |
Johnathon Nordquist | |
|
312-761-3573 Chicago, IL |
NorthSide Connection (1995-1996) |
Royal Moss | |
|
312-761-4480 Chicago, IL |
Archimedes' Screw BBS, Archimedes' Screw {761}, ArchimedesScrew, Aquila BBS (1992-1996) |
Mitzi Ponce | Spitfire
, PCBB |
|
312-761-4524 Chicago, IL |
Archimedes' Screw {761} (1992-1993) |
| |
|
312-761-7779 Chicago, IL |
Yet Another B B S, Yet Another B.B.S. (1985-1987) |
Kenneth P. Stox | Colossus, Unix BBS |
|
312-761-7887 Chicago, IL |
ICS/TRIX I Opus (1988-1991) |
Kevin Bryson | |
|
312-762-8414
|
The Olive Garden BBS (1995-1999) |
| TriBBS |
|
312-762-8678
|
The Synergy Info Line (1988) |
| |
|
312-763-5206
|
Twisted Dimensions
|
| |
|
312-763-9001
|
Touch Tone BBS (1989-1994) |
Bill Popjoy | |
|
312-764-0591 Chicago, IL |
Midas Touch (1991-1996) |
| PCBB |
|
312-764-0719 Chicago, IL |
Fremen Mountain (1989-1993) |
| FRMN |
|
312-764-1699 Chicago, IL |
Dial-Your-Match 206, West Rogers Park A B B S, West Rogers Park A.B.B.S. (1986-1995) |
| ABBS |
|
312-764-4581 Chicago, IL |
Lakefront, LakeSide, Terrapin Station (1987-1990) |
Maynard Riley | |
|
312-764-4777 Chicago, IL |
Warp Speed (1991) |
| |
|
312-764-5162 Chicago, IL |
Antelope Freeway [CP/M, MS-DOS], CFOG Two (1989-1992) |
| |
|
312-764-6772 Chicago, IL |
Gatez of Paradise (1992-1993) |
| Telegard |
|
312-764-7211 COCOA, IL |
North Chicago Online BBS/ISP (1996) |
| |
|
312-764-8122 Chicago, IL |
Black Cat's Home (1994-1995) |
Yevgeniy Kruglov | |
|
312-764-9408 Chicago, IL |
NorthSide Connection, NorthSide Connection BBS (1994-1995) |
Royal Moss | |
|
312-766-2797
|
T I West, T.I. West (1986-1987) |
| TIBB |
|
312-767-1572
|
CHICAGO Station, Electric Fence (1994-1996) |
| |
|
312-767-5787 Chicago, IL |
PUB Desktop Publishing, The PUB DTP BBS, The PUB DTP BBS! (1992-1995) |
| |
|
312-767-6678
|
SouthSide BBS (1996) |
| |
|
312-767-6964 Chicago, IL |
The PUB DTP BBS!, PUB Desktop Publishing (1994-1995) |
| |
|
312-768-5853 Chicago, IL |
Top Gun, Top Gun {768} (1989-1995) |
Sean Mikel | RBBS |
|
312-769-1323 Chicago, IL |
Logon! Chicago [$] [ISP], NiteBeats (1994-2000) |
| |
|
312-769-2020 Chicago, IL |
20/20 T.B.B.S., 20/20 TBBS, 20/20 Video B B S, 20/20 Video B.B.S., 20/20 {769}, 20/20 BBS (1986-1995) |
John Shew, Unknown | CCBS |
|
312-769-2713 Chicago, IL |
Fremen Mountain (1989-1995) |
| |
|
312-769-4608 Chicago, IL |
Stillwaters (1989) |
Jordan/Dilworth | |
|
312-769-6711 Chicago, IL |
Violent World (1992-1995) |
Celestial HateBreeder | Telegard & Celerity |
|
312-771-8882
|
Hacker's Heavens (1990) |
Elvis Lives | Telegard |
|
312-772-0168 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
Orgasm (1996) |
| |
|
312-772-0347
|
The Superbird (1987-1988) |
| |
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312-772-2452 Chicago, IL |
Orgasm, Orgasm! [$], Orgasm! [Fee] (1986-1996) |
| DYMS |
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312-772-5958
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MAHIE (1994) |
| |
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312-773-3308 Itasca, IL |
ABBS Nessy Game System, NESSY Chicago, Nessy Game System (1982-1986) |
Ken Morrison | ABBS |
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312-774-1447 Chicago, IL |
Patriot Games, The Forbidden Realms (1992-1993) |
| Renegade, VBLS |
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312-774-2035
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The Greek Inn (1986-1988) |
| Net-Works |
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312-774-4861
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Calling all Sports (1995) |
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312-774-6698
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SQLBBS, SQLBBS (1990-1996) |
| Wildcat
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312-774-9631
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Phone Booth (1993-1996) |
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312-775-2970
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The Windy City Atarian (1986) |
| AMIS |
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312-775-5856
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The Apocalypse BBS (1991) |
| |
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312-776-0417
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Centrum (1992) |
Reeet-Mon
| |
|
Nemesis-Dist. Member BBS
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312-776-2383
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Chicagoland Coordinator, No Ratio, No Ratio BBS, SW Chicago Hub (1994-2003) |
Richard Biehl | |
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312-776-5561 Chicago, IL |
N9CSA Ham & Hobby, N9CSA Ham Radio, N9CSA Ham/Hobby Zenith BBS, N9CSA Heath/Zenith Ham & Hobby, N9CSA N.A.B.S.A., N9CSA PCBoard BBS System (1990-1994) |
Jay Serafin | PCBoard, Wildcat! |
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312-776-8173
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ATARI WORLD (1985) |
| AMIS |
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312-776-9768
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N9CSA N.A.B.S.A. of Chicago (1994-1995) |
| |
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312-777-0240 Chicago, IL |
Distant Fingers (1990-1994) |
| Telegard |
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312-777-2574 Chicago, IL |
East Village (2 lines), East Village BBS, The East Village (Node 1) (1991-1999) |
Pete Koski | TriBBS, TRIT |
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312-777-2804
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East Village BBS, The East Village (Node 2) (1979-1999) |
Pete Koski | TriBBS |
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312-777-4184 Chicago, IL |
The Wild Side, Wild Side 7 Node, Wild Side C-NET COMMO, WILD SIDE [6NDZ], WILD SIDE [6NDZ] (1989-1994) |
Rick Anzaldua, Baby Bear, Analog Kid
| CNET |
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Rebels Member BBS
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312-777-8817
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RoundTable (1995-1996) |
| Searchlight
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312-777-9480 Chicago, IL |
Round Table (A), RoundTable, The Round Table (1990-1996) |
Kevin Keyser | Searchlight
, SLBB |
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312-778-3287
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Terminating Experience, Terminating Experience BBS (1995-1996) |
Rodney Ulanowicz | |
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312-778-5826
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Wlag "The G-Spot" (1994) |
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312-779-3916
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Roy's
, Roy's (N (1989-1994) |
Roy Herman | |
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312-779-6120
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Cellar (1989-1991) |
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312-781-9942 Chicago, IL |
Skyway (1993) |
| Spitfire |
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312-782-1900
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Adventure-Line, The Adventure Line (1986-1988) |
| UNIX |
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312-782-8180 Chicago, IL |
EBG and Associates (1981) |
| FORUM-80 |
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312-783-0328
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Quinn's Run (1992) |
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312-784-1752 Chicago, IL |
Cross Image, Cross Image Bbs, Impact V: The Immortal Realms, TECH - Technological Advantage, TECH - Tech. Advantage (1992-1995) |
Matthew Inawat | Telegard |
|
312-784-2852 Chicago, IL |
Network 21 (1993) |
| RACC |
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312-784-3019 Chicago, IL |
Chess Board, Chess Board =2= (1992-1996) |
James Reames | Spitfire
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312-784-8763
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TRoU Mac Base System (1987-1988) |
Steve Levinthal, Chuck Ross | |
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312-786-1247
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DePaul Library LCS System, DePaul University LCS System . (1986-1994) |
| DATA |
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312-786-5525
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Shared Technologies, STI (1990-1996) |
Dwight Ringdahl | PCBoard
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312-787-2174 Chicago, IL |
The Dark Side 312 (1984-1989) |
Exilic Xyth | Networks, GBBS, AE Pro, GBBS Pro |
|
"Memories. I got my first copy of "Net-Works" from the owners of Ghost Ship I (312) 528-1611 and Ghost Ship II (312) 644-5165 (so named for their pirate proclivities) along with one of the early SSI games, "The Warp Factor." I think these two programs actually filled 2 discs. It was a heavily modified version of Net-Works with no documentation and I had no idea whatsoever how to program such things so I had to learn by poking through the code and experimenting. This must have been around 1984 or something as I had just gotten an Apple //e and those hadn't been out very long (1983) when I finally got mine. I even had that ugly dual disc drive thing that sat on top of the //e too. I don't know who thought up the casing color for these things but I am convinced it came out of a Miami design convention. "It took me several months to modify the thing well enough to try and open my own BBS, which looked for several months suspiciously like the two Ghost Ships that birthed it. It wasn't until GBBS Pro came out (along with its "ACOS" language) that "The Dark Side" finally got its own look. "The Dark Side was primarily a text file (called G-Files then, I still know not why other than that's what they were called on RIPCO, "General Files" perhaps?) and eventually a rather prolific Apple II pirate software BBS. I don't think I paid for a single piece of software after I bought the //e. This is significant because I remember one weekend when my friend and I went in together to buy a bulk of 1,000 floppies. We filled them in three weeks and had to buy another case. We were all very much impressed with the boards in California back then, as they all seemed to have the newest games sooner than everyone else and all the boards in Chicago were always trying to get a connection to Cali boards whenever something came out. I'm sure my parents freaked out over all the 213 phone calls at some point but having Aquatron (Cracked by The Freeze!) before everyone else in 312 was worth even a serious shouting match. "Somewhere in there, right around the time we went to 9600 baud from 2400 I think, I managed to put my hands on an external 20 meg hard drive for the Apple //e I had. It was made by some firm called "CMS" (all traces of which have since vanished), was the size of a large 4 waffle toaster and sounded like a King Air spooling up the engines on the tarmac when you turned on. COOL! The thing must have weighed 15 pounds and it was totally featureless except for two LED lights on the front. Green (power) and red (activity). Ugly as it was it ran reliably for as many years as the BBS was still up. "At some point a good friend of mine opened "The Courts of Chaos," the sister system to "The Dark Side" and also a GBBS board and also shamelessly pirate oriented. I think we made some attempt to hide things by making the files section "private" (with a sucker public section filled with, and I'm not kidding, desert recipes, though I doubt most of the users even noticed them since going straight to the files section was SOP) but I doubt anyone was fooled for very long. "By 1988 I figured the way to really get the word out about a BBS was to write a popular text file and stick the number of the board on the bottom (and top and middle) of it. I penned "The Modern Speeders Guide to Radar and State Troopers" early that year. (You can still find it all over the place via a Google search so I guess it worked!). I actually did more research on this little project than I ever did for anything in grad school many years later. The phone was busy all the time after that and though I used to love to hear it ring reminding me that someone was logging on, I was happy to install a switch to shut the damn ringer up at this point. Even the separate Radio-Shack "flashing ringer" got annoying and found its way into my junk drawer along with the old, 300 baud internal Hayes MicroModem //e. "Things had pretty much peaked back in 1987 though with the release of "Airheart," by Dan Gorlin. After that passed through The Dark Side everything else seemed to pale in comparison. (Well, Karateka was pretty cool). People started to spell "Pirate Wares" with a "z" at the end and drop the word "Pirate" all together. Folks started getting arrested for text files. I graduated High School. I discovered EFNet. And that was pretty much the end of The Dark Side. Looking back at how serious the government was taking such things I'm surprised I didn't end up another teenage hacker felon. Instead, I got a law degree." - Exylic Xyth
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312-787-3008 Chicago, IL |
The Rest of Us MUG, TRoU - The Rest of Us MUG (1988-1990) |
Jemiah Duff | FIDO |
|
"I took over this BBS from Brian Wink and Steve Levinthal, who ran it for The Rest of Us MUG (Macintosh Users Group). It ran on an XT-class IBM with a 40MB HD and a 2400baud modem. Thanks to Steve and his friends at US Robotics, we were given a brand new Courier HST/V.32bis Dual Standard modem and could connect a whopping 19,200bps! Of course, the backchannel was only 450bps, but for BBSing, it was great. I also got the MUG to upgrade the hard drive to 80MB - I thought I'd NEVER be able to fill that up! I was 16 years old, a Junior in High School, when Brian asked me to save his marriage by taking over the BBS for him. LOL. It seems Brian was spending too much time online, and not enough time IRL. Of course, being 16, I had no RL, so I was happy to take it over. I was elected by the MUG to continue running the BBS until I left for College in the summer of 1990. I learned a ton, and it's amazing now that I think about it, how much of that information still comes in handy even today, in 2003. I found this by Googling for my first name - thanks for the trip down memory lane!" - Jemiah Duff
|
312-787-7865 Chicago, IL |
Golem BBS, The Golem (1986-1990) |
| ABBS |
|
312-788-1264
|
The No Change B.B.S. (1986-1988) |
Mike Jacobs | |
|
312-789-0499 Hinsdale, IL |
Aims Dynabyte, AIMS, Hinsdale, Ill., CHICAGO, Janus Software Group, RCP/M AIMS Hinsdale, RCP/M RBBS AIMS, Hinsdale RCP/M (1981-1986) |
Mark Pulver | RCPM, RBBS, AIMS |
|
$$$$ Subscription service only $$$$ Subscription service only
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312-789-1263
|
AE LINE: SWORD (1984) |
| |
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312-789-3610
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AMIS Chicago, AMIS Clarendon Hills (1982-1984) |
| |
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312-789-3966 Clarendon Hills, IL |
Ora-Comm, Oracomm #318 (1982-1992) |
Mark Drozd | Oracomm |
|
312-790-0187 Glen Ellyn, IL |
C.O.P.E. {777}, Central, Chicagoland, Cope (115/777), Cope BBS, COPE OF CHICAGO, Software Dist (1987-1991) |
Steve Bonine, KB9X | |
|
312-790-4688 Glen Ellyn, IL |
Central, ChicagoLand, The Generic B.B.S., The Generic BBS, The Generic BBS HST (1987-1991) |
Patrick Mulcahy, Pat Mulcahy | |
|
312-790-5037 Glen Ellyn, IL |
S/38 to PC Connectivity IBBS (1989-1991) |
Robert Cozzi | |
|
312-790-8088 Glen Ellyn, IL |
The Celestial Toyroom (1983) |
| |
|
312-792-1093 CHICAGO, IL |
Jungle (1996) |
| |
|
312-792-1374
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Cell Block 9 (1995-1997) |
Mike Wojcik | |
|
312-792-8292 Chicago, IL |
Corporate Connection (3 lines), Pinnacle, Corporate Connection BBS (1993-1995) |
Steve Lange | MajorBBS 6.21 |
|
312-794-9075 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Programming Society (1993) |
| Telegard |
|
312-795-0871
|
Sierra B B S, Sierra B.B.S. (1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
|
312-798-7634
|
Shangri-La BBS (1988-1989) |
Chuck Ross | Red Ryder Host |
|
312-798-9150
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The Phoenix (1986-1988) |
| GBBS, GBBS Pro |
|
312-799-4790 Homewood, IL |
Central, Chicagoland, Fido Tech Stand, Solar Wind, The Day of the Yuga, The Solar Windjammer (1987-1989) |
Rick Moore | FidoNet |
|
312-803-3590
|
Chi. Comp. Soc, Chi. Comp. Soc. (1985-1996) |
| Wildcat
|
|
312-808-9576 Chicago, IL |
Extraneous Redundancies (1992-1994) |
| SLBB |
|
312-819-6628
|
Midwest Telephony (1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-827-0229
|
IBEW Locak 1220 (1989) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-827-3097
|
The Challenger GBBS PRO (1990-1991) |
Robert Reese | |
|
312-830-0058
|
The Bartlett Exchange (1986) |
| CCBS |
|
312-830-7572
|
Micro Systems Colossus (1988) |
| |
|
312-831-0456
|
Fer's Central (1990) |
| SBBS |
|
312-831-1142
|
Video Etc. B.B.S. (1988) |
| |
|
312-831-2691
|
The Desktopper (1988) |
| |
|
312-832-6714
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The Conspiracy Ae (1987) |
| |
|
312-833-8126
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Vpnet (1988) |
| |
|
312-836-1900
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SPSS, Inc. (1994-1995) |
| |
|
312-836-4791
|
Robert Morris College BBS (1991) |
Steve Budde | PCBoard |
|
312-837-7100
|
Software Plus West (1988) |
| |
|
312-837-7196
|
C.O.D.E. (1988) |
| |
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312-837-8996
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MacPyramid (1988) |
Brian Wink | |
|
312-838-8088
|
PC-MOS User's Society (1991) |
Stuart Gold | PCBoard |
|
312-838-8227
|
WB9AET (1993-1994) |
| |
|
312-839-5002 Willow Springs, IL |
CYCLOPS! Multi-Line TBBS (1989) |
George Slone | |
|
312-841-2401
|
1984 (1986-1988) |
| CCBS, PCBoard |
|
"This BBS was listed as using CCBS, however I used it for years and they always ran PCBoard. He used the default bland theme that the BBS software came prepackaged with, the menus were all yellow, it wasn't much to look at. I remember he had 5 phone lines and the BBS was so popular they were always filled up. Mostly people were playing door games. Though, some messaging and file sharing went on as well. I'm not sure if the number is correct, I just copied it from the list. I do believe this is the same board though. Hope this helps." - Blakesteel
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312-841-3612
|
The Orphanage, The Orphanage RCPM & BBS System (1985-1986) |
Dennis Duffner | RCPM |
|
312-841-6519
|
Dial-Your-Match, Dial-Your-Match 102 (1986-1988) |
| DYMS |
|
312-841-8064
|
Midwest C-64 Users Group (1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
|
312-842-1745 Chicago, IL |
BBS Chicago, BBS-Chicago, BBS-Chicago ][ (1986-1991) |
Joel Nelson, joel nelson | Amiga BBS |
|
312-842-2139 Chicago, IL |
Franconian Kingdom [Fee] (1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-847-2115
|
Cove BBS (1995-1996) |
| Wildcat
|
|
312-847-2633
|
Wizard's Corner (1996) |
Sherman Day | |
|
312-847-2846
|
Wizard's Corner, Wizards Corner (1996) |
Sherman Day | |
|
312-848-3394
|
The Cemetary, The Cemetery (1986) |
| GBBS, Ascii Express |
|
312-848-3669 Chicago, IL |
Apple SIG 'Cider Press (1986) |
Larry McMahon | |
|
312-849-1132 Chicago, IL |
CBBS Chicago, The Ward Board, Dolton CBBS (1986-1989) |
Ward Christensen | CBBS |
|
312-849-3566 CHCZ 1, IL |
CIFNet (1998-2001) |
Yevgeniy Kruglov | |
|
312-850-0112
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Smoking Mirror (11 lines) (1993-1995) |
| |
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312-851-9823
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Dean's Den (1986) |
| RBBS |
|
312-852-0061 Darien, IL |
The Grand Illusion (1986) |
| MUSR |
|
312-852-0829 Darien, IL |
ConsultNet (1988-1989) |
Don Damon | |
|
312-852-1305 Darien, IL |
Heath Users Group (1986) |
| RCPM |
|
312-858-4469
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AmeriType (1988) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-858-7580
|
Amiga last resource bbs (1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-858-8087
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Lattice Inc. BBS (1989-1991) |
John Masters | |
|
312-859-2622 Aurora, IL |
Starcom 06, Wescom BBS (1981) |
| ABBS, STAR |
|
312-862-0182
|
Chgo User Group (1989) |
Mike Maksimik
| |
|
312-863-4612
|
National Public Computer (1986) |
| IBBS |
|
312-864-3690
|
The Third Floor (1986) |
| CCBS |
|
312-864-6720
|
Evanston Library Online Catalog (1986-1988) |
| DATA |
|
312-865-0623
|
West Suburban Message System (1986-1988) |
John De Long | TBBS |
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312-866-0162
|
Smoke Filled Room (1994-1995) |
| |
|
312-867-5309 CHCZ 1, IL |
River Styx II (1996) |
| |
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312-869-2940
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The CRDC Architect's Network (1988) |
| |
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312-870-7875
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Metal Shop (1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
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312-871-2177
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TROU (1994) |
| |
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312-871-4485
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Rest Of Us - CAMUG, Rest Of Us -CAMUG (1994) |
| |
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312-871-5032
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JENA (1993-1995) |
| |
|
312-871-8426 Chicago, IL |
ALTERNET BBS (1993-1995) |
| |
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312-871-9942
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Skyway (1992) |
| |
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312-872-8086
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Lakes Region B.B.S., Lakes Region BBS 95m (1987-1991) |
John Hodal | PCBoard |
|
312-873-6752 Chicago, IL |
Night Link Chicago BBS, Wild Bill's B.B.S. (1988-1994) |
| TRIT |
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312-873-8360
|
Wild Bill's B B S, Wild Bill's B.B.S. (1986) |
| CCBS |
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312-876-0974
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CBBS MAUDE Milwaukee, Maude - Milwaukee, Maude-Milwaukee, RBBS Milwaukee-Chicago Line (1981-1991) |
| CBBS |
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312-876-3652
|
SupportNet Chicago (1989) |
Jerry Ablan | |
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312-878-3150 Chicago, IL |
Antelope Freeway (1992-1993) |
Burk Murray, Burk Murry | |
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312-878-6030 Chicago, IL |
Jesus People USA (CfC 43), Jesus People USA - CFC #43, JPUSA (CFC #43), Jesus People USA – CFC #43 (1991-1995) |
| TBBS |
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312-879-0921
|
Chi Compu Soc (1993-1994) |
Kevin Reidinger | RBBS |
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312-879-2751
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The Steward's Ship (1986) |
| AMIS |
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312-879-9021 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Computer Society (1993-1995) |
| Wildcat, RBBS |
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312-879-9022
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Chicago Computer Society (1993-1994) |
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312-879-9023
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Chicago Computer Society (1993-1994) |
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312-879-9024
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Assembly Not Needed, Chicago Computer Society (1990-1994) |
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312-879-9025
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Chicago Computer Society (1993-1994) |
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312-879-9026
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Chicago Computer Society (1993-1994) |
| |
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312-879-9200 CHCZ 1, IL |
Compu-Erotica (1996) |
| |
|
312-880-5246 Chicago, IL |
Nucleus BBS (1989-1990) |
Keith Powell | |
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312-881-1142 Chicago, IL |
Jim's Fly Inn, JIM'S FlyInn, JIM'S FlyInn BBS, Jim’s FlyInn (1992-2003) |
James Williams | MAXI |
|
312-881-4356 Chicago, IL |
Marist (1993-1996) |
| |
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312-881-5355 Chicago, IL |
Marist BBS (1993) |
| RNGD |
|
312-881-8920 Chicago, IL |
Marist, The Marist BBS (1993-1996) |
Nathan Pifko, Mike Leonard, Mike Wisniewski, Mike Racanelli | PCBoard 14.x - 15.x |
|
312-881-9403 Chicago, IL |
Marist (1995-1996) |
Nathan Pifko | |
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312-882-2926 Glen Ellyn, IL |
ABBS CODE (1983-1985) |
| ABBS |
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312-882-4145
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PC Information Center (1986) |
| IBBS |
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312-882-4227
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IBBS #1 11 lines 4000 files, Information Exchange, RBBS IBM PCmodem Chicago, Superboard (1983-1991) |
Gene Plantz | RBBS |
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312-882-4228
|
Line #2 (1985) |
Gene Plantz | |
|
312-882-9237 Roselle, IL |
CHICAGO, E.I.E., Electronic Industries, STARCOM 07 E.I.E. (1981-1984) |
| ABBS, NET |
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312-884-7899
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Anonymous Wonder, Destiny Knights (1990) |
Jeff Grimshaw (Great One) | Telegard |
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312-885-1237
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Defiant Scepter / The Club, Defiant Sceptor (1990) |
The Dealer | Telegard, PCBoard |
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312-885-2303
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PC Information Center (1988) |
| |
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312-885-9557
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IBBS 1-PCMODEM (1989) |
| |
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312-887-1617
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The Antarctic Exchange BBS (1990) |
Sub Zero | Telegard |
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312-887-7870
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Elek-Tek B.B.S., Elek-Tek BBS (1988-1991) |
| PCBoard |
|
312-888-0680 South Elgin, IL |
Minihost Shoppe (1990) |
Larry Steele | Telegard |
|
312-888-1112 South Elgin, IL |
Fox Valley Pet Users Group (1989) |
David Bulkley | |
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312-888-4329 South Elgin, IL |
The Dispatcher's Office (1986) |
| Forem ST |
|
312-888-4821 South Elgin, IL |
Ye Olde Board (1988) |
| |
|
312-888-7381 South Elgin, IL |
Academic PCB4 Academic, E.A.P.P.U.G. B.B.S. (1988-1991) |
Community Colleg | |
|
312-889-0089 Chicago, IL |
Adult [Fee], Hot Mix 5 Adult [Fee], THE ADULT BBS (1991-1993) |
| Spitfire |
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312-889-1189
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Adult [Fee], Hot Mix 5 Adult [Fee] (1991-1992) |
| |
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312-889-1240
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C.L.A.U.G., Chicagoland Atari User Group, Chicagoland Atari Users Group (1985-1988) |
| AMIS |
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312-889-1340
|
ClAUG North (1991) |
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312-889-4489
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Adult [fee] (1992) |
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312-889-4603
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Not So Perfect (1992-1994) |
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312-889-5396
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InfoChi System ISA (1993-1995) |
| |
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312-889-6813 Chicago, IL |
Chi Byte House, Chicago Byte House, Chicago Byte House (2 lines), Chicago ByteHous (1992-1996) |
Ed Rakowiecki | Spitfire
|
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312-889-6832
|
Chicago Byte House =2= (1992-1995) |
| |
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312-889-8481
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InfoChi System IAS (1993-1995) |
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312-892-0417
|
LOCHLEVEN (1985) |
| AMIS |
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312-893-6618
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The Well of Souls, Well of Souls AE (1987-1988) |
| |
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312-893-7346 CHICAGO, IL |
Outpost
|
Black Cat | |
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312-894-9989
|
CPU BBS (1989) |
George Mays | |
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312-896-9628 Aurora, IL |
B.A.S.I.C. BBS, The B A S I C /B B, The B.A.S.I.C./B.B.S., The B.A.S.I.C. BBS (1985-1988) |
Steven Lorenz | OTBB |
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312-897-4221 CHICAGO ZONE 1, IL |
Kevin's Watch Cat-Fur
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312-897-6532 Aurora, IL |
C S B B, C.S.B.B., Computer Solutions (1986) |
Bill Slaker | MCMS |
|
312-897-9037 Chicago, IL |
Aurora Computers, CBBS Aurora Computer Peripherals, J-B-S Enterprises, TBBS Aurora Computer Peripherals (1983-1988) |
| TBBS |
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312-898-4505
|
the Lost Horizon BBS (1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
|
312-902-3599 Chicago, IL |
Compu Erotica , Compu-Erotica, CompuErotica [Fee], CompuErotica , CompuErotica [$], COMPU-EROTICA BBS! (1984-1996) |
Tiger | Custom 5.5 |
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From the January 1996 issue of Boardwatch: Chicago's LARGEST adult BBS with nearly 1 million served! If you like your chat hot, you'll love CEBBS. Alternate lifestyle chat-conferences, erotic shopping, active party calendar, unique features, internet mail and more! Women free after v/v. V/MC/D. From the September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: Chicago, Illinois since 07/84. Sysop: Tiger. Using Custom 5.5 with 32 lines on DEC VAX 3500 with 1500 MB storage. US Robotics at 38400 bps. $.15 Hourly fee. If you like your chat HOT, you'll LOVE CEBBS! Alternate lifestyle chat-conferences, erotic shopping, active party calendar, unique chat features, internet mail and MORE! Chicago's premier adult BBS with over 500,000 served! Women FREE after v/v. V/MC/D. COMPU-EROTICA BBS!, 312.902.3599. Chicago's largest adults-only system, serving open-minded adults for years! 32 lines running on VAX mainframe/USR Courier v.32bis, using unique custom software system with features found nowhere else! Rates as low as 1 50/hour; local dialups nationwide. - BBS Magazine November, 1994
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312-906-0698 Chicago, IL |
A/V, D/831 MIS BBS (1988-1993) |
| Wildcat, Wildcat! |
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312-907-0047 Chicago, IL |
Jokertown, Jokertown (7 lines) (1992-1998) |
| DIAL |
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312-907-1831 Chicago, IL |
Lincoln Park Zoo, The Zoo, Zoo BBS, Zoo [Fee], Zoo [Fee] (10 lines) (1988-1995) |
Micky Bernal | DLX, DLXB |
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"The bbs still continues via the web @ . This also changed phone numbers to 773-743-9791 with a change of ownership to Chuck Goes in March, 1990. Kept operating as a dial up until 1999." - Micky Bernal
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312-908-2583 Chicago, IL |
Spine Fido 444 (1986) |
Vernon Keenan | FidoNet |
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312-908-3599 Chicago, IL |
CompuErotica (1993) |
| NITE |
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312-916-1200 Lombard, IL |
Lattice (1989) |
C. DeConcilis | |
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312-916-8889 Lombard, IL |
West Suburban Message System (1988-1989) |
John De Long | |
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312-922-3626 Chicago, IL |
EXCHANGE-NEWS-EX
, Financial Options Exchange, Financial Options Xchange, XNX (1986-1990) |
Unknown | IBBS |
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312-922-9231
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The Electronic Pub (1988) |
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312-925-0259 Chicago, IL |
Forum 80 of Chicago (1980) |
| Forum-80 |
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Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue)
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312-925-0790 Chicago, IL |
The Jungle ][ BBS (1991-1992) |
Enrique Arceo | |
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312-925-2929 Chicago, IL |
WIZ BANG (1985) |
| AMIS |
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312-925-8854 Chicago, IL |
Flowers, Spaces (1988-1991) |
| PCBoard |
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312-927-0055
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Quarter Mile Stretch (1990-1991) |
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312-927-1020 Chicago, IL |
MCMS C.A.M.S. Chicago, MCMS CAMS (1982-1985) |
| MCMS |
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312-927-9411
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Hacki Shack (1989-1991) |
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312-927-9534 Chicago, IL |
Monsoon Hotel (1992-1996) |
| PCBB |
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312-929-0422 Chicago, IL |
AREA 88 CBIS, Archimedes’ Screw (1992-1993) |
Michael Lichon | Spitfire |
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312-929-0824 Chicago, IL |
Windy City GIF Cache (1992-1995) |
| 1BBS |
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312-929-6634 Chicago, IL |
Home Again! (1979-1997) |
William Johnson | |
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312-929-8068 Chicago, IL |
Power House (1992) |
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312-932-0896
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Statewide Micro (1986) |
| RBBS |
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312-934-1649
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Gospel Outreach System (1988) |
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312-934-4637
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Shady Vale Inn (1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
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312-934-6060
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GOD's BBS PCB, Gospel Outreach B B S, Gospel Outreach B.B.S. (1986-1991) |
Don Schlesak | CBBS |
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312-934-9373
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Atari BBS Express Tech Info (1989-1991) |
Greg Cory | |
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312-935-2933 Chicago, IL |
MICRO MEGA, NET-WORKS Pirate's Ship, PIRATES SHIP, PIRATE'S SHIP (1982-1984) |
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312-935-3091 Chicago, IL |
NET-WORKS Apple-Technical (1983-1984) |
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312-935-6060 CHCZ 1, IL |
Gospel Outreach
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312-935-6809 Chicago, IL |
Bit Wiz, BIT WIZ Opus, Bit Wiz {689}, The Bit Wiz (1988-1996) |
Michael Katz, Michael H. Katz | Opus
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312-937-5639
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RCP/M North Chicago (1983-1985) |
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312-939-3300
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The Advocate M B B S, The Advocate M.B.B.S. (1986) |
| RCPM |
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312-939-4411 Chicago, IL |
Advocate MBBS, Advocate/Nowar, Advocate/Nowar/Amnet, The Advocate, The Advocate M.B.B.S. (1988-1994) |
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312-940-1686 Deerfield, Il |
Kesher (1987) |
Dick Fiedler | |
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312-940-1696 Deerfield, Il |
Kesher, Kesher Chicago (1988-1990) |
Dick Fiedler | |
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312-940-6496 Deerfield, Il |
Artif. Intelligence, Business-Pro, Business-Professional B.B.S., Ron Fox RBBS (1985-1990) |
Ron Fox | RBBS |
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312-941-0049
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Smokin' Silicon RCP/M (1984-1985) |
John Sojak | |
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312-941-9009 Oak Brook, IL |
ABBS Oak Brook Computer, Computer Centre (1981-1982) |
| ABBS |
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312-942-0089 Chicago, IL |
The Conference Tree, UNICIN: University Conference Information Network (1984-1987) |
Jim Limber | Conference Tree, Conference Tree (tm) |
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"This system was a continuation of my interest in social communication via electronic media. Working at a University and having founded the University of Chicago Computer Club in 1975, I had some continuing interest in my lifelong hobby of technical communications. Ham Radio started it off in 1959, and the M.I.T.S. Altair Computer 8800 8-bit kit (serial # 243?) at an affordable price 1974 shifted me from the radio frequency realm to landline. At that time Bill Gates was my Altair Interpreter Basic Language consultant- he was the co-author, if I recall. When the U of C Computer Club disbanded in 1977 spring semester to form the U.S. Robotics Corportation (named by Stan Metcalf), I was left without enough to do to keep me busy and interested in the evolving virtual world. Conference Tree software was innovative and efficient, operating at 300 baud which was deemed the optimal speed for personal communication via keyboard, and for not sending boilerplate spam messages at high-speed (1200 baud). Various groups made it their home for several years, because the threaded tree-branch nature of the messages was quite convenient to select and extend a given topic of discussion. "When Apple gave zillions of computers to high-schools in substitution for paying taxes, the hackers and spammers made it too difficult to continue operation of a respectful, non-bigoted Conference system without constant checking for truly disturbing postings of everything you might imagine that is offensive, threatening and indicative of a culture gone bad. I eventually just pulled the plug in frustration and it sits to this day- an Apple One (maybe Two) bootleg motherboard kit, I think, in a dish-rack in my kitchen pantry, buried in dust and clutter. The dates of operation are approximate- I don't fully recall that far back from today (May08)" - Jim Limber
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312-942-0706
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C C S, C.C.S., Chi Comp Soc, Chicago Computer Society (1986-1994) |
Colby Jordan, Cathy Konas, Ron Fox | RBBS |
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312-942-1434
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Chicago Computer Society (1991) |
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312-942-1435
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Chicago Computer Society (1991) |
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312-942-1437
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Chicago Computer Society (1991) |
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312-942-1681
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Chicago Computer Society (1990-1991) |
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312-942-1972
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Chicago Computer Society (1990-1991) |
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312-943-0262
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Peloton, Le (1991) |
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312-944-6044
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Challenger (1994-1995) |
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312-945-1910 Deerfield, IL |
Nomad (1988) |
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312-945-3665 Deerfield, IL |
The Flying B.B.S. (1988) |
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312-945-5575 Deerfield, IL |
T I E, T.I.E., The Information Exchange (1986-1989) |
Alfred Roth | RBBS |
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312-945-5693 Deerfield, IL |
Teletypes (1988) |
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312-945-8519 Deerfield, IL |
Temporal Instability (1989) |
Bill Taney | |
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312-947-0567
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The Command Module (1986) |
| GBBS |
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312-948-5463
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Dataland International (1987-1988) |
Dr. Data | Pro-Tac |
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312-948-5728 Chicago, IL |
MODEM MEDIUM No. Shore Line, No Shore Line (1984-1985) |
| MODEM MEDIUM |
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312-948-5754
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The Bozo Board (1988) |
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312-949-6189 Mundelein, IL |
NEI RCPM System, RCP/M NEI, RCP/M TRS-80 Chicago, TC-80, TC-80 TRS/RCPM System (1981-1985) |
Chuck Witbeck | CP/M, RCPM |
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312-951-5260
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PC Network (1989) |
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312-953-4922
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Scintillation, SCS (1987-1989) |
John Hines | PCBoard |
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312-955-4493 Chicago, IL |
Hyde Park RCPM/RBBS, RCP/M RBBS Hyde Park (1981-1982) |
Ben Bronson | CP/M, RBBS |
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312-957-3924
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C.M.M.S. Chicago, CENTRAL INDUSTRIES, RATS Homewood (1982-1985) |
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312-960-2241
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Orchard Hill (1989) |
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312-960-2308
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PMS - Downers Grove/SRT (1984) |
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312-960-3425
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Orchard Hill BBS (1988) |
| Wildcat |
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312-960-5928
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Sit UBU Sit, Sit-Ubu-Sit 500, UBU FIDONet/USR (1986-1989) |
Rob Elliott | FidoNet |
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312-963-3929
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Dr. Hack's Clinic (1987) |
| Forum |
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312-963-4328
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C C M S, C.C.M.S. (1986) |
| MCMS |
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312-963-5384 Chicago, IL |
Apple Juice, NET-WORKS Apple Net (1983-1986) |
| HBBS, NET-WORKS |
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312-964-0526
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Logicians, The Logician (1987-1989) |
Mike Wido | PCBoard |
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312-964-1084
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Servicemaster (1987-1991) |
Tom Wisnioski, T. Wisnionski, Dennis Courtney | PCBoard |
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312-964-6513
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PMS - Downers Grove/SRT (1982-1983) |
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312-964-8102
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AE Line: DABO, AE LINE: DABO (1984-1985) |
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312-965-3677
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The Lunatic Phringe (1986-1990) |
| FidoNet, Opus |
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312-966-0227
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PCjr Users Group (1986) |
| FidoNet |
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312-966-2342
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T I Users Group, T.I. Users Group (1986-1988) |
| TIBB |
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312-967-0052
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Ham Radio RCPM, RCP/M Ham Radio (1983-1989) |
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312-967-0453 Morton Grove, IL |
Compushop (1981) |
| ABBS |
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312-967-1611
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B & E Data Services (1990) |
Lord | Telegard |
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312-967-9425
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AE LINE: WIRES (1984) |
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312-968-4820
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Kaleidoscope (1986) |
| Diversi-Dial |
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312-968-9050
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West Suburban Wildcat (1988) |
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312-968-9419
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The Lost Cause (1988) |
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312-969-0137
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Packard BBS (1989) |
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312-969-1145 Downers Grove, IL |
Atlantis, Crosstalk (1986-1988) |
Zeno | Online |
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"In 1986 this was called Crosstalk, sysop "Scanners Inc." (Chuck Wolf). He graduated from high school and sold the hardware to me, I took it over with the same phone number. From 1987-1988 it was called "Atlantis", I was the sysop, handle "Zeno"." --Eric Weeks
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312-969-7810
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HyperCap+ (1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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312-970-9839
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Left Side of Normal (1994-1995) |
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312-970-9843
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Always Under Construction (1994-1995) |
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312-971-1736 Chicago, IL |
Khasablanca, MODEM MEDIUM Khasablanca (1984-1985) |
| MODEM MEDIUM |
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312-972-0628
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Bolinbrook, Bolingbrook B.B.S., Bolingbrook RBBS (1985-1989) |
Dick Lain | RBBS |
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312-972-1974 Chicago, IL |
MODEM MEDIUM The Unknown BBS, The Unknown B.B.S., The Unknown BBS, Unknown B B S, Unknown B.B.S (1984-1988) |
| UBBS, MODEM MEDIUM |
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312-972-3275
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Hazardous Management (1989-1994) |
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312-972-6979
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RCP/M EI Division (1983-1985) |
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312-973-0428 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Mensa {973}, The Chicago Mensa BBS (1991-1994) |
Steven Hartgrove | |
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312-973-2227 Chicago, IL |
ABBS Rogers Park, Rogers Park A B B S, Rogers Park A.B.B.S., Rogers Park B.B.S., The Roger Park ABBS (1980-1991) |
Hy Alexander | GBBS, ABBS, ABBS+, GBBS Pro |
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312-973-3551 Chicago, IL |
Nefertiti, The African (1989-1991) |
Bob Ohues | Wildcat |
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312-973-6502 Chicago, IL |
786 BBS of Chicago (1991) |
Shabbir Damani | PCBoard |
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312-973-6516 Chicago, IL |
786 BBS (1991) |
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312-975-0585 Chicago, IL |
The Gothic Folly (1992-1993) |
Ben Escoto | |
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312-975-6546 Chicago, IL |
Manhole, The Manhole (1988-1991) |
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312-975-7422 Chicago, IL |
Chi-Town BBs (1994) |
| Wildcat |
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312-980-6924
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Prison AE (1987) |
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312-980-9762
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Crooked Dragon Inn (1986) |
| STBB |
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312-982-0005 Skokie, IL |
Sahakian's BBS, Sahakian's Info Service (1988-1989) |
Curtis Sahakian | |
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312-982-0386 Skokie, IL |
Sahakian's B.B.S. (1988) |
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312-982-5092 Skokie, IL |
Sit UBU Sit HST, Sit-Ubu-Sit HST (1987-1989) |
Henry Senk | |
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312-982-5274 Skokie, IL |
USR Factory Info Svc, USR Tech Support PCB REL (1989-1991) |
Henry Senk | |
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312-983-5147 Lisle, IL |
Sun Valley RCPM, Sun Valley RCP/M (1985-1988) |
Ken Stritzel, K Stritzel | RCPM |
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312-983-5764
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The Jungle (1992) |
Science
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312-983-6435
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Brainstorm (1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
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312-985-9699
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Isengard (1988) |
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312-986-0393 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Area Computer Center, Harvester Chicago (1991-1992) |
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312-986-0395 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Area Computer Center (1991) |
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312-986-0398 Chicago, IL |
The Harvester (1992) |
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312-986-0974 Chicago, IL |
Chicago Confuzion, Chicago Confuzion/EMS {119}, Confuzion/EMS, NET 115 Echo Coordinator, NET 115 Internet Gateway, Special Services FS Hub, Windstar Network (1992-1995) |
Steve Schmidt, NIC Steve Schmidt | |
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312-986-9667 Chicago, IL |
Confuzion/EMS, Windstar Network (1994-1995) |
Steve Schmidt | |
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312-989-0089
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NezulD's DomaiN (1994-1995) |
Edward Dluzen | |
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312-989-0190
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Nezuld's Domain (1991-1995) |
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312-989-4600
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The Electric Paradise (1988) |
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312-989-9316
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Cafe Spagmumps (1994-1995) |
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312-991-4639
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Wild West (1990) |
| Monarch |
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312-991-8304
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FIDO #108 Samson, Samson, Samson 108, Sansom (1984-1986) |
Larry Miglore | FidoNet |
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312-991-8887
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BBS IBM PC Niles (1983-1984) |
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312-993-3475 Chicago, IL |
Illinois CPA Society (1991-1996) |
| PCBB |
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312-995-0856
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Riptide (1988) |
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312-996-5308
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U.I.C.C. - SRL (1988) |
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312-996-8844
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Illinet Online/Carl Uncover (1989-1996) |
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312-996-8859
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Illinet Online/Carl Uncover (1989-1996) |
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312-998-5066 Glenview, IL |
NET-WORKS Micro Ideas (1983) |
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312-998-5706 Glenview, IL |
AE Line: DC#1, AE LINE: DC#1 (1984-1985) |
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312-998-9021 Glenview, IL |
ICS/TRIX II Opus HST, Trix II (1988-1989) |
Mike Dickholtz | |
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312-998-9606 Glenview, IL |
Free Enterprise (1986) |
| ERAC |
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403 Sysops currently listed.
1108 BBSes Listed.
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