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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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312-221-0171
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The Supreme Court
(1986) |
| Forem ST |
|
312-221-2879
Chicago, IL |
The Missing Link BBS
(1989-1995) |
Thomas Conley | PCBoard, PCBB |
|
312-223-9673
|
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 | |
|
312-225-9836
Chicago, IL |
The Static Barrier
(1987) |
| |
|
312-227-7455
Chicago, IL |
Bio Med, BioMed, Midwest Biomedical Society, Midwest Biomedical [Private], RBBS Biomed
(1986-1995) |
| RBBS |
|
312-231-8223
|
Chicago Metro-Net
(1986-1988) |
| ABBS |
|
312-232-1250
|
Windmill
(1987-1989) |
Ed Curlin | PCBoard |
|
312-232-6339
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P.S. Meeting Room
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-232-7933
|
Micro Mail B B S, Micro Mail B.B.S.
(1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
|
312-233-8327
|
Double Take II
(1986-1988) |
| Net-Works |
|
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) |
| |
|
312-234-9257
Lake Forest, IL |
Calamity Cliffs Computer Center
(1980-1981) |
Tom C. | CP/M, RCPM |
|
312-235-3200
Chicago, IL |
PMS - Chicago Public Library, PMS Chicago Public Library
(1983-1985) |
| PMS |
|
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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312-243-1046
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DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #39 Chicago
(1983-1984) |
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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 |
|
312-246-9493
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Traders Connection
(1987) |
| |
|
312-248-8758
Chicago, IL |
1 Step BBS, 1Step BBS, First Step BBS
(1989-1992) |
Jay Rothschild | |
|
312-249-4385
|
The Blue Knight BBS
(1988) |
The Blue Knight | GBBS Pro |
|
312-252-2136
Logan Square, IL |
Logan Square RCP/M, Logan Square RCPM, RCP/M Logan Square
(1981-1986) |
Earl Bockenfeld | RCPM |
|
312-252-6180
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First National Software, War Net Software Bank III, War-Net Software Bank III
(1987) |
| |
|
312-252-6489
Chicago, IL |
Chicago CP/M
(1981) |
| CP/M |
|
312-253-3633
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AE Line: GHOST, AE LINE: RANA#1, AE LINE: GHOST
(1984-1985) |
| |
|
312-253-6134
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PC-Tech
(1988) |
| |
|
312-253-6224
|
M.P.P.L. BBS
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-255-1416
|
The Bird's Nest
(1988) |
| |
|
312-255-6489
Arlington Heights, IL |
Computerland (New Format), NET-WORKS CLAH
(1981-1982) |
| CLAH-NET |
|
"Apparently a part-time BBS run at a Computerland, later transferred elsewhere." - Jason Scott
|
312-255-8838
|
PC Center
(1985-1986) |
Jeremy Smith | IBBS |
|
312-256-8119
|
SECO
(1986) |
Jim Heider | |
|
312-257-7747
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Aliens
(1988) |
| |
|
312-259-7785
|
AE Line: THRILL, AE LINE: THRILL
(1985) |
| |
|
312-259-8086
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BBS IBM PC Chicago, BBS IBM PCmodem Chicago, IBM-PC BBS, RCP/M IBM PC
(1982-1984) |
| |
|
312-259-8930
|
Com-ads
(1989) |
| |
|
312-260-0640
Wheaton, IL |
MCMS Metro West Database
(1982-1983) |
Terry Haas | |
|
"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
|
HexNet
(1987-1990) |
Brian Mackison | |
|
312-260-9660
|
Working With Works
(1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
|
312-262-5600
|
Adventureline
(1989) |
| |
|
312-262-8959
|
Byls Fido
(1986) |
| FidoNet |
|
312-267-4427
|
Com-Link Data Systems
(1986-1988) |
| IHCS |
|
312-267-4749
Chicago, IL |
Exec Region, ExecRegion, Executive Region BBS
(1989-1996) |
Randy Gautier | PCBoard
, PCBB |
|
312-267-4750
|
Executive Region BBS
(1989-1995) |
Randy Gautier | PCBoard |
|
312-267-7665
|
The Voice of Peace
(1986) |
| OTBB |
|
312-272-0943
|
Captain Video
(1988) |
| |
|
312-272-1423
|
The Castle
(1987) |
| |
|
312-272-5912
|
The Igloo
(1988) |
| |
|
312-274-1677
|
Nexus
(1986) |
| MCBB |
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312-274-4088
|
The Palace
(1988) |
| |
|
312-276-4159
Chicago, IL |
American Archive, Ye Olde Archives
(1985-1996) |
JohnRosengarten, John Rosengarten | PCBoard
, PCBB, RBBS first week, PC Board after that |
|
"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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312-278-9513
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The Color-80 B B S, The Color-80 B.B.S.
(1986-1988) |
| COCO |
|
312-279-1053
|
Automated Systems, High Resolution B.B.S.
(1986-1988) |
| PCBB |
|
312-279-8525
|
CAT BBS
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-280-8180
|
LAW MUGS BBS, LAWMUG
(1985-1986) |
Paul Bernstein | |
|
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! |
|
312-281-6887
Chicago, IL |
Coconut Club III, The Coconut Club
(1988-1993) |
| TAGG |
|
312-282-9272
Chicago, IL |
Ski's Lodge, Ski's Lodge BBS
(1986-1990) |
Ken Morrison | RBBS |
|
312-283-0559
Chicago, IL |
Chinet, Unix - Chi-Net [wlcrjs], chinet
(1985-1996) |
Randy Suess | |
|
UNIX System offering Internet Mail
|
312-283-0560
|
Chinet
(1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-283-8672
|
Chinet
(1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-284-6124
|
The ASCII Connection
(1986) |
| Diversi-Dial |
|
312-284-6601
|
Forbidden Zone
(1987) |
| |
|
312-284-7133
Chicago, IL |
Fourth Dimension (4D Software), The 4th Dimension BBS
(1986-1995) |
Jeff Sorrentino, Jeff Jones | PCBoard, PCBB |
|
312-286-0608
Chicago, IL |
COPH 2 (115/778), COPH-2 (BGMS)
(1986-1991) |
Eric Bohlman | PMS |
|
312-286-3789
Chicago, IL |
KOZ Exchange
(1987) |
| |
|
312-289-0014
Bartlett, IL |
The Monitor Post
(1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
|
312-289-1089
Bartlett, IL |
Blue Thunder, War Games
(1986-1988) |
| AMIS |
|
312-289-1198
Streamwood, IL |
NIBS
(1981) |
| ABBS |
|
312-289-4973
Bartlett, IL |
Dial-Your-Match, The Mad Marty
(1986-1988) |
| DYMS |
|
312-289-9808
Bartlett, IL |
The Billboard BBS
(1989) |
Gary Watson | |
|
312-291-1619
Northbrook, IL |
Mothers (Video Info), Ski Machine
(1981) |
| ABBS |
|
312-293-0199
|
Growers Xchange, The Growers Exchange
(1986-1988) |
| MCBB |
|
312-293-0696
|
Growers Exchange BBS
(1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
|
312-293-1021
|
West Chicago Express [Fee]
(1988-1990) |
| |
|
312-293-1468
|
The Other Side
(1988) |
| |
|
312-293-5675
|
Imperial Palace
(1987) |
| |
|
312-295-5852
Lake Forest, IL |
Wits of the World
(1988) |
| |
|
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 |
|
312-295-7284
Lake Forest, IL |
NET-WORKS Adventure's Inn
(1983-1984) |
| |
|
312-295-8706
Lake Forest, IL |
AE Line: OAKLEY
(1985) |
| |
|
312-296-3883
Chicago, IL |
Interface BBS Atari)
(1983) |
| |
|
312-296-7782
Chicago, IL |
Logopolis
(1988) |
| |
|
312-297-1591
Chicago, IL |
The Chicago BBS
(1989-1990) |
Sidney Bratkovich | |
|
312-297-3242
Chicago, IL |
Marvin
(1988) |
| |
|
312-297-3275
Chicago, IL |
Realm of Amber
(1987) |
| |
|
312-307-1519
Schaumburg, IL |
Glenside Coco-Rama
(1988) |
| |
|
312-307-8897
Schaumburg, IL |
Station SOL
(1989) |
Rick Waterson | |
|
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) |
| |
|
312-326-4392
Chicago, IL |
RCP/M Bridgeport, RCP/M PLUS, CPM3 RCP/M
(1983-1986) |
Dick Lieber | |
|
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."
|
312-336-6700
|
Great Lakes, Great Lakes B.B.S. [Private]
(1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
|
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 | |
|
312-338-8827
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 |
|
312-341-6217
|
DePaul College of Law, DePaul College of Law B.B.S.
(1988-1990) |
| |
|
312-342-6919
Chicago, IL |
Publish!, Publisher Info Service
(1986-1990) |
| RBBS |
|
312-343-0100
|
Lincolnet
(1986-1988) |
| PMS |
|
312-344-2505
|
C F O G Osborne, C.F.O.G. Osborne
(1986) |
| RBBS |
|
312-345-3919
|
The Cider Press
(1988) |
| |
|
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 |
|
312-348-7269
Chicago, IL |
Lively Arts {348}, The Lively Arts
(1989-1994) |
Prestigiacomo | |
|
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
|
312-351-2658
|
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 |
|
312-351-6702
|
Grand Stand RBBS, The Grand Stand
(1986-1989) |
| RBBS |
|
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) |
| |
|
312-352-8842
|
The IDOG Exchange
(1987) |
| |
|
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
|
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 |
|
312-376-7598
|
BBS IBM PCmodem Chicago, RBBS IBM PC Chicago
(1983-1985) |
| |
|
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 | |
|
312-381-4134
|
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
|
312-384-2320
Chicago, IL |
CACHE Lobo-80
(1986) |
Unknown | |
|
312-384-4762
Chicago, IL |
Remote Apple CP/M
(1981) |
David Mortiz | RAPM, Apple CP/M |
|
312-386-4290
Oak Park, IL |
Prometheus Multi-Line, Prometheus TBBS
(1988-1989) |
Edward Vincent | |
|
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 |
|
312-416-1180
|
F O R A, F.O.R.A.
(1986) |
| RBBS |
|
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) |
| |
|
312-423-7558
|
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 |
|
312-430-4477
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 |
|
312-436-2261
Chicago, IL |
North Pole
(1989-1993) |
| |
|
312-436-3062
Chicago, IL |
AMNET
(1985-1988) |
Chip Berlet & Alan Fenske | RBBS modified to NEWSBASE |
|
312-437-3225
|
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) |
| |
|
312-439-9679
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) |
| |
|
312-446-3898
|
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
| |
|
312-457-2219
|
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 |
|
312-463-8932
|
Mind Master's Domain, Mindmaster's Domain
(1988) |
David Lucas | TUBBS |
|
312-465-HACK
|
The Glue Ball
(1983-1986) |
Vid Kidz, Barney Badass, Mr. //c | CBBS |
|
"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
|
312-469-2597
|
Glen Ellyn RCP/M, Glen Ellyn West Suburban RCP/M, RCP/M Glen Ellyn
(1983-1985) |
Jim Mills | |
|
312-469-2872
|
Torgazmic, Torgazmic Systems
(1989-1994) |
Jim Torgerson | PCBoard |
|
312-469-7737
|
AE Line: INDOOR
(1985) |
| |
|
312-469-8412
|
Infinity
(1988) |
| |
|
312-470-0017
|
Morton Grove RCP/M RBBS
(1984) |
Mark Stein | |
|
312-470-1691
|
Cache/Nicol Chicago BBS
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-472-6796
|
ConsultNet
(1987-1988) |
Don Damon | |
|
312-473-9350
North Chicago, IL |
Gator's Lair, The Gator BBS
(1989-1990) |
Stan Pifer | |
|
312-473-9415
North Chicago, IL |
North Shore Sinclair
(1988) |
| |
|
312-474-5795
Chicago, IL |
Electronic Oddysey
(1987) |
| |
|
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 |
|
312-475-5282
|
ABBS Video Adv. Movie Marquee
(1983) |
| |
|
312-475-5522
|
Board Electric
(1986-1988) |
| ERAC |
|
312-478-3902
|
Arcadia
(1986) |
| TBBS |
|
312-478-3903
|
North Parks TBBS
(1987) |
Dave Jeschke | |
|
312-480-8730
|
FIDO #57 MCCPowers, MCCPowers
(1984-1985) |
Russ French | FidoNet |
|
312-481-4177
|
ISS, INC. BBS - CHICAGO
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-484-1747
|
G.A.B.B.S.
(1988) |
| |
|
312-484-1984
|
BBS-1984
(1988) |
| |
|
312-484-7782
|
Logopolis, Logopolis CBBS
(1986-1989) |
| CBBS |
|
312-490-9206
Chicago, IL |
Chicago DECUS, DEC PCLug
(1986) |
Chuck Garrett | FidoNet |
|
312-491-2611
Evanston, IL |
Chicago Business, ChicagoNorthShore, North Shore
(1987-1991) |
Chris Michael | |
|
312-491-3070
Evanston, IL |
Northwestern LUIS System, Northwestern University LUIS System.
(1986-1988) |
| DATA |
|
312-491-3215
Evanston, IL |
N.U.T.U.G. B.B.S.
(1988) |
| |
|
312-491-3892
Evanston, IL |
Northwestern ACNS, Northwestern Micro, Northwestern University ACNS, Wildcat
(1986-1989) |
Roger Safian, Bill Bliss | FidoNet |
|
312-491-6995
Evanston, IL |
The Word Processing B.B.S., Word Processing
(1986-1988) |
| IBBS |
|
312-496-1243
|
The Command Module
(1988) |
| |
|
312-497-9756
|
THE WIDOW MAKER BBS
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-498-1809
|
The NSC Connection
(1986) |
| GBBS |
|
312-513-1034
|
Midwest
(1989) |
Steve Mills | PCBoard |
|
312-519-1353
|
Space Station I
(1987) |
| |
|
312-520-1780
|
Software Plus B B S, Software Plus B.B.S.
(1986-1988) |
| STBB |
|
312-523-6351
|
Hopefully Heaven
(1989-1995) |
| |
|
312-525-5296
Chicago, IL |
Argent Griffon Inn, The Gold Dragon CBIS
(1989-1990) |
Michael Lichon | |
|
312-526-0642
|
N.I.C.S. Apple Users Group
(1988) |
| |
|
312-526-3725
|
Northern Illinois R.B.B.S.
(1988) |
| |
|
312-528-5020
Chicago, IL |
Ripco, Ripco II, RipCo ][, RIPCO, RipCo ][
(1986-2000) |
Dr. Ripco | GBBS, Ascii Express, SLBB |
|
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 |
|
Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980).
|
312-529-0081
Elk Grove, IL |
Tech Exch
, The Tech Exchange
(1988-1989) |
Mark Madej | |
|
312-529-1586
Elk Grove, IL |
Elk Grove Repeater, Elk Grove Village, Information Exchange, The Elk Grove Repeater
(1986-1991) |
Glen Randles | TBBS |
|
312-530-2209
|
GGS BBS
(1988-1990) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-532-8209
|
Great Lakes Civil Air Patrol, GREAT LAKES REGION CAP
(1987-1994) |
| |
|
312-535-8282
|
CPSnet (Chicago Public Schools)
(1989-1996) |
| |
|
312-535-8512
Chicago, IL |
CPSnet (Chicago Public Schools)
(1989-1996) |
| MGPE |
|
312-535-8513
|
CPSnet (Chicago Public Schools)
(1989-1996) |
| |
|
312-537-2611
|
D&D Software 1
(1986) |
| ERAC |
|
312-537-3456
|
AE LINE: QUZI
(1984) |
| |
|
312-537-3532
|
DPRP
(1987-1988) |
James Zachary | |
|
312-537-7063
Chicago, IL |
ABBS CODE, C.O.D.E. Consultants
(1981-1983) |
| ABBS |
|
312-537-7888
|
RCP/M Prairie View
(1984-1985) |
| |
|
312-539-6419
|
Electric Paradise
(1986) |
| Online |
|
312-541-4617
|
D&D Software 2
(1986) |
| ERAC |
|
312-541-6470
|
Electronic Exchange
(1981) |
| |
|
312-543-0180
|
Trans-Com B B S, Trans-Com B.B.S.
(1986-1988) |
| CCBS |
|
312-543-8112
|
AmigaTech
(1988) |
| |
|
312-545-1945
|
The Night Line
(1986-1988) |
| AMIS |
|
312-545-8086
Chicago, IL |
CBBS, CBBS Chicago, Ward and Randy's, Ward and Randy’s, CBBS-1
(1979-1995) |
Ward Christensen, Unknown | CBBS |
|
312-560-0559
|
Data Express
(1986-1987) |
| PCBB |
|
312-560-0730
|
Ye Olde Shack
(1986) |
| PCBB |
|
312-561-2382
Chicago, IL |
Bear's Den, Bears Den, Bears' Den (A), The Bear's Den, Baha’i National Center
(1988-1995) |
| TBBS |
|
312-561-9382
Chicago, IL |
Satellite AE
(1987) |
| |
|
312-564-0931
|
AE LINE: SRF
(1984) |
| |
|
312-564-1122
|
AE Line: SRF, AE LINE: SRF
(1985) |
| |
|
312-564-1339
|
The Library
(1988) |
| |
|
312-566-2435
|
Remote Control
(1988) |
Brian Smith | TUBBS |
|
312-566-8911
|
AKCS Traveler's Aid - One
(1988) |
| |
|
312-566-8912
|
AKCS Traveler's Aid - Two
(1988) |
| |
|
312-567-5036
|
JURISnet
(1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-577-5143
|
AE Line: PRODOS, AE LINE: PRODOS
(1985) |
| |
|
312-578-1701
|
The Gator BBS
(1989) |
Stan Pifer | |
|
312-581-1111
Chicago, IL |
The Village Adult BBS, Village (A) [Fee], Village (A) [Fee] , Village Adult BBS, Village Information Systems
(1989-1996) |
| |
|
312-583-6364
|
C-64 Users Group B B S, C-64 Users Group B.B.S.
(1986-1991) |
| CCBS |
|
312-584-9130
|
CustomAmiga
(1988) |
| |
|
312-588-1003
|
Rick's BB, Rick's Permiun BBS PCB, Ricks BBS
(1986-1991) |
Lars Pedersen, Lars Pederson | PCBoard |
|
312-589-2827
|
Beaker's Beacon, Beaker's Beacon 212
(1986-1988) |
John Bekas | FidoNet |
|
312-593-6478
|
Turner Tech
(1987-1989) |
Memory Turner | |
|
312-594-8989
|
STL Software
(1986) |
| IBBS |
|
312-597-8485
|
Creme-de-Coco B B S, Creme-de-Coco B.B.S.
(1986) |
| COCO |
|
312-598-0525
|
SPORTFIDO
, Sports Fido 512
(1986-1987) |
| FidoNet |
|
312-598-4861
|
Cass-80 Hickory Hills
(1983-1985) |
| |
|
312-599-8089
|
Oak Lawn
(1988-1989) |
Vince Damore | PCBoard |
|
312-604-8888
|
Krex
(1989) |
Steve Krex | PCBoard |
|
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 |
|
312-622-7080
Chicago, IL |
Chicago Syslink [Fee]
(1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-623-2226
|
Waukegan Public Library
(1986-1988) |
| UBBS |
|
312-629-2253
|
C A K E, C.A.K.E.
(1986) |
| RCPM |
|
312-629-4478
|
The Computer King [Fee]
(1988) |
| |
|
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 | |
|
312-630-6282
Glen Ellyn, IL |
ChicagoDowntown, COPH Mail, TNT BBS
(1987-1991) |
Steve Bonine | |
|
312-631-1233
Chicago, IL |
Frankenstein's Lab, Frankenstein’s Lab
(1989-1995) |
| |
|
312-631-8470
|
The Underground Garage
(1988) |
| |
|
312-635-7863
|
Gallifrey II
(1986-1988) |
| AMIS |
|
312-636-4485
|
Fertech Systems
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-636-9612
|
Photos and Fun BBS System
(1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
|
312-639-8654
|
Star "9" PCB, Star 9
(1989-1994) |
Rex Robinson | PCBoard |
|
312-640-7980
|
Computer Guild, The Computer Guild
(1986-1988) |
Dick Sonka | TBBS |
|
312-646-6097
|
The Misfits
(1986) |
| DYMS |
|
312-647-7636
|
IBM-PC BBS, RCP/M A.B. Dick Co.
(1982-1983) |
Gene Plantz | |
|
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 |
|
312-649-1225
|
The HaHa ][
(1987) |
| |
|
312-649-1730
Chicago, IL |
Lillipute, Lillipute Z-Node, Z-System Znode (tm)
(1985-1990) |
Richard Jacobson, Unknown | |
|
312-651-7252
|
TI-South
(1989) |
James Brooks
| |
|
312-653-5999
|
Family Radio Forum WJCH, Family Forum
(1988) |
John Rorvick | |
|
312-653-6089
|
The Hotel
(1988) |
| |
|
312-654-1133
|
Multi-Line Message Center
(1988) |
| |
|
312-654-2918
|
The Quarterdeck
(1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
|
312-655-1044
|
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 | |
|
312-665-9732
|
The Other Board
(1988) |
| |
|
312-670-6736
|
Position Report, The Position Report
(1988-1990) |
| |
|
312-671-4992
|
HUG-CBBS
(1981-1982) |
Paul Mayer, Dave Leonard | RCPM |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
312-675-8881
|
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 |
|
312-680-8566
|
Dragons Den AE
(1987) |
| |
|
312-680-9613
|
Scream Machine
(1982-1983) |
| |
|
312-683-2379
|
The Cavern, The Caverns
(1986-1988) |
| RBBS |
|
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) |
| |
|
312-690-2211
|
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
|
312-693-1223
|
IBEW Local 1220, Local 1220 BBS
(1989-1996) |
| Wildcat
|
|
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 |
|
312-699-7482
|
The Challenger
(1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
|
312-714-8568
|
Gagme
(1989-1991) |
| |
|
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) |
| |
|
312-725-5890
|
Chi Net, Chi-Net, ChiNet
(1986-1994) |
| UNIX |
|
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 |
|
312-728-4069
|
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 |
|
312-736-0228
Chicago, IL |
The Phone Company
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-736-7526
Chicago, IL |
Innovations, Innovations BBS, Innovations (Peter Hru), Innovations BBS
(1988-1995) |
Peter Hru | |
|
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) |
| |
|
312-743-3153
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 | |
|
312-743-6116
Chicago, IL |
Krishna Yoga Foundation, Krishna Yoga Foundation BBS, Krishna Yoga Foundation {800}
(1989-1994) |
Vaishnava Dasa, Vaishnava dasa | |
|
312-743-7729
Chicago, IL |
Hare Krishna RBBS, Krishna Yoga Foundation, Krishna Yoga Foundation {800}
(1989-1994) |
Vaishnava Dasa | |
|
312-743-8176
Chicago, IL |
Games, MARS/RP Rogers Park
(1981-1982) |
| FGS/RP |
|
312-745-0924
|
NET-WORKS North Parks
(1982-1983) |
| |
|
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 |
|
312-751-1503
Chicago, IL |
High Res, High Resolutions, InfoComm Co, InfoComm High Resolution MAC, The High Res B.B.S.
(1988-2000) |
Willie Wagner | RRDH |
|
312-752-6104
|
Art of Science
(1989-1990) |
| |
|
312-752-7412
|
CHICAGO NEWS
, Non-Profit Info Center, Non-Profit Information Center
(1986-1990) |
| IBBS |
|
312-754-7412
|
Byte Back
(1986) |
| UBBS |
|
312-755-6264
|
Apple Tree
(1986-1988) |
| UBBS |
|
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 |
|
312-761-7779
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 | |
|
312-762-8678
|
The Synergy Info Line
(1988) |
| |
|
312-763-9001
|
Touch Tone BBS
(1989-1994) |
Bill Popjoy | |
|
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 | |
|
312-764-5162
Chicago, IL |
Antelope Freeway [CP/M, MS-DOS], CFOG Two
(1989-1992) |
| |
|
312-766-2797
|
T I West, T.I. West
(1986-1987) |
| TIBB |
|
312-768-5853
Chicago, IL |
Top Gun, Top Gun {768}
(1989-1995) |
Sean Mikel | RBBS |
|
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 | |
|
312-772-0347
|
The Superbird
(1987-1988) |
| |
|
312-772-2452
Chicago, IL |
Orgasm, Orgasm! [$], Orgasm! [Fee]
(1986-1996) |
| DYMS |
|
312-773-3308
Itasca, IL |
ABBS Nessy Game System, NESSY Chicago, Nessy Game System
(1982-1986) |
Ken Morrison | ABBS |
|
312-774-2035
|
The Greek Inn
(1986-1988) |
| Net-Works |
|
312-775-2970
|
The Windy City Atarian
(1986) |
| AMIS |
|
312-776-8173
|
ATARI WORLD
(1985) |
| AMIS |
|
312-777-2804
|
East Village BBS, The East Village (Node 2)
(1979-1999) |
Pete Koski | TriBBS |
|
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 |
|
Rebels Member BBS
|
312-779-3916
|
Roy's
, Roy's (N
(1989-1994) |
Roy Herman | |
|
312-779-6120
|
Cellar
(1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-782-1900
|
Adventure-Line, The Adventure Line
(1986-1988) |
| UNIX |
|
312-782-8180
Chicago, IL |
EBG and Associates
(1981) |
| FORUM-80 |
|
312-784-8763
|
TRoU Mac Base System
(1987-1988) |
Steve Levinthal, Chuck Ross | |
|
312-786-1247
|
DePaul Library LCS System, DePaul University LCS System .
(1986-1994) |
| DATA |
|
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
|
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
|
312-789-1263
|
AE LINE: SWORD
(1984) |
| |
|
312-789-3610
|
AMIS Chicago, AMIS Clarendon Hills
(1982-1984) |
| |
|
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) |
| |
|
312-795-0871
|
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
|
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
|
|
312-819-6628
|
Midwest Telephony
(1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-827-0229
|
IBEW Locak 1220
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-830-0058
|
The Bartlett Exchange
(1986) |
| CCBS |
|
312-830-7572
|
Micro Systems Colossus
(1988) |
| |
|
312-831-1142
|
Video Etc. B.B.S.
(1988) |
| |
|
312-831-2691
|
The Desktopper
(1988) |
| |
|
312-832-6714
|
The Conspiracy Ae
(1987) |
| |
|
312-833-8126
|
Vpnet
(1988) |
| |
|
312-837-7100
|
Software Plus West
(1988) |
| |
|
312-837-7196
|
C.O.D.E.
(1988) |
| |
|
312-837-8996
|
MacPyramid
(1988) |
Brian Wink | |
|
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
|
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) |
| |
|
312-848-3394
|
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 |
|
312-851-9823
|
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
|
AmeriType
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
|
312-858-7580
|
Amiga last resource bbs
(1989-1991) |
| |
|
312-858-8087
|
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 |
|
312-869-2940
|
The CRDC Architect's Network
(1988) |
| |
|
312-870-7875
|
Metal Shop
(1986-1987) |
| Ascii Express |
|
312-872-8086
|
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 |
|
312-873-8360
|
Wild Bill's B B S, Wild Bill's B.B.S.
(1986) |
| CCBS |
|
312-876-0974
|
CBBS MAUDE Milwaukee, Maude - Milwaukee, Maude-Milwaukee, RBBS Milwaukee-Chicago Line
(1981-1991) |
| CBBS |
|
312-876-3652
|
SupportNet Chicago
(1989) |
Jerry Ablan | |
|
312-879-2751
|
The Steward's Ship
(1986) |
| AMIS |
|
312-880-5246
Chicago, IL |
Nucleus BBS
(1989-1990) |
Keith Powell | |
|
312-882-2926
Glen Ellyn, IL |
ABBS CODE
(1983-1985) |
| ABBS |
|
312-882-4145
|
PC Information Center
(1986) |
| IBBS |
|
312-882-4227
|
IBBS #1 11 lines 4000 files, Information Exchange, RBBS IBM PCmodem Chicago, Superboard
(1983-1991) |
Gene Plantz | RBBS |
|
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 |
|
312-885-2303
|
PC Information Center
(1988) |
| |
|
312-885-9557
|
IBBS 1-PCMODEM
(1989) |
| |
|
312-887-7870
|
Elek-Tek B.B.S., Elek-Tek BBS
(1988-1991) |
| PCBoard |
|
312-888-1112
South Elgin, IL |
Fox Valley Pet Users Group
(1989) |
David Bulkley | |
|
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 | |
|
312-889-1240
|
C.L.A.U.G., Chicagoland Atari User Group, Chicagoland Atari Users Group
(1985-1988) |
| AMIS |
|
312-892-0417
|
LOCHLEVEN
(1985) |
| AMIS |
|
312-893-6618
|
The Well of Souls, Well of Souls AE
(1987-1988) |
| |
|
312-894-9989
|
CPU BBS
(1989) |
George Mays | |
|
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 |
|
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
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the Lost Horizon BBS
(1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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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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312-907-1831
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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312-916-1200
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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312-925-2929
Chicago, IL |
WIZ BANG
(1985) |
| AMIS |
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312-925-8854
Chicago, IL |
Flowers, Spaces
(1988-1991) |
| PCBoard |
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312-927-1020
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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312-929-6634
Chicago, IL |
Home Again!
(1979-1997) |
William Johnson | |
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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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312-935-6809
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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312-945-1910
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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312-967-9425
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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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312-971-1736
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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312-973-2227
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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312-975-6546
Chicago, IL |
Manhole, The Manhole
(1988-1991) |
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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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312-983-6435
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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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312-989-4600
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The Electric Paradise
(1988) |
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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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312-995-0856
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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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223 Sysops currently listed.
614 BBSes Listed.
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