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"FoReM-Net Node 20"
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317-255-4952
Indianapolis, IN |
PMS - Indianapolis, PMS Indianapolis, IN
(1985) |
| PMS |
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317-255-5435
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
PET BBS AVC Comline
(1982-1983) |
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317-257-1208
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
The Brazen Dragon Atari BBS
(1983-1986) |
David McNett | AMIS, FoReM 26M, Carina |
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317-259-7289
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
PC-Archive PEP
(1989) |
Betty Strum, Robert Hoquim | |
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317-271-5059
Indianapolis, IN |
The T.A.R.D.I.S BBS
(1985-1992) |
The Doctor (Doc or Tom O'Nan), Thomas O'Nan | Prime for Apple //e |
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"I ran this BBS for many years, it started out in Terre Haute, Indiana and then moved to Indianapolis. The main point of this BBS was the wonderful message system and it's e-mail. In those days the BBS community was primarily a place where IBM files were exchanged, not much interest was made on community and comversation. This BBS was outside the norm in that there were very few downloads and literally millions of messages. It ran on a single phone line with a sysop screen where I could see what was going on. At the end the system had passed over 11 million e-mail messages between the users and there were over 40,000 messages on the active system. The end came when a few BAD users found a weakness in the error correcting modem technology and began war dialing the system to lock up the modem and shut down the system, this always required the sysop to manually reset the system, the software was never upgraded to allow for the error correcting modems to work right. In the end, the system was too hard to maintain after months of the war dialing and was shut down. The children who were responsible for the shut down, in the end, were found out and did pay the penalty, but a good and fun community BBS never recovered and soon the Internet came and BBS times were over. It was fun while it lasted." - Thomas O'Nan "I'd like to add something about the TARDIS bbs. I was one of it's users and think it's a shame what happened to it, we all loved this bbs for many years as it was a community. But more than that Doc provided something different, a ladies only section that was really for the ladies only, I mean he let us run that part of his board, even he stayed out of it, he had a couple of other ladies who were cosysops who ran the ladies board. During the BBS years when a female got on a BBS it was usually a nightmare with all sorts of people hitting on you, Doc didn't allow that, he kept the peace, he also didn't allow flame wars like you'd see on many other boards. I know that you also didn't want to get on his bad side, if you did, you would loose your privileges, one user got way out of hand at one time and Doc didn't kick him off, he just restricted him to the Red Button and Logoff commands. The bbs itself was pretty neat, it was based on the Doctor Who TV show and had many references to the show placed in it, but if you didn't know anything about Doctor Who, you could still get around, there was a general bbs room, a science room, a teen room, the ladies room, an adult room and a few more. There was a little download area for those would couldn't live without one and there were a few games. He also had a strange sense of humor, like a command button called THE RED BUTTON (never push), and warnings all over the place about not pushing the red button, of course you HAD to push it, and guess what, you were instantly logged off and disconnected, no damage though. He also had an Eliza program that many thought really was The Doctor, a couple of simple games and if he was there, you could page him to chat. Because some people would monopolize the board playing games there were time limits, this helped because it was only a single line BBS, if you participated a lot in the conversations, you would be given more time. It was neat, I'd sometimes take much of my time reading everything that people had to say, then I'd have to come back again to say what I wanted to say, Doc ended up giving me two more hours of time because I was a good girl :) I don't know where Doc is now, but I've always wanted to thank him for doing what he did and putting up with us. Thanks." - Tilly M
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317-274-3251
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
IREDI Fido
(1986-1988) |
Roger Stough | FidoNet |
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317-284-0796
INDIANAPOLIS IN, IN |
Muncie MicroLink
(1985-1994) |
Steve Stewart | PCBoard, PCBoard v15.0 |
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317-290-9070
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Falx Cerebri Amiga, Falx Cerebri QBBS
(1989-1995) |
Casey Schaphorst | |
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317-291-7827
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Direct Access
(1989-1996) |
Vince Caldeira | PCBoard
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317-293-8630
Indianapolis, IN |
CompuSTUFF, CompuSTUFF BBS
(1988-1995) |
Jim Hamilton | TBBS 2.2 |
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317-297-2260
Indianapolis, IN |
INDY
(1987-1998) |
Dan Taylor | Virtual BBS; Color64 |
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"Started out as a single node system running on a C-64 using Color64 BBS software runnning in all basic. System had a 256K Ram Expander and 8 disk drives chained together...a real nightmare to keep up and running. Finally switched to VBBS, eventually runnning 2 nodes on 1 machine using Desqview, then finally 2 machines networked running Windows 95 with 15 cd-rom drives for downloads. After 11 years and an unforeseen move, it was time to throw in the towel as many users decided it was time for the internet. I learned a lot, loved running the system, and made several friends over the years." - Dan Taylor
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317-298-8490
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Luna Free State
(1988-1990) |
Mycroft Holmes | STadel3.1f |
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317-299-6334
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Night Bird REL 225M
(1987-1991) |
Don Morrison | |
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317-326-3833
WILLOW BRANCH, IN |
NET-WORKS Greenfield
(1982-1983) |
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317-326-4152
WILLOW BRANCH, IN |
NET-WORKS Greenfield
(1983) |
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317-331-1258
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Straycat! BBS Engelen
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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317-351-7947
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
IBM Connx
(1987-1989) |
Rex Hankins | |
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317-353-2973
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Paladen BBS, The Paladen BBS
(1989-1997) |
Rob Haverly | |
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317-353-9981
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Reg 11 SDS Coord, Reg 11 SDSCoord, Reg11 SDSCoord, Some Place BBS, Someplace
, Someplace BBS, SomePlace QuickBBS
(1989-1996) |
Mike Shepard | QuickBBS
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317-356-5113
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
The Claw
(1988) |
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317-359-5199
Indianapolis, IN |
ClassiComputerFieds, T-CON, Traders' Connection, TRADERS' CONNECTION, Classi Computer Fieds, TCON
(1982-1996) |
Steven Edsall, Steve Edsall/Trader Newspaper, C. Hanrrahan | custom |
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TRADERS' CONNECTION, Featuring the largest classified ad database in the world! Search over 500,000 ads from independent classified ad papers across the U.S., quickly and easily. But that's not all. T-CON also offers national e-mail, live chat, special interest groups (SIG's), tons of files, technical help and advice, and lively discussion groups covering everything from politics and religion to photography and aviation. T-CON is everything you would expect from a full-service, national BBS. National access available for as low as $2/Hr. Try us out — Free! Dial (317) 359-5199 for a free demo, to join or to find the local access number for your area. You will be impressed with all we have to offer. Call toll free 800-753-4223 voice for more information. - BBS Magazine November, 1994 Online System for Classified Advertisements
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317-359-9510
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
The Kobayashi Maru
(1988) |
Scott Goehring | |
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317-362-6972
ROACHDALE, IN |
TC Net PC BBS
(1988) |
Robert White | |
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317-364-9600
Crawfordsville, IN |
Unique & Nifty BBS, Unique and Nifty
(1988-1997) |
Tim McCormick, John Everman | Wildcat |
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317-384-5234
ROACHDALE, IN |
Marion PC-SIG BBS
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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317-423-2281
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Lafayette IN Net, Starship Trooper
(1986-1988) |
Steve Gerber | |
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317-447-6685
Lafayette, IN |
mdbs BBS #1, The mdbs Connection
(1989-1994) |
Cindy Schnepp, Daniel Lawrence, Sheryl Bower | OPUS |
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317-447-7137
ROACHDALE, IN |
Lover's Lane
(1988) |
Bob Carrico | |
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317-448-9083
GREENFIELD, IN |
The TimePortal
(1989) |
Tom Hutchinson | |
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317-452-1535
Galveston, IN |
Bible, BIBLE BBS, Bible Board, BIBLE BOARD
, Bible Bulletin Board
(1986-1994) |
Tony Capoccia | |
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317-455-6813
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Some Place
(1982-1997) |
Mike Shepard | |
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317-457-9100
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Indiana Board, Kokomo RBBS Genl Interest, Kokomo,pgmg
(1987-1996) |
Mike Hebert | RBBS |
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317-462-1461
GREENFIELD, IN |
Realty Connx, The Gold Mine
(1987-1991) |
Gary Davis | PCBoard |
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317-463-3548
W Lafayette, IN |
BBS IBM Hostcomm W. Lafayette, Hostcomm West Lafayette
(1984-1985) |
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317-463-4102
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LPCUG
(1987-1988) |
Timothy Lange | |
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317-463-4592
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Notefile
(1984) |
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317-482-1079
Lebanon, IN |
The Gatorboard
(1986) |
Derk Gates | |
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317-492-7008
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North Vermillion JR/SR High School
(1982-1998) |
C.T. Wagoner | |
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317-494-0807
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Purdue University Computing Center BBS
(1989-1991) |
Timothy Lange | |
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317-494-6643
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Facts, FACTS BBS, FAST AGRIC. COMM. TERMINAL (FACTS)
, FBBS #1
(1983-1994) |
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317-495-4257
GREENWOOD, IN |
The Phoenix BBS
(1989) |
Todd Warrix | |
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317-495-4270
GREENWOOD, IN |
Night-Staff
(1987) |
Steve Weinrich | |
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317-495-4305
GREENWOOD, IN |
Access Violation
(1987-1988) |
Scott Goehring | |
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317-497-4718
Lafayette, IN |
High Flight, Net 201 NEC
(1989) |
Steve Stombaugh | |
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317-525-6920
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
The Catacombs BBS
(1988) |
Mike Phillips | |
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317-545-0930
Indianapolis, IN |
Microcosm
(1985-1999) |
David Burton | TriBBS |
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317-546-4944
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
C.P.U. Inc
(1988) |
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317-547-8868
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Cuckoo's Nest, Cuckoo's Nest, The
(1987-1990) |
Prince Artagel | Cit68k 2, Cit68k 2.14 |
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317-563-3713
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R.E. Frost & Associates
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
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317-567-2143
FISHERS, IN |
Duncan Communications, Duncan Notefile Comm
(1985-1994) |
Malcolm Duncan | |
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317-575-9435
CARMEL, IN |
Endless Power
(1988-1990) |
Jeff Neese | STadel-PC |
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317-577-1930
FISHERS, IN |
Critical Condition
(1988-1990) |
Jason Massey | StadelPC |
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317-583-4909
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The Great Un-Named BBS
(1989) |
Phil Davis | |
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317-631-9942
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Hoosier UG
(1989) |
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317-643-6569
GREENWOOD, IN |
D.F.T.P. BBS, NET 2255 ECHOMAIL COORDINATOR
(1982-1997) |
Bruce Gerard | |
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317-644-2218
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
AMCON
(1988-1989) |
Doc Fischer | |
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317-644-3039
Anderson, IN |
EAST CENTRAL IN NET, NET 2255 ECHOMAIL COORDINATOR, Net 2255 Treasurer, The I O Board, The I. O. Board, The I.O. Board, The I.O. Board BBS
(1987-2001) |
Bert Happel | Opus
, Fido, Maximus |
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"The BBS began as a daytime, weekdays only system running on my single phone line in my apartment. Over it's lifetime it answered nearly 100,000 calls and had a user database of nearly 500 callers." - Bert Happel
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317-653-7153
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Putnam CCC, Putnam Computer Club
(1987-1994) |
Shipman,etc. | |
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317-662-1150
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The Good News BBS
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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317-742-5533
Lafayette, IN |
AULTerNET Solution (HST), Direct to Dopey, Lafayette Net, Local Echo Coord, Programmer's Room, The Programmer's Room
(1987-1995) |
Steve Michaels, Daniel Lawrence, Curtis Smith, Don Ault, Mdbs Inc | |
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317-743-0569
Lafayette, IN |
Lafayette PC Users Group
(1989-1990) |
Don Ault | |
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317-743-1117
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The Jungle
(1989) |
Jeff Boerio | |
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317-743-1602
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The Wabash BBS
(1988) |
Mike Blackmon | |
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317-743-5441
Lafayette, IN |
AULTer-NET Solution, AULTer-NET Solution (HST), AULTerNET Solution (HST), Lafayette Net
(1988-1990) |
Don Ault | |
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317-743-6762
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The Boiler Room
(1987) |
| GBBS Pro |
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317-743-8667
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VON'S ELECTRONICS
(1984) |
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317-759-5154
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Aurora OPUS, BSU Aurora OPUS, Indiana Legal Net
(1989-1990) |
Tim Crammer | |
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317-773-7316
NOBLESVILLE, IN |
Indy Net One
(1985-1996) |
Paul McLear | RBBS |
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317-773-7757
NOBLESVILLE, IN |
Hypercube
(1988-1990) |
Death by Torture | Cit86 V3 |
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317-782-3220
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
BYTE LINE, Byteline, CENTRAL INDY FIDO NET
(1987-1989) |
Chuck Ober, Chuck Obeym | FidoNet |
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317-787-5486
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
PMS - Indianapolis
(1982-1984) |
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317-787-9881
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
ONLINE Indianapolis
(1982-1983) |
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317-788-7770
Indianapolis, IN |
Central IN Fidonet, Myers Investigations BBS, The CopStop BBS
(1986-1996) |
David Myers | FidoNet |
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From the September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: Indianapolis, Indiana since 12/86. Sysop: David Myers. Using Renegade v7-17 with 1 line on MS-DOS with 3200 MB storage. Zoom at 28800 bps. No fee. Indiana's only Law Enforcement & Public Safety BBS. Open to the general public as well. Over 3.2 gigs of software. SafetyNet, PoliceNet, FidoNet. Over 30 online games. World HQ for the PoliceNet Search & Recovery diving echo.
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317-825-6521
SHELBYVILLE, IN |
Atec
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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317-831-1827
MOORESVILLE, IN |
Handy Magazine, Handy Magazine BBS, HANDY SERVICES, Handy Services BBS, Reg 11 SDS Coord
(1988-1997) |
Terry Fields | |
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317-839-1250
PLAINFIELD, IN |
Westside Story BBS
(1989-1990) |
Mark Hand | |
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317-839-4270
PLAINFIELD, IN |
The HideOut
(1989-1995) |
Derek Crager | Wildcat |
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"I ran a one line BBS until my good friend Guy Damlovac(Shuttle BBS), moved here. We played with PC Board on DOS. Used a memory swapping utility to get DOS to support two lines. Within the summer I switched to OS/2 and had three lines running with no problem. The internet came to town in mid 90's and I ran WildCat via IP over the internet for a short time, but the thrill died away as other internet tools evolved. Great thrills. Great times. Great Friends." - Derek Crager
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317-842-2208
FISHERS, IN |
Indy PC Users Bd
(1985-1986) |
Tony Moleta | |
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317-842-7564
FISHERS, IN |
Funny Farm
(1987) |
Loony Tunes | STadel3.1e |
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317-842-7728
FISHERS, IN |
Master S/W 7pm-7:30am, Master Software
(1987-1991) |
Dave Appel | |
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317-843-2855
CARMEL, IN |
Indianapolis Bus. Board, Indianapolis BusBrd
(1987-1991) |
Shawn Steiner | PCBoard |
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317-844-0034
CARMEL, IN |
Meadow Party
(1987) |
John Stimson | Cit86 V?? |
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317-845-6391
FISHERS, IN |
Indy Net One, IndyNet One
(1987-1994) |
Paul McLear | |
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317-846-8675
CARMEL, IN |
Indy Connection
(1985) |
Paul McLear | |
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317-846-8917
CARMEL, IN |
Testing Station, The Testing Station
(1989-1995) |
| Wildcat! |
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317-849-9681
FISHERS, IN |
Critical Condition
(1989) |
Jason Massey | |
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317-856-2087
Indianapolis, IN |
PBS-BBS, Public Brand Software 1, Public Brand Software BBS, Public Brand Software Technical Support
(1985-1996) |
Tony Moleta | PCBoard
|
|
List of BBS List Keepers: ASP BBS Member List/Bob Ostrander
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317-862-3908
ACTON, IN |
Chris's Board
(1986) |
Bill Rall | |
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317-862-5966
ACTON, IN |
IND IBM-PC UG, Indianapolis PC Users Board, Indy PC Users Bd
, PC Den, PC-Den
, PC-User's Group
(1985-1996) |
Tony Moleta, Anthony Moleta | PCBoard
|
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317-866-0725
New Market, IN |
The Unique & Nifty BBS
(1988-1997) |
Tim McCormick, John Everman | Wildcat |
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317-875-8487
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
HST Express, Indy Connection
(1987-1991) |
Mike Allen, Mike Allen Jr. | |
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317-881-3849
GREENWOOD, IN |
Indianapolis EpsonNet, TBBS Stewards
(1985-1989) |
Steve Brown | |
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317-881-4369
GREENWOOD, IN |
Grafted Branch BBS, GraftedBranch, The Grafted Branch
(1989-1996) |
Dave Julius | |
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317-882-5575
Indianapolis, IN |
I.B.M. Network Connection, IBM NET CONNECTION, IBM-Net Connection, IBM-Net Connx, IBM-NET PCB6 REL 1.2gig, IBMNET Connection, Net 231 NEC, IBM-NET Connection
(1987-1999) |
Rex Hankins, Rex Hawkins | PCBoard
|
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317-882-9330
GREENWOOD, IN |
Central IN Fido Net, South Side, SOUTHSIDE BBS, SouthSide Comp., Southside Computerists, The SouthSide BBS
(1987-1991) |
Brian Murray, Brian Murrey, KB9BVN | FidoNet |
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317-883-5710
Russiaville, IN |
The Board Of Oblivion
(1985-1995) |
David D Stanton | EBBS, Genesis Deluxe |
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"The SysOp was 9 Years Old (Born 2nd July 1974) making him one of the youngest SysOps when the BBS was opened." - David Stanton
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317-883-7510
Russiaville, IN |
The Board Of Oblivion
(1985-1995) |
David Stanton (aka Armisis Aieoln) | EBBS Genesis Deluxe and Many Others |
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"The BBS moved from time to time so the number changed, Bill And Teds was a neighbor BBS. Started on a C64 evolved and ended on a 486. Peak User count was over 275 registered and active users." - David Stanton
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317-885-7243
GREENWOOD, IN |
Grafted Branch II
(1989) |
Shawn Champ | |
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317-885-8477
GREENWOOD, IN |
AdLib User Group, Graphics Exchange
(1989-1990) |
Brad Hehe | |
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317-888-3929
GREENWOOD, IN |
Greenwood Conn, Greenwood Conn.
(1987-1991) |
Bob Westwater | PCBoard |
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317-898-8411
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Advanced Microdata BBS
(1989-1990) |
Royce Bourne | |
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317-923-5691
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Data Mgmt Group
(1989) |
James Caldwell | |
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317-925-6664
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Prof'ls Choice
(1987-1989) |
Bob Predaina | |
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317-925-7273
INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
Prof'ls Choice, Prof'ls Choice PCB 160m, Professional's Choice, Professionals Choice, The Professionals Choice, Profesional's Choice
(1988-1996) |
Bob Predaina | PCBoard
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317-962-1244
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Fort Knox
(1988) |
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89 Sysops currently listed.
111 BBSes Listed.
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