330 Area Code BBSes Through History (80's Version)

MAP OF THE 330 AREA CODE
330-253-9247
Akron, Ohio
Akron Connection, ECHO HUB 500
(1982-1996)
Terry RussellRemote Access
"I was the SysOp of this BBS. I run it non stop for 14 years. Originally it was on an Atari 800, with an Hayes 300 baud modem. At that time I was running a modified version of Amis BBS program. The name was Atari Express, and remained that way for about 6 years. At that point I want to attract more than the dewindling Atari userbase and decided to switch the name to Akron Connection when I switched over to an Atari 520ST to run it on. I run Michtron BBS software at that point with a 20 meg HD and supported Atari 8bit, Atari 16bit, C64/128, Amiga, and of course IBM compatables. Less than a year later I switched to a IBM clone and become a beta tester for Tim Purves PC version of Michtron BBS. Over the years I made many friends and met many people. Many are friends to this day. One such friend is Don Crano. He was the sysop of Rubber City Atari BBS. His BBS ran non stop for 1981 until 1997 I believe and was the oldest and longest running BBS in our area. Because of our strong ties in the Atari community we joined an Atari usergroup "Cuyahoga Vally Atari Users Group" Eventually become President and Vice President of it and I also was the newletter editor for many years. Well you have awakened many memories of a great era, thanks and I'm looking forward to reading your work." - Terry Russell
330-273-1340
BRUNSWICK, OH
Appleholic's BBS, Appleholic's FIDO #511, Northeast OH
(1987-1997)
Bob Abbott
330-273-8224
BRUNSWICK, OH
HCS BBS
(1983-1997)
Al HawkerGAP , Citadel, C-Net
330-273-8980
Cleveland, OH
HCS BBS
(1983-1997)
Al HawkerCitadel, CNET, GAP
"A friend of mine happened to be searching for something and came across your list. I figured I might as well give you the correct info. HCS BBS was run in Brunswick, Ohio, but was always listed as Cleveland because I relayed FIDO and several other nationwide mail packages. HCS was actually around since 1983 and started originally running Citadel on a CP/M OS, then I went to a CNET board on a Commodore, and eventually a multi-node GAP BBS running on a DOS/Windows systems. The GAP version of HCS BBS ran from 1987 to 1997 by itself. My GAP software was licensed for 99 nodes, however, the most nodes I ever ran was 9 or so. I wrote several doors for GAP and PCBoard systems. When I started the Board, I was running 300 baud (high speed for that time) and was at 56K when I shutdown. You'll even find HCS listed in the GAP BBS manuals (if you could find one). Just thought you'd like a little better detail. Thanks... Al Hawker"
330-334-4560
Wadsworth, OH
Grizzly BBS
(1981-1996)
Chris HarperMaximus BBS
"Fidonet NET 2215 Coordinator / Founder - Started Grizzly BBS on a 3 floppy disk Tandy HX with the assistance of Dan Steil of Pegasus BBS. Soon after upgraded to a new computer with Hard drives." - Chris Harper
330-339-1533
NEW PHILADELPHI, OH
The Reaper of Darkness
(1982-1996)
John Angelo
330-339-4592
NEW PHILADELPHI, OH
Ace of Spades BBS, The Ace of Spades, The Ace of Spades BBS
(1988-1997)
David Proper, (Dr. Nibble)Maximus
330-434-5431
AKRON, OH
STar FLeet HQ
(1982-1996)
Drew Klenotic
330-456-8856
CANTON, OH
Hall Of Fame BBS, Net 2216 Echomail Coordinator, Stark Hub
(1982-2001)
Dennis HaddoxTriBBS
330-477-1661
CANTON, OH
The Confederate BBS
(1982-1997)
Thom Davis
330-477-2547
CANTON, OH
Land of Exile, The Immortal
(1982-1996)
Jay Moock
330-527-4123
GARRETTSVILLE, OH
The Doghouse
(1982-1996)
330-534-8937
HUBBARD, OH
Compu-Tech BBS, Echo Hub, Madhouse BBS
(1982-2001)
Richard K. Foley, Richard Foley
330-542-0822
NORTH LIMA, OH
Data Express
(1982-1996)
Mark Stanchin
330-544-4022
NILES, OH
Host - State Line , Security Systems, State Line OH/PA, Steel Valley , Steel Valley , Steel Valley ][
(1989-1997)
Shane Gouseman, Orren Zook
330-545-0093
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Mud Puppy Opus, State Line OH/PA, Steel Valley , Steel Valley I, Steel Valley II, Steel Valley II , Steel Valley Opus, SteelValley, SVBBSystem II, The Missing Lynx, The Missing LYNX
(1987-1999)
Orren Zook, Moderator
330-545-2318
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Echo Hub (via PC), Echo Hub(Planet Connect), Echo Mail Hub, PC-Echo SVBBS1, SLNorth, State Line OH/PA, Steel Valley , Steel Valley , Steel Valley I, Steel Valley II, Steel Valley ][, SVBBSystem I, The Crystal Palace
(1989-2001)
Orren Zook, Mike, Moderator
330-545-6739
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
State Line OH/PA, SVBBSystem I, SVBBSystem III
(1982-1996)
Orren Zook
330-588-9690
CANTON, OH
Beyond The Fringe BBS, Beyond The Illusion BBS, Beyond The Illusion BBS GateWay, Beyond The Illusion BBS TCP/IP, Beyond The Illusion BBS.Com, Beyond-The-Illusion BBS, Beyond-The-Illusion.Com BBS, Net 2215 GateWay, Net 2215 Internet GateWay, Net 2215 UUCP GateWay
(1982-2001)
Jerry Kinsley, ftnadmin, jkinsley, J S Kinsley
330-628-4860
MOGADORE, OH
Patriot BBS, The FallOut Shelter, The Patriot
(1982-2001)
Glen Gilbert
330-637-8397
CORTLAND, OH
Love Board, The Love Board
(1989-2001)
Carl DeleoQuickBBS
330-655-9626
HUDSON, OH
Freedom BBS
(1982-2001)
Brian Hart
330-665-4551
MONTROSE (SUMMI, OH
AIE BBS, Akron Info Exchange
(1982-1997)
Justin SpiesPCBoard
330-673-4276
KENT, OH
Dagget Child
(1982-2001)
Rudy Pizzute
330-673-4906
KENT, OH
Slash/2
(1982-2001)
Doug Cullen
330-673-6233
KENT, OH
The Ghetto Bulletin Board
(1982-1996)
Tim Stahl
330-682-0567
ORRVILLE, OH
AL Bundy's, AL Bundy's BBS
(1982-1996)
Steve Kasner
330-686-1921
AKRON, OH
LIBERTY BBS
(1982-2001)
Jim Turrin
330-686-6236
AKRON, OH
Comedy Club BBS
(1982-2001)
Fred Fortin
330-688-3111
AKRON, OH
ECHO HUB 800, Realquick's ELS
(1982-1996)
Pat Morrow
330-699-4474
UNIONTOWN, OH
SoftLink BBS
(1982-2001)
Garey Smiley
330-724-6375
AKRON, OH
Net 2215 Echomail Coordinator
(1982-1996)
Ray Wilson
330-726-2620
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Rusty & Eddie's, Rusty & Eddie's BBS, Rusty & Edie's BBS, Rusty & Edie's PCB, Rusty and Edie's BBS (33 nodes), Rusty n Edie's, Rusty n' Edie's BBS, Rusty&Edie, Rusty&Edie 1, Rusty&Edie's, Rusty-N-Edie's
(1987-1996)
Russ/Edwina Hardenburgh, R. HardenburghPCBoard
330-757-2372
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
DS-1 (Data Station #1), DS1 (Data Station #1)
(1982-1996)
John Whitinger
330-759-3297
Youngstown, OH
The Enterprise
(1984-1987)
Edward SaadiRIBIT BBS
330-782-8970
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
Woodbutcher's BBS
(1982-1996)
Mike Calzo
330-867-6984
AKRON, OH
Hamnet, The Buckeye Hamshack
(1987-2001)
Ken Dorsey
330-867-8727
AKRON, OH
Midnight Express
(1982-2001)
Ryan Potts
330-872-5850
NEWTON FALLS, OH
Devil's Den
(1982-1996)
Dwayne Fetterolf
330-878-7031
STRASBURG, OH
ThE DaTa ZoNe, The Digital Dreamland
(1982-1996)
Eric Rusk
330-922-3142
AKRON, OH
The Cove BBS
(1982-1997)
Richard Cross
40 Sysops currently listed.
41 BBSes Listed.