The FXTerm client software was extremely | popular, however the BBS did keep a ASCII/ANSI menu | system for navigation and door games as Mustang systems | were still very popular at the time. Door games included | fully registered: Tradewars 2002 with expansions (Borg, | Pirates, etc.), Baron Realms Elite, Legend of the Red | Dragon, Solar Realms Elite, Poker, Junkyard Wars, as well | as a few demo door games. Popular games for download, at | the time, were Castle Wolfenstein, Duke Nukem, Doom, | Commander Keen, and many casino-related games. Packet | mail was popular and nightly sends were done originally | via phone line FidoNet, then upgraded to Planet Connect | 12 inch satellite dish system.
It was popular in the | very small, Midwestern town and locla areas. However, it | was always a free system with paid-subscribers only | benefitting from longer session times (all features were | available to everyone). The extra costs of running it | were absorbed as a labor of love. But, with the small | community finally getting decent Internet service | providers it was decided to close down as the competition | would have been too great. A special thanks goes to | fellow SysOps in the same town, and friends Timothy | Wagoner (Signal Butte BBS) and brother Steve Wagoner (The | Dragon's Den) for really inspiring and helping me to | develop my modest little BBS. Theirs were truly the "big | dogs" in the area and widely respected. Great guys. Great | BBS's.
What a wonderful time. The charm of BBS's has | never worn off and honestly, can't be replaced by the | World Wide Web. I have very fond memories of the time, | learning the system, and creating the RoboBoard graphical | pages. Being a SysOp was a gratifying hobby during a | heydey period of BBS history." - Dan Mowry --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-232-7216 | LIMBO (Lonely In Montana BOard) | MILES CITY, MT (1985) SYSOP | James Birkholz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-243-2923 | U of M BBS | MISSOULA, MT (1991-1994) SYSOP | Bill Patton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-245-3793 | Snowy Mountain BBS | BILLINGS, MT (1994-1995) SYSOP | John Neafus --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-247-2154 | BSH Tech Lab BBS | BILLINGS, MT (1998-1999) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-248-4178 | Dakota Panther | BILLINGS, MT (1994-1996) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-251-4427 | Garden City Micronet | Missoula, MT (1992-1993) SYSOP | Ron Powell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-251-4662 | Garden City Micronet | MISSOULA-SOUTH, MT (1992) SYSOP | Ron Powell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-251-4781 | MontanaCafe, The Montana Cafe | MISSOULA-SOUTH, MT (1989-1994) SYSOP | Jim Anderson SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-251-4895 | Malfunction Junction | Missoula, MT (1991-1994) SYSOP | Chad Payne SOFTWARE | Searchlight COMMENTS | "Malfunction Junction was started as a single line BBS in | my dorm room at the University of Montana in 1991 and | eventually grew to four lines by 1994. The focus was not | file downloading as many BBSes at the time were, but was | designed to create a local online community where people | could meet and get to know each other. We had many | different forums from Politics to fictitious online bars, | and had regular local BBS meetings where the users would | meet in person. We even had one couple who met at one of | our BBS parties get married. Malfunction Junction was | also unique in that it allowed the users to start new | forums at any time with the subject matter of their | choice and be a mini-sysop of their own forum. During | its run it was the most popular BBS in Western Montana | and had over 600 regular users from all walks of life." - | Chad Payne --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-251-4899 | Montana MediaNet | Missoula, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Chad Payne SOFTWARE | Searchlight COMMENTS | "In 1994 after Malfunction Junction BBS had been running | for three years I moved requiring a change of BBS phone | number. At the time I also changed the name of the BBS | to Montana MediaNET with the plan to make it a regional | online information center. In addition to all that | Malfunction Junction offered, I added two more lines for | a total of six allowing online chatting which was a | novelty back then, and added hundreds of forums from | several BBS networks as well as daily network news feeds. | Games and files were added and the plan was really to | make this THE Online destination in the region. | Unfortunately for BBSes as history notes, the Internet | was discovered around the same time. Montana MediaNET was | one of the first BBSes in the area to add Internet e- | mail, but by 1996 the Internet was too great of a force | and callers diminished. Six lines were no longer | necessary so we went back to four, and then eventually | the BBS shut down by July of 1996. It was a great time | in history and I often lament the loss of the local BBS. | The internet is great but the local aspect of the BBS is | what is lost forever." - Chad Payne --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-252-1984 | Aurora | BILLINGS, MT (1989-1992) SYSOP | Ryan Hilliard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-252-4288 | HOCUS POCUS BBS, Land of the Lost, The Land of the Lost | BILLINGS, MT (1990-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-252-7224 | APPOKOLIPS, Appokolips RBBS | BILLINGS, MT (1993-1996) SYSOP | Dave Williams SOFTWARE | RBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-254-1977 | The Great Escape! | BILLINGS, MT (1996) SYSOP | Suzan Richardson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-255-3754 | Rimrock BBS | BILLINGS, MT (1991-1993) SYSOP | Curt Prchal --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-256-1301 | Grt Escape! | Billings, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | S. Richardson SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-256-2378 | Realm Dragons | BILLINGS, MT (1994-1996) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-256-3160 | Sunshine Soft | BILLINGS, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Jay Bohn SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-256-3454 | Billings Apple Users Group | BILLINGS, MT (1991-1994) SYSOP | Daren Critelli --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-256-8476 | Cyber Realms BBS | BILLINGS, MT (1995-1999) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-256-8717 | Magic City BBS | BILLINGS, MT (1985) SYSOP | Dave Williams --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-257-2983 | Sparky's Corner BBS, Sparkyscorner BBS | Kalispell, MT (1989-1997) SYSOP | Hal Krause SOFTWARE | PC Board COMMENTS | "SparkysCorner started the fall of 1989 as a way for a | fire department to communicate. Hence the name of the | fire dog "Sparky" started the BBS. At the peak running PC | Board there were 17 shareware CD's, Fido net, Usenet News | Groups, 3 phone lines, 7 PowerLan networked PCs, 3 gig of | online hard drive storage. Almost every month Computer | Shopper rated SparkysCorner as the largest BBS in Montana | based on the number of shareware files online." - Hal | Krause --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-257-5432 | PC-Mania! | Kalispell, MT (1991-1995) SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-258-2751 | Bad Luck BBS | MILLTOWN, MT (1994) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-259-4358 | Depletion Region | BILLINGS, MT (1986-1989) SYSOP | Dewey Reiland --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-259-5715 | Cyber Link BBS | BILLINGS, MT (1995-1999) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-259-6771 | Night Lights, The Night Lights | BILLINGS, MT (1995-1999) SOFTWARE | Magpie , TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-265-3218 | HHS BBS | HAVRE, MT (1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-265-4166 | NMC TBBS | HAVRE, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Roger Stone --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-265-4184 | Ag Net, AgNet, Agnet BBS, NMC TBBS | HAVRE, MT (1990-1996) SYSOP | Howland&Stone SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-265-5624 | Benden Weyr BBS | HAVRE, MT (1992-1995) SYSOP | Mike Wilson SOFTWARE | DLG COMMENTS | "Benden Weyr BBS of Havre, Montana was mine way back | when! I ran the BBS from around 1992-1995 but the | internet "explosion" took me out with it. I was also part | of FIDONet, but I don't remember any of the information | from back then. My bulletin board was run on my Amiga | 3000 with 5 hard drives ranging in size from 120 Mb up to | a whopping 340 Mb monster, 10 Mb of RAM and used a 30 Mhz | 68030 processor with 68882 math coprocessor." - Michael | D. Wilson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-266-5231 | MVP Registry BBS | TOWNSEND, MT (1990) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-273-3039 | Phil's Follies BBS | LOLO, MT (1996) SYSOP | Phil Bowman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-273-6399 | Valley Light BBS | LOLO, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Jay Michalik COMMENTS | ListKeeper: Montana Area --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-284-3120 | Net 3400 NEC, PC-Montana, PC-Montana BBS | MANHATTAN, MT (1992-1996) SYSOP | Dan Martin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-293-2016 | Mother Board BBS | LIBBY, MT (1998-1999) SYSOP | Eric Vinson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-293-3940 | Kings Stand RBBS, The King's Stand | LIBBY, MT (1990-1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-338-2728 | Blackfeet Country BBS | BROWNING, MT (1993-1995) SYSOP | Dan Barcus --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-353-2453 | Ft. Belknap BBS | HARLEM, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Frankie Johnson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-356-2928 | Mac's Mess | FORSYTH, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Mark Crosby --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-357-3723 | Hi-Line Hovel | CHINOOK, MT (1994) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-363-0811 | The Other Side RBBS | HAMILTON, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | William Cummins --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-363-5451 | The Bitterroot BBS | HAMILTON, MT (1991-1997) SYSOP | Anne Yenne --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-365-8132 | Badlands BBS | Glendive, MT (1991-1992) SYSOP | Marilyn Dutton, John Curtis --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-365-8608 | Badlands BBS | GLENDIVE, MT (1992-1996) SYSOP | John Curtis --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-385-2638 | ONS-80 | WESTBY, MT (1990-1991) SYSOP | Mark Onstad --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-423-5433 | Montana Net, Mystica, Russel Country, The Russell Country | BBS | Hobson, MT (1991-1995) SYSOP | Cynthia Denton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-423=5433 | Microstar Support | HOBSON, MT --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-442-3329 | WestNet, Westnut | HELENA, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Marshall Mayer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-442-7713 | DOS Util Exch Sys, DOS Util Exch Sys , DOS UtilExchSys, | The DOS Utilities Exchange System | HELENA, MT (1987-1994) SYSOP | Bob Romney SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-442-8602 | The Corner Stone BBS | HELENA, MT (1996) SYSOP | Mike Monroe --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-443-2768 | Helena Valley RBBS/RCPM, RCP/M RBBS Helena Valley | HELENA, MT (1983-1985) SYSOP | Marion Thompson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-443-7508 | Worthy Computer | Helena, MT (1993) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-444-2068 | MET NET BBS | HELENA, MT (1991-1993) SYSOP | Bob Morris, Betsy Nordell, METNET Sysop --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-444-3481 | OPI RCP/M | HELENA, MT (1985) SYSOP | Bill Connett, John Heinrich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-444-5244 | MET NET BBS | HELENA, MT (1993-1996) SYSOP | Betsy Nordell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-448-2525 | Homeport BBS GT1500 AV ED MED | NORTH POPLAR, MT (1990-1991) SYSOP | S Ricciardelli --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-449-5633 | Civil Net | HELENA, MT (1994-1996) SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-449-8201 | RATS | HELENA, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Rich McBride --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-449-8733 | Castle Darkmor | HELENA, MT (1995-1999) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-1968 | Flying Dutchman | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1993) SYSOP | Phil Money --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-3204 | The Phoenix | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994) SYSOP | Mark Cerveny --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-3660 | The Amiga Starport | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1993) SYSOP | Joe Brown --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-4210 | Addiction 680X0, The Flying Dutchman | GREAT FALLS, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Reggie Ahlfield, Phil Money --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-4760 | The Compiler | GREAT FALLS, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Kelly Burton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-5025 | The Flying Dutchman | GREAT FALLS, MT (1991-1994) SYSOP | Phil Money --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-5027 | Mulligans | GREAT FALLS, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Scott Rohloff --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-6516 | Paupers Kitchen | GREAT FALLS, MT (1993) SYSOP | Jeff Svir --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-6552 | Just For Fun | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Michele Moss --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-7462 | High Plains OPUS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1990-1992) SYSOP | Keven Swenson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-7947 | The Styx BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994) SYSOP | Heather Peyton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-8162 | Addiction 680X0 | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992) SYSOP | Reggie Ahlfield --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-9896 | AD ASTRA, Ishtar Rising! | GREAT FALLS, MT (1991-1997) SYSOP | Steve Rudzinski, Chloe Rudzinski --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-452-9942 | Del's Den, Del's Den BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1993-1996) SYSOP | Jeff Delzer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-453-0672 | Graveyard Shift | GREAT FALLS, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Rollin Grey --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-453-0757 | The Phoenix | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Mark Cerveny --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-453-1040 | The Maxlogic BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994) SYSOP | Dave Ramey --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-453-2108 | The Rising Shadow | GREAT FALLS, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Robert Bradley --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-453-2156 | Rocky Mountain BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Chip Guthrie --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-453-4780 | The Loading Bench | GREAT FALLS, MT (1991) SYSOP | Mark Cerveny --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-453-6302 | Rocky Mountain BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994) SYSOP | Chip Guthrie --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-453-8162 | Addiction 680x0 | Great Falls, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Reggie Ahlfield SOFTWARE | paragon - Amiga ; Maximus - x86 platform COMMENTS | "I originally started Addiction 680x0 on an Amiga 500 | with about 1 meg of RAM and at times ran it with nothing | more than 2 floppy drives. After the decline of the | Amiga I finally gave in around 93 or so and switched to a | DOS based BBS called Maximus. I ran the BBS while | stationed in Great Falls in the Air Force. After leaving | MT, I got involved in the internet in 94 and have been | working with it ever since. For anyone who was | wondering, the name was because computers were my | addiction. I got a lot of first time callers thinking | the BBS was for other types of addiction. The 680x0 | refers to the motorola CPU used in the Amiga, and after | switching to Maximus, the name was changed to Addiction | to the Max. Thanks for providing your list. It brings | back a lot of memories." - Reggie Ahlfield --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-453-9318 | Rocky Mountain BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994) SYSOP | Chip Guthrie --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-454-0543 | Midnight Computing Service, MidniteComp | GREAT FALLS, MT (1989-1994) SYSOP | John Adams SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-454-2250 | Addiction 680X0 | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1993) SYSOP | Reggie Ahlfield --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-454-2682 | Milo's Bloom County | GREAT FALLS, MT (1993-1995) SYSOP | Phil Helms --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-457-0547 | RATS | HELENA, MT (1996) SYSOP | Rich McBride --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-458-5631 | Montana Express BBS | HELENA-NORTH, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Bruce Greely --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-458-5844 | Byte Me BBS | Helena, MT (1993) SOFTWARE | WILDCAT --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-458-9379 | N7GXP's Ham Shack, N7GXP's HamShack BBS, WestNet BBS | HELENA-NORTH, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Steven Elwood --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-482-5211 | Community Memorial Hospital BBS | SIDNEY, MT (1991-1994) SYSOP | Annette Vaira --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-494-4728 | Ad Infinitum BBS | BUTTE, MT (1994) SYSOP | Kris Mihelich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-494-8012 | Butte Christian BBS | BUTTE, MT (1994) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-496-2047 | Mountain Valley BBS | BUTTE, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Kris Mihelich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-496-2049 | Silver Bow BBS | BUTTE, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Don Plessas --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-496-2050 | Mountain Valley BBS | BUTTE, MT (1994-1995) SYSOP | Kris Mihelich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-542-1011 | RATS | MISSOULA, MT (1994-1995) SYSOP | Rich McBride --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-542-3622 | The Big Sky BBS | MISSOULA, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Chad Newman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-543-4978 | The Joyous Occasion | Missoula, MT (1993-1995) SYSOP | Troy Dowding --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-543-5677 | ATOM BBS | MISSOULA, MT (1996) SYSOP | Jerry Bolin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-543-6356 | dISCO hOSPITAL, tHE dISCO hOSPITAL | Missoula, MT (1993-1995) SYSOP | Justin Case SOFTWARE | TELEGARD --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-543-6358 | Montana Medianet, Mountain Madness BBS | MISSOULA, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Chad Payne --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-543-8234 | Montana Banana, The Montana Banana BBS | Missoula, MT (1994-1996) SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-549-1318 | Bike Net, Bike-NET 17/45, BikeNet | MISSOULA, MT (1987-1994) SYSOP | John Williams --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-549-6325 | Montana MediaNet | MISSOULA, MT (1995) SYSOP | Chad Payne COMMENTS | ListKeeper: Searchlight BBS Systems --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-585-5353 | The Dragon's Lair | BOZEMAN, MT (1994) SYSOP | Barry Witham --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-586-1229 | Bozeman CLand | BOZEMAN, MT (1985-1988) SYSOP | Andrew Nobbs, Andrew Nobles --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-586-1320 | MVP REGISTRY | BOZEMAN, MT (1992-1993) SYSOP | Craig Spannring --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-587-5270 | Shederick's Roost BBS | BOZEMAN, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Robert Tieman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-628-2256 | CyberWoRld, CyberWorld/2, The Virtual Warehouse | LAUREL, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Joe Rykowski --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-642-3973 | Dreamland BBS | VICTOR, MT (1991-1993) SYSOP | Ed Clarke --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-642-5466 | The Great Awakening | VICTOR, MT (1996) SYSOP | Jason Bundy --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-652-2257 | Embassy TBBS | BILLINGS-WEST, MT (1990) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-652-3231 | The Underdark Domain | Billings, MT (1993) SYSOP | Darkstar --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-652-3356 | PwrUsers Anon | BILLINGS-WEST, MT (1989) SYSOP | Dewey Reiland SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-652-5630 | Fantasy of BOARDom | BILLINGS-WEST, MT (1993) SOFTWARE | Renegade --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-652-6881 | Hal the Trader | BILLINGS-WEST, MT (1986-1987) SYSOP | Ron Kline --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-652-9572 | Outland, OUTLAND BBS | BILLINGS-WEST, MT (1992-1996) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-655-3128 | Rimrock BBS | BILLINGS-WEST, MT (1993-1995) SYSOP | Curt Prchal --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-656-8124 | The 8th Dimension | BILLINGS-WEST, MT (1985-1986) SYSOP | Dave Williams --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-656-9624 | BBS IBM PC Billings, IBM PC BBS: Billings, MO | Billings, MO (1982-1985) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-665-1609 | MONTANA ONLINE | HARDIN, MT (1988) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-682-5271 | The Waste Land BBS | ENNIS, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Craig Sprout --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-683-2669 | TinySky | DILLON, MT (1991-1993) SYSOP | Lee Hoyrup --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-683-4156 | Home Port BBS | DILLON, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | David Rigg --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-683-4809 | Beaverhead BBS | DILLON, MT (1991-1994) SYSOP | Kevin Engellant --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-683-6552 | Midnite Net | DILLON, MT (1992-1993) SYSOP | Joe Drivdahl --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-683-7696 | Tiny Sky, TinySky | DILLON, MT (1990-1995) SYSOP | Lee Hoyrup, Frank Odasz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-721-2105 | Cybercycosis | Missoula, MT (1993) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-721-4163 | Montana Cafe | MISSOULA, MT (1991) SYSOP | Jim Anderson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-721-6647 | CyberNet, ETERNITY, Micha U S Computers, Micha U.S. | Computers, OPUS:The New Purvilliance, | Micha U.S. Computers. | Missoula, MT (1988-1995) SYSOP | Micha Richardson, Monette Corrine --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-721-7170 | Phil's Follies | MISSOULA, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Phil Bowman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-721-7314 | Montana Cafe, MONTANA CAFE BBS | MISSOULA, MT (1989-1991) SYSOP | Jim Anderson SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-721-8502 | Hocus Pocus, HocusPocus | MISSOULA, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Russell Mangel SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-723-4319 | Mountain Valley BBS | BUTTE, MT (1991-1992) SYSOP | Kris Mihelich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-723-5870 | Silver Bow BBS | BUTTE, MT (1991-1992) SYSOP | Don Plessas --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-0239 | The Reaper's BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992) SYSOP | Paul C. Hardy --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-0541 | Midnight Express | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Ron Demuth --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-0826 | Family Keeper, Sulu's Enterprise Too! | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1995) SYSOP | Paul Ingels --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-1212 | Genesis, Genesis #2, Net 3400 NEC | GREAT FALLS, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Steve Geberth --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-1693 | Gannelon's Keep | GREAT FALLS, MT (1996) SYSOP | Michael Anderson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-1814 | The CPU BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Jim Carver --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-2851 | OutLand, Outland BBS, The Christian Connection | Great Falls, MT (1991-1994) SYSOP | Tom Recke, Thomas Recke SOFTWARE | SpitFire and Remote Access COMMENTS | "WOW, I'm not exctily sure how on earth I stumbled | across this bbs listing! Talk about some good memories | though! Initially I started mooching from my father's | phoneline, until finally he allowed me to snag my own | line. I think it was for his sanity more than anything! | I was only 14 when the board first went live, I was | enthralled with everything RA and spitfire. I still | shudder to think about the transfer rates back then with | Zmodem, 1K/min! I remember when my shiny Supra 28.8k was | the cutting edge stuff. Any of you guys remember the | "nerd fests" that used to be put on every year or so for | sysops to get together?
"I remember staying up for | what seemed like days on end trying to work on the ASCII | graphics for that board. I have nothing but good | memories about that time and that age. I remember the | archaic FIDO net that would compress and send email from | node to node each night, might take a few days to hear | from someone in the same town! Times sure have changed. | How on earth did you generate this list?" - Thomas Recke --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-3116 | Another Brick in the Wall, Live Wire | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Jason Taylor --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-4025 | Montana Highlands, The Chicago Blues | GREAT FALLS, MT (1989-1992) SYSOP | Michael Pabisinski SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-5315 | NetSpace BioHazard | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994-1997) SYSOP | Don Juneau --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-5522 | Amiga Geddon | GREAT FALLS, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Gerald Gray --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-5910 | The Baby BBS, The Wall, The Wall BBS | Great Falls, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Jamin Benjamin SOFTWARE | T.A.G. --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-7128 | High Plains OPUS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1989) SYSOP | Keven Swenson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-727-8328 | The Below Zero BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994) SYSOP | Bo Stephenson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-728-3612 | The Styx BBS | MISSOULA, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Heather Peyton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-728-3649 | endUSR Wholesale Warehouse | MISSOULA, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Frank Piwarski --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-731-2503 | Malmstrom AFB Computer Management Center , Warped | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Paul Adams --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-752-8832 | Margaritaville | KALISPELL, MT (1993) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-756-1369 | FLATHEAD FLYER, The Flathead Flyer | KALISPELL, MT (1991-1993) SYSOP | Don Ross --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-756-3436 | Sparky's Corner BBS | KALISPELL, MT (1991-1992) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-756-7171 | FLATHEAD FLYER | KALISPELL, MT (1990) SYSOP | Don Ross --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-756-8296 | MO's Back Door, MO,s Back Door | Kalispell, MT (1989-2000) SYSOP | Gregg Maroney SOFTWARE | Wildcat COMMENTS | "MO's Back Door was created in April of 1989. The | software used was Mustang Software~Rs ~QWildcat~R. At | its peak, a seven computer, 3 phone line system. Novell | 3.12 File server, 2 gig SCSI disk. I installed a | satellite system and recieved Internet News Groups from a | 24hr streaming feed. Five CD-ROM drives for online | search and file download capability. I provided news | group mail to my users in 1990. Personal World Wide Web | e-mail in 1993." - Gregg Maroney --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-761-2256 | CompuShack | GREAT FALLS, MT (1993-1994) SYSOP | Mike Bentley --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-761-2434 | Genesis, Genesis #1, Genesis #2, Net 3400 NEC | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1996) SYSOP | Steve Geberth, Stephen R. Geberth --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-761-2736 | Wolf Star | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1993) SYSOP | Richard Griffin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-761-2913 | The Reaper's BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Paul C. Hardy --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-761-3850 | Game Connection, Montana Net | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1996) SYSOP | David Anderson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-761-4759 | The Tower BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1990) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-761-7577 | Virtual Habitat | GREAT FALLS, MT (1996) SYSOP | Todd Mickel --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-765-1451 | Hocus Pocus BBS, Hocus Pocus WWIV | PLENTYWOOD, MT (1989-1991) SYSOP | Russell Mangel, Russ Mangel SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-771-0000 | The Darque Power BBS | Great Falls, MT (1993) SOFTWARE | SPITFIRE --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-771-0753 | The Fun Factory | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994) SYSOP | Kirby Dempster --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-771-0804 | Chip's Toy Box | GREAT FALLS, MT (1994-1995) SYSOP | Chip Lechner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-771-7119 | Bloom II Bill's Revenge | GREAT FALLS, MT (1993-1997) SYSOP | Cliff Ayers --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-771-7575 | Phantasm BBS | GREAT FALLS, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Thom Osborn --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-771-8670 | Montana Net, Net 3400 NEC, Tainted Dreams | GREAT FALLS, MT (1995-1997) SYSOP | Howard Michael --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-777-0109 | The Mess | STEVENSVILLE, MT (1994-1995) SYSOP | Bob Healy --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-777-3992 | Rattlesnake ACE | STEVENSVILLE, MT (1991) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-782-28 | First Generation | BUTTE, MT --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-782-2844 | First Generation | BUTTE, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Bill Offutt --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-782-3161 | A.P.D.E.S. | BUTTE, MT (1988) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-782-3282 | Ad Infinitum BBS | BUTTE, MT (1994-1996) SYSOP | Kris Mihelich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-782-3405 | Mountain Valley BBS | BUTTE, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Kris Mihelich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-782-3844 | Silver Bow BBS | BUTTE, MT (1992-1994) SYSOP | Don Plessas --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-782-7941 | CulturlWasteld, Net Coordinator, Network Coordinator, The | Cultural Wasteland BBS | BUTTE, MT (1994-1997) SYSOP | Todd Smyth SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-821-4103 | Amendment II, Cloud 9 BBS, Cloud 9 BBS Systems | DARBY, MT (1993-1996) SYSOP | Dennis Vick SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-837-2214 | Merlin's Den | BIGFORK, MT (1995-1996) SYSOP | Shirley Darragh --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-862-8132 | Towne Crier Systems Node #1 | WHITEFISH, MT (1994-1995) SYSOP | Tony Mace --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-862-8718 | Towne Crier Systems | WHITEFISH, MT (1989) SYSOP | Tony Mace --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-862-XXXX | The BoycoT BBS | Whitefish, MT (1995) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-965-2209 | The Ridge BBS | VAUGHN, MT (1994-1995) SYSOP | Richard Ridgeway --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-994-2564 | Virtual Medical Center | BOZEMAN, MT (1994-1995) SOFTWARE | Wildcat! --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 406-XXX-XXXX | The BoycoT BBS | Billings, MT (1996) --------------+-----------------------------------------------------------