| MAP OF THE 412 AREA CODE |
| 412-221-1623 PGSZ 13, PA |
Le Chateau Grand (1986) |
Roger Agrawala | |
| 412-221-2570 PGSZ 13, PA |
Grand Central Station (1989) |
Lou Laughlin | |
| 412-221-2887 PGSZ 13, PA |
Grand Central Station (1989) |
Lou Laughlin | |
| 412-221-3564 PGSZ 13, PA |
Micro Mall #1, Mtn View Cntr, Mtn. View Micro Mall (1987-1988) |
Marcel Schmelzer | |
| 412-221-4599 PGSZ 13, PA |
Saturday Night Live (1987) |
Roger Agrawala | |
| 412-225-7141 PITTSBURGH ZONE, PA |
The Northern Sky OPUS (1988) |
Paul Herron | |
| 412-225-8682 PITTSBURGH ZONE, PA |
Wash Penna PCBoard
, WASHINGTON PA PCB
, Washington Pennsylvania, Washington, Pennsylvania (1987-1994) |
Mike Keelon | PCBoard |
| 412-226-7357 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Alle-Kiski Valley BBS (1989) |
Wildcat | |
| 412-231-4055 PGCZ 1, PA |
M.V.E.M.M., Mtn. View Micro Mall (1988-1991) |
Marcel Schmelzer, M. Schmelzer | |
| 412-241-8408 PGCZ 4, PA |
ECONS, THE COFFEE GRINDER (1987-1989) |
Keith Vogt, Loopy Sanchez | |
| 412-243-1466 PGCZ 4, PA |
NEVERBACK, NEVERHUB (1988-1989) |
Larry DiGioia | |
| 412-243-2256 PGCZ 4, PA |
Visionary BBS (1989) |
Lee Kim | |
| 412-243-5465 PGCZ 4, PA |
PGH CMPTR CONECTN, THE PITTSBURGH LINK (1986-1990) |
Gregg Zegarelli | |
| 412-243-5880 PGCZ 4, PA |
NEVER BOARD, NEVERBOARD, Neverboard BBS, Neverboard SWL hub (1987-1991) |
Larry DiGioia, Larry A Digioia | |
| 412-247-4488 Penn Hills, PA |
Access Ctrl Board, AMRG #101, AMRG-ASRC Hub, DEC-Pitt, SarNet #1, SarNet Leader (1986-1991) |
Tom Wardle | |
| 412-257-2375 PGSZ 13, PA |
PITT-BULL, Pitt-Net Central (1985-1989) |
Jim Lynn | |
| 412-258-8733 PITTSBURGH, PA |
BOSS-XL(1030) (1985) |
AMIS | |
| 412-266-5947 PITTSBURGH ZONE 1, PA |
BRIDGER, Bridger (1987-1997) |
Jim Lasalle, Ambridge Schools | |
| 412-271-2764 PGCZ 4, PA |
MYCROFTXXX (1986) |
Jim McHale | |
| 412-276-1269 PGSZ 14, PA |
UCS BBS (1985) |
Chuck Fricano | |
| 412-277-0548 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Fayette Area, Fayette Area Bulletin Board Service, Fayette Area PCB (1987-1996) |
Kristi Crocetti | PCBoard |
| 412-279-7011 PGSZ 14, PA |
CHINA BLUE, Maltese Alien, Maltese ET (1987-1990) |
John Penberthy, Chuck Allen | |
| 412-279-8569 PGSZ 14, PA |
The Emerald City (1989-1993) |
Tina Dougherty | Opus BBS |
| "The Emerald City BBS ran on a single line in my old and tiny apartment in Carnegie. Running on a 386 that I bought from Larry DiGioia of NeverBoard, the BBS community helped me to get into and learn all I could about computers and communications even though "she's a girl". :) It was the BBS community in Pittsburgh that fostered my love of computers and communications and which lead to me starting my own company in 1999, which I'm still running today (2006). I can't imagine we'll ever see such a great group again, and I'm glad I was there when I was. Thanks guys." - Tina Dougherty | |||
| 412-285-9911 |
Scorpion (1987-1989) |
Jeff Long | |
| 412-321-7262 Pittsburgh, PA |
Camelot (1986) |
Davin Flateau | |
| 412-322-5845 PGCZ 1, PA |
CASCADE (1987) |
Dave Moeller | |
| 412-325-3448 Export, PA |
The Starlight Cafe (1987-1990) |
TSCS | Wildcat |
| 412-327-9209 PITTSBURGH ZONE, PA |
Ad Lib, AdLib (1989-1994) |
John Williams | |
| 412-336-1104 Wampum, PA |
Dungeons & Dragons BBS (1984-1993) |
John Sanderbeck | WWIV 4.23 |
| "Originally I started theis BBS on a Commodore 64 with a 300 Baud Modem, 5 ¼" Disk Drive held the BBS and a 3½" Disk Drive ran the files and message bases. Later I added a second 3 ½" drive for files and upgraded to a Commodore 128. In late 1989, I moved to an IBM 386 DX33 and a 20 Megabyte MFM Hard Drive. I also upped to a 2400 Baud Modem. D&DBBS was screaming. :-) By the year of it's demise, the BBS had it's own phone lines (2), two dedicated machines (each with over 100 Megabytes of storage), and a user base in the hundreds. There were people that called from all over the country for my D&D related materials. I was one of the first in north-western PA to be on the WWIV-NET network and recieved message bases such as Star Trek, Dungeons & Dragons related groups, and others... There were literally thousands of messages a day coming in from all over the country. Originally I dialed out once a day to Pittsburgh to a local hub to get all the messages. Later there were other users in the "chain" so all our messages were local calls. Oh, those were the days. Such fond memories. Sorry to see them go. The BBS's had a much more "cultish" appeal than the Internet and e-mail will ever have. I had made a lot of friends over the years through that medium." - John Sanderbeck | |||
| 412-343-6490 PGCZ 6, PA |
Pro PC, Pro-PC
(1989-1994) |
Jim Kownacki | PCBoard |
| 412-344-1315 PGCZ 6, PA |
Mail Distribution Hub, PITTS. HRVSTR, The Harvester, Proteen -- Computers for Christ (1989-1991) |
Jessica Hoffman, Bob Hoffman | |
| 412-344-1931 PGCZ 6, PA |
Proteen, The Harvester (1988-1992) |
Bob Hoffman, Bob Hoffman | |
| 412-344-8504 PGCZ 6, PA |
ZONE 8 ECHO GATE (1989-1990) |
Bob Hoffman, Mike Blair | |
| 412-349-0557 PITTSBURGH SUBU, PA |
Indiana PA Hub, Zaphod's Computers (1986-1988) |
Jon Marshall | |
| 412-362-1672 PGCZ 8, PA |
Computer Moron (1985) |
K. Fitzpatrick | |
| 412-362-2277 PGCZ 8, PA |
CASCADE (1988-1989) |
Dave Moeller, Eric Haver | |
| 412-363-9937 PGCZ 8, PA |
SoundingBoard (1989-1990) |
Stu Turk | |
| 412-366-3378 PGSZ 17, PA |
CHINA BLUE (1986-1988) |
John Penberthy | |
| 412-366-5208 PGSZ 17, PA |
N S S Satellite, N.S.S. Satellite, Nat'l Space Society, NSS BBS, NSS Satellite, N.S.S. Satellite. (1989-1994) |
Bev Freed | |
| 412-366-9384 PGSZ 17, PA |
Threshold of Pain (1989-1992) |
Sloan Seaman | |
| 412-367-2505 PGSZ 17, PA |
WestPenn (1986-1989) |
Steve Mills | |
| 412-373-3882 PGSZ 22, PA |
Software Etc... (1987-1989) |
Jason Galanter | |
| 412-373-8612 PGSZ 22, PA |
Ecclesia Place (1988-1994) |
Lou Pascazi, Louis Pascazi | |
| 412-375-7290 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Inner Space (1989) |
Don Schmac | |
| 412-384-4914 Elizabeth, PA |
The Trooper (1984-1989) |
Sinister | C-Net |
| Best warboard and zero day l33t stuff in the Pittsburgh area. | |||
| 412-384-5609 Bunola, PA |
AutoBoss/Atari Elite System's (1979-1992) |
John Graham, John and Pam Graham | AutobossXL and later Forum ST |
| "John (The Boss) and Pam Graham (The Boss's Babe) ran what was probably the most popular Atari BBS for more than a decade. John ran the board from a small room in his home, with a souped up Atari 800 in the early years, to a vamped up Atari ST in the later years. The Boss was an innovator. He always had the fastest, greatest, and latest hardware, and devoted most of his income to the BBS. In the decade that I knew him, I dont think he ever slept! John taught me everything that I knew back then. From burning EPROMS to modding the "unmoddable." To this day, remains a hero of my past." - Carbon 14 | |||
| 412-391-0395 PGCZ 1, PA |
ARK-NET, ARK-NET Host, Comp For Christ Hub, Group Network, Network Echogate, The Harvester Hub, Tradewars Starbase, ZONE 8 ECHO GATE (1987-1992) |
Pastor Bob, Bob Hoffman, Maureen Hoffman, Mike Blair | |
| 412-391-1970 PGCZ 1, PA |
BCWP Online, W. PA Blue Cross, Western Pennsylvania Blue Cross (1987-1994) |
D. Merz | |
| 412-391-2945 PGCZ 1, PA |
Mellon Financial Services (1989-1991) |
Larry Hochendon | |
| 412-421-8401 PGCZ 1, PA |
Meeting Place I, The Meeting Place (1987-1988) |
Marc Shannon | |
| 412-437-4521 Uniontown, PA |
The Four Winds Bar, The FourWinds BBS (1989-1996) |
Howard Rider (a.k.a Desdinova) | T.A.G. |
| 412-437-4642 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Veterans Benefits and Research, Vets Benefits (1982-1999) |
Dale Coughenour | PCBoard |
| 412-458-4036 Grove City, PA |
Alpha Omega EAST, Alpha-Omega EAST (1985-1995) |
Derrick Yohn | Collossus, WWIV, RoboBBS |
| "Alpha-Omega started in Ellwood City as a single-user BBS. Through my affinity with the computer community and BBS, I was introduced to WWIV and became part of the WWIV network. In the early 90's I brought the BBS all the way to Central California where an associtae of mine took over the board and it became one of the largest in central CA. The name was reatined as Alpha-Omega WEST. In the 1990's I moved back to Pennsylvania and both EAST and WEST Alpha-Omega existed and we shared conections to the WWIV network. Alpha-Omega EAST continued to grow in Grove City where I continued to be part of the WWIV network through another member on this list (Charles Ring, W3NU) and also became a part of FidoNet. The BBS now had hundreds of channels of information through both FidoNET and WWIV and connections to the Internet. In the last year or two of Alpha-Omega's online existence, I decide to swap out the software for a Windows-based graphical software called Robo-BBS, which was very similar to the now popular Amaerica Online software and could offer opening multiple windows on the client side to permit forum browsing, "doors" and graphics/sounds. The primary audience was the Grove City College and users from the surrounding area. With the popularity and growth of the Internet - it was decided to cease operations due to costs and time in administration. Today, I am operations manager for Winbeam, a wireless ISP with offices based in Sharon, PA. I can be contacted at dirk@cybernetx.org." - Derrick Yohn, Alpha-Omega BBS" | |||
| 412-463-1347 |
Cave Man BBS, Caveman (1987-1991) |
Bruce Mittleman | PCBoard |
| 412-463-7012 |
Cen-West-PenNet, The Professor's Cubicle (1988) |
Jim Martin, The Professor | |
| 412-465-8601 Indiana, PA |
Enterprise-A BBS, ENTERPRISE-A BBS!, Enterprise-D BBS, Galileo BBS (1985-1991) |
Pat Carone | PCBoard |
| 412-468-8988 |
Pit Row, Pit Row BBS, The 600 M.P.H. BBS (aka Duct Tape), THE 600 M.P.H. BBS (AKA DUCTTAPE) (1982-1999) |
Clay Zahrobsky | |
| 412-469-2468 Pleasant Hills, PA |
DEC-USER (1986-1990) |
John Vukovic | |
| 412-479-3786 |
H.C. BBS, H.C. WILDCAT (1988-1991) |
PCBoard, Wildcat | |
| 412-486-6277 PGSZ 18, PA |
CBBS PACC (1984) |
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| 412-487-3701 PGSZ 18, PA |
Insight (1988-1994) |
Brian Hughes | |
| 412-495-6845 Aliquippa (Raccoon TWP), PA |
Gandalf's Tower BBS (1989-1999) |
Randy Lyle, David McGrogan | WWIV (Modded) |
| "Was a 6-line BBS running on 3 scsi based PC's containing 19 HD's 3 7disc cd changers. This really brings back alot of memmories. the good old DOS days. Moddong in turbo pascal and c++. There was no internet access in my area in those days, so we had a fair ammount of people on the bbs. Made many friends from the BBS world that are still very close friends today!" - Randy Lyle | |||
| 412-521-6579 PGCZ 1, PA |
EchoMail Coordinator, EchoMail Hub, Transwarp (1988-1990) |
Jason Galanter | |
| 412-521-8646 PGCZ 1, PA |
LaserBoard Pittsburgh (1988) |
Red Ryder Host | |
| 412-537-7063 Chicago, IL |
CODE-ABBS, Consultant's Occupational Directory and Exchange (CODE) (1981) |
Rob Stewart | ABBS |
| 412-539-0554 PITTSBURGH ZONE 7, PA |
Paranor: The Druid's Keep, The Druid's Keep, The Duid's Keep (1982-1998) |
Aaron Volkmann | |
| 412-547-7926 |
Fayette Area PCB
(1987-1990) |
Tom McCabe | PCBoard |
| 412-561-7145 PGCZ 6, PA |
KCA PC-Guru (1986) |
Ray Kennelly | |
| 412-563-3779 PGCZ 6, PA |
Pitt-Pup (1985-1987) |
Jim Lynn | |
| 412-571-0472 PGCZ 6, PA |
Astral Board, ASTRAL BOARD
(1987-1988) |
George Stanislav | |
| 412-573-0537 PITTSBURGH SUBU, PA |
RAD Board, Rad Board (1988-1994) |
Bob Cooley | |
| 412-573-0675 PITTSBURGH SUBU, PA |
RAD Board (1989) |
Bob Cooley | |
| 412-573-4849 PITTSBURGH SUBU, PA |
RAD Board (1988) |
Bob Cooley | |
| 412-621-4604 Pittsburgh, PA |
Pitt-Net #1 City, PittNet, Sounding Board (129/26), SoundingBoard, The Sounding Board (1985-2003) |
Stu Turk | OPUS |
| 412-643-6052 |
Transponder BBS (1988) |
Allen Macom | |
| 412-643-6412 |
Alpha Flight (1989-1990) |
Jeff Namadan | |
| 412-648-6326 PGCZ 1, PA |
EchoMail Hub, The Gas Passer, The Gas Passer (129/46) (1987-1994) |
Chuck Diederich | |
| 412-653-7155 PGCZ 6, PA |
CPC BBS (1985) |
Ed Hiscar | |
| 412-654-0445 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Tax Net, Tax-Net #1 (1988-1994) |
Jim Miller | |
| 412-654-7545 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Tax-Net #1, Tax-Net #2 (1988-1989) |
Jim Miller | |
| 412-655-2652 Pittsburgh, PA |
PACE, Pittsburgh Atari Computer Enthusasts (1984-1985) |
ARMU | |
| 412-656-0775 PITTSBURGH, PA |
DataMed RN (1987) |
GBBS Pro | |
| 412-661-5425 PGCZ 8, PA |
Enigma (1989-1990) |
Nathaniel Glosser | |
| 412-661-9408 PGCZ 8, PA |
Meeting Place II, The Meeting Place (1988-1994) |
Marc Shannon | |
| 412-661-9509 PGCZ 8, PA |
The Meeting Place (1989-1990) |
Marc Shannon | |
| 412-681-4146 PGCZ 1, PA |
HYPERtek Systems, The Phoenix (1987-1990) |
Mike Goldman | |
| 412-681-9464 PGCZ 1, PA |
Sounding Board (129/26), SoundingBoard (1986-1989) |
Stu Turk | |
| 412-694-9701 Derry, PA |
The Titanic BBS, The Titantic BBS, The Titantic BBS - Node 1, The Titantic BBS Telnet (1982-Present) |
T.J. McMillen Jr., T.J. McMillan Jr., Exodus, T.J. McMillen, Jr. | Renegade |
| "724-694-9701 was the phone number as the area code was changed 3 years into the bbs world, when the phone was disconnected for the telnet only access to the BBS. telnet://ttb.slyip.com is the current address and the new home of Renegade BBS software. And we are still online, with 5 nodes, just not dialup any longer as there are no more dialup callers. Feel free to telnet over sometime. Grab a copy of mTelnet from ozone.eesc.com and use it as your telnet client as it is 1000% better than the internal windows client." - T.J. McMillen, Jr. | |||
| 412-725-0352 PITTSBURGH ZONE 5, PA |
PC LINK (1988) |
George Karpinski | |
| 412-733-0197 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Circle of Fire (1988) |
Joe Alexander | |
| 412-733-3010 PITTSBURGH, PA |
SmorgasBoard
, The SMORGAS-BOARD (1987-1990) |
Chris Gaal | |
| 412-733-4546 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Free Spirit (1985) |
Jason Galanter | |
| 412-733-4842 PITTSBURGH, PA |
NEVER BOARD (1986) |
Larry DiGioia | |
| 412-741-4232 Pittsburgh, PA |
Biotechnology (1986) |
Gary Dale | |
| 412-746-0107 LANDSIDE BLDG, PA |
Wash Penna PCBd, Wash Penna PCBoa, Washington PA PCBoard, Washington PCBd, Washington Pennsylvania (1987-1996) |
Mike Keelon | PCBoard |
| 412-746-3592 LANDSIDE BLDG, PA |
Land of the Lost (1982-1998) |
Charles Gaefke | |
| 412-766-0732 Pittsburgh, PA |
Blink Link (129/89), BlinkLink, BlinkLink, blind
, BlinkLink,blind, The Blink Link (1989-2002) |
William Wilson | Opus , Maximus |
| 412-785-6027 Brownsville, Pa |
Warrior's Realm METAL Board (1985-1993) |
John Burrell | T.A.G./Renegade |
| "Just came across this list and didn't see my own BBS on there and thought I'd submit it. I started out in the 80's with a Atari 8 bit and used AMIS BBS software for a few years. Made a switch to a 8088 XT setup and used various BBS software from PCboard/RBBS/Spitfire/Telegard/TAG & Renegade. The longest was the TAG/Renegade variant." - John Burrell | |||
| 412-788-4089 PGSZ 14, PA |
THE ENCHANTED FOREST (1987-2000) |
Joe Fossati | |
| 412-795-3994 PGSZ 21, PA |
Thunderbird (1988) |
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| 412-822-7176 Pittsburgh, PA |
CBBS PACC (1981-1984) |
CBBS | |
| 412-824-6566 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Astral Board, Astral Board
(1988-1995) |
George Stanislav, G. Adam Stanislav, George Adam Stanislav, G. Stanislav | Opus |
| 412-824-6779 PITTSBURGH, PA |
Pittsburg UG (1989) |
Gene Kelly | |
| 412-826-0270 PGSZ 20, PA |
Triangle On-Line (1988) |
Jim Butts | |
| 412-826-0822 PGSZ 20, PA |
Second Opinion
, Second Opinion OPUS, The Second Opinion, The Second Opinion (129/31), The Second Opinion *HST* (1986-1991) |
Bob Rakov | |
| 412-832-8185 PITTSBURGH, PA |
EchoMail Coordinator, Marcom Engineering Access, Southwest-Penn Net (1988-1994) |
Michael Scott | |
| 412-834-7964 PITTSBURGH, PA |
EchoMail Coordinator, Post Road Inn (1989-1995) |
Gary Petraccaro | |
| 412-836-4225 PITTSBURGH ZONE 7, PA |
Castles Attic, The Castles' Attic (1987) |
The Phoenix | Genesis |
| 412-836-8407 PITTSBURGH ZONE 7, PA |
Greensburg RBBS-RCP/M, S.O.A.R. (1984-1985) |
Doug Borko | |
| 412-854-0511 PGSZ 12, PA |
SYS$OUTPUT BBS (1987-1993) |
Kevin Barkes | |
| 412-856-1428 Trafford, PA |
EchoMail Coordinator, First Sanyo Opus, Hard Hat Board, Pitt-Net, Pitt-Net #1 City, Pitt-Net East, Software Dist, TACO Sanyo Fido (1986-2000) |
Paul Kelly, Paul Kelley | FidoNet |
| 412-856-6322 PGSZ 22, PA |
OpenDoor, The Open Door (1989-1996) |
Tom Doyle | Wildcat |
| 412-864-2294 Pittsburgh, PA |
Pitt Express, Pitt Xpress (1989-1995) |
Hector Santos | |
| 412-865-9734 PITTSBURGH SUBURBAN, PA |
Pranutech (1989-1990) |
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| 412-881-1749 PGCZ 6, PA |
EchoMail Hub, NorthStar Pitt, Northstar Pitt (1988-1994) |
Geoff Block | |
| 412-881-7757 PGCZ 6, PA |
DOCTOR'S Inn, Doctors WOC Inn, Doctors WOC Inn (129/53), Doctors'INN, EchoMail Hub, Doctor's Inn (1987-1994) |
Geoff Block, Geoffrey D Bloc | |
| 412-884-5339 PGCZ 6, PA |
The KCA Peripheral (1987-1988) |
Ray Kennelly | |
| 412-929-4138 PITTSBURGH, PA |
The Tower (1987-1989) |
Ed Zahurak | CNET |
| 412-934-3061 PITTSBURGH ZONE 6, PA |
Mountain View Electronic Micro Mall, Mt ViewElecMall
, Mtn View Elec Ma, Mtn. View Electronic Micro Ma, Mtn. View Micro Mall (1989-1996) |
Marcel Schmelzer, M. Schmelzer | TBBS |
| 412-962-0765 PITTSBURGH SUBURBAN, PA |
Shen Valy Educational (1989-1993) |
Tom Nichols, Thomas Nichols | |
| 412-962-9514 Transfer, PA |
Beacon Hill CBIS, Beacon Hill Lynx, Beacon Hill Opus, Beacon Hill System, Beacon Hill BBS (1985-1995) |
Richard Bross, Stephen Bross | Punter, Opus, Lynx |
| 412-963-0248 PGCZ 3, PA |
RBBS IBM PC Pittsburgh (1984) |
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| 412-981-2135 |
Outside The Asylum, The Outside of the Asylum (1989-1991) |
Gavin Davies | |
| 412-981-5625 |
Outside the Asylum (1988) |
Gavin Davies | |
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113 Sysops currently listed. 124 BBSes Listed. | |||