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"Ran 24/7, out of a bedroom in my parents house. I was just 18 years old when it went up. Ran on a Commodore 64, at first with a 300 baud modem, then 1200. It offered a message board, and a significant amount of shareware downloads. I love your site. Thanks for providing a place for this information. It was great seeing all these phone numbers that I had forgotten." - Darrell Boeck
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414-259-9475
Milwaukee, WI |
BIG TOP, Big Top Games System
(1981-1986) |
Neal Patrick | Homegrown! |
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Run by Neal Patrick of the "414's" fame. The headquarters of the 414 until they were caught. Taken down and re-appeared as a "legit" BBS. Run on a TRS-80 Model III. Neal Patrick writes "Hi, my name is Neal Patrick, so I know a fair amount (but remember less) about the Big Top system. I wrote the BBS software (lifted a lot of the code from a CP/M BBS system) by myself, since there was no s/w for a TRS-80 Model II (not III as someone else mentioned). I also had to write some assembler to handle the connects and disconnects (since the Model II didn't have PEEK and POKE to determine connect status). My favorite part of the BBS was "George, the Assistant SYSOP". He was ELIZA with a few of the phrases changed to fit the BBS better. He would show up for chats if I was not available. I remember those days when I had to enforce a 1 hour time limit on the BBS because people played games. That was a pain to code. Yes, there was a hidden sub-board for the hacker community, but it was only available if you were approved (and since the line was busy so much of the time, it wasn't used much). Nice to recall those old days! I still feel nostalgic when I hear a fax machine connect (it reminds me of the old dial-up modem connect sounds)."
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414-271-0576
Milwaukee, WI |
Special Times BBS, Special-Times
(1989-1995) |
Kevin Walker | |
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414-271-7580
MILWAUKEE, WI |
CONNECTION-80 Vanmil
(1982-1983) |
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414-278-5390
MILWAUKEE, WI |
PSA
(1988) |
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414-281-0545
MILWAUKEE, WI |
CONNECTION-80 Canopus, TBBS Canopus
(1982-1985) |
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414-282-2145
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Midwest Communication
(1987-1989) |
Mike Wisolowski | |
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414-282-3999
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Daves Place
(1988-1989) |
Dave Saunders | |
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414-282-4181
MILWAUKEE, WI |
CONTROLERS, Generic BBS, GENERIC CrossRoads, Metro Remote, MILWAUKEE Metro, The Midwest Communicator, Weather, Wisconsin S.E.(lata)
(1986-1994) |
Rick Young, George Kasica, Theodore Polczynski | |
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414-284-3874
PORT WASHINGTON, WI |
AE Line: Individual Password
(1985) |
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414-291-5011
MILWAUKEE, WI |
RTPM Milwaukee
(1984-1985) |
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414-321-5404
MILWAUKEE, WI |
T U B B S
(1986) |
Bob Schmidt | |
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414-321-7872
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Forecast Office, The Wizzards
(1988-1994) |
Dale Klipstein, George Kasica | |
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414-327-4104
MILWAUKEE, WI |
PC-Express
(1988-1994) |
Steve Rundel | |
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414-327-4970
West Allis, WI |
Empire of the East
(1985-1986) |
Bryan Bigari | C-64 for Hardware |
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"Ran this at night on my main line. Boy, did my parents love hearing the modem tone from people that would call at all hours." - Bryan Bigari
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414-327-5300
MILWAUKEE, WI |
PC Express, PC-Express, PC-Express II
(1987-1994) |
Steve Rundel | |
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414-327-5334
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Super 80
(1986) |
George Kalt | |
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414-327-6010
MILWAUKEE, WI |
BBS SUE Milwaukee
(1983) |
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414-332-5698
WISCONSIN, WI |
Executive Board Head Office
(1988-1991) |
Michael Deffner, Memory Chip | |
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414-332-8495
WISCONSIN, WI |
Dent Tech, Dental Tech
(1989-1994) |
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414-334-1989
WEST BEND, WI |
The Sky's The Limit
(1986-1987) |
Marc Hanlan | |
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414-334-6006
WEST BEND, WI |
The Sky's NO Limit
(1988) |
Marc Hanlan | |
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414-334-7041
WEST BEND, WI |
Aarrgghh! BBS
(1981-2000) |
Victor Loberger | |
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414-342-4599
Milwaukee, WI |
OZZY #1 - Osborne RBBS/RCP/M of Milwaukee
(1983) |
Jim Ryan | RBBS |
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414-342-5299
MILWAUKEE, WI |
W R P
(1989-1990) |
David Johnson | |
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414-342-7060
Milwaukee, WI |
BlackStar Mountain Pyroto
(1989-1992) |
Jeff Naujok | Heavily modified Pyroto |
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"BlackStar Mountain started out as a standard pyroto board, but then I kept changing it and changing it. For a while it was really popular, but by 1992, the Internet started becoming more than just a joke, and usage plummeted. Still I have fond memories of those heady days as the Servant of TSOTL. Hmm. Maybe I should code a telnet based version...." - Jeff Naujok
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414-351-6465
MILWAUKEE, WI |
A.L.P.S., The Ghetto-Board
(1989-1991) |
Ranjit Jaspal | PCBoard |
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414-352-3431
WISCONSIN, WI |
Pandamonium
(1987) |
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414-352-5982
Glendale, WI |
Pandemonium
(1984-1990) |
Boot Trax & The Page | Custom |
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"Pandemonium started as a simple Apple II AE line, then a Catfur Line breifly. Soon after we designed a custom BBS with online code exchangers, AE, Catfur, and some 30 message boards. It got support from First Class. It attracted some of the most brightest krackers and hackers. The board actaully grew into a distributed system with other BBS's using our software in a calling pool. After being forced shut down a couple times, it was resurrected as Pandemonium Amiga for about 3 years." - Boot Trax
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414-352-6176
WISCONSIN, WI |
I.S.L.A.N.D., PARANET XI-ALPHA, Radio Free Milwaukee, Radio Free Transylva
(1988-1996) |
Pete Porro | GBBS Pro |
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414-352-7176
WISCONSIN, WI |
PK-Ware, Incorporated, PKWARE
(1988-1996) |
Phil Katz | QuickBBS
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414-353-1667
MILWAUKEE, WI |
RCP/M MYBBS CHANL-3
(1984-1985) |
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414-353-5062
MILWAUKEE, WI |
5150 Citadel
(1987-1990) |
| Cit86 2.17 |
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414-354-5941
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Large DEC
(1986) |
Mark Buda | |
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414-355-3691
Milwaukee, WI |
Country Computer, Inner Circle BBS, The Inner Circle
(1989-2002) |
Howard Scaggs | |
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414-355-6031
MILWAUKEE, WI |
MIL-ATARI
(1981-1992) |
| AMIS |
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414-355-8839
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Beer City BBS, TBBS Beer City
(1983-1985) |
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414-363-4282
Mukwonago, WI |
Lightning Systems
(1988-1999) |
Ron Higgins | |
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414-367-1517
HARTLAND, WI |
Da Mad Man's AE
(1987) |
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414-377-3878
CEDARBURG, WI |
M.S.L.
(1984) |
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414-383-9229
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Fantasy Quest
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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414-384-4703
Milwaukee, WI |
Camelot BBS
(1983-1990) |
Merlin, King Arthur, Fine Old Lady | Hal then Image BBS for Commodore 64 |
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"I was 'Merlin' from this system. I ran it with my parents from when I was 12 to when I graduated from HS.(I did the programming and most of the work)" - Merlin
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414-406-9234
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI |
USRegsite Online
(1980-1997) |
Dan Jones | |
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414-424-0446
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI |
FVT-I BBS
(1988) |
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414-426-1135
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI |
Oshkosh Custom Software, The Lakefly Connection
(1989-1992) |
Bryan Paulson | Wildcat |
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414-435-6209
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI |
Amiga Corner
(1988) |
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414-437-6930
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI |
Green Bay TIBBS
(1987-1989) |
D. Pfotenhauer
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414-442-8997
MILWAUKEE, WI |
The Commerce Exchange
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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414-447-2984
MILWAUKEE, WI |
KOINS RBBSC
(1989-1991) |
Dick Labbs | |
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414-447-3578
MILWAUKEE, WI |
SJH-ISD BBS 8pm-8am 80286
(1989-1991) |
Larry Noldan | |
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414-449-5010
MILWAUKEE, WI |
The Ghetto
(1986) |
| Ascii Express |
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414-462-8978
MILWAUKEE, WI |
The World of Cryton *Elite*
(1982-1985) |
James Dickie | |
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Home of the *ELITE* Phreaker's Club in 1984. Taken down in 1985 due to national Credit Card busts.
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414-466-4039
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Fax'sXchnge, Faxs BBS
(1988-1991) |
| PCBoard |
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414-466-6659
MILWAUKEE, WI |
The Castle
(1989) |
Leon Blahnik | |
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414-483-2808
MILWAUKEE, WI |
3PileIsl
(1988) |
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414-483-4578
MILWAUKEE, WI |
BBS SUE Milwaukee
(1982-1983) |
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414-494-7700
KENOSHA, WI |
Bass Ace's Place
(1988-1994) |
| Wildcat |
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414-496-0724
KENOSHA, WI |
Forem ST 1.12 Magic Sac S/W, Universal ST
(1989-1993) |
Dana J. Frisque, Jeff Bath | |
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414-497-8823
Green Bay, WI |
XEvious BBS
(1982-1985) |
Bill Hutchison | Modified FoReM 80 for Atari 8-bits |
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414-524-8278
WAUKESHA, WI |
M.A.I.N.#2
(1989) |
Chris Mielke | |
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414-538-1236
HARTLAND, WI |
Long Distance
(1988) |
The Cheap NMI | GBBS Pro |
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414-541-2228
MILWAUKEE, WI |
MBBS
(1987-1988) |
Dale Klipstein | |
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414-543-0988
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Milwaukee City ARES
(1988-1991) |
WB9YSG | |
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414-543-8929
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Home Computer
(1988-1989) |
Thomas Atkinson | |
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414-544-6092
WAUKESHA, WI |
The Wasteland, Da Wasteland
(1987) |
| GBBS Pro |
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414-547-6619
WAUKESHA, WI |
Koins
(1988) |
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414-548-9866
WAUKESHA, WI |
MHUG, Midwest Communication, Milw Heath Users, Milwaukee Health, Milwaukee Heath Users Group, Milwaukee Heath Usrs
(1987-1994) |
Mike Wisolowski, KA9TGN | |
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414-549-0572
WAUKESHA, WI |
Main(Dec87)
(1988) |
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414-552-9401
PARKSIDE, WI |
Phone Booth Catsend
(1985) |
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414-554-9520
Racine, WI |
PET BBS S.E.W.P.U.G., SEWPUG
(1982-1985) |
| PET BBS |
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414-563-7442
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Fort Fone File Folder
(1982) |
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414-563-9932
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Fort Fone File Folder, RCP/M Ft. Fone File Folder
(1983-1985) |
Al Jewer, Ron Fowler, Bill Whitford | |
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414-582-7448
Winneconne, WI |
Guru BBS, The Guru BBS
(1986-1988) |
Erik Meitner | BBS-PC |
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414-605-0677
KENOSHA, WI |
Leak Path
(1980-2002) |
Tye Hammerle | |
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414-632-3983
RACINE, WI |
Ram BBS (Tabby)
(1988-1990) |
Chris Henry | |
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414-632-7238
Racine, WI |
R.A.C.I.N.E (Racine Area ....)
(1988-1995) |
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414-633-4021
Racine, WI |
End Of The Universe (EOTU)
(1986-1998) |
Tom Dunk | Amiga SkyLine |
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"Probably one of the few that ran the point-and-click compatible BBS software, Amiga SkyLine."
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414-634-5776
RACINE, WI |
PC Access
(1989-1994) |
Chuck Dennis | PCBoard |
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414-637-3677
RACINE, WI |
The Upper Level BBS
(1980-2000) |
Dave Kober | TriBBS |
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414-637-9990
Racine, WI |
ABBS Colortron Computer, Colortron Computer
(1982-1985) |
| ABBS |
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414-645-6849
WISCONSIN, WI |
BBS SUE Milwaukee
(1984-1985) |
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414-647-0903
Milwaukee, WI |
RCP/M RBBS Mike's, Mike's RCP/M System
(1983) |
Mike Wesolowski | |
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414-681-1123
RACINE, WI |
Harbor Master, HarborMaster
(1989-1996) |
Al Maynard | Searchlight
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414-682-7427
Branch, WI |
Spot, Up the Road
(1989-1992) |
Steve Weinert | Opus-CBDS |
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"SPOT started as S.P.O.T. as an acronym for ""Someone Playing On Transistors."" Believe the original Node Number was 1:154/110 and then 1:154/154 and ran on a Columbia MPC-1600 Portable Computer with a Courier HST modem. Was test run from the UK prior to moving stateside, but no public node number issued as I had been communicating via FidoNet for a couple years at that stage. Did some experimenting as a point system along the way. SPOT carried on slightly past the nodelist dating without echomail as local only BBS. As an out of pocket project the system never had more than one line available. What ended SPOT was monopolization by a handful of local trolls, including a local Radio Shack franchise owner in a persistent pervasive troll campaign, which took away the fun. Add a couple of house moves and a young family and suddenly the logistics and expenses were hard to justify. Rejecting user requests to run an ""Elite"" section also reduced the caller count. An extra discussion area for users obviously smarter than me didn't last long, as not all would accept the invite or participate on a regular basis. What really matter to me was communications across the FidoNet, as I was all into netmail and EchoMail. Users were a bonus but not a requirement. Files were sent to Mystery Manor BBS nearby in Manitowoc, WI when SPOT shut down and I used an off-line message program until internet email became more solid. A modernized version of SPOT has been an on-and-off project recently." - Steve Weinert
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414-682-8679
WISCONSIN, WI |
Mystery Manor
(1989-1994) |
Robert Kubichek | |
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414-722-3909
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI |
Eastern WI, Omni Net 1
(1986) |
Bruce Casner | |
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414-722-4773
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI |
CRIBBS, CRIBBS/MCS
(1989-1991) |
Joshua Ellis | |
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414-725-7598
Neenah, WI |
Eastern WI & U.P. MI, Homebuilt Flyer, N.E. WI & U.P. MI, The Homebuilt Flyer
(1987-1997) |
Bruce Casner, Bruce Lasner | Opus
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414-731-9456
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI |
The Dragon Realm BBS
(1980-1997) |
Blake Bosin | |
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414-735-2513
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Fox Valley Tech
(1987-1992) |
Geoff Gilpin, Judith Brown | |
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414-735-4120
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Miller Electric
(1988-1997) |
Bruce Casner | |
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414-738-1219
Appleton, WI |
APPLEGATE, APPLEGATE 3, Applegate
(1987-1997) |
Tim Peeters | |
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414-739-2905
WISCONSIN, WI |
Definitive Image
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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414-761-2582
MILWAUKEE, WI |
C A T C H Resources, C.A.T.C.H.-BBS, Catch, City of Flags
(1988-1997) |
John Robins-Wells, John Wells | Wildcat
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414-762-0286
MILWAUKEE, WI |
C.A.T.C.H.
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
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414-762-0813
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Clear Waters, ClearWaters
(1988-1994) |
Chris Szot | |
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414-762-6475
MILWAUKEE, WI |
S.U.E.($$)
(1988) |
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414-762-6747
MILWAUKEE, WI |
ClearWaters
(1988) |
Chris Szot | |
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414-764-9394
MILWAUKEE, WI |
BIXNET, Northern Bytes
(1988-1989) |
Thom Byxbe, Jack Decker | |
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414-771-5394
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Christian BBS, S. O. N. Line 3, Salvation Online
(1989-1992) |
Bill Bennett | |
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414-774-2683
Milwaukee, WI |
Rick Martinek's System
(1980) |
Rick Martinek | |
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414-781-3218
Brookfield, WI |
Tone Town
(1986-1997) |
Dictator
, The Dictator | Ami-Express |
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414-783-4958
MILWAUKEE, WI |
DDA Graphic BBS
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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414-784-1417
MILWAUKEE, WI |
F.R.E.D. ][ BBS, Ideal Logic, Ideal Logic BBS
(1987-1991) |
Peter Ozolins | PCBoard, Henge 2.30 |
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414-784-2096
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Comm-Link
(1986-1988) |
Scott Garnik | |
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414-784-6978
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Ideal Logic
(1988) |
Peter Ozolins | |
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414-788-5599
MILWAUKEE ZONE 1, WI |
Applegate South
(1989-1990) |
Lee Anderson | |
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414-789-4210
Elm Grove, WI |
Exec PC, EXEC-PC, Exec-PC (tm), Joseph A. Vincent Consulting
(1984-2002) |
Bob Mahoney, Tracey Mahoney | |
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Largest BBS in US - 280 Lines -650,000 files - 35 Gigabytes Largest BBS in US - 280 Lines -650,000 files - 35 Gigabytes
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414-873-6969
WISCONSIN, WI |
Starcom, Starcomm
(1989-1996) |
Rick Gardner | |
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414-873-7564
WISCONSIN, WI |
RCP/M RBBS MHUG
(1984-1985) |
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414-873-7807
Milwaukee, WI |
Second Opinion BBS
(1989-1997) |
| Wildcat |
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414-921-8448
MILWAUKEE, WI |
FDL-BBS
(1988) |
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414-923-5514
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Auto Comp
(1987-1989) |
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414-962-9425
MILWAUKEE, WI |
Far->Pointer->DEC
(1988) |
John Spiegel | |
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414-963-4515
MILWAUKEE, WI |
CUSSnet Milwaukee
(1986) |
Wallace Gingerich | |
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414-964-4046
Milwaukee, WI |
Tele Post RB, Tele-Post RB
(1981-1986) |
John Spiegel | FIDO |
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"DEC Rainbow 100 and other DEC oriented files and forums." - John Spiegel
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414-964-5160
East Peoria, IL |
Bowen Software, EXEC-PC
(1985-1993) |
Bob Mahoney | |
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414-968-2462
GENESEE, WI |
Amiga Zone
(1988) |
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124 BBSes Listed.
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