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

MAP OF THE 414 AREA CODE
414-224-7731
MILWAUKEE, WI
Trader's Alley
(1982-1986)
Apple II Custom
414-235-8431
WISCONSIN, WI
RonnueRealm
(1988)
414-235-9164
WISCONSIN, WI
AfterHrs(66m)
(1988)
414-241-8364
Milwaukee, WI
CBBS MAUDE, CBBS MAUDE Milwaukee, Maude
(1981-1988)
CBBS
414-242-8000
MILWAUKEE, WI
CHANL 3, CHANL-3
(1986-1988)
Bill Ganley
414-251-2580
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI
Anonymous BBS RyBBS, SE Wisconsin LATA, The Anonymous BBS
(1989-1996)
Robert Rapp, Bob R., Rob RappQuickBBS , RemoteAccess
414-258-6517
West Allis, WI
Milwaukee Communications
(1983-1986)
Darrell BoeckPunterNet
"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
414-259-9475
Milwaukee, WI
BIG TOP, Big Top Games System
(1981-1986)
Neal PatrickHomegrown!
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)."

414-271-0576
Milwaukee, WI
Special Times BBS, Special-Times
(1989-1995)
Kevin Walker
414-271-7580
MILWAUKEE, WI
CONNECTION-80 Vanmil
(1982-1983)
414-278-5390
MILWAUKEE, WI
PSA
(1988)
414-281-0545
MILWAUKEE, WI
CONNECTION-80 Canopus, TBBS Canopus
(1982-1985)
414-282-2145
MILWAUKEE, WI
Midwest Communication
(1987-1989)
Mike Wisolowski
414-282-3999
MILWAUKEE, WI
Daves Place
(1988-1989)
Dave Saunders
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
414-284-3874
PORT WASHINGTON, WI
AE Line: Individual Password
(1985)
414-291-5011
MILWAUKEE, WI
RTPM Milwaukee
(1984-1985)
414-321-5404
MILWAUKEE, WI
T U B B S
(1986)
Bob Schmidt
414-321-7872
MILWAUKEE, WI
Forecast Office, The Wizzards
(1988-1994)
Dale Klipstein, George Kasica
414-327-4104
MILWAUKEE, WI
PC-Express
(1988-1994)
Steve Rundel
414-327-4970
West Allis, WI
Empire of the East
(1985-1986)
Bryan BigariC-64 for Hardware
"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
414-327-5300
MILWAUKEE, WI
PC Express, PC-Express, PC-Express II
(1987-1994)
Steve Rundel
414-327-5334
MILWAUKEE, WI
Super 80
(1986)
George Kalt
414-327-6010
MILWAUKEE, WI
BBS SUE Milwaukee
(1983)
414-332-5698
WISCONSIN, WI
Executive Board Head Office
(1988-1991)
Michael Deffner, Memory Chip
414-332-8495
WISCONSIN, WI
Dent Tech, Dental Tech
(1989-1994)
414-334-1989
WEST BEND, WI
The Sky's The Limit
(1986-1987)
Marc Hanlan
414-334-6006
WEST BEND, WI
The Sky's NO Limit
(1988)
Marc Hanlan
414-334-7041
WEST BEND, WI
Aarrgghh! BBS
(1981-2000)
Victor Loberger
414-342-4599
Milwaukee, WI
OZZY #1 - Osborne RBBS/RCP/M of Milwaukee
(1983)
Jim RyanRBBS
414-342-5299
MILWAUKEE, WI
W R P
(1989-1990)
David Johnson
414-342-7060
Milwaukee, WI
BlackStar Mountain Pyroto
(1989-1992)
Jeff NaujokHeavily modified Pyroto
"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
414-351-6465
MILWAUKEE, WI
A.L.P.S., The Ghetto-Board
(1989-1991)
Ranjit JaspalPCBoard
414-352-3431
WISCONSIN, WI
Pandamonium
(1987)
414-352-5982
Glendale, WI
Pandemonium
(1984-1990)
Boot Trax & The PageCustom
"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
414-352-6176
WISCONSIN, WI
I.S.L.A.N.D., PARANET XI-ALPHA, Radio Free Milwaukee, Radio Free Transylva
(1988-1996)
Pete PorroGBBS Pro
414-352-7176
WISCONSIN, WI
PK-Ware, Incorporated, PKWARE
(1988-1996)
Phil KatzQuickBBS
414-353-1667
MILWAUKEE, WI
RCP/M MYBBS CHANL-3
(1984-1985)
414-353-5062
MILWAUKEE, WI
5150 Citadel
(1987-1990)
Cit86 2.17
414-354-5941
MILWAUKEE, WI
Large DEC
(1986)
Mark Buda
414-355-3691
Milwaukee, WI
Country Computer, Inner Circle BBS, The Inner Circle
(1989-2002)
Howard Scaggs
414-355-6031
MILWAUKEE, WI
MIL-ATARI
(1981-1992)
AMIS
414-355-8839
MILWAUKEE, WI
Beer City BBS, TBBS Beer City
(1983-1985)
414-363-4282
Mukwonago, WI
Lightning Systems
(1988-1999)
Ron Higgins
414-367-1517
HARTLAND, WI
Da Mad Man's AE
(1987)
414-377-3878
CEDARBURG, WI
M.S.L.
(1984)
414-383-9229
MILWAUKEE, WI
Fantasy Quest
(1989)
Wildcat
414-384-4703
Milwaukee, WI
Camelot BBS
(1983-1990)
Merlin, King Arthur, Fine Old LadyHal then Image BBS for Commodore 64
"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
414-406-9234
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI
USRegsite Online
(1980-1997)
Dan Jones
414-424-0446
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI
FVT-I BBS
(1988)
414-426-1135
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI
Oshkosh Custom Software, The Lakefly Connection
(1989-1992)
Bryan PaulsonWildcat
414-435-6209
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI
Amiga Corner
(1988)
414-437-6930
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI
Green Bay TIBBS
(1987-1989)
D. Pfotenhauer
414-442-8997
MILWAUKEE, WI
The Commerce Exchange
(1989)
Wildcat
414-447-2984
MILWAUKEE, WI
KOINS RBBSC
(1989-1991)
Dick Labbs
414-447-3578
MILWAUKEE, WI
SJH-ISD BBS 8pm-8am 80286
(1989-1991)
Larry Noldan
414-449-5010
MILWAUKEE, WI
The Ghetto
(1986)
Ascii Express
414-462-8978
MILWAUKEE, WI
The World of Cryton *Elite*
(1982-1985)
James Dickie
Home of the *ELITE* Phreaker's Club in 1984. Taken down in 1985 due to national Credit Card busts.
414-466-4039
MILWAUKEE, WI
Fax'sXchnge, Faxs BBS
(1988-1991)
PCBoard
414-466-6659
MILWAUKEE, WI
The Castle
(1989)
Leon Blahnik
414-483-2808
MILWAUKEE, WI
3PileIsl
(1988)
414-483-4578
MILWAUKEE, WI
BBS SUE Milwaukee
(1982-1983)
414-494-7700
KENOSHA, WI
Bass Ace's Place
(1988-1994)
Wildcat
414-496-0724
KENOSHA, WI
Forem ST 1.12 Magic Sac S/W, Universal ST
(1989-1993)
Dana J. Frisque, Jeff Bath
414-497-8823
Green Bay, WI
XEvious BBS
(1982-1985)
Bill HutchisonModified FoReM 80 for Atari 8-bits
414-524-8278
WAUKESHA, WI
M.A.I.N.#2
(1989)
Chris Mielke
414-538-1236
HARTLAND, WI
Long Distance
(1988)
The Cheap NMIGBBS Pro
414-541-2228
MILWAUKEE, WI
MBBS
(1987-1988)
Dale Klipstein
414-543-0988
MILWAUKEE, WI
Milwaukee City ARES
(1988-1991)
WB9YSG
414-543-8929
MILWAUKEE, WI
Home Computer
(1988-1989)
Thomas Atkinson
414-544-6092
WAUKESHA, WI
The Wasteland, Da Wasteland
(1987)
GBBS Pro
414-547-6619
WAUKESHA, WI
Koins
(1988)
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
414-549-0572
WAUKESHA, WI
Main(Dec87)
(1988)
414-552-9401
PARKSIDE, WI
Phone Booth Catsend
(1985)
414-554-9520
Racine, WI
PET BBS S.E.W.P.U.G., SEWPUG
(1982-1985)
PET BBS
414-563-7442
MILWAUKEE, WI
Fort Fone File Folder
(1982)
414-563-9932
MILWAUKEE, WI
Fort Fone File Folder, RCP/M Ft. Fone File Folder
(1983-1985)
Al Jewer, Ron Fowler, Bill Whitford
414-582-7448
Winneconne, WI
Guru BBS, The Guru BBS
(1986-1988)
Erik MeitnerBBS-PC
414-605-0677
KENOSHA, WI
Leak Path
(1980-2002)
Tye Hammerle
414-632-3983
RACINE, WI
Ram BBS (Tabby)
(1988-1990)
Chris Henry
414-632-7238
Racine, WI
R.A.C.I.N.E (Racine Area ....)
(1988-1995)
414-633-4021
Racine, WI
End Of The Universe (EOTU)
(1986-1998)
Tom DunkAmiga SkyLine
"Probably one of the few that ran the point-and-click compatible BBS software, Amiga SkyLine."
414-634-5776
RACINE, WI
PC Access
(1989-1994)
Chuck DennisPCBoard
414-637-3677
RACINE, WI
The Upper Level BBS
(1980-2000)
Dave KoberTriBBS
414-637-9990
Racine, WI
ABBS Colortron Computer, Colortron Computer
(1982-1985)
ABBS
414-645-6849
WISCONSIN, WI
BBS SUE Milwaukee
(1984-1985)
414-647-0903
Milwaukee, WI
RCP/M RBBS Mike's, Mike's RCP/M System
(1983)
Mike Wesolowski
414-681-1123
RACINE, WI
Harbor Master, HarborMaster
(1989-1996)
Al MaynardSearchlight
414-682-7427
Branch, WI
Spot, Up the Road
(1989-1992)
Steve WeinertOpus-CBDS
"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
414-682-8679
WISCONSIN, WI
Mystery Manor
(1989-1994)
Robert Kubichek
414-722-3909
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI
Eastern WI, Omni Net 1
(1986)
Bruce Casner
414-722-4773
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI
CRIBBS, CRIBBS/MCS
(1989-1991)
Joshua Ellis
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 LasnerOpus
414-731-9456
MILWAUKEE ZONE, WI
The Dragon Realm BBS
(1980-1997)
Blake Bosin
414-735-2513
MILWAUKEE, WI
Fox Valley Tech
(1987-1992)
Geoff Gilpin, Judith Brown
414-735-4120
MILWAUKEE, WI
Miller Electric
(1988-1997)
Bruce Casner
414-738-1219
Appleton, WI
APPLEGATE, APPLEGATE 3, Applegate
(1987-1997)
Tim Peeters
414-739-2905
WISCONSIN, WI
Definitive Image
(1989)
Wildcat
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 WellsWildcat
414-762-0286
MILWAUKEE, WI
C.A.T.C.H.
(1988)
Wildcat
414-762-0813
MILWAUKEE, WI
Clear Waters, ClearWaters
(1988-1994)
Chris Szot
414-762-6475
MILWAUKEE, WI
S.U.E.($$)
(1988)
414-762-6747
MILWAUKEE, WI
ClearWaters
(1988)
Chris Szot
414-764-9394
MILWAUKEE, WI
BIXNET, Northern Bytes
(1988-1989)
Thom Byxbe, Jack Decker
414-771-5394
MILWAUKEE, WI
Christian BBS, S. O. N. Line 3, Salvation Online
(1989-1992)
Bill Bennett
414-774-2683
Milwaukee, WI
Rick Martinek's System
(1980)
Rick Martinek
414-781-3218
Brookfield, WI
Tone Town
(1986-1997)
Dictator , The DictatorAmi-Express
414-783-4958
MILWAUKEE, WI
DDA Graphic BBS
(1989)
Wildcat
414-784-1417
MILWAUKEE, WI
F.R.E.D. ][ BBS, Ideal Logic, Ideal Logic BBS
(1987-1991)
Peter OzolinsPCBoard, Henge 2.30
414-784-2096
MILWAUKEE, WI
Comm-Link
(1986-1988)
Scott Garnik
414-784-6978
MILWAUKEE, WI
Ideal Logic
(1988)
Peter Ozolins
414-788-5599
MILWAUKEE ZONE 1, WI
Applegate South
(1989-1990)
Lee Anderson
414-789-4210
Elm Grove, WI
Exec PC, EXEC-PC, Exec-PC (tm), Joseph A. Vincent Consulting
(1984-2002)
Bob Mahoney, Tracey Mahoney
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
414-873-7564
WISCONSIN, WI
RCP/M RBBS MHUG
(1984-1985)
414-873-7807
Milwaukee, WI
Second Opinion BBS
(1989-1997)
Wildcat
414-921-8448
MILWAUKEE, WI
FDL-BBS
(1988)
414-923-5514
MILWAUKEE, WI
Auto Comp
(1987-1989)
414-962-9425
MILWAUKEE, WI
Far->Pointer->DEC
(1988)
John Spiegel
414-963-4515
MILWAUKEE, WI
CUSSnet Milwaukee
(1986)
Wallace Gingerich
414-964-4046
Milwaukee, WI
Tele Post RB, Tele-Post RB
(1981-1986)
John SpiegelFIDO
"DEC Rainbow 100 and other DEC oriented files and forums." - John Spiegel
414-964-5160
East Peoria, IL
Bowen Software, EXEC-PC
(1985-1993)
Bob Mahoney
414-968-2462
GENESEE, WI
Amiga Zone
(1988)
79 Sysops currently listed.
124 BBSes Listed.