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

MAP OF THE 415 AREA CODE
415-221-4370
San Francisco, CA
Valhalla
(1987-1994)
GBBS Pro
415-222-9416
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Ami Addicts
(1988)
415-223-1117
OAKLAND, CA
RECOVERY
(1989)
Tim Spofford
415-223-1119
OAKLAND, CA
RECOVERY, Recovery
(1989-1994)
Tim Spofford
415-223-4579
OAKLAND, CA
RCP/M RBBA DataTech #5 El Sobrante
(1984-1985)
415-236-1823
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Bug's Net HP
(1986)
John Buginas
415-236-7478
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Clubhouse
(1989)
415-239-4979
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Well Tempered BBS
(1986)
Mark Budig
415-254-0863
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Planes of Armageddon
(1987)
GBBS Pro
415-255-2188
San Francisco, CA
RECOVERY, Recovery , Recovery (125/9), Recovery Alcoholism, RECOVERY BBS, Recovery,alc'ism
(1985-1996)
Bob Kovach (First), Tim Spofford (Second), Rich Gorin (Third)QuickBBS, RemoteAccess, Fido, Opus, RA
"Bob Kovach founded Recovery BBS in 1986, running at possibly 2400. The Fidonet nodelist had around 5-600 entries at the time. It was one of the 2 or 3 first BBS's in the country dedicated to 12-step recovery, and some of the forums/echos/whatever that began in the early days of Recovery BBS are still active, with some of the same people, on the web. Early on, Bob ran two nodes under DESQview, on an AST 286, with a pair of USR 9600s. Throughout its history it ran USRs except for a brief period when I and alot of other sysops switched to Hayes in order to take advantage of Hayes getting 28.8 out the door first. I (Tim Spofford) took over from Bob in 1987 or '88, when his AIDS forced him to give it up (he died in 1989). After awhile I switched from Binkley/Opus to FrontDoor/QuickBBS, not because of their technical superiority (if any) but to keep it interesting. For the same reason I later switched to RemoteAccess. I ran Recovery BBS at several phone numbers in San Francisco, Marin County, and Richmond, Calif, with a tie line to San Francisco. It was never running on an Oakland as you have it listed, though I may have had an Oakland phone number at one point. Eventually, I burned out, turned Recovery over to Rich Gorin - as far as I know, the 3rd and last sysop - who ran it until the mid-90s. I continued to be in the nodelist as 1:125/99 but didn't run a public board. In 1991 I moved to Portland (503 a/c) and started Recovery Northwest, which you have listed, as 1:105/99, as tell as another BBS (also listed). I moved Recovery Northwest to Seattle (206 a/c)(also listed) in 1995 but became bored and took it down in 1995."

- Tim Spofford (http://spof.org tims@spof.org ex-Fidonet 1:105/9, 1:105/99, 1:125/99, 1:362/something (don't remember), plus various points off other systems from time to time.) "

415-255-7040
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Art/Online
(1988)
Wildcat
415-256-1389
SAN RAFAEL, CA
SCRIBE(M) BBS
(1989)
Byron Windhorst
415-258-9348
SAN RAFAEL, CA
MacHeaven
(1987)
415-261-4813
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
LaserWriter
(1987)
415-276-3677
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Nimitz DP
(1989)
Lady G! & QuIntSTadel3.3b
415-278-1966
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Cafe Corner, Cafe'Corner
(1988-1992)
Dave Wright
415-282-6138
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
GOLDEN GATE 0x0 201 202 203 204 205, GOLDEN GATE 1996.bbs 201 202 203 204 205, Golden Gate BBS
(1984-1985)
ACTN
415-284-1872
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Cowtown Lafayette, Cowtown WWIV Astronomy
(1989-1994)
Charles Paine, Charlie Paine
415-284-9151
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Com One , Com One PCB Ham 100m, ComOne
(1987-1991)
Fowler BrownPCBoard
415-285-2687
San Francisco, CA
KAY*FOG RBBS & RCP/M (FOG System #11), KAY*FOG RBBS-RCP/M SYSTEM (FOG System #11), KAY*FOG
(1984-1989)
Bond Shands
Novices and subject (dBASE, WordStar, MEX, etc) conferences Novices and subject (dBASE, WordStar, MEX, etc) conferences
415-322-6451
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Palo Alto Writer, Palo Alto Writer's Max
(1986-1994)
Paul Pease
415-322-8026
Palo Alto, CA
Micro Design System, NET-WORKS Micro Design System
(1984-1985)
NET-WORKS
415-323-4193
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Space, SPACE - primary #, SPACE 1.26B PCB6 HV REL, SPACE BBS, SPACE BBS Node #1
(1987-1996)
Owen HawkinsPCBoard
415-323-4579
Menlo Park, CA
SMOG3 (FOG 40)
(1986)
Philip A. Moore
SMOG3 (FOG AMO #68) member supported system. PRACSA SMOG3 (FOG AMO #68) member supported system. PRACSA
415-324-0746
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Suave
(1989)
Wildcat
415-327-4589
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
KORTEK BBS, Kortek Freeway PCB
(1988-1991)
Henri TebekaPCBoard
415-327-6197
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Program/Land
(1985-1988)
James Arnold
415-327-8876
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
BBS Living Videotext, Living BBS
(1982-1984)
415-328-2088
NOVATO, CA
LaserWrite
(1987)
415-328-3436
NOVATO, CA
328-FIDO, The Answer Line
(1987-1988)
Gary Klein
415-328-5916
NOVATO, CA
Roman Forum
(1985)
415-332-1655
SAUSALITO, CA
Palladin
(1989)
Al Kalian
415-332-6106
SAUSALITO, CA
The Well, THE WELL
(1986-1996)
Julian Gordon
415-332-8115
Sausalito, CA
CONFERENCE-TREE Sausalito
(1983-1985)
CONFERENCE-TREE
415-333-5663
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
LBBS Friends of Lisp
(1984)
415-337-5416
San Francisco, CA
PC GFX Exch , PC GFX Exch 96, PC GFX Exch 9600, PC GFX Exchange PCB Graphics, PC grafix exchange, The PC GFX Exchange, The PC GFX Exchange WRN, The PC Graphics Exchange
(1989-1996)
William Liu, Lawrence LiuPCBoard
415-337-8693
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Vaudeville, VAUDEVILLE LOCAL
(1987-1989)
Andrew Conway
415-339-8457
SAUSALITO, CA
Food, GOURMET BBS
(1985-1990)
Ann Meyer
415-341-1632
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
The Skull
(1987-1991)
PCBoard, Forum
415-341-2962
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
27M, Computers for Christ, Computers for Christ #2
(1984-1987)
Martin Fitch
415-341-9336
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
CrosNest II (DataTech Node 014), CrosNest II (DataTech Node 014-, RCP/M CrosNest II, RCP/M RBBS DataTech #4 CrosNst
(1983-1985)
Wilbur H. Smith
415-342-6201
SAN RAFAEL, CA
B.U.G. Board
(1988)
Wildcat
415-343-5904
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
North Peninsula Hub, North Valley Hub, Sea Hunt, SeaHunt BBS
(1989-1994)
Michael NelsonPCBoard
415-344-1093
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Charisma
(1985)
Tom Swegler
415-346-0392
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Bay Peninsula Exchange 1, BPX 1, The Vette Exchange
(1987-1988)
Steve Bianchi
415-347-2259
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Fun of It BBS
(1989)
415-347-2618
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Ninja Realm
(1987)
415-348-2139
San Mateo, CA
FORUM-80 San Mateo, CA
(1983-1985)
FORUM-80
415-349-2623
San Mateo, CA
The Angevin Empire
(1987-1988)
Aaron PrivenOpus
"Thanks for keeping this alive. Somebody somewhere is going to get a PhD out of it.

The Angevin Empire ran from Summer '87 to Summer '88. It was an 8Mhz 8088 clone running Opus. I was 17 years old, decided that instead of buying a car I'd buy a computer with my summer job money. It was in San Mateo, California (now area code 650). I was really into FidoNet echomail -- I could communicate all around the world! How many other people in my high school talked to people from Sweden regularly? Not too many. But I could. Now, of course, it's commonplace.

Angevin Empire was mostly an echomail board, didn't have a lot of users, only 1200 bps. It was a good way for me to get my own echomail feed and read news locally." - Aaron Priven

415-349-6576
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
CHARISMA BBS, Charisma PCB SmartNet, Charisma,dB3, Hints BBS , The CHARISMA BBS, The Charisma BBS
(1986-2003)
Tom SweglesPCBoard
415-349-6969
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Echo Coord, Peninsula Hub, Wally BBS, Wally World
(1987-1994)
Wally Schwarz
415-349-8245
San Mateo, CA
Action Link, Cat's Tail BBS/S.T.O.P., The Cat's Tail, Cats Tall Headquarters
(1986-1989)
Bill BennettGBBS Pro
415-349-8375
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Echomail Coordinator, EM204, Wally World
(1989-1992)
Vox Populi, Les Kooyman, Wally Schwarz
415-352-3275
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Dead Zone
(1984)
415-352-8442
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Motherboard
(1983-1984)
415-355-6047
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Fantasy Factory, The Factory
(1986-1989)
Ev Cheney
415-355-7162
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Amiga West, Network 23
(1988-1990)
Mark Williams
415-355-9079
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Starbase One
(1989)
415-357-1130
Berkeley, CA
CBBS Proxima
(1982-1985)
CBBS
415-359-6036
Pacifica, CA
Chemist ComPort, Pacific SunStone, The Chemist's Com Port
(1989-1994)
Larry McGee
415-359-6985
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
COASTSIDE BBS
(1988)
Wildcat
415-361-1847
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Emerald Lake/MPG BBS
(1989-1990)
Wildcat
415-363-2895
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Fafco BBS
(1989)
Wildcat
415-364-2991
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
EMPiRE 2991
(1982-1997)
Kevin La Barre
415-364-3739
Atherton, CA
Anatomically Correct
(1986-1994)
Howard Stateman
Adult interests. PRACSA member Adult interests. PRACSA member
415-364-4339
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Truly Tasteless BBS, TRULY TASTELESS BBS , Truly Tastless BBS
(1985-1989)
Howard Lane
415-364-4438
Redwood City, CA
CONFERENCE-TREE Redwood City, CPNFEREMCE-TREE Redwood City
(1984-1985)
CONFERENCE-TREE
415-365-0263
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Shogun Palace
(1987)
415-365-0878
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Shining Star BBS
(1989-1990)
Zoltan Gode
415-365-2650
Redwood City, CA
Emeraid Lake (FOG 48)
(1986)
Dick Worth
PRACSA member PRACSA member
415-365-3436
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Answer Line
(1988-1990)
Gary Klein
415-365-9079
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Running Wyld
(1988)
Wildcat
415-365-9124
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Doctor's Office
(1984)
415-366-9033
OAKLAND, CA
Spiritual World, SPIRITUAL WORLD
(1987-1989)
415-367-7638
FREMONT, CA
DATABOARD-80
(1982)
415-370-1003
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Tiger's Cave
(1989)
Wildcat
415-373-9689
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Windraker
(1989)
Bob Thompson
415-375-0716
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Board
(1986)
Michael Sellaroli
415-376-1929
OAKLAND, CA
Pandemonium
(1984-1987)
Christopher StoneWildcat II
Basically it was an Apple ][ hacker/phreaker BBS, was mentioned on the Spy Hunter crack screen for apple ][, and became immensely popular. I was getting over 150 calls per day when running off of two floppy drives, and it got worse when I added a 10 meg sider, so it eventually went private. - Chris Stone
415-376-3632
OAKLAND, CA
HyperLincWest, Moraga Wildcat! BBS, RBBS, RCP/M RBBS Moraga
(1984-1994)
Jake Essl
415-376-8060
Moraga, CA
Skeleton Crue BBS
(1988-1992)
The Black AvengerWWIV
"Engineered a fairly large tfile dump between east coast and west coast WWIV BBSes around 1989. Shut down temporarily in 1990 due to an alleged connection with Illuminati Online in Austin, but came back online some weeks after the SJG raid. Was in 510 after 1991 due to the SF Bay Area area code split." - The Black Avenger
415-383-0473
Mill Valley, CA
RBBS of Marin County, RCP/M RBBS Marin County, RCP/M RBBS Mill Valley, Marin RBBS
(1982-1986)
Jim Ayers
CP/M and Otrona Attache. PRACSA member CP/M and Otrona Attache. PRACSA member
415-387-1241
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Bull Board
(1984-1985)
415-387-3251
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Catholic Info Net #1, Catholic Infonet #1 , Catholic InfoNet GTPower
(1987-1994)
Martin Ford, Mollerus & Ford, Mollerus/Ford
415-388-1708
MILL VALLEY, CA
Personal TeX BBS
(1988-1991)
William Kaster
415-388-4801
MILL VALLEY, CA
Family Radio Forum
(1988-1990)
Bill Sievert
415-391-2657
San Francisco, CA
KKSF-FM BBS, NCFCC, NCFCC-KKSF
(1987-1993)
Tim Pozar, San Francisco CA
415-398-6181
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Sports Connx
(1987-1991)
John Huryk
415-424-1482
OAKLAND, CA
FOG RBBS-RCP/M #5
(1985)
Frank Morton
415-426-0362
IGNACIO, CA
MacCircles
(1989-1990)
Patricia O'Conner, Patricia O'Connor
415-426-0470
IGNACIO, CA
Pleasanton Hub, Records Department, Records Dept BBS, Records Dept BBS , RecordsDept, SF EAST BAY, The Records Department
(1985-1992)
Bill McCauley, BB (??)TBBS
415-426-4265
IGNACIO, CA
TIEnet (Teacher Information Exchange Network)
(1988)
Red Ryder Host
415-430-1805
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Elephant Board
(1989)
415-439-2515
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PHOTOBYTES
(1987)
415-439-8530
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Tele-Path TBBS
(1989)
415-441-2539
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
RECOVERY, Recovery II (125/31)
(1988-1989)
Tim Spofford
415-447-2247
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Alpha Omega-80
(1984-1985)
415-452-0350
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
ClawMarks, Sunrise Omega-80
(1982-1991)
Karl Maurer
415-454-0457
SAN RAFAEL, CA
Marin Online
(1989-1990)
Lou Schneider
415-455-0410
SAN RAFAEL, CA
B.A.C.C., Online Store
(1988)
415-455-5437
SAN RAFAEL, CA
Livermore BBS
(1984)
415-456-9843
Marin County, CA
The Digital Towers
(1985-1991)
Ken Brierley
"We pioneered on-line gaming in ANSI format. System offered over 40 games to users and once a day e-mail." - Ken Brierley
415-457-4467
SAN RAFAEL, CA
The Adventure Board #4
(1984)
415-458-4069
SAN RAFAEL, CA
Contra Costa Hub, SF Squared
(1989-1990)
Michael Wallis
415-461-7726
LARKSPUR, CA
Larkspur RBBS/RCPM, RCP/M RBBS Larkspur, Unix - [notavax]
(1982-1985)
415-462-0525
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Kasslar I
(1988)
Wildcat
415-462-7419
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PMS - Pleasanton
(1982-1985)
415-467-2588
San Francisco, CA
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #8, DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #8 San Francisco, DYM
(1984-1992)
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH
415-467-8966
San Francisco, CA
City Hub, Harv's Hideout
(1989-1999)
Harvey Nehgila, Jeffrey Schanke
415-469-8111
San Francisco, CA
ABBS South of Market, South of Market
(1982-1985)
ABBS
415-471-1138
The Far Side
(1987)
Forum
415-471-3776
Express Stop, The Express Stop
(1986-1992)
Rob MagesPCBoard
415-471-5072
Liahona BBS
(1989)
415-472-3097
SAN RAFAEL, CA
AE Line: POLO
(1985)
415-472-5001
SAN RAFAEL, CA
EpStar
(1988)
Wildcat
415-472-5632
SAN RAFAEL, CA
EBBS Support Board, EBBS Test Site
(1989-1991)
Tony Hsieh
415-474-0231
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Network2000
(1989)
415-474-4523
San Francisco, CA
Network 2000 PCB, NETwork System 2000, Network2000 , Network2000,9600, The Network 2000
(1989-1996)
Helton LimPCBoard
415-479-6192
SAN RAFAEL, CA
AE Line: THIEF
(1985)
415-479-7218
San Rafael, CA
Marin 80 TBBS, MARIN-80 TBBS
(1983-1990)
Will GortnerTBBS
"Started with a TRS-80 and a 5 MB external HD, later two 5 MB external HD's, all running TBBS. Then jumped to an Intel clone PC (egads, I forget the brand, but will surely remember in two weeks or so) with 20MB of storage. Will died sometime around 1990, while undergoing heart bypass surgery. Great guy, good users, and fantastic software (TBBS, that is)." - Abuzavi
415-479-8328
San Rafael, CA
Stonehenge, Stonehenge BBS
(1985-1995)
John Chipps
"SYSOP looked like Ernest Hemingway. Was part of a small network of boards in San Rafael to grow out of Marin-80, and to federate message boards. Machines would, in sequence, push data around during the night. Forget the software -- wasn't FIDO, that much I know. EBBS, I think. Anyway, Stonehenge kicked off when John got pissed that he couldn't get on to Marin-80 when he wanted, so he opened his own. Little to no files (unlike Marin-80), but gobs of message boards." - Abuzavi
415-481-0252
INVERNESS, CA
IBM PC No-Name, No Name, No Name BBS, No name BBS , NO-NAME RBBS, RBBS IBM PC San Lorenzo
(1983-1994)
Terry Taylor, N6MON
415-482-0532
Oakland, CA
Morris III, G. Allen, Pyramid of Power
(1985-1993)
Greg Byrd
415-483-1768
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Echelon BBS
(1986-1987)
Neil Roehm
415-484-4412
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MAC Circles MACintosh S/w, MacCircles
(1987-1991)
Patricia OConnor
415-487-0310
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Compuchem, COMPUCHEM RBBS
(1987-1989)
Russ Fleming
415-488-9145
SAN GERONIMO, CA
Download-80 Mojo's
(1983-1984)
415-489-9005
Fremont, CA
The ZCPR3 BBS/Z-Node Central
(1984-1986)
David McCord
Source of ZCPR3 software & support. PRACSA member Source of ZCPR3 software & support. PRACSA member
415-490-7248
SUNNYVALE, CA
AE Line: GLEMIN
(1985)
415-490-8083
SUNNYVALE, CA
TBBS Noah's Ark
(1983-1985)
415-492-8310
SAN RAFAEL, CA
Palladin BBS
(1988-1996)
Auntie
415-493-4506
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
FW Backus Technical Support BBS
(1985)
Andrew Hart
415-494-0944
FREMONT, CA
Mydrarian Castle III, NoName
(1987-1988)
Miles Nordin
415-495-2929
San Francisco, CA
Studs, STUDSNet
(1987-1996)
Spuds McKenzie
From the September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: San Francisco, California since 07/87. Sysop: Spuds McKenzie. Using WildCat 3.91 with 24 lines on MS-DOS 80486 with 8000 MB storage. Microcom at 28800 bps. $10 Monthly fee. STUDSNet Central - The worlds largest exclusively gay computer network. Add value to your system, connect to 50,000+ men and wimmin world-wide. Daily mail transfers, net-wide matchmaker and 50+ forums to choose from.
415-512-9108
San Francisco, CA
Environet, Environet 1, Greenpeace Enviroment, Greenpeace EnviroNet, Greenpeace – Environet, Greenpeace Environet
(1988-1996)
Dick Dillman, Dick Dillman/GreenpeaceTBBS
Ecological and Peace Issues - Disarmament/Toxics/Wildlife
415-521-5882
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Cybertron, Cybertron BBS
(1989-1990)
Larry CotnamTelegard
415-523-1645
Hacker Mansion
(1987)
415-523-6306
House of Games, The House of Games
(1989-1992)
415-524-4427
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MBBS
(1984)
415-525-6254
Skycomm
(1985)
Tom Jennings
415-526-7733
Berkeley, CA
CONFERENCE TREE, CONFERENCE-TREE Berkeley, CONFERGNCE-TREE Berkeley
(1982-1985)
CONFERGNCE-TREE
415-527-8276
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
SYNAPSE'
(1985)
ARMU
415-531-9549
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
A LA BBS
(1985)
AMIS
415-537-1777
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Combat Arms BBS
(1988-1992)
Richard BashWildcat
415-538-2040
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
COMPU-PAL
(1989-1991)
Richard YimTBBS
415-538-3580
Hayward, CA
CONFERENCE-TREE #3, CONFERENCE-TREE Hayward
(1982-1985)
CONFERENCE-TREE
415-538-7746
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Alameda Hub, Over The Hill Gang Hub
(1989-1991)
Dave Gentry
415-540-0529
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
THE LIVE WIRE
(1987)
415-543-2803
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
ET3
(1985)
Mouse Exchange
415-543-6499
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
AI-NET
(1988-1990)
Ted Glenwright
415-546-0119
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
*SuperResume*, Super Resume, SUPER RESUME
(1986-1990)
Lee Johnson
415-547-3070
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MegaCom BBS, Megacom TBBS
(1985-1989)
Barry Patton
415-548-0163
Berkeley, CA
East Bay Hub, ThelemaNet, Thelma Net, THELEMA NET
(1986-1989)
Josh Gordon, JOSH GORDON
415-549-5955
TOPS
(1987)
415-550-2445
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Bear's Den
(1986-1990)
Bernal Bear
415-552-7671
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Drummer
(1982-1984)
415-552-8268
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
BBS Kinky Komputer, Kinky Kumputer I
(1984-1992)
415-552-8924
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SKULL & XBONE
(1985)
AMIS
415-552-9070
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
ENTREPRENEURS BBS
(1987)
415-552-9968
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
RCP/M Rich & Famous, Rich & Famous RCP/M
(1983-1985)
415-556-1064
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
NPS WR
(1986)
Jonathan Lewis
415-561-1744
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Watchdog
(1986-1988)
Hoover Chan
415-562-5483
BELVEDERE (MARI, CA
Family Radio Forum, FAMILY RADIO FORUM , Family Radio Forum (HQ)
(1987-1989)
Richard YimTBBS
415-562-7097
BELVEDERE (MARI, CA
AmiConnection, Computer-Corner
(1988-1991)
Scott SchrockPCBoard
415-563-2491
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
FIDO #72 Harry Chesley, Harry Chesley, Harry's BBS
(1984-1987)
Harry Chesley, H. ChesleyFidoNet
415-563-4953
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
RCP/M RBBS DataTech 006
(1982-1983)
415-564-7730
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Cold Moon with Single Star Board
(1987-1989)
Joseph B Puig III
415-565-3037
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Living BBS, Living BBS, Education SIG
(1983-1984)
415-570-0545
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
LeasaNet HQ
(1989-1991)
Steve Golamco
415-571-6160
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PRODUCTION WORLD , Video
(1985-1989)
Wes Dorman
415-571-6204
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Cat's Tail BBS
(1988)
Bill Bennett
415-571-6911
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PDSE
(1987-1989)
D.Jones/D.Hewes
415-571-7056
San Mateo, CA
On Broadway, Sosaria
(1984-1987)
David Brown
415-572-8219
San Mateo, CA
Hints BBS, KAYFUN HINTS BBS, Kay*Fun
(1986-2000)
Ernest HintzPCBoard
CP/M software and messages. System supported by Kayfun CP/M software and messages. System supported by Kayfun
415-572-9563
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PC Bear's Lair, PCBL BBS, SF Peninsula Net
(1987-1995)
Les Kooyman
415-572-9594
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
High Tech Guys, HTG/Outreach, HTG/Outreach BBS
(1989-1996)
Allan Hurst
415-574-3663
San Carlos, CA
RCP/M RBBS DataTech #15 San Mateo, TOAD HALL, Toad Hall, TechNet
(1984-1994)
J. Thaddeus, J Thaddeus, Eric R. DanielPCBoard
MS-/PC-DOS software, communications, engineering, AutoCAD & ham radio MS-/PC-DOS software, communications, engineering, AutoCAD & ham radio
415-574-4427
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Leasametric, Inc, RCP/M RBBS DataTech #11 Foster City
(1984-1985)
Howard Stateman
415-574-5602
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Anxiety Closet
(1989-1990)
Clayton Fiske
415-574-7684
San Mateo, CA
San Mateo User's Group, SAN MATEO USERS GROUP
(1986-1991)
Robert Hunter, Unknown
San Mateo TRS-80 User Group BBS (8/N/1) San Mateo TRS-80 User Group BBS (8/N/1)
415-574-7914
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
BAVUG, PRA
(1986-1997)
Franz Hirner
415-579-5544
San Francisco, CA
The Skull
(1984-1995)
The DozerPCBoard 15.2
415-579-7251
SAN RAFAEL, CA
Stroke of Midnight
(1987)
Forum
415-581-3019
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
AMERICAN DREAM, AMERICAN DREAM BBS, Dream Machine, G A D M, GADM, The Soft Programming Technical Support, TheSoft Programming
(1987-1995)
Dave GentryTBBS
415-581-9452
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MissingLink
(1988)
415-582-2973
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Hayward/Cadillac Systems
(1988)
Wildcat
415-582-6743
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
G A D M, GADM
(1988-1991)
Dave Gentry
415-583-0846
NICASIO, CA
Bay Peninsula Exchange 2, BPX 2, The System II Exchange
(1987-1988)
Paolo Piazza
415-583-1673
NICASIO, CA
Strictly Business
(1987-1990)
Forum
415-584-0697
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Genealogy(SF), Roots BBS, ROOTS BBS , Roots(SF!), Roots, Genealogy, ROOTS-BBS, SF Bay Net
(1985-1996)
Brian Mavrogeorge, B. MavrogeorgeOpus
415-585-6334
San Francisco, CA
NET-WORKS AppleCore, SAN FRAN. APPLE CORPS
(1984-1985)
NET-WORKS
415-587-8062
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
A.B.A.C.U.S., Abacus BBS, The Abacus
(1984-1994)
AMIS
415-588-1696
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
BBS San Francisco
(1984-1985)
415-589-5062
POINT REYES, CA
RCP/M RBBS EPSON, RTPM San Francisco
(1983-1985)
415-589-7512
POINT REYES, CA
The PCNetWork BBS
(1989)
Chuck Spear
415-589-7835
POINT REYES, CA
Pipe Dream
(1987-1989)
Bill Holmes
415-591-1762
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MoDeMeR'S BBS, The Anxiety Closet
(1988)
Clayton Fiske
415-591-1990
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Noble House 2
(1987)
415-591-6259
Belmont, CA
Fog #4, FOG RBBS-RCP/M #4, FOG - 4
(1985-1988)
Roy RobinsonWildcat
CP/M & MS-DOS support. PRACSA member CP/M & MS-DOS support. PRACSA member
415-592-4060
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Boob Tube Opus, The Belmont Flea Clinic
(1988-1989)
Bruce Oblander
415-593-5583
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
FIDO #78 Living Sober, Living Sober
(1984-1985)
Rick G.FidoNet
415-593-6787
San Carlos, CA
The Pirate's Hollow
(1984-1986)
Ye Cap'nFoReM, Carina BBS
415-594-0781
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Dog Lab
(1986)
Bruce Oblander
415-594-9806
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PolloNET, The Dog Lab
(1987-1989)
Bruce Oblander
415-595-0541
BRISBANE, CA
DataTech Network Headquarters System, RCP/M RBBS DataTech #1 San Carlos, RCP/M RBBS DataTech 001
(1982-1985)
415-595-2427
San Carlos, CA
Toad Hall, Toad Hall BBS
(1989-1996)
Gordon Anderson, J. Thaddeus, J ThaddeusPCBoard
415-595-2479
San Carlos, CA
FAUG, FAUG BBS
(1986-1988)
Timothy Avery
415-595-4713
BRISBANE, CA
QUEST
(1987-1988)
Michael Ketcham
415-595-5079
San Carlos, CA
TechNet
(1986)
Eric R. Daniel
MS-/PC-DOS software, communications, engineering, AutoCAD & ham radio MS-/PC-DOS software, communications, engineering, AutoCAD & ham radio
415-595-8680
BRISBANE, CA
Land of the Lost
(1984)
415-598-0498
OAKLAND, CA
Micro Foundry BBS, MicroFoundry, The Micro Foundry
(1988-1996)
Tom NelsonWildcat
415-598-9100
OAKLAND, CA
PC Mag IRS
(1987-1989)
Chris Barr
415-621-0803
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
RECOVERY II, San Francisco Hub, SF Bay Net
(1988)
Bob Kovach
415-621-2609
San Francisco, CA
Reg 10 SDS Coord, Reg 10 SDSCoord, San Francisco PC Users Group, SF PCUG , SF PCUG BBS, SFPCUG, The PCUG BBS
(1989-1996)
Richard CoutureRBBS
415-621-5206
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Echo Coord, RECOVERY, RECOVERY BBS , RECOVERY II, San Francisco Hub, SF Bay Net, Wine Country Hub
(1986-1988)
Bob Kovach, Don Kulha
415-621-5492
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
GreenPeace
(1984-1989)
415-621-6520
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PC Shop-Talk
(1987-1989)
Harry Logan
415-621-8425
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SCRIBE(M) BBS
(1989-1990)
Byron Windhorst
415-623-0448
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Voyager
(1989)
Wildcat
415-626-1246
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
AIDS Info BBS, AIDS Information, AIDS INFORMATION BBS
(1987-1994)
415-626-5465
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Kinky Kumputer
(1982-1983)
415-626-6972
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Ch@os
(1989)
Duke Crestfield
415-634-8735
Discovery Bay, CA
NCC-1701
(1986-1988)
BBCS (Bulletin Board Construction Set)
I used to run the NCC 1701 BBS in North Cal. (It wasn't very big.) 415-634-TREK.
415-635-4747
SAN FRANCISCO: CENT, CA
HARNCO*OAK
(1986-1987)
Franz Hirner
415-637-0512
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Russian Heart, SF Peninsula Net
(1982-1997)
Richard Coatney
415-641-4363
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
KALW"Information Radio"
(1989)
Wildcat
415-642-7387
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Disabled Children
(1989-1994)
415-642-9695
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
OxyOpus BBS
(1988)
Richard Knowles
415-644-0585
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
M.A.C.
(1987)
415-644-1161
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
After Hours
(1989)
Barry Kapke
415-647-8528
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
City Hub, Satore Center
(1986)
Mike Kelleher
415-647-9243
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
San Francisco Weather
(1989)
Wildcat
415-648-3014
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Bernal Bear's Board, Bernal Bears Board, Grizzly Bear 100, RCP/M San Francisco
(1984-1992)
Marc Armstrong, Bernal Bear
415-651-4147
Fremont, CA
Aardwolf Express, CONNECTION-80 Fremont, National Family Forum, Sonshine Express, Sonshine Express
(1982-1992)
Anton JohnsonTBBS, CONNECTION-80
415-651-5948
OAKLAND, CA
SCSI Conn.
(1987)
415-651-9196
OAKLAND, CA
Prometheus
(1987)
415-651-9496
Fremont, CA
Earth-Rite, Earth-Rite BBS, EARTH-RITE RBBS , EarthRite, EARTH RITE FORUM
(1984-1990)
Robin McCainWildcat, RBBS, PBBS, Wildcat!
"Some historical content is now up at earthritebbs.org. The first system ran on an Ampro Little Board with CP/M and ZCPR3 with a 1200 baud modem and 2 floppy drives. Initially the software was BYE5 and RBBS, but RBBS took too long to login when the user list got over 30 names, so it was switched to PBBS and a 6 meg hard drive added in 1986. The BBS was hit by a trasher in 1989 who poisoned the user interaction and was briefly resurrected with Wildcat! on a PC-XT." - Robin McCain
415-655-1206
Oakland, CA
FOG - 33
(1986)
Kenji Nakadegawa
East Bay FOG (FOG AMO #3) member supported East Bay FOG (FOG AMO #3) member supported
415-655-2689
Pixel Penguin
(1987)
415-657-9096
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Mystic Caverns
(1984)
415-658-2919
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
CBBS Lambda
(1982-1985)
415-658-5397
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
OAsis, Oasis
(1989-1994)
Jim Angel
415-659-9169
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
10/425, R S V P, R.S.V.P, RSVP (~from408, RSVP BBS, R.S.V.P.
(1985-1994)
Jim Thomas
415-661-0107
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
San Francisco Hub, SF Bay Net, Society of Procrastinators
(1989)
Adam Baum
415-661-7374
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MacQueue
(1986-1988)
Leo Laporte, Leo LaPorte
415-668-4246
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco CBBS
(1980)
ABBS
Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue)
415-668-6101
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Cold Moon With Single Star
(1986)
Joseph Puig
415-668-7168
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
STix
(1989)
415-672-2504
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
BANKER'S LIFE FIDO , Nat'l Echo Coor, Nerd's Nook, NERD'S NOOK #1 Opus, SF EAST BAYVALLEY, TBLUG1 FIDO, THI CVA Headquarters
(1986-1989)
Butch WalkerFidoNet
415-672-2505
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
TBLUG Fido, TBLUG2 FIDO
(1986-1992)
Butch WalkerFidoNet
415-672-3104
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Echo Hub, TBLUG3 FIDO
(1986)
Butch WalkerFidoNet
415-672-9408
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Norcal Echomail Hub
(1989)
Butch Walker
415-674-0660
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Humor and Wisdom
(1984-1985)
Wayne Webber
415-681-5135
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Online At Last!, San Francisco Hub, SF Bay Net, Wine Country Hub
(1988-1989)
Aaron Lau, Don Kulha
415-683-9560
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Freedom BBS
(1988)
Wildcat
415-686-4338
SAN FRANCISCO: CENT, CA
The Billboard
(1988)
Red Ryder Host
415-687-7595
SAN FRANCISCO: JUNI, CA
Magrathea
(1987)
GBBS Pro
415-689-2090
Home of RBBS-PC West, HQ of RBBS-PC We, HQ of RBBS-PC West
(1985-1992)
Jon Martin
415-692-1406
Burlingame, CA
FOG RBBS-RCP/M #31, MEBBS (FOG 31)
(1985-1986)
Jim Switz
FOG support, customer support FOG support, customer support
415-692-1861
Millbrae, CA
WestWind BBS
(1986)
Yati Sahae
Support of WestWind customers. PRACSA member Support of WestWind customers. PRACSA member
415-695-0759
San Francisco, CA
Inter-Network Coord, KUMR, Late Night Software, Late Night Software 125/555
(1988-1995)
Tim PozarFIDO
Home of UFGATE - Software to connect PCs to UUCP/Usenet
415-723-7685
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SMUG BBS, Stanford Macintosh Users Group (SMUG) BBS
(1988-1990)
Greg WhittenRed Ryder Host
415-726-2726
SAN RAFAEL, CA
Tsunami
(1987)
415-726-9659
SAN RAFAEL, CA
Surf Board
(1986-1988)
Trippy Wilson
415-727-0442
OAKLAND, CA
Any Body's, AnyBody's, Anybody's BBS
(1988-1992)
Kevin SibleyWildcat
415-731-1037
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Mac Exchange
(1987)
415-731-2422
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Nightingale (10/475), Nightingale BBS, The Nightingale
(1988-1994)
Jim Rankin
415-734-0444
Pleasanton, Ca,
Quasatron Systems BBS
(1989)
Kenneth C. MazieWildcat
"Hi, I just found your list on the web. I ran the Quasatron BBS for about four years. I have all the old files stored and if you like i can look them up and give you any statistics about the system you like. It ran on on 2 386sx 16 MHz systems and had 150 megs of disk space. It had two dial up lines and used Microcom Ax9624c modems that would do 9600 baud if connected to another microcom ax9624c. I ran it as a hobby and never charged for access. that was the reson i wound up shutting it down, lack of funds to keep it up. I was never linked into FIDOnet or any other link service and my message base was never very busy. It was a lot of fun though while it lasted." - Ken Mazie
415-751-9308
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
City Hub, Thelema Net, ThelemaNet
(1989-1994)
Josh Gordon
415-752-5615
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Photocomm
(1988-1994)
Wildcat
415-752-6172
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Midnight BBS
(1987-1991)
Melt Cober
415-753-3002
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MacQueue II
(1986)
Leo LaPorte
415-753-3356
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
City Hub, Satore Center Opus
(1987-1992)
Mike Kelleher
415-755-1524
Daly City, CA
Computer Continuum, Continuum , Continuum BBS, Continuum OnLine
(1984-1996)
Jon CarmichaelPCBoard , Wildcat
415-755-2030
Daly City, CA
First Osborne Gp #1, FOG #1, FOG RBBS-RCP/M #1, FOG - 1
(1984-1994)
First Osborne Group, Gale Rhoades
Distribution of FOG Disk Library. FOG or PRACSA Distribution of FOG Disk Library. FOG or PRACSA
415-755-2284
Daly City, CA
PC Hackers Nest BBS
(1988-2000)
Ben GordonWildcat!
"Started out with one line and freeware DOS BBS Software, added two lines, switched to Wildcat/DOS then Wildcat/OS2, finally the 32bit Windows version on the web as pchackersnest.com closed in 2000 due to an almost total lack of interest from the public." - Ben Gordon
415-755-8315
Daly City, CA
FOG #6, FOG - 6
(1986-1990)
Jack Brown
Technical information and FOG uploads Technical information and FOG uploads
415-756-0523
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
VOR BBS
(1987-1988)
Vern Buerg
415-758-1650
CORTE MADERA, CA
Enterprise Fido, Enterprize, West Contra Costa
(1986-1992)
Garry Lapides
415-758-8315
CORTE MADERA, CA
FOG #6
(1989)
415-763-6794
OAKLAND, CA
Low Ovhd
(1987-1988)
Scott Wahrer
415-764-1629
San Francisco, CA
Fido Software, FIDO Support Customer Supp
(1987-1993)
Tom JenningsFidoNet
415-771-1119
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MicahLink BBS
(1989)
415-771-1788
Russian Hill, SF, CA
Midi Exchange, MIDI-Exchange BBS, San Francisco MIDI Users
(1986-1994)
Walt PerkoWWIV, Excalibur
"I was the owner/operator/sysop for "the MIDI-Exchange BBS, P.O. Box 640608, San Francisco, CA, 415-771-1788" I think I started the BBS about 1986 and ran it until about 1994 when HTML certainly had taken over. I don't remember the first software I started with, but was using "WWIV" for a long time and then "Excaliber" near the end. I actually have a .zip file of the BBS with all the messages 'n files still if you want a copy let me know, I'll dig it out of my back-ups. When I ran the BBS I was living on Russian Hill in San Francisco. There is a write up in book on MIDI . I have that book packed away here . I forget the name." - Walt Perko
415-771-2051
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Players' Network BBS, THE PLAYERS CLUB NETWORK
(1987-1989)
415-775-2384
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PBay Apple, Pirate, PIRATE'S BAY, PIRATES BAY, The Bay, Pirates Bay
(1982-1989)
415-776-6628
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
AI-NET
(1987-1988)
Ted Glenwright
415-776-7228
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Skateboard
(1986)
Bruce Ong
415-782-4402
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
System/80 San Leandro
(1983-1984)
415-785-5367
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Telegraph Road
(1987)
GBBS Pro
415-785-8085
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
VIDEO VISION BBS
(1988-1990)
Wildcat
415-788-3907
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
KLOK FM BBS, KLOK-FM BBS, SF Bay Net
(1986-1989)
Tim Pozar
415-790-1375
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
The Tavern
(1989-1992)
Charles Silva
415-790-3432
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Down Under, Down-Under
(1987-1991)
John Pickens
415-790-6311
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
RISK & INSURANCE MANAGEMENT BBS , SanFrancisco
(1986-1989)
415-791-0674
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
East Bay Technical
(1986-1989)
John Rohner
415-791-2961
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Fremont Area Remote Term.
(1989)
Wildcat
415-792-2708
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
SabreNet
(1989-1990)
Carl SabantiniPCBoard
415-792-3210
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Midnight Express , The Midnight Express
(1986-1992)
Rich HolcombPCBoard
415-792-3481
Newark, CA
FOG - 38
(1986)
Gerald Wright
PRACSA member PRACSA member
415-792-8052
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Dragon's Byte BBS
(1988)
Wildcat
415-792-8753
Fremont, CA
Electric Shock BBS
(1987-1990)
TWeRKiNaLoRenegade
"Had almost 300 users at one point. Flame board was most popular. And image download and file trading system." - TWeRKiNaLo
415-793-1393
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Empire of Darkness
(1987)
Cit68k 2.14
415-793-3037
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Centerville RBBS Lang Utils, Centreville
(1985-1991)
Joe Halblieb, Joe Halbleib
415-793-3325
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Airplane
(1989)
415-793-9983
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
RIMS
(1985)
Bob Herrick
415-794-7900
Gemini-80
(1984)
415-794-9314
ABBS Computerland
(1982-1983)
415-794-9624
SDA, SDA
(1986-1991)
Bernie BelewPCBoard
415-795-8862
MacInfo, MacInfo BBS, MACInfo Red Ryder MACintosh
(1987-1991)
Norm GoodgerRed Ryder Host
415-797-9590
BELVEDERE (MARIN), CA
Jet Print BBS
(1988)
Wildcat
415-799-5719
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
T-1000
(1986)
Ron Cunningham
415-799-9171
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Infinity
(1989)
Wildcat
415-820-2177
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Metal CA
(1989-1990)
TormentorSTadel
415-821-3410
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
ModiFido
(1986)
Ezra ShapiroFidoNet
415-822-5630
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Thrasher Magazine BBS, THRASHER Zine's
(1986)
Chauf Fer
415-824-5069
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Draken's Keep, San Francisco Hub, SF Bay Net
(1989-1990)
Mike Moore
415-824-7809
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Harry's, Hypercard BBS
(1987-1994)
415-824-8767
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
News Net, NEWSBASE
(1987-1989)
415-826-2131
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
KBBS FORUM
(1985)
Bond Shands
415-828-3607
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
TriValley CUG, TVCUG BBS
(1987-1989)
Sean Ackley
415-828-8941
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
TVCUG BBS
(1989-1990)
Sean Ackley
415-829-6027
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Easy Access, Easy Access BBS, EasyAccess PCB AT&T
(1989-1992)
Tony WaddellPCBoard
415-829-6062
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
ATT-PAC, ATT-PAC AUNT IBM
(1987-1992)
Randy Young, Young&Gardner, Young/Gardner
415-830-4616
San Ramon, CA
Guardian's Gateway, The Guardian's Gateway, The Hideout BBS
(1988-1993)
Brent Johnson, Snipe, Brent Johson aka SnipeTelegard
"Telegard Beta Site specializing in that software's support and distribution." - Brent Johson
415-833-1780
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Friend of Bill W.
(1989-1994)
415-834-3319
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SCI-Fido
(1984)
Mike FarrenFidoNet
415-837-4610
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Transfer Station, TRANSFER STATION , TransferStation PCB FIDO
(1987-1991)
Kevin FongPCBoard
415-841-9481
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
East Bay Hub, Sci-Fido II
(1989-1991)
Richard KnowlesFidoNet
415-843-6853
MILL VALLEY, CA
TAX HAVENS - OFFSHORE BBS
(1987)
415-845-2164
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Mega-Monster
(1986)
Tony Adams
CP/IM and MS-DOS public domain software. PRACSA member CP/IM and MS-DOS public domain software. PRACSA member
415-845-4812
Berkeley, CA
NET-WORKS Winner's Circle, Winner's Circle, WinnersCir.
(1984-1988)
NET-WORKS
415-845-5558
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
NorthStar
(1987)
415-845-6157
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Gurgi
(1987-1990)
Kinne Strong
415-845-8649
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Med-Link, MedLink (125/2001)
(1988-1989)
Robert Fields
415-845-8782
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Med-Link
(1989-1991)
Robert Fields
415-845-9462
Berkeley, CA
BBS IBM PC Berkeley, Blue BOSS IBM PC, IBM PC BBS: Berkeley, CA
(1982-1985)
415-849-2684
SAN FRANCISCO: CENT, CA
BMUG
(1987-1989)
Raines Cohen
415-849-4379
SAN FRANCISCO: CENT, CA
BMUG
(1989-1990)
Raines Cohen
415-851-3453
SAN FRANCISCO: CENT, CA
PMS - Portola Valley
(1982-1985)
415-851-3989
SAN FRANCISCO: CENT, CA
Noble House 1
(1987)
415-851-7732
Woodside, CA
FOG RBBS-RCP/M #12, Kings Mountain FOG #12, King's Mountain
(1985-1989)
Troy Soult
FOG #12 - mainly MS-DOS software. PRACSA member FOG #12 - mainly MS-DOS software. PRACSA member
415-855-9548
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
MailCom Message Center, MailCom Public USENET
(1987-1990)
Bernard Aboba
415-856-2771
Palo Alto, CA
Desktop Publisher, TeleTech
(1986-1994)
Freeman Bradford
Hobby. PRACSA member Hobby. PRACSA member
415-858-0363
Packet UNIX BBS
(1988-1991)
415-858-2840
RCP/M RBBS DataTech #10 Palo Alto
(1984-1985)
415-861-0925
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
S.W.A.P. BBS, SWAP #2
(1989-1990)
Kenn Radford
415-861-4485
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
C-64 ET
(1989)
415-861-5733
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
RBBS IBM PC San Francisco
(1984-1986)
Harry Logan
415-861-6489
San Francisco, CA
CONFERENCE-TREE San Francisco
(1983-1985)
CONFERENCE-TREE
415-863-4703
San Francisco, CA
ABBS PCnet
(1981-1983)
PCNETPCNET
415-863-9697
San Francisco, CA
FOG City, FOG CITY BBS, Fog City Fido, FOG City BBS 125/10
(1986-1995)
Bill EssexFidoNet, TBBS
Gay Community BBS - AIDS Info - Desktop Publishing - MACs
415-863-9718
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Aids Action, AIDS ACTION BBS, SF BAY InterConnect, SF BAY InterConnect BBS, The DataBurst
(1987-1996)
Bill Essex
415-864-0774
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
E Tree III, E-Tree-3
(1984-1993)
415-864-1418
San Francisc, CA
FIDO #1 Fido's Board, FIDO #1: Fido's Board, Fido's Board, Fido's-Board
(1984-1986)
Tom JenningsFidoNet
415-864-2037
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
ET3 Network
(1987)
415-864-3365
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Mac Connextion
(1987)
415-864-3675
San Francisco, CA
The New Dork Sublime
(1988-1995)
Demented PimientoSearchlight
"A NIRVANAnet(tm) node, text file based, linked with other Bay Area NIRVANAnet BBSes." - Joe
415-864-3858
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Guideboard, THE GUIDEBOARD
(1986-1994)
Richard Schwartz
415-865-2831
Alameda, CA
NET-WORKS Computer Line
(1984-1985)
NET-WORKS
415-873-3840
OAKLAND, CA
Rattpak AE (Password: RATT)
(1986)
Ascii Express (Tac)
415-877-5341
Police Dept, South San Francicco Police Dept BBS
(1989-1994)
Daryl JonesPCBoard
415-878-4662
NOVATO, CA
Starpoint
(1987)
Forum
415-881-5662
Hayward, CA
ABBS Byte Shop, ABBS Hayward, Byte Shop
(1982-1985)
ABBS
415-882-9835
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
ch@os
(1987-1988)
Tom Jennings
415-883-1644
IGNACIO, CA
Mover Mouse BBS, SF EAST BAYVALLEY
(1987-1988)
Diane Smith
415-883-6419
IGNACIO, CA
BIOS II BBS
(1988-1989)
Rob LaGesse
415-885-1973
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
DR. DON'S FUN HOUSE, DR. DON'S TBBS
(1987-1991)
Donald Denaro
415-887-2158
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Info-Net
(1987)
GBBS Pro
415-889-8506
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Anola BBS
(1984-1985)
415-895-0135
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Open Campus
(1987)
GBBS Pro
415-895-0699
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
System/80 San Leandro
(1982-1984)
415-895-1788
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Enterprise
(1988)
415-895-5706
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Wolves Den, WOLF DEN
(1984-1985)
AMIS
415-895-5985
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
M.O.E. Dataline, Micro Oasis Dataline PCB2, MOE
(1987-1992)
Mike HildumPCBoard
415-895-6159
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Pro-Net BBS, Pro-Net PCB, ProNet
(1989-1991)
Larry HargrovePCBoard
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415-895-8980
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Atatcom/80 San Leandro, Datacom/80
(1983-1984)
415-895-9423
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Oil Systems BBS
(1985-1986)
Craig Kim
415-896-0893
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Peacenet
(1984)
415-897-2110
NOVATO, CA
The Other End BBS
(1989-1990)
Seth Friedman
415-897-2783
Novato, CA
Golden State BBS, GREENE MACHINE Golden State BBS
(1983-1985)
GREENE MACHINE
415-898-2644
Novato, CA
Marin Hub, Mover Mouse BBS, SF EAST BAYVALLEY, SonoMarin Hub
(1989-1995)
Diane Smith
415-898-9892
NOVATO, CA
Island Science
(1987-1990)
Kevin Muench
415-921-2359
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
BPX 4, CAMP(ing)
(1988-1989)
Robert Green
415-923-1235
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Mac Tribune, Macintosh Tribune
(1987-1992)
Vernon Keenan, William Sommers
415-924-6282
LARKSPUR, CA
Pirate's Warehouse
(1984)
415-927-1216
LARKSPUR, CA
Golden Gate Computer Society, GoldenGate, Marin Sonoma PCUG , Marin Sonora PCUG, Marin/Sonoma PCUG, Sonoma PC Users Group
(1985-1994)
Leistner & Ward, Don WatkinsPCBoard
415-927-2739
Corte Madera, CA
California Connection PartyLine, California Connexion, California ConneXion Partyline
(1985-1994)
Alan ChuDLX, DLS
415-928-0412
San Francisco, CA
CONFERENCE-TREE Apex-Net, CONFERENCE-TREE San Francisco
(1984-1985)
CONFERENCE-TREE
415-931-5641
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Cove, The Cove BBS
(1989-1990)
Bill KaniosPCBoard
415-932-6829
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Diablo Valley PC
(1984)
415-933-7391
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
NorthStar Rcpm Node #1
(1985)
415-937-0156
SAN JOSE, CA
RBBS IBM PC Walnut Creek, Wallnut Creek AUNT Tandy, Walnut Crk, WalnutCrk
(1984-1992)
Wes Meier
415-938-9470
Walnut Creek, CA
Walnut Creek RCPM/SBBS, Co-Ed Associates
(1985-1986)
Werner Gumpert, Werner L. Gumpert
Software exchange. PRACSA member Software exchange. PRACSA member
415-938-9656
Alternate Reality, AlternateReality, AlternateReality , Alternative Poss. SciFi AUNT
(1989-1992)
Wilma Meier
415-939-1246
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
Abacus
(1987)
415-941-1990
Realm of the Rouges, Rogue's Realm, Rogues Realm
(1984-1989)
415-943-6238
SAN FRANCISCO: JUNI, CA
Diablo Valley PC Users Group, Diablo Valley PCUG, DVPC-BBS, DVPCUG
(1987-1994)
Henry Shaw, H. ShawTBBS
415-945-7799
LARKSPUR, CA
Dream Park
(1989-1991)
Chris Weiss, Number SixCitadel
415-948-1474
Palo Alto, CA
CONFERENCE-TREE Palo Alto, Stanford Conference Tree, Homebrew Computer Club, Conf.Tree (Anti-Nuke)
(1980-1994)
CONFERENCE-TREE, ABBS
Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue). (Was a Part-Time BBS initially running 7:15am-11pm)
415-948-2513
Los Altos Hills, CA
PRACSA RCPM, PRACSA RCPM HBBS 85mb
(1986-1992)
Irv Hoff
PRACSA-member only system. PRACSA member PRACSA-member only system. PRACSA member
415-949-1476
Metal
(1984)
415-949-2563
RCP/M Palo Alto
(1984-1985)
415-952-5845
ALMADEN, CA
Pipe Dream2
(1988)
Bill Holmes
415-954-7786
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
NCFCC
(1989)
Ed Johnson
415-956-2738
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
RIMS
(1987-1989)
Bob Herrick
415-957-9370
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
CLM source codes, Computer Language BBS
(1985-1986)
Comp Lang Mag, Hugh Byrne
415-961-7250
BBS-JC, BBSJC(~From408
(1988-1991)
K6LLK
415-961-9337
Rogue's Gallery
(1986)
Ascii Express
415-962-1618
SAN FRANCISCO: CENT, CA
SuperMac Technology support BBS
(1988)
Red Ryder Host
415-964-9039
Stanford, CA
S P A C E, SPACE, SPACE
(1986-1991)
Jay FoxPCBoard
415-965-4097
Mountain View, CA
Game Masters, GameMasters BBS, Mad Mac's Used, MAD MAC's used BBS, NiteLite Remote BBS, North Valley Hub, RCP/M RBBS Piconet Oxgate, Mt. View RCP/M
(1982-1995)
Byron McKay
CP/M 80, 86 and 68k Emphasis. PRASCA Member CP/M 80, 86 and 68k Emphasis. PRASCA Member
415-966-8533
Mountain View, CA
Tiara BBS, Tiara Computer Systems Inc, Tiara Computer Systems Technical Support, Tiara Computer Systems, Inc BBS
(1989-1995)
Wildcat
415-967-3484
Programmers' Inn, ProgrammersInn, Refuge(~/408), Sailors Refuge
(1988-1994)
Ronnie Pierce, Ron PiercePCBoard
415-967-6730
Comm Soft, CommSoft, COMMSOFT , Commsoft BBS
(1986-1994)
Howard Nurse, Ken WhitakerFido
415-967-6969
Trex II, Trexx II
(1987-2003)
BretteCustom
415-968-1093
MRC BBS, MRCBBS
(1982-1984)
415-968-6501
MRC BBS
(1984)
415-968-7369
Mountain View, CA
Sig Sig, SigSig, SIGSIG BBS
(1989-1994)
Jim SwitzAuntie
"Hi. I found your entry for my old BBS whilst Googling myself. I don't know where you found my old info, but I was impressed! I don't think I could have told you my old BBSs lifespan myself if asked - it's been a while. Anyway, thought I'd drop you a note about the origin of my BBSs name. Back in the late 80's there were a number of offshoot SIGs (Special Interest Groups) spawned by any other number of computer clubs, BBSs, GEnie forums etc. But around that time, some company or organization (I wish I could remember who it was - maybe your sleuths can dig it out) was claiming exclusive trademark rights to the term "SIG" and was threatening to sue anybody else using it. Being a rather-younger curmudgeon, I got all outraged and thought "f 'em - let's call their bluff", so when naming my new BBS I figured I'd use the term *twice* to see if they'd take the bait and tussle. Never heard a peep. Dammit. It would have been a fun fight. For the record, "SIGSIG" stood for "Switz's Information Gathering Special Interest Group". But in my mind, it simply stood for "f*** you". And that's the poop on that." - Jim Switz
415-968-9341
Mountain View, CA
Crossroads Bar & Grill, Radio Free California
(1983-1989)
Mike MacgirvinCustom
415-968-9548
San Jose, CA
The Cave
(1986-1995)
Roger LeeSpitfire and very early versions of Linux
"Mainly catered to my local group of friends, providing a place to trade software, programming environments, and BS. I also was a node for the RIME Network." - Roger Lee
415-969-1634
Mountain View, CA
Ottoman Empire
(1985-1987)
Otto Maddox
415-969-2032
Pipe Dream
(1989-1994)
Bill Holmes
415-969-5673
Lord's Domain
(1986-1987)
Ascii Express
415-969-7710
MicroBBS
(1988-1989)
Douglas Coatney
415-972-8225
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SF DECUS Fido
(1986)
DECUS PC SIGFidoNet
415-981-3325
San Francisco, CA
PC LUG
(1986)
Kelly D. Cooly
415-989-5054
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
A.M.U.L.E.T., NEW Amulet
(1987-1989)
415-989-5534
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
OLD Amulet
(1987)
415-991-4911
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #17, DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #17 San Francisco
(1982-1985)
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH
415-992-4908
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
West World
(1987)
GBBS Pro
415-992-8542
SAN FRANCISCO:, CA
FOG #3, FOG RBBS-RCP/M #3, FOG#3 OPUS FOG User Group
(1984-1991)
Jack Brown, Gale Rhoades
415-994-2944
Buerg Utilities, Buerg Utils , VOR BBS, VOR RBBS
(1986-1996)
Vern BuergPCBoard
260 Sysops currently listed.
433 BBSes Listed.