507 BBS List

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

MAP OF THE 507 AREA CODE

507-281-0684
ROCHESTER, MN Comput-A=bility, Compute-A-Bility
(1989-1991) Jon Pennington PCBoard

507-281-0970
ROCHESTER, MN 20M
(1985) Alfred Anderson

507-281-0979
ROCHESTER, MN RBBS IBM PC Rochester
(1984-1985)

507-282-9879
ROCHESTER, MN Val Com BBS
(1986) Jay Weimer

507-288-8901
ROCHESTER, MN Don, Don Quixote, FIDO #302 Don Quixote
(1984-1985) Pat George FidoNet

507-288-9572
ROCHESTER, MN House of Forever, SancuaryPrivate, Sancuary Private
(1987)

507-289-8452
ROCHESTER, MN FIDO #61 RAMS, Mid West, RAMS
(1984-1988) John Pritchard FidoNet
"RAMS was a 4-line chat system run on MajorBBS. John Pritchard shut it down, I would assume, 1988. The computer in his basement simply stopped working. He was completely anonymous at that time, he never logged in, he just ran this thing in his basement for some reason. We were all deviated, because this is how we (I was a kid at the time) kept in touch. Many of us didn’t even know each others real names. I was running a crappy little pirate BBS at the time, but kind of bored with it.. I asked around and someone knew John, and I got his phone number. I called him one day and asked if I could run the system for him. He was an older guy, retirement age, he had worked at IBM (Rochester MN). But my idea was, he would own the software, I would own the computer and pay for the phone lines, and I would run it. He first just dismissed me, he didn’t know who I was. But some time later (I don’t remember, a week or two maybe), he called me back. Asked me to come over to his place, and met me.. he agreed to let me do it. I remember him having a huge smile and said, “you’re going to have the best BBS in town!” He had already paid for the latest release or Major BBS, and handed it to me along with a box of 4 2400 baud modems. It was huge – The MajorBBS software at the time came with 3 ring binders for each “feature”.. like the BBS, and another for a game pack, another to add more “lines” to it, etc." - Tyler K.

507-377-2316
ALBERT LEA, MN Welcome "Back to the Future"
(1988) Red Ryder Host

507-753-2612
ZUMBRO FALLS, MN PC Profile, PCProFile tm
(1989-1994) Wayne Evans

507-931-5879
St. Peter, MN Xanadu BBS
(1986)
Love Connection, Used Equipment, Messages, News. Love Connection, Used Equipment, Messages, News.

6 Sysops currently listed.
10 BBSes Listed.

507-281-0684 ROCHESTER, MN	Comput-A=bility, Compute-A-Bility (1989-1991)	Jon Pennington	PCBoard

507-281-0970 ROCHESTER, MN	20M (1985)	Alfred Anderson

507-281-0979 ROCHESTER, MN	RBBS IBM PC Rochester (1984-1985)

507-282-9879 ROCHESTER, MN	Val Com BBS (1986)	Jay Weimer

507-288-8901 ROCHESTER, MN	Don, Don Quixote, FIDO #302 Don Quixote (1984-1985)	Pat George	FidoNet

507-288-9572 ROCHESTER, MN	House of Forever, SancuaryPrivate, Sancuary Private (1987)

507-289-8452 ROCHESTER, MN	FIDO #61 RAMS, Mid West, RAMS (1984-1988)	John Pritchard	FidoNet
	"RAMS was a 4-line chat system run on MajorBBS. John Pritchard shut it down, I would assume, 1988. The computer in his basement simply stopped working. He was completely anonymous at that time, he never logged in, he just ran this thing in his basement for some reason. We were all deviated, because this is how we (I was a kid at the time) kept in touch. Many of us didn’t even know each others real names. I was running a crappy little pirate BBS at the time, but kind of bored with it.. I asked around and someone knew John, and I got his phone number. I called him one day and asked if I could run the system for him. He was an older guy, retirement age, he had worked at IBM (Rochester MN). But my idea was, he would own the software, I would own the computer and pay for the phone lines, and I would run it. He first just dismissed me, he didn’t know who I was. But some time later (I don’t remember, a week or two maybe), he called me back. Asked me to come over to his place, and met me.. he agreed to let me do it. I remember him having a huge smile and said, “you’re going to have the best BBS in town!” He had already paid for the latest release or Major BBS, and handed it to me along with a box of 4 2400 baud modems. It was huge – The MajorBBS software at the time came with 3 ring binders for each “feature”.. like the BBS, and another for a game pack, another to add more “lines” to it, etc." - Tyler K.

507-377-2316 ALBERT LEA, MN	Welcome "Back to the Future" (1988)		Red Ryder Host

507-753-2612 ZUMBRO FALLS, MN	PC Profile, PCProFile tm (1989-1994)	Wayne Evans

507-931-5879 St. Peter, MN	Xanadu BBS (1986)
	Love Connection, Used Equipment, Messages, News. Love Connection, Used Equipment, Messages, News.

6 Sysops currently listed. 10 BBSes Listed.