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"In almost 19 years of operation, this BBS handled over 753,000 calls, uncounted millions of pieces of echomail and was one of the first BBS systems anywhere with a live TCP/IP connection to the Internet. (As well as an earlier UUCP connection.) At it's peak, the BBS had 18 incoming lines and a subscriber base of thousands. The BBS was a fun and lively community with a little something for everyone." - Bill McCauley
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510-462-9752
Pleasanton, Ca |
Dragnet, Jester's Realm, The Writer's Block
(1986-1991) |
Silver Dragon, Giggler, The Professor, Cassandra | Custom WWIV |
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"One of the few systems with an internet news feed/email. addressed with woodowl!theblock!username@llnl.gov." "What began as a single BBS in 1986 (The Jester's Realm), expanded to 3 unique BBSs by 1988. The systems featured games, chat, text files and downloads. They also had local and shared forums and e-mail that were networked by nightly dumps between the 3 systems, using the ImagiNET network created especially for these 3 BBSs. ImagiNET eventually fed other local systems. This network of BBSs was also uniquely connected to the Internet, providing e-mail and news feeds through a hub at LLNL." - Diana
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510-487-3272
UNION CITY, CA |
AnyBody's BBS, Anyody's BBS
(1989-1996) |
Kevin Sibley | Wildcat
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510-538-2040
Hayward, CA |
COMPU-PAL, Compu-Pal/BIBLE, Compupal, CompuPal & Bible Well, CompuPal,BIBLE
(1986-1997) |
Richard Yim | TBBS
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510-659-9169
FREMONT, CA |
RSVP
, RSVP Manor
(1985-1997) |
Jim Thomas | QuickBBS
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510-676-5359
FREMONT-NEWARK:, CA |
North Contra Costa Hub, P C Loading Dock
(1984-1999) |
Drew Blanchar | |
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510-689-2090
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HQ of RBBS-PC We, HQ RBBS-PC West
(1984-1996) |
Jon Martin | RBBS |
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510-793-0284
FREMONT, CA |
Litter Box, The Litter Box
(1988-1996) |
John Ferra | GT |
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510-794-9624
FREMONT, CA |
SDA, SDA ASSOCIATES
(1985-1996) |
Bernie Belew | Auntie |
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510-829-6062
Dublin, CA |
ATT-PAC
(1988-1997) |
Young&Gardner, Randy Young | Auntie, Auntie BBS |
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"This started out on an old XT, running DOS and a single node, 2400 bps Hayes modem. Through a number of upgrades it ended up a multi-node system (510-833-7274 was the second line) with OS/2 as the OS, still running Auntie-BBS software and one Hayes 28000 bps modem and one USR 28000 bps modem. This was one of the first systems to over Zmodem for file transfers. My site was the first new system running Auntie, after I had convinced Wes Meier to let others run his home brew BBS software. Mostly a technical system, very few games on the board. Many utilities which I did reviews on and had those posted in a bulletin you could read from the main menu page. I ran it until I retired from Pacific Bell and moved to Olympia, WA in October of 1997. The old system still resides on my old 486 and I boot it up occasionally just to bring back memories." - Randy Young
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510-829-7627
San Ramon, CA |
Easy Access BBS, EASY ACCESS BBS
(1985-1996) |
Tony Waddell | PCBoard
, PCBoard 14.5a |
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From the September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: San Ramon, California since 05/85. Sysop: Tony Waddell. Using PCBoard 15.1 with 2 lines on MS-DOS with 1000 MB storage. Hayes at 14400 bps. $5.00 Monthly fee. Free access to Internet e-mail. Free access to Usenet. Thousands of Win, WinNT, DOS & OS2 Files. Adult GIFs, games, utilities, free access and low-cost memberships. Call today. 200 Free subscriptions to be given away. EASY ACCESS BBS (510) 829-7627 San Ramon, California since 1985. Sysop, Tony Waddell. Using PCBoard 14.5a on MS-DOS 80486, 2 lines including Hayes Ultra96. Free access plus subscriptions for $4.00 per month. Featuring the latest in MS-DOS and MS-Windows shareware. Access to 130+ SmartNet Conferences.
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510-838-7687
OAKLAND, CA |
Diablo BBS, Diablo BBS - (EZF), Diabolo
(1984-1996) |
Phil Berretta, Philip Berretta | Wildcat
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510-839-1890
Oakland, CA |
The Enhancer BBS
(1986-1993) |
St Master | BBST, FOREM (Fnet 526), MICTRON 3.0 |
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510-849-2688
Berkeley, CA |
Pirate's Hollow
(1989-1993) |
Powerful Paul | TAGS, T.A.G.S. |
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"Originally sysop'ed by Doctor Murdock in Richmond." - Powerful Paul
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510-895-5985
SAN LEANDRO, CA |
MOE
(1987-1996) |
Mike Hildum | PCBoard
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510-937-0156
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The Walnut Creek BBS, WalnCrk, WalnCrk,hm Aunti, Walnut Creek BBS, WC BBS Node 1, WC-RBBS
(1988-1996) |
Wes Meier | Auntie |
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510-938-9656
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Alternate Reality, AlternateReality, AlternateRealty
(1989-1996) |
Wilma Meier | Auntie |
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510-943-6238
Walnut Creek, CA |
161 Echo Hub, DVPC User's Group, DVPC-BBS, DVPCUG, South Contra Costa
(1988-1996) |
Henry Shaw | TBBS
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510-946-1227
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LGB
(1989-1996) |
Forrest Litke | RBBS |
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20 Sysops currently listed.
20 BBSes Listed.
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