515 Area Code BBSes Through History

MAP OF THE 515 AREA CODE
515-221-9715
DES MOINES, IA		 NORAD
(1995-1999)		 TriBBS
515-221-9859
DES MOINES, IA		 The Gamma Quadrant, The Harkkonnen Empire
(1993-1994)		 Adam GilbertRemoteAccess
515-222-9201
DES MOINES, IA		 Ben's Big BBS
(1991-1999)		 Ben SinclairTriBBS
515-223-0328
DES MOINES, IA		 Enterprises, PC BBoard, PC BULLETIN BOARD
(1987-1992)		 Glen SchaeferWildcat
515-225-0003
DES MOINES, IA		 Iowa Macintosh
(1994)
515-225-3510
DES MOINES, IA		 Striker BBS
(1995-1999)		 TriBBS
515-225-8496
DES MOINES, IA		 Buffalo Creek, Buffalo Creek Software Technical Support, Buffalo Creek's BBS , Buffalo's Creek, BuffCrk, BuffCrk,hm Spitf, Spitfire Support And Files
(1988-2004)		 Mike WoltzSpitfire
Product: SpitFire BBS
515-226-0680
DES MOINES, IA		 Stock Exchange
(1989)		 Curtis KyhlPCBoard
515-226-1924
DES MOINES, IA		 Ziggy'z Playhouse
(1995)		 RENEGADE
515-226-8566
Des Moines, IA		 The Open Boat BBS, Common Link
(1993-1995)		 Bob TerryFirstClass 2.5
515-232-0547
AMES, IA		 Rod's BBS
(1988)		 Red Ryder Host
515-232-7631
AMES, IA		 CLU 'Puternet
(1993-1996)		 Hannibal (Morgan Toal)Waffle 1.65
515-233-5254
Ames, IA 		Health BBS, NET-WORKS Health BBS
(1984-1985)		 NET-WORKS
515-236-2578
GRINNELL, IA		 Grinnel Fido, Grinnell Fido
(1984-1985)		 Michael Strait, Bob StanisFidoNet
515-242-7963
DES MOINES, IA		 Marine Science Network
(1994)		 Don Cady and TJ Paulson
515-243-7723
DES MOINES, IA		 Imperial BBS
(1996-1997)		 Joshua Eckerman
515-243-7730
DES MOINES, IA		 Imperial BBS
(1996)		 Joshua Eckerman
515-243-8939
DES MOINES, IA		 BibleBd, BibleBd,tech
(1990-1992)		 B & K Hoefling, B&K Hoefling
515-243-9120
DES MOINES, IA		 The Friends of Bill W. BBS
(1995-1999)		 TriBBS
515-244-7745
DES MOINES, IA		 Computer Support Hot-Line
(1992-1994)		 Robert McVey, Des Moines IA
515-245-9663
Des Moines, IA		 WoodNet, WOODNET — THE WOODWORKERS BBS
(1995-1996)		 Gordon GaippeMajorBBS
WOODNET — THE WOODWORKERS BBS 515.245.9663. New BBS devoted totally to woodworkers. Forums, teleconferencing, helpline, GIFs, project plans to download, databases of plans, techniques, tools, and sources. First month free. S1 9.95/6 months or S29.95/year for full access. Special forums for woodworking clubs. - BBS Magazine March, 1995
515-246-1353
DES MOINES, IA		 Computer Support Hot-Line, CyberTech Communications
(1992-1997)		 Robert McVey
515-246-1745
Des Moines, IA		 Ordinary World
(1995-1996)		 Jeff Schoen
515-251-7792
DES MOINES, IA		 The File Factory
(1995-1996)		 Jim Moore
515-253-0571
DES MOINES, IA		 AtarIowa BBS
(1999)		 Mike O'Malley
515-253-2619
DES MOINES, IA		 Stock Exchange, StockXchg, StockXchg,invest
(1990-1994)		 Curtis Kyhl
515-253-9530
DES MOINES, IA		 The Maligned ST
(1992-1993)		 Mike O'Malley
515-253-9806
DES MOINES, IA		 Digital Chaos
(1996-1997)		 Dan Hallenback
515-255-1941
DES MOINES, IA		 The Isle of Winds BBS
(1991)		 Chris Winterscheid
515-255-2241
Des Moines, IA 		Electric Brain
(1993-1994)		 VBBS
515-255-2567
Des Moines, IA		 TSI BBS
(1992-1995)
515-255-2601
DES MOINES, IA		 Pirates Ship #1, PIRATE'S SHIP #1
(1992-1995)		 The Skeleton
Independent Member BBS
515-255-26O1
DES MOINES, IA		 DAWN OF ENTERNITY
(1994-1995)
515-255-3212
DES MOINES, IA		 Pirates Ship #2, PIRATE'S SHIP #2
(1992-1995)		 The Skeleton
Independent Member BBS
515-256-0021
DES MOINES, IA		 Dargaard Keep
(1994)
515-256-0402
DES MOINES, IA		 The Photo Factory, The Twisted Sister
(1992-1996)		 Joanine Gesualdo, Joannine Gesualdo
515-256-0560
DES MOINES, IA		 The Twisted Sister
(1993-1996)		 Joannine Gesualdo
515-256-1209
DES MOINES, IA		 CRC Online
(1995-1999)		 TriBBS
515-256-9048
DES MOINES, IA		 I AM BOARD BBS
(1994)		 Wildcat
515-256-9406
Des Moines, IA		 CRC Online
(1995-1996)		 Jeff SchoenMagpie
515-262-1370
DES MOINES, IA		 Iowa MIDI BBS
(1992-2001)		 Robert Pedersen
515-262-1855
DES MOINES, IA		 His Master's Voice
(1994)		 Tony Johnson
515-262-3244
DES MOINES, IA		 No Frills BBS
(1994)		 Michael Thompson
515-262-6216
DES MOINES, IA		 No Frills BBS
(1993)		 Michael Thompson
515-263-1386
DES MOINES, IA		 No Frills BBS
(1992)		 Michial Thompson
515-264-8769
DES MOINES, IA		 Fantasy Inn & Tavern
(1995)		 Chris Kulish
515-265-0164
Des Moines, IA 		N0PBS Little System, TTGCITN
(1991-1994)		 Ryan Tucker
515-265-1005
DES MOINES, IA		 AtarIowa BBS
(1994-1998)		 Mike O'Malley, Mike O'Mally
515-266-5577
DES MOINES, IA		 Skydata Partners Electronic Information Services
(1993-1994)		 Steve Lemon
515-266-7642
DES MOINES, IA		 His Master's Voice
(1994)		 Tony Johnson
515-274-9313
DES MOINES, IA		 Comstar America's BBS (8 Nodes)
(1995-1999)		 TriBBS
515-276-5119
DES MOINES, IA		 The Superunknown
(1995-1996)		 Michael Trimble
515-276-6243
DES MOINES, IA		 Benden Weyr
(1988)		 Reggie Swain
515-276-8688
DES MOINES, IA		 Omni Keyboard
(1987-1989)
515-277-0341
DES MOINES, IA 		The First Dimention
(1992)		 Eddie Seioch
515-277-1138
Des Moines, IA 		Visions
(1991-1992)		 David Van Horn
515-277-1461
DES MOINES, IA		 VISIONS
(1991-1992)		 David Van Horn
515-277-2507
DES MOINES, IA		 Electric Dreams BBS
(1992-1994)		 Dave SpauldingRenegade
515-277-4967
DES MOINES, IA		 Fantasy Inn & Tavern
(1995-1996)		 Chris Kulish
515-277-8788
DES MOINES, IA		 The Open Boat BBS
(1995)		 Bob Terry
515-278-5880
DES MOINES, IA		 The Alpine Exchange
(1987)
515-278-9031
DES MOINES, IA		 SuB-LiME
(1996)		 Justin Zortman
515-278-9179
DES MOINES, IA		 Automatic For The People BBS
(1994)		 Joel Fenton
515-279-3073
Bagdad, IA		 The ZOO System, ZSys BBS
(1985-1995)		 Mark Toland, ZooieGBBS
515-279-3074
DES MOINES, IA		 ARCADE
(1989-1990)		 Bryant Graham
515-279-3143
DES MOINES, IA		 The Quest 4 Excellence
(1995-2000)		 Laverne Thomason
515-279-5040
DES MOINES, IA		 E=MC^2
(1989-1990)		 David Van Horn
515-279-5542
DES MOINES, IA		 Electronic Spider Productions
(1994)		 Richard Webb
515-279-6769
DES MOINES, IA		 CIA Central Iowa Net, Enchanted Mansion, IAMUG Info Server, MANSION
(1989-1994)		 Michael Pester
515-279-6978
DES MOINES, IA		 The Amiga Resource Center
(1995)		 Matthew Mathers
515-279-7967
DES MOINES, IA		 The Quest 4 Excellence
(1995)		 Laverne Thomason
515-279-8863
DES MOINES, IA		 COMPUTER EMPORIUM, NET-WORKS Computer Emporium
(1982-1984)
515-279-9283
DES MOINES, IA		 TARDIS, Tardis CAD
(1989-1994)		 Todd Ferson, Karrie SacksPCBoard
515-280-7449
DES MOINES, IA		 Visions II
(1992-1994)		 David Van Horn
515-280-8403
DES MOINES, IA		 RACER-X SYSTEMS
(1993-1996)		 Mark Glenn
515-280-9107
DES MOINES, IA		 Sirius Cybernetics, Sirus Cybernetics
(1989-1994)		 Dennis Babcock
515-280-9206
DES MOINES, IA		 Sirus Cybernetics
(1988)		 Dennis Babcock
515-282-1915
Des Moines, IA 		The Apple Hide-A-Way
(1989-1998)		 Scott JohnsonWarp Six
"I'm located in Des Moines, Iowa. It ran from late 80s to mid 90s. It was mainly just a little local board. Very little file transfer action. Had a fairly active forum section and a few games, some of which I wrote. I had a trivia game that was kinda popular, and a never ending story that was pretty stupid but people kept on adding to it. It was just a text file that people would add one line at a time to once a day (per user)." "One thing that was a little different. one of the users on the Hide-A-Way decided to start his onw BBS running Warp Six and after about 6 months of late nights, his wife was ready to shoot him. Instead of shutting it down, we added it to my hardware and had a prompt for which BBS you wanted when it answered. Not multi-line, but multi-board. He was more able to resist the late nights when the computer wasn't humming away in the bedroom 24/7. ;) A compromise his wife could live with." - Scott Johnson
515-282-3655
Des Moines, IA		 TALKBOARD
(1995)		 Tom Williams
515-282-3656
DES MOINES, IA		 Talk Board
(1995-1999)		 Tom WilliamsMagpie , TriBBS
515-283-0436
DES MOINES, IA		 The Realm
(1988)		 Rod NewcombTUBBS
515-283-1902
DES MOINES, IA		 The City
(1988)
515-284-0059
DES MOINES, IA		 The Land of Fantasies MultiBBS
(1994)		 Des Moines IA, Benjamin Garcia Jr.
515-285-1190
Des Moines, IA		 Alternatives, Alternatives CBIS, CIA Central Iowa Net
(1990-1996)		 Jim Louvau
515-287-2008
DES MOINES, IA		 Bear Facts II
(1994-1996)		 Bob Hindal
515-287-2076
DES MOINES, IA		 Alternatives POD
(1994)
515-287-2171
DES MOINES, IA		 Alternatives#2
(1994)
515-287-8489
DES MOINES, IA		 Computer Resellers E.I.S.
(1994)		 Steve Lemon
515-288-2660
DES MOINES, IA		 Magnetic Spectrum BBS
(1992-1993)		 T. J. Paulson
515-288-3984
DES MOINES, IA		 Da Bear's Cave
(1993-1995)		 Brad Meyers
515-288-4045
DES MOINES, IA		 IAPS HUB
(1996-1997)		 Robert McVey
515-288-5543
DES MOINES, IA		 ARCADE
(1990)		 Bryant Graham
515-288-6859
DES MOINES, IA		 Warp's World
(1994-1995)		 Troy Herriott
515-288-7793
DES MOINES, IA		 Karma *VS* Dogma, Karma Vs Dogma
(1991-1994)		 Brad Meyers
515-288-9601
DES MOINES, IA		 Computer Support Hot-Line, Cybertech Communications
(1995-1996)		 Robert McVey
515-292-5979
AMES, IA		 Ground Zero
(1993-1995)		 Chris Williams
515-292-6204
Ames, IA 		The Myth BBS
(1990-1995)		 The CommodoreWWIV
515-292-6425
AMES, IA		 The Magick Shoppe
(1995)		 Jack Anderson
515-292-8235
AMES, IA		 Morbid Paradise
(1994)		 Jack Anderson
515-294-3977
AMES, IA		 M.A.D.
(1986)		 Ascii Express
515-342-6719
OSCEOLA, IA		 The Bureau BBS
(1995-1996)		 Jon Goering
515-386-1503
JEFFERSON, IA		 The Christian Star
(1995-1996)		 Jim Martin
515-421-8364
MASON CITY, IA		 Don's Place
(1996)		 Don Elings
515-424-0241
MASON CITY, IA		 Computer Dump
(1992)		 Gary Rentz
515-432-1556
BOONE, IA		 The Bit Blaster BBS
(1993-1994)		 Dan Mullins
515-432-1965
Boone, IA		 The Proteus BBS
(1994-1997)		 Robert Vander.Broek, Robert Vander BroekRBBS 17.4 Busimods
515-432-4472
BOONE, IA		 Oasis in the Digital Desert
(1993-1996)		 Ryan Myers
515-432-6144
Boone, IA 		Real Genius BBs
(1990-1992)		 Ed Wanat, Edmund Wanat
515-432-7853
BOONE, IA		 The Tomb
(1988)		 Steve KratzTUBBS
515-432-9210
BOONE, IA		 The Bit Blaster BBS, The Night Viper RBBS
(1994-1997)		 Dan Mullins
515-432-9492
BOONE, IA		 Impulse
(1994)		 Ryan Myers
515-465-9800
PERRY, IA		 Iowa Christian BBS
(1994)
515-469-3456
 Golden Dome
(1994)
515-472-1467
FAIRFIELD, IA		 The Pas"C"al Source
(1990)		 Scott Gartner
515-472-3222
FAIRFIELD, IA		 The Opus BARD
(1990-1991)		 Zacharias Beckman
515-472-3651
FAIRFIELD, IA		 I can C clearly now!
(1992-1994)		 Scott Gartner, M. Scott Gartner
515-472-8027
FAIRFIELD, IA		 RoboNet
(1996)
515-573-5494
FORT DODGE, IA		 Star Frontier, Start Frontier
(1993-1996)		 Kevin Friesth
515-576-5336
FORT DODGE, IA		 The Lions Den
(1995)		 Sieg Kientoff
515-592-9069
LAKE MILLS, IA		 Home Plate BBS
(1994-1995)		 Pat TuttleWildcat
515-628-3101
PELLA, IA		 The Main Street BBS
(1993-1995)		 Steve Jansen
515-628-3103
PELLA, IA		 The Main Street
(1995)		 Steve Janson
515-628-8386
PELLA, IA		 The Main Street BBS
(1995-1997)		 Steve Jansen
515-672-1606
OSKALOOSA, IA		 Skunk River Outpost BBS
(1996)		 Rob Benson
515-673-3763
Oskaloosa, IA		 SKUNK RIVER BBS , The Skunk River Bullit
(1986-1987)
515-673-4109
OSKALOOSA, IA		 Skunk River Outpost BBS
(1992-1994)		 Perry Lund
515-673-9227
OSKALOOSA, IA		 Skunk River Outpost BBS
(1994-1995)		 Rob Benson
515-682-0761
Ottumwa, IA 		The Underground Switchboard
(1985-1987)		 Rob RutledgeC-Net 9.22
515-683-1174
OTTUMWA, IA		 Fox Creek Bridge BBS, The Fox Creek Bridge, The Paragon
(1991-1994)		 Tony Green
515-683-5193
OTTUMWA, IA		 Indian Hills CC
(1985-1989)		 Bill Bagley
515-684-5418
OTTUMWA, IA		 The Dead Zone
(1995-1997)		 Scott Garrett
515-752-6554
Marshalltown, IA		 Horseless Carriage, HorselessCarge, HorselessCarrge
(1993-1998)		 Warren MillerSpitfire
515-752-8014
MARSHALLTOWN, IA		 Blue Sky
(1995-1996)		 Spitfire
515-753-0607
Marshalltown, IA 		PMS - Teen-Line, Teen-Line
(1985)		 PMS
515-753-1106
MARSHALLTOWN, IA		 Confession Corner
(1995-1998)		 Jon Clemons
515-762-8879
KANAWHA, IA		 Keys to the Kingdom
(1994)
515-771-4027
DESMOINES, IA		 Altered Reality BBS
(1997-1998)		 Paul Aljets
515-774-8660
CHARITON, IA		 Star Factory Systems
(1994)		 Ric Schwandt
515-782-9205
CRESTON, IA		 Trivia
(1985)		 Steve Lorimor
515-791-3629
NEWTON, IA		 LiveWire BBS
(1998-1999)		 TriBBS
515-791-7672
NEWTON, IA		 Out In Right Field
(1995)		 TriBBS
515-791-9251
NEWTON, IA		 Don's Den Of Iniquity
(1999)		 Don McNew
515-792-1262
NEWTON, IA		 The Wastelands
(1995-1996)		 Josh Brittenham
515-792-3702
NEWTON, IA		 Central Iowa Net, Midwest Xpress, Newton Hub, Platinum Xpress Help, Silver Xpress Help
(1995-2001)		 Gary Petersen
515-792-8286
NEWTON, IA		 Don's Den Of Iniquity, Don's Den Of Inquity!
(1995-1998)		 Don McNew
515-834-2326
DE SOTO, IA		 The Invasion Zone
(1994)		 J. Alan Waage
515-842-6482
Konxville, IA		 CyberStation 7
(1995-1996)		 J. Provenzano
515-872-1632
Corydon, Ia 		Star Factory Systems
(1994-2001)		 Ric Schwandt
515-945-6224
JEFFERSON, IA		 Heat in the Night
(1996)
515-945-6636
JEFFERSON, IA		 Modem Men
(1996)
515-961-0729
INDIANOLA, IA		 Games Galore BBS, Norwalk Highlands BBS
(1992-1994)		 Harry Aller
515-961-3325
INDIANOLA, IA		 AMSAT BBS, W0RPK AMSAT BBS, Work Amsat
(1988-1994)		 W0RPK
515-961-5693
INDIANOLA, IA		 Good News! BBS
(1993-1994)		 Chris Barnes
515-961-8881
INDIANOLA, IA		 MID-AMERICA
(1985)		 AMIS
515-964-6748
ANKENY, IA		 Systems Expertise Exchange, SYSTEMS EXPERTISE EXCHANGE BB
(1992-1994)
515-964-7401
Ankeny, IA 		Prisoners Of Reality
(1989-1996)		 Night Stalker , Chad KovacCNET, Tempest, Ami-X
LSD Member BBS.

"I'm Chad.. I ran POR for several years, helped run about a dozen of the other's you have listed as well. Beta tested for CNET, Tempest and Ami-X. "Amiga 500 running 2 lines and 52 meg HD with 2.5 megs of ram (Supra 500xp drive). LSD US HQ for a short time. Started on a C64 and ended on the Amiga. Ah, memories ;)" - Chad Kovac

515-964-7937
ANKENY, IA		 CIA Central Iowa Net, Fog Line, FOG LINE BBS, FOG-Line , Midwest FOG, Midwest FOG OPUS 200m, Nat'l Echo Coord, Old Addr. Use 290/627 instead., Reg 14 EchoCoord, FOG Line BBS
(1987-2002)		 Dan BudaOpus , Maximus
515-965-1380
ANKENY, IA		 VISIONS
(1990)		 David Van Horn
515-965-1650
ANKENY, IA		 The Forgotten BBS
(1992-1995)		 Derek Miller
515-965-2094
ANKENY, IA		 Central Iowa On-Line
(1995-1999)		 Digger Johnson, Stephen Bordeaux
515-972-4895
OTHO, IA		 The Underground BBS
(1995)		 Harris Bockoven
515-981-0036
NORWALK, IA		 Ast Turbo Byte, AST Turbo Byte 86m
(1989-1991)		 Jim Papcun
515-981-0905
NORWALK, IA		 DataLink BBS #3
(1994-1995)		 Dave Copeland
515-981-0926
NORWALK, IA		 DataLink BBS #1, Psycho Ward BBS #1
(1993-1995)		 Dave Copeland
515-981-5265
NORWALK, IA		 DataLink BBS #2, DataLink Online Services, Psycho Ward BBS #2
(1992-1995)		 Dave CopelandWildcat
515-981-9116
NORWALK, IA		 The Hamtech BBS
(1994-1996)		 James BiehnQuickBBS
515-986-3464
GRIMES, IA		 Mother Board, The Mother Board
(1989-1994)
515-987-2909
WAUKEE, IA		 Alternatives
(1995-1996)		 Jim Louvau
515-989-4486
CARLISLE, IA		 USER SURLY
(1990)		 Dan Payne
515-989-4489
CARLISLE, IA		 User Surly
(1991)		 Dan Payne
515-994-3376
PRAIRIE CITY, IA		 Iowa Graphics Link
(1996)		 Bill Trimble
136 Sysops currently listed.
171 BBSes Listed.