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

MAP OF THE 519 AREA CODE
519-252-0415
WINDSOR, CANADA		 WINDSOR
(1985)		 AMIS
519-252-3052
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Deck Six
(1988)
519-252-6098
WINDSOR, CANADA		 The Wizard's Lair
(1988)
519-252-6607
WINDSOR, CANADA		 The Operating Room
(1988)
519-253-1233
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Hacker's Heaven
(1988)
519-254-8849
Windsor, ON 		Abyss BBS, Abyss BBS going down, The Abyss (Line 1), The Abyss BBS, Line 1
(1987-1999)		 Dennis FaasAmiga TAG, Cnet Amiga
"Dennis operated his first BBS back in 1983 (when he was just 8 years old!) with a C=64 and Cnet BBS 11.1a software. Cnet for the C=64 was considered by many as the most popular bulletin board system of all time. In 1987, the Commodore Amiga replaced Dennis' ailing C=64, and "The Abyss BBS" was born. For a period of 1-2 years, The Abyss operated under TAG software, but was quickly set aside when Cnet Amiga was released in (around) 1991. In fact, Dennis was the first person to register Cnet Amiga directly from Ken Pletzer (who lived only a short distance away). And as with the C=64 version, Cnet Amiga BBS was incredibly popular. In 1993, The Abyss BBS changed hardware platforms to IBM, and ran under Maximus BBS software. Dennis enjoyed Cnet Amiga so much that he configured Maximus to look and act almost identical to that of Cnet Amiga. In 1999, The Abyss officially closed its doors when Internet access in the Windsor area became increasingly widespread (as did broadband access). In 2001, Dennis opened infopackets.com, a blog-style website geared toward MS Windows, Internet, and Computing genre. Infopackets.com is read by 250,000 email subscribers world-wide, and enjoyed by over 20,000 unique visitors daily." - Dennis Faas
519-255-1073
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Darkstar, The Musicians' BBS
(1988-1995)		 Rick Stanczuk
519-255-7318
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Pyroto Mountain II
(1988)
519-255-7433
WINDSOR, CANADA		 PC Connect
(1988)
519-256-2250
WINDSOR, CANADA		 The Beacon
(1988-2000)		 Christopher Diett
519-256-9906
Windsor, Ontario 		A BBS Odyssey
(1988-1991)		 Jim LaceyC64 CNet64 BBS
"This board origianlly ran on a Commodore 64 computer, standard commodore disk drive and a 300 bps modem. Then a bus board connected to a Commodore PET dual drive and a USR V.everything modem was added." - Jim Lacey
519-258-8639
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Windsor Download, WindsorDownld
(1986-1989)		 Paul Halyung
519-352-1703
CHATHAM, CANADA		 BarnYard Fido, Ont. AgriCmptr Net
(1986)		 Geert KiersFidoNet
519-354-7679
CHATHAM, CANADA		 Computer House
(1989-1993)		 Mike Strapp
519-451-8196
LONDON, CANADA		 DataCat Systems, Jolly Miller
(1988-1996)		 Arnold SteinmanWildcat
519-455-1589
LONDON, CANADA		 Hotel London
(1987)		 RicStadel
519-461-0178
Thorndale, ON 		The HMS Botany Bay
(1985-1994)		 Brett LeuszlerWildcat, T-BBS (c64), Wildcat!
"Originally founded using a Commodore 64 + SFD1001, it was eventually moved onto a PC running Wildcat BBS in 1989. That was later folded into an ISP (Botany Bay Enterprises) in 1995, which then folded entirely when DSL came along circa 1998." - Brett Leuszler
519-576-1016
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Tele-Exchange
(1988)		 David Toth
519-578-9314
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 K-W Amateur Radio, K-W Amateur Radio BBS, Kitchenar-Waterloo Amateur, Net 221 Echo Co-Ordinator, South Western Ontario
(1989-1998)		 Fred Hicks
519-623-6116
Cambridge, Ontario 		Sanitarium BBS
(1987-1992)		 George KirkaldieBBS Express, RatSoft
"Atari BBS that first ran on a 130XE, then a Mega4, then finally on a TT030." - George Kirkaldie
519-656-3272
WELLESLEY, CANADA		 The Spinach Factory
(1988)		 Jack Kroetsch
519-657-3887
LONDON, CANADA		 Wizzard BBS
(1988)		 Henry Westbrook
519-658-0069
HESPELER, CANADA		 RGB Computing, RGB Computing PCB 1G
(1988-1996)		 B. & R. SpencerPCBoard
519-659-7921
London, Ontario 		The Computer Room BBS (TCR)
(1988-1994)		 Derek MotlochSpitfire
519-667-1627
LONDON, CANADA		 Labrynth BBS, The Labyrinth
(1987-1989)		 Cecil Hahn
519-668-3541
LONDON, CANADA		 DataGate BBS Syst., LONDON HUB, London Net
(1987-1988)		 John Leslie
519-672-5093
LONDON, CANADA		 WiZZard P1 BBS
(1989-1990)		 Henry Westbrook
519-672-7661
LONDON, CANADA		 Armadillo Help, Elgin Middlesex, London Hub, SouthWestern Ontario, SouthWesternOntario, Wonderland Mac BBS, WonderLand Macintosh, Wonderland RedRyder MAC, WonderLand Reg Mac BBS, Wonderland Regional Macintosh BBS, Znyx Corporation
(1988-1994)		 Erik SeaRed Ryder Host
519-673-1354
LONDON, CANADA		 Daniel's Den
(1987-1988)		 Scott Daniel
519-679-0980
LONDON, CANADA		 Mac*Ontario
(1988)		 Red Ryder Host
519-679-4764
LONDON, CANADA		 PC Flagship III
(1989)		 John Woolsey
519-699-4944
STCLEMENTS, CANADA		 Danger Zone, Danger Zone HST
(1989-1990)		 Tom Lovie
519-728-3545
BELLERIVER, CANADA		 The Dreaded Domain
(1989-1990)		 Tye Norbraten, Gladiator
519-734-7870
LA SALLE, CANADA		 The Harbour Master
(1988)
519-735-0129
TECUMSEH, CANADA		 COMP BBS
(1988)
519-735-1113
TECUMSEH, CANADA		 The Tranzit Zone
(1988)
519-735-1504
TECUMSEH, CANADA		 NorthSTAR BBS, Windsor Spitfile, Windsor Spitfire PCB REL
(1989-1992)		 Mike Adamson
519-735-1921
TECUMSEH, CANADA		 P.E.G. BBS
(1988)
519-735-1935
TECUMSEH, CANADA		 Southern Reaches WWIV
(1988)
519-735-6460
TECUMSEH, CANADA		 The Emperor's Pub
(1988)
519-735-7302
TECUMSEH, CANADA		 Garfield's Pad
(1988)
519-736-4560
AMHERSTBURG, CANADA		 Commando's H/Q
(1988)
519-736-5842
AMHERSTBURG, CANADA		 Ace's Space Station
(1988)
519-741-1352
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 SKAN Communications
(1988-1990)		 Steve Kannon
519-741-5418
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Forgotten Realms, Software Connection
(1988-1990)		 Keith Clingo, ElimsterTelegard
519-741-8836
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 The Nucleus
(1988)		 Ryan Dupuis
519-742-8939
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Izot's Swamp HST, KW Hub, South West Ontario, SouthWesternOntario, Waterloo Wellington, Young Frankenstein
(1988-1991)		 Geoffrey Welsh
519-743-8503
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 AIMBOARD Leader
(1988-1990)		 Reid Pinchback
519-744-2863
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Herc BBS HST, HERCBBS, HercBBS 14.4k SDS, KW Hub, QuickBBS Canada HercBBS 14.4k SDS, QuickBBS Support Canada HercBBS HST14.4k
(1989-1990)		 Nick Herceg
519-745-8771
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Tele-Exchange
(1987)		 David Toth
519-746-5020
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Waterloo CBCS, Waterloo CBCS Public, Waterloo CBCS-Chat HST, Waterloo CBCS-HUB
(1987-1988)		 Richard Pluzak
519-746-5021
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Waterloo CBCS Echo Mail, Waterloo CBCS Files Library Archives HST, Waterloo CBCS-EchoMail Wat-Echo?
(1987-1988)		 Richard Pluzak
519-746-5022
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Canada's 1st UUCP Gateway ZMH ONLY, Canada's UUCP Gateway PEP
(1988-1989)		 Doug Thompson
519-746-7773
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 FANTASY BBS, The Oracle of Fantasy
(1989-1990)		 Dan Herold
519-747-1332
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 ISIS International, ISIS International HQ, ISIS International HQ(I) PEP, SouWest O Net PEP, SouWestO Net
(1987-1988)		 Doug Thompson
519-747-1965
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 ISIS International HQ(I) PEP, London Net, SouWest O Net
(1989)		 Doug Thompson
519-747-5322
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Desmond's Dungeon, Spanish Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition
(1989-1991)		 Matthew Desmond
519-747-5638
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 CBCS DBMS
(1988)		 Richard Pluzak
519-748-9081
KITCHEWTRL, CANADA		 Atlantis, Atlantis Automotive, Atlantis Automotive BBS, Kitchener West Hub
(1988-1994)		 Kevin Kreutzweiser
519-753-4202
BRANTFORD, CANADA		 Color'84
(1984-1998)		 Dave Russ
519-753-6294
BRANTFORD, CANADA		 MAXI BBS
(1985-1986)		 Syd BoltonMAXI BBS Software (Custom)
519-756-8413
BRANTFORD, CANADA		 Tim's Bar & Grill
(1989)
519-759-1817
Brantford, ON 		InSTigate
(1989-1990)		 Jeff BrandMichTron 2.0
"Run on an Atari 520ST off a floppy disk using MichTron 2.0 Eventually added the MegaFile 30 ($600 then dollars) Hard Drive 30 Megabytes to run off a Mega 4 ST Catering to Atari 8-Bit and 16-Bit computers, primarily the Brantford InSTigate Atari User's Group." - Jeff Brand
519-759-5187
Brantford, Ontario 		Private Heaven II
(1985-1988)		 Jason GambacortSyd Bolton Custom Code
"Private Heaven II was a "message only" board that ran on a Commodore 64 computer, suited with a 300 baud Pocket Modem and a single 1541 Disk Drive. Although there was no files section the board software featured "Special Interest Groups" or "SIGS" and a "Make Story" section that allowed for the compilation of a story, written in segments from different users. PH II was a proud member of the "Brant County Sysops' Asscociation." - Jason Gambacort
519-763-1143
GUELPH, CANADA		 Wit's End
(1986)		 Bruce McPherson
519-767-1755
GUELPH, CANADA		 Alpha Central, BIT SYSTEMS
(1989-1993)		 Paul Filsinger
519-776-6142
ESSEX, CANADA		 TFC Essex
(1988)
519-776-6287
ESSEX, CANADA		 Star Wars BBS
(1988)
519-776-7581
ESSEX, CANADA		 NASA Space Station
(1988)
519-821-1673
Guelph, ONT 		Square Heads, Square-Heads, Square-Heads BBS
(1987-1994)		 Drew HamiltonWWIV (Mac) then QuickBBS
"I had my first BBS back in 1987 when my Dad found an old 300bps acoustic coupler from somewhere and I got a copy of the Mac version of WWIV from a shareware site. Whenever the phone rang, I had to pick it up and put it into the modem, and if I wasn't home, that meant the BBS was down. I saved up for a whole summer to get a 1200bps Smartmodem that would answer itself, meaning my BBS could go 24-hour. In the early 90s, I worked with another Guelph SysOp, Mike Clemens from The Fouth Dimension, to write a front-end echomailer for FidoNET in QuickBASIC." - Drew Hamilton
519-822-7097
GUELPH, CANADA		 Clipper Harbour
(1986)		 Dave Bruce
519-825-4124
WHEATLEY, CANADA		 My Nightmare
(1986)		 Ray Moore
519-836-0259
GUELPH, CANADA		 BIT SYSTEMS
(1989)		 Paul Filsinger
519-837-0204
GUELPH, CANADA		 Radio Free Boonieville
(1989-1995)		 Jason EwingColor64
"System was first up and running October of 89 under the name Middle Earth on a Commodore 64 running "Color64". It was later run on PunterNet, then moved over to the clone platform and ran FidoNet. The name changed somewhere around 92-93 to RadioFree Boonieville. The system closed it's lines (there were two near the end) sometime in 94-95." - Veedub
519-837-2469
GUELPH, CANADA		 EMJ OnLine
(1985-1989)		 Rob Smith
519-846-6509
Elora, ON 		The Inner Sanctum
(1986-1992)		 Mark Morell (Astinus)C-64
"It was a role-playing BBS that mostly focused on home-made adventures where participants described their actions and the game master worked through the outcome in the story. It ran at 300bps (until a 450bps modem showed up) on a Commodore 64. Highlights included in-person celebrations at Christmas and Halloween as well as many, many online friendships! Good times!" - Mark Morell
519-853-1063
ACTON, CANADA		 PIT STOP
(1985)		 AMIS
519-944-0805
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Spirit of 64
(1988)
519-944-2924
Windsor, Ontario, Canada 		AmigaLand!, Andromeda, Psycho 2 - The Revenge
(1989-1995)		 Dave RobinetC-Net v12, Image 1.2, C-Net Amiga
519-944-3933
WINDSOR, CANADA		 The Maintenance BBS
(1988)
519-944-4498
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Future BBS
(1988-1992)		 Graham Mitchell
519-944-5315
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Route '66', Route 66
(1987-1992)		 Roger Whitson
519-945-1086
WINDSOR, CANADA		 G.B. Hotel BBS
(1988)
519-945-9550
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Delirium
(1988)
519-948-5841
WINDSOR, CANADA		 The Information BBS
(1989)		 Mike Chris
519-948-6659
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Apple S.P.I.C.E., Spice Rack
(1988-1995)
519-969-0572
WINDSOR, CANADA		 ITC BBS, TRS ITC TBBS, Windsor ITC, Windsor ITC (multinode)
(1988-1999)		 Gary Hoffman
519-971-0413
WINDSOR, CANADA		 Rhonec Information I
(1989)		 Wildcat
519-972-9000
WINDSOR, CANADA		 System EX-10 Canada
(1989)
519-972-9001
WINDSOR, CANADA		 System EX-10 Canada
(1988)
519-973-7340
WINDSOR, CANADA		 SouthWest Connect, Southwest Connect PCB2 REL
(1989-1991)		 Avery WaggPCBoard
519-974-9215
WINDSOR, CANADA		 MACRO BBS
(1988)
519-977-5509
WINDSOR, CANADA		 FOOTNOTE #2, Footnote (Line 2), The Footnote, Windsor Footnote Forwarding, Windsor Footnotes TBBS
(1987-1999)		 Clayton Zekelman, Clayton Zeklan, Clay Zekelman
62 Sysops currently listed.
93 BBSes Listed.