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"LA/OW started out on a Sperry 8086 in 1985. It ran under various softwares and hardwares until about 1992. I, BitWitch (Sue Bush) was the sysop. At that time, many BBSes were up and really popular. I recognize many of the names on this list with really fond memories. Social clubs sprung up from the communities on the BBSes, I remember a games group where we played role-playing games on Sunday afternoons once a month at someone's house way before RPG got hot. BBSers were hobbyists on the bleeding edge. In fact, I even got a really good job once BECAUSE I was a BBS hobbyist to build a BBS network for a commercial eye-glasses manufacturer! We knew we were cool and it was a very close community that was very important to those involved. When my BBS was up, my mom would come visit and stay up all night watching the users leave messages for each other. It was mystery, magic and when CHAT arrived, we suddenly had the means to meet people from all over. At one point there was a telephone "club" that gave us the ability to dial long-distance for free, or almost free. What a deal! I called all over the US all the time. CHAT BBSes got big in the late 80's and CHATting became a lifestyle for many. People moved from one end of the country to the other to be with those they met in CHAT rooms! My sister was filmed for TV in San Fransico for doing just that. When I traveled for Sperry 1984-1986, I met people for dinner in most states I traveled to. It was fun and for me, a huge part of my social life. I remember Hue Jr., Songbird, Jimbo, Our Father, Phluffy, Fuzzy and many many more. I miss the people and that interaction, terribly. The web ain't the same. I hope the documentary does well and I applaud your efforts! I now run www.solarcook.com plz stop by and say hi! BitWitch. Sue Bush, Tucson, AZ 10/2002"
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612-297-2617
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Primos
(1985) |
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612-331-7827
Minneapolis, MN |
One World
(1988-1989) |
Eric Svedberg | |
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612-332-1857
Minneapolis, MN |
C Station
(1986) |
Steve Ripley | |
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612-333-2451
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Computer Line (1200 Baud)
(1984) |
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612-333-2541
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CBC Computertalk, Computer Line
(1984-1985) |
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612-333-2542
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Computer Line
(1985) |
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612-333-2543
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Computer Line
(1985) |
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612-333-2550
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Computer Line
(1984) |
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612-333-2799
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Pixel Palace, Puzzle Palace, Tymnet 1, TymNet I
(1984-1995) |
(e,7,1) | Propriety, Unknown |
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612-333-5947
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Ghost Of Mecc Mail, RCP/M RBBS Twin Cities
(1984-1985) |
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612-333-8970
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Market-Trak
(1984) |
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612-338-1215
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Cedarwood
(1984-1985) |
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612-339-2789
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Troppus BBS
(1986) |
Darren Leno | |
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612-339-4825
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PC/TC
(1984) |
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612-340-0208
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IBM Pc Users System, Second Ring
(1984) |
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612-348-2157
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Metro TTY Newscenter
(1989) |
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612-375-0456
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Haven II
(1988) |
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612-376-9961
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X-Tend
(1984) |
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612-377-2470
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Cactus Board, Small Citadel
(1989-1990) |
Shane Ziegler | STadelv3.3c, Citadel |
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612-377-3398
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Reg 14 Echo Coor
(1988) |
John Richard | |
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612-377-3469
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PC Info Exchange, PC-Info Exchange
(1987-1994) |
John Richards | |
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612-377-7747
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Captain's Log, Captian's Log, CAPTAIN'S LOG
(1984-1986) |
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612-377-9239
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Pell
(1987) |
orc | STadel3.1f |
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612-379-3961
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The Real Estate System
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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612-420-2819
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Dark Park
(1984-1985) |
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612-420-6486
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Computer Concepts
(1987) |
| GBBS Pro |
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612-420-7811
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Tower, The Tower
(1988-1990) |
Appolusionist | GBBS Pro, Pro-Talk |
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612-421-6972
, MN |
Battlefield Earth
(1984-1990) |
Dreshau, Drechsau | GBBS |
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612-423-1055
Rosemount, MN |
The Inn
(1982-1983) |
The Innkeeper | |
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"I ran this BBS in the evenings and on weekends. I was a teenager heavily into the Apple II+ that lived in my bedroom for this time hooked into the family phone line. The disks were two 5 1/4 floppies, with the one disk I used for email 'hole-punched' so I could flip it to hold more email. Users would 'page the sysop' if they couldn't find their email and I would flip the disk. Occasionally email got lost this way. It was common back then on alot of systems to have to log in on a schedule for getting your email. Lots of fun. On a side note, I am the son of 'The White Knight' or 'The Conductor' of Terminal Station. His BBS's ran on the full time number that you already have listed. :)" - Ray
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612-423-5016
Rosemont, MN |
CBBS Richfield, CBBS Richfield ?, CBBS Rosemont
(1982-1986) |
| CBBS |
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612-423-5048
Rosemount, MN |
Terminal Station
(1984-1985) |
The Conductor | Citadel |
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From the Twin Cities Citadel History: "About a week after Dog House went up, the Terminal Station joined it, hosted also on a Z100 on the CP/M-85 side. It instantly became a rather dichotomous system, hosting both highly serious discussions of Theology, SDI, School Prayer, etc., as well as incredibly ruggish subjects, and digression became a raging plague on the system, leading to a room named Digression. It followed Dog House in getting 300/1200 access, and has the honor of being the only system that ran a disk so long that when it failed, you could see through it completely! Terminal Station is an open system."
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612-423-7358
Rosemount, MN |
Sci-Fi BBS, Science Fiction BBS
(1989-1999) |
Matt Stelter, Matt Stelter
| RAccess, Remote Acc |
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612-424-3307
Brooklyn Center, MN |
Current Affairs BBS
(1989) |
John Jordan | |
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612-425-1376
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Shadows in the Mist
(1989) |
Pariah | Cit86v3.21 |
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612-425-3408
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The Friendship Express
(1989-1990) |
T & G | Wildcat |
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612-426-1895
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CORTEL RBBS
(1985) |
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612-426-6687
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Electronic Albatross, Mac Refuge, MacRefuge
(1982-2000) |
Scott Christensen, Scott Christensen
| 2nd Sight |
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612-426-9357
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TMS White Sheet
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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612-427-5898
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Oceania
(1985) |
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612-427-6039
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PC Concepts
(1988) |
David Hazelton | |
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612-427-7497
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Refuge
(1984-1985) |
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612-427-7774
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Anoka RBBS, Anoka Tech, Anoka Technical, Anoka Technical RBBS
(1984-1992) |
Phil Forseth, Phil F/James, Phil Forseth
| RBBS |
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612-429-5001
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BackFence
(1987-1994) |
Jimbo, Jimbo
| Cit86v3.31, Citadel, Cit86v3.32, Cit86 V3 |
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612-429-6929
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Metro-Net
(1984-1985) |
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612-431-1107
Apple Valley, MN |
Citadel-86, Free Lunch, Super Comp II, SuperComp II
(1984-1994) |
Hue, Hue Sr., Supercomp User Group
, Hue, Sr. | Cit86v3.27, Citadel, Rbbs, Cit86v3.32, neoCit |
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From the Twin City Citadels History: "SuperComp, a Sperry personal computer club, originally ordered Citadel 2.10 from CUG through the instigation of Ray Schneider (aka The White Knight aka The Conductor). Brought up on a 1655 with an embedded Z80B with 8" disks on Thanksgiving of '83, the system experienced instant success and quickly became difficult to get on, despite the fact that the number was never advertised on local boards. Despite the fact that it was always run on an "open" basis, serious topics were usually the order of the day, and the digressive, silly rooms that appeared were actually viewed with relief!" "Test System, running under MS-DOS 2.13 on a Zenith Z100, came up in the fall of '84. True to its name, it's a System that one and all are invited to bang away at, and it frequently crashes, due to programmer incompetency and strange compiler bugs and the tricks of the gremlins. Nearly functionally equivalent to the 8 bit TC Citadels, it has not been in heavy use until lately due to the extremely erratic hours it keeps (Hue, Jr. uses the computer for his own BBSing and programming). Furthermore, someday it will come down when the sysop gets a job and moves out, and it's doubtful that he'll bring it back up. But he might."
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612-431-1149
Apple Valley, MN |
ARCC Newsletter, HR Commodore Clique
(1985-1991) |
WA0CQG | |
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612-431-1612
Apple Valley, MN |
AUPD, Stronghold South
(1984-1985) |
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612-431-4807
Apple Valley, MN |
Lumber Yard
(1989-1990) |
Pee Jay | Cit86v3.20 |
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612-432-3779
Minneapolis, MN |
Twin Cities Atari Interest Group
(1984) |
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612-432-7668
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Dog House BBS, Doghouse, DogHouse BBS
(1984-1987) |
Lucifer | Cit86 V3 |
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From the Twin Cities Citadel History: "The Dog House came up about a month after Test System came up, and is also hosted on a Z100, although this time on the 8 bit CP/M-85 side (8085 chip). While suffering a number of disk problems due to the unclean environment it was run in, Lucifer's BBS became very popular for mostly light talk. In January of '85, Dog House became the first TC Citadel to have both 300/1200 access. In about February of '85, it went 'controlled' (for lack of a better word) -- new users were still welcome, but they now had to provide names and voice #s before they could use the system."
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612-432-7929
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Wolf's Den
(1987) |
Cryo Ruggie | |
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612-433-5194
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NC Software
(1984) |
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612-434-3869
Andover, MN |
Coco BBS
(1984) |
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612-434-6315
Andover, MN |
Minn. Medical Conference Tree
(1985) |
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612-435-2554
Burnsville, MN |
Barter-er RBBS, Pc Library I
(1985-1990) |
Nick Stuhrk | DBBS |
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612-435-7329
Burnsville, MN |
Teddy's Tavern
(1984) |
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612-435-8058
Burnsville, MN |
Pc Library Guests, Pc Library III (Guest Accounts), PC Library Telecom Systems, PC-Lib, PC-Library Telecom Systems
(1987-1994) |
Nick Sturhk, Nick Stuhrk, Nick Stuhrk
| MajorBBS
, DBBS, Major Bbs |
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612-439-1101
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Citadel
(1984) |
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612-439-3916
Stillwater, MN |
The Dark Domain
(1986-1989) |
Jim Haase | C-Net 12.0 |
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"Hardware was C-64, 5 Meg HD (which was huge at the time), SFD-1001 (1 meg floppy), 2 1541 Floppies, 1200 Baud. Software was C-Net 12.0 with all the mods. At its peak I had about 250 users and was dabbling in the 0 day warez scene. Started my lifelong love of computers." - Jim Haase
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612-439-6516
Stillwater, MN |
RPG Connection
(1989-1991) |
Rocker | DMBBS |
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"This BBS was setup using a Commodore 64 and a 2400bps modem. Was exclusive to RPG games that were popular at the time like AD&D and GURPS." - Rocker
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612-439-7911
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NC Software
(1985) |
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612-439-9656
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Pavilion of Dreams
(1987) |
The Saint | pseudo |
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612-441-3496
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Circuit Board
(1984) |
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612-446-1419
St Bonifacius, MN |
O.O.P.S. BBS, OOPSNET BBS, Ralph's P.E.B.
(1989-1991) |
Ralph Johnson, Ralph Johnson
| Opus |
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612-452-5384
Eagan, MN |
C Station
(1989) |
Steve Ripley | |
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612-452-6530
Eagan, MN |
Sonshine System
(1984-1985) |
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612-454-1029
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The Grapevine
(1985) |
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612-455-1235
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Delta Force, Wasteland BBS
(1982-2001) |
Richard Mitcheltree, Storm Shadow | C-Net |
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612-455-1646
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Simple Simon
(1985) |
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612-456-9450
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Amer. Data Term., Amer. Data Term. PCB, American Data Terminals, Trail TV
(1989-1992) |
Dan Foss, S. Schumacher | PCBoard, TBBS |
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612-457-4139
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Knight's Info Exchange, Knights Info Exchange
(1984-1985) |
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612-457-6074
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Excaliber BBS, MusicNet, The Excalibur BBS, The PsychotiC BBS
(1984-1999) |
Justin Dybedahl, Excaliber | Wildcat and Renegade |
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612-459-8095
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Just Another Citadel, ThePhoenix
(1985-1988) |
Jay Johnson, Stallion | Cit68K 2.14 |
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From the Twin Cities Citadel History: "Just Another Citadel went up on about 85Apr12, and was instantly welcome due to the fact that SuperComp and Terminal Station were down, and Dog House was unstable. It seems to be off to a fine start, and is an open system, being run on a Digilog 1500 under CP/M-80."
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612-459-9868
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Crystal Core
(1984-1985) |
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612-460-6056
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Dog House, DogLink MN, The Doghouse
(1989-1998) |
K-9, Lew Wurdeman, K-9
| Cit86v3.26, Citadel, Cit86v3.32 |
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612-464-6726
Forest Lake, MN |
Joshua, JOSHUA Jr Net, JOSHUA's Net BBS
(1988-1990) |
Russ Lane | Opus |
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612-469-3296
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Wolf Den, Wolf's Den
(1989-1992) |
Cryo Ruggie, Cryo Ruggie
| Cit86v3.27, Citadel, Cit86v3.32 |
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612-470-0093
|
Illusions...
(1987) |
Mary Mary | Cit86 V3 |
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612-470-9635
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Citadel-86 Test Sys, Citadel-86 Test System, Test System
(1984-2001) |
Hue, Jr., Hue Jr., Hue, Jr.
| Citadel-86, Cit86v3.31, Cit86v3.33 |
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"Second Citadel in the Twin Cities, last one down, I suspect." - Hue, Jr.
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612-471-0060
Navarre, MN |
Radio Waves BBS
(1987-1990) |
Metalhead, The Unknown Soldier & The Sensei | Forum, Forum BBS, Forum (Customized) |
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"Rockin' Alliance and The Syndicate Report Distribution Site. This site was named after a Roger waters song called Radio Waves." - Conal Garrity
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612-471-0252
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ABBS Calvary Mission Church
(1982-1986) |
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612-472-2218
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Minnesota Epson Net, RTPM QX-10, RTPM QX-10 Minneapolis
(1984-1985) |
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612-472-3985
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ABBS Calvary Mission Church
(1983) |
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612-473-3376
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(1984-1985) |
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612-475-4051
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Penitentiary
(1984) |
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612-477-2922
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Computer Dating
(1984) |
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612-483-2660
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Knights Of Darkness
(1984) |
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612-483-8968
St. Paul, MN |
Fortress of Evermore
(1984-1990) |
Silver Knight | VBBS |
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612-484-1302
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The City
(1987) |
| GBBS Pro |
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612-484-1761
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GamBit Timeshare
(1985) |
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612-484-3636
St. Paul,, MN |
Gambit, GamBit Unison
(1983-1987) |
AEK, Albatross, Eadgbe,Speedy,Typo | AEK custom QNX 16-port multiuser |
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"GamBit MultiSystems offered e-mail, interactive chat, interactive games, and discussion forums from 1983 to 1987. The platform was an IBM PC-XT running QNX on a 16-port Hostess card with 300 BPS modems. Its most popular interactive game (or MUD) Scepter of Goth, was AEK's adaptation of his popular "Milieu" game that ran from 1978-1982 on the State of Minnesota's educational computing mainframe (MECC)." "Scepter of Goth was migrated to a Charles River Data Systems minicomputer and rewritten into the "Screenplay" program. This program featured programmable, learning automatons, scripted games, and a powerful set of internal programming languages for game wizards ("Hi" and "Lo")." "GamBit franchised its operation to 12 cities in the U.S. and Canada, and was sold to a Virginia company named "Interplay" (now defunct -- no relation to existing companies with that name)." "AEK's Milieu, Scepter of Goth and Screenplay programs are some of the earliest historical MUDs. Many of the features of the software (i.e. learning/trainable automatons) did not appear in general MUD/MUSH/MOO programs for another decade." - Albatross
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612-484-5925
Roseville, MN |
Krackline
(1983-1986) |
Krackmaster (Thought Police group affiliated) | NDC BBS Software (co-written by Sir William) |
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612-484-9293
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GamBit Timeshare
(1985) |
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612-488-0879
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AEK MBBS
(1984) |
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612-489-7309
|
C Station
(1987-1988) |
Steve Ripley | |
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612-490-0025
Roseville, MN |
Alliance I, The Alliance
(1984-1988) |
Professor Falken | Forum BBS |
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612-490-0341
Vadnais Hgts, MN |
Net 282 Echo Coordinator, Nick's Nest 9600
(1989-1991) |
Don Seiford, Don Sieford | Opus |
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612-490-1187
Vadnais Hgts, MN |
Nick's Nest, Nicks Nest
(1987-1994) |
Don Seiford, Don Sieford | Opus |
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612-493-5112
Brooklyn Center, MN |
Current Affairs BBS
(1989-1992) |
John Jordan | |
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612-521-0008
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Barter Board, U.S. Barter System, US Barter System BBS
(1984-1989) |
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612-522-1294
|
Alliance II
(1987) |
| Forum |
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612-522-2026
Minneapolis, MN |
The U.S. Veterans BBS, U.S. Veterans #1, US Vets Board, U.S. VETERANS BBS
(1988-1994) |
Glen Kepler, Glen Kepler
| Wildcat |
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612-522-3823
|
Post Office
(1984-1985) |
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612-522-3959
Minneapolis, MN |
Playdo Land II
(1987-1990) |
The Transmogrifier | Emulex/II, Genesis |
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612-533-1957
|
MCMS NC Software
(1982-1983) |
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612-533-2198
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Sanctuary
(1987) |
Rocci | Cit86 2.12 |
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612-533-8790
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Atlas, The Atlas
(1984-1985) |
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612-533-9103
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Second City
(1987-1988) |
Shadow Warrior | pseudo |
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612-535-0568
Crystal, MN |
Impulse
(1988) |
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612-535-8507
Crystal, MN |
Microcomp-80
(1984) |
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612-535-9425
Minneapolis, MN |
AirStrip One
(1983-1986) |
Mad Canadian | NDC BBS Software (co-written by Sir William), Self written |
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"Hi, Just for a lark, I googled the phone number of the BBS that I ran back in high school, and found this site. The Software was written by myself. The modem driver, and email system I 'borrowed' from a guy out in California. I can't remember his name. I would get home from school, verify new members, and put in various updates. I had all sorts of stuff on there. Casino, dungeon, (and not some lame 'hallway of death', but a three dimensional maze), goofy games, you name it. All this on an Apple //e, with FOUR disk drives. Count them, FOUR disk drives! Back in the mid-80's, I was living large! My biggest pet peeve was that Computer User would print the BBS numbers in alphabetical order, and mine was on top. I would get EVERYONE calling my BBS. Christmas was the worst. I would get Commodore 64 users logging on wanting to know where they could get games for their new C-64... Ugh... I parlayed that love of programming into a 12 year career as a computer programmer starting with the USAF right out of high school. So the site pretty much went down on 15 Jul 86. :) I think my brother has that old Apple //e. I wonder if he still has it..." - Mad Canadian/Thought Police
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612-540-0071
|
SORBUS Technical BBS
(1988) |
Tim Aaberg | |
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612-541-3045
Minneapolis, MN |
QA Forum
(1987-1993) |
Wayne Stenson, Wayne Stenson
| Opus |
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612-542-5322
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QA Forum
(1986) |
Wayne Stenson | |
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612-544-3980
Minneapolis, MN |
Tecate
(1985) |
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612-544-9058
Minneapolis, MN |
Taig
(1984-1985) |
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612-545-3995
Minneapolis, MN |
Tcccc BBS
(1984) |
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612-545-6575
Minneapolis, MN |
Taylored Solutions
(1989-1992) |
Bill Taylor | Opus |
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612-546-1013
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On-Target
(1984-1985) |
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612-546-1928
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Saylor's Software First
(1985) |
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612-546-1982
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Saylor's Software First
(1984) |
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612-553-0150
|
Plymouth BBS
, The Plymouth BBS
(1988-1996) |
BruceHaefemeyer, Bruce Haefemeyer, Bruce
| PCBoard
, PC Board |
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612-553-0908
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The Tower
(1988) |
Appolusionist | |
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612-557-1489
Plymouth, MN |
Playdo Land, Playdoland
(1987-1990) |
| Emulex/II, Genesis |
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612-559-7684
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Great Northern Epson
(1985) |
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612-561-0939
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Arrakis
(1984-1985) |
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612-561-2924
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Belvue BBS, Romeo
(1984-1985) |
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612-561-4110
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No BS BBS, No Bullshit BBS
(1984-1985) |
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612-561-5590
Brooklyn Park, MN |
Deadlock
(1987-1988) |
Ninjasbane | Ivory BBS |
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612-561-6311
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Z I M - N E T
(1982) |
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612-566-5726
Minneapolis, MN |
Friendship Express, The Freindship Express, The Friendship Expres, The Friendship Express, THE FRIENDSHIP EXPRESS BBS
(1988-1998) |
Toni/Glen, T & G
, Glen Williamson | Major Bbs, MajorBBS 6.21 |
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From the September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: Minneapolis, Minnesota since 12/88. Sysop: Glen Williamson. Using Major BBS 6.03 with 32 lines on MS-DOS 80486 with 450 MB storage. US Robotics at 14400 bps. $ 1/hr Hourly fee. Best kept secret in North America! Part of Majornet, with 1000's of members in ALL 50 states and Canada! If you're interested in swinging, gay, lesbian, bi, straight, leather, Xdressing, B&D/S&M, etc, then this board is for YOU. FREE swinger's magazines! THE FRIENDSHIP EXPRESS BBS 612.566.5726. since 12/88. 54 lines best kept secret in America, nternet newsgroups, email, telnet address 204 96.28.2. Members in all 50 States and Canada. For swingers, gays, lesbians, bi, straight, leather, Xdressing, B&D, S&M. etc.. free swing mag. A top 100 BBS. - BBS Magazine March, 1995 THE FRIENDSHIP EXPRESS BBS 612,566,5726, since 12/88, 54 lines best kept secret in America, Internet newsgroups, email, telnet address 204,96,28,2. Members in all 50 States and Canada. For swingers, gays, lesbians, bi, straight, leather, Xdressing, BSD, S&M, etc, free swing mag. Atop 100 BBS. - BBS Magazine October 1995
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612-566-9084
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Starfleet Headquarters
(1985) |
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612-571-5965
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Loki's Corner
(1984-1985) |
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612-572-0894
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PC Concepts
(1986-1988) |
David Hazelton | |
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612-588-2304
Minneapolis, MN |
Dark Side
(1987) |
Rambler | Citadel |
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612-588-3301
Minneapolis, MN |
Star View Cnct., Star View Connection, Starview Connection, The Starview Connection
(1988-1994) |
Robert Carlson, Bob Carlson
| Wildcat |
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612-588-7856
Minneapolis, MN |
Stronghold North
(1984-1985) |
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612-591-7767
New Hope, MN |
The O-Zone BBS
(1989-1995) |
Jim Biggs | QBBS |
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612-593-9857
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Softies
(1985) |
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612-623-0152
Minneapolis, MN |
Terrapin Sta.
, Terrapin Sta.(N, Terrapin Station Public#1
(1985-1996) |
Howard Ekman, Howard Ekman
| dBBS
, Wildcat |
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612-623-1156
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Terrapin Station
(1984-1986) |
Howard Ekman | |
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612-631-8348
New Brighton, MN |
Chimeran Conspiracy
(1989-1991) |
Draconis, Mr. Xerox, Professor Falken, Rick of Pier96, MikLamer | Unknown (BBS Software Run from 8mb RAMdisk) |
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612-633-0509
Arden Hills, Mn |
Smash Palace North
(1985-1989) |
RadRick | GBBS, NEXUS |
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"Smash Palace originated in Kearney Nebraska with a SysOp Steve and his wife. Eventually there was a Smash Palace South in Texas, a Smash Palace East in New Jersey, and I also think there was one in Canada. Smash Palace North was about messages, files, and phreaking. Frequently visited by LoD/H members, and cDc (Cult of the Dead Cow) members." - Shado
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612-633-6649
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Bright Net
(1984) |
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612-633-6681
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Fone ConsPiracy II
(1987) |
| Emulex |
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612-636-0599
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Software Connection
(1984) |
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612-636-1618
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Last Dimension, Last Dimention
(1984-1985) |
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612-636-8831
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TCCCC BBS #1(Flagship)
(1985) |
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612-636-9046
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AE Line: GREEL, Fone ConsPiracy, Fone ConsPiracy I, PhonCnspracy
(1985-1988) |
| Emulex |
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612-638-4703
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Mailbox
(1985) |
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612-638-8541
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NCR-PC RBBS
(1985) |
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612-642-0483
St. Paul, MN |
Blind Services BBS, Services for Blind
(1982-2003) |
Robert Watson, Robert Watson
| Wildcat, Wildcat!, MAXIMUS |
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612-642-4629
St. Paul, MN |
Conus, CONUS BBS
(1989-1994) |
Scott Christensen, Scott Christenn | Red Ryder |
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612-642-5906
St. Paul, MN |
MN Space Frontier, [(hp)]al
(1982-2000) |
Rich Brown, Rich Brown
| Rbbs |
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612-644-2551
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Callahan's, Callahan's Place
(1988-1998) |
Chilly Willy | Citadel (8086 Version), Cit86v3.31, Cit86v3.32 |
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612-644-6302
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City Hunter
(1986) |
Akihiko Okada | |
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612-645-7132
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AE Line: OZZY, AE LINE: OZZY
(1984-1985) |
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612-646-7428
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MINNE FIDO
(1986) |
Steve Martineau | FidoNet |
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612-647-0422
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Port, The Port
(1984-1985) |
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612-649-1143
St. Paul, MN |
Abiogenetic
(1984-1992) |
Barry Watson | Forum, Forum BBS |
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612-681-9520
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ASTRONOMERS RBBS
, Star Net, STAR*NET HQ 2, STAR*NET PUB INFO, Star-Net
, Star-Net,Hi-Tech
(1985-1996) |
Chuck Cole, Chuck Cole
| RBBS |
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612-688-8166
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C.O.N.T.R.O.L.
(1988) |
Tim Aaberg | |
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612-690-0689
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Great White North
(1984-1985) |
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612-698-1485
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Miller's Amiga, MillerAmiga
(1988-1992) |
Peter Miller, Pete Miller
| TAG-BBS |
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612-698-6606
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The Playhouse
(1984-2000) |
Dillon Murray | |
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612-721-1177
Minneapolis, MN |
Playhouse BBS, Star City BBS
(1989-1990) |
Robin Blue, Connie & John | RBBS |
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612-721-8967
Minneapolis, MN |
Terra Board, Terraboard
(1986-1995) |
David Dyer-Bennet, D. Dyer-Bennett, David Dyer-Bennet
, D. Dyer-Bennett
| Opus, Remote Acc |
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612-722-0430
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Midisynth.St
(1987) |
Dr.db,Lydian Key | Stadel3.1e |
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612-724-7066
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BBS The Safehouse, RBBS IBM PC Safehouse, Safehouse, Safehouse BBS, THE SAFEHOUSE
(1983-1987) |
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"I can still recall THIS NUMBER from over twenty years ago and its bbs - The Safehouse. It was the only time I paid for online access (5$). By 9th grade (1984) I was well into the legendary 612 BBS scene. I even found a post archived by my young self somewhere on the internet - insane. Anyways, the famous SuperPirates home base as it were was the Safehouse BBS. Remember "the Burglar" and his infamous crack of the famous zero sector copy protection scheme used for Flight Simulator I - recall how it would reboot 3 times on the copied disk? Crazy stuff. The Safehouse had an awesome series of text files on phreaking and whatnot, and one of the earliest two-modem "Chat with other user" features I'd ever seen. Another mpls bbs was called "The Curse BBS" run by an asian guy who was adopted. It was famous because it had the ever impressive reverse moving twirling cursor which no one seemed to be able to figure out how that bit of software had been written. Oh those were the days - free long distance phone calls, the FBI trying to figure out how kids were using credit cards to order stuff, etc etc. We used to attend parties to swap disks - how quaint. 1200 baud going to 2400 was a giant leap. And how about when I used Turbo Pascal on my CP/M card to blow away the poor fools using the apple compilier in programming class...Those were the good times hmm. I became a specialist physician, but still love screwing around on computers. Thanks for bringing back some pleasant memories." - Rolic
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612-724-7779
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The BeeB
(1985) |
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612-725-8091
Minneapolis, MN |
Think Tank BBS
(1989-1990) |
Mike Candy | |
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612-727-2184
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Duluth BBS
(1984) |
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612-729-1985
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MCMLXXXV (1985), MCMLXXXV (The 1985 BBS)
(1984-1985) |
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612-730-0822
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Shadow Fax BBS, Shadowfax, ShadowFax BBS
(1989-1996) |
Wayne Copeland | Wildcat
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612-731-1063
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United RBBS
(1984-1990) |
Denny Mix | Propriety |
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612-731-1349
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Z-net
(1985) |
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612-738-8736
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Outpost/612
(1984) |
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612-739-3910
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World Of Grim
(1984) |
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612-739-4074
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Galactic Bar, The Time Capsule
(1984) |
The Invader | |
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612-753-1622
Anoka, MN |
Egads
(1987-1990) |
Helper | Metropolis |
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612-753-3082
Minneapolis, MN |
Goliath TBBS, MCMS Goliath
(1983-1994) |
Mike Leonhardt, Mike Leonhardt
| Seadog, MCMS, Tbbs |
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612-755-5898
Blaine, MN |
Mid West Temporary Coordinator, Net 282 Echo Coordinator, SW Hub, The OUJIA Board, Twin Cities Metronet
(1984-2003) |
Jeff Smith | |
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612-770-0874
Maplewood, MN |
Renaissance, Renaissance Fair
(1986-1990) |
John Barleycorn | Pseudodel, Pseudodel (Apple // port of Citadel) |
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"I ran this BBS during high school and briefly into college, on a second phone line in my parents' house. The software was written by Todd Murray aka "Shadow Warrior" of Second City BBS and distributed for $20. "I have the original 5.25" disks and actually fired up the Apple //c last night (August 12, 2002), and it still appears to work after laying dormant for over a decade. I've networked (serial cable) the Apple //c to an old Mac IIci on my home LAN and I'm migrating all of the data over to my modern Windows and Linux PC's for archival purposes. "We held occasional user meetings at a pizza joint in Dinkytown near the University of Minnesota, or at the Minnesota amusement park, Valley Fair. "I bought that computer before I bought my first car, with my own funds, and paid about $500 for the Apple Personal 300/1200 baud modem as I recall. "In the late 1980's and early 1990's the University of Minnesota's Gopher really took off. I remember getting online with it very early, and securing a copy of winsock.dll and Mosaic for my Windows 3.1 PC, and the world opened up. I wrote one of the earliest web pages in Minnesota, and now work for the University of Minnesota myself. The local dialup BBS seemed so limited in comparison, and so I discontinued it around 1990." -Paul Bramscher
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612-771-8659
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M-Z-D, MZD
(1984-1985) |
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612-774-0133
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Black Service
(1989-1990) |
Janus | Citadel+ |
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612-774-3354
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Artificial Reality
(1989-1990) |
Thomas Katt, Tom Katt | ParaCitadel, TPro |
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612-776-4138
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Rainbow Bridge
(1989-1990) |
SongBird, Songbird | Cit86v3.12, Citadel |
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612-776-7222
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St. Paul Radio Club BBS
(1985) |
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612-777-5327
N.St.Paul, MN |
AE Line: DRAGON
(1985) |
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612-778-0506
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Tcx 68000 Network, Twin City Express, TwinCityXprss
(1984-1998) |
James Meehan, Jim Meehan, James Meehan
| TBBS |
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612-778-0594
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TC Express
(1985) |
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612-778-1213
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Heathkit (Zenith), Smugh
(1984-1990) |
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612-778-1222
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Apple Users BBS, Caverns Of Depth, The Caverns of Depth
(1988-1994) |
Jason Malacko, Jason/jean mala, Dare Devil | WWIV, GBBS Pro |
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612-780-8393
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Random Seconds, Random Seconds RBBS
(1984-1985) |
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612-781-6840
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Computer Connection
(1984) |
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612-784-8643
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POOF
(1989-1992) |
Bugmastah, Bugmastah
| STadel3.3c |
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612-786-8181
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User-Friendly Computer
(1984) |
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612-788-2714
Minneapolis, MN |
Bad Sector
(1984-1991) |
Biko Mack | Citadel |
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Now located at http://www.visi.com.
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612-788-2741
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Bad Sector
(1987-1990) |
Biko Mack | Cit86v3.31, Citadel, Cit86 V3 |
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612-788-8029
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Motel, The Motel
(1984-1990) |
Mr Automan | TBBSt |
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612-789-5761
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Stonehenge
(1984-1985) |
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612-789-6393
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Portal!/Earthwatch!
(1989) |
| Wildcat |
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612-822-1196
Minneapolis, MN |
Sawbones, Sawbones BBS
(1988-1990) |
Group Health | Red Ryder, Red Ryder Host |
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612-822-1968
Minneapolis, MN |
TheGameBoard
(1986) |
David Messer | |
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612-822-4812
Minneapolis, MN |
(A Gem of an OPUS), Fire Opal
(1988-1997) |
Scott Raun, Scott Raun
| Opus |
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612-824-0333
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Mac Skyline
(1988-1990) |
Ian Able | Red Ryder, Red Ryder Host |
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612-824-2575
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Rischer CRBBS, Risher CR-BBS
(1984-1985) |
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612-824-7550
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TRS/CPM MBBS
(1985) |
Kim Johnson | |
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612-825-3351
Minneapolis, MN |
Flying Buffalo
(1985) |
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612-825-4296
Minneapolis, MN |
MIDI, Midiapolis
(1984-1992) |
Lydian Kev | STadel |
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612-825-5852
Minneapolis, MN |
Pirate Island
(1984) |
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612-831-0710
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Jefferson's Connection
(1984) |
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612-831-1492
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Ocean Blue, Revelstone
(1984-1989) |
Abominog | Cit86v3.19 |
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612-831-4030
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PSA IBM
(1984) |
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612-831-7732
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AE Line: MAJORS, AE LINE: MAJORS
(1984-1985) |
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612-854-5748
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Rural Ventures Growth Inc.
(1985) |
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612-854-6909
Bloomington, MN |
SE HUB, Sporga's Place, Sporga's Place BBS
, Sporgas Place
(1982-2003) |
David Whitaker | Proboard |
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612-854-9691
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CONFERENCE-TREE Minneapolis
(1982-1985) |
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612-866-1804
Richfield, MN |
Citadel-86 Test Sys
(1987) |
Hue, Jr. | Cit86 V3 |
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612-866-5673
Richfield, MN |
Sa'Shir
(1986-1992) |
Little John | Litfal |
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"A fine RPG-BBS back in the day, using Shawn (Starrelyte) Stanley's software in Sa'Shir's final incarnation. Had a good core cadre of players. Great fun. BBS was unplugged when I sold my Apple IIgs - I had moved to the Amiga. The phone number 866-5673 spelled "Too Lose", so the BBS motto was "Play Too Lose", which fit in well with Shawn's Paranoia-esque software. I still run across some of the old regulars, on World of Warcraft. And keep in touch with some of the old crowd from Grapevine, Revelstone, Images at Twilight, Wintermute, Safehouse." - John "Eljay" (Little John) Love-Jensen
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612-866-7374
Richfield, MN |
Homer Goatmier's Academy of The Brain
(1985) |
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612-869-0054
Richfield, MN |
BBS
(1986) |
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612-869-3246
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Computer Place, Computer Place RBBS
(1984-1990) |
Andy Lantos | RBBS |
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612-869-5780
Minneapolis, MN |
CBBS
(1981) |
Doug Poole | CBBS |
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612-870-3667
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Search Institute, Si RBBS
(1984) |
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612-870-7905
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Search Institute
(1985) |
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612-872-2352
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Conference Tree, FIDO Lawcat, Krackline, LawCAT, LAWSIG
(1984-1990) |
Paula Giese, Fuzzy | FidoNet, Fido-Net |
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612-881-0142
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House of Rising Sun, Rising Sun
(1987-1988) |
Sunrise | Cit68k 2.14 |
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612-884-3210
Bloomington, MN |
City of the Damned
(1986-1989) |
The Spirit | RockTalk |
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"This BBS also had other names. I can't remember all of them, but a few were Infinite Dreams, The Moriarity Hotel (many people told me I spelled "Moriarty" wrong), and there was a backdoor when you went to Infinite Dreams. If you typed "USAPHREAKCO" as your username it would take you to "The Sanctuary" BBS where it had all of the neat0 k-k00l pirate stuff. I don't remember the name of the software I used. It was made by Lord Winterstar and was based on another system. I think the other system was TPro. Anyway, it was up in different incarnations from the time I was in 6th grade until 8th grade when I got caught by MidAmerica for phreaking. A whopping $250 fine for my parents." - The Spirit
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612-884-7951
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Images At Twilight, Images@Twilite, TWM's MTHboard
(1984-1999) |
Sy_Borg, Sy Borg, Sy Borg
| Cit68k3.27, Citadel, Cit68k3.31, Cit68k 2.14 |
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"Images was first known as TWM's MTHboard and started 4/8/1984, it then quickly changed over to Images at Twilight in 1985 and ran more or less continuously on a variety of hardware until late 1999. Which means I was a BBS sysop for around 14 years. Phew! When the hardware was new, my uptime was pretty good but as it aged the system started failing fairly predictably. Images had been running unnattended at my mothers house (she had passed away in May of 1998) and since I was the executor of the estate something needed to be done - my wife and I actually decided to move into the home since we were apartment dwellers at the time and I ran Images a little bit more, but the hardware was dying and I wanted DSL for my own machine so I had the line disconnected. The Amiga 1000 that ran Images is currently intact and sitting in the basement, resting peacefully. At shutdown, I'd had something on the order of 80,000+ messages posted on the system and was networked with similar Citadels all over the country. Now, here's the kicker: much of the old Twin City Citadel BBS community moved to a text-based Citadel that runs on Unix based machines. If you telnet to anansi-web.com and type BBS, you will find a world-wide text-based Citadel BBS. Much of the old BBS community congregate here. I'm considering putting one up on my current box but you know how it is, you can't go home again right?" - Todd Madson
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612-888-2819
Bloomington, MN |
IMSI BBS
(1988) |
Mike Boe | |
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612-888-3712
Bloomington, MN |
Mac Smorgasboard, Macintosh SmorgasBoard
(1989-1990) |
Tony Austinson | WWIV |
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612-888-9739
Bloomington, MN |
File Cabinet Bbs, The File Cabinet BBS
(1989-1992) |
Richard Vonzel, Richard Vonzel
| QBBS, Pc Board |
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612-895-0170
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Curse Wares
(1988) |
Hitch Hiker | GBBS Pro |
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612-895-8035
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Chez Spaz, Chez' Spaz
(1989-1995) |
Your Father, Your Father
| Citadel, Cit86v3.27, Cit86v3.32 |
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612-920-0384
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Alpha Sam 2
(1984) |
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612-920-1889
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Ti BBS
(1984) |
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612-920-5566
Minneapolis, MN |
L5 Minnesota, Mn Space Frontier, MN Space Frontier Society, Minnesota Spacenet, L5 MN Space BBS
(1986-1994) |
Jim Cran, Scott Shjefte, Ben Huset, Ben Husset | RBBS 17.2 |
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Minnesota Space Frontier Society - NASA News
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612-920-6953
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Electronic Shopper
(1984-1985) |
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612-920-L5MN
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NASA/ESA press rels.
(1988-1991) |
L5 Society | |
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612-925-1809
St. Louis Park, MN |
Late Night With Norton
(1989-1990) |
Mark Udstrand | |
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612-926-9208
St Louis Park, MN |
Crystal Cavern
(1985) |
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612-929-0551
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Diskcover Software
(1985) |
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612-929-6530
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Ichthus
(1984-1985) |
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612-929-6699
Minneapolis, MN |
PMS - Minneapolis, PMS Minneapolis, PMS Mpls
(1982-1985) |
| PMS |
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612-929-8966
Minneapolis, MN |
City Desk Computer, PMS - Twin Cities, PMS Twin Cities
(1983-1985) |
| PMS |
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612-931-5880
Hopkins, MN |
H.P.C.U.G.
(1989) |
Mark Schultz | |
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612-931-5960
Hopkins, MN |
GhostRider Fido
(1989) |
Mark Schultz | FidoNet |
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612-932-0743
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Class of 68, Class68
(1989-1990) |
Greg Forseth | STadel |
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612-933-6062
Hopkins, MN |
The Officers' Club
(1984-1985) |
The General | |
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612-934-3751
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CTS Want Ads, Cts-Want Ads
(1984-1985) |
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612-934-4880
Minnetonka, MN |
Police Station
(1984-1985) |
Steven Tempelman | |
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612-934-5957
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Commodites, Comoditties ABBS
(1984-1985) |
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612-934-6710
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Valicarr Castle
(1984) |
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612-935-4947
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After Hours
(1989) |
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612-937-9191
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Cygnus X-1
(1984) |
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612-938-1875
Minnetonka, MN |
Mid West, Tc Ams Sub. Line #1, Tc AMS Subs, TC-AMS TBBS, Twin Cities Metronet
(1987-1998) |
Steve Sherwick, Steve Sherwick
| TBBS |
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612-938-1997
Minnetonka, MN |
Final Frontier, Hacker's Haven
(1984-1985) |
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612-938-4301
Minnetonka, MN |
City Terminal
(1987-1991) |
John Parlin | QBBS |
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612-938-4799
Minnetonka, MN |
Tc AMS, Tc Ams - Public Line, TC-AMS TBBS, TC-ANS
(1984-1999) |
Steve Sherwick, Steve Sherwick
, Steven Sherwick | TBBS |
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612-938-4809
Minnetonka, MN |
C Station
(1987-1988) |
Steve Ripley | |
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612-938-7535
Minnetonka, MN |
Deep Thot, Deep Thought
(1984-1985) |
Steve Fines | |
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612-938-8580
Minnetonka, MN |
New Eden
(1988) |
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612-938-8924
Minnetonka, MN |
Dark Knight Table, The Dark Knight's Table
(1989-1995) |
Erik Jacobson, Erik Jacobson
| QBBS, Maximus |
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612-941-6582
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JobStar, Valicarr Castle
(1985) |
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612-941-8519
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Golfsoft's BBS
(1984-1985) |
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612-941-9300
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Connection, Connection 1, Connection I, The Connection
(1984-1992) |
The Connection, Kare Tv 11
| Mainframe |
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612-944-3291
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AZ BBS
(1984) |
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612-944-5003
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Talk Line
(1984-1985) |
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612-Syst
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Twin City Area Bulletin Board
(1985) |
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142 Sysops currently listed.
276 BBSes Listed.
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