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

MAP OF THE 619 AREA CODE
619-221-0311
SAN DIEGO, CA
Flatulance Plus, Flatulence Plus, JBBS, WEST SAN DIEGO, jBBS
(1989-1996)
Jay Kenney
619-222-2777
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Cave Of CPM
(1989-1991)
Don Anderson
619-222-3097
SAN DIEGO, CA
Mushin 11 Subscriber, Mushin Subscriber, Nuggo's Place, Nuggos Place
(1987-1994)
Paul Ephron
619-223-9978
SAN DIEGO, CA
AE LINE: MOTHER
(1984)
619-224-2636
SAN DIEGO, CA
Adventure Board, ADVENTURE BOARD
(1987-1989)
619-224-4878
Ocean Beach, CA
Ocean Beach (CoCo/OS9), Ocean Beach BBS
(1989-2002)
Warren Hrach
619-226-2822
SAN DIEGO, CA
King Kobra BBS
(1989)
William ConleyWildcat
619-226-4502
SAN DIEGO, CA
Silver BBS
(1987-1992)
Robert Renfro
619-231-0180
SAN DIEGO, CA
Tele-Mac
(1989)
619-232-8636
SAN DIEGO, CA
The RATS Nest
(1989-1992)
Frank Hicinbothem
619-234-2006
San Diego, CA
The Keep
(1983-1986)
Tom Davidson aka The KeeperKeeper-Line
"After watching the movie Wargames in 1983 I got a modem for my C-64 and discovered the BBS scene. I found a simple BBS program in a computer magazine... If only I could remember which one. Anyway, I developed the software for the next couple of years incorporating the Punter protocol for file transfers, my own assembler I/O routines, and compiled the BASIC using the Blitz! BASIC compiler. Oh the good old days." - Tom Davidson
619-236-0742
SAN DIEGO, CA
RCP/M RBBS SDCS San Diego
(1983-1984)
619-239-1395
SAN DIEGO, CA
pro-nsfmat
(1988)
mtarraniProLine
619-239-1397
SAN DIEGO, CA
pro-simasd
(1988)
mtarraniProLine
619-246-6344
Adelanto, CA
The Silverado Express BBS
(1987-1992)
Rod AbbottWildcat
619-252-5150
SAN DIEGO: SAN DIEG, CA
Bruce's Board
(1989-1993)
Bruce Hartsell
619-252-5367
SAN DIEGO: SAN DIEG, CA
Barstow RCPM, CALLME RCPM And MS-DOS, Concurrent CP/M-86 RCPM #1, CPM/86 RCPM #1
(1984-1991)
Lyle Skjerve
619-256-3545
CHULA VISTA, CA
Barstow BBS, Barstow RCPM
(1986-1996)
Lyle SkjervePCBoard
619-256-3914
CHULA VISTA, CA
Barstow RCP/M, RCP/M Barstow
(1983-1985)
Bill Wood
619-256-7250
CHULA VISTA, CA
93KFN Hait Radio, G3KFN Board
(1989-1994)
Wildcat
619-256-7885
CHULA VISTA, CA
Fully Involved, High Desert Net, Region 10 Echomail Coordinator, The Barstow Net, The Fully Involved BBS
(1982-2000)
Blynn MuellerWildcat
619-258-8006
Santee, CA
Problem Corner / Central
(1984-1987)
Problem ChildCNET (C=64)
"I just stumbled across your site via a link from Tom's Hardware. My most fond memories were running a BBS in the mid 80's on the CNET software (C=64). I was a little bummed to not see my BBS listed when I lived in Santee, CA., but about fell out of my chair when I saw my BBS listed in Centreville, VA (AC: 703)-(Double Trouble). You have a great site and it's nice to see "our generation" recognized." - Problem Child
619-258-9078
SANTEE, CA
JSR Service Net
(1989)
619-258-9559
SANTEE, CA
California Dreaming, Hardcore Castle, The Hardcore Castle
(1987-1994)
Al Stippey
619-259-6793
DEL MAR, CA
Serenity
(1987-1988)
Rick Farris
619-259-7757
DEL MAR, CA
Matchmaker 1, Matchmaker 1 (UNIX serene), Serenity, Serenity PCB Unprotects
(1988-1994)
Rick Farris
619-264-2944
SAN DIEGO, CA
South Bay BBS
(1989)
Steve Augello
619-265-3428
San Diego, CA
Ed Tech, PMS - Ed Tech
(1983-1985)
PMS
619-267-0264
SAN DIEGO, CA
AE LINE: TOGA
(1984)
619-267-2807
SAN DIEGO, CA
Bell Computer-Math-Science, CMS Bell Jr High
(1989-1994)
619-268-0437
San Diego, CA
BBS IBM PC SIG, SIG
(1983-1985)
619-268-3568
SAN DIEGO, CA
Christ Line
(1989-1994)
Wildcat
619-268-3636
SAN DIEGO, CA
Super Messenger
(1988)
Red Ryder Host
619-270-1166
SAN DIEGO, CA
BBS IBM PC Relay
(1984)
619-270-3148
SAN DIEGO, CA
Elephants Graveyard, Z Node #9, Z-Node #9
(1989-1994)
619-271-8613
SAN DIEGO, CA
PMS - Datel Systems Inc., PMS - Mesa Systems
(1982-1985)
619-272-1503
San Diego, CA
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #153
(1985)
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH
619-272-2210
PACIFIC BEACH, CA
Stocks
(1985)
Lee Merker
619-272-5553
PACIFIC BEACH, CA
Aardvark, Aardvark 1
(1989-1994)
619-273-4354
PACIFIC BEACH, CA
RCP/M RBBS San Diego, San Diego RCPM
(1982-1984)
619-274-1816
Apple Valley, CA
Hi Desert BBS, The ACCESS Network
(1987-1995)
Robert ParsonsWildcat then PCBoard
619-275-1169
PACIFIC BEACH, CA
Prodigal BBS
(1989)
619-275-6129
PACIFIC BEACH, CA
Central San Diego Hub, The Rat's Nest, The RATS Nest
(1989-1994)
Frank Hicinbothem
619-276-6606
PACIFIC BEACH, CA
RCP/M RBBS SDCS, RCP/M RBBS SDCS San Diego
(1984-1985)
619-276-7623
PACIFIC BEACH, CA
ASTRALITE, Astralite BBS
(1989-1990)
Greg EdwardsWildcat
619-277-3114
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Hope Chest
(1988-1991)
Glenn Miller, Ray of HopeGBBS Pro
619-278-7086
San Diego, CA
Calif Nevada, Greater SF Bay Net, LINDA VISTA Hub, mailhub@tnl-online.com, NAB Robot, NORTH CITY Hub, North County Coastal HUB, North County Inland HUB, Pacific Rim Information, Pacific Rim Mail Node, San Diego CA, San Diego Co CA, Santa Barbara Ventura, TEMP The High/Low Desert NET, TEMP The Low Desert NET
(1982-2003)
Brenda Donovan, Interim NC, NAB Robot, Lights Out
619-278-7361
San Diego, CA
Pacific Rim Info 1, Pacific Rim Info Node 3 FIDO, Pacific Rim Information II, PacRimInfo, PacRimInfo 300M, PacRimInfo 300M , PRI Wildcat! BBS, TNL Online , The Pacific Rim
(1982-2002)
Brenda DonovanWildcat
ListKeeper: Female Sysops
619-278-8155
CHULA VISTA, CA
S.C.C.G. BBS, SCCG-TIBBS
(1989-1992)
Lutz Winkler
619-278-9114
CHULA VISTA, CA
CVBBS #2
(1983-1984)
619-279-1930
SAN DIEGO, CA
Over The Line
(1989-1994)
Bruce Bequette
619-279-2722
San Diego, CA
The Penthouse Suite
(1985-1986)
Robert Kuhn (aka: Rammy)TC-BBSxe (modified)
"Ran on an Atari 130XE, two disk drives (a modded Atari 1050 drive [Single Sided/Double Density] 180KB, and a Teac [Single Sided/Double Density] 360KB), originally an Atari 1030 modem (110/300 baud) then later to a Supra 110/300/450 baud and then eventually a Volks 300/1200 baud via an Atari 850 RS232 interface/adapater. The software was written by Total Control Systems (TCS) which was also in San Diego and not that far from where I lived at the time so I was able to visit and talk with the developer. The XE version was a huge upgrade over the previous versions. If you were lucky enough to have the 130XE you could take advantage of the additional 64K of RAM by making it a RAM disk and then loading the menus and other text files. This would speed up the performance of the site and give you more space for storage. About a few months of owning the software, I modified the message base to resemble CNET (another popular C64 BBS software). I felt their message base/layout/etc was clean. At one point I hooked up an Atari 800XL, wrote a "connector" and setup a multi-lined BBS. I remember running into problems with the message base. Reading messages were fine, it was only if two people were replying to the same message. In the end I fixed it by using part of the RAM disk as a cache/buffer but that mean sacrificing loading menus and other text files up in RAM. Eventually I went back to a single lined system as the other line was actually our house line so it was only avaialble at night. I pulled the BBS offline in '86 when I moved with plans to set it back up again but never did - just wasn't into BBS' anymore, Those were some fun times, however." - Robert Kuhn
619-279-2851
La Jolla, CA
BMBBS The System, The System
(1984-1985)
BMBBS
619-279-3921
SAN DIEGO, CA
Night Owl, NIGHT OWL BBS, Night Owl HAM 96m, NightOwl,Ham , RADIOSPORT, Radiosport!, RadioSport! WA6BDY, RadioSport! WA6BDY (Ham), The Night Owl
(1987-1996)
Steve Wilmet, Steve WilmetteWildcat
619-279-5339
SAN DIEGO, CA
Cornucopia
(1989)
Dan Seguin
619-281-0725
SAN DIEGO, CA
Suberbia?, Suburbia?
(1989-1990)
Lloyd Helm
619-281-1987
SAN DIEGO, CA
Muir Technical College
(1989)
Wildcat
619-281-7222
SAN DIEGO, CA
ProLine - Sol, Proline Sol, pro-sol
(1988-1989)
mdavisProLine
619-281-7254
SAN DIEGO, CA
Star Fleet Headquarters
(1989)
Brice Fleckenstein
619-282-6815
SAN DIEGO, CA
Computer Outlet ST
(1988-1990)
619-283-0412
SAN DIEGO, CA
Systems & Software 1
(1989)
619-283-0498
SAN DIEGO, CA
Cornucopia
(1988)
Dan Seguin
619-283-1538
SAN DIEGO, CA
Harrison BBS/RCP/M, RBBS IBM PC San Diego, RBBS-PC Beta Site
(1984-1990)
Steve Harrison
619-283-4812
SAN DIEGO, CA
Reg10 SDSCoord, SoftWare Dist, THE DOS BOSS
(1987-1989)
Bruce Knorr
619-283-5303
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Outback
(1989-1990)
Richard Fay
619-283-6816
SAN DIEGO, CA
Systems & Software 6
(1989)
619-283-9040
SAN DIEGO, CA
Captain J's
(1988)
Kirk Thomas
619-284-3821
SAN DIEGO, CA
SDACE-ST
(1989)
619-284-4448
SAN DIEGO, CA
RBBS IBM PC San Diego
(1985)
Steve Harrison
619-286-0841
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Alchemist's BBS
(1989)
Eric Vaitl
619-286-7358
SAN DIEGO, CA
Pea's Keep
(1989-1990)
Jim Pea
619-286-7819
SAN DIEGO, CA
SSRL Net
(1989)
RalphCumberlandPCBoard
619-286-7838
SAN DIEGO, CA
Deus Ex Machina, FIDO #87 Deus-Ex-Machina
(1984-1985)
Bruce WebsterFidoNet
619-287-2431
San Diego, CA
Info-Core I
(1989-1994)
Dan SikorskiRenegade
"Originally called The Double D BBS from 1989 to 1992. Renamed to Info-Core I in 1992, when partnership between Info-Core I and Info-Core II developed with Dan Gilbreth and Dan Sikorski. BBS ran Telegard BBS Software up until Renegade BBS Software became available. The Double D BBS was originally a father-son activity, which turned into a full-time activity for the son and was only supported financially by the father. During from 1992 to 1994, Info-Core I & II were vital hubs to the original warez underground in San Diego, until Info-Core I was busted by the FBI at the end 1994. Info-Core II went off-line at the end of 1994, two days after the FBI raid on Info-Core I. Info-Core II ran Wildcat BBS for a short period of time before switching to Renegade BBS. Original ANSI artwork from Michael Tomlinson (co-sysop of Info-Core I & II) is still available on the Internet somewhere. After 1994, the original SysOp's went seperate ways and never spoke again." - Anonymous Poster (Listed himself as Dan Sikorski, Second Dan Sikorski disputes this)
619-287-5828
SAN DIEGO, CA
Catholic Info Net HQ, Catholic Info Network, Catholic InfoNet, Catholic Information Network #1, CatholicInfonet
(1987-1996)
Mike MollerusGT
619-287-6006
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Computer Room
(1988-1994)
Al CooperWildcat
619-291-0544
San Diego, CA
Hillcreast Community, Hillcrest Community BBS, SMOODGE
(1988-1995)
Michael BlairWildcat
619-291-7293
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Mother Board BBS
(1989)
Wildcat
619-294-7480
SAN DIEGO, CA
The General BBS
(1988)
Wildcat
619-295-2912
SAN DIEGO, CA
CORE BBS
(1988-1989)
John Galt
619-295-3103
SAN DIEGO, CA
FORA
(1985-1990)
Jim BoweryFORA
"I wrote this multiuser chat/bbs system (programmed primarily in ASM86) hoping to seed an approach to large scale networking I started as the network architect for Knight Ridder and AT&T's VIEWTRON videotex service while at their joint venture, Viewdata Corporation of America. Unfortunately, Bill Blue, a local competitor, also in San Diego, had a deal with the Naval Ocean Systems Center via which he could obtain Usenet feeds at a very low cost -- a cost with which I could not compete. He was providing these feeds to the public which I believe was illegal, given that they were via MilNet (DARPA). I did attempt to have the Naval Inspector General's office investigate how to either terminate my competitor's illegal advantage or acquire said advantage for FORA, but after a few go-arounds and "we're looking into it"s, my resorces were running too thin. The combined financial and operational troubles (my attempts to exclude suspected child molesters was landing me in tough personal situations) led me to shut it down after about 4 years. For more information see http://www.geocities.com/jim_bowery/vnatap.html" - Jim Bowery
619-295-9175
SAN DIEGO, CA
B + B BBS
(1988)
Wildcat
619-297-3230
SAN DIEGO, CA
Sunsplash C-Net
(1989)
619-298-4027
SAN DIEGO, CA
Media Line, MediaLine BBS, SoCal Medialine, [media prfls onl, [mediaprfsonly]
(1989-1996)
Steve TomPCBoard
619-299-9804
SAN DIEGO, CA
El Amigo
(1988)
619-320-5919
HARBISON-ALPINE, CA
Deja Vu
(1987-1988)
Michael White
619-321-0588
SAN DIEGO, CA
Dimensions 2000
(1988)
Wildcat
619-323-1522
EL CAJON, CA
Desert Amiga
(1988)
619-326-4928
Needles, CA
Teen BBS
(1986)
Chuck Swan
Online Saturdays Online Saturdays
619-352-8006
El Centro, CA
The El Centro BBS
(1989-1991)
Rich WymoreWildcat
619-364-3816
SAN DIEGO: SAN DIEG, CA
AMIGA-AMERICA!
(1988)
619-367-0133
SAN DIEGO, CA
Creative World!
(1988)
Wildcat
619-367-9208
SAN DIEGO, CA
Data Byte Computer Services, DataByteCompSvc, DataByteCompSvc 150
(1988-1996)
Jim KornegayWildcat
619-371-1665
Ridgecrest, CA
Computing Tech, Computing Technology BBS
(1986-1996)
Rod KenlyPCBoard
619-371-2350
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Smith Hall Express
(1989)
Jim Newman
619-375-2306
SAN DIEGO-ICG, CA
Computing Tech, Computing Technology, Computing Technology REL
(1987-1994)
Dick StoutPCBoard
619-375-8321
SAN DIEGO-ICG, CA
Indian Wells BBS, Ridgecrest BBS
(1988-1989)
Mark Hibberts
619-375-9639
SAN DIEGO-ICG, CA
YGBSM $FEE free for Sysops, YGBSM RBBS
(1987-1991)
Bob Huntley
619-377-5623
Ridgecrest, CA
RBBS Ridgecrest AUG, Ridgecrest AUG
(1984-1985)
RBBS
619-390-7328
LAKESIDE, CA
Lakeside PC Board, Lakeside Wildcat 1 N6CQW, Lakeside Wildcat Board, Lakeside Wildcat! BBS, Lakeside Wildcat! Node I, Lakeside Wildcat!BBS
(1988-1996)
Roger Peck, N6CQWWildcat
619-390-8928
LAKESIDE, CA
Gandalf's
(1989)
Gary Ryno
619-390-9470
LAKESIDE, CA
Looney Bin
(1989)
619-421-3189
CHULA VISTA, CA
South Bay BBS
(1987-1989)
Steve Augello
619-421-3305
CHULA VISTA, CA
TBBS Ham Radio BBS
(1984-1985)
619-421-4922
CHULA VISTA, CA
The Beach
(1989)
Wildcat
619-421-9398
CHULA VISTA, CA
AE LINE: AMANAP
(1984)
619-423-1677
IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
Biginners Nightmare
(1989)
Wildcat
619-424-6375
IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
The Tree House, The TreeHouse BBS, Tree House, Treehouse
(1989-1995)
Bill Wood
619-424-7213
IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
The Rom Burner
(1989)
Robert Misko
619-426-2213
CHULA VISTA, CA
THE DOS BOSS
(1989-1990)
Bruce Knorr
619-427-5073
CHULA VISTA, CA
InSANe Diego
(1989)
Robert Kaye
619-427-5459
CHULA VISTA, CA
The File Cabinet
(1989-1990)
Bill Thomson
619-428-9773
SAN YSIDRO, CA
Bytes R Us
(1988-1990)
Gene Leduc
619-429-1458
IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
Imperial Beach BBS
(1989-1990)
Bill Smith
619-433-4653
Oceanside, CA
K-mart, Space Bar BBS, The Space Bar
(1985-1998)
619-434-4600
Carlsbad, CA
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #11, DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #11 Carlsbad
(1983-1985)
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH
619-435-2958
CORONADO, CA
Trader's World, Traders' World
(1989-1994)
Kris Lewis
619-435-3559
CORONADO, CA
Deja Vu, Deja Vu #1
(1987-1988)
Michael White
619-435-6709
Coronado, CA
Monitor
(1982-1985)
Dave TIptonColor Connection
"BBS was run on a TRS80 Color Computer with 2 double sided floppy drives. You loaded the BBS Software, then put in the two disks for data and messages. Modem was J-cat 300 baud (a Hayes 1200 baud modem was like $250.00 if I recall right, so not to many people had them). Features were lots of Basic downloads and sharing of Computer Knowledge for the TRS80 color computer. Also were mod information such as programming the extended basic chip using a ROM burner (which was new at that time). No one I knew had a hard drive in those days as a floppy drive was about $100.00, and a 10 meg hard drive was like $500.00. My first Color computer with 4K ram was $400.00 The Color computer used a 6809(e) (the e meant it had an external clock) 8 bit processor." - Dave Tipton
619-435-8070
CORONADO, CA
Coronado WILDCAT! BBS
(1988)
Wildcat
619-438-5256
SAN DIEGO, CA
AT, Cyberspace, Dworken's Castle, Dworkin's Castle, Goat Net West, OCEANSIDE, San Diego Co CA, SD Unix Gateway
(1985-1989)
James Haden, James Hayden
619-439-6624
SAN DIEGO, CA
Main Street Data, Mainstreet Data, Mainstreet Data Node 1
(1987-1996)
Rainer MuellerSpitfire , GBBS Pro
619-439-9169
SAN DIEGO, CA
Micro-80
(1989)
619-442-1424
EL CAJON, CA
Family Radio Forum KECR, Family Radio Forum (HQ)
(1988-1994)
Dennis Holt
619-442-3595
EL CAJON, CA
Checkpoint , CheckPoint Computers, Checkpoint PCB EGA/VGA REL, The Checkpoint
(1987-1996)
Bob BaileyPCBoard
619-442-8210
EL CAJON, CA
Checkpoint (Fastcomm node)
(1989-1991)
Bob Bailey
619-443-2104
LAKESIDE, CA
AE Line: PIRACY, AE LINE: PIRACY, AE LINE: RAD
(1984-1985)
619-444-6378
EL CAJON, CA
Longshot
(1987-1988)
Steve Andrews
619-444-7006
Lakeside, CA
P-net, P-Net (pnet01), P.A.M.S. Spooler, PAMS Spooler, Unix - [crash]
(1985-1992)
619-444-7099
El Cajon, CA
P.dBMS #1 - Lakeside, PdBMS #1 Lakeside, Online (Bill Blue)
(1985)
619-444-9635
EL CAJON, CA
El Cajon Excell+ #1, El Cajon RBBS, Excell Plus
(1987-1994)
619-447-3944
EL CAJON, CA
On-Line and Live, The Third Wish
(1989-1994)
Wildcat
619-447-7003
El Cajon , CA
Spider-One
(1989-1991)
William McNamaraImage
"I had 150 users at one time. I tryed to set it up in Phoenix when I moved there. But Commodore was going out real quick and I went to a 386SX." - William McNamara
619-447-8143
EL CAJON, CA
S.D.A.C.E., The BBS
(1983-1989)
AMIS
619-450-2179
San Diego, CA
Softw Prod Int , Software Products Int. Inc, Software Products Internati, Software Products International, Software Products Intl, Software Products Intl Technical Support, SPI Software Product Support
(1986-1996)
Dail FailPCBoard
619-452-0097
SAN DIEGO, CA
MIDI Net
(1987-1988)
John Niem
619-452-1869
SAN DIEGO, CA
RCP/M RBBS San Diego, San Diego Experimental RC System (SDEXPRC)
(1984-1985)
Brian Kantor
619-452-6011
SAN DIEGO, CA
ONLINE CDC
(1982-1983)
619-452-7535
SAN DIEGO, CA
ST MIDI Connection, ST-Midi
(1988-1989)
619-453-9917
SAN DIEGO, CA
Powerhouse
(1986)
Lee Lawrence
619-454-8078
LA JOLLA, CA
Digex - SDCS DIGSIG, Digex SDCS Disabled, DIGEX the BBS
(1989-1992)
Milton Blackstone
619-454-8876
LA JOLLA, CA
Sanyo BBS
(1989)
619-455-1960
SAN DIEGO, CA
Deja Vu
(1987-1988)
Michael White
619-455-5226
San Diego, CA
New-Ware (Shareware support), New-Ware,sh/w , Shareware Products , Shareware Products BBS
(1988-1996)
John NewlinWildcat
619-455-9933
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Outback
(1988)
Richard Fay
619-461-2417
LA MESA, CA
SDCS MS-DOS SIG
(1989)
619-461-5117
LA MESA, CA
RCP/M RBBS SDCS HEC#04
(1983-1985)
619-461-6642
LA MESA, CA
RPC Library
(1989)
Wildcat
619-462-0542
LA MESA, CA
Camelot 3000, Camelot BBS
(1988-1994)
Mark FloresPCBoard
619-462-4607
LA MESA, CA
OFF THE WALL
(1987)
619-463-1355
La Mesa, CA
Amiga Commodore Edition
(1987-1993)
Michelle Pankratz, Michelle Pankratz (Olsen)
"Originally known as Commodore Edition, the name eventually changed to Amiga Commodore Edition, as in a new edition of the news. This bbs was most amazingly run on a Commodore 64, with a bank of nine 5 1/4 inch floppy drives chained together. I wanted a hard drive, but the only one really available at the time was a Lt. Kernal that was several hundred dollars. Originally a 1200 baud bbs, we moved to 2400 baud relatively quickly. It took years to save up the big bucks to buy a U.S. Robotics 9600 baud which was even more than the Lt. Kernal. This bbs took over my living room, with two lines (one just for sysops) tall rows of metal shelves to hold the floppy drives and of course, multiple monitors that allowed me to see what the on-line user was actively doing and make system changes. Once I discovered the Amiga, I switched nearly everything over to that OS and ran for 2 more years, eventually bringing in FidoNet. Over time, the flame wars got to me, and I decided it wasn't worth my time any longer to babysit people who just wanted to disagree and argue with each other. I miss my bbs friends. I would love to get back in touch. I remember the days when we had our munches and everyone got to put a face to the names of the people we chatted with every day. Although I was one of the very few women at the time, I was lucky to be considered a nerd before my time. Thank you sincerely, Michelle G. Olsen, Former SysOp, Amiga Commodore Edition"
619-464-0048
LA MESA, CA
Special Integ.Design, Special Integrated Designs
(1989-1990)
619-464-6271
LA MESA, CA
Prides Crossing, PRIDES CROSSING #2, Prides XXing
(1988-1994)
John Folsom
619-465-0327
LA MESA, CA
Lond Shot BBS, Long Shot, LONGSHOT, The Long Shot
(1989-1994)
Steve AndrewsPCBoard
619-465-9764
LA MESA, CA
Long Shot BBS, Longshot
(1988-1991)
Steve AndrewsPCBoard
619-466-5161
LA MESA, CA
Deja Vu
(1987-1988)
Michael White
619-466-9505
LA MESA, CA
Gandalf's
(1989-1997)
Gary RynoQuickBBS
619-469-1354
LA MESA, CA
Chief's Mess BBS, Genealogy Central, SO SAN DIEGO, The Chief's Mess
(1988-1994)
-Unknown-, Dave Rigney
619-470-0771
SAN DIEGO, CA
CASINO West PCBoard, The Casino BBS West, The Casino-West PCB
(1989-1991)
Steve WolfePCBoard
619-471-0684
SAN DIEGO, CA
EDI Hotline
(1986-1989)
Jeff Smith, Robert Douglas
619-471-0711
SAN DIEGO, CA
Deja Vu #2
(1987-1988)
Michael White
619-475-6187
Bonita, CA
The Convent
(1983-1990)
Lady CarolinApplenet, Emulex/II
"This BBS was my test area for what became future cDc text files I wrote. I'd post fragments and have my users, some future cDc members, some not, comment, and adjust my writings accordingly. " - Lady Carolin
619-479-0411
SAN DIEGO, CA
The SW/SE Connection
(1989-1990)
Al Bruner
619-479-2104
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Key Of David, Key of David
(1988)
John Bauscer
619-479-3006
SAN DIEGO, CA
SO SAN DIEGO, Starhelm Graystaff, Starhelm Greystaff
(1987-1994)
Will Greenway
619-479-3431
SAN DIEGO, CA
BMBBS The Message Drop
(1984)
619-479-8558
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Post Office
(1987-1988)
Sam Parthemer
619-480-3056
SAN DIEGO, CA
Cougar Country
(1989-1994)
619-480-9686
SAN DIEGO, CA
$ Far Star BBS, Far Star BBS, SMART
(1987-1989)
Rick Hall
619-481-8571
DEL MAR, CA
Remote Control BBS
(1987-1989)
Mike McCafferty
619-482-8926
CHULA VISTA, CA
Sharkey's BBS
(1989)
Wildcat
619-483-0107
PACIFIC BEACH, CA
Facts Online
(1988)
Wildcat
619-483-5477
PACIFIC BEACH, CA
Dollars & Bytes, Dollars and Bytes, RBBS IBM PC Dollars & Bytes
(1984-1994)
619-486-0735
CORONADO, CA
Nexus RCP/M, Nexus RCPM/RBBS
(1985-1989)
Michael Breaux
619-486-1014
CORONADO, CA
Family Heirlooms, FAMILY HEIRLOOMS
(1987-1989)
619-488-2116
San Diego, CA
SAN DIEGO, SD Rainbow LUG, SD RainbowLUG
(1985-1988)
Rick Eliopoulos
619-492-9714
SAN DIEGO, CA
Jims BBS
(1989-1990)
Jim Nichols
619-531-0975
SAN DIEGO, CA
Katmandu
(1987-1988)
John Urban
619-532-9183
SAN DIEGO, CA
Medical Management, Naval Hosp
(1989-1994)
Pat FlahertyPCBoard
619-535-0816
SAN DIEGO, CA
Willy Net, Willy Network, Willy-Net#1
(1989-1994)
Wm. Bergner
619-535-9580
SAN DIEGO, CA
Mushin, Mushin 1 - 10 Public Lines, Mushin BBS
(1987-1996)
Brad ChesbroPCBoard
619-541-7048
SAN DIEGO, CA
Bear Country BBS, California Sands
(1989-1990)
619-547-7561
SAN DIEGO, CA
Swamp City
(1982-2003)
Brian Tipling
619-549-6685
SAN DIEGO, CA
Fanciful BBS, Fanciful Online
(1982-2000)
Tom Lebens
619-560-2996
SAN DIEGO, CA
Starbase 23
(1988-1994)
Mike NielsenPCBoard
619-560-7713
SAN DIEGO, CA
North City, North City Hub, Pacific Rim Info Node 1 FIDO, Pacific Rim Information, San Diego Co CA
(1989-1991)
Brenda DonovanWildcat
619-561-2999
LAKESIDE, CA
The Flare Path
(1987-1994)
David GrayPCBoard
619-561-4681
LAKESIDE, CA
Perpetrators! BBS, USS Perpetuators BBS
(1988-1994)
Wildcat
619-561-7271
LAKESIDE, CA
ONLINE Santee, P.dBMS #1 - Lakeside, PMS - Lakeside
(1982-1984)
619-561-7277
LAKESIDE, CA
PMS - Santee
(1982-1984)
619-561-7817
LAKESIDE, CA
45M
(1985-1989)
Jim Brown
619-561-8946
LAKESIDE, CA
P.A.M.S. Spooler
(1984)
619-562-0150
SANTEE, CA
CMS Fletcher Hills, CMS: Fletcher Hills
(1989-1994)
619-562-2410
SANTEE, CA
A.D.O.N.I.S. BBS, Adonis
(1989-1996)
George Shaver
619-562-3248
SANTEE, CA
Dave's Place
(1987-1990)
David McCutchen
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619-562-8735
SANTEE, CA
Santee Micro BBS, The Santee Micro
(1988-1994)
Wildcat
619-562-8758
SANTEE, CA
Santee Experiment, SANTEE EXPRIMENT, SanteeXprmnt, The Santee Experiment
(1988-1994)
Jim Bunch
619-562-9759
SANTEE, CA
BBS Jim's Tree
(1984-1985)
619-563-6688
SAN DIEGO, CA
TURNKEY TECH, WEST SAN DIEGO
(1987-1988)
Jay Kenney
619-563-8416
SAN DIEGO, CA
Midnight Special
(1988)
Jay Kenney
619-563-9651
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Beach
(1989)
Wildcat
619-565-0785
SAN DIEGO, CA
SCANIS
(1989-1991)
PCBoard
619-565-1321
SAN DIEGO, CA
CMS Kearny Mesa
(1989)
619-565-1728
SAN DIEGO, CA
Plain Vanilla
(1989-1994)
Bob CherwinkWildcat
619-565-2753
SAN DIEGO, CA
Commodore 64 BBS
(1985)
619-565-7747
San Diego, CA
Hell's Doorway (later The Monestary!)
(1980-1994)
Demonlord (later Friar Tuck)
"Ran my BBS almost continuously for about 13 years." - Demonlord
619-566-0078
San Diego, CA
Papa Smurf's Village
(1985-1994)
619-566-1745
SAN DIEGO, CA
Classified Connection 1, Classified Connection III, The Classified Connection
(1988-1996)
Marc Teitler, Bill KennonWildcat
619-566-3430
SAN DIEGO, CA
SDACE
(1989)
619-573-0359
SAN DIEGO, CA
Byte Buyer Online
(1989)
619-574-6480
SAN DIEGO, CA
Mac Fanatic, MAC-Fanatic BBS
(1988-1991)
Frank CannataroRed Ryder Host
619-575-1562
IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
Imperial Beach BBS
(1989)
Bill Smith
619-575-3310
IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
Morning Star, Morning Star BBS
(1988-1994)
Mike Blair
619-575-9315
IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
Imperial Beach BBS II
(1989)
James Ellison
619-576-1362
San Diego, CA
PMS - Wabash Computers, PMS Wabash Computers
(1984-1985)
PMS
619-576-1820
SAN DIEGO, CA
Tele-Mac SD Mac User Group, Telemac BBS (San Diego Macintosh User Group)
(1988-1994)
Red Ryder Host
619-578-2646
San Diego, CA
Kid's Message System, PMS - Kid's Message System
(1983-1985)
PMS
619-578-3743
SAN DIEGO, CA
GABBS San Diego, AE LINE: STRAT
(1984)
619-578-9221
SAN DIEGO, CA
Multi Tech, MULTITECH, Multitech PC
(1989-1994)
619-579-0553
EL CAJON, CA
PMS - El Cajon
(1982-1983)
619-579-7036
El Cajon, CA
PMS - Floppy House, PMS - The Floppy House, The Bloppy House
(1983-1985)
PMS
619-582-0875
SAN DIEGO, CA
BRIAN SMITH'S, Brian Smith's BBS
(1989-1994)
Brian Smith
619-582-5656
SAN DIEGO, CA
Lambdaville USA, San Diego Metro
(1987-1988)
George Shaver
619-582-6292
SAN DIEGO, CA
San Diego Metro
(1988)
George Shaver
619-582-7447
SAN DIEGO, CA
Mouse Trap
(1988)
619-582-9557
SAN DIEGO, CA
P.dBMS #3 - San Diego, PMS - Computer Merchant
(1982-1985)
619-584-1715
SAN DIEGO, CA
S.Diego Live, San Diego Live, San Diego PC-BOARD, San Diego PCBoard
(1989-1994)
John DwuletPCBoard
619-584-8456
San Diego, CA
San Diego Connection
(1985-1995)
Richard FamigliettiDLX
"San Diego Connection BBS (Bulletin Board System) was born on Sept 3rd, 1985. It grew to over 2500 members and 32 lines. It was run on a Pentium I PC with 4 digiboards and 32 15.6 modems. It started out with 1 300 baud Hayes modem and gradually upgraded to more lines and better modems until I sold my interest in it in March of 1995. At that time, there were over 40,000 single line BBS. in the US. SDC as it grew to be known was the premier social networking site at its prime. We had weekly meetings and quartly parties were members could meet each other and put faces with their online friends. SDC also had nightly online games, message boards and downloads." - Richard Famiglietti
619-584-8459
SAN DIEGO, CA
Star Fleet Battles HQ
(1988)
Brice Fleckenstein
619-588-6941
EL CAJON, CA
D J M BBS, D.J.M. BBS, DJM 1
(1988-1994)
Dick MendenhallWildcat
619-588-8740
EL CAJON, CA
Dream Clinic
(1988)
619-588-8931
El Cajon, CA
Dodger's Place, Dooger's Place, DOOGERS Place, East SAN DIEGO, Inland North San Diego County, OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO, San Diego Co CA, DOOGER'S Place
(1987-1995)
Jim Dailey
619-589-0339
LA MESA, CA
Arc Modem, THE .ARC MODEM
(1988-1992)
Wildcat
619-589-0565
LA MESA, CA
Computer Blvd
(1988)
619-589-7586
LA MESA, CA
AE Line: SHADOW, AE LINE: SHADOW
(1985)
619-670-4003
RANCHO SAN DIEG, CA
pro-ascii
(1988)
scottoProLine
619-673-1440
RANCHO BERNARDO, CA
Waduki's Graphics Pad
(1989)
Wildcat
619-679-6776
POWAY, CA
The Education Station
(1982-2000)
Donna Ransdell
619-691-7862
CHULA VISTA, CA
Computer Plus, Computers Plus
(1988-1994)
619-691-7880
CHULA VISTA, CA
The Town Crier
(1987-1988)
David Lents
619-691-8367
Chula Vista, CA
Chula Vista BBS, CVBBS , CVBBS #1
(1983-1985)
Brad BrownT-Net
"The BBS started out on an Apple ][+ w/64k of RAM and a single 140k floppy (no hard drive). Over time, it was expanded to a total of six floppy drives, until our first 10MB hard drive arrived in 1985. Due to relocation, the bbs was taken down in late 1985." - Brad Brown
619-691-9695
CHULA VISTA, CA
TBBS San Diego, TBBS The Bread Board
(1984)
619-692-1961
San Diego, CA
CBBS SabaHomline, ONLINE Saba, SabaHomline, SABALINE, Sabaline , Sabaline (Ham), Sabaline,DOS,CPM
(1982-1996)
Don SabaPCBoard , CBBS
619-692-9518
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Enchanted World
(1987-1991)
Mark SolomanGBBS Pro
619-695-0653
SAN DIEGO, CA
Relay Xpress-PC
(1989)
619-695-2533
San Diego, CA
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #183
(1985)
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH
619-696-2568
SAN DIEGO, CA
The Information Center
(1989-1991)
Doug BarnettPCBoard
619-697-0261
Jamul, CA
Pro-Sat, Proline - sat, Proline Mercury, T-NET La Mesa, ProLine Mercury
(1985-1998)
619-697-0279
LA MESA, CA
Starfleet Command
(1989)
619-721-2027
LA JOLLA, CA
Bear's Licorice Disk
(1988)
David Hics
619-722-8724
SAN DIEGO, CA
Mike's C-Board, Mikes C-Board, OCEANSIDE
(1986-1994)
Mike Elkins
619-724-0812
DEL MAR, CA
ByteLightning
(1987-1989)
Dennis Yourshisin
619-724-6931
DEL MAR, CA
Home Sweet Home
(1987-1989)
619-726-4419
POWAY, CA
Far Star 2, Smart Users Group
(1988-1989)
619-727-0202
LA JOLLA, CA
PD-SIG Software 4, PD-SIG The TBBS
(1989-1994)
619-727-7500
LA JOLLA, CA
PMS - San Marcos
(1983-1984)
619-728-4318
Fallbrook, CA
File Bank, The File Bank
(1987-1996)
Bob LaszkoPCBoard
619-729-1783
LA JOLLA, CA
Mac'x
(1985)
619-729-7812
Carlsbad, CA
BMBBS Carlsbad, CA
(1984-1985)
BMBBS
619-739-9564
SAN DIEGO, CA
Electric Dreams PCB2 FIDO NOV, Electric Dreams QuickBbs
(1989-1991)
Bill Willoughby
619-740-0113
SAN DIEGO, CA
Computer Outlet
(1989)
619-741-1377
Escondido, CA
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #205
(1985)
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH
619-741-3412
San Marcos, CA
Alpo Net, Alponet Fido
(1986-1989)
Mark PetersenFidonet
"Alpo Net was run initially on an IBM PC with a 20Mb half-height drive. Later the capacity was expanded to 2-20Mb half height drives which made it one of the largest capacity BBS systems in San Diego. The Modems used during this time were US Robotics models rated from 1200 up to 9600 baud.

"The early BBS systems, particularly networked Fido-Net BBSes were the precursor to the Internet and they represented a technical revolution themselves. It was a pleasure to be a part of this history and see it recognized on this fine website.

"Watching the PC revolution happen firsthand was quite an exciting time. I met many nice and interesting people from running this BBS including Mike Elkins from Mike's C board and Steve King a frequent contributor to PC, Byte and PC Tech Journal magazines. I also chatted online with, "the Poway Cracker" who had the infamous distinction of being one of the earliest and most well known computer hackers.

"I also saw firsthand how some local companies like Pacific Data Products (HP LaserJet add-ons) grew from a 1-2 person startups to valuations in the tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars. Similarly the stories of Apple, Microsoft, Kaypro, Radio Shack, AST, etc. are well known but it was fun to watch this revolution from the sidelines." - Mark Petersen

619-743-9935
POWAY, CA
ESCONDIDO, jabberWOCky, Rick's Searchlight, Rick's TBBS, Ricks Quick BBS
(1987-1989)
Rick Fry
619-745-4214
San Marcos, CA
PMS - San Diego County, PMS San Diego County
(1985)
PMS
619-745-6243
The Patio
(1988)
The FreeloaderGBBS Pro
619-746-0667
Escondido, CA
PMS - Escondido, PMS Escondido, CA
(1982-1985)
PMS
619-746-6191
SAN DIEGO, CA
PMS - Tele-Comm
(1985)
619-746-6265
SAN DIEGO, CA
CONNECTION-80 Escondido
(1982-1983)
619-747-8719
JACUMBA, CA
Sharky's MAChine, Sharky's MAChine (MAC)
(1989-1994)
619-748-0571
Poway, CA
Poway School-Net
(1985)
GBBS
619-748-1702
Poway, CA
AdvAntAgous!
(1988-1992)
Wick!Renegade BBS
619-748-1817
Poway, CA
Brewery (The), The Brewery
(1987-1997)
The Brewmaster (Robert Eddy)WWIV
"I ran The Brewery for 10 years. By 1997, the World Wide Web was finally coming into it's own, and as I kept a dedicated machine to the BBS, as well as one for me, plus phone lines for each, I decided it was too much trouble to keep up, as well as I was losing interest, callers were down, I couldn't afford a multi-line system, etc. We (My users, and other BBS Systems' users) use to go to Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor in Escondido, CA for years, then it migrated to Alcapulco's Mexican Resturant for awhile, then it briefly was in another Mexican resturant in Rancho Bernardo, then finally Round Table Pizza in Poway. Good times, good times. :) Check out the Brewery BBS' Obituary in ComputorEdge http://trageser.com/computers/online/1521.php (Jim Trageser was a farly regular user). I wish I'd kept the BBS software and datafiles when I took it down, but lack of HD space a year or so later made me decide to erase it for more room. :(" - Robert Eddy
619-748-8096
POWAY, CA
Cornucopia
(1989-1990)
Dan Seguin
619-748-8746
POWAY, CA
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #33
(1983)
619-749-2589
SAN DIEGO, CA
PD-SIG Software 2, PD-SIG The TBBS
(1989-1994)
619-749-2741
SAN DIEGO, CA
PD-SIG Software 1, Public Domain S/W
(1989-1994)
619-755-5006
DEL MAR, CA
PMS - Teen-Line
(1983-1984)
619-755-7641
DEL MAR, CA
North County PDSE-MBBS
(1985)
Bill Durney
619-758-9057
SAN DIEGO, CA
SoftNet-80
(1984)
619-769-4177
SAN DIEGO: LIND, CA
The Cheese BBS!
(1989)
Wildcat
619-789-4391
SAN DIEGO, CA
High Country East BBS, High Country Eats BBS
(1989-1995)
Jeff CollingwoodWildcat
619-789-6235
SAN DIEGO, CA
Ramona BBS
(1989)
619-792-0634
DEL MAR, CA
Another System
(1989-1994)
619-940-0844
ByteLightning
(1986)
Dennis Yourchisin
619-942-1015
SAN DIEGO, CA
MacDemention
(1989)
619-942-3713
SAN DIEGO, CA
Split Infinity
(1988)
The FugitiveGBBS Pro
619-942-4887
SAN DIEGO, CA
Int'l. Software Lib., Int. Software Library
(1987-1989)
619-942-7092
La Costa, CA
Forem United Pirate Federation, United Pirate Federation
(1984-1985)
619-944-1804
SAN DIEGO, CA
Calif. Compu. Conn, California Computer Connection, ea Calif. Compu. Conn
(1989-1991)
Don AndersonPCBoard
619-967-0121
CAMPO, CA
Deja Vu #3
(1987)
Michael White
619-967-1021
CAMPO, CA
Deja Vu #3
(1988)
Michael White
167 Sysops currently listed.
292 BBSes Listed.