630 Area Code BBSes Through History

MAP OF THE 630 AREA CODE
630-209-6116
Hanover Park, IL 		ShadowRun BBS
 ShadowDragonRenengade then MajorBBS
630-232-0565
GENEVA, IL		 Lunatic Phringe BBS, Lunatic Phringe Chat BBS [$]
(1996)		 Phobos, David Wrisely
630-232-7577
GENEVA, IL		 DuPage Library System
(1989-2000)
630-289-0034
BARTLETT, IL		 Dominant Illusions, House of Kinks (6 lines), Outer Limits (B) [$]
(1991-2000)
630-293-5975
WEST CHICAGO, IL		 Social Goats Realm, Social Goats Realm {293}
(1994-1997)		 Stephan Grob
630-305-2491
NAPERVILLE, IL		 Shadows in the Rain
 Sauron
630-323-2958
Westmont, IL 		Blue Lightning BBS
(1993-1995)		 tomhall (Curtis Ensley)Renegade
"1 line, many users, went from renegade to teleguard to mbbs back to renegade, it had more colors then a rainbow lol, had lots of door games, even had some addon to play doom2 via 2 lines on renegade, it had that forum link thing, was fun =) starting back up, itgames.com" - Curtis Ensley
630-355-6469
NAPERVILLE, IL		 Naperville Library, Naperville Library (type opac)
(1994-2000)
630-369-9183
NAPERVILLE, IL		 GUS 'N GOLF, GUS 'N GOLF BBS, Gus 'n Golf {369} , Western Suburbs FSHub
(1994-1998)		 Sue LaneWildcat
630-428-1460
NAPERVILLE, IL		 Integral Online
(1998)		 Rick Munday
630-469-1684
GLEN ELLYN, IL		 CAEUG
(1991)
630-552-7830
PLANO, IL		 J&J's Pig Pen, J&J's Pig Pen BBS, Plano Connection BBS, PLANO CONNECTION BBS {552}, The Plano Connection
(1995-2000)		 Jerry Harrison
630-552-7845
Plano, IL 		J&J's Pig Pen BBS, Plano Connection BBS, The Plano Connection
(1995-2002)		 Jerry Harrison
630-584-5948
St. Charles, IL		 Fly-By-Wire, The Fly-By-Wire BBS
(1990-1996)		 Don GrilloPCBoard
The Fly-By-Wire BBS used PCBoard software and was a private user BBS for American Airlines Pilots who were members of the pilots labor union, The Allied Pilots Association (APA). There were 6 other BBS's around the country located at pilot bases using Fidonet compatible message forum software. It started out at 1200 baud and eventually up to 14,400 as the speeds increased over time. Each night the 7 BBS's would connect with each other transferring all the messages posted during the day. A file directory was also created on each BBS to allow users to download monthly work schedules created by American Airlines and sent to each sysop. In 1996 the sysops moved to America Online (AOL). AOL created a private area on their servers for the Allied Pilots Association. Sometime after 2000 the APA moved to the WWW. Don Grillo, sysop
630-595-1894
BENSENVILLE, IL		 Win-dy City Windows (tm), Win-dy City Windows(tm), Win-dyCity Win
(1989-2000)
630-628-5391
Addison, IL 		FireNet, The Infinite Disk
(1996-1998)		 Renegade, Worldgroup
630-629-3843
Villa Park, IL 		The Dark Realm
(1997-2002)		 Edward Eastman
630-629-6342
LOMBARD, IL		 Devils Inn
(1996-2000)		 Tim Griffin
630-668-8344
Wheaton, IL 		KA3HSW Ham BBS, KA3HSW/Wheaton Community Radio Amateurs, KA3SHW Ham BBS, KA3SHW Ham BBS {668}
(1995-2002)		 George Henry
630-719-9761
DOWNERS GROVE, IL		 TBSI BBS
(2000)
630-736-8256
BARTLETT, IL		 Equinox System
(1981-1996)		 Bob Malus
630-736-8478
BARTLETT, IL		 London Underground {858}, N Western Suburbs FS HUB, NET 115 Echo Coordinator, Semi-Far N Suburban FS HUB, The London Underground
(1996-2000)		 Doug Bora
630-739-0033
LEMONT, IL		 Chicago Area Christian Center, Chicago Area Computer Ctr., Chicago Family Center, Familynet, FamilyNet EchoGate
(1993-2000)		 R Hoffman, Bob Hoffman
630-739-0201
LEMONT, IL		 Chicago Area Christian Center, FamilyNet EchoGate
(1994-2000)		 R Hoffman
630-739-9117
LEMONT, IL		 NET 115 Echo Coordinator
(1996-1997)		 R Hoffman
630-759-7908
LEMONT, IL		 BolingbrookArea Hub, ChicagoLand Hub 4, FarWest ChgoLand Hub 4, Magrathea, Magrathea BBS, Magrathea {708}, Naperville Area Hub 4, Naperville Area Hub 40, NapervilleArea NoServiceHub 40
(1990-1997)		 Sun KwokRemote Access
630-787-9544
BENSENVILLE, IL		 The Emergency Exit
(1996)		 Peter Ferrigan
630-832-2760
Elmhurst, IL 		MegaByte Motel
(1993-1999)		 Jim O'SullivanPCBoard
"Was originally a WildCat BBS named "Magic Man's BBS." Was then upgraded to PCBoard and renamed "Megabyte Motel." Megabyte Motel grew to 3 nodes (though the 3rd node was limited to 9600kbps), and Internet email (@megmotel.com). Near the end of the lifespan, it was changed to NeoChicago BBS and slowly died and was shutdown in 1999." - Jim O'Sullivan
630-834-1450
ELMHURST, IL		 MMIS Real Estate, MMIS Real Estate BBS, Mortgage Market, MORTGAGE MARKET INFO SERVICE, Mortgage Mkt.
(1992-2000)		 Dan Eaton, Matt Rechs, Aaron GilfillanTBBS
630-834-8880
ELMHURST, IL		 Zoot's Place
(1996-2000)
630-834-9838
ELMHURST, IL		 Window of Illusion BBS
(2000)
630-852-1292
DOWNERS GROVE, IL		 Carma, CARMA BBS [$] HAM/RADIO/SCANNING>, S.C.U.G.
(1989-2000)
630-852-5838
DOWNERS GROVE, IL		 Celestial Haven, Celestial Haven (A)
(1996-2000)
630-858-9959
Glendale Hts, IL 		The Meat Eaters Guild
(1994-1999)		 Mike, Mike ShimanskiWildcat
"Single line, though I owned a 16 node license. Was run on a 540 MB hard drive with a Pioneer SCSI 6 CD changer. Started with a 14.4 USR and ended with a 56K USR. And it did take way too much of my time. Never expanded due to being replaced by the internet." - Mike Shimanski
630-859-1126
AURORA, IL		 ALTAIR Support BBS
(1996-1998)		 Kevin Kuphal
630-876-8069
WEST CHICAGO, IL		 The Trading Post
(1998-2000)		 May Streetz
630-894-9312
ROSELLE, IL		 The "BORG", The Borg
(1996)		 Wildcat
630-904-2149
NAPERVILLE, IL		 GREGdoor ver 3, GREGdoor ver.3 BBS, GREGdoor ver.4, GREGdoor ver.4 BBS, GREGdoor ver.5, GREGdoor {904}
(1990-1997)		 Rich Thelen, Rick Thelen, GregTelegard
630-978-9186
AURORA, IL		 The X-Factor
(1996-1997)		 Thomas Moore
630-983-5147
NAPERVILLE, IL		 Sun Valley, SunValley Amateur Radio
(1990-2000)
630-983-6435
NAPERVILLE, IL		 Amiga Network, XNet Info Systems, XNet Information Systems (10lines)
(1992-2000)
630-993-0461
ELMHURST, IL		 The Wild Onion, The Wild Onion! BBS, Wild Onion (20 lines), Wild Onion!
(1993-2000)		 MajorBBS
27 Sysops currently listed.
42 BBSes Listed.