Historical List of BBSes in the 630 Area Code --------------------------------------------- Created by TEXTFILES.COM From Many Sources 630-209-6116 | ShadowRun BBS | Hanover Park, IL SYSOP | ShadowDragon SOFTWARE | Renengade then MajorBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-232-0565 | Lunatic Phringe BBS, Lunatic Phringe Chat BBS [$] | GENEVA, IL (1996) SYSOP | Phobos, David Wrisely --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-232-7577 | DuPage Library System | GENEVA, IL (1989-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-289-0034 | Dominant Illusions, House of Kinks (6 lines), | Outer Limits (B) [$] | BARTLETT, IL (1991-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-293-5975 | Social Goats Realm, Social Goats Realm {293} | WEST CHICAGO, IL (1994-1997) SYSOP | Stephan Grob --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-305-2491 | Shadows in the Rain | NAPERVILLE, IL SYSOP | Sauron --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-323-2958 | Blue Lightning BBS | Westmont, IL (1993-1995) SYSOP | tomhall (Curtis Ensley) SOFTWARE | Renegade COMMENTS | "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 Library, Naperville Library (type opac) | NAPERVILLE, IL (1994-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-369-9183 | GUS 'N GOLF, GUS 'N GOLF BBS, Gus 'n Golf {369} | , Western Suburbs FSHub | NAPERVILLE, IL (1994-1998) SYSOP | Sue Lane SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-428-1460 | Integral Online | NAPERVILLE, IL (1998) SYSOP | Rick Munday --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-469-1684 | CAEUG | GLEN ELLYN, IL (1991) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-552-7830 | J&J's Pig Pen, J&J's Pig Pen BBS, Plano Connection BBS, | PLANO CONNECTION BBS {552}, The Plano | Connection | PLANO, IL (1995-2000) SYSOP | Jerry Harrison --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-552-7845 | J&J's Pig Pen BBS, Plano Connection BBS, The Plano | Connection | Plano, IL (1995-2002) SYSOP | Jerry Harrison --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-584-5948 | Fly-By-Wire, The Fly-By-Wire BBS | GENEVA, IL (1990-1996) SYSOP | Don Grillo --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-595-1894 | Win-dy City Windows (tm), Win-dy City Windows(tm), Win- | dyCity Win | BENSENVILLE, IL (1989-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-628-5391 | FireNet, The Infinite Disk | Addison, IL (1996-1998) SOFTWARE | Renegade, Worldgroup --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-629-3843 | The Dark Realm | Villa Park, IL (1997-2002) SYSOP | Edward Eastman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-629-6342 | Devils Inn | LOMBARD, IL (1996-2000) SYSOP | Tim Griffin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-668-8344 | KA3HSW Ham BBS, KA3HSW/Wheaton Community Radio Amateurs, | KA3SHW Ham BBS, KA3SHW Ham BBS {668} | Wheaton, IL (1995-2002) SYSOP | George Henry --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-719-9761 | TBSI BBS | DOWNERS GROVE, IL (2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-736-8256 | Equinox System | BARTLETT, IL (1981-1996) SYSOP | Bob Malus --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-736-8478 | London Underground {858}, N Western Suburbs FS HUB, NET | 115 Echo Coordinator, Semi-Far N Suburban | FS HUB, The London Underground | BARTLETT, IL (1996-2000) SYSOP | Doug Bora --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-739-0033 | Chicago Area Christian Center, Chicago Area Computer Ctr., | Chicago Family Center, Familynet, | FamilyNet EchoGate | LEMONT, IL (1993-2000) SYSOP | R Hoffman, Bob Hoffman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-739-0201 | Chicago Area Christian Center, FamilyNet EchoGate | LEMONT, IL (1994-2000) SYSOP | R Hoffman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-739-9117 | NET 115 Echo Coordinator | LEMONT, IL (1996-1997) SYSOP | R Hoffman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-759-7908 | 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 | LEMONT, IL (1990-1997) SYSOP | Sun Kwok SOFTWARE | Remote Access --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-787-9544 | The Emergency Exit | BENSENVILLE, IL (1996) SYSOP | Peter Ferrigan --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-832-2760 | MegaByte Motel | Elmhurst, IL (1993-1999) SYSOP | Jim O'Sullivan SOFTWARE | PCBoard COMMENTS | "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 | MMIS Real Estate, MMIS Real Estate BBS, Mortgage Market, | MORTGAGE MARKET INFO SERVICE, Mortgage | Mkt. | ELMHURST, IL (1992-2000) SYSOP | Dan Eaton, Matt Rechs, Aaron Gilfillan SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-834-8880 | Zoot's Place | ELMHURST, IL (1996-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-834-9838 | Window of Illusion BBS | ELMHURST, IL (2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-852-1292 | Carma, CARMA BBS [$] HAM/RADIO/SCANNING>, S.C.U.G. | DOWNERS GROVE, IL (1989-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-852-5838 | Celestial Haven, Celestial Haven (A) | DOWNERS GROVE, IL (1996-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-858-9959 | The Meat Eaters Guild | Glendale Hts, IL (1994-1999) SYSOP | Mike, Mike Shimanski SOFTWARE | Wildcat COMMENTS | "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 | ALTAIR Support BBS | AURORA, IL (1996-1998) SYSOP | Kevin Kuphal --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-876-8069 | The Trading Post | WEST CHICAGO, IL (1998-2000) SYSOP | May Streetz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-894-9312 | The "BORG", The Borg | ROSELLE, IL (1996) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-904-2149 | GREGdoor ver 3, GREGdoor ver.3 BBS, GREGdoor ver.4, | GREGdoor ver.4 BBS, GREGdoor ver.5, | GREGdoor {904} | NAPERVILLE, IL (1990-1997) SYSOP | Rich Thelen, Rick Thelen, Greg SOFTWARE | Telegard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-978-9186 | The X-Factor | AURORA, IL (1996-1997) SYSOP | Thomas Moore --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-983-5147 | Sun Valley, SunValley Amateur Radio | NAPERVILLE, IL (1990-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-983-6435 | Amiga Network, XNet Info Systems, XNet Information Systems | (10lines) | NAPERVILLE, IL (1992-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 630-993-0461 | The Wild Onion, The Wild Onion! BBS, Wild Onion (20 | lines), Wild Onion! | ELMHURST, IL (1993-2000) SOFTWARE | MajorBBS --------------+-----------------------------------------------------------