Historical List of BBSes in the 650 Area Code --------------------------------------------- Created by TEXTFILES.COM From Many Sources 650-342-7047 | Tangent Computer, Tangent Support Services, Tangent Tech | Support | BURLINGAME, CA (1994-1997) SYSOP | Mike Exner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-349-6576 | CHARISMA BBS, Charisma PCB SmartNet, Charisma,dB3, Hints | BBS , The CHARISMA BBS | SAN MATEO, CA (1986-2004) SYSOP | Tom Swegles SOFTWARE | PCBoard, PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-364-2991 | EMPiRE 2991 | REDWOOD CITY, CA (1982-1997) SYSOP | Kevin La Barre --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-365-4194 | Nwonknu Hq, Redwood City Hub | REDWOOD CITY, CA (1993-1997) SYSOP | Ken Humrich --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-566-0151 | Olympus Hermes II Project | Palo Alto, Ca (1998-2001) SYSOP | MichaelAlyn Miller, Michael Miller --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-572-6596 | Pacific SunStone | SAN MATEO, CA (1995-1997) SYSOP | Larry McGee --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-572-8219 | Hints BBS, KAYFUN HINTS BBS | SAN MATEO, CA (1991-2000) SYSOP | Ernest Hintz SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-572-9677 | HTG/Outreach | SAN MATEO, CA (1990-1997) SYSOP | Allan Hurst --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-574-7914 | BAVUG, PRA | SAN MATEO, CA (1986-1997) SYSOP | Franz Hirner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-592-8520 | Kewl BBS, Kewl! BBS | San Mateo, CA (1994-2004) SYSOP | Mike Russell, Squelch SOFTWARE | Worldgroup, MajorBBS COMMENTS | "Kewl! BBS is still in operation and alive and busy to | this day! Featuring MajorMUD and online chat telnet in | at kewl.net" - Mike Russell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-627-9050 | Mystic Rhythms BBS | SAN MATEO, CA (1999) SYSOP | Rob Clevenger --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-637-0512 | Russian Heart, SF Peninsula Net | SAN CARLOS, CA (1982-1997) SYSOP | Richard Coatney --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-637-1714 | Krelailia | SAN CARLOS, CA (1995-1997) SYSOP | Chris Palmer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-756-6238 | Back Door, Backdoor, The Back Door | COLMA, CA (1991-2001) SYSOP | Ken Braun, Sysop --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-857-1209 | Dehnbase, Dehnbase Rainbow, DehnbaseRainbw, SF Peninsula | Net | PALO ALTO, CA (1993-1997) SYSOP | Joe Dehn SOFTWARE | Opus --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-872-0242 | Greater SF Bay Net, Net125 UUCP Gate, SF1 and South, | Sherman's Shelter BBS | SAN BRUNO, CA (1993-2000) SYSOP | Dan Sherman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-952-3231 | The Floor Show | SAN BRUNO, CA (1995-1999) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-967-5720 | Slasher's Slave Pit | Mountain View, CA (1985) SYSOP | Slasher, Otto Maddox SOFTWARE | Modified PC FoRuM COMMENTS | "Started on Atari 400 with 1 floppy disk drive. | Eventually upgraded to Atari 800 and 2 floppy disk | drives. Used MPP 300 baud modem. Traded Atari games and | ASCII text files. Shutdown and moved data to Ottoman | Empire BBS down the street in Mountain View." - Slasher --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-967-6969 | Trex, Trex II, Trexx II | Mountain View, CA, (1987-2003) SYSOP | Brette SOFTWARE | Custom COMMENTS | "Trex as well as Trex2 was one of the most popular | systems in the bay area. At its peak we had abuot 40 | lines coming in. We evolved using the same interface but | added access from the internet when we ported to unix. | You can see some history at the associated website: | http://www.trex.org. Come take a look. This was | primarily a chat board with an amazing userbase from all | walks of life and all interests. It was designed to not | let anyone hide, not to let somone block another, etc. | It was a dynamic place that managed to bring together | people that otherwise would never have gotten along. Of | course, first IRC then web-based distractions and the | internet in general reduced the masses a great deal, but | still there is a small needy group that grew up and might | otherwise not know what to do if trex went away." - | Brette --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-968-0542 | The PlayGround | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (1998-1999) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 650-969-1634 | Ottoman Empire | Mountain View, CA (1985-1987) SYSOP | Otto Maddox COMMENTS | "Ran on an Atari 800 with 4 - 88k floppy drives and an | MPP 300 baud modem that connected through the joystick | port. Eventually upgraded to 1200 and the poor Atari | could barely keep up." - Otto Maddox --------------+-----------------------------------------------------------