| MAP OF THE 704 AREA CODE |
| 704-251-5507 Asheville, NC |
The Online, The OnLine BBS (1989-1995) |
Hugh Lambert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 704-252-2145 STATESVILLE, NC |
DARK SKULL (1985) |
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| 704-255-0032 CHARLOTTE, NC |
ACCESS, Access BBS, Asheville HUB (1987-1988) |
Bill Hines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 704-262-1861 CONCORD, NC |
Boone HUB, The BNC Connector (1986-1990) |
Bill Schreiber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 704-264-7381 Boone, NC |
Boone HUB, T-I-E TBBS (1987-1990) |
Blaise Anderson | TBBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"I just happened to search my name (Blaise Anderson) using MSN.COM's search engine and ran across your area code 704 list. To my delight I found my name next to my old BBS (Phil Becker's TBBS software (FIDONET)), T-I-E (The Information Exchange). I ran it on a Tandy 1000 with a 10MB HD, 24/7, on a dedicated phone line. I still talk about the "old days" every now and then. My first (dumb)modem was 300 baud ($300 appox), my second modem was a (smart)Hayes 1200 baud I got from a sysop promo deal($1000 retail)for about $400! Bill Schriber (search your area code 704 list)was my first BBS I connected to sucessfully and motivoted me to start my own. He past away at an early age of 34 in 1990 and so did his and my BBS that same year. This one's for you Bill! I'm 49 and repair PC's for over 20 years in Tennessee. Thanks for the memories sir... You done good!" - Blaise Anderson
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| 704-294-2286 |
CHARLOTTE, NC COSMOS TBBS |
(1988-1992) Bob Carswell |
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| 704-322-4854 |
Thek |
(1988-1989) John Bechert |
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| 704-332-5439 |
CHARLOTTE, NC Apple, Charlotte RBBS |
(1985-1988) Bill Taylor |
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| 704-332-7511 |
CHARLOTTE, NC The Grapevine |
(1988) Jim Oswell |
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| 704-334-4075 |
Charlotte, NC Legal Eagle, The Legal Eagle BBS |
(1987-1993) Alan Kaplan | RBBS |
"I ran RBBS and RBBSMail on the Legal Eagle BBS which was part of RBBSNet. It had two lines, with 9600 baud US Robotic HST modems. The board ran as two DOS instances on a 386 running OS/2. The Legal Eagle BBS catered to lawyers in Mecklenburg county, and was made an official method of obtaining court calendars. The attorneys liked to be able to search the WordPerfect files for their names. Like many SysOps in the area, I was a member of the Metrolina Sysops Association. The MSA shared information about abusive users, and if a user was banned on one board, we banned them from all. The group led to some lifelong friends -- I met Joe Venturelli of XLR8ed for the first time as a member of the group." - Alan Kaplan
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| 704-364-3904 |
CHARLOTTE, NC The Gamer's Domain |
(1987) GBBS Pro |
| 704-364-5245 |
CHARLOTTE, NC ABBS Charlotte |
(1983)
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| 704-364-5254 |
CHARLOTTE, NC ABBS Charlotte |
(1982-1983)
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| 704-365-4311 |
Charlotte, NC BBS IBM PC Carlotte, RBBS Charlotte, RBBS IBM PC Charlotte |
(1983-1985) Scott Totaro | RBBS |
| 704-373-7966 |
Charlotte, NC ABBS WAP, WAPABBS |
(1983-1985) ABBS |
| 704-392-6156 |
CHARLOTTE, NC The Outer Marker BBS |
(1989) John Price |
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| 704-434-2629 |
LATTIMORE, NC The Wizard's Castle |
(1988) Bobby Roger Queen | TUBBS |
| 704-452-3357 |
CHARLOTTE, NC High Tech Center |
(1982-1998) Bob Frady, Walter Bartoo |
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| 704-455-1374 |
Harrisburg, NC The Total Perspective Vortex |
(1987-1991) Andy Little | WWIV |
"I started this on an IBM PS/2 Model 30 (x286) running a 1200 baud modem and a 20MB hard disk. I registered the WWIV software for $50 I think, and started doing mods -- my first foray into C at 11 years old. I can't really remember what I hosted on the BBS, I think it was mostly games and ASCII graphics and a few message boards. Upgraded to Hayes 2400 baud modem after a year. Good times!" - Andy Little
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| 704-455-6571 |
HARRISBURG, NC Teacher's Pet Fido |
(1987-1988) Bo Barry | FidoNet |
| 704-456-4366 |
HARRISBURG, NC PC - 8000 BBS |
(1988) Wildcat |
| 704-482-8012 |
SHELBY, NC Cleveland County BBS |
(1989)
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| 704-484-0935 |
SHELBY, NC Heilheim Electronics, Piedmont Society, The Mansion |
(1988-1996) Van Hoyle, Jean Hoyle, Van A. Hoyle, Sr. | QuickBBS
, RemoteAccess, TUBBS |
| 704-484-3019 |
Shelby, NC Diver's Domain BBS |
(1986) Robert Stone |
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| 704-523-3257 |
CHARLOTTE, NC Lord of the Rings |
(1985) Greg Livesay |
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| 704-527-3379 |
CHARLOTTE, NC The Tholian Web, Tholian Web |
(1988-1996) Dave Harrison, David R. Harrison | PCBoard
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| 704-527-6999 |
CHARLOTTE, NC Apple User Group, Apple Computer Club |
(1988-1991) Alex Popper, Alex Pepper | GBBS Pro |
| 704-537-1304 |
CHARLOTTE, NC PC-BBS Charlotte, NC |
(1985)
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| 704-537-6075 |
Charlotte, NC Personal Touch, The Personal Touch |
(1989-1993) Paul Dedrick, Paul Spike Dedrick | Telegard/WildCat! |
"The Personal Touch BBS was originally set up as a single line in early 1989 using the Telegard BBS software. With the help of a BBS member's MAC {YUK!} I was able to parse out the data of the user list to allow the site to evolve to WildCat! in 1991. Telegard had no export means, and WildCat! needed a certain format, which HyperCard could create. | "With WildCat!, the system was also expanded to 3 lines (3 USR SysOp program 19,200 Courier Dual Standard modems) and a local SysOp login window. It ran on a 286, and later 386SX25 under DOS 6.22 and DesqView for the virtual 'DOS window' nodes. I operated the BBS as a hobby and means of relaxation after my weeks on the road as a field engineer. Eventually I was laid off by my company in January of 1992 and experienced a year of continued unemployment. The only offers I had at the end of 1992 were one from a little company called Microsoft locally in Charlotte, and a company in the Caribbean who shall go un-named. Let's see, Microsoft Windows 95 development team - $17,500 and US taxes, or ?????? - $46,750 and NO TAXES!?!? Well, what would YOU have done? "I moved to the Caribbean in Feb. 1993, which is when I transferred the BBS software and data backups to John Pierce. He ran the board supposedly until 1997, or thereabouts. I have lost touch with him in the intervening years. I still have the 386SX25 system that ran the personal touch and all the data thereon from the last day of operation. I miss those days, meeting weekly at The Mill on Woodlawn Road and seeing all the users and SysOps and enjoying the amateur talent show. "I am still in contact with Eric Hasson (Snidely Whiplash of The Mounties BBS) and many of the former users of The Personal Touch BBS. Did I say I miss those days? Oh yeah, last paragraph! Well, I do miss them, and the comeraderie we shared in that fledgling technological period. I just emerged from under the rubble of Hurricane IVAN and have been doing genealogical research. The search truned up my name and I just had to take a look. Thanks for the memories!" - Paul "Spike" Dedrick - SysOp of The Personal Touch BBS (Nov 2, 2004)
"One last thing about Southeast AMIS... most all of the AMIS programs that ran special features such as password protection, were Matt & Toms, although several people "claimed" to have written them, they were just copies of Comet. Comet was the original, and the other "similar" ones all had Matt's back door that was hidden only in his Comet software.... Comet was the finest Atari based system in its day, and deserves to be remembered." - Trent Condollone
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