MAP OF THE 709 AREA CODE |
709-256-2472 GANDER, CANADA |
The Mindworks BBS (1995-1999) |
TriBBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
709-256-4503 GANDER, CANADA |
Terracomm BBS (1994-1998) |
Daryl Horniak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
709-335-8216 POUCH COVE, CANADA |
Net258 NEC, The Warriors Den BBS (1997-1998) |
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709-364-5845 Mt. Pearl, NF |
Carnage (1997-1998) |
Chris Mallard | Iniquity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
709-364-6345 ST JOHNS, CANADA |
SYSTEM: Emerald (1994) |
Bernard Delurey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
709-364-6833 St. John's, NF |
The Anthrax Palace (TAP) (1993-1995) |
Nick Morrissey (flink, x-files) | Renegade, Iniquity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Once upon a time, I was a teenager who had just gotten a modem. A friend gave me a copy of Telix, and I started calling around to different BBSs around town. I was immediately hooked. I eventually decided to run my own, and at the time, the popular software was Renegade (at least in my town). Renegade was one of those really easy to setup BBS programs, and I was needing something a little more customizable. Someone clued me into a little known piece of software written by a guy in Halifax... Iniquity. During this time, IRC was becoming more and more popular. I learned of it when I got my first real internet connection, and in 1995, I shut my BBS down, so I could use my line for more interesting ventures. This coincided with DALnet opening up for business, and I just totally dropped the BBS scene. I found the introduction of this site to really match what my time on BBSs was like. Even to this day, 10 years later, I still remember making my daily calls... and my daily fix of LORD :)" - Nick Morrissey
| 709-368-0094 |
Mount Pearl, NF Moe's Tavern |
(1993-1997) Sarge (Blair Churchill), Mrs. Doubtfire (Stephen Williams), Spark Plug, (Keagan Quilty) | TriBBS 5.1 |
"Wanted to make some changes to your entry to Moe's Tavern in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland (709 list). Moe's ran on TriBBS on a 286 owned by Sarge (Blair) donated by Remote Sysop, Mrs.Doubtfire. Co-Sysops would vary, depending on who logged on regularly at the time but Spark Plug was always on the list, who also ran the Q Continuum. Always had fun with Moe's but I left town and had to take it down. Plus BBS's were dying out anyway since this Internet thing seemed to be catching on somewhat at the time. I still have the last backup of Moe's stored on this computer. Hard to part with =)" - Blair Churchill
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| 709-368-0167 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA SYSTEM: Emerald, SYSTEM: Nexus/2 |
(1994-1996) Bernard Delurey |
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| 709-368-2078 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Twilight Zone |
(1991)
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| 709-368-4353 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Space Odyssey |
(1994)
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| 709-368-4698 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA The Ivory Coast BBS |
(1993-1996) Dave Best |
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| 709-368-4709 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Danger Zone BBS, The Danger Zone |
(1996-1998) Brian Murphy |
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| 709-368-5475 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA The Digital Underground BBS |
(1995-1999) TriBBS |
| 709-437-1918 |
TORBAY, CANADA The Underground |
(1997) Donny Kavanagh |
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| 709-454-8205 |
St. Anthony, NEWFOUNDLAND The Northern Link |
(1994-1998) Duane Diamond | PowerBBS |
"The only known PowerBBS system in Newfoundland, PowerBBS utilized a ""Windoze"" type environment with their PowerAccess terminal software for graphics and sounds! The Northern Link BBS Ran on a 486 PC with 2 massive 40M hard drives, dual floppy, colour monitor and a 14.4 external modem!" - Duane Diamond
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| 709-466-1765 |
CLARENVILLE, CANADA JDR'S Place |
(1995-1996) Jeff Reid |
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| 709-466-3903 |
CLARENVILLE, CANADA Shadow PCBoard |
(1991) Ian Best | PCBoard |
| 709-467-2101 |
Lethbridge, Newfoundland, Canada, PowerHouse BBS |
(1996-1999) Blake Holloway | RemoteAccess |
| 709-467-2383 |
MUSGRAVETOWN, CANADA S.T.A.R.R. BBS |
(1995-1997) Rod Greening |
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| 709-467-4334 |
MUSGRAVETOWN, CANADA StarFire |
(1996) Stephen Coles |
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| 709-489-1115 |
GRANDFALLS, CANADA Overnite II BBS |
(1995-1998) Bryan Taylor |
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| 709-489-1544 |
GRANDFALLS, CANADA OverNite II BBS |
(1993-1994) Bryan Taylor |
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| 709-489-1858 |
GRANDFALLS, CANADA The North Atlantic BBS |
(1995-1999) TriBBS |
| 709-489-3187 |
GRANDFALLS, CANADA FoxNet |
(1991) William Hiltz | PCBoard |
| 709-489-4758 |
GRANDFALLS, CANADA FoxNet, FoxNet PCBoard |
(1985-1991) William Hiltz | PCBoard |
"Two USR-HST lines, Dual CDROM drives online, Authorized PCSIG Reseller, Simpleware Program Support, 100+ QMail Conferences."
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| 709-576-2642 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Infomania BBS |
(1994-1996) Milos Popovic |
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| 709-576-7088 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Infared BBS |
(1994-1996) Greg Kelly |
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| 709-579-1180 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA The Dungeon BBS |
(1993-1994) Jason Bennett |
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| 709-579-2510 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Sonic Boom BBS |
(1993-1996) Jody McIntyre |
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| 709-579-2666 |
St. John's, NL The Data Hut BBS |
(1992-1996) Drury Cook | Wildcat, Frontdoor |
"First BBS to bring Fidonet to Newfoundland. Was also the Fidonet hub for Newfoundland." - Drury Cook
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| 709-596-0450 |
CARBONEAR, CANADA Cold Front House |
(1993-1994) Alan Henry |
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| 709-596-4536 |
CARBONEAR, CANADA The Cheyennes BBS |
(1992-1994) Ken Murray, Kenneth Murray | QuickBBS
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| 709-634-6761 |
CORNER BRK, CANADA Speed Pro+ BBS, SpeedPro+ BBS |
(1993-1998) Perry Ellsworth | Wildcat |
| 709-639-7565 |
CORNER BRK, CANADA Island Connection |
(1995-1998) Stephen Simms |
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| 709-643-3462 |
STEPHENVILLE, CANADA The Stray Bit BBS |
(1991) Lloyd Pittman | PCBoard |
| 709-643-9200 |
STEPHENVILLE, CANADA Limbo BBS |
(1994-1996) Mike Reardon | WWIV 4.24 |
| 709-670-6195 |
Woodbridge, VA Side 7 BBS |
(1992-1996) Bad Karma (Jason Lamey), Sir Kain | Shotgun BBS |
"Side 7 was an anime-related BBS. Was regional node for WizNet, and had a max of two phone lines. There were plenty of registered doors, and several CD libraries of files to download. These days, Side 7 is an online art gallery and community, currently serving over 8,000 members. You can find it at http://www.side7.com/ ." - Bad Karma (Jason Lamey)
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| 709-722-0038 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA The Eastern Access |
(1994-1996) Stephen Drover |
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| 709-722-2345 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Rockland BBS |
(1995-1999) TriBBS |
| 709-722-9630 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Ameateur $3 APPLE, The Amateur BBS |
(1986-1991) Douglas Cuff | Prime |
| 709-726-1752 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Visionz BBS |
(1993-1995) Neal Gushue |
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| 709-726-5522 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA The Ultimate Getaway BBS |
(1995-1996) Chris Hogan |
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| 709-726-7990 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA The Single's HideAway BBS, The Ultimate Getaway BBS |
(1994-1995) Chris Hogan |
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| 709-726-9605 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Newfoundland Meditech Users Group |
(1994-1995) Neal Gushue |
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| 709-738-1415 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Guild, The Guild BBS |
(1988-1998) George Noel | Commodore 64 with JiffyDOS |
| 709-738-2704 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA The Circut Board |
(1994-1996) David King |
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| 709-738-3304 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA Medieval Times, The Art Gallery BBS |
(1990-1991) PCBoard |
| 709-739-6547 |
ST JOHNS, CANADA BitStop, NoParity |
(1985-1989) Joe Dawson | Custom |
"Custom Code by: Joe Dawson, Nick Barrowman, Stephen Hiscock. | NoParity was the second BBS in Newfoundland. But when that system shut down in 1986. From 1985-1987 NoParity was the largest public data service in Newfoundland. In 1987 the programmers of NoParity started to write a whole new BBS system that was not based on the same Commodore 64 hardware platform that NoParity was based. This new system opened in 1998 with the name of BitStop. For more information on NoParity or other Newfoundland BBSs 1987-1988 visit http://www.pomakis.com/~pomakis/bbs/ or http://bitstop.ca." - Joe Dawson
"It all began when I found a partially obscured, white, cardboard box on a back shelf at Radio Shack. It bore no logo. It simply read, in bold black letters: "2400 Baud Modem (insert serial number) "Not even a price tag. Well, I'd just turned 13 and recalled reading about computers "talking" over the phone when I was eight or so in a book my dad had. They did this by way of a MOdulator-DEModulator. This was the first time I'd ever actually come across one of the gadgets in the flesh. So, being the technically oriented little bugger that I was (I cut my teeth on a VIC 20 my eccentric yet mechanically ingenious great uncle bought years before. That thing was great. Had a bloody tape drive. Those were the days.)I did what any 13 year old kid would do. "I begged mom for the money. I still recall her nervousness as I dismantled the newly acquired 12 MHZ 286 we'd just bought. Then, a few months later when I set up the board, I recall her dismay as the phone calls just kept rolling in all hours of the night. "In a matter of months, I heard about ARPAnet. I put two and two together and realized what was about to happen. I figured if a 13 year old kid from the far east of Canada was tuned into what amounted to a de facto network that existed solely due to the will of the BBS operators it was only a matter of time. "I got my first internet account in 1995. "We were there guys." - Mark Gruchy
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