| MAP OF THE 718 AREA CODE |
| 718-217-0898 Bayside, NY |
Pharm Stat, Pharm Stat Systems, PHARMSTAT
, PharmStat BBS, PharmStat PCB 800meg, PharmStat Systems BBS, PharmStat Systems Public (1987-1995) |
Jeff Goldrich R.Ph. | PCBoard |
| 718-229-1189 NYCZ 11, NY |
The Palladium, Direct Connect (1985-1988) |
The 0perator | |
| 718-229-2460 NYCZ 11, NY |
Entropy's Edge, Entrophy's Edge (1988) |
Brimstone | |
| 718-237-2734 NYCZ 6, NY |
Microvilla (1988) |
Red Ryder Host | |
| 718-238-7855 NYCZ 7, NY |
Atlantic Palisades (1985-1988) |
Jesse Levine | |
| 718-238-8120 NYCZ 7, NY |
Emergency Medic (1986) |
Glenn Carlson | |
| 718-241-9007 Brooklyn, NY |
Paradise Network, PARADISE NETWORK BBS, Paradise Network BBS (1989-1994) |
Luc'e, Luc’e | Other |
| From the September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: Brooklyn, New York since 06/89. Sysop: Luc'e. Using Custom 1.0 with 17 lines on MS-DOS 80486 with 1345 MB storage. Supra at 2400 bps. $30 Annual fee. New York's Largest Adult BBS. Hundreds of singles & couples looking to chat, exchange mail, and meet! X-rated GIFS and animations. High female to male ratio. Free two week trial. 9600 v.32 (718) 241-9049. All adult, must be 21. Credit cards accepted. | |||
| 718-259-9661 NYCZ 7, NY |
F.B.I., FBI, FBI node # 1 (1988-1990) |
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| 718-268-2062 NYCZ 10, NY |
Apple Sauce, Apple Sauce BBS (1988-1994) |
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| 718-268-3173 NYCZ 10, NY |
WB2SQM, WB2SQM BBS (1988-1994) |
WB2SQM | |
| 718-278-2120 NYCZ 8, NY |
The Wall (1988-1995) |
Robert Lanza | Red Ryder Host |
| 718-279-1165 NYCZ 11, NY |
Harry's Place (1989) |
Alan Boritz | |
| 718-331-3195 NYCZ 7, NY |
AmigaChannel (1988) |
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| 718-332-1330 Brooklyn, NY |
Liveline! (1985-1992) |
Magick Entertainment | MajorBBS, Galacticomm |
| "Started in 85/86 when the only other game in town were 2 line bbs'. Opened with a 16 GComm board and went to 24 lines before I closed down in '92. considered starting up again many times, but then there was this thing called the internet..." - Magick Entertainment | |||
| 718-338-3501 NYCZ 7, NY |
Gateway NRA (1986-1989) |
Richard Clark | |
| 718-339-1352 NYCZ 7, NY |
The Emerald Forest (1989-1990) |
Edward Reggi | |
| 718-343-2185 NASZ 2, NY |
Eastern Queens (1986) |
Rich Mazzara | |
| 718-351-3859 Staten Island, NY |
Ariel BBS (1986-2000) |
A. Sessa | Wildcat |
| "Member of New York Sysops Assoc. I was a stay at home mom and I began the BBS after being a cosysop on a few Staten Island BBSes (SISTER, Night Shift and Grand Central). In the beginning, I ran Ariel BBS on a C64 with two floppy drives on Ribbit software and one phone line. Ribbit was full of bugs, so I became a beta tester for Frog software which was very good. I was finally forced to upgrade to an IBM 286 to keep up with new technology. (MY C64 was also innocently crashing several of my favorite BBS systems and I didn't want to do that.) I tried several shareware BBS programs and again fixing bugs took up too much time. I finally upgraded to better equipment with Windows 95 and settled with Wildcat. The BBS worked great for many years, until the Internet took over and users went down to one caller a week." - A. Sessa | |||
| 718-358-3340 NYCZ 9, NY |
L & P Dynamic BBS, L&P Dynamic (1989-1994) |
Lewis Kopp, Kopp & Haze | PCBoard |
| 718-359-4316 NYCZ 9, NY |
Hitchhikers Guide to the Gal. (1989) |
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| 718-363-9806 NYCZ 6, NY |
Computron HQ (1988) |
Wildcat | |
| 718-392-8836 NYCZ 8, NY |
Thunder Rd. PCB2 REL QWIK REG, Thunder Road BBS, ThunderRoad (1989-1994) |
Tom Vera | PCBoard |
| 718-417-1761 NYCZ 6, NY |
The WPC Comm. Center, WPC Communication PCB (1989-1991) |
Peter Abrams | PCBoard |
| 718-428-6776 Bayside, NY |
Milliways, The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe BBS, Milliways, TRATEOTU! (1986-1989) |
Sunspot | C-Net 128 |
| "Originally was Split/Infinity BBS, was a cDc board. The years of operation are estimates, my memory doesn't work too well anymore (anything over two weeks ago is a little hazy)." - SunSpot, cDc | |||
| 718-441-1262 New Hyde Park, NY |
Wishbone BBS (1989-1994) |
Neil Hoffman | PCBoard |
| 718-442-1056 NYCZ 14, NY |
New York Transfer, NY Transfer (1986-1994) |
Bob Richards | |
| 718-444-4555 New York City, NY |
MAS BBS, MAS User Group, MAS,!, MAS-BBS (1989-1996) |
Matt Kahn | dBBS |
| 718-445-4615 Queens, NY |
The Festering CyForce (1989-1992) |
CyBorg, Strike Force, ForceSHO | Telegard 2.01 / PCBoard |
| 718-446-1159 NYCZ 8, NY |
Little Big Foot (1989) |
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| 718-448-2358 NYCZ 14, NY |
New York Transfer BBS, NY Transfer, NY Transfer News Service (1989-1992) |
Bob Richards, K. Kelly & B. Richards | |
| 718-448-9119 Staten Island, NY |
Isle-Net (1984-1987) |
Dan Lewis | TBBS on a TRS-80 Model I |
| 718-449-9119 Staten Island, NY |
Isle-Net (18+) (1984-1987) |
Dan Lewis | TBBS |
| 718-454-2551 Flushing, NY |
Channel One (1988-1992) |
Matthew Tracey | Opus and Wildcat |
| "Channel One originally started on a Tandy 1000 computer, running the built in Terminal Host from the Tandy Deskmate software suite (very primitive!). Later ran Opus software with FidoNet feeds, and eventually the Wildcat! software from Mustang." - Matthew Tracey | |||
| 718-457-1752 NYCZ 8, NY |
Friends Too
, Friends! Too (1987-1989) |
P. Kronenberg | PCBoard |
| 718-468-4797 NYCZ 12, NY |
Bayside Board II, The Bayside Board II (1988) |
Peter Abrams | Wildcat |
| 718-479-9824 NYCZ 12, NY |
Apple Station (][gs) (1987) |
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| 718-492-3054 NYCZ 7, NY |
The Outer Limits, Outer Limits New York (1988) |
Star Gazer | GBBS Pro |
| 718-492-8431 NYCZ 7, NY |
Frontier BBS (1989) |
Kelvin Natal | |
| 718-494-9273 Staten Island, NY |
NEW YORK CITY HUB II, NoVaSys, NYCNet Ogate, Outer New York City HUB, The Event Horizon (1987-1995) |
John Cottrell | |
| 718-497-0267 NYCZ 6, NY |
Rom's Domain, Rom'sDomain (1989-1994) |
Mike Chambers | PCBoard |
| 718-499-1633 NYCZ 6, NY |
ELECTRONIC CALL BOARD
(1986-1987) |
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| 718-499-9277 Brooklyn, NY |
BaphoNet, Bapho Net, BAPHO NET (1986-1992) |
Tony Iannotti | |
| 718-526-5395 NYCZ 10, NY |
SilentRunng, Smurf'sTurf (1988) |
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| 718-531-3979 Brooklyn, NY |
Wavelength, Wavelengths BBS (1987-1989) |
John Sorrentino and Gene Reynolds | BBS Express Pro |
| "John and I started Wavelengths on an Atari 800XL with an ICD Multi IO board (1MB version) connected to the parallel bus. This, along with a 100MB hard disk and a Hayes Smartmodem 2400 completed the set. At the time, I believe we had one of the largest amounts of storage for a BBS at that time. We loved our old BBS and the people we met through it." - Gene Reynolds | |||
| 718-531-5223 New York, NY |
Doctor'sOffice (1986-1996) |
Neil Leder | PCBoard |
| 718-539-3338 Queens , NY |
New York Amateur Com Club, New York Amateur Computer Club Club, NY Amat.ComClub, NY Amat.ComClub
(1986-1997) |
Hank Kee | RBBS, PCBoard |
| "NYACC - The BBS of the New York Amateur Computer Club. It was run by the host of the WBAI-FM radio show Hank Kee - I got this free for membership and was the main reason I renewed my membership every year. It was an RBBS system that later became CBoard. It later had Internet e-mail. It was the second BBS I called. It went down on July 1-3 1997 - the same time Hong Kong passed over to Chinese control. I asked the SYSOP to leave it up a bit longer than its scheduled time so I could download files and he said he would as long as it was being used. I delayed calling - I mean I could have called more than I did so it went down around July 3." - Sammy Finkelman | |||
| 718-575-9623 NYCZ 10, NY |
The Toxic Dump! (1989) |
Wildcat | |
| 718-592-1095 New York, NY |
Friend's
, Friend's,Women's, Friend'sComClub (1985-1996) |
Gerry Pulver | PCBoard |
| 718-604-1930 NYCZ 6, NY |
Blaise Pascal BBS
, Blaise Pascal RCP/M (1985-1989) |
Jacqu. Durosier, Jacqu. Duvosier, Jacques A. Durosier | |
| 718-624-9141 NYCZ 6, NY |
C U R A #2 IBM RBBS-PC (1984-1985) |
Brian Callahan | |
| 718-624-9148 NYCZ 6, NY |
C U R A #3 NY Kaypro Users (1984-1985) |
Brian Callahan | |
| 718-625-5931 NYCZ 6, NY |
C U R A #1 RBBS-RCP/M (1984-1985) |
Brian Callahan | |
| 718-633-6279 NYCZ 6, NY |
Telco Remote (1986) |
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| 718-648-3502 NYCZ 7, NY |
Micro Link (1988) |
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| 718-651-4267 NYCZ 8, NY |
Patch House #2 (1989) |
Laurie Gonzalez | |
| 718-667-4470 NYCZ 14, NY |
Black Box BBS, HUB 600 EchoMail Coord (1987-1994) |
John Outhwaite | |
| 718-692-1069 Brooklyn, NY |
Into the Black, Sanitarium - DDial #66 (1986-1988) |
William Hertling | DDial (Diversi-Dial), AmigaBBS |
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"Saniarium was the fourth DDial in the 718 area code. Two of the three prior DDials were "Out of the Blue" and "The Great Beyond". A monthly subscription was $15. Sanitarium had seven phone lines, and ran on an Apple //e with seven modems. Night time was frequently busy enough to fill all seven lines for hours on end. We frequently linked to Out of the Blue (for weeks on end), as well as DDials in New Jersey and Texas. One term in frequent use then was "blog", short for backlogged. This occurred when the sum of the input from the other six phone lines was greater than the 300 baud output to your line, and was worsen when you would type a message, stalling output to your line. Shortly after Sanitarium started, a fifth DDial started in Brooklyn, by the name of "Joe's Bar and Grill". Unfortunately, with five DDials to choose from, most users would not financially support more than one or two. The base of users in the 718 area code wasn't growing, and with little to differentiate the DDials, it was difficult for any one DDial to have enough paying users to cover the expense of seven phone lines. Later in 1987, Sanitarium was taken down." - William Hertling "Into the Black was a short-lived BBS that bridged the period from Sanitarium (DDial #66) to a later, more successful BBS known as the Programmer's Pit Stop. Running on an Amiga, storage consisted of a: 1MB RAM Disk, two 880K 3.5" floppy disks, and a 440K 5.25" floppy disk. Because the Amiga had real multitasking, even way back when, it was possible to run the BBS and still use my computer, which was great compared to other systems." - William Hertling | |||
| 718-692-2498 Brooklyn, NY |
Moon Dog, MoonDog BBS, MoonDog BBS
, MoonDog BBS 1 Public, Moondog BBS Public, MoonDog's
, MoonDog's Free BBS, Moondog's PCB REL, NYCnet Network CoOrdinator, NYCnet Satellite Feed, MoonDog'sys, MoonDog BBS NetHub (1987-2004) |
Don Barba | PCBoard |
| 718-693-6122 NYCZ 6, NY |
Vitasoft (1986-1989) |
Robert Phillips | |
| 718-698-7875 NYCZ 14, NY |
Hamnet (1988-1994) |
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| 718-699-2564 NYCZ 8, NY |
Brass Tacks! (1988) |
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| 718-699-5310 NYCZ 8, NY |
The Invisible Man (1987-1988) |
Larry Porter | |
| 718-720-7673 NYCZ 14, NY |
Nova Labs (1986-1991) |
Robert Ready | PCBoard |
| 718-727-1781 NYCZ 14, NY |
LCG Resurrected (1988) |
Stephen Knell | TUBBS |
| 718-743-1089 NYCZ 7, NY |
Hacks R Us (1986) |
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| 718-743-2434 Brooklyn, NY |
EntrePlex 4 Entrep. (1986-1988) |
Larry Alex, Larry Alexander | |
| For entrepreneurs. For entrepreneurs. | |||
| 718-746-1140 , NY |
Tele-Master:Online Sys (1986) |
George Mihallos | |
| 718-746-2006 NYCZ 11, NY |
Stac Net (1989-1991) |
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| 718-746-5287 NYCZ 11, NY |
Harmony Skates (Line 2) (1988-1993) |
SkaTeMasTeR (Shawn Reimerdes) | Prodoor/PCBoard |
| 718-746-5861 NYCZ 11, NY |
InfinPortal (1988) |
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| 718-756-7201 Brooklyn, NY |
L'chaim BBS (1989-1995) |
Rueven Blau, Reuven Blau | |
| 718-761-2836 NYCZ 14, NY |
Thunderware (1987) |
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| 718-761-5727 NYCZ 14, NY |
Programmers Corner (1988-1994) |
David Snyder | |
| 718-767-1931 NYCZ 11, NY |
Harmony Skates (Line 1) (1988-1993) |
SkaTeMasTeR (Shawn Reimerdes) | Prodoor/PCBoard |
| 718-779-5229 NYCZ 8, NY |
Nemeton BBS (1988) |
John J. Reid | TUBBS |
| 718-779-7864 Bronx, NY |
The TARDIS BBS (1986-1993) |
Time Lord Supreme | Spitfire |
| "My name is jose Soto, i Ran the Original Tardis BBS in the NY area for about 7 years sysop name "Time Lord Supreme".. from commodore 64 to 128. from 1200 baud to 9600 baud. a 20 meg Data chief.. MARRIAGE took my away form the Site... Andrew Borrs an old NYC Ems co-worke,r started the Tardis II in the (914), then he took over my site. Now i run www.BachataRadio.com... a latin based music site" - Jose Soto | |||
| 718-786-4191 NYCZ 8, NY |
Thunder PCB2 REL QWIK PRIV, Thunder Road (1989-1991) |
Tom Vera | |
| 718-793-8548 Flushing, NY |
THE ICEBOX BBS, The IceBox BBS, The Icebox BBS (1988-1996) |
Darren Klein | PCBoard , PCBoard 15.2 |
| From the September 1994 issue of Boardwatch: Flusing, New York since 04/88. Sysop: Darren Klein. Using PCBoard 15.1 with 5 lines on MS-DOS with 34000 MB storage. Microcom at 28800 bps. $25 Annual fee. Internet/USEnet access. Thou-sands of files available for download. Many online games. Chat live with users. Offline mail reader. New files daily. Many famous echo'd mail networks. Visa Mastercard Accepted. | |||
| 718-797-4857 NYCZ 6, NY |
French Connection UNaXcess (1989-1991) |
Jean Ecochard | |
| 718-816-7792 Staten Island, NY |
BQSNet Groupmail Coord, Free NY Groupmail Coord, HUB 600 GroupMail Coord, Net2603 Groupmail Coord, Night Shift BBS, Outer New York City HUB, The Night Shift (1981-1994) |
Peter Paul | AMIS, TBBS |
| "When it first started as the Night Shift, the intent was to only have the BBS up between 11PM and 7AM but when the number of calls during the day were overwhelming (a week or two later) a second phone line was installed just for the BBS and it was operational, 24x7. It had a 5.25" 77kb Atari floppy drive for the code and the message base. When it finally shut down, there were 4 19.2k lines installed, 2 300 mb harddrives, etc. but it couldn't compete with the internet." - Peter Paul | |||
| 718-827-1240 NYCZ 6, NY |
Enchanted Jungles (1989-1991) |
Richard Arenaro | |
| 718-837-3236 Brooklyn, NY |
Consultant BBS, Consultant BBS PCB1, Consultant,sh/w, The Consultant BBS (1988-1996) |
Jay Caplan | PCBoard |
| 718-849-6694 New York, NY |
Backroom (1986-1991) |
Artie Kohn | |
| "I think you have several listings for the same "BACKROOM BBS" which existed in NYC from at least 1986 when I became a member until 1997. It started as basically a gay social media BBS, and became a major source for AIDS information as the epidemic spread. It was founded by Artie Kohn, a great guy who died of AIDS in 1991. I believe Artie's brother Fred kept it running for a year or two after his death, and then a member, "Tiger Tom" kept it running from 1993-1997. It had several dial-in numbers (the main one above) but there were alternate numbers in the 212 exchange and perhaps others. David Charnow served as co-moderator of the board from 1987-1990. Aside from the online aspect, there were "Backroom Bashes" held at a Brooklyn gay bar or at Artie's apartment where members could meet and greet their online friends. My handle was "Wings Theatre" (my company). My lover was "Hot Spik". The Backroom was an important part of my life after first moving to NYC, and then in '88 getting an HIV diagnosis. I'm still close friends with two or three of the guys I met on the Backroom ("GT Pete" and "Sy Clops" were the handles.) Upon the arrival of the internet, Artie became one of the first to link to the new technology and we all received internet email addresses. I remember The Backroom with a great deal of fondness and appreciation. I can upload an old Backroom print ad if you like." - Wings Theatre | |||
| 718-852-0347 NYCZ 6, NY |
TechNet, Technet (1989-1994) |
Fred Mirer | |
| 718-852-2662 Brooklyn, NY |
New York On-Line (1983-1992) |
William Bowles | Red Ryder Host |
| "Hi, I ran NYOL from around 1983 to 1992. At the time, aside from the Well, NYOL was the only political BBS around. I ran it initially on an Apple ][ then moved to a Macintosh in the middle of 1984. NYOL networked around 35 newsgroups globally. I have written some history of it for the newsgroup Community Memory. I'll try and dig it out." - William Bowles | |||
| 718-852-2823 NYCZ 6, NY |
Broadway BBS (1988) |
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| 718-876-7251 NYCZ 14, NY |
The Photographers Network (1989-1991) |
RonJanorkar | Wildcat |
| 718-886-1829 Flushing, NY |
NYCnet EchoMail Coordinator, NYCnet Manhattan EchoHub, NYCnet Manhattan EchoHub 1, NYCnet Network Coordinator, The United Front (1981-2000) |
Darrell Benvenuto | |
| "The United Front BBS initially began on a CP/M-based Osborne 1 computer in 1981, with a single dialup running at 300 baud. This increased to 1200 baud, then 2400 baud, and the system grew to host a large amount of public domain CP/M applications, with the eventual intent of joining the FOG (First Osborne Group) league of BBSes. But a system failure on the Osborne shelved that plan, and the new United Front BBS began on a 286. This BBS grew and flourished through many changes in its hardware, up through 386, 486 and in its final incarnation, a 486 DX/2 66 driving six 19,200 baud modems while multitasking over an 8-port serial card using Quarterdeck software. At this point the BBS featured a wide slew of online games, inter-user chatting and also inter-user multiplayer games, not to mention a large chunk of the EchoMail feed and also many FidoNET file feeds; with approximately 5 GB of storage, with more content coming in every day on the File feeds, the BBS had a very extensive selection of downloads. By this point too, the SysOp had been elected as the Net Coordinator for NET 278 (NYCNET), with authority over all of the many FidoNET BBSes in New York City and its five boroughs. Over his many years in this position, this BBS also became the primary EchoMail Hub for NYCNET, and the SysOp also accepted the mantle of Net EchoMail Coordinator. Yet the inexorable, growing draw of the Internet, AOL and other commercialized online services and the ongoing decline of FidoNET in general led the BBS gradually from having all six lines continually occupied to getting perhaps one or two calls per day. Always provided as a free service, with subscription being optional, the BBS was shut down in 2000 due to lack of use and lack of operating funds to cover replacing failing hardware and the ongoing expense of six phone lines." - Darrell Benvenuto | |||
| 718-893-2319 Bronx, NY |
M.A.D.H.O.U.S.E. BBS (1988-1992) |
Joe "JoeRock" Johnson | Wildcat! |
| "Single-line Bulletin Board System (BBS) running 24/7 originally set up to promote our DJ services. 1200+ members nationwide, averaging 30 - 40 logins per day. Distribution site for various Shareware and door game authors (i.e. Beta test site for Scott Baker's Land of Devastation 'L.O.D.', etc.). Competitive games, lively message boards with personal and sometimes in-person assistance to users new to BBSing and/or computing in general. Today we still play music on Twitch, Mixcloud, etc. and post some funny stuff on X & FB. Our links are at "https://linktr.ee/MHPHQ". Reach out and say hi if you were a MHP Member!! Mad love to Jason Scott for maintaining this piece of history for the BBS community." - Joe Johnson | |||
| 718-934-0774 Brooklyn NY |
Earth News Central (1989) |
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| "END was run by an associate of mine, John Gleich. At the time it was the largest BBs (in terms of users and calls) in NY and probabl;y one of the largest on the East Coast. I can't be dead certain when it started. I know that when i started my BBs ENC had been up for a while and that was around 1983 or so. ENC ran as a BBS until around 1989 or 1990 and then soldiered on via the internet." - Anonymous | |||
| 718-937-7005 NYCZ 8, NY |
Bliss Street (1989-1991) |
Paul Weiss | |
| 718-945-1115 NYCZ 13, NY |
Tentra Red Flag BBS (1988-1995) |
Andi Anderson | |
| 718-945-1928 NYCZ 13, NY |
HUB 600 EchoMail Coord, Rockaway Beach BBS (1988-1990) |
Douglas Vogt, Doug Vogt | |
| 718-951-6652 Brooklyn, NY |
Mind Matters, Mind Matters BBS, The Round Table BBS (1989-1996) |
IsraelSilverman, Israel A. Silverman, Israel Silverman | PCBoard , PcBoard 15.0 |
| "The Round Table BBS was started as a primarily message-based BBS for local users in 1989 by Israel Silverman. It featured a number of popular doors, such as Chess, Hang-'em-high, Wizard's Arena. It ran as a single node board and, after finding out that there was a major PA board named "Round Table," it changed to "Mind Matters BBS" several years into its life, and had two nodes running in DOS windows under OS/2 Warp (Yeah, you try configuring DOS door batch files with variables under OS/2 Warp). It started with a 1200 modem, followed by a 2400 MNP-5 (replaced, by an excited Sysop, with a 2400 V.42bis mode, which of course was much faster). Then, it ran on a Hayes 9600 modem, which "only" cost around $800 under a special Sysop deal. After 1996, calls became fewer and fewer, and it died." - Israel Silverman | |||
| 718-963-2189 , NY |
Tele master:F.C.C. (1986) |
Richard Ho | |
| 718-969-8156 NYCZ 10, NY |
Battlefield (1988) |
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| 718-972-6099 Brooklyn, NY |
Star Link Network, Star-Link, Star-Link Net BBS, Star-Link Network BBS, STAR-LINK NETWORK BBS (1988-1996) |
Michael Keylin | PCBoard |
| 9-nodes, 2.1GB, llink, 75,000 programs | |||
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75 Sysops currently listed. 97 BBSes Listed. | |||