Historical List of BBSes in the 740 Area Code --------------------------------------------- Created by TEXTFILES.COM From Many Sources 740-376-0285 | Mid Ohio Valley NEC, NET2210 NEC, Wizard's World 2 | MARIETTA, OH (1996-2003) SYSOP | Cliff Barrack --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-382-6886 | Deafened Psychosis | Marion, OH (1991-1995) SYSOP | Stephen Perry (Weird Al) SOFTWARE | VBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-456-6448 | Kitty City | NEW BOSTON, OH (1981-2003) SYSOP | Jennifer Murphy --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-524-0704 | The Ultimate Trekkie BBS | Kilbourne, OH (1994-2002) SYSOP | Jim SOFTWARE | Excalibur BBS for Windows COMMENTS | "The BBS is still going strong. Few users but still | online with a current Excalibur BBS list." - Jim --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-594-6588 | DDT Archives, DDT Archives BBS | Athens, OH (1981-2001) SYSOP | David Wm Wrage SOFTWARE | PCBoard, Waffle, WWIV --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-633-1701 | Small-Trek BBS! | Martins Ferry, OH (1992-2000) SYSOP | Cap'n Jim SOFTWARE | VBBS COMMENTS | "This was once a very popular BBS (with the theme of | Star-Trek) in the Ohio valley and was involved in the | very first network of BBS's in the area called StarNet, | which made the newspapers. The BBS was first started on | an old Tandy 1000RL with a 20 meg hard drive." - Cap'n | Jim --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-745-5363 | Wayne's World BBS | St. Louisville, OH (1992-1998) SYSOP | Wayne Millard SOFTWARE | RBBS, WWIV, WildCat! COMMENTS | "I started this BBS part-time in 1992 on RBBS. It went | full-time on WWIV on October 12, 1994. I ran the WWIV | board with Co-SysOps Bob Jutzi (who not only was SysOp of | a local BBS (that switched names between The Zoo, Data | Dimensions, and The Toolbox), but is also totally blind), | Mike Wenzel (SysOp of Michael's Madness), and his son | Nick Wenzel. The BBS converted to WildCat! on April 3, | 1993. Mike Wenzel and Nick Wenzel, who were most | familiar with WWIV, stepped down as Co-SysOps and were | replaced with Robert Schweitzer (SysOp of PC-Exchange) | and Bob Soltysik. The BBS became a FidoNet node | (1:226/1430) on December 23, 1995. The BBS was also the | mail hub for Z-Com. The BBS grew in popularity until a | 2nd node was required. A 2nd node was installed April | 30, 1996. 1997 was a tough year for the BBS as the | Internet began to ramp up in this area and traffic on the | BBS fell sharply. As I became a Sophmore in college | (majoring in Computer Information Systems), my time with | the BBS was shortening to the point that I could no | longer spend the time to maintain it. The BBS took its | last call on June 30, 1997." -- Wayne Millard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-772-5520 | Chilli Hub, Chilli-Net Echo Coord, Chilli-Net NEC, The | Outer Limits II | CHILLICOTHE, OH (1988-1998) SYSOP | Keith Wineka, Chilli-Net NEC --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-772-5583 | Chilli-Net, Chilli-Net Echo Coord, Chilli-Net NEC, R11 | RHUB, Reg 11 EchoCoord, The Outer Limits, | The Outer Limits I, The Outer Limits II | CHILLICOTHE, OH (1991-1999) SYSOP | Keith Wineka --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-773-3269 | Tranquility | CHILLICOTHE, OH (1991-1998) SYSOP | Lee Daily --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-775-6230 | Chilli-Net NEC, Discover II, ODOT District9 | CHILLICOTHE, OH (1990-1999) SYSOP | Tony Dunlap --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-862-6574 | Protean II, PROTEAN!, PROTEAN! BBS, PROTEAN! II, PROTEAN! | II BBS | Baltimore, OH (1990-1998) SYSOP | Lowell Clugston SOFTWARE | Wildcat! BBS COMMENTS | "I ran a SCSI System - I daisy chained 3 Pioneer 6 Pack | CD's with a 6 pack offline request (18 online) 24 CD's | from Night OWL CD's to Shareware Best. I also ran online | games - Beta Tester for Freshwater Fishing - Ran Trade | Wars 2002 - Master of the Universe (MOTU) - many more | popular ones. I ran Wildcat! SOftware Multi-Node version | - I had 2 to 3 nodes going at one time - even had a bump | line from Columbus Ohio, making my LOCAL calling area one | of the LARGEST in area. I don't know anyone else that | ran 18 cd's online - so might make me the largest file | base in county if not state. I also had Frontdoor for | FidoNet, COBBA, WildNet, Boondocks (our local are nets), | plus other available to me via Frontdoor or QWK packets. | I really enjoyed jumping in a local Node and chatting | with the users - or playing the online games. Most I | missed of all is messing with DOS - I still believe it's | faster than Winders (memory hog) but, the software is | much better now using that environment. Just think what | we can do with the speed connections we have now. | Direct-Direct connection with a cable modem - WOW - no | hops That would be speed. I remember my first HighSpeed | Modem was $614 for a 14.4 HST USR "Sysop" Special I still | have all mine that was connected to the nodes. Have fun | - as my log out screen said - "Turn out the lights - the | Party is over" - Lowell Clugston (Protean) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-927-1843 | PROTEAN! II | PATASKALA, OH (1997-1998) SYSOP | Lowell Clugston --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-928-5302 | Morrow-Macke, Morrow/Macke | HEBRON, OH (1993-1998) SYSOP | Chip Morrow --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 740-929-1828 | The RADIUS | HEBRON, OH (1995-1999) SYSOP | Mike Ervin --------------+-----------------------------------------------------------