Historical List of BBSes in the 773 Area Code --------------------------------------------- Created by TEXTFILES.COM From Many Sources 773-227-8498 | Micro Center, Micro Center BBS | CHCZ 4, IL (1997-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-237-3416 | BIT WIZ Opus | CHCZ 5, IL (1994-2000) SYSOP | Michael Katz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-244-4137 | Black Hole Cafe | CHCZ 4, IL (2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-274-3544 | Chicago Rogers Park Area FS HUB, Chicago Rogers Park Area | Hub, Online Central | CHCZ 2, IL (1995-1997) SYSOP | Bill Bottom Jr. --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-274-9963 | Skyway BBS | CHCZ 2, IL (1995-1997) SYSOP | Chuck Goes, Robert Newton SOFTWARE | tbbs --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-274-9984 | Skyway BBS | CHCZ 2, IL (1998-2001) SYSOP | Chuck Goes --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-275-1785 | 20/20 TBBS, 20/20 {769} | CHCZ 2, IL (1991-2000) SYSOP | John Shew --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-278-1195 | Aircrash Bureau, Aircrash Bureau {327}, Chicago Wicker | Park Area FS HUB, The Aircrash Bureau | CHCZ 4, IL (1995-2000) SYSOP | Eric Schreiber --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-281-6046 | Pisces Financial, Pisces Stocks & Options, Pisces Stocks | and Options | CHCZ 4, IL (1990-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-381-2787 | Donetsk Chicago Transit | CHCZ 2, IL (1997-2000) SYSOP | Valery Zhukov --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-384-7957 | Chicago Sexaholics, Gateway Chicago , Gateway | Chicago BBS, Pleasure Palace | CHCZ 4, IL (1994-2000) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-476-1508 | Battle of Evermore | CHCZ 8, IL (1996-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-508-9113 | Mid-Eastern Illinois Net, The Engine Shop | CHCZ 2, IL (1997-1999) SYSOP | Robin Russell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-508-9980 | Engine Shop BBS, The Engine Shop | CHCZ 2, IL (1996-2000) SYSOP | Don & Robin Russell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-528-5020 | Ripco II, RipCo ][ | CHCZ 4, IL (1986-2000) SYSOP | Dr. Ripco SOFTWARE | GBBS, Ascii Express --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-534-5588 | Lane Tech BBS | CHCZ 6, IL (1996-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-539-2679 | LAAke Effect | CHCZ 2, IL (1994-1997) SYSOP | Tom Kelly --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-545-9764 | J&K BBS | CHCZ 3, IL (1996-1999) SYSOP | John Simpson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-579-0814 | The Forgotten Realms | CHCZ 6, IL (1994-2000) SYSOP | Torrance Jones SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-583-0489 | Chicago Irving Park Area Hub, Sysop Central, Sysop Central | II, Sysop Source II | CHCZ 2, IL (1996) SYSOP | Dan Jones, George Roberts --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-583-1745 | JTsoft Support, N Central City FS Hub, PCsource, Sysop | Central II, Sysop Source | CHCZ 2, IL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Dan Jones --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-598-2207 | MCSNet (Chicago) | CHICAGO, IL (2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-631-3467 | Emergency, Emergency , Emergency BBS, | Emergency Public | CHCZ 3, IL (1991-2004) SYSOP | Clark Staten SOFTWARE | MajorBBS, MajorBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-632-0000 | WorldWide Access | CHICAGO, IL (1996-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-665-0065 | Ripco, Ripco , Ripco Communications | CHCZ 4, IL (1994-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-665-7319 | Home Again, HOME AGAIN! | CHCZ 4, IL (1993-1996) SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-685-2026 | Cougar's Compound Node 2, Cougars Compound Node 2 | CHCZ 3, IL (1997-1999) SYSOP | Mike Moline --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-685-2327 | Chicagoland Coordinator | CHCZ 3, IL (1998) SYSOP | Michael Moline --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-685-2393 | Chicagoland Coordinator, Cougar's Compound, Cougar's | Compound Node 1, Cougar's Compound Node 2, | Cougars Compound Node 1, IN TRANSIT NET | 115 Echo Coordinator, NET 115 Echo | Coordinator, NW Chicago FS Hub, NW Chicago | Hub | CHCZ 3, IL (1994-2000) SYSOP | Michael Moline, Mike Moline --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-685-5818 | Eagle System BBS, Eagle Systems, Eagle Systems BBS | CHCZ 3, IL (1990-1999) SYSOP | Rich Coffey, Eagle Master SOFTWARE | Telegard, Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-735-1879 | Engine One, Mid-Eastern Illinois Net | CHCZ 8, IL (1994-1999) SYSOP | Karen Lang, KAREN LANG --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-743-9791 | The Zoo, ZOO [$], ZOO [$] | CHCZ 2, IL (1994-2001) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-769-1323 | Logon! Chicago [$] [ISP], NiteBeats | CHCZ 2, IL (1994-2000) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-776-2383 | Chicagoland Coordinator, No Ratio, No Ratio BBS, SW | Chicago Hub | Chicago, IL (1994-2003) SYSOP | Richard Biehl --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-777-2804 | East Village BBS, The East Village (Node 2) | CHCZ 3, IL (1979-1999) SYSOP | Pete Koski SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-792-1374 | Cell Block 9 | CHCZ 3, IL (1995-1997) SYSOP | Mike Wojcik --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-847-2633 | Wizard's Corner | CHCZ 6, IL (1996) SYSOP | Sherman Day --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-847-2846 | Wizard's Corner, Wizards Corner | CHCZ 6, IL (1996) SYSOP | Sherman Day --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-881-1142 | Jim's Fly Inn, JIM'S FlyInn, JIM'S FlyInn BBS | Chicago, IL (1992-2009) SYSOP | James Williams --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-881-8920 | Marist BBS, The Marist BBS | Chicago, IL (1993-1996) SYSOP | Mike Leonard, Mike Wisniewski, Mike Racanelli, Nathan | Pifko SOFTWARE | PCBoard 14.x - 15.x COMMENTS | "The Marist BBS was the original online system at Marist | High School on Chicago's south side. It was moderated by | Bro. Timothy Brady FMS, who is now the school's Director | of Technology. The original two sysops were Mike Leonard | (Bif) and Mike Wisniewski(Sk00ter). Later on Mike | Racanelli (Rac) was added on board, and Nathan Pifko | followed. It was run originally on a 486 DX2/50 with | PCBoard software, and featured games like King Of The | Board." - Mike Racanelli --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 773-929-6634 | Home Again! | CHCZ 4, IL (1979-1997) SYSOP | William Johnson --------------+-----------------------------------------------------------