801 Area Code BBSes Through History (80's Version)

MAP OF THE 801 AREA CODE
801-224-2048
Provo, UT
RBBS Provo
(1985)
RBBS
801-224-4048
OREM, UT
Prince BBS, Prime BBS
(1985)
Brent Lister
801-225-1849
Orem, UT
The Dark Fortess
(1986-1995)
Paul Witte (Handle: Questor Thews)FoRem ST
"I started the BBS on an Atari 130XE (can't remember the name of the software) then moved it to the Atari ST first on Michtron software, then FoRem. I am author of The Thieves' Guild BBS Door. This game was released exclusively for the Atari ST and had a graphical emulator front-end client. A conversion for PC's was made but by then the internet had pretty much replaced BBSes so we never bothered releasing it (I still have the software if anyone wants to use it on their telnet BBS)." - Paul Witte
801-225-2823
OREM, UT
"After 5:00!" 24 hours PCB
(1987-1991)
Mark Hardman
801-225-7358
OREM, UT
Hackers Heaven
(1989)
801-226-1408
OREM, UT
The Billboard
(1988-1990)
Bill Swinyard
801-226-1605
OREM, UT
At Your Service, Beagle Bros Technical Support, Word Perfect Corp BBS
(1988-1995)
Harry Mahoney
801-227-4371
OREM, UT
At Your Service
(1986)
Harry Mahoney
801-254-0344
MIDVALE, UT
Info Quest Adv'tage
(1987-1989)
T.Christoffersn
801-259-8981
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Canyonlands BBS
(1989)
Antony Landsman
801-264-8021
MURRAY, UT
CPU
(1984)
801-264-8290
MURRAY, UT
Programmers Technical BBS, Techni-Soft BBS
(1985)
Robert Briggs
801-266-5122
MURRAY, UT
The Alternate Choice
(1989-1990)
Kevin Malone
801-266-7658
MURRAY, UT
Salt Air/Sysops/RBFix
(1985)
Fred Clark
801-266-8365
MURRAY, UT
Atari Fantasee
(1985)
801-268-8831
MURRAY, UT
Atari QT
(1985)
801-269-0670
MURRAY, UT
Bitsko's Bar & Grill
(1989-1990)
Ken MacLeodUnidel
801-269-1704
MURRAY, UT
YUPPIE Haven
(1989)
Fank InsenseCit86v3.18
801-277-9640
HOLLADAY, UT
RBBS IBM PC Development
(1985)
801-292-1650
Bountiful, UT
Zero One
(1988-1990)
Pete AshdownWWIV
801-295-8515
BOUNTIFUL, UT
Far Side
(1988)
801-298-2812
BOUNTIFUL, UT
Acheron
(1988)
Wildcat
801-298-8311
BOUNTIFUL, UT
TIPS on CHIPS
(1988)
Wildcat
801-359-6014
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Center Point
(1989-1994)
Kevin HyattPCBoard
801-364-4488
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
ComputerLand BBS
(1985)
Scott Burson
801-373-6181
PROVO, UT
EtCetera
(1989-1990)
Sam Mecham
801-374-1350
PROVO, UT
EtCetera
(1986)
Sam Mecham
801-374-8080
Provo, UT
Family Ties, FAMTIES, FamTies BBS, Utah Valley NET
(1987-1998)
E. Neil Wagstaff
801-374-8445
PROVO, UT
EtCetera
(1987-1988)
Sam Mecham
801-377-1617
PROVO, UT
Atari Connection, FoReM ST 24 hours Atari ST
(1989-1991)
Micheal Grotegu
801-377-6155
PROVO, UT
After 5:00!
(1987-1989)
Mark Hardman
801-379-5239
PROVO, UT
The Transporter
(1988)
Red Ryder Host
801-392-4657
Ogden, UT
StoneAge BBS
(1988-1991)
PCBoard, Wildcat
801-465-3650
West Mountain, UT
West Mountain Wilderness
(1989-1990)
Ryan BirdGAP
"Ran the BBS as a hobby when I was in High School. 2400 Baud, 286-12 server. Started out with a 54MB RLL Drive, then upgraded to a full height 80MB HD, (Which I RLL'ed to 120MB.) For most the life of the BBS, the computer was without a case and just sat on my desk. The Power Supply did not have a working fan, so everything was "air cooled". The big hard drive some times had to be moved back to the "middle" of the desk as it tended to move around a bit. Lots of fun, averaged 10-15 callers a day. Gave up on the BBS about the time I got my drivers license." - Ryan Bird
801-466-4261
Salt Lake CIty, UT
The Unbelievers, The Unbelivers
(1987-2000)
Kevin ThomsonVBBS
"I was the sysop Kevin Thomson- I just found your web site and thought I would correct a few things. This was Utah's first Athiest BBS. 23 lines averaged about 500 calls a day. - 32 computers running the system. Backed by a Novell network. A big accomplishment for its day." - Kevin Thomson
801-466-5631
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Infinity
(1985)
Brian Edginton
801-466-6954
Salt Lake City, UT
Motel West
(1986-1989)
801-479-0777
OGDEN, UT
T.M.A.C.E.
(1985)
AMIS
801-484-2766
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
ARMO Bros
(1988)
801-485-0383
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Utah Epson Salts MBBS/RTPM
(1985)
John Riddle
801-485-5095
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Burning Chrome I and II
(1989-1990)
Count Zero, DNA Cowboy, Quantum MechanicDialog
"The Burning Chrome BBSs were mainly known for two things. First, all things cyberpunk. We had some good discussion groups going on several cyberpunk related topics... books, industrial/electronic music, Culture, RPGs, etc. Second, we were bringing the freshest Amiga warez in the galaxy to that cool little pocket of die-hard Amiga evangelists in Utah, and elsewhere. Burning Chrome II also had a very respectable H/P/C/A area, and it was the HQ for the SLC based United Hacker Federation.

The original Burning Chrome ran on an Amiga 1000 with 1 meg of RAM and around 150 megs of external SCSI storage. It was accessed by a 9600 baud US Robotics Courier HST.

Burning Chrome II (which ran simultaneously) was powered by an Amiga 2500 with 2 megs of RAM, and a 50 meg Microscribe SCSI HD. Throughput was achieved via an Intel 9600EX.

Fondest memories: Pasting my buddies at Star Control while my BBS multi-tasked away in the backgroud." - DNA Cowboy

801-485-5572
Salt Lake City, UT
9 Hells
(1989-1991)
Synical Sorcerer, Matthew Jordan (Synical Sorcerer)STadel3.3c, STadel 13.3c
"Formerly known as Gardening at Night. Ran on what I believe was the first Telebit 19200 BPS Modem in Utah. Synchronized nightly with another Citadel BBS in Florida." - Matthew Jordan
801-485-6349
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
WOS BBS
(1988)
Wildcat
801-485-7211
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Motherboard
(1989)
801-485-7370
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Hacker's Heaven
(1985)
Ed Wilkinson
801-486-4261
Salt Lake CIty, UT
The Unbelivers
(1989-1998)
Kevin ThomsonVBBS
"The first Athiest BBS in Salt Lake City. At one time was a major hub for news groups and email for VBBS systems. At its peak sported over 32 lines. Was supported by Novell Network backbone, on 3 servers, each line had it own computer as to keep processing speed at its maximum. (these also provided heat for the house in winter months) Was finaly dismantled and slowly taken offline due to hackers, and expenses to keep all the phone lines active. Was fun while it lasted. - Now see -- http://www.nowscape.com/atheist0.htm" - Kevin Thomson
801-487-5339
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Redundancy PCB EGA
(1989-1992)
Bruce Ackerson
801-489-3558
Springville, UT
CamSoft Inc., CamSoft, Inc, Pro Executive Connection 1, Svalvards
(1989-1995)
Cam DeBuck
801-534-8047
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
50M
(1987-1988)
Leo Huber
801-547-0607
Layton, UT
Phoenix Rises, The Year 2000 BBS, The Year 2000 NetWork
(1988-1992)
Bart FlintPCBoard
"The Year 2000 was the largest multi-line BBS in the area. In 1991, he took it offline for a few months, but brought it online a few months later under the name Phoenix Rises." - Bart Flint
801-562-1587
MIDVALE, UT
Gateway
(1987)
STadel3.0a
801-563-5359
SMITHFIELD, UT
CACHE VALLEY NET, Flatland Center
(1989-1990)
Dave Bell
801-566-4551
MIDVALE, UT
RCP/M Heathkit
(1985)
801-583-1317
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
A&AT BBS
(1989)
Karim Ashur
801-583-3028
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Mtn West Media GRAPEVINE
(1988)
Wildcat
801-583-6119
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
CompuShop
(1985)
Mark Oberg
801-586-2067
Cedar City, UT
BBS-Cedar City
(1987-1996)
Ken HedgecockPCBoard
801-723-2455
Brigham City, UT
Outer*Chaos Genealogy, Outer*Chaos Genealogy
(1983-2003)
Lynn Burton, Lynn Ransom Burton
801-752-1020
LOGAN, UT
Castle Grimlock
(1989)
Steve Davis
801-752-2501
LOGAN, UT
Utopia
(1987-1991)
Dave Bell
801-752-2757
LOGAN, UT
Logan Logon, Mountain
(1986-1989)
Tony Loosle
801-753-2408
LOGAN, UT
Into The Woods, Nibbles 'n Bits
(1989-1992)
Dave Harris, Frank HarrisMaximus
801-756-5204
AMERICAN FORK, UT
Rampage Premium
(1989)
801-756-6165
AMERICAN FORK, UT
Graphics Utilities, Rampage
(1987-1994)
Robert Berntsen, R. BernstenPCBoard
801-776-5024
CLEARFIELD, UT
Northern Utah CP/M Users Group RBBS (NURBBS), RCP/M RBBS Roy
(1983-1984)
801-785-3172
PLEASANT GROVE, UT
N6KSZ's BBS
(1988)
Red Ryder Host
801-942-5666
Sandy, UT
The Final Hour
(1985-1989)
801-942-8629
Sandy, UT
Hypnosis
(1985-1989)
Chris Gandelman
"I ran my BBS in my parents basement on a C=64 with 3 5 1/4 inch floppy drives and 1 3 1/2 inch floppy drive, on a 2400 baud hayes modem. My highest user base was 479 in 87 i think, I also had users from overseas in europe and australia. File sharing and information." - Chris Gandelman
801-943-2011
Salt Lake City, UT
The Underware BBS
(1984-1985)
801-943-2325
HOLLADAY, UT
Acrylion-SLC
(1989-1990)
HerringSTadel-PC
801-943-3831
HOLLADAY, UT
Atari Computer Enthusiasts, SLC A.C.E.
(1985)
AMIS
801-943-6360
HOLLADAY, UT
Atari BBS
(1985)
801-943-9436
Sandy, UT
Terminal Tech
(1985-1989)
801-964-1889
KEARNS, UT
Nick At Nite BBS
(1988-1990)
Nick LemburgWildcat
801-965-1678
KEARNS, UT
Satellite Dish Info, Satellite Switchboard BBS
(1989-1991)
Roger ParkerPCBoard
801-965-9534
KEARNS, UT
A Million Miles Away
(1988-1991)
Roger SimpkinsPCBoard
801-966-1302
KEARNS, UT
Primordial Ooze
(1987)
Cit86 V3
801-969-1139
Kearns, UT
T.A.P.
(1985-1989)
801-972-2607
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Graphics Board
(1986)
Rick Pack
55 Sysops currently listed.
79 BBSes Listed.