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"The Medical Forum existed in Jacksonville, NC from 1988 to 1992. I moved to SC in 1992 and operated there until 1997 when the Internet really started taking over. Callers were WAY down. And yes, I was one of those rare birds, a female sysop. Damn it was FUN!!! I met my husband Patrick at a local sysop's meeting." - Shelley Driscoll
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803-223-3802
COLUMBIA, SC |
The True Blue BBS, TrueBlue BBS
(1988-1996) |
Danny Byrd | Wildcat
, PCBoard |
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803-238-8571
COLUMBIA, SC |
Surfside
(1985-1986) |
John Nettles | |
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803-252-0220
COLUMBIA, SC |
Galt's Gulch
(1988) |
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803-256-3546
Columbia , SC |
Cola Net, Para-Soft, ParaSoft BBS
(1989-1994) |
Shay Walters | WWIV (custom) |
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"This BBS started out as something to fill up spare time. It ran on a case-less 8MHz 8088 motherboard with two 20-Meg drives sitting on the desk beside it. Sometime around 1990, I wrote a Fidonet interface for WWIV called "FourDog" (Four from the IV in WWIV, and Dog from Fidonet.) This system became the hub of the Columbia Fidonet for a number of years, and I acted as NC (Network Coordinator) for much of that time. The FidoNet address was 376/12. Several of the local sysops started a sysops-users group which would have occasional meetings, often at a local restaurant or picnic shelter. This group was called CSA (Columbia Sysops Assn.) There was a notable BBS in Columbia which is missing from your list. This BBS was named The WordWorks. It was run by Wes Ives (now deceased). This BBS had no downloads (aside from text files), only discussion boards. It pre-dated my BBS by a number of years, and, I think was running after I had shut mine down. Unfortunately, I don't remember the phone number for the WordWorks. If I run across an old BBS phone # list, I'll send you another update for it." - Shay Walters
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803-279-3897
NORTH AUGUSTA, SC |
Augusta Forum # 2
(1989) |
Ed Meloan | |
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803-279-4124
NORTH AUGUSTA, SC |
Augusta Forum 1, Augusta Net, RA-USA, RA-USA (VFC 288)
(1987-1995) |
Ed Meloan | RemoteAccess |
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803-279-5392
Augusta, GA |
FORUM-80 Augusta, GA
(1980-1985) |
| FORUM-80 |
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Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue)
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803-287-3000
LANCASTER, SC |
AlterdAmigas
(1988) |
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803-293-5676
AIKEN, SC |
The Grand Strand Information Exchange Service
(1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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803-299-3594
ROCK HILL, SC |
Door to South, Door to the Sout
(1989-1996) |
Richard Fuller | PCBoard
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803-366-6235
Rock Hill, SC |
Critical Mass, Critical Mass BBS
(1986-1993) |
John Threatt | |
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803-388-0776
PROSPERITY, SC |
Gamer's World, Gamer's World VBBS
(1989-1995) |
Steve Skidmore | VBBS, Renegade |
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803-393-7399
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Pee Dee Exchange, Pee Dee Exchange RCPM/RBBS, Pee Dee Xchg
(1985-1996) |
Erwin Reyer, Edwin Reyer | WWIV
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803-425-5331
CAMDEN, SC |
Odyssey BBS
(1987-1991) |
W. Bartschat | PCBoard |
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803-479-8880
COLUMBIA, SC |
Marlboro BBS
(1984-1998) |
Danny Drew Jr | |
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803-494-9404
STATEBURG, SC |
Night Phantom
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
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803-524-5056
ROCK HILL, SC |
The Low Country
(1988-1990) |
Tom Echols | Wildcat |
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803-524-5655
Beaufort, SC |
Broad River Emp, Broad River Emporium
(1989-1995) |
Ken Kelly, Ken Kelley | Wildcat!, Spitfire, TAG |
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"We ran under a variety of names, starting with The Hobby Shop, and then various incarnations using the THS initials (The Hedonistic Society). Eventurally the name settled on Broad River Emporium. We ran a variety of software, mainly to prove that we could. "We started on Wildcat! but did Spitfire for a while. We went to T.A.G. because of its flexibility and I know we experimented with PC-Board, RBBS, Telegard, and WWIV. Eventually we ran for a while using both Wildcat! and T.A.G., so users could pick their favorite experience. I think before we shut it down Ken ran Maximus BBS for a while, but that was after I was out of day-to-day operations as a SysOp." - K. Brian Kelley
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803-525-3126
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Parris Island Marine Corps
(1989-1991) |
Chuck Dirienzo | |
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803-542-1658
Spartanburg, SC |
Spart'bg PCUG, Spartanburg IBM PCUG, The Spartanburg IBMPcUg BBS
(1988-1996) |
Johnnie Turner | PCBoard
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803-547-6576
Ft. Mill, SC |
RBBS
(1981) |
Bill Taylor | RBBS |
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803-548-0900
FORT MILL, SC |
Fort Mill BBS, Fort Mill Hub, Fort Mill Tabby, RBBS IBM PC Fort Mill, RCP/M RBBS Fort Mill
(1982-1995) |
Bill Taylor | Red Ryder Host, Mouse Exchange |
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List of BBS List Keepers: Macintosh BBS/Bill Taylor
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803-552-1612
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FORUM-80 Charleston
(1982-1983) |
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803-552-4979
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Pro-Files! BBS
(1989-1993) |
Carl Carter | Wildcat |
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803-552-5781
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GRAPHIC INTERPRETATIONS
(1988) |
| Wildcat |
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803-552-8339
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Pyramid BBS
(1988-1990) |
Mark Bennett | |
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803-554-5864
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The Mail Drop BBS
(1989) |
Clay Tannacore | |
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803-556-7099
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View2
(1989-1991) |
Jim Faucette | |
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803-556-7485
McClellanville, SC |
Charleston Net, East Bay X-change, East Bay X-Change 1, East Bay X-Change Node 1, EastBayXcghg, EastBayXchg, Rat in the Office [Mail Only], Smokin' Software, TComm QMX/XRS Help, East Bay X-Change 372/888
(1987-1996) |
Mike Ratledge, Michael Ratledge | QuickBBS
, TComm |
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"East Bay X-Change (listed under several other numbers - back then we didn't have "roll-over" for non-commercial phones) ran TComm software, and was the home of "XRS", the "Xpress Response System" offline mail reader/responder written and sold by myself for almost 10 years which was one of the first "bulk mail" offline readers for FidoNet systems. I was the Region 18 (SouthEast) software distribution service hub and coordinator (SDScoord), Charleston (Net 183) network coordinator for FidoNet and also author of "NewDay/PC" a 'Today in History' program popular during that time period. You have one node listed as being up until 1996, but after moving from the original East Bay St location (723- & 577- exchange #s) to my home in the West Ashley area after Hurricane Hugo in 1989, I ran three nodes until mid-1993." - Mike Ratledge Home of XRS Offline Mail Reader
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803-556-9094
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BIBS, The B.I.B.S. System
(1989-1991) |
Taine Gilliam | |
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803-559-9473
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Islander BBS, John's Islander
(1987-1992) |
Jim Powers, Powers/Williams | |
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803-569-0652
CHARLOTTE, SC |
Quick & EC
(1989-1990) |
John Williams | |
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803-572-3353
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The Unknown, The UNKNOWN BBS
(1988-1994) |
Steve McKain | Wildcat |
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803-572-7498
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Rick's Cafe American
(1989-1990) |
Bernie Ball | |
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803-573-9216
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Hallowed Halls
(1987-1989) |
Stephen Hall | |
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803-574-2617
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ReductioAbsurdm
(1982-1996) |
Rick Heyn | QuickBBS
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803-576-5710
COLUMBIA, SC |
macmoore bbs
(1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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803-577-2462
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East Bay Exchange TCommNet -, East Bay X-Change TCommNet -
(1989-1991) |
Mike Ratledge | |
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803-577-9845
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Charleston Net, East Bay X-Change, East Bay X-Change Node 4, FIDO Bird Watchers 650m, Reg 18 SDS Coord, Reg 18 SDSCoord, TComm Help, TComm QMX/XRS Help
(1988-1991) |
Mike Ratledge | |
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803-585-0138
ORANGEBURG, SC |
Radio Shack BBS
(1989) |
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803-585-8575
ORANGEBURG, SC |
Alliance Francaise, ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
, Pascal's BBS
(1986-1989) |
Pascal Roy | |
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803-591-0312
Spartanburg, SC |
Animated Prism
(1986) |
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Spartanburg Commodore Users Group Spartanburg Commodore Users Group
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803-591-3920
BARNWELL, SC |
Spa'brg IBMPCUG, Spartenburg
(1989-1994) |
Turner/Fennessy, Fennessy/Turner | PCBoard |
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803-593-8467
BATH, SC |
Valley Connection
(1988) |
Ricky Stidham | |
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803-625-2088
ESTILL, SC |
The ShareWare Connection BBS
(1989) |
David Dean | |
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803-648-4281
AIKEN, SC |
Keep It Simple
(1989-1990) |
Ed Ridpath | |
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803-652-3760
NEW ELLENTON, SC |
Aiken Net, Play Net II, PLAY-NET II BBS, Schrodinger's Catbox
(1989-1994) |
Terry Buyers | |
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803-656-2736
LAKE WYLIE WEST, SC |
The Task Force
(1987) |
| GBBS Pro |
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803-681-2277
HILTON HEAD, SC |
Island Soft, IslandSoft
(1989-1994) |
Tim Mallery | |
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803-686-5978
HILTON HEAD, SC |
Softstar
(1987-1989) |
Robert Manis | |
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803-723-1691
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East Bay X-Change Node 1, EGA "Today/PC II" Novell
(1989-1991) |
Mike Ratledge | |
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803-723-6430
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Charleston Net, East Bay Exchange, East Bay X-change. Newday/PC, EBayXchg-EGA, Echo Daemon (EBX Node 2), Echo Daemon 1 (EBX Node 2), Lasers., Old EBX in Death Throws 3, Rat in the Office (Mail Only), Rat in the Office [Mail Only]
(1987-1994) |
Mike Ratledge | TBBS |
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803-736-6066
COLUMBIA, SC |
So.Hospitality, Southern Hospitalit, Southern Hospitality
(1984-1996) |
John Broome | PCBoard
|
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803-738-2966
COLUMBIA, SC |
Clearing House BBS, The Clearing House
(1987-1991) |
George Spragins | PCBoard |
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803-747-2269
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New Worlds Bookservice, Ole Tinbrain, The Way Station
(1988-1991) |
Bill Sides, Jim Colligan | |
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803-754-4996
COLUMBIA, SC |
Orphanage Pbbs
(1987-1989) |
Mike Kimble
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803-762-2136
Charleston, SC |
The Upper Room
(1987-1992) |
Mark Murphy | QuickBBS |
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"Not real sure when I started this BBS, in fact it started as a part time BBS using RBBS software. I eventually joined FidoNet running QuickBBS and Binkleyterm as the front end mailer. I was one of the early sysops to purchase a US Robotics HST modem that was able to run at 9600 Baud, and later at 14400 baud after a firmware upgrade. My board was primarily a message and download board reaching at it's height 60Mb split approximately in half with 30Mb in downloads and 30Mb in messaging and system software. I did run a game on my board. It was called Ultimate Mayhem. This was a multi-player space game which was a sort of cross between Tradewars and the Star Track games of the day. The Upper Room moved to Cincinnati, OH in 1989 after Hurricane Hugo came through, and survived another year before the computer blew a hard disk." - Mark Murphy
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803-763-4920
COLUMBIA, SC |
Charleston Fido
(1986) |
Ed Ridpath | FidoNet |
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803-763-7235
COLUMBIA, SC |
Keep It Simple
(1988) |
Ed Ridpath | |
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803-763-9522
Charleston, SC |
Counter<>Parts Online, Dog House BBS, Counterpart
(1986-1996) |
Danny Covington | Varoius Programs, Self Written Voice Mail |
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"This BBS was started on a hoighy modified TI99 4a, Then was run on a souped up Atari xe 130. When IBM came out with the PS2 we ported over and ran a dting BBS Voice mail while still maintaining our graphic based BBS." - Danny Covington
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803-765-0679
COLUMBIA, SC |
Cabaret Voltaire
(1989-1990) |
Phillip Jones | |
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803-766-6789
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Night Wolves
(1982-2000) |
James Polk | |
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803-767-4201
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The Roost, The Roost BBS, The Roost PCB1 NOV
(1989-1996) |
Rick Cann | PCBoard
|
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803-768-4782
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SeabIsleBd,!, Seabrook Island BBS, Seabrook Island Board
(1988-1997) |
Earl Boone | PCBoard
|
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803-771-0922
COLUMBIA, SC |
Compusystems
(1982-1983) |
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803-776-0163
COLUMBIA, SC |
The Macintosh Stop
(1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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803-776-8447
Columbia, SC |
DIAL-YOUR-MATCH #171
(1985) |
| DIAL-YOUR-MATCH |
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803-777-4097
COLUMBIA, SC |
Sci Line (376/18), Science Online
(1989) |
John Gemmill | |
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803-777-6923
COLUMBIA, SC |
USC-ACM, USC-East
(1989-1994) |
Robert Wilhite, Alan Dodd, Shay Walters, Kenneth Samson, Ron Pritchett, ?System Operator? | |
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803-779-7964
COLUMBIA, SC |
ShowPage BBS
(1989-1990) |
Spencer Whetstone | |
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803-786-6132
COLUMBIA, SC |
Carolina Networx
(1988-1990) |
Lewis Etheridge, Mark McClure | Opus |
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"You have two entries for Carolina Networx, one under the phone number on this comment, another on 803-788-8039. These are the same board, Mark & I shared SysOp duties on this machine; it had two phone numbers because it was originally located at the place where we worked and later moved it to another location. Mark handled user authentication & registration, I handled the tech stuff for FidoNet (which, IIRC, our node was 376/10?)." - Lewis Etheridge
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803-788-6797
COLUMBIA, SC |
The Rat's Nest
(1986) |
Paul Beverly | |
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803-788-8039
COLUMBIA, SC |
Carolina Networx
(1989-1990) |
Mark McClure | |
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803-788-8926
COLUMBIA, SC |
Macintosh BBS
(1985) |
| Mouse Exchange |
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803-788-8943
Columbia, SC |
Dragon's Lair
(1989-1996) |
John Stewart | FORUM |
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803-795-0547
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Charleston Net, Keep It Simple
(1988) |
Ed Ridpath | |
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803-795-6260
|
Coastal BBS
(1988-1996) |
Bill Jones, Willard Jones | PCBoard
|
|
803-796-3127
COLUMBIA, SC |
CausersCorner
(1988) |
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803-797-5660
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The Humor Hotel
(1988) |
John Mood | |
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803-821-1363
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The General Store
(1989-1994) |
Bill Severs | |
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803-821-1669
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The Home BBS
(1988-1991) |
Darrel McKeown, Jeff Krich | |
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803-821-2506
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Bob's Place
(1989-1994) |
Bob Galente | |
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803-821-8689
Summerville, SC |
Pat's Place (Node 1), Pat's Place BBS (Node 1), Pat's Place Node 1
(1988-1999) |
Patrick Driscoll | TriBBS, PC Board |
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"Oldest BBS in Summerville, with 4 nodes and FidoNet mail access. Survived Operation Sundevil, with only one system seized. Run util the calls dropped to less than 10 a day." - Patrick Driscoll
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803-823-8176
Charleston, SC |
The Thieves Market
(1989-1994) |
The Doorman / DMZ / David M Zendzian | WWIV |
|
"WWIVnet & Fidonet node, eventually moved services into A World of Difference (awod.com) the first ISP in Charleston that DMZ was a partner in." - David M. Zendzian
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803-831-2437
LAKE WYLIE, SC |
The Outer Marker BBS
(1989-1995) |
John Price | |
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803-848-9915
SUMTER, SC |
Farther Along(tm)
(1989) |
Alex Guest | |
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803-871-3468
Summerville, SC |
Tinbrain's BBS
(1984-1991) |
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803-871-3710
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Turbo-88, Turbo-88 SoftXchg
(1987-1991) |
Mike Abbott | PCBoard |
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803-871-7468
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A P E X BBS
(1989) |
Jerry Clark | |
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803-871-8197
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Summerville 80
(1987-1996) |
George Stadler | PCBoard
|
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803-875-2019
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RaceNet, TandyLand, TandyLand BBS REL, Tandyland
(1989-1994) |
Becky Pickel, Bob Simpson | PCBoard |
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803-875-3020
|
Randy's House, Randy's Hub
(1989-1994) |
Randy Harner | |
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803-875-5537
|
Summerville 80
(1987-1989) |
Ralph Martin | PCBoard |
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803-879-4364
|
Comax,+CDR, The COMAX BBS, THE COMAX GROUP BBS
(1988-1998) |
Vic Montgomery, Victor Montgomery | Wildcat
|
|
803-881-0925
|
AE Line: SHIT
(1985) |
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803-895-3536
SUMTER, SC |
Ultimate
(1989-1996) |
Matthew Cooley | PCBoard
|
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803-957-6870
LEXINGTON, SC |
Macinternational
(1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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79 Sysops currently listed.
98 BBSes Listed.
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