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"Pegasoft Dixon and Pegasoft Sterling 815-625-1584 were run by brothers Kent and Shelby Meyer. Shelby started Pegasoft with a Commodore 128 with a 1200 baud modem running 3 hours a night. It slowly grew to the Amiga platform to 2 cities, Dixon and Sterling, and had up to 5 total lines dedicated to it. Even today I still talk with computer friends and colleagues and we reminisce about the fun times playing TradeWars, Empire, and other online games. The message boards were awesome to communicate with others. We even offered free email accounts before the BBS era came to an end. We had lots of fun with this and truly miss the good times!" - Kent Meyer "PEGASOFT-Sterling was in operation from 1986-1996 and ran 2 lines. 815-284-3681 and 815-284-9036 PEGASOFT was an abbreviation for Pegasus Software. The BBS was a member of several different messaging networks at that time. The BBS also kept 18 CD~Rs of software online for the callers and supported a couple dozen online games. The BBS was originally known as Pegasoft. My brother eventually created one called Pegasoft Dixon which had 3 lines. Somewhere I even have the complete history of the BBS in a 2 page essay. The BBS used Wildcat at the end. However it used about 6 different software packages over the years." - Shelby Meyer
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815-337-0279
Chicago, IL |
CHART-Board, First, ESP-BBS, First Chart, First CHART-Board
(1989-1996) |
Mather/Brenton | TBBS
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815-344-0481
MCHENRY, IL |
The Archives
(1986) |
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815-385-5031
Chicago, IL |
McHenry , McHenry BBS 1, The McHenry BBS, The McHenry PCB REL
(1988-1996) |
Bob Walker | PCBoard
, PCBB |
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815-397-3210
ROCKFORD, IL |
Micro-Net, Micronet BBS, Un-Named Board
(1985-1991
) |
Steve Carlson | PCBoard |
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815-429-3533
SHELDON, IL |
The Alternative Universe
(1987-1989) |
| Wildcat |
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815-436-5610
PLAINFIELD, IL |
Sherwood Forest
(1985-1988) |
Lazarus Long, Cal Songsinger | GBBS |
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815-452-2773
TOLUCA, IL |
IC Connection, IC Connx, Iconnex MIDI BBS
(1989-1994) |
Jim Thomas | |
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815-455-2406
Rockford, IL |
ABBS Nessy Flynn's BBS, Flynn's Game System, MODEM MEDIUM Flynn's Game Sys., MODEM MEDIUM Flynn's Game System
(1983-1985) |
| MODEM MEDIUM |
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815-459-0825
Chicago, IL |
I.C.I.X., I.C.I.X. BBS, ICIX, Illustrious I.C.I.X, Illustrious I.C.I.X.
(1988-2004) |
John Krone | Spitfire |
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815-459-3570
CRYSTAL LAKE, IL |
The Hell Keep
(1989-1996) |
Dragon-Bait Starvo M. Beta | Renegade/OBv2 |
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"Primarily local message nets, and Online Inter-BBS games. (BRE, LORD, SRE, etc..) For the majority of its life, it was 3 lines, with a slimming down to 2 lines at the end of 1996."
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815-459-9201
CRYSTAL LAKE, IL |
I.C.I.X., Illustrious I.C.I.X.
(1988-2001) |
John Krone | Spitfire |
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815-633-0094
Rockford, IL |
Bloomford BBS
(1987-1990) |
Kim Kirkpatrick (AKA KIM) | Wildcat |
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815-633-4508
ROCKFORD, IL |
Micro Net, Micro-Net
(1989-1994) |
Steve Carlson | PCBoard |
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815-633-6455
ROCKFORD, IL |
Rockford Area, SilverDragonInn, SilverDragonInn
, The Silver Dragon Inn
(1989-1994) |
Roy Feltner | |
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815-672-5401
STREATOR, IL |
Chatterbox RBBS MIDI 33m, IC Connx
(1987-1991
) |
Jim Thomas | |
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815-722-4049
Joliet, IL |
Infocom 64
, 64 InfoComm
(1985-1990) |
Ralph Allas, jr. | |
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815-723-2522
Joliet, IL |
Funeral Home, Monastery, Lords Of The Evil Dominion
(1987-1993) |
McCalley, Lord Reebok | GBBS |
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"Funeral Home Sysop Undertaker 1984-1985, Monastery Sysop Brother Wayne 1985-1986 Final BBS Lords of the Evil Dominion 1987-1993 Apple //e 10meg hard drive and Hayes modem 300/1200/2400 baud."
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815-727-4020
JOLIET, IL |
The Hill of Tara
(1988) |
The Highlander | GBBS Pro |
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815-727-7069
Joliet, IL |
Wayne Jupiter CBBS
(1980) |
| CBBS |
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Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue). At one point, ran at 110 baud only.
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815-728-0455
Chicago, IL |
Pro-Ren
(1989-1995) |
| PLIN |
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815-729-0188
Chicago, IL |
Dark Castle, The Dark Castle
(1984-1998) |
The Keeper | |
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815-729-9896
Shorewood, Illinois |
Radio Free Illinois BBS
(1988-1998) |
Mike Bohler | RBBS, VBBS, PCBOARD |
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"I ran Radio Free Illinois pretty much constant for ten years starting in the spring of 1988. Before that I did some intermittent testing using a TRS-80 color computer. Eventually broke down and got an IBM XT clone and started Radio Free Illinois. I had started using RBBS since it was a free, open source program and allowed some real modifications. In the mid 90~Rs I got involved with FIDO and The internet and had fairly good setup. I still have much of the software I used." - Mike Bohler AKA Dr. Oldsmobile
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815-741-2135
JOLIET, IL |
The Clinic
(1986-1987) |
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815-744-7080
JOLIET, IL |
Tandy RBBS
(1987-1989) |
Bob Gray | |
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815-777-3327
Galena, IL |
Dark Castle II
(1983-1984) |
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815-834-1914
Lockport, IL |
Rick's Cafe, Rick’s Cafe
(1987-1993) |
Rich Turner | Forum, FREM |
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815-838-1020
Lockport, IL |
MCMS J.A.M.S. Lockport, MCMS JAMS
(1982-1985) |
| MCMS |
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815-838-5464
LOCKPORT, IL |
Mainflow AE
(1986) |
| Ascii Express |
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815-838-8734
Chicago, IL |
CAMAC Online, Camac Online
(1987-1993) |
Jim Stephenson | Wildcat, Wildcat! |
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815-874-8534
New Milford, IL |
Spectre III
(1986) |
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815-933-7741
KANKAKEE, IL |
Bourbon. Opus, Bourbonnais BBS
(1987-1990) |
Haydn Doughty | |
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815-935-5480
KANKAKEE, IL |
Kanka Hacks
(1988) |
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815-962-7677
ROCKFORD, IL |
TimeMachine!
(1988) |
| Red Ryder Host |
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815-965-5606
ROCKFORD, IL |
PRIMETIME, SKYLink BBS
(1988) |
| Wildcat, Red Ryder Host |
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25 Sysops currently listed.
38 BBSes Listed.
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