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

MAP OF THE 816 AREA CODE
816-228-1719
BLUE SPRINGS, MO
PowerTrain, Powertrain BBS
(1989-1994)
Dave Witt, Justin Schick, Shawn Ralston, Kyle Mitchell, Brad Melton, Adam Bagwell
816-228-2882
Blue Springs, MO
The Brainstorm, The DX Logbook
(1984-1987)
David Wallace, David Wallace and LaDawna HowardBBS 64 Written by Tom Wheeler, BBS 64 (Written By Tom Wheeler) and BIZ 64 (Written by Bill Atchison)
"DX Logbook was Ham Radio/Techie oriented. It seemed to be well recieved. I had a lot of help from people like Tom Wheeler and Jim Howard who had already made names for themselves in the early 80's Kansas City BBS community. The Brainstorm was a shorter lived bulletin board but became very popular with 40 - 50 callers a day during the Summer and Fall of 86. Really a place for anyone to go and express their ideas. Political, Philosophical, Religion, etc. Computer use was a Commodore 64. The software was BBS 64 then switched to then BIZ 64." - David Wallace
816-228-9552
BLUE SPRINGS, MO
Text, TEXT bbs, TEXT bbs
(1988-1994)
Tracy Mickley
816-229-1841
BLUE SPRINGS, MO
KCM FIDO, Passport System, The Passport
(1986-1996)
Gary WoodFidoNet, PCBoard
816-229-8686
BLUE SPRINGS, MO
GCOMM
(1989-1992)
Scott Cohan
816-232-3096
SAINT JOSEPH, MO
CRC Wildcat!
(1989)
Wildcat
816-232-3153
SAINT JOSEPH, MO
NET-WORKS The Silver Tongue
(1983-1984)
816-233-1357
St Joseph, MO
Cmos, CMOS Opus BBS, Far North Connection, The Midland Empire Net, To Be Deleted See Net 294, CMOS OPUS BBS
(1988-1996)
Michael Fuson, St Joseph MOOpus , Opus/Maximus
816-233-9186
SAINT JOSEPH, MO
Cmos Opus, CMOS OPUS BBS, Far North Connection
(1988-1991)
Michael Fuson, Mike Fuson
816-241-1012
KANSAS CITY BEN, MO
N0AJI, N0AJI BBS (a/c 314?)
(1988-1994)
N0AJI
816-241-8869
Kansas City, MO
KC Mail Connection, Tech Talk, Transient Technologies
(1987-1994)
Joe Taibi, Joe Taibi Jr.
816-246-5253
KANSAS CITY LEE, MO
The Guru Zone
(1989-1994)
Ken Schenke
816-252-0232
KANSAS CITY IND, MO
PMS - Apple Bits
(1983)
816-257-2502
EAST INDEPENDEN, MO
KCCUG PET/VIC20/C64
(1989)
816-331-0021
Belton, MO
The South Pole, The Newsroom
(1984-1986)
LaDawna Howard, Jim HowardC 64
816-331-3782
BELTON, MO
Howard's Notebook, Howard's Ntb., Howards Notebook
(1989-1996)
Jim HowardWildcat
816-331-4267
BELTON, MO
PC Interconnection, PC-Interconnection
(1988-1992)
David Reinsel, Dave Reinsel
816-331-5868
Belton, MO
Howard's Notebk, Howard's Notebook, Howard'sNotebk, Howards Nb., Howards Notebook, Howard's BBS
(1986-1995)
Jim HowardQuickBBS , RemoteAccess, Wildcat
816-331-7023
BELTON, MO
Online II Ham Radio
(1988-1994)
816-353-0442
KANSAS CITY RAY, MO
Tom's Computer Room
(1989)
816-356-2382
KANSAS CITY RAY, MO
PET BBS KCPUG
(1982-1983)
816-356-6538
KANSAS CITY RAY, MO
LAW ENFORCEMENT NET
(1989)
816-358-3204
Raytown, MO
KC Area Net, KCArea Net, The Power Board, The Power Board - CBCS, The Power Board - Dual, The Power Board - HST
(1987-1997)
Fred Armantrout, F. Armantrout
816-363-1663
KANSAS CITY HIG, MO
SAM'S
(1985)
AMIS
816-363-5199
KANSAS CITY HIG, MO
SpaceNet
(1988)
Red Ryder Host
816-364-1035
SAINT JOSEPH, MO
Mega Link, MEGA-Link BBS, To Be Deleted See Net 294
(1989-1994)
Michael Brunkow, St Joseph MO
816-436-2843
KANSAS CITY NAS, MO
Maple Woods BBS, Maplewoods, The Maple woods, The Maple Woods
(1988-1994)
David Blackwell, Kevin Burke
816-436-4516
KANSAS CITY NAS, MO
Sound Advice, Sound Advice BBS, Sound Advice PCB10 OLG
(1988-1998)
Roy TimbermanPCBoard
List of BBS List Keepers: Kansas City Area 816/913/Roy Timberman
816-436-9074
KANSAS CITY NAS, MO
KC 99'er
(1989)
Gary Burns
816-452-0005
GLADSTONE, MO
MCE Ltd KCMO
(1986)
Phil King
816-452-1397
Kansas City, MO
The Arkham Asylum
(1988-1991)
Hotblack/Professor Deziarty/Philip RobinsonBiz 64
"Was laid out like a 'create your own adventure' with hidden menu options and approx 12 message boards. MAterials were mostly dedicated to philosophy and consciousness expansion (ala Robert Anton Wilson/Illuminatis, Thornley/Principia Discordia, and various oddities) Central theme was the Arkham Asylum (NOT the one used by Batman DC Comics creators, but my own personal vision per writings of H.P. Lovecraft). Had 3 'levels of insanity' that a user could choose- each progressively harder to navigate- but also more rewarding once 'mapped' out. The HARDEST level [dubbed 'INSANITY'] had an area called "Hotblack's Brain"- it was a tesseract [hypercube/5th dimensional cube]. Dave Potter (syso pof '64th Dimension') and Dave ? (another local sysop) had actually mapped out the section and figured it out that the area was indeed a tesseract..it drove them nuts while they were mapping it.. :) I still have the computer [Commodore 64] and software [Biz64] to start the bbs up again, but no time or energy to bother..." - Philip Robinson
816-452-2522
GLADSTONE, MO
North Of The River
(1989)
Wildcat
816-453-0954
GLADSTONE, MO
Shilo BBS
(1989)
Wildcat
816-454-4448
GLADSTONE, MO
The US-BBS
(1987-1991)
Larry ClousePCBoard, Wildcat
816-454-5042
GLADSTONE, MO
Pegasus BBS
(1988-1989)
Doug Loughery
816-459-7327
GLADSTONE, MO
Kitty Hawk PCBoard, Kittyhawk
(1989-1996)
Jim BolingPCBoard
816-459-8772
GLADSTONE, MO
Freedom BBS
(1989)
Wildcat
816-461-4119
KANSAS CITY IND, MO
IM BBS
(1989)
Paul Bailey
816-461-8419
KANSAS CITY IND, MO
IM BBS
(1989)
Paul Bailey
816-468-5114
KANSAS CITY NAS, MO
Abatis, The Board Room BBS #1
(1989-1993)
Jim Spiegelhalter, H. Donaldson
816-468-5374
KANSAS CITY NAS, MO
Abatis Files
(1989)
Jim Spiegelhalter
816-468-6789
KANSAS CITY NAS, MO
The Hotline
(1989)
Jeff Higgins
816-474-1052
KANSAS CITY MCG, MO
Mebbsie
(1988-1991)
Lee Willoughby
"The site ran on an Apple Lisa computer with an Apple Profile hard disk at University of Missouri Kansas city Medical School." - Jim Luther
816-483-2526
Kansas City, MO
ABC, NET-WORKS ABC
(1982-1985)
NET-WORKS
816-483-3648
KANSAS CITY BEN, MO
Nickeltown, Pegasus Point
(1988-1989)
Doug Loughery
816-523-0304
Kansas City, MO
Abug, Apple Bits UG, Apple Bits UG PMS, PMS - Apple Bits UG
(1984-1991)
Sandy BrockmanPMS
816-524-3044
KANSAS CITY LEE, MO
Distar's Swap Shop
(1988)
DistarSuperTac
816-525-2515
KANSAS CITY LEE, MO
The 64th Dimension BBS
(1989)
David Potter
816-532-0946
KANSAS CITY NAS, MO
Midland Technologies
(1987-1988)
Phil King
816-537-7675
KANSAS CITY LEE, MO
"The Data Bank", Data Bank
(1989-1994)
Dennis Franklin, D. FranklinPCBoard
816-563-4326
KNOB NOSTER, MO
The Dark Castle BBS
(1982-1998)
David Abell
816-587-5360
Kansas City, MO
Amiga Central BBS, Christian Word, Multitasking Systems BBS
(1989-1995)
Bill Hirt
816-587-9543
Kansas City, MO
AMIS Kansas City, BBS Atari AMIS
(1983-1985)
AMIS
816-625-8874
OAK GROVE, MO
The BABY BBS
(1989)
Ted Burris
816-734-2717
KANSAS CITY NAS, MO
KAY-PER NET
(1984-1985)
Ron Smith
816-737-1031
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City CBBS - EMS
(1980)
CBBS
Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue)
816-761-2190
SOUTH KANSAS CI, MO
Elysium
(1989-1991)
Ronald Lyman
816-761-3070
SOUTH KANSAS CI, MO
FT/FFRF
(1987-1988)
Dave Hallas
816-761-4039
Kansas City, MO
KC Area Net, Rampart General BBS, Reg 14 SDS Coord, Reg 14 SDSCoord
(1988-1995)
Mike Reardon
816-761-6428
SOUTH KANSAS CI, MO
Fire Net(280/305), Fire-Net
(1988-1989)
Tom Spahr
816-763-0650
SOUTH KANSAS CI, MO
PAGAN BBS
(1987)
816-763-3912
SOUTH KANSAS CI, MO
KCArea Net, PC Interconnection, PC-Interconnection
(1987)
David Reinsel, Dave Reinsel
816-765-9306
Kansas City, MO
Barsom BBS, Barsoom BBS
(1986-1995)
Michael Jordan, John Carter
816-767-1488
Grandview, MO
Sector 0 BBS, The Oan Citadel, The Oan Citadel, Sector 0, TOC-BBS
(1988-1996)
Brian J. StewartWildCat 3.x
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816-781-7121
LIBERTY, MO
The WORD
(1988)
Bob Sadler
816-781-7467
LIBERTY, MO
C Spot Run
(1989)
Byron Green
816-796-0475
Independence, MO
Apocalypse BBS
(1986-1992)
Scott Brown, Ed Brown, Michael WelshVisionX, PC-Board, CNet, EBBS
"Ran a BBS on and off for many years starting in 1986 on a commodore 64 and later on an IBM PC." - Scott Brown
816-796-5954
EAST INDEPENDEN, MO
AAMIGAville BBS, AMIGAville BBS
(1989-1994)
Roger Walker
816-796-6857
EAST INDEPENDEN, MO
The WORD, The Word
(1987-1988)
Bob Sadler
816-796-9622
EAST INDEPENDEN, MO
STAR BASE 3
(1985)
AMIS
816-827-3027
Sedalia, MO
Commodore Exchange Net
(1986)
Eric Bartlett
816-833-0537
KANSAS CITY IND, MO
Independence Exchange
(1989-1990)
Dave Reimer
816-833-3410
KANSAS CITY IND, MO
Artificial Insanity, Artificial Insanity Writers
(1989-1991)
Mark BrowningPCBoard
816-833-3427
KANSAS CITY IND, MO
Ham, Ham BBS, Kay-Cee Pee-Cee, KAYCEE-PEECEE BBS, KCPC
(1985-1994)
Bill Bell
816-861-7040
Kansas City, MO
FORUM-80 Kansas City
(1980-1983)
Bill AbneyForum-80
Believed to be the home base of the Forum-80 BBS Software package, creator, Bill Abney. Cited in S-100 Micro Systems Magazine (January/February 1980 Issue).
816-891-8072
PARKVILLE, MO
The WORD
(1989)
Russell Martin
816-924-0301
KANSAS CITY WAB, MO
Pro Board Plus, ProBoard Plus, ProBoard Plus FIDO, ProBoard+
(1989-1994)
Craig Howard
816-931-1726
KANSAS CITY WES, MO
Co-works, CoWorks, EupheMystic
(1989-1994)
Ted Kihm
816-931-9316
Kansas City, MO
FORUM-80 Kansas City, MO
(1982-1985)
FORUM-80
816-941-4233
Kansas City, MO
The Doctor's Inn BBS
(1984-1992)
Brian J. StewartFuture Systems Software
"Future System Software (C-64) which I had coded myself with the help a few other local coders. I had two phone lines, with a total of (4) 1541 drives online featuring games, text/chat boards and plenty of downloads." - Brian J. Stewart
61 Sysops currently listed.
80 BBSes Listed.