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

MAP OF THE 847 AREA CODE
847-249-1650
Waukegan, IL 		High Voltage
(1984-1989)		 Mike Scribner, Rob LeggettCNET 128
"We started in 1985 in Libertyville, IL as Leg-Man's BBS and ran on a C64 and an old version of CNET software. We had a 1541 drive and two 1 meg drives (I cannot remember the name of them). Later in 1985 we came up with an airport theme and renamed the BBS to the Jet Stream. In 1986 I moved the BBS to Waukegan purchased a Commodore 128D computer and renamed the BBS to High Voltage. I upgraded to CNET 128 and added a Lt. Kernal hard drive (a 20mb ultra-fast drive made for the 128). Along the way High Voltage went up the baud rate ladder (300, 1200, 2400, topping out at 9600 in 1988 or was it 14400?) In November of 1989 I moved and shut down High Voltage for good. I sold the 20mb Lt Kernal and the CNET software to another SysOp. What distinguished High Voltage from other BBS' was the amount of personal modifications I made to the software. Since CNET was written in Basic it was realatively easy to make enhancements. CNET could also accept 70byte modules, so new games or utilities could be loaded as the user selected them. We wrote or modified many of these and had many available for use on our BBS. Being a SysOP was a memorable part of my life for 5 years. I have a few web sites today but they do not give me the same feeling as I had during the golden age of the BBS." - Mike Scribner
847-253-6224
ARLINGTON HEIGH, IL		 Mount Prospect Public Library, Mount Prospect Public Library (B)
(1989-1996)
847-299-7220
DES PLAINES, IL		 LOOP Premium Graphics [$]
(1989-1996)
847-299-7221
DES PLAINES, IL		 LOOP Premium Graphics [$]
(1989-1996)
847-299-7222
DES PLAINES, IL		 LOOP Premium Graphics [$]
(1989-1996)
847-299-7224
DES PLAINES, IL		 LOOP Premium Graphics [$]
(1989-1996)
847-299-7225
DES PLAINES, IL		 LOOP Premium Graphics [$]
(1989-1996)
847-299-7228
DES PLAINES, IL		 LOOP Premium Graphics [$]
(1989-1996)
847-299-7230
DES PLAINES, IL		 LOOP Premium Graphics [$]
(1989-1996)
847-299-7238
DES PLAINES, IL		 LOOP Premium Graphics [$]
(1989-1996)
847-355-6942
NORTHBROOK, IL		 Micro Overflow
(1989-1996)
847-356-6897
LAKE VILLA, IL		 Nessy Games System, Nessy's Lochs
(1989-2000)
847-498-1908
Northbrook, IL 		Androzani Major, The NSC Connection
(1985-1987)		 Christopher D. HeerGBBS, GBBS Pro
"Originally called Androzani Major, but later renamed to The NSC Connection (a.k.a. The North Shore Comics Connection) so I could suck up to my boss. :) Home of the 312 area code AE (Ascii Express) list. Some g-files, but mostly centered on the discussion forums." - Christopher Heer
847-513-1034
NORTHBROOK, IL		 MidWest, MidWest (4 lines) [fee], MidWest BBS, Midwest Systems (15 lines) [FEE], Midwest Systems [$], MidWest [fee], Midwest,profess'
(1986-1996)		 Steve MillsPCBoard
847-537-4663
WHEELING, IL		 Radio Hill
(1989-1996)
847-674-1989
SKOKIE, IL		 Chicago's North Shore FS Hub, Chicago's North Shore Hub 3, ChicagoLand Hub 3, Tech Line, TechLine BBS's, TechLine RBBS, TechLine {989}
(1989-2000)		 Mark Annis
847-695-1251
ELGIN, IL		 Micro Systems, MICRO SYSTEMS BBS
(1988-1996)		 Wildcat
847-746-0548
ZION, IL		 ChicagoLand, ChicagoLand Hub 9, Flat Cat Alley, Flat Cat Alley {969}, NE Corner of Ill, NE Corner of Illinois
(1989-1996)		 Lew Prather
847-769-4084
CHICAGO, IL		 Lattice
(1989-1996)
847-769-4087
CHICAGO, IL		 Lattice, Lattice Inc
(1989-1996)
847-776-1063
PALATINE, IL		 Chicago NorthWest Suburbs, Midrange System {439}, Midrange Systems, NET 115 Echo Coordinator, NET 115 NEC, NorthWest Suburban Hub, NW Suburban FS Hub, The Midrange System
(1988-1996)		 David Gibbs, NEC David GibbsQuickBBS
847-851-3929
CHICAGO, IL		 MicroTech Amiga, MicroTech Amiga (2 lines)
(1989-1996)
847-888-1112
ELGIN, IL		 Fox Valley Computer Society, Fox Valley CS {888} [$], Fox Valley CS {888} [Fee], Fox Valley Pet Users Group
(1981-1996)		 David Bulkley
847-980-9544
WHEELING, IL		 Precision, Precision Board
(1989-1996)		 Bill Cohn
847-986-1295
CHICAGO, IL		 North Pole
(1989-1996)
8 Sysops currently listed.
25 BBSes Listed.