| MAP OF THE 847 AREA CODE |
| 847-249-1650 Waukegan, IL |
High Voltage (1984-1989) |
Mike Scribner, Rob Leggett | CNET 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
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| 847-253-6224 |
ARLINGTON HEIGH, IL Mount Prospect Public Library, Mount Prospect Public Library (B) |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-299-7220 |
DES PLAINES, IL LOOP Premium Graphics [$] |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-299-7221 |
DES PLAINES, IL LOOP Premium Graphics [$] |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-299-7222 |
DES PLAINES, IL LOOP Premium Graphics [$] |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-299-7224 |
DES PLAINES, IL LOOP Premium Graphics [$] |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-299-7225 |
DES PLAINES, IL LOOP Premium Graphics [$] |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-299-7228 |
DES PLAINES, IL LOOP Premium Graphics [$] |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-299-7230 |
DES PLAINES, IL LOOP Premium Graphics [$] |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-299-7238 |
DES PLAINES, IL LOOP Premium Graphics [$] |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-355-6942 |
NORTHBROOK, IL Micro Overflow |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-356-6897 |
LAKE VILLA, IL Nessy Games System, Nessy's Lochs |
(1989-2000)
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| 847-438-8292 |
Lake Zurich, IL Cloudcity BBS |
(1982-1996) John Bilik | GBBS, Networks BBS |
DFX library, message boards, games and email, growing to telnet access, FTP, Lynx, Archie, Gopher and X.25 access. Apple //e and IBM systems grew to 32 lines before closing, registered as ‘cloud.com’ in 1991.
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| 847-498-1908 |
Northbrook, IL Androzani Major, The NSC Connection |
(1985-1987) Christopher D. Heer | GBBS, 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
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| 847-513-1034 |
NORTHBROOK, IL MidWest, MidWest (4 lines) [fee], MidWest BBS, Midwest Systems (15 lines) [FEE], Midwest Systems [$], MidWest [fee], Midwest,profess' |
(1986-1996) Steve Mills | PCBoard
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| 847-537-4663 |
WHEELING, IL Radio Hill |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-674-1989 |
SKOKIE, IL Chicago's North Shore FS Hub, Chicago's North Shore Hub 3, ChicagoLand Hub 3, Tech Line, TechLine BBS's, TechLine RBBS, TechLine {989} |
(1989-2000) Mark Annis |
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| 847-695-1251 |
ELGIN, IL Micro Systems, MICRO SYSTEMS BBS |
(1988-1996) Wildcat |
| 847-746-0548 |
ZION, IL ChicagoLand, ChicagoLand Hub 9, Flat Cat Alley, Flat Cat Alley {969}, NE Corner of Ill, NE Corner of Illinois |
(1989-1996) Lew Prather |
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| 847-769-4084 |
CHICAGO, IL Lattice |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-769-4087 |
CHICAGO, IL Lattice, Lattice Inc |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-776-1063 |
PALATINE, IL Chicago NorthWest Suburbs, Midrange System {439}, Midrange Systems, NET 115 Echo Coordinator, NET 115 NEC, NorthWest Suburban Hub, NW Suburban FS Hub, The Midrange System |
(1988-1996) David Gibbs, NEC David Gibbs | QuickBBS
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| 847-851-3929 |
CHICAGO, IL MicroTech Amiga, MicroTech Amiga (2 lines) |
(1989-1996)
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| 847-888-1112 |
ELGIN, IL Fox Valley Computer Society, Fox Valley CS {888} [$], Fox Valley CS {888} [Fee], Fox Valley Pet Users Group |
(1981-1996) David Bulkley |
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| 847-980-9544 |
WHEELING, IL Precision, Precision Board |
(1989-1996) Bill Cohn |
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| 847-986-1295 |
CHICAGO, IL North Pole |
(1989-1996)
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