937 Area Code BBSes Through History

MAP OF THE 937 AREA CODE
937-224-4075
DAYTON, OH		 Dayton Boardwalk
(1995-2004)		 John Kay
937-224-4454
DAYTON, OH		 Dayton Boardwalk
(1998-1999)		 John Kay
937-224-5093
DAYTON, OH		 Dayton Boardwalk
(1997-1998)		 John Kay
937-226-0386
DAYTON, OH		 Land Of Digits East
(1982-1998)		 Mike Kemp
937-233-0807
DAYTON, OH		 DAYHUG, DAYTON Area, Hunter's Point, Hunter's Point
(1991-2004)		 Guy Hunter, W.J. PotterQuickBBS , RemoteAccess
937-233-1200
DAYTON, OH		 A Pit-Stop, All Pro Computers, Pit Stop BBS, PIT-STOP, QuickBBS Dayton, The Pit Stop, The Pit-Stop, The Pit-Stop BBS
(1982-1997)		 John WrightSuperBBS , Wildcat
937-233-8877
DAYTON, OH		 Midnight Express, The Riverside
(1994-2001)		 Mark Thieme
937-235-2062
DAYTON, OH		 Antioch Shrine, Ohio Masonic, Ohio Masonic BBS
(1984-1997)		 Joseph Everette, WB Joseph Everette, Joe Everette
937-235-5843
Huger Height, OH 		J&J's BBS
(2004)		 Joe Caplinger
937-236-4954
DAYTON, OH		 My Candy Store
(1993-1998)		 Paul Webb, J and P WebbWildcat
937-236-5070
DAYTON, OH		 The Cheshire Cat
(1995-1997)		 Lucia Jameson
937-236-6530
DAYTON, OH		 The Bitport
(1996)		 Guy Hunter
937-236-6567
DAYTON, OH		 The Bitport
(1997-2000)		 Guy Hunter
937-236-9777
DAYTON, OH		 Scott's Place
(1992-1996)		 Scott Brown
937-237-7737
DAYTON, OH		 Myth Kingdom Tech, Mythical Kingdom, MythicalKingdom, MythicalKng
(1990-2000)		 Mark MayQuickBBS
937-237-9776
DAYTON, OH		 Scott's Place
(1995-1996)		 Scott Brown
937-252-0212
DAYTON, OH		 The Bad Place
(1997)		 Brian Baker
937-252-4056
Riverside, OH 		City of Angels, The Labyrinth
(1992-1997)		 Lonnie WaughCNet BBS
"I started the BBS in 91 or 92, we'll just say 92 because I'm not 100% positive. The BBS originally ran a pirated copy of trinity BBS software on an Amiga 500 system, which is ok because I'm now friends with the author.. to boot the BBS I literally had to load one floppy, change disks and continue loading because I had no hard drive. I eventually upgraded the system to an Amiga 2000 system and converted to CNet BBS using a copy I got from Doc Gaver.. I still have the manual but don't have the disks! I eventually got consumed by the internet when I started working as a software developer for a local ISP and shut down the board permanently, it resurfaced as a telnet accessable board for a couple of months using an Amiga emulator. Ahhh .. memories" - Lonnie Waugh
937-254-4081
DAYTON, OH		 J&J's BBS
(2001-2002)		 Joe CaplingerMajorBBS
937-258-0215
DAYTON, OH		 The Firehouse
(1994-1999)		 Dean Tarter
937-258-0971
DAYTON, OH		 Trader's Cove BBS, Trader's Cove Mail, Traders Cove
(1990-1996)		 Bill Kahler
937-258-1030
DAYTON, OH		 Dynasty, The Dynasty BBS
(1997-1999)		 Ronald SchlegelTriBBS
937-258-3993
DAYTON, OH		 Trader's Cove Mail
(1994-1997)		 Bill Kahler
937-259-0806
DAYTON, OH		 D.M.U.G BBS
(1987-1998)		 Ric Walsh
937-274-8118
DAYTON, OH		 Hank's Corner
(1995-1998)		 Norm Smith
937-274-9578
Dayton, OH 		Fantastic Voyage, The Conidium BBS
(1991-1993)		 Brian ShafferTelegard 2.7
"Conidium in it's time served mainly as a debate BBS as well as a distribution site for Telegard and Renegade Utilities created by TNL Systems, formerly known as MD-UTILS." - Brian Shaffer
937-276-4258
DAYTON, OH		 Carrier Pigeon
(1994-1997)		 Edward Simmons
937-279-0136
Dayton, OH 		My Crazy World BBS
(1995-2004)		 Tim Sturgeon, Timothy SturgeonWildcat, Wildcat! v4.20
"We have never been off-line since 9/24/1994" - Timothy Sturgeon
937-293-1754
DAYTON, OH		 DMA Data Bus
(1991-1996)		 David Schwab
937-294-2958
DAYTON, OH		 D & J's Psycho, Jamie's Psycho
(1992-1996)		 Jamie Vaughn
937-294-8064
DAYTON, OH		 Kettering BBS, Kettering BBS (CFN)
(1991-1996)		 Mark Jolly
937-297-0265
DAYTON, OH		 Loose Caboose
(1998)		 Decker Doggett
937-299-6355
DAYTON, OH		 Scheidel Insurance, Sheidel Insurance
(1994-1998)		 Bill Scheidel
937-320-9283
Beavercreek, OH 		Hard Drive Cafe, Micronics Tech
(1995-2009)		 Darrell Pelan
937-323-6009
Springfield, OH 		James' BBS
(1982-1995)		 James MarousWildcat
"James is still around, http://www.erinet.com/jamesm" - James Marous
937-324-0107
SPRINGFIELD, OH		 ComputerServices Online, Dark Shadows CS/O
(1984-1997)		 John Folden
937-324-9832
SPRINGFIELD, OH		 Thunder Road
(1995-1996)		 Bryan Owen
937-335-2757
TROY, OH		 Distorted Reality
(1997)		 Jeffrey Clemmons
937-339-7835
TROY, OH		 The Mausoleum
(1991-1998)		 Bruce Bergemeier
937-379-2581
HAMERSVILLE, OH		 HammerRock
(1996-1999)		 Rob Lovett
937-379-2832
HAMERSVILLE, OH		 Intergalactic Information
(1995-1999)		 Gary Donner
937-393-0075
HILLSBORO, OH		 Highland CtyCmp, SoCenOhioNet NEC, The Connection, WCH Hub
(1993-1997)		 NEC-2350, NC-2350, WCH Hub, Rick MorrisPCBoard
937-393-0503
HILLSBORO, OH		 The Incorrigible Board
(1995-1996)		 Dane Austin
937-422-4138
CINCINNATI, OH		 BlueSky
(1996)		 Tracy Reynolds
937-423-2336
GREENVILLE, OH		 The Prophecy
(1994-1996)		 Jimmy Rose
937-424-1533
DAYTON, OH		 The Academy
(1995-2000)		 Margaret C Elam
937-424-7794
DAYTON, OH		 Modem Zone
(1996)		 Don Cheeks
937-426-4534
BEAVERCREEK, OH		 Data Dump
(1994-1996)		 Steve Horn
937-427-2803
BEAVERCREEK, OH		 Dragon's Keep
(1993-1998)		 Pat Ruhland
937-427-9995
Beavercreek, Ohio 		Chatnet BBS
(1993-1996)		 Jeff LuehrsTBBS, TBBS
"Chatnet BBS has received nearly 700000 calls(even after losing a year of extremely busy call data due to a dead hard drive). It's now up as a telnet bbs at telnet://chatnet.com. If the name sounds familiar, it's because we were using UUCP for internet email on the bbs in 1993.. before chatnet.org irc's decided to borrow the name I had come up with.

I started running bbs systems with a commodore 64. I had a 1 meg drive for software downloads. Around this time, or a while after, in 1986 I first logged into the predecessor of what is now called America Online. It was called Quantumlink and it was several dollars PER HOUR to chat and play games such as slots.

My first IBM PC was bought solely to run a bbs. At that time it was called Hacker's Dominion and it was driven by downloads, message bases, and online games. Still one line at this point, though I had found a bbs package I was comfortable with called TBBS - The Bread Board System. After the pay per hour chats of quantumlink, I had decided to try and set up chat at some point on a bbs, and that day finally came when I got the multiline version of TBBS.

A few thousand dollars spent for games,software, modems and phone lines and I had 4 lines up (can't remember the speed, though I think it was 9600/14400 at this time.) I also had 2- 6 disc cd rom drives that fed all the Night Owl / Pier etc software collections from a seperate file server across a lantastic lan. I also admittedly had set up something called TABS 900 to collect subscription fees. People wouldn't pay it seemed at this point for anything except porn. UGH

I had a loyal base of a hundred or so callers at this point. I also had one competitor that I was aiming for called Freedom BBS. It had maybe a dozen lines, but later claimed to have many more though I don't think they were ever full. I had logged on and even paid a fee for 10 or so hours of chat. The bbs was fun, the message boards were great, but the chat wasn't where it needed to be to compete.. SO.. I had the phone company drop a 25 line cable under my yard and added 20 lines.

Now, I was in business. A thousand dollar phone bill to pay each month and I needed people online fast. I quickly decided there weren't enough women to keep people online chatting, so I made chat free for women! I had a lot of complaints from guys thinking they should get it free too, but I had phone lines to pay for and someone had to pay the bills. I had a couple of friends-young ladies come over to my house on most nights and chat as well in order to keep the chat area active until enough new users subscribed. It was obvious to me what it would take to keep the chat going, and it was women.

I set my fees at $10 per month for unlimited calls of 90 minutes. The bbs filled up fast and the first casualty was the hourly based Freedom BBS. This was 1994 and the bbs was full every night, and there were almost always enough people to talk to day or night. We had parties monthly at various places inclusing sports bars and pizza places. We also had at least a dozen marriages- a few of which I attended and was even thanked during the reception for bringing the couple together. Not everyone got along either and the board itself was a regular soap opera. This was a lot of people's sole source of dates and of making new friends. It was a blast... and it went well until I decided to start an ISP, but that is another story." - Jeff Luehrs (Chatnet.com)

937-435-3682
DAYTON, OH		 Galactic Starship, The Mall
(1990-1996)		 Eric Hendrix
937-438-5542
DAYTON, OH		 CURRENTS!, MAC Currents
(1992-1997)		 Bill Herrick
937-439-9217
DAYTON, OH		 DAYTON Area, Decker's Board, Decker's Loose Caboose, Decker's Train Board, Loose Caboose
(1991-1997)		 Decker Doggett
937-439-9281
DAYTON, OH		 Widdershins, Widdershins Cafe
(1991-1996)		 Linda Wright
937-439-9311
DAYTON, OH		 Loose Caboose
(1997)		 Decker Doggett
937-446-3108
SARDINIA, OH		 Barn Owl BBS, Barn Owl OS2, ROCS
(1989-1996)		 Clinton LaRue, Mac LaRue
937-446-4559
SARDINIA, OH		 CommLink
(1998-1999)		 Gordon Duncan
937-473-5465
COVINGTON, OH		 Three Angels
(1993-1998)		 Art Washabaugh
937-473-5738
COVINGTON, OH		 The Open Key
(1996)		 Keith Lyons
937-492-0272
SIDNEY, OH		 ODOT District7, Seven's Heaven FIDO
(1986-1997)		 Warren Brown, John Desmond, John Desond
937-778-4091
PIQUA, OH		 Warren's Place
(1994-1997)		 Warren Brown
937-833-4957
BROOKVILLE, OH		 Family BBS
(1994-1997)		 Jerry Millikin, Jerry MIllikin
937-833-6093
BROOKVILLE, OH		 Family BBS, The Family BBS
(1993-2002)		 Jerry MillikinWildcat
937-845-0377
NEW CARLISLE, OH		 DayStar
(1997)		 Tom Graham
937-845-2484
NEW CARLISLE, OH		 Bulldog Express
(1982-1998)		 Bob Jackson
937-845-3651
NEW CARLISLE, OH		 RIX Place
(1993-1999)		 Rick Calmes
937-864-1143
ENON, OH		 The Blue Byte
(1990-1997)		 Jim Earnest
937-864-1213
ENON, OH		 DAYHUG, The Duck Pond
(1993-1999)		 Jim Duckworth
937-864-1386
ENON, OH		 Engineering Paradise, Mummert Engineering
(1992-1997)		 Dennis Mummert
937-879-3360
FAIRBORN, OH		 Concordance
(1996)		 Jeff Engle
937-879-4714
FAIRBORN, OH		 Barracuda BBS
(1994-1996)		 Michael McCarty
937-890-2838
DAYTON, OH		 Colemans BBS
(1992-2000)		 Ron Coleman
937-890-5204
Dayton, OH 		Dayton Beach BBS
(1993-1997)		 Rod MartinTrinity BBS (Amiga)
"Was a 4 line BBS that had many active members. We held events/parties almost every weekend it seems. I do miss it at times and have considered bringing it back as a website/forum. Might still do that." - Rod Martin
937-898-1228
DAYTON, OH		 DigitalEdge
(1996)		 Joe Bramlage
937-962-4487
LEWISBURG, OH		 Bomber BBS
(1994-1999)		 Pete Stan
937-962-5396
LEWISBURG, OH		 Clean Sweep
(1996-1997)		 Rick Lance
937-964-8781
NORTH HAMPTON, OH		 The Other Side
(1995-1997)		 David Smith
77 Sysops currently listed.
77 BBSes Listed.