Historical List of BBSes in the 941 Area Code --------------------------------------------- Created by TEXTFILES.COM From Many Sources 941-262-2755 | Naples NEC, Trail T, Trail-T, Trail-T bbs, Trail-T PCBoard | NAPLES, FL (1989-1996) SYSOP | Alan Dalton SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-267-9459 | FireQuest BBS | FORT MYERS, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Ed Howell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-274-3716 | The Dragons Den | FORT MYERS, FL (1997) SYSOP | David Hofmann --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-275-0414 | *ASTRO*, *ASTRO* Mail, *ASTRO* Mail System, *ASTRO*II, | CSPI-ONE, Kuntry Kubbard, Randy Sherwyn | Net371, SW Florida Coast Net | FORT MYERS, FL (1992-1995) SYSOP | Randy Sherwyn, Dan Lima, Jean Prophet --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-275-1710 | ASTRO Mailserver | FORT MYERS, FL (1996) SYSOP | Randy Sherwyn --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-275-3199 | ASTRO Online Services | FORT MYERS, FL (1996) SYSOP | Randy Sherwyn --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-277-0906 | *ASTRO*, *ASTRO* BBS | FORT MYERS, FL (1991-1996) SYSOP | Randy Sherwyn SOFTWARE | QuickBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-277-1894 | Full Moon Fever | FORT MYERS, FL (1995) SYSOP | Mark Salyers --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-277-5466 | archonRAINBOW II | FORT MYERS, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | David Corthell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-283-5413 | Bert's BBS | PINE ISLAND, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Robert Rapp --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-283-5669 | DeaTHRoW | PINE ISLAND, FL (1994-2001) SYSOP | SKooB SOFTWARE | WorldGroup COMMENTS | "Home of DeaTHNeT networking, member of ShadowNet, and | networked with 'Lost Reality' BBS. Also home of DeaTHNeT | 640 AM Radio. BBS is about to go back up via telnet!! | Keep looking for Deathrow and Lost Reality to come back | to the Fort Myers area!" - SKooB --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-284-1116 | Excalibur | LAKELAND, FL (1996) SYSOP | Richard Swartz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-293-3051 | The Candy Factory | Winter Haven, FL (1996-1997) SYSOP | Jelly Bean SOFTWARE | Renegade COMMENTS | "Those were the good 'ole days. I remember playing | L.O.R.D. with all my users. And posting messages. Such | fun! I loved every minute of it! Even when the software | (Renegade) crashed a couple times. The Internet took the | place of the BBS but the memories will never be | forgotten.." - Jelly Bean --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-297-5358 | Computer Mania | Winter Haven, FL (1995) SYSOP | Manuel Montesino SOFTWARE | WildCat! --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-297-7006 | Epsilon-9 | FORT MYERS, FL (1995) SYSOP | Bryon Quackenbush --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-299-4265 | Alternative BBS | (1994-1999) SYSOP | Anthony Anzalone --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-299-8778 | Micro World, Micro-World, Micro-World BBS, MicroWorld, | Mirco-World PCB | (1988-1996) SYSOP | M. Wennerstrom, Mark Wennerstrom, Mark Wennerstorm SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-299-8984 | Dreamland | (1994-1996) SYSOP | Tommy Woodard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-322-2589 | The Valley BBS | MYAKKA, FL (1992-1996) SYSOP | Larry Daymon --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-325-8972 | Temple Builders, Temple Builders On-Line Service, Temple | Builders Online Servic | (1992-1996) SYSOP | John Lucas --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-326-1948 | Shadows in the Mist, SITM | (1995-1997) SYSOP | Robert Edeker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-334-4259 | Canaan Land BBS | FORT MYERS, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | George Schaefer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-337-5480 | The Beach Board | FORT MYERS, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Dave Ward --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-337-5635 | SW Florida Coast Net, The Dog House | FORT MYERS, FL (1995-2000) SYSOP | Barry Connor --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-337-5999 | TNT Online | FORT MYERS, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Jay Wigginton SOFTWARE | MajorBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-337-7390 | TNT Online | FORT MYERS, FL (1994-1997) SYSOP | Jay Wigginton, Jay Wiggintion --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-337-7470 | The Beach Board MO/FAX | FORT MYERS, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Dave Ward --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-346-0680 | Hotline BBS | Sarasota, FL (1986-1995) SYSOP | Amelia Manning, Amelia Hudson Manning SOFTWARE | OPUS then TBBS COMMENTS | "The good old days! Ansi graphics, single player online | games and shareware downloads. All the sysops in the | area had get togethers and we had 100's of users. 30 to | 40 calls a day were the norm. Started with 1200 baud and | ended up at 28,800k. Modems were always U.S. Robotics | BBS/Sysop deals that they did back then." - Amelia | Manning --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-346-8093 | Cheswick's | SARASOTA, FL (1995) SYSOP | Chelsea Carlstedt --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-352-1171 | Blue Zone [KE4RGH], Group Eight | NAPLES, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | Bill Stearns --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-352-2380 | Pandora's Playground | NAPLES, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Vicki Land --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-352-7044 | The Round Table | NAPLES, FL (1995) SYSOP | Greg Rapp --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-352-7300 | Naples Area NEC, On The Gulf, Pandora's Playground | NAPLES, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Vicki Land, Karl Morrison --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-352-9742 | Cat Box, On The Gulf | Naples, FL (1996-2002) SYSOP | Tom McDonald --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-353-0491 | OPUS Southern Fried, Southern Fried, Southern Fried BBS | Naples, FL (1991-1995) SYSOP | Donald Alderman SOFTWARE | Maximus COMMENTS | "Just happened to run across this list and thought you | would like more information. System was a 286/12mhz, | 16meg ram, Maxtor XT1140 MFM hard drive formatted out in | RLL to 205meg, using Zoom 14400bd internal modem and US | robotics external SysOp modem starting at 16800bd and | eventually updated to handle 33600bd, using OPUS BBS | software in 1991 under DOS 6.2 and in 1992 - 1995 ran | Maximus BBS software with OS/2 operating system." - | Donald Alderman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-358-0309 | Sarasota HUB, The Voice Box | SARASOTA, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Jim Reese --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-359-5808 | Global Vision | SARASOTA, FL (1992-1995) SYSOP | Neal Schleifer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-365-6302 | Sunshine | SARASOTA, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Larry Drabik, Traveler COMMENTS | "I'd like to say how cool it is that you're hosting a | website with all those old BBS numbers, and names. It | was like a blast from the past to see them all. 941-365- | 6302 was my brother Larry Drabik's BBS back in 1995-1996, | and at one point I believe had 3-4 lines though I don't | recall the other phone numbers. I'll just say that it's | very cool that his BBS is even listed there, and I'm very | surprised to see it. He passed away back in 2010 | unfortunately. He certainly loved his BBS, and very much | enjoyed it as a hobby. I'm not sure where you found that | information, but it definitely caught me by surprise when | I found it during a Google search. Thank you, Jason." - | Darin (Stinger) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-368-3721 | Burnt Ham BBS | LEHIGH ACRES, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | Sean Ware --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-368-6895 | The Citadale BBS | LEHIGH ACRES, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Linda Carter --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-374-3715 | Strawberry Fields | SARASOTA, FL (1996) SYSOP | Steve Sears --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-377-1470 | Fla Suncoast Net, The Above Board | SARASOTA, FL (1987-1997) SYSOP | George Emigh --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-377-2376 | Funhouse BBS | SARASOTA, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Billy Pryor --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-377-2554 | The Arena | SARASOTA, FL (1996) SYSOP | Justin Scott --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-377-9853 | The Outback | SARASOTA, FL (1995) SYSOP | Kerry Whitaker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-378-0273 | EXECUSERVE | SARASOTA, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | Dave Gardner SOFTWARE | RBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-378-1077 | Am. Untd Broadcasting Sys., American United Broadcasting | System, AmericanUnitedBroadcasting | SARASOTA, FL (1987-1996) SYSOP | Alfie Bruehl --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-378-3477 | Imitation/Life | SARASOTA, FL (1992-1996) SYSOP | AndrewOberweger SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-378-5349 | Panther BBS | SARASOTA, FL (1995) SYSOP | Blair Johnson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-382-9061 | Ancestry TBBS Node 2, Nobody home | SEBRING, FL (1993-1998) SYSOP | John Grove --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-383-0827 | Infernal Regions | SARASOTA, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Shaun Harris --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-394-6488 | Gulf Island Data Service, Island, Island BBS | MARCO ISLAND, FL (1992-1996) SYSOP | Stephen Hendricks, S. Hendricks SOFTWARE | Opus --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-417-0625 | Games 'R' Us | NAPLES, FL (1997-1998) SYSOP | Joe Silviera --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-422-7391 | PD Playhouse BBS | HAINES CITY, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | Lorin Winchester --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-423-0356 | Crazy House | Port Charlotte, FL (1989-1997) SYSOP | Tim Grzechowski / Robert Jones SOFTWARE | MajorBBS/Worldgroup COMMENTS | "Crazy House started as a BBS in early 1989 in Port | Charlotte (941-423-0356), which is a pretty rural area, | as a quasi-private system running Maximus on OS/2. It | expanded to two lines with the first rolling over on busy | to the second. As time went on and I was spending less | and less time in Port Charlotte and had bigger | aspirations for the BBS as well. In early 1992 I moved | the heart of the system 45 miles north to Sarasota (941- | 925-7998) but kept the Port Charlotte dial-up numbers | (more on that later). At this time I change the BBS | software to Major BBS by Galacticom (later called | Worldgroup-- YUK!) and upgraded to sixteen telephone | lines. By this time I had as much money into Crazy House | as a really good used car. The chat room was by far the | most used feature! By the end of 1992 I had secured a | 56K Frame Relay connection to the Internet via UUNet | Technologies and became the FIRST private Internet | Service Provider (ISP) in the 941 area code. It went | commercial under the URL of flnet.com with the company | name as ^ÓFlorida Network Technologies, Inc.^Ô As my day | job was in the Telephony world (but not the phone | company) I was able to, legally, social engineer the | phone company to make changes within their system that | allowed me to forward the Port Charlotte phone numbers to | Sarasota without additional callers getting a busy signal | until all the modems were busy. With this in place, and | now due to higher demand, I tossed out the Galacticom Box | (modem bank) added a terminal server along with another | sixteen dial-up lines and upgraded to a half a T1. | FreeBSD UNIX, which we had been playing with behind the | scenes, became a cornerstone of FLnet^Òs technology for | the years ahead. This worked out so well that I quickly | added other forwarding lines to other cities in the area | including Venice (941-496-4505), Punta Gorda (941-743- | 9189) and North Port (can^Òt find those digits). And, | again, added more dial-up lines to the system.

| "Later, due to high demand I installed a Point-of- | Presence (POP) for Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda in | North Port, FL (between Port Charlotte and Sarasota). I | installed a Point-to-Point T1 between North Port and the | main system in Sarasota and changed the Port Charlotte | and Punta Gorda numbers to point to North Port. With the | exception of another terminal server, more modems, and a | FreeBSD box for administration purposes everything else | was kept in Sarasota. For users this meant that the | change was 100% transparent to callers-- other than fewer | busy signals. At this point Crazy House was local to | callers over more than a 75 mile north/south distance | along Florida^Òs Gulf Coast with a population of more | than half a million people. Not bad for a BBS in rural | America! The BBS, unfortunately, became a forgotten | milestone in technology and was used less and less. I | pulled the plug on the BBS sometime in 1994 when the | daily login, both modem and Internet callers, had dropped | to less than a few a day. However flnet.com as an ISP | lived on for another three years, through waves of new | and ever expanding (and more expensive) hardware. I saw | the writing on the wall. The big ISP^Òs were taking | over, Mom-n-Pop ISP^Òs like mine were becoming a dime a | dozen. There was little room for the little guy. With | my large customer base, due to our huge calling area, one | of the big guys came in and bought out the rights to my | customer base. I reluctantly sold. Unfortunately my | life does not consist of sitting on the beach, toes in | the sand, and drinking a Mia-Tia all the while watching | to make Jeeves puts two coats of wax the Ferrari. I am | still an everyday working guy. Learned a ton of tech | during the years of Crazy House / FLnet. I now work as | an over paid consultant as a Unix System Administrator. | I wouldn^Òt change a thing^Å well maybe Jeeves and the | Ferrari. Thanks for letting me share the legend of Crazy | House!" - Tim Grzechowski --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-423-9705 | Clingon Empire, Northport HUB | NORTH PORT, FL (1996-1997) SYSOP | Ben Clinger --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-424-3286 | BugLips BBS! | HAINES CITY, FL (1995-1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-424-5979 | CityLimits Hardrive Cafe' | HAINES CITY, FL (1997) SYSOP | Terri Wisti --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-424-7886 | Sunset Palms, Sunset Palms BBS | HAINES CITY, FL (1996) SYSOP | Terri Wisti --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-425-0735 | Final Fantasy | MULBERRY, FL (1995) SYSOP | Jody McNutt --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-425-1000 | Hawks Nest BBS | MULBERRY, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Tom Parsons --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-434-0911 | Cat Box, The Cat Box BBS, The Cat Box BBS [ASV] | NAPLES, FL (1991-1995) SYSOP | Tom McDonald --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-434-3028 | Naples "PIB" | NAPLES, FL (1995-1998) SYSOP | Donald Alderman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-455-0310 | Gauntlet ][, On the Gulf | NAPLES, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Chris Ballard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-455-6390 | Captain's Corner [KE4KTZ], CaptCorner, CaptCorner,pgmrs, | On The Gulf | NAPLES, FL (1990-1997) SYSOP | Glenn Niesen SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-455-7630 | Bottom Line, Phones Are Cool | NAPLES, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | John Gilmore --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-458-5399 | SPLINTERS! | NORTH CAPE CORA, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | Paul Lawrence --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-458-9571 | BANDAID!, Bandaids BBS, CSPI-ONE, Kuntry Kubbard, SW | Florida Coast Net | NORTH CAPE CORA, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Fred Hixson, Dan Lima, Jean Prophet --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-467-2286 | The Ivory Tower | OKEECHOBEE, FL (1997) SYSOP | Arlene Lussier --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-472-3715 | Strawberry Fields | SANIBEL-CAPTIVA, FL (1996-1999) SYSOP | Steve Sears SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-473-0259 | NEC, USS Enterprise EBBS | ENGLEWOOD, FL (1995-1997) SYSOP | Jim Kirk --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-473-1246 | USS Enterprise EBBS | ENGLEWOOD, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Jim Kirk SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-473-2118 | Vern's Windows | ENGLEWOOD, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | Vernon Fields, Chris Takasawa --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-474-3352 | The Back Door | ENGLEWOOD, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | Austin Theen --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-474-9640 | Dave's Dungeon | ENGLEWOOD, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | David Nottingham --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-475-6739 | The Fuzzy Couch | Englewood, FL (1992-1994) SYSOP | Chris Cucci, Dean Yiapis --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-475-7485 | Nocturnal Odyssey | ENGLEWOOD, FL (1995) SYSOP | Dana Sevier --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-477-1417 | The Sheriffs PIN | FORT MYERS, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Sysop --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-488-6591 | The Grand BBS, Venice HUB | VENICE, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Arlene Oakes --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-492-9592 | Deep Star, Florida Suncoast Net, Group Therapy BBS, The | Flight-Deck, Venice HUB, Venice Recovery | VENICE, FL (1992-1997) SYSOP | Jon Grossberg, Burney Bellows, Position Open, J. Grossberg --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-493-4484 | The Neptune BBS | VENICE, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Chris Jones --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-493-5174 | The Swap Shop | VENICE, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Tom Sawyer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-493-7386 | The Back Door, Venice Englewood HUB | VENICE, FL (1987-1996) SYSOP | Austin Theen, David Theen --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-495-1902 | FireQuest BBS, SW Fla Coast Net NEC | BONITA SPRINGS, FL (1996-2000) SYSOP | Ed Howell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-496-9618 | Cyclops, Venice HUB | VENICE, FL (1995-1998) SYSOP | TJ Payne --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-498-5707 | Mario's BirdHouse | BONITA SPRINGS, FL (1996-1997) SYSOP | Mike Maggi, Mario Maggi --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-542-3473 | Lost Reality, Shadow BBS | CAPE CORAL, FL (1995-1999) SYSOP | Devin Linsenbach SOFTWARE | Worldgroup, TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-542-5482 | CSPI-THREE, CSPI-TWO, Entrevous, ENTREvous II, ENTREvous | II NEC | CAPE CORAL, FL (1990-1995) SYSOP | Dan Lima --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-542-7582 | AUTOMART BBS | CAPE CORAL, FL (1995-1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-543-3810 | Tor's Roc Pile | NORTH FORT MYER, FL (1996) SYSOP | Robert Melton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-549-0112 | Flame of Prome | CAPE CORAL, FL (1994-1996) SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-549-1761 | GENESIS II | CAPE CORAL, FL (1991-1995) SYSOP | Bob Sabo --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-567-1232 | Tor's Roc Pile | NORTH FORT MYER, FL (1996) SYSOP | Robert Melton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-567-1401 | VIP BBS | NORTH FORT MYER, FL (1996-1999) SYSOP | Mary N. Smith SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-567-1843 | VIP BBS | NORTH FORT MYER, FL (1996) SYSOP | Mary N. Smith --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-567-2562 | VIP BBS | NORTH FORT MYER, FL (1997) SYSOP | Mary N. Smith --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-567-2606 | VIP BBS | NORTH FORT MYER, FL (1997) SYSOP | Mary N. Smith --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-574-4658 | The Dragons Den | NORTH CAPE CORA, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | David Hofmann --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-574-4707 | CSPI-THREE, CSPI-TWO | NORTH CAPE CORA, FL (1992-1995) SYSOP | Dan Lima --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-575-6381 | MLM USA, The Loop | PUNTA GORDA, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | David Harley --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-575-8767 | Friends 'R Us | PUNTA GORDA, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | Scott Williams --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-592-1535 | Jos' Lounge | NORTH NAPLES, FL (1991-1996) SYSOP | Steve Joselson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-592-5796 | Jos' Lounge (Node 2&3), Jos' Lounge (Node 2), Jos' Lounge | (Node 3), On the Gulf | NORTH NAPLES, FL (1992-1996) SYSOP | Steve Joselson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-592-5893 | Jos' Lounge (Node 2), Jos' Lounge (Node 3) | NORTH NAPLES, FL (1992-1996) SYSOP | Steve Joselson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-598-1738 | Low Budget Land | Naples, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Jeremy Joseph SOFTWARE | VBBS COMMENTS | "I spent a lot of time writing scripts to customize the | BBS with random wackiness, the intent was to continue the | goofy spirit of Jeff Hillis' board. Credits were issued | to allow users to smash each others' mailboxes and trash | each other's menu screens, and there were silly ANSI | animations. Fun times!" - Jeremy Joseph --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-598-4141 | Phase2 Networks [KD4VRZ] | NORTH NAPLES, FL (1994-1998) SYSOP | Gary Randall --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-619-8418 | Thunder & Lightning BBS | LAKELAND, FL (1995) SYSOP | Todd Bird --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-619-8486 | The River of Time BBS | LAKELAND, FL (1995) SYSOP | Mike Mullins --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-625-2827 | Sanctuary of the Krasnians, Sanctuary of the Krasnians | BBS, Wrigleyville USA | Port Charlotte, FL (1987-1995) SYSOP | Robert Dunn SOFTWARE | C-Net (Commodore 128 Computer) COMMENTS | "Charlotte County Florida's FIRST Bulliten Board System! | 80 megabyte of storage.... was one of the largest | Commodore 64/128 BBS systems in the USA at the time. In | 1992, changed to different name." - Robert Dunn --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-625-5636 | GoldCoast, Parlor PCB Engineering 800m, Port Charlotte | Net, Punta Gorda HUB, Punta Gorda Port | Charlotte HUB, S W Florida Coast Net, The | Gold Coast, The Gold Coast BBS, The Gold | Coast RBBS, The Parlor Rbbs | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1987-1997) SYSOP | Sydney Marcus, Jerry Albert, Sydney-Marcus, Jerry S Albert SOFTWARE | RBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-627-0395 | Black Knight's Castle, NEC Port Charlotte FL Interim NEC, | Net 378 Interim NC | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1997-1998) SYSOP | David Witherill --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-627-3592 | Crimson Realms | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1996) SYSOP | Chris Dunbar --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-627-6050 | Darkside BBS | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Tom Moon --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-638-2397 | Viper Den BBS, Viper's Den BBS | LAKE WALES, FL (1993-1999) SYSOP | Bill Brewer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-638-3058 | Nimbrod's Universe | LAKE WALES, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | Ben Browne --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-639-7170 | Joe's Bar & Grill BBS, Joe's Bar&Grill | PUNTA GORDA, FL (1994-1996) SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-646-7347 | GRAPHICS, Graphics,DTP | LAKELAND, FL (1991-1996) SYSOP | Alex Magdics SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-648-5393 | Action-Link Systems | LAKELAND, FL (1995-1999) SYSOP | Jim Davie --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-656-5613 | Kapital K'pers | NORTH FORT MYER, FL (1996) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-667-0413 | DIGITECH | LAKELAND, FL (1992-1996) SYSOP | Stephen Neas SOFTWARE | Auntie --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-668-0232 | The Magic BBS | LAKELAND, FL (1996) SYSOP | Robert Hartung --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-675-8812 | Byte Size Bits, Byte Size Estates | LABELLE, FL (1990-1999) SYSOP | Jean Prophet, Jean & Buddy Prophet --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-676-7549 | Crown Jewel , Crown Jewel BBS, The Crown Jewel | LAKE WALES, FL (1989-1996) SYSOP | Bolden/Waldrop SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-678-1861 | Warp Factor Five | LAKE WALES, FL (1995) SYSOP | Cleve Odom --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-686-6277 | The Magic BBS | LAKELAND, FL (1996) SYSOP | Robert Hartung --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-686-9750 | J & J's Place, The Lost Realm | LAKELAND, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | Jason Maslyn --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-688-2987 | AA Computer Masters, The River of Time, The River of Time | BBS | LAKELAND, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | John Dedeo, Mike Mullins --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-693-1758 | Radio Hacker, Radio Hacker BBS | FORT MYERS, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Gary Close --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-693-2390 | SW Florida Coast Net, The Nite Line (NC 371), The Nite | Line BBS | FORT MYERS, FL (1990-1995) SYSOP | Joe Breeden --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-694-0022 | The Beach Board | FORT MYERS, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Dave Ward --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-694-4337 | The Beach Board MO/FAX | FORT MYERS, FL (1995) SYSOP | Dave Ward --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-696-2444 | Crown Jewel, Crown Jewel BBS | LAKE WALES, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | Bill Bolden SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-697-0477 | Netwave BBS II | CAPE HAZE, FL (1996) SYSOP | James Martin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-697-1729 | Netwave BBS | CAPE HAZE, FL (1996) SYSOP | James Martin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-697-8912 | Netwave BBS | CAPE HAZE, FL (1996) SYSOP | James Martin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-714-0700 | The Survivor BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1995) SYSOP | John Parker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-722-2797 | Carving Board BBS, The Carving Board BBS | PALMETTO, FL (1996-1999) SYSOP | Randy VanScyoc SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-723-9553 | The Kettle Factory | PALMETTO, FL (1993-2000) SYSOP | Larry Oakes --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-727-1802 | The Wine Cellar | BRADENTON, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | JD Muller --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-727-3599 | Trans Action | BRADENTON, FL (1995) SYSOP | Candace Chandler --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-727-3939 | The Grove BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1995) SYSOP | Ken Lassey --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-727-4185 | Realm of the Dark Lord BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1998) SYSOP | Don Gardner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-727-4866 | Realm of the Dark Lord BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1998) SYSOP | Don Gardner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-727-7045 | The Interstate BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1995) SYSOP | Mike Becker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-728-2132 | GANAS BBS, GANAS Fever BBS, Ganas Labor of Love BBS | FORT MYERS, FL (1991-1999) SYSOP | Lynda Kendrick --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-739-8789 | The Casino Royale | BRADENTON, FL (1996-1998) SYSOP | Alan Frayer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-743-0756 | The Ranch House | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1995) SYSOP | Paul Kasper --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-743-4519 | The Chart, Ths Chart | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1995-1997) SYSOP | Gharlie Heilman, Charlie Heilman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-745-5677 | Bradenton HUB, Chipper Clipper, Florida Suncoast Net | BRADENTON, FL (1990-2000) SYSOP | George Fliger, G Fliger --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-746-0195 | Pookie's Playground | BRADENTON, FL (1991-2000) SYSOP | Karen Fliger, Karen Freeman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-747-4001 | DeepSpace | BRADENTON, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Christopher West --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-747-6323 | Hi-Flite BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | Dan Hunt --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-747-8574 | The Survivor BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | John Parker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-747-8679 | The Woodland BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | William Morgan SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-747-9670 | Action-Link Systems | BRADENTON, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | Jim Davie --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-748-2759 | Hi-Flite II | BRADENTON, FL (1995) SYSOP | Dan Hunt --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-748-2898 | Realm of the Dark Lord BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1996-1999) SYSOP | Don Gardner SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-748-5380 | R.B. Enter., R.B. Enterprises | BRADENTON, FL (1991-1996) SYSOP | Bob Brenner SOFTWARE | QuickBBS , RemoteAccess --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-749-5565 | Baldeagle BBS, The Baldeagle BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1994-1999) SYSOP | Alfred Morin SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-753-3461 | Realm of the Dark Lord BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1999) SYSOP | Don Gardner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-753-4458 | Hi-Flite BBS, USS Enterprise EBBS | BRADENTON, FL (1995-1998) SYSOP | Dan Hunt, Jim Kirk --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-753-5461 | BBShare!! | BRADENTON, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Kevin Pulford --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-753-6893 | Satan's Lair | Bradenton, FL (1995-1999) SYSOP | neuralfraud (aka: lucifer) SOFTWARE | Renegade, Iniquity COMMENTS | "This BBS was my introduction to the world of social | networking, before it was called social networking. It | changed many times throughout the relatively short | lifespan and I finally called it quits after it became | apparent that the mainstream internet had superseded | BBS's. In that time I came to know many people - some of | which are close friends to this day (2013). Shout to my | good friend mental who showed me what a BBS was - running | on a "cluster" of commodore 64 "servers" - the Starbase | BBS (sysop: Scotty) And thanks to Aneurysm (Damage Inc) | for the shoutout! " - Neuralfraud --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-754-1062 | S W Florida Coast Net | FORT MYERS, FL (1996) SYSOP | Peter Scarpulla --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-756-0487 | Realm of the Dark Lord BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1998) SYSOP | Don Gardner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-756-4861 | Damage Inc. | Bradenton, Florida (1988-1992) SYSOP | Aneurysm (Jason Chaplinsky) SOFTWARE | Renegade COMMENTS | "I ran this BBS in my early childhood. It was a great | BBS. I worked really hard to make it what it was. Not | to many people were allowed on my BBS because it was | underground. I started an art group called Damage. I | worked primarilly in ASCII, but a sysOp I knew named | Lucifer, used to make some killer ANSI pictures. We | started the group, and by the time I shut down my BBS, I | had about 12 members of the Damage art group. I | sometimes look at all the old art packages, and | contimplate on the past. There was an old group back | then names Ice. We used to try to make packages that | could compete with them. Those days were the good old | days." - Aneurysm (Jason Chaplinsky) --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-756-6339 | Realm of the Dark Lord BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1996-1998) SYSOP | Don Gardner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-756-7550 | The Free Enterprise BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1995-1997) SYSOP | John Torpey --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-758-4473 | Hi-Flite II | BRADENTON, FL (1995) SYSOP | Dan Hunt --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-763-4195 | Starving Programmers BBS, Starving Programmers' BBS | OKEECHOBEE, FL (1994-1997) SYSOP | Ty Byrn SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-764-1062 | S W Florida Coast Net, Town Cryier BBS, Towne Cryier BBS | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1993-1997) SYSOP | Peter Scarpulla --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-764-9845 | Dark Shadows BBS, LEC Port Charlotte FL, NEC Port | Charlotte FL Interim NEC, The Dark Shadows | BBS Fl | Port Charlotte, FL (1997-1998) SYSOP | Torin Ryder, Torin Ryder (nick Sleeper) SOFTWARE | RemoteAccess COMMENTS | "Started the bbs as a hobby, and it eventually grew into | a full time job maintaining filebases, messagebases, and | all the games. All in all it was a GREAT experience and | would never trade it for anything in the world. BBS's are | almost a thing of the past, very few still operate. If it | is not too late, I suggest logging into a BBS and | experience a little history :)" - Torin Ryder --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-766-0146 | Pauline's Place | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1996) SYSOP | Pauline Culver --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-766-1395 | LEC Port Charlotte FL, Sarah's Place | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1994-1998) SYSOP | Jay Galvin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-766-1502 | Clingon Empire, Northport HUB | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1996) SYSOP | Ben Clinger --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-766-9368 | INNUENDO BBS | PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (1996-1999) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-772-2625 | The Beach Board | NORTH CAPE CORA, FL (1996) SYSOP | Dave Ward --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-772-7981 | All God's People BBS | NORTH CAPE CORA, FL (1997) SYSOP | Charles Wyatt --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-772-9316 | Night Owl | NORTH CAPE CORA, FL (1996-1999) SYSOP | Mathew Notte SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-772-9854 | The Beach Board MO/FAX | NORTH CAPE CORA, FL (1996) SYSOP | Dave Ward --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-773-3461 | Realm of the Dark Lord BBS | WAUCHULA, FL (1998) SYSOP | Don Gardner --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-775-1776 | Metropolis, The Metropolis BBS | NAPLES, FL (1992-1995) SYSOP | Dave Goldstein --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-778-4648 | Thumpin 'n' Bumpin | BRADENTON, FL (1995) SYSOP | Cliff Roman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-795-1677 | Magic Dust BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1996) SYSOP | Cj Norris --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-795-2793 | Premier BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1992-1996) SYSOP | Dan Cioffi SOFTWARE | RBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-795-5143 | The Dark Cemetary | BRADENTON, FL (1996) SYSOP | Ronald Craig --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-795-5317 | Logos, Microcosm BBS | BRADENTON, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Bruce Neufeld --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-853-9394 | ENIAC Prof Sys | LAKELAND, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | John Lucas SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-859-7019 | E-Z BBS, The EZ BBS | LAKELAND, FL (1993-1995) SYSOP | Ed Kellermann --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-859-9538 | Fun Time Bbs | LAKELAND, FL (1995) SYSOP | Charlie Bulter --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-922-1018 | RCA (Real Computer Animals) | Sarasota, FL (1995-1998) SYSOP | Nighthawk (Tony Z) SOFTWARE | Renegade --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-922-4125 | Island Central, Island Central BBS | SARASOTA, FL (1991-1996) SYSOP | Steve Ahnen --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-923-8730 | Planet 3 | SARASOTA, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | John Hasemeier --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-924-8243 | Seven Crows BBS | SARASOTA, FL (1996) SYSOP | Fleet Senseman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-925-8585 | DOWN Virtual Paradise, Virtual Paradise | SARASOTA, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Burt Wizeman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-936-2253 | One Particular Harbor | FORT MYERS, FL (1995) SYSOP | Jeff Cochran --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-936-3450 | Crystal Clear BBS, The Crystal Clear BBS | FORT MYERS, FL (1992-1995) SYSOP | Jim Simpson --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-936-9390 | astro.net MAIL, CSPI-ONE, Kuntry Kubbard, Southern | Sobhrach, Southern Sobhrach I, SW Florida | Coast Net, The On Ramp | FORT MYERS, FL (1994-1996) SYSOP | Thomas Kinnen, Dan Lima, Jean Prophet --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-939-1760 | Cyberspace 2000 | FORT MYERS, FL (1995) SYSOP | Don Sausa --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-939-3009 | ASTRO.net, AstroBBS, Margaritaville, The On Ramp, USA | Computers BBS | FORT MYERS, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | Tom Kinnen, Randy Sherwyn, Jeff Cochran SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-939-3394 | ar6honRAINBOW (REC18), archon RAINBOW, archonRAINBOW, | archonRAINBOW (REC18), EGGNET, Reg 18 | EchoCoord, SW Florida Coast Net | FORT MYERS, FL (1988-1995) SYSOP | David Corthell, Dave Corthell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-939-3651 | Gem Electronics | FORT MYERS, FL (1996) SYSOP | Robert Melton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-939-7780 | astro.net BBS, AstroBBS | FORT MYERS, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Jeff Cochran, Randy Sherwyn --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-953-5505 | Suncoast City BBS | SARASOTA, FL (1991-1998) SYSOP | Charles Dittell, Chas Dittell SOFTWARE | QuickBBS , RA --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-953-9150 | Seven Crows BBS | SARASOTA, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Fleet Senseman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-954-1902 | FireQuest BBS | SARASOTA, FL (1998-1999) SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-954-3282 | Southeast Data, Southeast Data Link | SARASOTA, FL (1993-1996) SYSOP | Jim Studebaker --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-954-4816 | CBoard BBS | SARASOTA, FL (1993-1998) SYSOP | Charles Dittell --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-955-5956 | The Sounding Board | SARASOTA, FL (1995-1996) SYSOP | Bob Alger --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-955-7138 | The Dream Weaver | SARASOTA, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | Rhonda Caron --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-955-7862 | NEC, Sarasota HUB, The Four Winds | SARASOTA, FL (1992-1995) SYSOP | Rick Lesinszki, R Lesinszki --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-964-3299 | Concord Sentinel BBS | BOCA GRAND, FL (1996) SYSOP | Wayne Steinard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-965-0058 | Belial Den | (1996) SYSOP | John Kerley --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-965-1181 | GameMaster ][ | (1995) SYSOP | Billy Batton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-966-7439 | The Clone 9 BBS | VENICE, FL (1994-1995) SYSOP | Ben Kennard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-966-7638 | The Florida Cracker | VENICE, FL (1993-1997) SYSOP | Donald Keen --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-967-8543 | Central Florida Net, Daley's Place, DALEY'S PLACE BBS, | Polk Net, PolkNet Central Hub, PolkNet | west Hub | (1993-2000) SYSOP | Dale Woodard, Dale Woodard NC & NEC, Dale Woodard NEC SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 941-984-3299 | Concord Sentinel BBS | POLK CITY, FL (1996) SYSOP | Wayne Steinard --------------+-----------------------------------------------------------