Historical List of BBSes in the 973 Area Code --------------------------------------------- Created by TEXTFILES.COM From Many Sources 973-239-1484 | "Essex/Passaic", "The VIC BBS", Essex/Passaic, The VIC | BBS, Vic | MONTCLAIR, NJ (1991-2000) SYSOP | Paul Yurga SOFTWARE | Telegard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-256-6146 | BOX 777 BBS, The BOX 777 BBS, The Firehouse BBS | LITTLE FALLS, NJ (1994-1997) SYSOP | Rich Perry SOFTWARE | QuickBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-267-2194 | The Amityville BBS | Morris Plains, NJ (1986-1988) SYSOP | George SOFTWARE | Kid & Co. BBS Software (Custom) COMMENTS | "I ran this BBS from the years 1986 through 1988 on an | Apple II+, Thunderclock+, AppleCat 1200 baud modem, and a | FCP Sider 10 Meg Hard Drive. Thanks - interesting site | that brings back memories!" - George --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-284-1952 | The ChatterBox BBS | Nutley, NJ (1995-2002) SYSOP | Tim Pendleton --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-338-5265 | GoldenDane, The Golden Dane BBS, The Golden*Dane BBS | NUTLEY, NJ (1980-1997) SYSOP | Max Bruhn SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-340-4881 | funpaper.nettrip.net, TFP Node 3, The Cat's Meow-TFP/3, | The Cat's Meow: TFP/3, The Funny Papers/2 | Lodi, NJ (1995-2002) SYSOP | Jim McLaughlin, Junior McLaughlin, Gail McLaughlin, JJ | McLaughlin --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-366-1955 | Skylands BBS | DOVER, NJ (1980-1997) SYSOP | Perry Jones, Wharton NJ SOFTWARE | Wildcat --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-398-8559 | Area 51@fidonet, Delta Computers, Delta Computers , | Net2606 Echomail Coordinator, SouthWest | Hub, Temporary Hub | HOPATCONG, NJ (1993-1997) SYSOP | Sean Aldrich SOFTWARE | FidoNet, Excelsior --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-399-4772 | Eastern New Jersey Net, EchoLink #13, Essex County Hub, | Essex County NJ HUB, Hub 200 EchoMail | Coordinator, Hub 900 Echo/File | Distributor, Hub 900 Echomail Dude #2, Hub | 900 Help Desk, Innovative Solutions | Online, Net 107 EchoMail Coord (NEC), Net | 107 Tech Ops. (NTO), Net 2630 Help Desk, | Ogate/NEC, The T.E.R.N. BBS | NEWARK, NJ (1993-2000) SYSOP | Scott Drake, Ogate/NEC SOFTWARE | QuickBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-471-1832 | Nickalf's Kastle, Nickalfs Kastle , Nickalfs' Kastle, | Wisardon's Kastle | PASSAIC, NJ (1991-2002) SYSOP | Nickalf Grey, Nickalf Barter SOFTWARE | WWIV --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-478-8476 | Assistant REC - Mid Atlantic, Echomail Link #1, Echomail | Link #5, N2604C, Net 2604 Coordinator, | NorthEast HUB, NorthEast NJ HUB, Regional | Mail Gate, South Bergen NJ HUB, Southwest | Bergen NJ HUB, The Cat's Meow-TFP/3, The | Dx Connection BBS, The Funny Papers Node | 1, The Funny Papers-Internet I-III, The | Funny Papers/2 | Lodi, NJ (1980-2002) SYSOP | Jim McLaughlin, Junior McLaughlin, J McLaughlin, | , Cosimo DelRosso SOFTWARE | Maximus --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-593-9035 | Crypt BBS, The CryptNet, The CryptNet BBS | MADISON, NJ (1980-1997) SYSOP | Steve Brock SOFTWARE | T.A.G. --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-601-0251 | Harry's Place | HOPATCONG, NJ (2002-2003) SYSOP | Alan Boritz --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-625-5984 | Fortune Inc. | ROCKAWAY, NJ (1997-1998) SYSOP | Gavin Spector --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-628-0837 | CyberNet BBS | MOUNTAIN VIEW, NJ (1997) SYSOP | David De Coons --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-633-0606 | The Hard Drive Cafe BBS | MOUNTAIN VIEW, NJ (1996-1997) SYSOP | Scott Amabile SOFTWARE | TheBreadBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-661-1686 | Paradise Lost | NUTLEY, NJ (1994-1998) SYSOP | Tom Scioscia SOFTWARE | VB --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-667-2504 | Connection-80 Nutley, Nutley BBS , Nutley N.J. BBS | NUTLEY, NJ (1985-2002) SYSOP | Cliff Amlung, Cliff Amlung/Ed O'Rourke SOFTWARE | PCBoard, PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-667-5800 | +Instantlink Internet Access, ShadowNet | Nutley , NJ (1980-1998) SYSOP | Jerry Mascari SOFTWARE | Unknown , TBBS, Excalibur --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-669-3308 | Dmaster's Den | WEST ORANGE, NJ (1996-2000) SYSOP | Alan Freidberg --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-731-7359 | The Global War BBS | WEST ORANGE, NJ (1995-2000) SYSOP | Steve Esbay --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-751-5066 | Idiosyncrasies | Belleville, NJ (1988-1997) SYSOP | Terry - SHEOP SOFTWARE | TAG COMMENTS | "Fidonet node, Safenet and Policenet. Home of the | Starlight Cafe Storyboard. Spawned a hand coded editor | called TEDIT written by William (Spock) Baker (sysop of | NCC1701 in West Orange. I still have the old release | notes for it!" - Terry --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-759-0340 | Net 107 Policy Coord, Simplicity, The Simplicity BBS | BELLEVILLE, NJ (1991-1997) SYSOP | Paul Harney SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-765-0164 | Pick's Place | MADISON, NJ (1992-2000) SYSOP | Greg Pickering SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-765-9090 | Afterimage Information Matrix, AudioNet BBS, Dreamline | MADISON, NJ (1991-2002) SYSOP | Anthony Stramaglia, A. Stramaglia SOFTWARE | MajorBBS, MajorBBS , TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-812-8479 | Quiddity | LITTLE FALLS, NJ (1980-1997) SYSOP | Gerry Busardo --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-822-3658 | Der Strand BBS, Net2605 EchoMail Coordinator, Strand BBS, | The Strand | MADISON, NJ (1985-1999) SYSOP | Gerhard Bartsch SOFTWARE | RemoteAccess , QuickBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-824-2983 | Short Circuit BBS | NEWARK, NJ (1995-1997) SYSOP | Dennis Mursier SOFTWARE | TBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-831-8152 | SailBoard BBS , The Sail Board BBS, The SailBoard BBS | RIVERDALE, NJ (1986-2004) SYSOP | Jeff Sumberg, Rick Jerothe, Jerothe/Sumberg SOFTWARE | PCBoard, PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-831-9562 | Lakeland Tech BBS, The WALL! | RIVERDALE, NJ (1980-2000) SYSOP | J Kershaw, Jamie Kershaw SOFTWARE | ProBoardBS , RemoteAccess, Remote Access --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-884-5920 | Compucon | WHIPPANY, NJ (1994-1997) SYSOP | Richard Taft SOFTWARE | RBBS, RBBS-PC --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-917-5544 | The Jungle Online | BOONTON, NJ (2001-2004) SYSOP | Marc Frega SOFTWARE | MajorBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-948-0052 | X NC | BRANCHVILLE, NJ (1995-1997) SYSOP | Mike Brandt --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-948-3428 | New Jersey Fidonet 2606, New Jersey Fidonet 269, Poison | Pete's | BRANCHVILLE, NJ (1990-1997) SYSOP | Mike Brandt SOFTWARE | FidoNet, QuickBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-966-8919 | Essex/Morris, Essex/Passaic temp, Hub Being Eliminated, | Northern & Central NJ, The Porch | MADISON, NJ (1994-2000) SYSOP | Bill Northrup SOFTWARE | RemoteAccess --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-983-8640 | L.I.N.K.S. | ROCKAWAY, NJ (1994-1997) SYSOP | Greg Hetman SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 973-984-5555 | Atrium Way RBBS-PC, Bob's Computer, GSN East Hub, Morris | County and Beyond, Morris County and | South, Morris County and the World, Morris | County EAST, Morris County Hub, Morris | County W, Morris County West, North Pole | BBS, SouthWest Hub, West Morris County | Plus | Morris Plains, NJ (1988-2001) SYSOP | Bob Moravsik, B Moravsik, Santa Claus SOFTWARE | RBBS, RBBS-PC --------------+-----------------------------------------------------------