978 Area Code BBSes Through History

MAP OF THE 978 AREA CODE
978-256-4190
LOWELL, MA
Club M.O.L.E. , Club Mole
(1997-2002)
Brian FisherTriBBS
978-342-4985
FITCHBURG, MA
REAL-TIME BBS
(1983-1997)
Sam Gudgel
978-356-1166
IPSWICH, MA
Nordic EDMS, Nordic Enterprises EDMS
(1995-1998)
Dr. David K. PattersonPCBoard
978-356-1609
Ipswich, MA
The Cheshire BBS
(1989-1997)
J Eric Josephson, J. Eric JosephsonRemoteAccess
978-356-2469
IPSWICH, MA
Firefly, The Fire Fly BBS
(1989-1997)
Richard Alfoni
978-454-0356
LOWELL, MA
Space Station, The Space Station
(1991-1998)
David Smart
978-454-3864
LOWELL, MA
Dave's MAX!, Dave's MAX/2!, Dave's RA!, Daves Opus, Daves RA!, Lowell Hub, MassNet NE Coord, MassNet NE HUB 200, Net 324 Echo Coord, Net324 UUCP Gateway
(1989-2000)
Dave Layte, David LayteRemoteAccess
978-521-1223
Haverhill, MA
Castle Connection, My Private World
(1993-2003)
Bruce Morse, John McNally
978-521-6936
Haverhill, MA
Dream Line BBS, DreamLine BBS
(1991-1994)
Ross TracyQuickBBS, RandomAccess
"I ran across this site somehow (not sure exactly, I was looking up information on Andrew Milner's RA sale, etc.) and figured I'd update you ;) I used to write a lot of ANSI based games for RA, QBBS, RBBS, Wildcat, etc. TriCards, Card Match, Hangman, Pyramid, etc. All in Pascal with DORINFO1.DEF access (LOL I can't believe I remember this!!)" - Ross Tracy
978-531-0798
PEABODY, MA
LITS/2, Lost in the SuperMarket/2
(1983-1998)
J Marrs
978-531-8416
PEABODY, MA
Lost in the SuperMarket, MassNet East
(1990-2000)
Jim Marrs
978-532-8558
PEABODY, MA
New England Industrial Link
(1998-2000)
Steve Koberski
978-534-0313
Leominster, Ma
Vidiots Lair
(1994-2003)
Mike OlsenGAP BBS
"I started Vidiot's Lair BBS in 1994 originally located at Fort Devens, MA (near Ayer). When Fort Devens closed in 1996 it was moved to Leominster, MA. The BBS was shut down around the beginning of 2001. It ran on GAP BBS software. It had a decent sized file download library stored on a couple of CD changers that could be loaded with 6 CDs each and a number of Fidonet message forums, but the most popular activity for users was playing the online DOORS games such as Barren Realms Elite in multiple leagues with many other BBSes. I'm sure it was still listed in the Fidonet node list for some time after I shut the system down. With so many other BBSes shutting down at that time I didn't know anyone who was left to notify to remove the listing." - Mike Olsen
978-537-4118
LEOMINSTER, MA
The Way of Life
(1983-1997)
Vincent Spingola
978-544-8337
Wendell, MA
Locks Hill BBS, MassNet West
(1983-2004)
Robert Heller, R HellerScript evolved from 1bbs, ifcico under Linux
"This BBS is *still* up with a 2400 BPS modem. Locks Hill BBS is presently the Net Host for Fidonet Net #321 in region 16. It is the only functioning FidoNet BBS in Franklin County. Running on a K6-500 machine running RedHat Linux 7.3. " - Bob Heller
978-555-1213
thecorral.tzo.com
(2000)
Rich Ringer
978-640-1470
LOWELL, MA
The "Q" Continuum, The Q Continuum
(1983-1997)
Andrew Quinzani
978-667-5262
BILLERICA, MA
Witches Brew
(1995-1998)
Ruth Schaffer
978-682-0133
Methuen, MA
Black Market, BlakMarket, The Black Market, The BlackMarket BBS
(1987-1995)
Jim BlackRemoteAccess
"87-89 used QuickBBS 89-95 Switched to RemoteAccess BBS and became a member of Fidonet 95 System hard drive crashed - backup could not be found. Blackmarket BBS was the home of many useful QuickBBS/Remote Access utilities including QFE (QuickBBS File Editor)" - Jim Black
978-682-6263
LAWRENCE, MA
MVUG
(1994-1997)
Rick Gacioch, John Feole
978-740-0047
SALEM, MA
Com One, Massnet East SAD SAC SOC HQ
(1995-1998)
Dave Wurth
978-741-7589
SALEM, MA
Pony's Corral/VETLink #110
(1997-1998)
Rich Ringer
978-744-9675
Salem, MA
The Headworks
(1991-1995)
Jim PlummerVBBS
978-745-1689
Salem, MA
Massnet East, The Witch City BBS, Witch Cityb BBS
(1988-1998)
Dan Devoe, Danny DevoeRemoteAccess
"Started on a C-128 using EBBS. Moved to a PC-based (XT) version of EBBS in 1990 before upgrading to a 486-based PC running RemoteAccess in 1993." - Dan Devoe
978-750-0250
DANVERS, MA
Massnet East NEC, Net 330 EchoMail Coordinator, PandA's Den BBS, SATINS UUCP Gateway
(1993-1998)
Patrick Rosenheim, panda@pandabbs.comPCBoard
978-777-6009
DANVERS, MA
Massnet East NEC, PandA's Den BBS, SATINS E. Mass. Super Server
(1997-1998)
Patrick Rosenheim
978-794-0762
LAWRENCE, MA
As Easy As & Draft Choice, TRIUS Inc, TRIUS Tech Support, Trius Technical Support, Trius, Inc.
(1991-1999)
David Leonard, Shaun Thornhill
978-822-2586
Back To The Future
(2017)
X/84
BBSes are a return to the past, just like our favorite time travel movie. BTTTFBBS is a playground for Linux and Python experiments. Features a dial-out modem (call out to dial-up BBSes or information services), some local and networked games, and whatever features the sysop feels like developing.
978-825-0238
SALEM, MA
Massnet East, Metro Boston & North Shore, Witch City
(1996-1998)
Dan Devoe
978-937-5246
LOWELL, MA
Witches Brew
(1998)
Ruth Schaffer
978-957-9084
LOWELL, MA
Orion BBS
(1998)
Orville Deutchman
978-969-3059
LOWELL, MA
Pony's Corral BBS, thecorral.tzo.com
(1999-2000)
Rich Ringer
978-970-0064
LOWELL, MA
Orion BBS
(1995-1997)
Orville Deutchman
32 Sysops currently listed.
33 BBSes Listed.