Historical List of BBSes in the 978 Area Code --------------------------------------------- Created by TEXTFILES.COM From Many Sources 978-256-4190 | Club M.O.L.E. , Club Mole | LOWELL, MA (1997-2002) SYSOP | Brian Fisher SOFTWARE | TriBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-342-4985 | REAL-TIME BBS | FITCHBURG, MA (1983-1997) SYSOP | Sam Gudgel --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-356-1166 | Nordic EDMS, Nordic Enterprises EDMS | IPSWICH, MA (1995-1998) SYSOP | Dr. David K. Patterson SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-356-1609 | The Cheshire BBS | Ipswich, MA (1989-1997) SYSOP | J Eric Josephson, J. Eric Josephson SOFTWARE | RemoteAccess --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-356-2469 | Firefly, The Fire Fly BBS | IPSWICH, MA (1989-1997) SYSOP | Richard Alfoni --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-454-0356 | Space Station, The Space Station | LOWELL, MA (1991-1998) SYSOP | David Smart --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-454-3864 | 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 | LOWELL, MA (1989-2000) SYSOP | Dave Layte, David Layte SOFTWARE | RemoteAccess --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-521-1223 | Castle Connection, My Private World | Haverhill, MA (1993-2003) SYSOP | Bruce Morse, John McNally --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-521-6936 | Dream Line BBS, DreamLine BBS | Haverhill, MA (1991-1994) SYSOP | Ross Tracy SOFTWARE | QuickBBS, RandomAccess COMMENTS | "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 | LITS/2, Lost in the SuperMarket/2 | PEABODY, MA (1983-1998) SYSOP | J Marrs --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-531-8416 | Lost in the SuperMarket, MassNet East | PEABODY, MA (1990-2000) SYSOP | Jim Marrs --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-532-8558 | New England Industrial Link | PEABODY, MA (1998-2000) SYSOP | Steve Koberski --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-534-0313 | Vidiots Lair | Leominster, Ma (1994-2003) SYSOP | Mike Olsen SOFTWARE | GAP BBS COMMENTS | "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 | The Way of Life | LEOMINSTER, MA (1983-1997) SYSOP | Vincent Spingola --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-544-8337 | Locks Hill BBS, MassNet West | Wendell, MA (1983-2004) SYSOP | Robert Heller, R Heller SOFTWARE | Script evolved from 1bbs, ifcico under Linux COMMENTS | "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) SYSOP | Rich Ringer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-640-1470 | The "Q" Continuum, The Q Continuum | LOWELL, MA (1983-1997) SYSOP | Andrew Quinzani --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-667-5262 | Witches Brew | BILLERICA, MA (1995-1998) SYSOP | Ruth Schaffer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-682-0133 | Black Market, BlakMarket, The Black Market, The | BlackMarket BBS | Methuen, MA (1987-1995) SYSOP | Jim Black SOFTWARE | RemoteAccess COMMENTS | "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 | MVUG | LAWRENCE, MA (1994-1997) SYSOP | Rick Gacioch, John Feole --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-740-0047 | Com One, Massnet East SAD SAC SOC HQ | SALEM, MA (1995-1998) SYSOP | Dave Wurth --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-741-7589 | Pony's Corral/VETLink #110 | SALEM, MA (1997-1998) SYSOP | Rich Ringer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-744-9675 | The Headworks | Salem, MA (1991-1995) SYSOP | Jim Plummer SOFTWARE | VBBS --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-745-1689 | Massnet East, The Witch City BBS, Witch Cityb BBS | Salem, MA (1988-1998) SYSOP | Dan Devoe, Danny Devoe SOFTWARE | RemoteAccess COMMENTS | "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 | Massnet East NEC, Net 330 EchoMail Coordinator, PandA's | Den BBS, SATINS UUCP Gateway | DANVERS, MA (1993-1998) SYSOP | Patrick Rosenheim, panda@pandabbs.com SOFTWARE | PCBoard --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-777-6009 | Massnet East NEC, PandA's Den BBS, SATINS E. Mass. Super | Server | DANVERS, MA (1997-1998) SYSOP | Patrick Rosenheim --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-794-0762 | As Easy As & Draft Choice, TRIUS Inc, TRIUS Tech Support, | Trius Technical Support, Trius, Inc. | LAWRENCE, MA (1991-1999) SYSOP | David Leonard, Shaun Thornhill --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-822-2586 | Back To The Future | (2017) SOFTWARE | X/84 COMMENTS | 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 | Massnet East, Metro Boston & North Shore, Witch City | SALEM, MA (1996-1998) SYSOP | Dan Devoe --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-937-5246 | Witches Brew | LOWELL, MA (1998) SYSOP | Ruth Schaffer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-957-9084 | Orion BBS | LOWELL, MA (1998) SYSOP | Orville Deutchman --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-969-3059 | Pony's Corral BBS, thecorral.tzo.com | LOWELL, MA (1999-2000) SYSOP | Rich Ringer --------------+----------------------------------------------------------- 978-970-0064 | Orion BBS | LOWELL, MA (1995-1997) SYSOP | Orville Deutchman --------------+-----------------------------------------------------------