List of BBSes

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[edit] Notable BBSes

  • Forum 80, based in Kingston upon Hull, the UK's first BBS, started in 1980.
  • Monochrome, a UK based BBS, begun in 1990, still in operation.
  • OSUNY, legendary old-school hack/phreak BBS from the 1980s.
  • Demon Roach Underground, a popular hacker BBS and former home of the CULT OF THE DEAD COW.
  • ISCABBS, the largest worldwide BBS located at the University of Iowa.
  • Rusty n Edie's BBS, raided by the FBI in 1993 and sued by Playboy in 1997.
  • Freelancin'_Roundtable, a custom-written chat-only system.
  • Ptt, the largest BBS in Taiwan.
  • Purple Ocean, one of the largest North American Gaming BBS's of in the mid 1980s.
  • ExecPC BBS, America's largest dial-up BBS through the late 80's.
  • SF Net, a popular BBS in San Francisco, which featured coin-operated terminals in many cafes and bars throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • SMTH BBS The largest BBS in China, hosted by Tsinghua University
  • [!a]braxas/diabolic The largest art and BBS modification-related BBS in the United States. Online headquarters for over 20 computer art and bulletin board system modification groups.
  • TRON - Toms River Online, a popular BBS run by high school students in Toms River, NJ.
  • StarDoc 134. a Dos/Linux hybrid test BBS. Running modified ELEBBS software.
  • The Board Of Oblivion, SysOp David D Stanton was only 9 Years Old when the BBS was formed, making him one of the youngest SysOps on record.
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