BBSLIST800 (tm) Toll-Free Listing Of Bulletin Board Systems * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Copyright (C) 1993 Michael Long. * All Rights Reserved Except Right Of Distribution In Original Unaltered Form. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Legal Disclaimer And Statement Of Terms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This listing may be freely distributed as long as the contents of this list are not altered. Any alteration of the text of this listing constitutes a direct violation of United States Copyright Laws. The text format of this listing may be altered as in converting it to an application document such as Pagemaker, MS Works, etc. No copying or other fee may be charged for the distribution of this listing. 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November 1993 (Updated Monthly) Version ..................................ASCII Versions Available This Month ............ASCII This Copy Originated At Distributor BBSLIST800 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BBSLIST800 Staff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BBSLIST800 by BBSLIST800 Online Lists (BBSLIST800 Division) A Non-Profit Volunteer Group Of Readers And Sysops Across North America NAME CODENAME POSITION Matt Anderson Manderson Coorespondence Dustin Baker n/a Editing Matthew Barton n/a Verifying Glen Goldsmith Glen Coorespondence Robert Graham Shadow Editing Don Harris Ice Support System Sysop (Inner Realm) Joshua Heath Joshua Editing Dennis Kriesel D.K. Coorespondence Ricky Lacy Main Distribution Site Sysop (Hayes Online) Amanda Moore Lessa Verifying Robert Moore Shadowwalker Verifying Shane Petty n/a Verifying Carl Rice Sysop BBSLIST800 Com. Site (E-Box) Sysop Bill Taylor n/a Support System Sysop (Fort Mill Tabby) Christian Taylor n/a BBSLIST800 Submission System Programming John Vogel n/a BBSLIST800term And Executable Programming Stephen Westover Stephen Verifying ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BBSLIST800 Staff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Users and sysops who are official distributors of BBSLIST800... Don Harris = Inner Realm = Fort Mill, SC USA = (803) 547-1137 = Tyler Gunn = QuadraNet = Winnipeg, MN Canada = (204) 654-4768 = Glen Hazen = Online Shopping = = (316) 754-3996 = = Idiot Box = Hemet-Sage, CA USA = See Entry [#04] = Ricky Lacy = Hayes Online = Norcross, GA USA = See Entry [#07] = Ken Peters = Check = Alymer, ON Canada = (519) 765-3765 = Bill Ransom = Missing In Act. = Ottawa, KS USA = (913) 242-0420 = Carl Rice = E-Box = El Paso, TX USA = See Entry [#02] = Jonathan Strauss = QuadraNet = Winnipeg, MN Canada = (204) 654-4768 = Bill Taylor = Fort Mill Tabby = Fort Mill, SC USA = (803) 548-0900 = Christian Taylor = Party Palace = Kentville, NS Canada = (902) 679-1218 = Robert Todd = LakeSide BBS = Collinsville, MS USA = = John Watson = Fort Apache = Lufkin, TX USA = (409) 637-7115 = Sam Wood = = = = ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- User Groups Distributing BBSLIST800 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- User groups and computer clubs who distribute BBSLIST800... Pee Dee Computer Club of South Carolina USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributors (Past And Present) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Al Alger, Jim Bates, Adam Donahue, George Goode ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- News ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to BBSLIST800 Update 33! Changes are as follows: Special thanks to E-Box Email Service for providing communication areas for BBSLIST800 and to Online With Hayes for providing national distribution as well as others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Directory Of Systems Listed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [#01] $ E-Box [#12] CompuServe Access !#02! $ Pyscho Lab Network $ [#13] NovaLink [#03] $ Idiot Box RBBS-PC [#14] WTIE [#04] $ ActionNET [#15] ASIC [#05] M-Link [#16] DWIE [#06] Online With Hayes !#17! Window on State Government [#07] Penny Wise Shopping Service [#18] SBA Online [#08] $ GEnie Network $ [#19] BIX [#09] $ Delphi Network $ [#20] Starship ][ [#10] OERI [#11] $ Color Weatherbrief $ Indicates Subscription System ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Symbol Identification ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All numbers have settings 8N1 and are 24 hours unless otherwise stated. $ Before number means Subscription System. + Indicates system works in Canada. - Indicates system does not work in Canada. ? Indicates it is unknown if the system works in Canada or not. !##! Indicates new system. [##] Indicates old system. =============================================================================== + $ !#02! TYPE NAME.............Psycho Lab Network NUMBERS..........1 800 577-9246 (5-PSYCHO) 1-614-635-4129 Line 1 BAUDS............2400 - 14.4 NODES............1 (Number 2 coming in 2-4 weeks) HARDWARE.........Amiga 2000 - US Robotics HST 14.4 FILES............100 MEGS FEES.............$20.00 yearly (Payable to William Schroeder) FEATURES.........UUCP Usenet connction / Message Bases / Amiga and Adult Files 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. SYSOP............Guru MAILING ADDRESS..Teleport Communications 631 South Zane Highway Martins Ferry, OH 43935 + $ [#03] TYPE NAME.............The Idiot Box RBBS-PC NUMBERS..........1-800-535-1997 (909) 767-2591 (714) 767-2591 (619) 239-0843 BAUDS............1200 - 16.8 (U.S. Robotics Dual Standard) ONLINE SINCE.....January 1, 1989 (Toll-Free Since August 1, 1989) LOCATION.........Hemet-Sage, CA USA HARDWARE.........Ultra 486-50, 3.4 gig hd, 660 meg cdrom SOFTWARE.........RBBS-PC v17.4A FILES............Approximately 16,000 FEES.............$25 quarterly NETWORKS.........Fidonet <1:207/703> <1:207/700> RBBSNet <8:902/2> <8:911/700> <8:911/703> FEATURES.........Fidonet and RBBSNet Message Conferences / Email / CDROM Files / Online Games / And Much More! VOICE SUPPORT....(714) 767-2276 (10:00am - 9:00pm PST) MAILING ADDRESS..IDIOT BOX RBBS-PC PO BOX 1683 SAN JACINTO CA 92581 SPECIAL..........MSDOS Beta Test Site / RBBS-PC Beta Test Site Official BBSLIST800 Distribution Site + $ [#04] TYPE NAME.............Worldlink's ActionNET NUMBER...........1-800-827-2835 SYSOP............William K. Ryan LOCATION.........Bristol, PA USA HARDWARE.........386 33mhz, 2 floppy disk drives, VGA display card, 170 mb hd, MSDOS v6.0 SOFTWARE.........The Major BBS by Galaticomm NODES............4 (All 14.4 speeds) FEES.............Listed Online FEATURES.........Greenpeace Information / Forums / Amnesty International Information Center / Electronic Shopping / Files / Email / Send Faxes / Central America Information PURPOSE..........An Electronic Mail and Information Board for Grassroots Organizations and Activists. SUMMARY..........Electronic Mail Information Center Dedicated to Positive Social Change VOICE SUPPORT....1-800-827-2830 FAX..............1-800-827-2833 MAILING ADDRESS..WORLDLINK NORTH AMERICA INC PO BOX 1484 LEVITTOWN PA 19058-1484 + [#05] TYPE NAME.............M-Link NUMBER...........1-800-2-LINKUP [1-800-254-6587] BAUDS............Up to 14.4 bps LOCATION.........New York, NY USA SOFTWARE.........Cnet for Amiga NODES............1 FEES.............None - Donations Accepted FEATURES.........FREE internet/usenet access / Large file and message areas / online games area / Private email NEW USERS........Voice Verification + [#06] TYPE NAME.............Online With Hayes NUMBERS..........1-800-US-HAYES [1-800-874-2937] (404) HI-MODEM [(404) 446-6336] Norcross Calling Area OTHER NUMBERS....(404) 729-6525 ISDN Users +44 (252) 775599 Europe +852 887 7590 Asia LOCATION.........Norcross, GA USA SOFTWARE.........TBBS 2.2 (The Bread Board System) by Philip Becker of eSoft Distributed by eSoft SYSOP............Ricky Lacy NODES............16 HARDWARE.........IBM 386/25, two 8-port DIGIBoards, 16 Hayes V-series ULTRA Smartmodem 14400s in two Hayes Rack 1A modem cabinets, 4 meg of EMS RAM, 330 meg 17 msec harddrive. PURPOSE..........Hayes Support (800 node) - Public BBS (404 node) SPONSOR..........Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. COMMENT..........800 Node: Anyone allowed to call including for our list. However, Hayes techinal support is limited to Hayes Owners. 404 Node: Public BBS...Messages, Files, etc. SPECIAL..........Official Distribution Site for BBSLIST800 - [#07] TYPE NAME.............Penny Wise Online Shopping Service NUMBERS..........1-800-752-3012 (301) 699-9171 (D.C. Area) LOCATION.........Washington, DC USA PURPOSE..........To sell discounted office supplies and software SPONSOR..........Penny Wise Office Products FEATURES.........Electronic Catalog / Special Product Galleries / Online Advertising / Online Ordering System VOICE SUPPORT....Customer Service 1-800-942-3311 Customer Service (301) 699-1000 (D.C. Area) + $ [#08] TYPE NAME.............GEnie Network NUMBER...........1-800-638-8369 SETTINGS.........7E1 PURPOSE..........To join GEnie HOW TO JOIN......Type HHH then enter XJM11816,GEnie -or- Type HHH then enter Sign Up FEES.............Please check with GEnie for the current rates. FEATURES.........GEnie offers News / Weather / Sports / Travel Information and reservations / Closing Stock Quotations / Enclyclopedia Online Games / Shopping Servies / Roundtable (tm) Software Libraries / Livewire (tm) Chat Lines / PC Hardware & Software Support / Internet / and much much more! - $ [#09] TYPE NAME.............Delphi Network NUMBER...........1-800-365-4636 PURPOSE..........To join Delphi HOW TO JOIN......Enter JOIN as the password -or- Enter SIGN UP as the password FEES.............Please check with Delphi for the current rates. FEATURES.........Delphi has shopping, airline reservations, research area, SIGS, teleconferencing, and more. - $ [#10] TYPE NAME.............OERI (Office of Educational Research and Improvement) NUMBERS..........1-800-222-4922 (202) 219-1511 (Long Distance) SPONSOR..........United States Department of Education STATUS...........Few lines make this system hard to get into. FEATURES.........Education programs for all grades / Subs of educational interest / Educational info available including reports and statistics DESCRIPTION......Educational BBS NODES............4 lines (Up to 2400 bps) SYSOP............Joyce Benton SOFTWARE.........RBBS-PC v17.4 VOICE SUPPORT....(202) 219-1526 + $ [#11] TYPE NAME.............Color Weatherbrief NUMBER...........1-800-827-2727 (801) 530-3188 (Salt Lake Calling Area) FEES.............Pay to use, must have credit card PURPOSE..........Weather Information, etc. LOCATION.........Salt Lake City, Utah USA HOW TO JOIN......Type LOGON at the main prompt SOFTWARE.........System v5.0 FEATURES.........Online weather forecasts for any city... download radar data. VOICE SUPPORT....(801) 530-3181 (Salt Lake Calling Area) Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm MST MAILING ADDRESS..COLOR WEATHERBRIEF SUITE 315 5 TRIAD CENTER SALT LAKE UT 84180 - $ [#12] TYPE NAME.............CompuServe Access Number Directory NUMBER...........1-800-FIND-CIS (1-800-346-3247) PURPOSE..........To find out your local CompuServe access number SETTINGS.........7E1 HOW TO USE.......Hit Return and then type PHONES + $ [#13] TYPE NAME.............NovaLink (Formerly Digital Dreams Network) NAME.............NovaLink NUMBER...........1-800-937-7644 LOCATION.........Worcester, MA USA SYSOP............Jon Radoff PURPOSE..........Sign Up For NovaLink Or Get Information For NovaLink FEES.............Varies...low hourly rate FEATURES.........Online Role-Playing Games / Chat / Email / Internet / File Areas / Adult Areas SPONSOR..........Inner Circle Technologies, Inc. NEW USERS........Users Must Be Over The Age Of 18 To Subscribe VOICE SUPPORT....(508) 842-2814 or 1-800-274-2814 ADDRESS..........Internet: info@novalink.com - Telnet: novalink.com MAILING ADDRESS..NOVALINK PO BOX 11 SHREWSBURY MA 01545 - [#14] TYPE NAME.............WTIE (Wastewater Treatment Information Exchange) NUMBERS..........1-800-544-1936 (304) 293-3150 PURPOSE..........For discussion of wastewater treatment ONLY SYSOPS...........Loukis Kissonergis and Brad Maust NODES............4 SPONSOR..........National Small Flows Clearinghouse HARDWARE.........Zenith 386sx - 60 MB Harddrive SOFTWARE.........PCBoard by Clark Development (R) v14.5a/10 - EFEB21665248 VOICE SUPPORT....1-800-624-8301 (304) 293-4191 + [#15] TYPE NAME.............ASIC (AT&T STU-]I[ Information Center) NUMBER...........1-800-331-1774 SOFTWARE.........Remote Access v1.01 by Andrew Miller and Richard Brannon of Continental Software SPONSOR..........AT&T NODES............1 (300-2400 Bauds) HARDWARE.........80mb harddrive FEATURES.........Product Support, Prices, Sales PURPOSE..........If you are having problems with AT&T Technologies or want the current price list. VOICE SUPPORT....1-800-243-7883 (Voice Products Information) + [#16] TYPE NAME.............DWIE (Drinking Water Information Exchange) NUMBER...........1-800-932-7459 PURPOSE..........For discussion of drinking water ONLY SPONSOR..........National Drinking Water Clearinghouse SOFTWARE.........PCBoard by Clark Development (R) v15.0/10 (Beta 05-04-93) #KFEC94AACA8C SYSOPS...........Loukis Kissonergis and Brad Maust HARDWARE.........Zenith 386 with 80 mb harddrive VOICE SUPPORT....1-800-624-8301 - !#17! TYPE NAME.............Window on State Government MUMBER...........1-800-227-8392 475-1051 (Austin, TX) LOCATION.........Austin, TX USA FEATURES.........A wide variety of economic and tax information: state spending by category and year, state revenue by source and year / news releases / comptroller job postings / comment mailbox / dialout / bbs list / Texas State Lottery information. SPONSOR..........Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts HARDWARE.........486/50 EISA NewTech Texas, 1 gig hd, Galactibox com port expansion chassis, eight ZyXEL 14.4 bps modems, eight MIC 9600 bps modems, MS-DOS 5.0 SOFTWARE.........The Major BBS NODES............12 (4 14.4 bps 8 9600 bps) VOICE SUPPORT....1-800-531-5441, ext 5-0996 475-0996 (Austin, TX) + [#18] TYPE NAME.............SBA Online NUMBERS..........1-800-859-4636 (To 2400 bps) 1-800-697-4636 (To 9600 bps) SPONSOR..........Unites States Small Business Administration SOFTWARE.........TBBS (The Bread Board System) by Philip Becker of eSoft HARDWARE.........80486 PC, 1/2 gig hd NODES............48 (14 2400 bps and 34 9600 bps) MAINTENANCE......2:50 am EST USERS............Inactive users deleted after 120 days PURPOSE..........To help the small business professional FEATURES.........SBA Information Services / SBA Publications / Business- Related Files / Messages for Business-Related Topics + $ [#19] TYPE NAME.............Byte Information Exchange (BIX) Network NUMBER...........1-800-695-4882 SPONSOR..........General Videotext PURPOSE..........To join BIX FEATURES.........BIX offers full internet access to normal members. Internet Telnet service is offerred as well as special things such as a Windows terminal program called BIXNav. FEES.............Listed Online HOW TO JOIN......Enter BIX as the service, and BIX.INTERNET as the User Name. This will give you 5 hours access for $5 and give you a month to see the service with no obligation from you to join. MAILING ADDRESS..BIX 1030 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 - $ [#20] TYPE NAME.............Starship ][ NUMBERS..........1-800-LOG-INTO [1-800-564-4686] (201) 935-1485 (201) 935-2194 (201) 935-7968 (201) 935-7004 (201) 935-6412 LOCATION.........Lyndhurst, NJ USA NEW USERS........New Users may use the subscriber line if they subscribe. You can also use a local access number. Call voice at 1-800-521-2733 to get a local access number. Then call it and type C STARSHIP. FEES.............Listed Online MAILING ADDRESS..THE STARSHIP ][ 646 6TH AVENUE LYNDHURST NJ 07071 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recognition Of Trademarks And Servicemarks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AT&T is a registered trademark of American Telephone and Telegraph Company. BIX and Byte Information Exchange are trademarks of General Videotext, Inc. CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe Inc./H&R Block Company. DEC and Digital are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. Fidonet is a registered trademark of Tom Jennings and Fido Software. Galacticomm and The Major BBS are registered trademarks of Galaticomm Inc. GEnie is a trademark of General Electric Company. Hayes is a trademark of Hayes Microcomputer Products Incorporated. Hermes is a trademark of Lloyd Woodall/Computer Classifieds IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Inner Realm is a registered servicemark of Don Harris. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. NovaLink is a service mark of Inner Circle Technologies, Inc. PCBoard is a registered trademark of Clark Development Company Incorporated. PKZIP is a registered trademark of PKWare Incorporated. Remote Access is a trademark of Continental Software. RIPscrip, RIPaint, & RIPterm are trademarks of TeleGrafix Communications, Inc. Tabby is a registered trademark of ME Connick and Company. TBBS is a trademark of eSoft, Inc. Tymnet is a registered trademark of Tymshare Company. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. ZIP Code is a registered trademark of the United States Postal Service. ALL OTHER TRADEMARKS AND SERVICEMARKS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Policy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BBSLIST800 Toll-Free Listing asks permission when able to contact system operators. When not able to contact operators, BBSLIST800 usually lists subscription systems and does not list non-subscription systems. BBSLIST800 does not list systems requesting not to be included, government, military, or private systems. BBSLIST800 will accept removals from proper operators and will accept changes from readers, etc. that will be verified. 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Any of the below addresses are valid for contacting us. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact BBSLIST800 By Data -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Box ............... 1-800-624-4084 .... Email Source ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact BBSLIST800 By Postal Mail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BBSLIST800 PO BOX 993 FORT MILL SC 29716 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact BBSLIST800 At The Support Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPORT BBS Fort Mill Tabby ... (803) 548-0900 - Email BBSLIST800 #150 SUPPORT BBS Inner Realm ....... 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