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DFW.BBS - Copyright 1986 by D. C. Crane, Inc., Dallas, Texas
Last updated 11-25-86 at 13:00
Complete legend and reproduction permit near the end of this list.
10-01-86 we called every board on this list. Many have been added or rechecked
since. PLEASE report corrections to us at the BBS listed in the last paragraph.
Dallas and Metro numbers:
Date System Name Telephone Comments
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10/25 AK's Place 327 5270
10/25 Alternate London Underground 739~2033* Sean Duffy
10/25 ASCII Express Kandiman's Keep 341 1972 7E1
10/25 BBS-PC F I A W O L 352 8721& 7E1 Bobb Waller
10/11 BBS-PC Psychlo Empire $(Met)251 1175&dl* JG Tyler
10/05 Big-D Newscenter 272 7005%+ Steven Henry (300/110/45.45)
10/05 Bob's Place m360 9751 7E1
10/11 C-CAD Online (Met)640 6680
10/05 C-NET Paradise Hotel m659 9694so
10/05 Chess Board (Met)659 9550
10/11 Chicken Ranch 956 8028&so
MORE: [Y]es,(N)o,(NS)non-stop? ns
11/05 Christian IES m271 2487&dlrl- Rich Olivieri
10/05 Citadel Fifth Dimension (Met)245 0951&dl Val
10/05 Citadel Gates of Mordec m(Met)245 9930Cdl* Maher Maso
10/05 Closet (Met)589 2772&
10/20 Collie 861/01 North Mesquite 681 9305Cxdl* Glen Cranford (Hub)
10/20 Collie 861/02 Progmrs' Domain 964 5955&+ Greg Cowin
10/20 Collie 861/03 Telecompaq 241 5412Cdl* John Ryan
10/20 Collie 861/04 Arlington m(Met)261 5814Cdl* Ron Brown
10/20 Collie 861/05 Bluebonnet 821 5312Cdl* Rik Hess
10/31 Collie Grand Tandy 1 !224 0555&* Bill Harris.
10/20 Collie 861/06 Grand Tandy 2 285 0692&* Harold Beil
11/21 Collie Ghost Host 271 8899Cdl* Jon Hutto
10/11 Collie NCC-1701 Enterprise 681 0362&* Rod Ashmore
10/05 Colorama of Irving 445 0283 7E1
11/24 Commodore Social Club BBS !271 0984&* Kevin Milner
10/05 Computalk I (Atari) $(Met)589 2588&dl $10 Kris
10/05 Computer Reset 272 7920& Buy/Sell/Trade
10/05 DAL-ACE m(Met)540 3270&dd Howard Chang
10/05 DAL-ACE ST BBS m(Met)267 4913Cdl
10/03 Data Crack'em 681 7633-
10/01 Dead Zone 522 5321*
10/03 Doctor's Office 572 5525&so
10/01 Dragon's Lair 287 1332
10/01 Earth Station 691 4832&*
11/25 Eclectic !987~2135&* Chuck Thompson
10/01 Enterprise Productions 642 5808
10/03 Fantasia m446 3205&* Dave Alexander. 7E1.
11/27 Fourth Dimension !690 8531&* Coming 11/27
10/01 OPUS 124/003 Dodge City 494 1940&dl* Bernie Lawrence
10/01 FIDO 124/101 Friendly 578 1308Cdl* John Summers
10/01 OPUS 124/102 Inside Track 422 4772Cdl* Chuck Lawson (Hub 100)
10/01 FIDO 124/107 Milliways 415 0322&dl* Mike Cuddy (X-Computer Shop)
10/01 FIDO 124/109 The Diplomat 242 9399C* Robert Eskridge
10/01 FIDO 124/110 Flying Dchman I 642 3436&dl* Randy Van de Loo
10/19 OPUS 124/111 Pink World 991 3381Cdl* David Finster
10/01|FIDO 124/201 DalTex 991 7934Cdl* Chris Bradley
11/23 OPUS 124/204 Sunset Bar/Grill!867 0946C* Kenny Posey. New number.
10/01 FIDO 124/206 Rising Star 231 1372C Jeff Rush
11/24 FIDO 124/207 Supportlink (Met)263 5809Cdl* Jim Ott, Computercraft Line 1
11/24 FIDO 124/207 Supportlink m638 8069&dl* Computercraft - Line 2
10/01 FIDO 124/208 Arlington 265 4859&dl* John Richter
10/01 FIDO 124/209 Buck$board 331 8813Cdl* Hank Burden
11/15 OPUS 124/210 SCA, Inc m380 9063C* Jon Sabol (Hub 200)
10/01 FIDO 124/xxx Etheral Plane 960 1439&dd-
10/03 FIDO 124/xxx Half-price 699 3726&*
10/09|FIDO 124/xxx LAWSIG 522 1963&* Rice and Livingston
11/24 FIDO 124/xxx Microstore !350 9580&*
10/29 FIDO 124/xxx NorDal !231 0248C*
10/04 FIDO 124/xxx SW PC Users Grp m790 8960dl
10/05 FIDO 124/xxx TrugNet m289 1386& Lewis Canada
10/03 Flip Side 964 0603 7E1
10/03 GBBS Apple Corps (Met)267 8245&* Jim Matthews Bedford.
11/15 GBBS Dark Side of Moon (Met)577 0579&*
10/03 GBBS King Arthur's Court m330 4156dldd Jim Stanford
10/03 GBBS Peripherals Plus (Garlnd)530 0009$ $10
10/03 Intermission (was GLS) 612 1233*
10/03 I.T.S. $446 3255dd 7E1. Scottie Miles
10/03 KUI BBS $357 9233 William Dockeray
10/03 Linda's 64 Exchange 442 3840&dl
10/03 Loading Zone (Met)245 3551&*
10/03 Grey Haven 262 5044&* 7E1. Mike McCauley
10/03 Nexus. The World's Grave m956 9499dd 7E1?
10/03 NOCHANGE Something Else (Met)379 6122Cdd* Mark Crosby
10/03 Orphanage 276 7832
10/09 PC-BOARD Amiga Scope $288 1537C Mark McBreen
10/16 PC-BOARD Cave !517 5263Cdl* Second New #! John Skinner
10/05 PC-BOARD Dal. Medical Forum m637 7935&- 6pm->8am Wesson Gaige
10/06 PC-BOARD Data Tech 424 6446C* Richard Green
10/04 PC-BOARD Mars Hill Forum m272 7979&dlrl*David Plexco, James Goodwin
10/05 PC-BOARD Ministry 422 2387&*rl Charlie Thrall
10/04|PC-BOARD Rowlett 475 4598Cdl+ Dan Kardell 6A->11P + wkends
10/03 PC-BOARD Sachse m530 0607Cdl* James Goodwin, David Plexco
11/25 PC-BOARD Shy Guy's !231 0248C* Bob Myers
10/05 PC-BOARD US Computers (night!)272 0374&- A.J. Vinson and Ed Richter
10/03 PC-BOARD Zeros and Ones 420 0525&dl*
10/05 Pirate Ship m380 0240
10/03 Pirates' Guild NLPG BBS m255 4332&
10/03 Polaris 750 6374*dd Clint Wheelock 7E1.
10/03 Public Image Limited 699 9488
11/15 Quotron 742~4247*& Don Powell
10/03 RBBS-PC 24-Hour Ticket Agency 327 3527Cdl* Charles Reiss
10/01 RBBS-PC Abbey Road Studio #9 279 7184&x 6AM->11PM.
11/23|RBBS-PC Aviation Connect$(Met)245 5633Cdl* Ray Smith
10/29 RBBS-PC Camelot !420 2748&dl Alan Cote'
10/01 RBBS-PC Cheyenne Social Club m724 0033C* Jay Elewitz. Two lines.
10/01 RBBS-PC Chips+ 9pm->7am ONLY 644 9653Cw- Ted Nolan Daytime business.
10/01 RBBS-PC DAL-TEK Bd of Knowldg 271 4524&* Ron Thompson
11/25 RBBS-PC and RCP/M Dallas $931 1834Cdlx* Dave Crane (Get 8073 if busy)
11/25 RBBS-PC Dallas Temporary $931 8073Cdl* Non-members should call here
10/03 RBBS-PC Datalink 340 5850&dl* Jeffrey Wallach
10/04|RBBS-PC Double D 492 8090Cdl* Doug Davis
10/03 RBBS-PC Garland Crimestop 494 7600&dl- Mel White 5p->7am + wknds
10/03 RBBS-PC Hairnet USA 341 5121&dl Jerry Frazier
10/03 RBBS-PC Mesquite Police Assn m613 2241dl* Chris Howell
10/03|RBBS-PC NN5I (Free to hams) $960 2730&dl* Carl Hayes
10/03 RBBS-PC Plano Police Dept 578 1311C* Crime Prevention BBS
10/03 RBBS-PC Seabrook Computers $669 8735&dl* Bill Pattison
10/05 RBBS-PC Soft-Touch (Coppell) 462 8054Cdl Steve Smegner
10/03 RBBS-PC Supercomputer m270 6755dl* Tommy Ingram
10/03 RBBS-PC Wildcatter 991 7241Cdl* Ray Wottrich
10/03 RBBS-PC Zapped 248 4366&dl- Ann Miller, Jerry Branham
10/03|RCP/M B-RCP/M (Bob Horn) 840 9552&dl@ Sporadic hours. Call anytime.
10/03 RCP/M MBBS FWKUG (Met)540 4183Cdl* Ron Lane. New hours.
10/03 RCP/M PBBS /\/\other Board 642 1234&dl Robert Scoggins
10/05 RCP/M PBBS Bullet 'N Board 279 8402&dl* Karl Schwartz (Police)
10/11 RCP/M PBBS "Texas" Conect!414-964 4365C* Russ Pencin moved to Calif.
10/23 RCP/M PCS-RBBS !669 3183&* Frank Camp
10/04|RCP/M RBBS DFWHUG (Heath) 742 1380&dl* Dave Lane and Ken Patrick
10/04 RCP/M MBBS Plano Don's $867 0409Cdl* Don Laymon
11/23 RCP/M RBBS Maxicom 296 8843Cdl* Jim Karger
10/03|RCP/M RBBS MCPMIGI (CP/M Club)867 2068&dl* Ken Patrick - sorta down
10/04 Red Light Inn m393 0156&
10/03 RoverMAC (CB Simulator) $(Met)461 2500*
10/11 Sanctum Viaticus (Soon 1200B) 570 3930dl*#1 Robyn Marcus, Jarrod Wright
10/03 Satellite Viewing Exchange 530 9857& Was Message Exchange
10/05 Scanners 686 5710&
11/21 SSBB Mike's Machine 495 5616 7E1
10/04 Stalag 13 $253 8921&xdd Ben Pullen 7E1
10/03 Startext $638 4150&* FW Star Telegram
10/19 Stonehenge Ramparts of Ulm 620 0615*dldd Keith Neely
10/03 Stratacon m642 3334 7E1
10/05 Sydney, Australia (game) 241 4378dd
10/19 TBBS The Computer Solution !490 8107Cdl* Bill Hummel. New number.
10/05|TBBS The Beaver Pond m956 7616&*so Dennis Walden
10/03 TBBS T*U*U*G $907 1001C* Garry Grosse (One line now)
10/04 TCOMM Greenleaf m(Met)245 2432& Don Killen
10/04 Teledunjon III m960 7654*dd 7E1. Back again.
10/03 Teledunjon IV m238 1568*dd 7E1. Mary Rush
10/04 Tertius (Met)467 1738*
10/03 Texas Lambda Board m288 7929&so 7E1. Gay Rights.
10/03 TIBBS Forest Lane User Group 321 4238&* Richard Fleetwood
10/31 TIHOST - Datawirks $594 5050* Mike Severns
10/31 TIHOST - Tipsy $557 1218C*dl T. Shawn Pittman
10/12 TIny Warble 2 521 8689&dl- Wayne Ross 5pm-1am
10/03 Tollbridge m596 9327 7E1
10/03 UNIX Connection Line 1 821 0390Cdl* Charles Boykin
10/03 UNIX Connection Line 2 827 4670Cdl*
10/05 Unknown BBS 594 0390
10/06 Wizard's Tower 357 5483dd 7E1
10/03 Zoo, The 328 0103
Area Code 214 numbers outside of Dallas:
Date System Name Telephone Comments
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10/05 Bear's Cave, Tyler 1-214-592 8434dd
10/03 Magic Mansion 1-214-576 5058&* Leo Wrobel
10/05 RBBS-PC Doc's Office 1-214-463 6581Cdl Lee Clayton, Denison PCIG
10/04 RBBS-PC Pit, The Colony 1-214-370 0081C* Perry Compton, Mat Masters
10/05 RBBS-PC Sand Worm, Paris1-214-784 2273C* Steve Clifford
10/04 TBBS Far Fields, Tyler 1-214-597 0080&dl* 7E1. Curt
10/04 Telemax Comtel I, Tyler 1-214-592 9821 7E1. Neil Gray
Ft. Worth and other Area Code 817 boards (1-817 is LD from Ft. Worth)
Date System Name Telephone Comments
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10/01 AD-D BBS 817-860 5274*dd Sir Gewayne
10/25 Atari Telephone Temple 1-817-778 2506&- 5pm-10am
10/12 BBS-PC Waco 1-817-799 2587&C$ Dave Petersen. Two lines.
10/05 C-NET City Software 1-817-662 3512&
10/13 C-NET The Morgue 1-817-662 0508&*
10/20 Collie 861/7 Falcon m817-737 3437C* Bruce Barrett (node pending)
10/05 Computalk TCS (Atari) 817-595 3195
10/01 FIDO 130/001 Pooch Puddle(Met)429 7300Cdl*$ Bill Cleaver $20/year (Hub)
10/01 FIDO 130/002 Nomad's Nook 817-926 8922C*
10/01 FIDO 130/003 AmERICanBBS 817-457 4737Cdl* Eric Ewanco. Except Wknds.
10/01 FIDO 130/004 The BBN 817-735 8006dl- George Braswell
10/01 FIDO 130/005 CUSSnet UTA (Met)273 3966Cdl* Social Services
10/03 FIDO 130/006 Track ][ 817-244 4151Cdl-
10/01 FIDO 130/007 Acropolis 817-294 7588&dl* Mitch Hill
10/01 FIDO 130/008 The Key $817-246 1279Cdl* Jeffrey Locke
10/05 FIDO 130/009 Nightmare 817-549 2010&dl* Paul Witherspoon (Graham,TX)
10/01 FIDO 130/010 D.D.T.L. 817-649 2857&*
10/01 FIDO 130/011 The Arc 817-465 2976&*
10/03 Good News 817-483 1264&rl Chuck Johnson
10/12 Hoppy's BBS (Marlin) 1-817-883 6720&*
11/24 MLBBS Graystar !817-382-3521&dl Rodney McClung
10/13 NOCHANGE Computers,Bugs 1-817-754 7927&*
10/12 Outer Limits (Marlin) 1-817-883 2384&* Was Texas Info Board
11/07 PC-BOARD Dept Elec Tech !817-531 4583C- 5pm->8am. Mark Hicks
10/05 PC-BOARD Weatherford 1-817-599 5892&dl* James Aldri
Legend:
Date shown is the last time someone reported contact with it.
| Member of the North Texas System Operators Association (NTSA)
~ Eclectic/MUMPS-Net+ Systems with joint, mail-in registration.
m Registration required for full access but otherwise no charge.
NP Not a Public board. Company employees and area system operators only.
* 24-hour operation
+ 8-12 hour DAYTIME operation ONLY (perhaps weekends, too).
- 8-12 hour NIGHTTIME operation ONLY and (probably) 24 hour weekends.
! new system or new data for existing system in past 30 days.
@ Supports VADIC 1200 Baud
& Supports 212A 1200 Baud
C Supports CCITT V 22 bis 2400 Baud (and likely 212A 1200, too).
x 300 Baud not supported
% Supports BAUDOT
$ Registration and membership fee required for [full] access.
#1 original system of that type in this area
dd game-oriented or online games available
dl download/program exchange system
rb call, let ring once and call back
rl religious orientaso sexually oriented
w Wierd hours - read carefully
7E1 Seems to work better at 7 data bits, even parity, one stop bit.
And we suggest:
1 Don't try a number at 2 AM unless it is fairly recent.
2 Keep track of where you got a number and tell that Sysop
if he is distributing numbers that annoy people.
3 If you find this list somewhere and it's more than three months out of date,
please contact Dallas RBBS-PC and identify the system carrying old copies.
Permission is granted to reproduce this list on electronic media for 90 days
after the date this list was created. No distribution after 90 days is allowed.
No printed medium is authorized to reproduce this list without the written
permission of the copyright owner, D. C. Crane, Inc.
Look for programs on local boards that convert DFW.BBS to dialing directory
format. PQCONV.ARC handles QMODEM and PROCOMM. GT-DFW.ARC handles GT POWER
COMM. Any more available?
We are having trouble with copies of this list floating around long after it's
out of date. Destroy any BBS list that is more than 90 days old. We will verify
many of these boards weekly. Sysops: please get a new list at least once each
month by calling Dallas RBBS-PC to read Bulletin 1. Anyone can leave feed-back
about this list in a comment to sysop on 931-8073 - provided they use their
REAL names and call at 1200 or 2400 Baud. (We've had some real creeps at 300).
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Lol. I get a blank look when I mention I met my husband when BBS’s roamed the earth (met him on one). Sigh… very rarely someone actually knows what it is 
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Also a good one:
http://synchro.net/sbbslist.html
It is this time of year that I think back to that most excellent ANSI Christmas tree I once saw in my youth, glowing out at me from my CGA monitor. Magical times…
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well that takes me back
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I remember visiting some of these! Such fun… and you HAD to be a geek to hang here.
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I was the System Operator (SYSOP) for the RailNet Bulletin Board System (BBS) in the DFW area for many years. This BBS was the main link between 22+ Model Railroad Clubs in the DFW area. All club meetings and activities were posted with the ability to share pictures and construction articles. I used the Wildcat! BBS software. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcat!_BBS The system was operated out of my home using a super fast 9600 baud modem and a dedicated Metro telephone number. Does anybody remember Metro phone numbers" They allowed toll free calls between the Dallas and Fort Worth areas. There was no paid advertisement content, this was my attempt to bring computer access to the local model railroading community. This was back in the late 1980’s time frame, way before the Internet existed.
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I first got on the Internet in 1983. It has been around since the 70’s but generally you needed a government or academic account to get on it. Long before BBS’ there was USENET…
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Apparently, once again I was wrong. BBS’s started in the 73, while usenet apparently didn’t start until 80
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Usenet and fidonet will never die! 
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I have the entire “BBS Documentary” on DVD. Watching party?
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I used to set Telemate to dial my favourite (… really? I thought it was spelled ‘favorite’ … must have a British dictionary installed) list of BBSes, slide into bed for the night, and wake up when I heard modem connection tones. Ahhh, memories …
I used to be a member of MCP/MIG (Metroplex CP/M Interest Group) back in the day…
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A round two?! sure! When do you want to do it?
If y’all do this on a Friday night or over the weekend, I’d def try to come!
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300 baud rate, and no need to hand the telephone receiver on the unit, this speed demon hooked directly to the phone line!! Brilliant! To think of all the games I was able to download for free. For an 8 year old kid, I was evidently suiting up for a life in technology…
I never was able to hack into the missile defense system, thus I never in actuality encountered the phrase:
“Would you like to play a game?”
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Good, because we now have a Chromecast of our own.
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Vicmodem was amazing for its era. Personally I liked the Hayes and my later intel fax 14.4k modem.
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