List of bulletin board systems

This is an incomplete list of notable bulletin board systems:

Amateur Action BBS^[1]
French Connection BBS - famous California dating BBS written by Hal Finney and Stephen Cohen started in 1979^[2]
CBBS – the first BBS on record, established 1978
Celco 51 Operation Cybersnare – United States Secret Service Cellular Fraud sting BBS
Demon Roach Underground – popular hacker BBS and former home of the CULT OF THE DEAD COW
ExecPC BBS – America's largest dial-up BBS through the late 1980s
Forum 80 – based in Kingston upon Hull, the UK's first BBS, started in 1980
GLIB Gay and Lesbian Information Bureau – BBS based in the D.C. Metro-area offering information and support services to the gay and lesbian community in the 1980s and 90s. Also operated "GayComm Talk About Aids" FidoNet echo.^[3]^[4]^[5]
ISCABBS – largest worldwide BBS, formerly located at the University of Iowa, and still both running and active as of 2024.
MindVox – famous New York based BBS and internet service provider founded by members of Legion of Doom
Monochrome BBS – BBS based in the UK, founded in 1990 and still running 2023
OSUNY – legendary old-school hack/phreak BBS from the 1980s
pcmicro
Plover-NET – early hacker BBS, origins of hacker group Legion of Doom
PTT Bulletin Board System – largest BBS in Taiwan, still the most popular online forum in 2018
Purple Ocean – one of the largest North American Gaming BBS's of in the mid-1980s
Rusty n Edie's BBS – raided by the FBI in 1993 and sued by Playboy in 1997
SDF Public Access Unix System - Started in 1987 as an ANIME SIG and continues to run as sdf.org "In Noisy Digital Era, Elegant Internet Still Thrives".
SF Net – was a coin-operated BBS accessible from select coffee shops located throughout the San Francisco Bay Area
SMTH BBS – The largest BBS in China, hosted by Tsinghua University
StarDoc 134 – DOS/Linux hybrid test BBS. Running modified ELEBBS software
The Brewers' Witch BBS – Texas-based BBS catering to Pagan and Neopagan discussion and community
TOTSE – Bay Area BBS known for large and often controversial selection of text files and internet discussion forum

References[edit]

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"EFF "Legal Cases - US v. Thomases - Amateur Action (AABBS), Memphis" Archive". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- Rosenoer, Jonathan (2012). CyberLaw: The Law of the Internet. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 182–189. ISBN 978-0-387-94832-4.
- Corley, Eric; Thomas, Robert (12 February 1992). "Off The Hook February 1992" (MP3). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly; WBAI (New York). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- Corley, Eric; Thomas, Robert (19 May 1993). "Off The Hook May 1993" (MP3). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly; WBAI (New York). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- Corley, Eric; Thomas, Robert (3 August 1994). "Off The Hook August 1994" (MP3). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly; WBAI (New York). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- Conley, Chris; Johnson, Rob (24 July 1994). "The battle of digital pornography". The Telegraph; Scripps Howard News Service. p. G-4. Memphis case may have effect on all online services
- "High-tech case tests U.S. obscenity laws". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 21 July 1994. p. 3. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
^ The Sex.com Chronicles. Prime Publishing. 14 March 2008. ISBN 978-1-4392-0101-5.
^ "Gay Organizations Displaying a Growing Influence In Suburbs". The Washington Post.
^ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse) (1 November 1994). A Guide to Selected HIV- and AIDS-Related Information Services in the U. S. DIANE Publishing Company. p. 40. ISBN 9780788114687.
^ "Big Changes Coming To The Internet When NSF Pulls Plug". Reno Gazette-Journal. September 19, 1994. p. 42. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

External links[edit]

BBS: The Documentary
List of bulletin board systems at Curlie
TEXTFILES.COM Historical BBS List - A collection of BBS numbers from the past 20 Years
Roblist - An article on (and extract of) "Roblist", the de facto BBS list for South Africa active until 1996.
Telnet BBS Guide - The largest active listing of Telnet accessible Bulletin Board Systems on the Internet (since 1997)
bbs-scene.org bbs list active boards c. 2013 (via Wayback Machine)

[1] "EFF "Legal Cases - US v. Thomases - Amateur Action (AABBS), Memphis" Archive". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
Rosenoer, Jonathan (2012). CyberLaw: The Law of the Internet. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 182–189. ISBN 978-0-387-94832-4.

Corley, Eric; Thomas, Robert (12 February 1992). "Off The Hook February 1992" (MP3). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly; WBAI (New York). Retrieved 8 September 2015.

Corley, Eric; Thomas, Robert (19 May 1993). "Off The Hook May 1993" (MP3). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly; WBAI (New York). Retrieved 8 September 2015.

Corley, Eric; Thomas, Robert (3 August 1994). "Off The Hook August 1994" (MP3). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly; WBAI (New York). Retrieved 8 September 2015.

Conley, Chris; Johnson, Rob (24 July 1994). "The battle of digital pornography". The Telegraph; Scripps Howard News Service. p. G-4. Memphis case may have effect on all online services

"High-tech case tests U.S. obscenity laws". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 21 July 1994. p. 3. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

[2] Rosenoer, Jonathan (2012). CyberLaw: The Law of the Internet. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 182–189. ISBN 978-0-387-94832-4.

[3] Corley, Eric; Thomas, Robert (12 February 1992). "Off The Hook February 1992" (MP3). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly; WBAI (New York). Retrieved 8 September 2015.

[4] Corley, Eric; Thomas, Robert (19 May 1993). "Off The Hook May 1993" (MP3). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly; WBAI (New York). Retrieved 8 September 2015.

[5] Corley, Eric; Thomas, Robert (3 August 1994). "Off The Hook August 1994" (MP3). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly; WBAI (New York). Retrieved 8 September 2015.

[6] Conley, Chris; Johnson, Rob (24 July 1994). "The battle of digital pornography". The Telegraph; Scripps Howard News Service. p. G-4. Memphis case may have effect on all online services

[7] "High-tech case tests U.S. obscenity laws". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 21 July 1994. p. 3. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

[2] The Sex.com Chronicles. Prime Publishing. 14 March 2008. ISBN 978-1-4392-0101-5.

[3] "Gay Organizations Displaying a Growing Influence In Suburbs". The Washington Post.

[4] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse) (1 November 1994). A Guide to Selected HIV- and AIDS-Related Information Services in the U. S. DIANE Publishing Company. p. 40. ISBN 9780788114687.

[5] "Big Changes Coming To The Internet When NSF Pulls Plug". Reno Gazette-Journal. September 19, 1994. p. 42. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

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