List of bulletin board systems

This is a list of notable bulletin board systems:

• Amateur Action BBS^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
• CBBS, the first BBS on record, established 1978.
• Celco 51 Operation Cybersnare, United States Secret Service Cellular Fraud sting BBS.
• Demon Roach Underground, a popular hacker BBS and former home of the CULT OF THE DEAD COW.
• ExecPC BBS, America's largest dial-up BBS through the late 80's.
• Forum 80, based in Kingston upon Hull, the UK's first BBS, started in 1980.
• ISCABBS, the largest worldwide BBS located at the University of Iowa.
• MindVox, a famous New York based BBS and internet service provider founded by members of Legion of Doom.
• Monochrome BBS, a BBS based in the UK, founded in 1990 and still running as of 2012.
• OSUNY, legendary old-school hack/phreak BBS from the 1980s.
• Plover-NET, early hacker BBS, origins of hacker group Legion of Doom
• PTT Bulletin Board System, the largest BBS in Taiwan, still the most popular online forum in 2014.
• 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.
• SF Net, was a coin operated BBS accessible from select coffee shops located throughout the Bay Area.
• SMTH BBS The largest BBS in China, hosted by Tsinghua University.
• Software Creations BBS
• StarDoc 134. a Dos/Linux hybrid test BBS. Running modified ELEBBS software.
• Swords of Chaos FOREVER! BBS, a MajorBBS dedicated to preserving, restoring, and expanding Swords of Chaos.
• The Brewers' Witch BBS, a Texas-based BBS catering to Pagan and Neopagan discussion and community.
• The Gaming Center. one of the largest game-oriented BBS systems in the world.
• TOTSE, Bay Area BBS known for large and often controversial selection of text files and internet discussion fora.

See also

• List of BBS software
• List of artscene groups
• Boardwatch Magazine

Further reading

• Mark, Richard Scott (1996). Internet BBSs: a guided tour. ISBN 1-884777-30-9. via the Internet Archive.

References

1. "EFF "Legal Cases - US v. Thomases - Amateur Action (AABBS), Memphis" Archive". 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. 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.
4. 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
5. "High-tech case tests U.S. obscenity laws". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 21 July 1994. p. 3. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

External links

• BBS: The Documentary
• List of bulletin board systems at DMOZ
• BBS Mates - BBSes from the 80s to the present
• TEXTFILES.COM Historical BBS List - A collection of BBS numbers from the past 20 Years
• Telnet BBS Guide - The largest active listing of Telnet accessible Bulletin Board Systems on the Internet (since 1997)
• Roblist - An article on (and extract of) "Roblist", a popular BBS list for South Africa active until 1996.
• bbs-scene.org bbs list active boards circa 2013 (via Wayback Machine)