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List of bulletin board systems
This is an incomplete
list of notable bulletin board systems
:
CBBS
â the first BBS on record, established 1978
Celco 51
â used by the United States Secret Service during the Operation Cybersnare sting
Demon Roach Underground
â popular hacker BBS and former home of the
CULT OF THE DEAD COW
ExecPC BBS
â America's largest dial-up BBS through the late 1980s
Forum 80
â based in Kingston upon Hull, the UK's first BBS, started in 1980
ISCABBS
â largest worldwide BBS, formerly located at the
University of Iowa
, and still both running and active as of 2024.
MindVox
â famous New York based BBS and internet service provider founded by members of
Legion of Doom
Monochrome BBS
â BBS based in the
UK
, founded in 1990 and still running 2023
pcmicro
Plover-NET
â early hacker BBS, origins of hacker group
Legion of Doom
PTT Bulletin Board System
â largest BBS in Taiwan, still the most popular online forum in 2018
Rusty n Edie's BBS
â raided by the FBI in 1993 and sued by
Playboy
in 1997
SDF Public Access Unix System
- Started in 1987 as an ANIME SIG
SF Net
â was a coin-operated BBS accessible from select coffee shops located throughout the
San Francisco Bay Area
SMTH BBS
â The largest BBS in China, hosted by Tsinghua University
The Brewers' Witch BBS
â Texas-based BBS catering to
Pagan
and
Neopagan
discussion and community
TOTSE
âÂÂ
Bay Area
BBS known for large and often controversial selection of text files and internet discussion forum
See also
List of BBS software
Boardwatch
magazine
FidoNet
Further reading
via the
Internet Archive
.
References
External links
Telnet BBS Guide
- The largest active listing of Telnet accessible Bulletin Board Systems on the Internet (since 1997)
BBS: The Documentary
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.
bbs-scene.org bbs list
active boards (via
Wayback Machine
)