/===========================================================================\ || T.B.B.S. The Computer Guild || || (312) 640-7980 || || Directory of Chicago Metro Bulletin Board Systems || || March 6, 1988 Edition || || Copyright 1988 by: Richard J. Sonka || |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| || {PLEASE NOTE} || || If you are a Sysop and would like your system || || included in this Directory, || || please call T.B.B.S. The Computer Guild || || and leave a message for the Sysop || |===========================================================================| | Type | ------ Name of System ------- | --- Location --- | Number | Ref | |===========================================================================| | ABBS | C.O.D.E. | Roselle | 837-7196 | *8$ | | | | | | | | ADVN | Dragon's Spire | Highland Park | 433-5459 | *8$ | | | | | | | | AMIG | NICS Amiga Users Group | Roselle | 351-8815 | %8$ | | AMIG | 1984 | Riverdale | 841-2401 | *8- | | | | | | | | AMIS | Dark Side of the Moon | Lake Zurich | 438-9356 | %8! | | AMIS | C.L.A.U.G. II | Chicago | 457-2219 | *8$ | | AMIS | Suburban Chicago Atarians | Wheaton | 462-9844 | *8$ | | AMIS | The Night Line | Chicago | 545-1945 | %8! | | AMIS | Gallifrey II | Des Plaines | 635-7863 | %8! | | AMIS | Chicagoland Atari Users Group | Chicago | 889-1240 | *8$ | | | | | | | | CBBS | Logopolis | Des Plaines | 296-7782 | *8$ | | CBBS | Ward and Randy's | Chicago | 545-8086 | *8- | | CBBS | The Ward Board | Dolton | 849-1132 | *8- | | CBBS | Maude-Milwaukee | Chicago Tieline | 876-0974 | %8$ | | | | | | | | CCBS | Chicago Metro-Net | West Chicago | 231-8223 | *8$ | | CCBS | Micro Mail B.B.S. | Geneva | 232-7933 | *8! | | CCBS | Bird's Nest | Arlington Heights | 255-1416 | *8- | | CCBS | The Monitor Post | Bartlett | 289-0014 | *8! | | CCBS | Great Lakes [Private] | Waukegan | 336-6700 | *8! | | CCBS | Cabaret Voltaire | Naperville | 369-4332 | *8$ | | CCBS | The Nite Owl | Wheeling | 459-5721 | *8$ | | CCBS | Trans-Com B.B.S. | Lombard | 543-0180 | *8$ | | CCBS | The Library | Northbrook | 564-1339 | *8@ | | CCBS | The Underground Garage | Chicago | 631-8470 | *8$ | | CCBS | The Other Board | Wheaton | 665-9732 | *8$ | | CCBS | C.C.B.S. | Lincolnwood | 674-6502 | *8$ | | CCBS | Midwest C-64 Users Group | Riverdale | 841-8064 | *8$ | | CCBS | Wild Bill's B.B.S. | Chicago | 873-6752 | *8$ | | CCBS | Brainstorm | Naperville | 983-6435 | *8$ | | | | | | | | CHRM | Multi-Line Message Center | Hinsdale | 654-1133 | *8$ | | | | | | | | COCO | The Color-80 B.B.S. | Chicago | 278-9513 | %7! | | COCO | Glenside Coco-Rama | Roselle | 307-1519 | *7$ | | COCO | Mind Master's Domain | Chicago | 463-8932 | *8$ | | | | | | | | COLI | DePaul College of Law | Chicago | 341-6217 | *8- | | COLI | NICS PC Users Group | Barrington | 381-4134 | *8- | | COLI | Micro Systems Colossus | Bartlett | 830-7572 | *8~ | | COLI | The Lost Cause | Downers Grove | 968-9419 | *8- | | | | | | | | DATA | Arlington Library Dial Access | Arlington Heights | 392-0188 | #0@ | | DATA | Suburban Library Dial Access | Wheeling | 459-8375 | #0! | | DATA | Northwestern LUIS System | Evanston | 491-3070 | #7$ | | DATA | DePaul University LCS System | Chicago | 786-1247 | #8$ | | DATA | Evanston Library Online | Evanston | 864-6720 | #7! | | | | | | | | DIVD | Diversi-Dial 36 | Highland Park | 433-7340 | *8! | | DIVD | Electric Paradise | Chicago | 989-4600 | *8! | | | | | | | | ERAC | Tandy-4 B.B.S. | Arlington Heights | 398-1935 | *8$ | | ERAC | Board Electric | Evanston | 475-5522 | %8! | | ERAC | Trix II | Glenview | 998-9021 | *8- | | | | | | | | FIDO | COPH-2 (BGMS) {778} | Chicago | 286-0608 | *8- | | FIDO | Samson {108} | Arlington Heights | 394-0071 | *8- | |*FIDO*| The Lunatic Phringe | Morton Grove | 965-3677 | ??? | | | | | | | | FORM | The Land of Fa V | Chicago | 225-3962 | *8$ | | FORM | West Chicago Express [Fee] | West Chicago | 293-1021 | *8$ | | FORM | The Cellblock | River Grove | 455-0086 | *8$ | | FORM | Sierra | Berwyn | 795-0871 | *8- | | FORM | Nomad | Deerfield | 945-1910 | *8- | | FORM | Isengard | Lemont | 985-9699 | *8$ | | | | | | | | GALA | Electropolis Multi-Line | Bartlett | 213-1666 | *8$ | | | | | | | | GBBS | Captain Video | Northbrook | 272-0943 | *7! | |*GBBS*| Marvin | Des Plaines | 297-3242 | ??? | | GBBS | Lincolnet | Maywood | 343-0100 | *7$ | | GBBS | The Cider Press | Bellwood | 345-3919 | *7! | | GBBS | The Pyramid | Willowcrest | 397-5849 | *7$ | | GBBS | The Switchboard | Hickory Hills | 430-4477 | *7! | | GBBS | The Key to Time | Highland Park | 432-3062 | *7$ | | GBBS | Infinity | Glen Ellyn | 469-8412 | *7$ | | GBBS | The Command Module | Summit | 496-1243 | *7- | | GBBS | Ripco | Chicago | 528-5020 | *7- | | GBBS | The Hotel | Wheaton | 653-6089 | %7! | | GBBS | The Electric Cafe | Wheaton | 690-6775 | *7! | | GBBS | Bullwinkle's Bar | Glenview | 724-0807 | *7! | | GBBS | Synergy Info Line | Chicago | 762-8678 | *7! | | GBBS | The Superbird | Chicago | 772-0347 | *7$ | | GBBS | The Phoenix | Homewood | 798-9150 | %7! | | GBBS | The Well of Souls | Roselle | 893-6618 | *7$ | | GBBS | The Flying B.B.S. | Deerfield | 945-3665 | *7! | | GBBS | Rogers Park B.B.S. | Chicago | 973-2227 | +7! | | | | | | | | GTBB | The Intercept | Bellwood | 345-7202 | *8$ | | GTBB | The High Res B.B.S. | Chicago | 751-1503 | *8$ | | | | | | | | IBBS | The Riverside Premium | Riverside | 447-8175 | *8- | | IBBS | Computers Plus [Fee] | River Grove | 452-0333 | %8- | | IBBS | Word Processing B.B.S. | Evanston | 491-6995 | *8- | | IBBS | The Business B.B.S. | Glenview | 729-2101 | *8- | | IBBS | PC Center Multi-Line [Fee] | Roselle | 885-2303 | *8~ | | IBBS | Financial Options Exchange | Chicago | 922-3626 | *8$ | | IBBS | The Electronic Pub | Chicago | 922-9231 | *8$ | | | | | | | | IHCS | Com-Link Data Systems | Chicago | 267-4427 | *8- | | | | | | | | MCBB | The Mad Marty | Bartlett | 289-4973 | *8- | | MCBB | The Growers Exchange | West Chicago | 293-0199 | %8- | | MCBB | MACropoedia | Lake Forest | 295-6926 | *8- | | MCBB | The Desktopper | Deerfield | 831-2691 | *8- | | | | | | | | MCMS | W.A.C.O. | Roselle | 351-4374 | *8$ | | MCMS | P.C.M.S. | Wheaton | 462-7560 | *8$ | | | | | | | | MICH | Captain Video B.B.S. | Chicago | 725-0652 | *8- | | MICH | The Sundog | Bolingbrook | 759-9101 | *8$ | | MICH | Software Plus West | Hanover Park | 837-7100 | *8- | | | | | | | | MSTG | West Suburban Wildcat | Downers Grove | 968-9050 | *8$ | | | | | | | | NETW | Double Take II | Chicago | 233-8327 | %7! | | NETW | The Greek Inn | Chicago | 774-2035 | %7! | | | | | | | | NOCH | The No Change B.B.S. | Berwyn | 788-1264 | *8- | | | | | | | | ONLN | The Bunker | Bolingbrook | 759-9191 | *8! | | | | | | | | OPUS | The Inner Sanctum | Lake Forest | 234-7366 | %8$ | | OPUS | PC-Tech | Arlington Heights | 253-6134 | *8- | | OPUS | The Chicago B.B.S. {396} | Chicago | 338-8827 | %8- | |*OPUS*| The Greenhouse {690} | Oak Park | 383-5939 | ??? | | OPUS | Chicago Business {429} | Evanston | 491-2611 | *8- | | OPUS | N.U.T.U.G. B.B.S. | Evanston | 491-3215 | *8$ | | OPUS | Northwestern ACNS {419} | Evanston | 491-3892 | *8- | | OPUS | Beaker's Beacon {212} | River Grove | 589-2827 | *8- | | OPUS | Great Lakes {969} | North Chicago | 689-8869 | *8- | | OPUS | N.A.A. B.B.S. {111} | Park Ridge | 696-0324 | *8$ | | OPUS | Spectrum MACNet {729} | Glenview | 729-8768 | *8- | | OPUS | Innovations | Chicago | 736-7526 | *8$ | | OPUS | The Black Knight | Round Lake | 740-2072 | *8- | | OPUS | ICS/TRIX I {761} | Chicago | 761-7887 | *8- | | OPUS | TroU Mac Base System {400} | Chicago | 784-8763 | *8- | | OPUS | C.O.P.E. {777} | Glen Ellyn | 790-0187 | *8- | | OPUS | The Solar Windjammer {333} | Homewood | 799-4790 | *8- | | OPUS | BBS-Chicago {842} | Chicago | 842-1745 | *8~ | | OPUS | ConsultNet {115} | Darien | 852-0829 | *8- | | OPUS | The Bit Wiz {689} | Chicago | 935-6809 | *8- | | OPUS | Sit-Ubu-Sit HST {500} | Skokie | 982-5092 | *8~ | | | | | | | | OTBB | Chicago Syslink | Chicago | 622-4442 | *8$ | | OTBB | The B.A.S.I.C./B.B.S. | Aurora | 896-9628 | *8$ | | | | | | | | PCBB | Ye Olde Archives | Chicago | 276-4159 | *8- | | PCBB | High Resolution B.B.S. [Fee] | Elmhurst | 279-1053 | *8$ | | PCBB | The ZED B.B.S. | Mount Prospect | 364-7320 | *8- | | PCBB | Fox River Valley B.B.S. | Dundee | 426-3279 | *8$ | | PCBB | The Ham & Hobby B.B.S. | Skokie | 679-8983 | *8$ | | PCBB | The Inner Workings | Elgin | 695-7194 | *8$ | | PCBB | The 786 Board | Chicago | 728-9722 | *8- | | PCBB | The First Node | Glenview | 729-3203 | %8$ | | PCBB | Non-Profit Info Center | Chicago | 752-7412 | *8$ | | PCBB | Lakes Region B.B.S. | Zion | 872-8086 | *8~ | | PCBB | Elek-Tek B.B.S. | Hinsdale | 887-7870 | *8~ | | PCBB | Ye Olde Board | Elgin | 888-4821 | *8$ | | PCBB | E.A.P.P.U.G. B.B.S. | Elgin | 888-7381 | *8~ | | PCBB | Spaces | Chicago | 925-8854 | *8$ | | PCBB | The Logician | Downers Grove | 964-0526 | *8- | | PCBB | Bolingbrook B.B.S. | Bolingbrook | 972-0628 | *8- | | PCBB | UICC - SRL | Chicago | 996-5308 | *8- | | | | | | | | PYRO | Science Fiction Centre | Homewood | 335-0305 | *8$ | | PYRO | Lankhmar Mountain | Cicero | 442-9697 | *8$ | | | | | | | | QBBS | BPGB QuickBBS {538} | Libertyville | 362-0538 | *8~ | | | | | | | | RBBS | Midwest Biomedical [Private] | Chicago | 227-7455 | *8$ | | RBBS | Publisher Info Service | Chicago | 342-6919 | =8$ | | RBBS | The Grand Stand | Roselle | 351-6702 | *8$ | | RBBS | The Discovery Place | Oak Park | 383-6335 | *8$ | | RBBS | Epson R.B.B.S. | Arlington Heights | 394-5772 | *8$ | | RBBS | The Computer Lab | Oak Lawn | 423-7558 | *8$ | | RBBS | Northern Illinois R.B.B.S. | Wauconda | 526-3725 | *8- | | RBBS | The Tech Exchange | Roselle | 529-0081 | *8- | | RBBS | The Computer King [Fee] | Lombard | 629-4478 | *8- | | RBBS | The Caverns | Hampshire | 683-2379 | *8$ | | RBBS | Church of the Brethren B.B.S. | Elgin | 695-2606 | *8$ | | RBBS | The CRDC Architect's Network | Evanston | 869-2940 | *8$ | | RBBS | Information Exchange [Fee] | Willowcrest | 882-4227 | *8$ | | RBBS | Business Professional B.B.S. | Deerfield | 940-6496 | %8- | | RBBS | Chicago Computer Society | Chicago | 942-0706 | *8- | | RBBS | Information Exchange | Deerfield | 945-5575 | *8~ | | RBBS | Sahakian's B.B.S. | Skokie | 982-0386 | *8- | | | | | | | | RCPM | C.F.O.G. Two | Chicago | 235-7902 | *8$ | | RCPM | Fox Valley ROS-34 | Geneva | 377-5988 | *8- | | RCPM | Connie | Highland Park | 432-4178 | *8$ | | RCPM | Jim Mills RCP/M | Wheaton | 690-3808 | *8- | | RCPM | Gospel Outreach System | Palatine | 934-1649 | *8- | | RCPM | The Advocate M.B.B.S. | Chicago | 939-4411 | *8$ | | RCPM | The Bozo Board | Deerfield | 948-5754 | *8$ | | RCPM | Sun Valley | Naperville | 983-5147 | *8| | | | | | | | | STBB | Blue Thunder | Bartlett | 289-1089 | *8- | | STBB | Software Plus B.B.S. | Wheeling | 520-1780 | %8- | | | | | | | | TBBS | DeskToppers Multi-Line {622} | Lindenhurst | 356-3776 | *8- | | TBBS | Computers for Christ | Vernon Hills | 362-7875 | *8- | | TBBS | Protecto Multi-Line | Barrington | 382-3270 | *8- | | TBBS | Prometheus Multi-Line {386} | Oak Park | 386-4290 | *8- | | TBBS | Elk Grove Repeater {529} | Elk Grove Village | 529-1586 | *8- | | TBBS | The Computer Guild {640} | Elk Grove Village | 640-7980 | *8- | | TBBS | The Position Report | Chicago | 670-6736 | %8$ | | TBBS | Terrapin Station {678} | Chicago | 764-4581 | *8- | | TBBS | 20/20 TBBS {769} | Chicago | 769-2020 | *8- | | TBBS | Generic B.B.S. {790} | Glen Ellyn | 790-4688 | *8- | | TBBS | J-B-S Enterprises | Aurora | 897-9037 | *8! | | TBBS | West Suburban {865} | Lombard | 916-8889 | *8- | | TBBS | Kesher Chicago {940} | Deerfield | 940-1696 | *8~ | | | | | | | | TCOM | Hexnet | Wheaton | 260-1859 | *8~ | | | | | | | | TIBB | T.I. South | Chicago Heights | 757-3135 | *7! | | TIBB | T.I. Users Group | Morton Grove | 966-2342 | *7! | | | | | | | | TIMX | North Shore Sinclair | North Chicago | 473-9415 | %8! | | | | | | | | UBBS | The Feminist B.B.S. | Chicago | 225-9138 | *8$ | | UBBS | Steed's Bar & Grill | Lake Forest | 234-8187 | *8$ | | UBBS | Wits of the World | Lake Forest | 295-5852 | *8- | | UBBS | NICS Apple Users Group | Wauconda | 526-0642 | *8$ | | UBBS | Waukegan Public Library | Waukegan | 623-2226 | *8- | | UBBS | Apple Net | Chicago | 685-9573 | *8$ | | UBBS | Apple Tree | Chicago Heights | 755-6264 | *8- | | UBBS | Video Etc. B.B.S. | Deerfield | 831-1142 | *8$ | | UBBS | Teletypes | Deerfield | 945-5693 | *8! | | UBBS | The Unknown B.B.S | Lemont | 972-1974 | *8- | | | | | | | | UNIX | The Igloo | Northbrook | 272-5912 | *8- | | UNIX | The AT&T Unix System | Palatine | 359-8080 | *8$ | | UNIX | AKCS Traveler's Aid 1 | Libertyville | 566-8911 | *7- | | UNIX | AKCS Traveler's Aid 2 | Libertyville | 566-8912 | *7$ | | UNIX | Chi-Net | Chicago | 725-5890 | *8$ | |*UNIX*| Rainbow Computer News | Chicago | 745-8962 | ??? | | UNIX | Adventure-Line | Chicago | 782-1900 | *8! | | UNIX | Vpnet | Villa Park | 833-8126 | *8$ | | | | | | | | XBBS | The Palace | Chicago | 274-4088 | *7! | | XBBS | The Coconut Club | Chicago | 281-6887 | *7$ | | XBBS | The Other Side | West Chicago | 293-1468 | *8- | | XBBS | Compu-Erotica | Oak Lawn | 425-6061 | *8$ | | XBBS | G.A.B.B.S. | Cicero | 484-1747 | *8! | | XBBS | The Bear's Den | Chicago | 561-2382 | *7$ | | XBBS | The Closet | Skokie | 674-2282 | *8$ | | XBBS | Crooked Dragon Inn | Wheaton | 690-2211 | *7$ | | XBBS | Strangers in the Night | Elgin | 741-9782 | *7! | | XBBS | Dial-Your-Match 206 | Chicago | 764-1699 | *8! | | XBBS | Orgasm | Chicago | 772-2452 | *8$ | | XBBS | OraComm | Hinsdale | 789-3966 | *8$ | | XBBS | Dial-Your-Match 102 | Riverdale | 841-6519 | *7$ | | XBBS | The Manhole | Chicago | 975-6546 | *8! | | XBBS | Riptide | Chicago | 995-0856 | *8- | | | | | | /===========================================================================\ || Area Codes: 800 and 815 || |===========================================================================| | Type | --- Name of System ---- | --- Location --- | Number | Ref | |===========================================================================| | FIDO | PC Pursuit Information | ----- | 800 835-3001 | *8$ | | | | | | | | GBBS | The Hill of Tara | Joliet | 815 727-4020 | *7$ | | | | | | | | QBBS | Electric Dreams | Freeport | 815 232-5853 | *8- | | | | | | | | XBBS | Dial-Your-Match 269 | Plainfield | 815 436-3396 | *7! | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| /===========================================================================\ | System Information Codes | |===========================================================================| | | | Please Note: | | . Items bracketed with { } identify Fido Network System Net/Node Address | | . Items bracketed with [ ] identify Private or Fee-based System | | | | <*> .... Full Time Operation: 24 hours per day, 7 days per week | | <#> .... Part Time Operation: 9am-9pm weekdays, 1pm-5pm weekends | | <%> .... Part-Time Operation: 7pm-7am weekdays, 24 hrs on weekend | | <&> .... Part-Time Operation: 7am-6pm weekdays, 24 hrs on weekend | | <=> .... Part-Time Operation: 7pm-7am, 7 days per week | | <+> .... Part-Time Operation: 7am-6pm, 7 days per week | | .... BBS is temporarily closed for maintenance | | | | <7> .... UART settings = 7-1-Even Parity | | <0> .... UART settings = 7-1-Odd Parity | | <8> .... UART settings = 8-1-No Parity | | | | <~> .... 300-1200-2400-9600bps (HST) operation supported | | <-> .... 300-1200-2400bps operation supported | | <|> .... 1200-2400bps operation only | | <@> .... 1200bps operation only | | <$> .... 300-1200bps operation only | | .... 300bps operation only | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| /===========================================================================\ | Index of Bulletin Board System Types | |===========================================================================| | | | ABBS .... Apple Bulletin Board System (Apple Based) | | ADVN .... Adventure Systems (Apple Based) | | AKCS .... AKCS Unix Bulletin Board (Unix Based) | | AMIG .... Amiga Bulletin Board System (Amiga Based) | | AMIS .... Atari Message System (Atari or Atari ST Based) | | CBBS .... Computer Bulletin Board System (S100 Based) | | CCBS .... Commodore Computer Bulletin Board (C-64 or C-128 Based) | | CHRM .... Chairman Multi-Line System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | COCO .... Color Computer Bulletin Board (TRS-80 Color Computer Based) | | COLI .... Collie Bulletin Board (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | DATA .... Online Computerized Library Catalog System | | DIVD .... Diversi-Dial Multi-User System (Apple Based) | | ERAC .... ERAC Bulletin Board System (TRS-80 or MS-DOS Based) | | FIDO .... FidoNet International BBS Network (MS-DOS Based) | | FORM .... Forum-PC Bulletin Board System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | GALA .... GalactiComm Multi-Line System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | GBBS .... General Bulletin Board System (Apple Based) | | GTBB .... GT-BBS System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | IBBS .... IBM-PC Bulletin Board System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | IHCS .... IBM-PC Host Computer System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | MCBB .... Macintosh Bulletin Board (Macintosh Based) | | MCMS .... Micro Computer Message System (TRS-80 Based) | | MICH .... MichTron Bulletin Board (Atari ST and MS-DOS Based) | | MSTG .... Mustang Bulletin Board (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | NETW .... Net-Works Communications System (Apple Based) | | NOCH .... No Change Bulletin Board System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | ONLN .... Online Multi-User System (C-64 Based) | | OPUS .... Opus Computer-Based Conversation System (MS-DOS Based) | | OTBB .... Other TRS-80 Bulletin Board (TRS-80 Based) | | PCBB .... PC Bulletin Board (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | PYRO .... Pyroto Mountain Fantasy System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | QBBS .... QuickBBS Bulletin Board (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | RBBS .... Remote PC Bulletin Board (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | RCPM .... Remote CP/M Bulletin Board (CP/M Based) | | STBB .... ST Bulletin Board (Atari 520-ST Based) | | TBBS .... The Bread Board System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | TCOM .... T-Comm Bulletin Board (IBM-PC & Compatibles) | | TIBB .... Texas Instruments Bulletin Board (TI99/4a Based) | | TIMX .... Timex Sinclair System (Timex TS-2068 Based) | | UBBS .... Universal Bulletin Board System (Apple Based) | | UNIX .... Unix Bulletin Board System (PC Based) | | XBBS .... Adult BBS Systems (Apple, C64 or TRS-80 Based) | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|