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||     Directory of Chicago Metro Bulletin Board Systems      ||
||                 December 11, 1987 Edition                  ||
||          Copyright <c> 1987 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              ||
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|  Type | Name and Location of System        | Number |  Code  |
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|  ABBS   C.O.D.E. (Roselle) ...............  837-7196    *8$  |
|                                                              |
|  ADVN   Dragon's Spire (Highland Park) ...  433-5459    *8$  |
|                                                              |
|  AKCS   Traveler's Aid 1 (Mundelein) .....  566-8909    *7$  |
|  AKCS   Traveler's Aid 2 (Mundelein) .....  566-8911    *7-  |
|  AKCS   Vpnet (Villa Park) ...............  833-8126    *8$  |
|                                                              |
|  AMIG   NICS Amiga Users Group (Roselle)..  351-8815    %8$  |
|  AMIG   New Dawn (Wheeling) ..............  459-8498    *8-  |
|  AMIG   1984 (Dolton) ....................  841-2401    *8-  |
|                                                              |
|  AMIS   Dark Side (Lake Zurich) ..........  438-9356    %8!  |
|  AMIS   C.L.A.U.G. II (River Grove) ......  457-2219    *8$  |
|  AMIS   Suburban Chicago Atarian (Wheaton)  462-9844    *8$  |
|  AMIS   The Night Line (Chicago) .........  545-1945    %8!  |
|  AMIS   Gallifrey II (Des Plaines) .......  635-7863    %8!  |
|  AMIS   Chicago Atari Users (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   Science Fiction Centre (Homewood).  335-0305    *8$  |
|  CCBS   Great Lakes (Waukegan - Private)..  336-6700    *8!  |
|  CCBS   The Treasure Vault (Naperville) ..  369-4332    *8$  |
|  CCBS   Lankhmar Mountain (Riverside) ....  442-9697    *8$  |
|  CCBS   The Nite Owl (Wheeling) ..........  459-5721    *8$  |
|  CCBS   Trans-Com B.B.S. (Elmhurst) ......  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 (Dolton).  841-8064    *8$  |
|  CCBS   The Third Floor (Evanston) .......  864-3650    *8$  |
|  CCBS   Wild Bill's B.B.S. (Chicago) .....  873-6752    *8$  |
|  CCBS   Brainstorm (Naperville) ..........  983-6435    *8$  |
|                                                              |
|  COCO   The Color-80 B.B.S. (Chicago) ....  278-9513    %7!  |
|                                                              |
|  COLI   Electric Dreams (Freeport) .... 815 235-0101    *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 Hts Library Dial Access.  392-0188    #7@  |
|  DATA   North Suburbs Library Dial Access.  459-8375    #7!  |
|  DATA   Northwestern LUIS System .........  491-3070    #7$  |
|  DATA   DePaul University LCS System .....  786-1247    #8$  |
|  DATA   Evanston Library Online Catalog ..  864-6720    #7!  |
|                                                              |
|  DIVD   Diversi-Dial 36 (Highland Park) ..  433-7340    *8!  |
|  DIVD   Electric Paradise (Chicago) ......  989-4600    *8!  |
|                                                              |
|  ERAC   Board Electric (Evanston) ........  475-5522    %8!  |
|  ERAC   Innovations (Chicago) ............  736-7526    *8$  |
|  ERAC   Trix I (Chicago) .................  761-7887    *8-  |
|  ERAC   Trix II (Glenview) ...............  998-9021    *8-  |
|                                                              |
|  FIDO   PC Pursuit Information ........ 800 835-3001    *8$  |
|  FIDO   COPH-2 778 (Chicago) .............  286-0608    *8-  |
|  FIDO   BPGB Fido 538 (Libertyville) .....  362-0538    *8~  |
|  FIDO   Samson 108 (Arlington Heights) ...  394-0071    *8-  |
|  FIDO   The Lunatic Phringe (Skokie) .....  965-3677    *8-  |
|                                                              |
|  FORM   The Land of Fa V (Chicago) .......  225-3962    *8$  |
|  FORM   The Express (West Chicago - Fee)..  293-1021    *8$  |
|  FORM   Nomad (Deerfield) ................  945-1910    *8-  |
|  FORM   Isengard (Downers Grove) .........  985-9699    *8$  |
|                                                              |
|  GBBS   Captain Video (Northbrook) .......  272-0943    *7!  |
|  GBBS  *Marvin (Des Plaines) .............  297-3242    ???  |
|  GBBS   Lincolnet (Maywood) ..............  343-0100    *7$  |
|  GBBS   The Cider Press (Maywood) ........  345-3919    *7!  |
|  GBBS   The Switchboard (Oak Lawn) .......  430-4477    *7!  |
|  GBBS   The Key to Time (Highland Park) ..  432-3062    *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 Captain's Port (Downers Grove)  810-0498    *7!  |
|  GBBS   The Flying B.B.S. (Deerfield) ....  945-3665    *7!  |
|  GBBS   Rogers Park B.B.S. (Chicago) .....  973-2227    +7!  |
|                                                              |
|  GTBB   The Intercept (Maywood) ..........  345-7202    *8$  |
|  GTBB   The High Res B.B.S. (Chicago) ....  751-1503    *8$  |
|                                                              |
|  IBBS   PC Center (Des Plaines) ..........  298-1458    *8-  |
|  IBBS   The Riverside Premium (Riverside).  447-8175    *8-  |
|  IBBS   Computers Plus (River Grove-Fee)..  452-0333    %8-  |
|  IBBS   Word Processing (Evanston) .......  491-6995    *8-  |
|  IBBS   Biz B.B.S. (Glenview) ............  729-2101    *8-  |
|  IBBS   PC Info Center (Roselle - Fee) ...  885-2303    *8~  |
|  IBBS   Financial Options Xchnge (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   Growers Xchange (West Chicago) ...  293-0199    %8-  |
|  MCBB   MACropoedia (Lake Forest) ........  295-6926    *8-  |
|  MCBB   Desktopper (Highland Park) .......  831-2691    *8-  |
|                                                              |
|  MCMS   W.A.C.O. (Roselle) ...............  351-4374    *8$  |
|  MCMS   P.C.M.S. (Wheaton) ...............  462-7560    *8$  |
|                                                              |
|  MICH   Captain Video BBS (Chicago) ......  725-0652    *8-  |
|  MICH   The Sundog (Lemont) ..............  759-9101    *8$  |
|  MICH   Software Plus West (Hanover Park).  837-7100    *8-  |
|                                                              |
|  NETW   Double Take II (Chicago) .........  233-8327    %7!  |
|  NETW   The Greek Inn (Chicago) ..........  774-2035    %7!  |
|                                                              |
|  NOCH   The No Change BBS (Berwyn) .......  788-1264    *8-  |
|                                                              |
|  ONLN   The Bunker (Lemont) ..............  759-9191    *8!  |
|                                                              |
|  OPUS   The Inner Sanctum (Lake Forest) ..  234-7366    %8$  |
|  OPUS   WestRidge CommCenter 338 (Chicago)  338-0338    *8-  |
|  OPUS   The Chicago BBS 396 (Chicago) ....  338-8827    %8-  |
|  OPUS   The Greenhouse 690 (Oak Park) ....  383-5939    *8-  |
|  OPUS   ConsultNet 115 (Chicago) .........  472-6796    *8$  |
|  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   Spectrum MACNet 729 (Glenview) ...  729-8768    *8-  |
|  OPUS   The Black Knight (Round Lake) ....  740-2072    *8-  |
|  OPUS   TroU Mac Base 400 (Chicago) ......  784-8763    *8-  |
|  OPUS   C.O.P.E. 777 (Glen Ellyn) ........  790-0187    *8-  |
|  OPUS   Solar Wind 333 (Homewood) ........  799-4790    *8-  |
|  OPUS   BBS-Chicago 842 (Chicago) ........  842-1745    *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 BBS (Elmhurst-Fee)  279-1053    *8$  |
|  PCBB   The ZED B.B.S. (Mount Prospect) ..  364-7320    *8-  |
|  PCBB   Fox River Valley (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   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 (Bolingbrook) ........  972-0628    *8-  |
|  PCBB   UICC - SRL (Chicago) .............  996-5308    *8-  |
|                                                              |
|  RBBS   Midwest Biomed (Chicago-Private)..  227-7455    *8$  |
|  RBBS   Publisher Info Service (Chicago)..  342-6919    =8$  |
|  RBBS   Discovery Place (Oak Park) .......  383-6335    *8$  |
|  RBBS   Epson  RBBS (Arlington Heights) ..  394-5772    *8$  |
|  RBBS   The Computer Lab (Oak Lawn) ......  423-7558    *8$  |
|  RBBS   Northern Illinois RBBS (Wauconda).  526-3725    *8-  |
|  RBBS   Tech Exchange (Roselle) ..........  529-0081    *8-  |
|  RBBS   Computer King (Lombard-Fee) ......  629-4478    *8-  |
|  RBBS   PC-Tech (Skokie) .................  674-2159    *8-  |
|  RBBS   The Cavern (Hampshire) ...........  683-2379    *8$  |
|  RBBS   Church of the Brethren BBS (Elgin)  695-2606    *8$  |
|  RBBS   CRDC Network (Evanston) ..........  869-2940    *8$  |
|  RBBS   Information Exchange (Roselle-Fee)  882-4227    *8$  |
|  RBBS   Business-Pro (Deerfield) .........  940-6496    %8-  |
|  RBBS   C.C.S. (Chicago) .................  942-0706    *8-  |
|  RBBS   Information Exchange (Deerfield)..  945-5575    *8~  |
|                                                              |
|  RCPM   C.F.O.G. Two (Chicago) ...........  235-7902    *8$  |
|  RCPM   Fox Valley ROS-34 (Saint Charles).  377-5988    *8-  |
|  RCPM   Connie (Highland Park) ...........  432-4178    *8$  |
|  RCPM   Jim Mills RCPM (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 (Downers Grove) .......  983-5147    *8|  |
|                                                              |
|  STBB   Blue Thunder (Bartlett) ..........  289-1089    *8-  |
|  STBB   Software Plus B.B.S. (Wheeling) ..  520-1780    %8-  |
|                                                              |
|  TBBS   DeskToppers 622 (Lindenhurst) ....  356-3776    *8-  |
|  TBBS   Computers for Christ (Vernon Hill)  362-7875    *8-  |
|  TBBS   Protecto MultiLine (Barrington) ..  382-3270    *8-  |
|  TBBS   Prometheus MultiLine 386 (OakPark)  386-4290    *8-  |
|  TBBS   Elk Grove Repeater 529 (Elk Grove)  529-1586    *8-  |
|  TBBS   The Computer Guild 640 (Elk Grove)  640-7980    *8-  |
|  TBBS   The Position Report (Chicago) ....  670-6736    %8$  |
|  TBBS   Terrapin Station 678 (Chicago) ...  764-4581    *8-  |
|  TBBS   20/20 Video 769 (Chicago) ........  769-2020    *8-  |
|  TBBS   Generic B.B.S. 790 (Glen Ellyn) ..  790-4688    *8-  |
|  TBBS   West Suburban 865 (Broadview) ....  865-0623    *8-  |
|  TBBS   J-B-S Enterprises (Aurora) .......  897-9037    *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 (Skokie) ........  966-2342    *7!  |
|                                                              |
|  UBBS   The Feminist BBS (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. (Highland Park).  831-1142    *8$  |
|  UBBS   Teletypes (Deerfield) ............  945-5693    *8!  |
|  UBBS   Unknown B.B.S (Bolingbrook) ......  972-1974    *8-  |
|                                                              |
|  UNIX   The AT&T Unix System (Palatine) ..  359-8080    *8$  |
|  UNIX   Chi-Net (Chicago) ................  725-5890    *8$  |
|  UNIX   Rainbow Computer News (Chicago) ..  745-8962    *8$  |
|  UNIX   Yet Another B.B.S. (Chicago) .....  761-7779    *8$  |
|  UNIX   Adventure-Line (Chicago) .........  782-1900    *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   Exotica (Park Forest) ............  481-3149    *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   Dial-Your-Match (Glen Ellyn) .....  858-1119    *7!  |
|  XBBS   The Manhole (Chicago) ............  975-6546    *8!  |
|  XBBS   Riptide (Chicago) ................  995-0856    *8-  |
|                                                              |
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|                    System Information Codes                  |
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|                                                              |
|  <*>  ...  24-hours per day, 7 days per week operation       |
|  <#>  ...  Part-Time: 9am-9pm weekdays, 1pm-5pm weekends     |
|  <%>  ...  Part-Time: 7pm-7am weekdays, 24 hrs on weekend    |
|  <&>  ...  Part-Time: 7am-6pm weekdays, 24 hrs on weekend    |
|  <=>  ...  Part-Time: 7pm-7am, 7 days per week               |
|  <+>  ...  Part-Time: 7am-6pm, 7 days per week               |
|  <?>  ...  BBS is temporarily closed for maintenance         |
|                                                              |
|  <~>  ...  300-1200-2400-9600 HST operation supported        |
|  <->  ...  300-1200-2400 baud operation supported            |
|  <|>  ...  1200-2400 baud operation only                     |
|  <@>  ...  1200 baud operation only                          |
|  <$>  ...  300-1200 baud operation only                      |
|  <!>  ...  300 baud operation only                           |
|                                                              |
|  <7>  ...  UART settings = 7-1-Even Parity                   |
|  <8>  ...  UART settings = 8-1-No Parity                     |
|                                                              |
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|             Index of Bulletin Board System Types            |
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|                                                             |
|  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 Based)  |
|  COCO  ...  Color Computer Bulletin Board (TRS-80 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 Based)       |
|  FIDO  ...  Fido Bulletin Board System (MS-DOS Based)       |
|  FORM  ...  Forum-PC Bulletin Board (IBM-PC & Compatibles)  |
|  GBBS  ...  General Bulletin Board System (Apple Based)     |
|  GTBB  ...  GT-BBS System (IBM-PC & Compatibles)            |
|  IBBS  ...  PC Bulletin Board System (IBM-PC & Compatibles) |
|  IHCS  ...  IBM-PC Host Communication System (IBM-PC)       |
|  MCBB  ...  Macintosh Bulletin Board (Macintosh Based)      |
|  MCMS  ...  Micro Computer Message System (TRS-80 Based)    |
|  MICH  ...  Michtron Bulletin Board (Amiga Based)           |
|  NETW  ...  Net-Works Communications System (Apple Based)   |
|  NOCH  ...  No Change Bulletin Board (IBM-PC & Compatibles) |
|  ONLN  ...  Online Multi-User System (C-64 Based)           |
|  OPUS  ...  Computer-Based Conversation System (MS-DOS)     |
|  OTBB  ...  Other TRS-80 Bulletin Board (TRS-80 Based)      |
|  PCBB  ...  PC 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 (TI99/4 Based) |
|  UBBS  ...  Universal Bulletin Board System (Apple Based)   |
|  UNIX  ...  Unix Bulletin Board System (PC Based)           |
|  XBBS  ...  Adult BBS Systems (Apple, C64 or TRS80 Based)   |
|                                                             |
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