List of bulletin board systems

This is a list of notable bulletin board systems:

• CBBS, the first BBS on record, established 1978.
• 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.
• Hill Valley, based in Windsor, PA, York County's last BBS, ran from 1995-1997.
• 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.
• StarDoc 134. a Dos/Linux hybrid test BBS. Running modified ELEBBS software.
• 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

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)