Available for download as TABBSJUL.TXT or TABBSJUL.ZIP Keeping TABBS on Tacoma... The Tacoma Area BBS List and Newsletter from AmoCat JULY 1992 EDITION Changes from last month: NEW LISTING Dis Array 588-2595 Employment Network 475-0665 Glass Head/Aquarium 847-4553 NNN0CGG BBS (ham radio) 272-6032 Northwest Exposure 922-2692 The Tunnel 759-7601 RETURNING: The Exchange Club 964-5949 NEW NUMBER: Centaur Aisle 536-6492 Silent Sentry (node 2) 588-2285 DELETED: Birds Nest Digital Bitch Exchange Club Fire & Ice High Voltage! The Legend BBS Paradise Your Mom Except as noted, systems are local to all Tacoma prefixes. Please submit additions or corrections to AmoCat BBS, 566-1155 [1:138/115] 566-1177 (206) BBS BBS NAME PHONE NO. TYPE BPS OPERATOR FEATURES ==================== ========= ==== ===== =================== ========= ABChat 848-9511 DLX 0-2 Kris Engles dei Alternate Realities 848-3209 IMAG 0-2 Ray Burke III ?efgpr AmoCat BBS 566-1155 WILD 0-H Rich Langsford efgin AmoCat BBS (line 2) 566-1177 WILD 0-2 Rich Langsford efgin The Aquarium 847-4553 CITA 0-2 Damian Johnson e Arctic Net 565-9740 OPUS 0-H Rob Barker efn Attack Line 840-2445 QBBS 0-D Dave Reed efn Awakening BBS 582-5579 MAXI 0-D Ron Amos efno6 Back Gate BBS 964-2033 SBBS 1-H Charles Cooper efgno6 BatCave 756-2054 VBBS 1-V "Batman" efgx Backwoods BBS 847-5058 SPIT 0-2 "Uncle Pat" efg Bethel Board System 846-1564 WILD 0-2 "Arrow" & Pam defo2 Beyond BBS 475-0402 HERM 1-D "The Force" efg Beyond Reality 564-6702 DLG 2-V Bill Wolfe efgn Big Boys Toys 862-8896 WILD 0-H Paul Kratzke ef The Big Easy BBS 952-7142 WILD 0-V Danny Stephens efmnos The Blue Light Special 588-3973 CITA 0-2 "Kaptain K Mart" defgprtx BoardRoom BBS 847-1763 RA 0-2 Bill McPhail efgno1 The Boardwalk 941-3124 WILD 1-H Dave Cody efgn* Bridge of Sighs 952-0247 SPIT 2-H "Sysop" ef Bunny Board 841-3899 HERM 1-2 "Da Masta" efgnprx Byte Me 581-6244 HERM 0-2 "Stickman" (4p-6a) efl Calc Sys 967-3606 RA 0-2 Debbie Sklar e Cat's Paws 584-7895 MAXI 0-D Jim Smith efn Centaur Aisle 536-6492 RA 0-V "Old Fogie" efgx Club Digital 848-9629 XENO 0-2 Steve Rowe efgnrx The Coffee Shop 565-6306 OMNI 0-2 "P.I." efghp Collector's BBS 564-1109 QBBS 1-2 Jack Revis e Come Sail Away BBS 964-0580 CITA 0-2 "Gravity" eg Computer Factor II 848-7306 VBBS 0-H Shon Sullivan cef Cool Blue BBS 846-9547 SBBS 0-2 Raymond Cool efgo6 Craig's BBS 582-7970 SPIT 0-2 Craig Findley efg Crossroads BBS 848-2831 QBBS 0-D David Reed efgno9 The Cubby Hole 572-3225 HERM 0-2 "The Hermit" ef Death Strike 840-2251 CITA 0-2 "Striker" efg Delbert's Place BBS 565-9776 WILD 0-2 "Delbert RMe" $cefgix Dis Array 588-2595 RA 0-2 Mikel Kirk ef Doctor's In 927-1300 PCB 0-2 "Doc" (7p-7a) ?efgls$ Doomed to Failure 759-1724 CITA 0-2 "Valley Boy" eg Dura Europos 588-0638 GBBS 0-2 "Trajan" efg Eagles BBS 531-8304 WILD 0-D Leonard Blakely defgino2 Electric Flamingo 473-6561 RA 0-V Charlie Quante efn Electronic Advertiser 847-3329 TRIT 0-2 Jerry Weaver efo6 Employment Network 475-0665 SBBS 0-2 Dave McCoy ef Forgotten Realms 848-5299 TEMP 1-V "Hotrod" ef FPS Technical Board 565-9465 TBBS 0-2 FPS e The Generic BBS 584-5960 CITA 0-2 "Generic Man" efglrx The Glass Head 847-4553 SBBS 0-2 Damian Johnson ef Golden Sub II 536-3878 CITA 0-2 Dan Brinkman efg Group Medical 581-9088 RA 1-2 Ismail Arslangiray $efsno156 Grownup's Playground 1 588-3792 WILD 0-V Bruce Martin (ADULT)$defgio2vx Grownup's Playground 2 588-6409 WILD 0-C Bruce Martin (ADULT)$defgio2vx The Halls of Justice 565-0603 DLG 0-2 Keith Zaback efgn Heaven's Door 581-3466 QBBS 0-D "The Pastor" cefg Holiday's Inn 472-1218 WILD 1-V "Doc Holiday" efgo2x Huggybear's Den 582-8285 OMNI 1-2 "Huggybear" efgx Info Board 759-4391 IRON 0-2 Darin efp ISMC Oeric II 535-3697 SBBS 0-2 "Starcrow" e John's Genes 756-5160 OPUS 0-D John English efn Keithley Komputer 759-5550 OPUS 0-D Susan Cox efn The King's Coven 922-0789 TELE 0-2 "The King" efgn King's Dominion 843-2817 OPUS 0-2 Jeff King (7p-5a) efln Lakewood Fire Dept. 840-2066 QBBS 0-D Dave Reed efno1 Land of Oz 473-1788 IMAG 0-2 "Oz" efp Last Frontier 847-8168 SBBS 0-D Mark Pittenger efgno16 Library 565-0690 CO64 1-2 "Gertrude" efghp The Looking Glass 535-8917 MAXI 0-2 Marc Blakely efno6 Mac Air 475-4146 HERM 0-2 "The Captain" efgr Magic's Palace 627-3749 DMBB 1-1 "Magic" efgrx The Mail Wrap BBS 472-6833 SPIT 0-2 Glen Lewis eno18 Mandrake's World 474-0318 SRCH 1-D "Mandrake" efginr Mandrake's World node2 475-6692 SRCH 0-2 "Mandrake" efginr The Medieval BBS 582-2023 RA 0-2 "King Edward" efgnr The Meeting Place 536-6993 WILD 0-2 David Kreg defgo2pr MIDI Exchange 383-8072 FORE 0-2 Jack W Rice (6p-9a) efgl Missing Link BBS 536-3235 SRCH 0-2 Steven Hall efn Misspent Youth 537-6086 PCB 0-2 "Cyrano" defgo7 Mobike Maniac 964-5306 SPIT 0-2 Birgit Murphy efgno18 Moody Blues 846-2616 RA 0-2 Bernie Schau efgno36 Nightforce BBS 472-6967 TEMP 0-V "Swally" efg Night Magic 535-4746 PCB 1-D "Poledra" defgo7 NNN0GCC BBS (ham/mars) 272-6032 WILD 0-2 Tim Mauch ef North End Skyscraper 756-9689 OPUS 0-D Lee Fellenberg efno3x Northwest Exposure 922-2692 WWIV 0-2 Jo Vangelder ef NWAP Chess Board 565-0594 PRIM 0-2 Doug ef Omni World 128 536-9353 OMNI 0-2 "Dr. Midi" efgp Online Express II 581-3310 WILD 0-2 "Marsman" $efgio2px Online Express (line2) 581-9060 WILD 0-2 "Marsman" $efgio2px OS9 Tacoma 566-8857 RIBB 0-2 Chris Johnson efgn Our House 846-9547 CITA 0-2 "R.R.C." e Outdoor Focus 565-7730 OPUS 0-2 Craig Buchman efn Ozone Pro Express 759-3002 XPRS 0-2 "T-Dome" $efg Pacific NW Archive 536-9286 WILD 1-V Michael Moore efg Parthenon 474-2872 WAFF 0-2 Mike Singleton efn Pembroke Castle 474-0684 SBBS 1-V Lady Darlene defgo6rt Pilgrim's Progress 952-4522 CNET 0-1 "Prophet" efg Puget Sound Monitor 565-6036 HOST 0-2 Scott Wright e Purgatory 566-1827 CITA 0-2 "Pope & Angel" e Racer's Edge 863-5877 PCB 2-V Tim Fierro $efgno7 The Reef 848-3371 XPRS 0-H Dan Harris efg TheRightPlace node 1&2 581-APPL HERM 0-2 Scot Herring efginpr The Right Place node 3 582-7283 HERM 2-H Scot Herring efginpr Shooting Star ][ BBS 589-5906 ???? 0-D "Disk Crasher" efg Silent Sentry 984-1048 RA 1-D Damien Latrace efgno6px Silent Sentry (node 2) 588-2285 RA 1-2 Damien Latrace efgno6px Starfleet BBS 535-5717 HERM 1-2 "Phaser" efr Sub S*P*A*C*E* BBS 473-6587 XPRS 0-2 Mike Isakson ef SuperShareware BBS 535-1995 WILD 0-2 Greg Randall ef$ T.A.C.O. BBS 475-8084 MAXI 1-2 Malcolm Clark efx Tacoma Recovery 862-3815 QBBS 0-2 Don T. (AA/12-step) ef Techno Mikey's Shop 582-9393 OPUS 0-2 Michael Bednarczyk ef TFC Games (node 1) 752-7424 RA 0-2 "Thorin Copenwood" efgipr TFC Games (node 2) 761-0792 RA 0-2 "Thorin Copenwood" efgipr Toggle 759-7298 METL 0-2 Bob Thompson ef Total Access Board 472-9884 TBBS 0-H Dick Fairchild en Trauma Central 531-9309 WILD 0-2 "Nite Nurse" efo2x The Tunnel 759-7601 HERM 1-2 Pat Nicholson efgx Unicorn/NWAP BBS 472-9331 GBBS 0-2 Marvin McDonald Jr. e Up Town's BBS 572-2548 SPIT 0-2 Richard & Margarita efg Vanguard II 582-1185 RA 0-V John Haste efgno6 The Warped Dog 536-0423 OPUS 0-2 Andy Roberts efgno3 West Coast Adult Net 564-4955 WILD 0-2 "Foxy Lady" (ADULT) efio2x West Coast Adult Node2 566-9376 WILD 0-2 "Foxy Lady" (ADULT) efio2x Wood Creek BBS 536-8480 SPIT 1-D Don Strate efg Your Name Here BBS 564-5303 CITA 0-V "Zake Zuke" efgp GATEWAYS AND BOARDS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LISTING. BBS TYPES ========= CITA = Citadel/Citadel clones (IBM) CNET = Commodore C-Net (Amiga) CO64 = Color 64 BBS (Commodore) DLG = DLG Pro (Amiga) DLX = DLX (IBM) FORE = Forem or Forem clones GBBS = Pro Board (Apple) HERM = Hermes (Mac) IMAG = Image (Commodore) IRON = Ironhenge (IBM) MAXI = Maximus (IBM) METL = Metal Message System (CPM) OMNI = Omni 128 CBBS (Commodore) OPUS = Opus (IBM) PCB = PCBoard (IBM) PRIM = Prime (Apple) QBBS = QuickBBS (IBM) RA = Remote Access RYBB = RyBBS (IBM) SBBS = SuperBBS (IBM) SPIT = Spitfire (IBM) SRCH = Searchlight (IBM) TBBS = The Bread Board System (IBM) TELE = Telegard (IBM) TEMP = Tempest (Amiga) TRIT = TriTel VBBS = Virtual BBS (IBM) WAFF = Waffle WILD = Wildcat! (IBM) WWIV = World War 4 XENO = Xenolink (Amiga) XPRS = BBS Express! (Atari) ???? = Custom Software BPS RATE ABBREVIATIONS ====================== 0 = 300 bps (some support 450 bps) 1 = 1200 bps 2 = 2400 bps C = 9600 bps Compucon Speedmodem D = 9600+bps USR Dual Std. (HST/V32) H = 9600+bps USR HST V = 9600+bps V32 Effective transfer rates may exceed the above on systems supporting hardware data compression. Compucon, HST and V32 formats only connect to like modems at high speed. Otherwise will connect at 2400bps. FEATURES ======== c = CD/ROM or other large media file storage facility d = Dating or Common Interest Matching e = E-Mail; Public/Private Messages f = File Upload/Download g = On-line Games / Doors i = Internodal Chat Feature l = Limited Operating Hours (usually evenings and all day weekends) n = National Echomail Facilities o = Offline Message Read/Reply Feature 1 = MegaMail 2 = Tomcat/OLX 3 = Express 4 = SFMAIL 5 = RA Express 6 = QWK 7 = Qmail (QWK) 8 = Jetmail 9 = XRS p = Private network; exchanges messages with other BBS's r = Role Playing Games (RPG's) s = These boards also have a line local to Seattle t = Specializing in Text Files v = Validation by mail required x = Adult-Only Area(s) $ = Contributions Solicited * = Only local to 922, 923, 924, 926, 927 and 952 prefixes. ? = No answer on many attempts. Will be removed from next month's list if activity cannot be verified. ECHOmail Conferences ==================== Several Tacoma area BBS's are now linked with a network of thousands of systems around the world to provide you with access to conferences on all sorts of specialized topics. Entering a comment locally may bring a reply or several from just about anywhere that computers and phone lines exist. Listed below are the conferences echoed locally. Some may be viewable by request only, so if you can't find the one you want, send the appropriate SYStem OPerator a note requesting it. A totally separate group of conferences is available on Racer's Edge BBS which carries over 625 echos from half a dozen alternative networks. Some of these conferences are also seen on Night Magic BBS. Fido Format Echos: TOPIC BBS ABBR. NAME --------------------- --------------- Abortion Silent Adoptees North, Johns, Right, OS9 Adult Echos (various) Silent, North, Mand Advanced D&D Missing, Club, Right, LastF, Mand, Mail Medievl Advanced D&D II Missing AIDS/ARC Group Alaska Info Eagles Alternative News AmoCat, Halls Amiga Missing, Total, Club, Halls, Beyond Amiga Comm. Programs Missing Amiga Games Missing, Halls Amiga Lattice Compiler Missing, Halls Amiga Music Missing Amiga Programmers Missing Amiga Technical Missing, Halls Amiga Video/Animation Missing Amiga Word Perfect Missing Anesthesiology Group Animal Rights LastF Anxiety LastF Apple Right, Total Aquarium LastF Archiving Discussion Cross ARexx Programmers Halls Artificial Intelligence Medievl Asian Link AmoCat Ask a Cop (USA) AmoCat, LastF, Board, Johns, Cross, Attack, Boardwk Ask a Cop (Canada) Board, LastF, Johns Astronomy Techno, Arctic, Right, Beyond Boardwk Atari ST Techno, Mand, OS9 Atari ST Programmers OS9 Audio AmoCat Automotive Outdoor Aviation Right, Attack Boardwk Baseball Cards Eagles Batch Power Arctic, Keith Battered Mail Beyond War North, Club BiBass Software Mand Bible Awakng, Back Bimodem Eagles BinkleyTerm Total Bionews North Blinktalk/Vis. Impaired Group BNU Fossil Program Cross Boating Outdoor Brain Injuries Lake Broadcasting AmoCat, Johns Business Group ByteNews (Byte Mag.) Group C Programmers Awakng, Johns, Missing, Cats, Looking, OS9, Cross, Mail, Boardwk C++ Programming Awakng, Cats, Missing, Johns, Cross, Mail CD ROM Disk Right, Johns, Mail Chess Right Clipper Boardwk CoCo Clubs OS9 College Group, Eagles Color Computer OS9 Comics Right Commodore/Amiga Mand Communication Programs Mand, Awakng Compact Disks AmoCat, Right Computers for Sale Board, Back Consulting Group Consumer Reports Keith, Boardwk Cooking/Recipes Eagles, Warped, Kings, Moody Crimestoppers (Tacoma) LastF, Looking Dads Outdoor dBase Arctic, Group, Total, Keith, Boardwk D'Bridge Mailer Missing, Group, Cats, Silent, Mand, Cross, Looking, Boardwk Desktop Publishing Right Desqview Keith, Eagles, Lastf, Cats, Cross, Looking, Boardwk Diabetes Group, Eagles, Lake Dieting Group, LastF DisAbled/Handicapped Group DLG BBS Info Halls Dr.Debug PC Technical Arctic Doctor Who Right Door Distrib. System Mand Door Games LastF, Mand Doorware LastF, Mand, AmoCat DOS 5.0 Cross Dungeons & Dragons LastF, Mand, Medievl Earth North Ecology North, Right, LastF Educators Group, Keith, Right Electronics Kings Entrepreneur Right, AmoCat Environmental Issues North, LastF European Link AmoCat Exotic Birds LastF FCC/Telecom issues AmoCat, Johns Feminism&Gender Issues AmoCat, LastF, Boardwk File Requests Mand Film/Movies AmoCat, Boardwk Firearms Kings, Attack, OS9, Boardwk Fire Fighters Johns, Attack, Lake Fishing Outdoor, OS9 For Sale Arctic, Eagles Board, Kings, Attack, Lake, Cross, Back 4Dos Cats, Looking FoxBase Pro Attack, Lake Front Door Mailer Eagles, Back Funny Eagles, Mand Gaming/Computer Games Missing, Kings Genealogy (National) Keith, Awakng, Total, Johns, Right Genealogy (Southeast) Keith, Johns Genealogy (Jewish) Johns Genealogy Software Awakng, Johns Geoworks Back GoldEd Cats, Cross, Looking Gourmet Eagles, Mail Graphics (Fidonet) Right Graphics (Searchlight) Mand Grateful Dead Fans Right, Boardwk Greenpeace North Ham Radio Discussion AmoCat, Attack, Eagles Ham Radio For Sale AmoCat, Attack, Eagles Hard Drive Technical Arctic, Awakng, Total, Johns, Eagles, Mand Hard Drive for Sale Arctic, Awakng, Club, Johns, Eagles, OS9 Hearing Impaired Keith High Speed Modems Attack, Club, Cats, Silent, Awakng, Mand, Cross Higher Education Group, Keith, Right, Mail Home Office Outdoor, Mail Home Repair Outdoor, Eagles Home Schooling Keith Home and Garden Eagles, LastF HotRod Outdoor, Board HST Modem North, AmoCat, Keith, Attack, Club, Cats, Mand, Eagles, Cross, Boardwk Humor Arctic, Board, Eagles, Right, Silent, Mand, Halls, Boardwk International Cooking Eagles International Users Group Investors OS9 Jobs & Employment Right, Group Jobs Now! Right Jokes Mand K9 Cops Cross Katty Korner (felines) Awakng Kids Right, Keith Krishna Consciousness AmoCat Lantastic LAN AmoCat, Keith Laptop Computers Keith Law (Legal Issues) AmoCat, Outdoor Law and Disorder AmoCat Law/Police/Fire (Tacoma)Attack, Board, LastF, Lake Library (Librarians) Group Local Area Networking Keith, Lake Lotus Cross, Mail MacIntosh Right Macintosh Games Right Macintosh For Sale Right Macintosh Hypercard Right Macintosh Software Dev. Right Macintosh Telecomm. Right Major League Baseball Eagles MDF(Telecom.Consulting) AmoCat Media (Fidonet) AmoCat Media (Searchlight) Mand Memories (Nostalgia) Awakng Men's Issues Outdoor, Silent, LastF Men's Rights Outdoor Military People Group, Johns, Silent Military (Searchlight) Mand Missing Persons Johns, LastF, Mail MM/1 Technical OS9 Motorcycle Outdoor, LastF, Attack, Mail MS DOS Eagles, Mail Multilevel Marketing AmoCat Multi-Tasking Eagles, Club Multiple Sclerosis Eagles Music AmoCat, Club, Beyond, Boardwk Mystery Right, Awakng, LastF New Opus BBS Kings Non Trad. Students Keith Northwest Chatter Total, Right, Board, Moody Northwest OS9 OS9 Northwest Outdoors Outdoor, North, Moody Northwest Technical Arctic, Awakng, Total, Cats, Group, Kings, Johns, OS9 Northwest Telephone AmoCat, North, Group, Kings, OS9, Mail Old Cars Outdoor, Board On Line Games Mand OS/2 Operating System AmoCat, Cross, Eagles, Awakng, Mail, Boardwk OS/2 BBS AmoCat OS/2 DOS AmoCat OS/2 Hardware AmoCat OS/2 LAN AmoCat OS/2 Programs AmoCat OS-9 OS9 Out of Body Experience North Outer Space Boardwk Overeaters Anonymous Awakng PAF (genealogy) Keith Packet Radio AmoCat Paradox Missing, Cats, Mail, Looking Paralegal Outdoor Pascal Programmers Boardwk PC Tools Eagles PC-Write Group, Boardwk Photography Awakng, Attack, Boardwk Pierce County Chat LastF, Group, Board, AmoCat, Kings, Cats, Mail, Eagles, Vangrd, Looking Pierce County For Sale Group, AmoCat, Board, LastF, Kings, Mail, Eagles, Vangrd, Looking Pierce County Tech Help Group, AmoCat, LastF, Kings, Mail, Looking, Eagles, Vangrd Pierce County Teens LastF, Eagles, Looking Pitstop Board Poems Mand Politics (Fidonet) Right, Boardwk Politics (Searchlight) Mand PS/2 Computers AmoCat Public Domain Software Group, Board Pyrotechnics(fireworks) Beyond, Moody, OS/9 Qmodem Cats, Eagles, Mand, Back QuickBasic Arctic, Boardwk QuickBBS Sysops Total, Cats, Cross Radio Control Models Attack Rainbow (DEC PC) Total RBase Database Program Group Records AmoCat Recovery (AA) Awakng Recovery (ACOA) Awakng Recovery (Addictions) Awakng, Group Recovery (Narcotics) Awakng Recovery (12 Step) Awakng Religious Freedom AmoCat Remote Access BBS Eagles, Board, Silent, Cats, Medievl RiBBS BBS Software OS9 Sailing Outdoor Saudi Connection Board, Johns, Keith Scanners (UHF/VHF) Awakng, Eagles Science Group, Right Science Fiction/Fant. Arctic, Awakng SciFi (Searchlight) Mand SCSI-1 Hard Drive Spec. Club Scoop Offline Reader Mand SCUBA Diving Right, Boardwk Search and Rescue Lake Searchlight BBS Sysops Missing, Mand Searchlight Chat Mand Searchlight Doors Mand Searchlight Programming Mand Seizures Lake Shareware Group, Eagles, Looking, Right, Cats, Cross Shortwave Listeners AmoCat, Eagles, Awakng, Boardwk 60's/70's Prog. Rock LastF Social Services (CUSS) Group, AmoCat Software Group, LastF, Eagles, Looking Solar Realm Games LastF South Africa AmoCat Space Right, Back Speedmodem Back Spinal Injury Group, Lake, Mail Sports Boardwk Star Trek Right, Mail, Boardwk Stress Management Lake, Moody Super BBS LastF Swingnet (adult echos) Grownups Tacoma Chatter North, Warped, Eagles, Group, Looking, Cats, Kings, Right, Moody, Board, Attack, Mand, Vangrd Tacoma CoCo Chat Right, OS9 Tacoma Employment Eagles, Vangrd, Looking Tacoma For Sale North, Warped, Eagles, Right, Mand, Kings, OS9, Moody, Looking Tacoma Sports Warped, Board Tacoma Sysops Warped, North, Cats, Group, Board, Eagles, OS9, Vangrd Tacoma Technical North, Warped, Eagles, Right, Mand, Group, Kings, Looking, Cats, OS9, Vangrd Tandy 1000 / 2000 Keith, Kings, Johns TBBS Total Technical (National) Johns Teens (Fidonet) Keith, Boardwk Teens (Searchlight) Mand Telemate Group, Mand, AmoCat, Cats Telix Group, Mand, Back, Looking, Boardwk Trade Wars Boardwk TRS-80 Models 1,3,4 Johns, OS9 TV Shows AmoCat TVRO (Satellite TV) AmoCat, Attack UFO's North, Right, Club, Beyond, Boardwk United Nations AmoCat Upcheck Virus Program Mand Unix OS9 VAX OS9 Vietnam Veterans Group, Eagles, LastF, Silent, Boardwk Virus Information Right, Silent, LastF, Halls, Awakng, Mand Western Washington Chat LastF, Group, Board, AmoCat, Wolfs, Cats, Kings, Mail, Looking Wildcat! Sysops AmoCat, Eagles, Boardwk Wildcat! Technical AmoCat, Eagles Wilderness Moody Windows (Microsoft) Eagles, Awakng, Silent, Boardwk Word Perfect echos Total, Keith, Attack, Cross Writing Right X00 Fossil Driver Cats XRS Mail Reader Cross Zenith Computers Missing Zmodem Right, Silent, Mand, Cross, Boardwk Zymurgy/Beer Making North, Warped, Medievl CircuitNet Echos: The following CircuitNet conferences are available in Tacoma. Some have topics also found on Fido format boards, but they are totally separate. Thanks to Glen Lewis for this compilation! TOPIC BBS ABBR. NAME --------------------- --------------- 12 Steps/Recovery Mail, Mobike Adult Humor Dark(G), Mail Ansi Art Craig's, Low, Mail, Uptown's Assembly Programming Mail Assoc of Shareware Prof. Mail Aviation Low, Mail Basic Programming Mail BBS Advertisements Low, Mail Book Reviews Mail Uptown's Broadcasting Mail Business Mail C Programming Mail Caring Relationships Dark(G), Mail, Mobike Cars and Restoration Mail Mobike CD Rom News Mail Collectors Mail Comic Books Mail Communications Craig's, Dark(G), Mail Consumer Issues Mail Cooking Mail, Uptown's Consultant's Corner Mail Database Programming Mail Debate Dark(G), Mail, Mobike, Uptown's Environmental Mail Family Humor Dark(G), Low, Mail Firearms Low, Mail Fire Fighters Mail Flight Simulators Mail Games Dark(G), Low, Mail, Uptown's Genealogy Mail Ham Radio Mail Hardware Craigs, Mail Hobbies Low, Mail Jobs/Employment Mail Legal Low, Mail Local Area Networking (LAN) Mail Medical Mail Military: Past/Present Mail, Uptown's Movies Mail, Uptown's Multi-Lingual Chat Dark(G), Mail Multi-Tasking Craig's, Mail Music Mail, Uptown's National Chit-Chat Craig's, Dark(G), Low, Mail, Mobike, Uptown's National Events Mail Newusers Mail, Mobike Offline Mail Readers Mail Operating Systems Mail Outdoors Low, Mail Pascal Programming Mail Philosophy Mail Religion Mail, Mobike Rocketry - Model Mail Role Playing Games Dark(G), Mail Science Mail Science Fiction Mail, Uptown's Scouts and Scouting Mail Software Craig's, Mail Sound Boards/Blasters Mail Space Technology Mail Sports Mail Sports Card Collectors Mail Strange Phenomenon Mail Star Trek Mail Technical/Electronics Craig's, Mail Teen Chat Dark(G), Mail Unix Operating System Mail Virus Watch Craig's, Mail WantAds/For Sale Dark(G), Low, Mail Windows - Microsoft Mail Women Only! Mail Writers Mail (The Dark Shadows BBS is in Gig Harbor, (206)858-6772.) BBS echoes appear or disappear with the changing interests of sysops and their users. Please report any changes you encounter so I can keep this listing up to date. Dialing Information =================== The BBS's listed here are located in exchanges local to all Tacoma callers unless otherwise noted. Local to Tacoma prefixes are: 272, 279, 280, 381, 383, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 531, 535, 536, 537, 539, 552, 564, 565, 566, 572, 581, 582, 584, 588, 589, 591, 593, 594, 596, 597, 627, 751, 752, 756, 759, 761, 770, 840, 841, 843, 845, 846, 847, 848, 862, 863, 891, 922, 924, 926, 927, 929, 952, 964, 967, 968 and 984. Those of you with 922, 924, 926, 927, 929 and 952 prefixes can also call BBS's located in Auburn and Des Moines areas of South King County. Most systems in these areas are not listed here as they are a toll call for me, but I'd be pleased to include them if someone out there would volunteer to call them around the end of each month and let me know if they still exist. I've personally called and verified the existence of every board on this list. All were working as of June 28. No attempt has been made to rate the quality of these boards as different folks look for different things in a BBS. Some of the features have been noted, however, and your suggestions as to other data you'd like included in the Features section of future editions would be appreciated. EVENTS CALENDAR An asterisk (*) denotes a change from last month's list. =============== Saturday morning BBS Breakfasts: Homestead Restaurant on S. Tacoma Way is the home of the BBS breakfast happening every Saturday morning starting at around 8:30. Ask the person who does the seating to direct you to the BBS folks. Lots of WILDCAT, EchoMail and otherwise friendly folks hang out here. Late sleepers can catch the Puyallup BBS breakfast which starts at 9:30AM and has been known to run until 1PM. It happens at O'Farrell's Family Restaurant, 1015 N. Meridian. Bring the family -- this one gets big! If you time things just right and can stomach it, you might be able to catch both events in one morning! Puget Sound Telecomputing User Group is looking for folks interested in discussing new trends in telecomputing, telecommunications, LAN's, Wide Area Networks, BBS's and other on-line services. Meetings are every 4th Thursday 7PM at Round Table Pizza, 7901 S. Hosmer and are open to all inquiring minds. Free! More info can be had from Jim or Ismail, 279-2975. The Tacoma Area PC Users Group (TAPCUG) meets the second Saturday of each month, 9:30 AM at the IBEW Hall, 2811 S.Mullen in Tacoma. Supports PC/MS DOS. Ask for Lew at 565-4917 days only. See if you can work this one in between your busy breakfast schedule! Tacoma Open Group (TOG) meets the first Monday of each month, 7 PM at the Moore Library in Tacoma, near 56th and Pacific. Supports CP/M and MS-DOS. Phone Bob Thompson for info at 752-5582 (This group produces a comprehensive monthly newsletter. Log in on the TOGGLE BBS and a sample copy may show up in your mailbox). The South Tacoma Amiga Group (STAG) is meeting first Wednesdays of each month at Griffin Business College off I-5 at 72nd at 6pm. All levels of users are welcome. Call Ferg (847-8974) or George (537-3817) for info. Club Mac of Tacoma meets third Tuesdays, 7PM in UPS's McIntyre Hall,1500 Lawrence St. Meetings may be subject to change, so call 851-3327 eves. between 7 and 9 before showing up. New folks are welcome! Northwest Apple Pickers (NWAP): GENERAL meeting at 7PM, second Sundays, Lakewood Library, 6300 Wildaire Road. The MACINTOSH folks meet at 5PM before the general meeting (also at the Lakewood Library). APPLE II enthusiasts meet the Saturday after the general meeting at the South Tacoma Library, 3411 South 56th St. at 11AM. Give Murray a ring at 584-6524 for details. *Atari enthusiasts may want to check out the Tacoma sub-group of S*P*A*C*E Which meets second Saturdays at 10 AM at the Moore or Fernhill Library. Check the Subspace BBS for details. UPCHUG, the University Place Commodore Home Users Group, gets together on second and fourth Thursdays to discuss their favorite appliance and the world in general. All are welcome! These friendly folk do their thing at Fircrest Rec. Center, 555 Contra Costa, Fircrest, from 7-9PM. Ron Treichler (537-4944) or Paula Lieby (472-0303) can supply the particulars. Free! The Tacoma Area Commodore Users Group (TACUG) meets fourth Tuesdays at South Tacoma Public Library, 56 South Puget Sound, 7PM. Call the T.A.C.O. BBS (see above) or Malcolm Clark at 473-1657. The Tacoma Kaypro Users Group (TACKUG) gets together first Mondays at Lincoln Lanes (upstairs),3828 S. Yakima in Tacoma (where else?). Ring 752-1625 and ask for E. White Smith. The TI-99er's Users Group meets at 8 PM on first and third Thursdays, South End Pool Multi-Purpose Room, 402 E. 56th St. Talk to anyone at 474-7310 for the exciting details. Also, these same folks have now started an IBM SIG for users of PCs and clones at 7:30 PM, same place and dates. Tacoma dBase Users group gets together at The Future Computer, 321 Meridian S., Puyallup, 7 PM on second Thursdays. Ask for Marilyn at 845-9673. The Tacoma Area PC Users Group Genealogy SIG meets first Tuesdays at 7 PM at the Westridge Park Building (Second Floor), 2811 Bridgeport Way W., Suite 24. Call Total Access BBS (listed above) or give Ken a buzz at 952-2192. The Autocad User's Group meets third Tuesdays, 7PM at the IBEW Union Hall, 2811 S. Mullen. Dohn at 752-0145 has the lowdown on this one. The South Puget Sound DECUS folks meet at 7PM, third Tuesdays to chat about VAX and PDP-11 computers. A guest speaker each month. Link up w/ Bob deSisto at 841-6055 to learn more. Data Processing Management Assoc., Mt. Ranier Chapter gets together at the Quality Hotel (by the Tacoma Dome), 7PM on third Thursdays, 7805 S. Hosmer. Check with Mike Hoelscher, 964-6536 for more. The Mount Rainier Color Computer Club meets the second Thursday of each month at the Fern Hill Branch Library, 6:45PM. John Schliep, club president, can be contacted for a bit more info at 472-0228. The Northwest Packet Radio Association (NAPRA) meets odd numbered months at the Radio Club of Tacoma clubhouse, 1249 Washington St., 1PM, second Saturday of the month. Give Peter Dahl a call at 1-778-3581, or WA7FUS @ KD7NM via packet radio. Interested in becoming an amateur radio operator? In addition to the ability to talk to folks all over the world without the phone bill, there are packet radio bbs's similar to the phone ones listed here. The W2USA Ham Radio Club on Fort Lewis offers free license classes to get you started. Call 967-2502 for info on dates and times. Computing Success is a radio program for business professionals who use computers. It's heard every Sunday from 1-3PM on KEZX-AM, 1150kHz. Computer Forum America is a two hour call-in program with guests and interviews. It's heard locally on KLAY radio, 1180 AM, Sundays at 2 PM. Please submit news of your favorite BBS or computer-related happenings for inclusion in this calendar of events. News of disbanded groups sometimes travels slowly, so please clue me in if you call one of these groups and they've left town. COMMENTS ======== Welcome to the Tacoma Area BBS List and Newsletter, better known as TABBS. This list is not the work of any group, club or organization. No monetary or other compensation is requested, nor accepted for its use. To the best of my ability, it is a complete listing of Tacoma folks who answer their phone lines via modem to socialize with old friends and meet new ones, but prefer to communicate via written word rather than by mouth. Suggestions on what you'd like to see in future editions of TABBS are always welcomed, as are any additions or corrections you might find to this listing. These can be sent via modem to the AmoCat BBS, where you can leave mail to yours truly as either SYSOP or Rich Langsford (the software cares not which). If for some reason you have no modem, or worse yet no computer you can also ring my voice line during reasonable hours (9am-10pm would be just dandy) and leave a message with my friendly answering machine if I'm not around (566-1144). You are invited to make this listing available to others in whole or in part, but please try to purge any copies older than a couple months and leave the AmoCat number at the top so folks will know where to submit changes. The list is verified the last week of the month and a new one is available for download from AmoCat just about the first day of the new month in both .ZIP and .TXT formats. The TABBS files are suffixed with a three letter month abbreviation, e.g. TABBSJUL.TXT for June. It is fervently hoped that by the time the filename is used again in 12 months, I won't be finding last year's models still sitting around on any BBS's! Please delete all copies of TABBS*.* other than TABBSJUL.* as they are now obsolete...thanks! --Rich Langsford Special thanks to the Tacoma area modem users whose updates have helped maintain the accuracy of this listing!