Well here's what's new in the BBS community as of MAY 1st 1993!!
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Boards GOING DOWN this month (or LEAVING the Directory) are:
(Usually by sysop request or because of Opperator Messages)
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BBS for the Masses              Li'l Lion Design Group
Cheers                          Magnetic Mafia
Cosmic 7-11                     Master Control Program
Cutting Edge, The               Mystic Navel, The
Dark Sun, The                   Old Country, The
Encom BBS                       Pinball Arcade, The
Eye of the World                Psycho Ward BBS
Eye's of the Beholder           Roman Empire (Line 1 Only)
Final Odyssey (both numbers)    Gnomish Citadel, The
Insider (Line 1 Only)           Virtual eXtasy II
                                Yank My Chain


Boards NOT ANSWERING (and NEVER BUZY) for the FIRST month are:
(Just rings and rings, no carrier)
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Access Imaging    Knights Armor
After Hours       Monopoly Board (Line 2 Only)
Andromeda


Boards that were BUZY at one time and THEN WOULDN'T ANSWER:
(This is the LAST month for a few of these!!)
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Armageddon                 Death's Lair
Asylum, The                File Cabinet II, The
Auto-Reverse               Jeremy's World
Black Triangle, The        KingDragon World
Bobber Board, The          Nudist Camp, The
Celestial Springs          SkyNet BBS
Dangerous Kitchen, The     Tandyman's II
                           Tarkus: The BBS


Boards NEW to the Directory this month (or RETURNING to the
directory) are:
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Absolute Value (New Line 731-7935)
ACME Acres (Formerly Chip's Place 351-5227)
An XTC (New Line 773-3248)
Blue BBS (434-7661)
Celestial Springs (Formerly Twilight 2010 928-5250)
CyberSpace BBS (391-4017)
Defcon 5 BBS (Formerly Starbase Fishbone 1-278-3603)
Destructo's Domain (965-5258 7AM-5PM ONLY)
Dream Theater, The (481-6561)
Escape From Reality (776-4458)
Flash, The (New Line 878-8337)
Gatekeeper, The (770-0596)
Giggle's Tickle Trap (544-7301)
Hospital, The (256-7135)
Hotflash's New User Register (1-800-245-2601)
House of the Rising Sun (Formerly Sorceress' Realm 895-0686)
Knight's Armor BBS (296-3218)
Lab, The returns (225-1693)
Lance BBS returns (458-1222)
Last Bastion of Thought and Reason, The (469-0806)
Meramec Valley Software (1-629-6383)
Neon Dream BBS, The (895-1223)
Next Level, The (Formerly The Bad Weather BBS 1-447-6522)
Outerlimits (Tradewars only BBS 429-1527)
Partyline (2 New Lines 845-7127 and 1-618-799-8996)
Princes of the Universe (Formerly Church of Hockey 487-7093)
Reverse Technology (Formerly Cop Killer BBS 441-9375)
Skip's Doghouse (1-272-7547)
Sneakers II BBS (532-1474)
Source, The (741-2589)
SSM Abilities Resource Terminal (781-6397)
Time Traveler, The (524-1012 11PM-3PM ONLY)
Vitiate Systems Software (822-5312 and 822-1464)
Volunteer Network (1-625-6269)

Boards changing numbers this month are:
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Aliens (New Number is 349-5179)
Cliff of Insanity (New Number is 949-2581)
Department Store, The (New Number is 427-3514)
Sole Survivor, The (New Number is 846-2702)


Boards changing names, hours or software this month are:
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Asylum, The switches from TLGD to VBBS
Beyond Death returns as Corrosion of Conformity
Chip's Place becomes ACME Acres
Church of Hockey returns as Princes of the Universe.
Cop Killer BBS returns as Reverse Technology
Gateway Amiga and Mo. Amiga Dispensary switch from MAXI and
   CNET to EXCL.
Starbase Fishbone becomes Defcon Five
Twilight 2010 returns as Celestial Springs
UAT returns as Vitiate Systems Software


Boards upgrading to faster modems this month are:
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Abyss, The (9.6 to 32bis)
After Thought BBS (2.4 to 9.6)
Deja Vu (1.2 to 2.4)
Don's Domain (2.4 to 32bis)
Home Alone BBS (2.4 to 32bis)
Pawn Shop (Line 1: 2.4 to 9.6)
Pawn Shop (Line 2: 9.6 to 32bis)
Pentagon, The (2.4 to 32bis)
St. Louis Christian BBS (2.4 to 9.6)


Boards opening or closing to the public this month are:
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 CLOSING TO NEW USERS ARE: Blue BBS
                           Concrete Jungle, The
                           Crystal Mountain

 OPENING TO NEW USERS ARE: Abyss, The
                           Pirate's Nest, The
                           Temple of Deviants
                           M&M Factory, The


If you would like further BBS updates or would like to register
your BBS for the upcoming Directory, contact Fire Escape via The
BBS Directory Headquarters at 314-741-9505.