Abingdon Online 81
Absolute Connection 81
Abuse! Online 63, 82
Abyss ix-xi
Access Nevada 82
Access One Online Services 83
account verification 26
ACE InfoSystems 83
ACME 300
AdeptSoft 84
AdeptXBBS 84
Adult Fantasy BBS 84
Adventure Connection 85
AECNET 86
AEROSAT BBS 86
Afrikaans language 174
After Hourz BBS 87
Afterimage Information Matrix (A.I.M.) 87
Agora Online 88
Air Warrior 131, 252
Aladdin's Palace BBS 88
Albuquerque ROS 89
Alice's Restaurant 90
Alien's SpaceShip BBS 90
Alternate LifeStyles Internet MatchMaker 91
Amateur Erotica BBS of Chicago 92
America Online xv, 5
Amenca's Suggestion Box 92
Amiga 64, 190, 210, 217, 253, 268, 271, 287
Anaheim Hills Online 93
Anarchy Online 65, 73, 93
Anarchy-X 94
ANSI emulation 15
AOP BBS 95
Apogee 23, 52, 283
Apple Maclntosh l2
AppleWize OnLine 95
Aquarius BBS 96
Aquila BBS 96
Argus Online 97
Arise BBS 97
Arizona InterActive Systems 98
ASERTEL Servicios Online 98
Association of Shareware Professionals 287
Astro Online Services 99
Atari 190
Atlantis 85
Atlantis BBS 100
Atlas BBS 100
atmosphere ratings 79
Atomic Dog BBS 101
Auggie BBS 101
Austin Clubhouse BBS 102
Auto/BrokerNet 102
B
backgammon 41
Bargain Board 103
Barney's Rubble 103
Barren Realms l63, 202
baud rate 14
BBS xix
BBS Direct 10
BBS Magazine xv, xx
BBSs for Dummies 253
Beach House 104
Bechtold, Alan 294
Becker, Phil 4
Behavioral Health Network, The 104
Believers BBS 105
Bell, Johnathan 215
BHNET 105
Big Easy, The 106
Bilski, Andrew 308
BitNova 106
Black Gamma Circle MUD 214
Black Gold BBS 107
blackjack 179
Bledsoe, Chris 140
Blitzkrieg Information BBS 107
Boardwatch Magazine xviii, 96,108, 1 53,1 69, 202, 218, 253, 266
Boardwatch Magazine BBS 108
Boston Dungeon Society 108
Bound for Pleasure BBS 109
Bread Board System (TBBS), The 167
Brewers' Witch BBS, The 109
Bricker, Rob 72
bulletin board system (BBS) 3
C
C/C++ Users Group 192
California BBS 110
Canton Colmection BBS, The 110
Capital City Cyberlink 111
Carolina Chat, Inc. 111
Carolina Online 112
Castle Holt BBS 112
Catania on Line 113
CCSWorld 113
CedarNet Online 114
Cetys BBS 114
Chameleon 12
Channel 1 BBS 23, 63, 72, 115
chat 30-39
Chat Link 34
Chatline BBS 115
ChatMaster BBS 116
chess 72
Chicago lnternet MatchMaker 116
Chinese checkers 41
Christian Internet MatchMaker 117
Christian Pursuit--The Fellowship Network 117
Christie's Internet Matchmaker 118
Chrysalis Onlinc Services 118
Chuck Yeager Air Combat 280
Cinci-Net 119
Cincinnati Multi-Player Connection BBS 119
City Lights, The 120
client software 12
Clockwork Online, A 120
Close Encounters Adult 121
Closer To Home BBS Systems 121
Cloud City 122
Club Met 39,122
Columbus Online 123
COMM Port OS/2 123
Command & Conquer 295
Commerce Business Daily 269
communications software 19
Community Access BBS 124
Community Online 124
ComPart BBS 125
Compu-Erotica 125
CompuServe ix, xv, 5
Computer Horizons 24
Computerized AIDS Ministries Network (CAM!), The 126
ComputerLink Online, Inc 126
Computers Today 252
ComT 19
Concentric Research Corporation 10
conferences (see messages)
Connection BBS, The 127
Connections 127
CONNECTions BBS 12S
Connections! BBS of Southern Hospitality 128
connectivity ratings 79
Construction Online 129
ConXtion 129
Cooper, Bob 20l
Cosmic Debris 188
Courier Online 130
COWZ--The Cattle Crossing on the Information Superhighway 130
CRIS (Concentric Research Corp) 131
Critical Mass Online 131
Crossroads 179, 245
Crosswordz 46, 72
Crystal Quill 132
CSI Online 133
CSLIP 14
CU-SeeMe 143
Custom Computers BBS 133
CybaLink BBS lnternet Services 134
CyBER HoUSE 134
Cyber Space Connection 135
Cyber Warrior Network l35
Cyber/Chat! 136
Cybercat Online 136
Cyberdelic BBS 138
CyberDen, The 138
Cyberia 139
Cyberjack 12
CyberKorea 139
Cyberlink 140
CyberLynx l40
CyberNet Online 141
cyberspace 3
Cyberspace BBS 141
CYBERSPACF HQ 142
Cyberspace7BBS 142
CyberZone Online 143
CzarLords of Venus 287
Czech language 203
D
Dahl, Steve 290
Dallas/Fort Worth MatchMaker Pen-Pal Network l43
Data Highway 144
DataQuest BBS 144
DataSafe Publications BBS 145
DC Tavern l45
Decisionline 96
Del's Place BBS 146
Delaware Online! 146
Delaware Valley on Line l 47
Delrina 12
deltaComm Online 147
Deltronix Online 148
Dental-X-Change 148
Denver Exchange 149
Descent 16U, 233, 243, 249, 257
Designlink 149
DialChat 72
Dialdata Systems l50
Diamond Mine BBS 150
Digital Rain 151
Digital Velocity BBS 15l
Digital Wasteland 110
Digital World 152
Dirty Hacker BBS, The 152
Disk Jockey Online 153
DK Boxing Ring 155
DK Trivia 155
Doctor's of fire BBS/Falken Support BBS 153
Doll House BBS, The 154
domain name 15
Doom 40, 44, 45, 48 (see also page 382)
DOS 64
DownTown BBS 24
Downtown BBS, The 154
Dragon Keep International xi, 47, 72, 155
Dragon's Claw 290
Dreamscape BBS 155
Dreamscape Entertainment Service 156
DSC BBS / Voicenet (Datamax/Satalink Connection BBS) 156
DSIT online 157
DSP Information & Entertainment 157
Duke3d 295
Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) 41
Dutch language 174
Dvorak, John 6
E
Eager Beaver Computers MBBS 158
ECTech--BBS Excellence 158
Eden BBS 159
Edward Lowe Foundation BBS 65, 73, 159
8N1 vii
Electric Cafe BBS!, The 160
Electric City BBS 160
Electronic Universe BBS, The 161
Elevator, The 161
Eleventh Hour, The 162
Elysian Fields 162
Embers of Empire 300
Emergency BBS On-Line Services 163
Empire BBS 163
Empty Spaces BBS/ElekSys Internet 164
ENCIS-NET 164
Endless Forest, The 165
Endless Mountain CyberSPACE 165
English Palace BBS, The 166
Entertainment and Consumers Network 166
Epic Megagames 3(>8
Erotica 86
Escape 167
eSoft Support and Demo BBS 167
Eternity of Discord 210
EuroGate 168
EveryBaudys Online 39, 72, 168
Excalibur 92, 97, 142, 160
Excalibur BBS and Internet Software 206
Excalibur Headquarters BBS 169
ExecNet Information Systems 169
ExecPC 22, 51, 54, 63, 72,122, 170
ExecPC BBS 2
Exitilus 290
Exoticomm BBS 170
Eye Contact BBS 171
Eyes of Time BBS, The 171
EZLink Internet Access 172
EZNet 172
F
F/A-18 Hornet 280
Falcon's Eye 163
Familytown Onlule 173
fantasy-role-playing game (FRG) 39
Farm Information Services 173
Farrior, Robert 262
Farwest Trivia 160
Fast! BBS 174
FastLane BBS, The 174
Fetish Network BBS, The 175
Fidollet t.3
file authentication verification (AV) 60
File Bank BBS, The 175
File Gallery Online Service l 76
file transfer protocol (FTP) 48, 75
file transfer via telnet 49, 51
file warehouses 21
files 47-63
finger 76
Finish language 231
Fire House Inn, The 176
FireBurners BBS Online 177
First Class 19
First Impressions BBS 177
FiX, The 178
Flashback's Revenge 161
Floating Pancreas BBS, The 178
Flower Link BBS, The 179
Fly by Knight, Ltd. BBS 179
Forbidden Lands 44, l 79, 254
FOUR.net 180
France Online 180
freeware 47
French Connection BBS, The 181
French language 174, 180, 184, 278
FSU BBS 181
Full Access BBS 182
Future Frontier 182
G
GaiaNet BBS 183
Galactic Empire ix, 254
Galacticomm 18, 162
Galacticomm DEMO System 183
Game Connect 40
Game Master, The l84
Game Net 40, 155
Game Net inter-BBS gaming network 198
games 39-47
GaRBaGe DuMP BBS, The 184
Gates, Bill viii, 6
Gateway Online 185
German language 174
Gibson, Graeme 252
Global Blind Exchange (GBX), The 66, 73, 185
Global Destruction 1S2
Global InfoNet 186
Global Network Co-op 204
global village 4
Gnome's Guest House, The 186
Golf Cart Water Wars 182
GRAFTX 187
Grand Rapids Online 187
graphical user interface (GUI) 34
Graphics Alternative, The 188
Great gigabytes in the Sky 188
GREX 189
CRN BBS 189
Crotto of Dreams, The 190
Ground Zero BBS 190
Guide to Select BBSs on Internet xv
H
HACOM BBS ]91
Hafa Adai Exchange & BBS Networks 191
HAL 9000 BBS 192
Hamptons Online: life on a virtual beach 192
hangman 45
Harbor Breeze 95! BB5 193
hardware handshake 14
Harmsen, Time 238
HeartBeat BBS 193
Helix Houston's Electronically Linked Information eXchange 194
Henson House, The 194
Heretic 40, 44 (see also page 382)
Hexen 40 (see also page 382)
High Society 195
High Vclocity Softs Zare 275
Hispanet 195
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 227
Holodeck BBS, The 196
Hot Spot BBS, The 196
Hotel California 197
HTML 21
HTP Net Online 197
Hundred Years War 210
Hungarian language 227
Huntsville & The Tennessee Valley On-Line 198
HURRICANE, The 198
Hurricane, The 198
Hyperterminal 12
I
IACC Online BBS 199
IBM 210
lCA Canada On-Line Inc. 200
ICE Online 41, 47, 72, 200
ID Software 40, 48, 52, 283
Idaho Interactive 20l
Illusions 287
Illusions II (Adult's ONLY) 201
ImagiSOFT 283
Immortal Combat 290
Impulse Games 283
Independence Onllne! 202
Index System, The 202
(I)ndustry BBS 199
Infima BBS 203
Infinite Data Source 63
Infinite Data Source On-I.ine Service 203
Infinite Space Online 204
Infinity Online 204
InfoNet Bulletin Board System 205
information ratings 78
information BBSs 65
Information Highway On-Ramp 205
Innovations BBS 206
Insight Media 206
Interact 207
Interact! BBS 207
Intercom Spain 208
Interludes Online 208
International Association of Conference Centers (IACC) 199
Internet 2
Internet BBS List Web site 80
Internet Explorer, The 12
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) 34
Internet service provider (ISP) xv, 2
IntheNet OLS and Virtual Marketplace 209
Invention Factory BBS, The 209
IP address 13
IPlay On-Line 210
Isle of Kesmei 131
Isle-Net 211
Italian Language 227
J
Jaguar BBS 211
Janius II--tokyo 212
Jassyca BBS 212
Java 21
Jungle BBS, The 39,72,213
K
KBBS Los Angeles 39, 213
Kermit 95 20
Killdall, Gary viii
Kingston Online Services 65, 214
Kitsap Information Network 214
Knight, Eric 207
Knoxville News-Sentinel KnoxLink, The 66, 73, 215
Kobayashi Alternative BBS, The 215
Kompleat Tnternet Services, LLC 216
Korean language 139
Kyrandia 179
L
L.O.R.D. (see page 3S2)
Labyrinth Online, The 216
LaSalle Genealogy Guild 289
Laser Connection, The 217
LaserBase Communications 217
Lester, Jason 81
Liberty BBS 39, 218
Lifestyle Online 218
Link, Peter 230
Links rroGolf 280
LINQ BBS 219
Liquid Sky BBS 219
local-access phone numbers 10
Logic Circuit 220
LOIS: the Link Online in Santa Maria 220
Lore 290
Lori's Toy Store 221
Lost Empire Games 300
Love Bytes 221
Lunatic's Asylum 222
Lunatix 230
M
Macintosh 12, 64, 92, 95, 123, 152,153, 172,181, 190, 210, 223, 253, 269, 271, 280, 287, 310
Magic Bus 222
MagicVillage 223
Magnus Online 223
Mainline Information Service 224
Majic Realnn 200
MajorBBS 31, 4l, 54, 58, 145, 183, 222, 275
MajorMUD 44, (see also page 382)
Male Box BBS, The 224
Male Forum, The 225
Maloca BBS Toronto 225
Maloka BBS Warsaw 226
Malum Information Network 226
MariNet, Inc. 227
Martin, Paul ix, xii, xiii, 26
Marvin 227
Masterpiece 228
MATRiX de Puerto Rico 228
MCM ITI BBS at Legal Recourse 229
Meeting House BBS 229
Meme Online 47, 72, 230
messages 63-65
messaging systems 24
Metro Online BBS 230
Metro Slave Online BBS 231
Metropoli BBS 231
MHVnet 232
Micro City Online 232
Microsoft Explorer 12, 52
Mike's BBS 233
Miller, Jeff 253
Miller's Party Board 233
MiSTiCA 234
mixBBS 234
Mnematics Videotex 235
Modem Madness 235
Monochrome 236
Monolith BBS 236
Monopoly 41
Moon flower 237
Mosaic 52
Motherboard, The 237
Mountain Rose Software 154
MPI Online Services 238
Mu, Santiago 98
MUD II 210
Multicom-4 BBS Network 239
Multi-Comm Las Vegas 238
MultiSystem Information Service 239
multiuser dungeon (MUD) 42
multiuser shared hallunicinahon (MUSH) 130
Mustang 288
Mutants 132, 137, 244, 295
N
Naked Coed Swimming 182
NandoNet 240
Nasty Playmates 240
National Modem Pool 241
National Science Foundation (NSF) xiv
NeoNexus Systems 241
Nest BBS, The 242
Net Link Online 242
Netcom 12
NetCruiser 12
Netropolis Entertainment Server 243
Netscape Navigator 12, 52
telnet setup 17
Netterm 12,15, 50, 51
Networks Online Service 243
New Power BBS, Inc. 244
new user signup process 25
New York MatchMaker Pen-Pal Network 244
New York Times xiv
newbie 30
newbie.txt 30, 365
news 65
Newsbytes 218
Nexus Entertainment System, The 245
NFE BBS (Naperville File Exchange) 245
1990 MultiLine BBS 63, 246
1990 MultiLine Games Machine 47, 246
Nite E lawk Information Service 247
NiteLife--The No-Skanks Adult Graphical BBS 247
Nitelog BBS 248
North*Star BBS 248
NorthEast Texas Online (NET Online) 249
Norwegian language 233
Novalink Pro 19
NTIS FedWorld 73, 249
Nucleus Information Service 250
Nucleus, The 250
Nurse Net Nederland 251
O
Odyssey (Online 251
offline reader 64
offline world 4
ONE BBSCON convention 4
lUSA.COM 253
One Crossroads Place BBS--Kansas Citv Mail Online 252
Onix BBS 253
Online Data Systems 254
On-Line Entertainment 252
Online Illusions 254
OnLine Now 255
Online Orlando 255
Online Pitstop (Top.Net), The 256
ONline WElcome 256
Oracle BBS, The 257
Orion BBS, The 257
OS/2 12, 123, 258, 287, 302, 303
OS/2 Shareware BBS 258
Othello 41, 72
Oubliette, The 258
Outburst 45
Outer Limits Online 259
Outpost, The 259
"OVER the EDGE!!" Adult Online 260
P
Pacifier Online Vata Service (I'.O.D.S.) 260
Paradise Play Line BBS 261
Paragon Online 261
Parssinen, T. 291
Party Line Entertainment Network 262
Patchbay BB.S, The 263
Pay-as-you-play 28
payment plans 27
PC Catalog 218
PcPlus l0
Pennsylvania Online 263
Performance Designs 19
Phantasy BBS 264
Pics On-Line BBS 264
Pink's Place BBS 265
Pixelation Data Services 265
PKWare 59
PKZIP 59, 60, 6-l
Planets TEOS 243
PlayPenBBS (DE) 266
Point Blank BBS 69, 266
poker commands 37
Portuguese language 1 n5
Power Exchallge, The 39, 267
PPP 12, 68
PreRapture BBS 267
PressRoom, She 268
Principle of Obscurity BBS 268
PrinterNet 269
Printers Shareware 269
Prism 13 BS 269
Procom 58
Prodigy 5
Property Line, The 270
Prostar Plus Information Network 270
Proton Palace 271
Public Data Network 271
public domain 47
Pure Energy BBS 272
Q
Qmodem 58
QmodemPro 10, 20
Quickening, The 151
R
Radio Wave 272
Raleigh News and Observer 240
ratings 77-79
Readiness Operation BBS, The 66, 273
Realm ot Legends 273
Redman, Michael E. 116
RelayNet 63
Remote Access 19
reviews 81-312
Rickard, Jack 108
Rippers BBS 47, 274
Rover Styx BBS 274
Robinson, George 152
Robinson, Rick xii
Rock Carden 275
Rock Pile, The 275
Romanian language 227
Rose City Online 276
Rubies of Eventide 135
Rusty-N-Edie's BBS 276
Ruthless Gameboard, The 277
Ryan, Greg 170
S
S & H Computer Systems BBS 277
Sacramento Exchange BBS 278
Santa Fe Online 779
SBI list xv
Scherker, Herb 204
Scrabble 45, 72
Secret Services Limited BBS 279
Shadow Realms MUD 153
ShadowRealms 184
shareware 47, 48
ShareWare South 280
shell 17
Sim-Net Online Services 280
SIO Support BBS 281
Sirius Software 40
Skyway BBS 281
SLIP 12, 68
SM Board 282
smiley-face 30
Social Misfits--yabbs 282
Software Connection Online 283
Software Creations 23, 51, 52, 72, 283
Someplace to Start 284
SonCrest BBS 284
Sorcery Board BBS, The 285
South Shore Secrets BBS 285
Southern California On-Ramp 286
Spa!, The 287
Space BBS 287
SPACECON/BraveHeart WILDCAT 5 BBS 288
Spanish language 98, 114, 164, 174, 208, 211, 228
Special chents 18
Spring Guide, The 65, 73, 288
Spry 12
Squirrel's Nest, The 289
Star Trek 174
Star Trek BBS 289
Star Trek Trivia 255
Starsys Online 290
Staten, Clark 163
S-TEK Gay and Lesbian BBS in Montreal 278
Steve Dahl's BBS 290
submitting BBS entries xvi
subscription plans 27
Sugar River Valley BBS 291
Sunset Ranch Online Services 291
Suomi language 174
SuPaCom 292
Super Kermit 56
Superlink 292
Superslots 291
Surfboard! 293
Svenska language 174
SVIS 293
Swords of Chaos (SOC) 44, (see also page 382)
Synergy Entertainment Network (SEN) 294
sysop 3
Sysop News and CyberwoHd Report 294
Sysop News BBS 66, 294
Sysops News 252
T
T-8000 Information Systems--Since 1981 295
Tacoma News Tribune 298
TCP/IP 12
TechNet BBS 295
TeleArena 44 (see also page 382)
teleconferencing 30
Tele-Trivia 182
Telix 10, 58, 147
telnet xii, 11, 75
Thanatos BBS 296
The Adult Hangout BBS 85
The Alamo BBS 89
The Alliance BBS 91
The Annex! 94
The Atlanta Windows BBS 99
The Crystal Barrier 132
The File Bank BBS 63
Thumper, the Twisted Platypus 84
3D Realms 23
tic-tac-toe 41
Tieman, Dave vii-ix
time-block plans 28
TnT Online 296
Toledo's TBBS 297
Trade Wars 43, 44, (see also page 382)
Trader's Connection (TCON) 297
TRIBnet 298
Trilogy On-Line Service 299
Tri-State Digital Imaging BBS 298
trivia 41, 45, 120, 179, 254, 266
TRO Daily Report 273
TRO DER Index 273
Trumpet Winsock 12
Truth-n-Truth 296
TV Guide 107
TVOntario OnLine 299
U
Ultimate Connection, The 300
UNIX 223
UPS Depot, The 300
Urbanite BBS 301
USA Today 96, 293
Usenet 63, 73
Usuper 296
V
Vail OnLine 66, 301
Van Jacobson Compression 14
Van Lear, Karl 248
VGA Planets 96, 230, 290, 296
Vortex 302
Vortex Graphics 302
Voyager Infotainment 303
W
W. & W. Communications 196
Walters, Ron "Doc" 153
War of the Worlds 184
WarCraft It 295
Warehouse, The 303
Web 76
Web BBS 51
Web-based BBS 5, 21
WebLines 24
WELL, The 65, 304
West Coast Online Magazine xv
West Michigan Online 304
Wheel of Fortune 46
White, Diamond 296
Wild Onion! BBS, The 305
WildCard Online 305
Wildcat 19
WildChild Photo BBS 306
Window Shopper 306
Windows 64
Windows 95 12
Windows3.1 12
Windows driver 12
Windows OnLine 307
Windows Programming with Shareware Tools 192
WinOnLine Review 307
Winsock 11
Wizard's Realm BBS, The 307
World Data Network BBS 308
World Domination 30Y
World File Project 22
World Link 34
World Net Ohio 40
WorldCHAT BBS 308
WorldClub Online 309
Worldgroup 18
Worldlink 195
Worldnet Ohio 47, 309
Worldport Online 310
WORLDVIEW BBS 310
Worm Hole, The 311
Wyld On-Line 311
X
Xmodem 56,57
Xmodem-1K 56
Y
Ymodem-batch 56
Ymodem-G 56
Z
Zeitgeist Bulletin Board 312
Zmodem 48, 50, 56, 57, 58
Zoo BBS, The 312