Commodore 64/128 Support Bulletin Board List - 15 February 2000 This is a list of all known OPEN Commodore 64/128 Support Bulletin Board Systems operated on other than Commodore 64/128 computers, sorted by country and telephone number. The list is published at least once per month, (preferably twice per month), with no set schedule. The latest copy is always available at ftp://jbrain.com/pub/cbm/faq/cbm-supp-bbs-list.txt and ftp://videocam.net.au/cbm/info-txt/cbm-supp-bbs-list.txt, (normally within minutes of arriving at the servers). Certain items are abbreviated and those abbreviations can be found near the end of this document, after the credits. Readers are encouraged to upload this list to any BBS or Web Site and to notify me at: snakeman@urjet.net, of any additions, changes, corrections or recommendations. If you would like to receive a copy of this list each time it is published, send an email message to me at: snakeman@urjet.net with a subject line of "Please add my name to the Support C64/C128 BBS List Mail Notification List". If you wish to keep the list updated in any publication or online service, feel free to do so. Search strings are provided at the end of this document. NOTICE: To be included in the latest update submissions need to be received by the 10th of the month for the 15th of the month update and the 25th of the preceding month for the 1st of the next months update. Any submissions not received by these cutoff dates will be held for inclusion in the next update. The HTML version of this list can be found at: http://www.wipd.com/snakeman/scbmbbs.html, and will be updated shortly after this list is posted, (normally within minutes after this appears in the newsgroups). ================================================================= CANADA: Telephone Number ......... 416-658-1295, 416-766-1080 (2 lines on WAN) Location ................. Toronto, Ontario, Canada BBS Name ................. The New Stelex Sector BBS Software/Networks .... PCPN, PunterNet (BBS64 possibly available by appointment) BBS Platform/Processor ... assorted, 386, 486, AST Premium 286 w/113mb HD; BBS64 w/CBM 8250 dual drive Graphics Support ......... ANSI, ASCII Commodore Support ........ Messages, Files, 40/80 cols, Punter protocol System Operator Name ..... Roman Kowalczuk (71250.1423@compuserve.com) System Operator Handle ... Oscar Maximum Modem Speed ...... 14.4K BPS WWW Presence ............. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stelex Open Status Verified ..... 18 Jan 2000 - System Operator Comments ................. PCPN software is shareware and may be downloaded from CIS, participating BBS's. It will run okay on an XT but a 286+ is better and is NOT Y2K compatible. Steve Punter's documentation model continues to include a typeset, freeware book for end-users. On TNSS the book was updated once in early 1997. GERMANY: Telephone Number ......... +49-341-2613589 Location ................. Leipzig, Germany BBS Name ................. SachsenGEOS BBS Software ............. Remote Access 2.2+ BBS Platform/Processor ... OS/2 Warp3 / AMD K6 2/333 Graphics Support ......... ANSI, ASCII Commodore Support ........ Messages: Fidonet, GEOSNet, InterNet, CBMNet, VirNet Files: GEOS Files, Emulator Files, CBM-Files, VirFiles System Operator Name ..... Rene Schwarte (Schwarte@SachsenGEOS.FIDO.DE) System Operator Handle ... Rene Schwarte Modem Speed/Settings ..... 300-33.6K, V90, K56Flex WWW Presence ............. None Open Status Verified ..... Nikolaus Metz Comments ................. FIDO 2:249/1210 - Online 24 hrs except 1:30 am - 4:00 am MEZ. Telephone Number ......... +49-2232-942198 and +49-2232-942199 Location ................. Bruehl (near Cologne), Germany BBS Name ................. VGA-Landi BBS Software ............. Maximus/2 V3.01 BBS Platform/Processor ... PC Pentium II / OS/2 Graphics Support ......... ANSI, Avatar, ASCII Commodore Support ........ Messages, Fidonet, Usenet, Native Files, Emulator Files System Operator Name ..... Uwe Schaffgans (Uwe.Schaffgans@koeln.netsurf.de) System Operator Handle ... Uwe Schaffgans Modem Speed/Settings ..... 1200-33.6K / ISDN / 8N1 WWW Presence ............. http://home.t-online.de/home/Holger.Heimes/vgapagee.htm Open Status Verified ..... 4 Feb 1998 - System Operator Comments ................. FIDO 2:2450/180 and 2:2450/181 Open 24 hours/365 days - Home base for the United GEOS Users Cologne (VGA Koeln). Home base (mail-/file-server) CBM-Net, help for GEOS and Commodore software and hardware problems, connected to the FIDO CBM FDN filebone. (Also supports CBM C65/116/Plus4) UNITED STATES: Telephone Number ......... 318-431-7189 Location ................. Westlake, LA BBS Name ................. Mainline Consulting BBS Software/Networks .... Wildcat 4.0/Fidonet: 1:19/11.0 BBS Platform/Processor ... PC/486 DX4/100 Graphics Support ......... Unknown Commodore Support ........ Files: Commodore 64, Commodore 128, CP/M - Echo-Mail: CBM, CBM128, CBMGEOS System Operator Name ..... John H. Guillory (john.guillory@mainline.nu) System Operator Handle ... John H. Guillory Maximum Modem Speed ...... Unknown WWW Presence ............. Unknown Open Status Verified ..... 21 May 1999 - System Operator Comments ................. E-Mail available to anyone that logs on, their e-mail address is their login-name @mainline.nu. Some usenet newsgroups are available. (C) Telephone Number ......... 480-857-4965 -- Node 1 Location ................. Tempe, Arizona BBS Name ................. Spuncrystal BBS/Spuncrystal Web Server BBS Software/Networks .... WildCat 5.0 FIDOnet and many others BBS Platform/Processor ... IBM/pc-WinNT / Pentium Graphics Support ......... ASCII / ANSI Commodore Support ........ Files (area 113 in BBS side) Shareware/PD Executables, text System Operator Name ..... Rae Nelson (rae@spuncrystal.com) System Operator Handle ... Crystal Rae Maximum Modem Speed ...... 57.6K BPS WWW Presence ............. www.spuncrystal.com FTP Site ................. ftp://www.spuncrystal.com:21 or ftp://204.181.25.126:21 Open Status Verified ..... 01 Feb 2000 - Marc Dobes Comments ................. BBS w/HTML capabilities, alternate Platform Files groups such as C=64/128, Mac and Atari ST are OP'd by Marc Dobes (gwerx@spuncrystal.com) FILE-OP former Co-SysOp of Oasis Commodore BBS. Telephone Number ......... 517-322-2386 Location ................. Lansing Michigan BBS Name ................. The Speed Zone BBS Software ............. M A X's BBS V1.54 BBS Platform/Processor ... Amiga 500 / 68000 w/2.1 OS Graphics Support ......... ANSI, ASCII Commodore Support ........ Messages, Native Files, GEOS Files System Operator Name ..... Maurice Randall (arca93@delphi.com) System Operator Handle ... Maurice Randall Modem Speed/Settings ..... 1200 - 14.4K BPS / 8N1 WWW Presence ............. http://people.delphi.com/arca93/ Open Status Verified ..... 1 Feb 1998 - System Operator Comments ................. Open 24/7/365 - Home base for the Lansing Area Commodore Club. Tech support for Maurice Randall's software and help for other GEOS and Commodore software and hardware problems. Telephone Number ......... 614-274-6502 Location ................. Columbus, Ohio BBS Name ................. Central Ohio Commodore User's Group BBS Software/Networks .... PCPN, PunterNet BBS Platform/Hardware .... unknown System Operator Name ..... Phil Lynch System Operator Handle ... Phil Lynch Maximum Modem Speed ...... 14.4K BPS WWW Presence ............. Unknown Open Status Verified ..... 16 Mar 1998 - Roman Kowalczuk Comments ................. A club BBS. One of the original 300 or so BBS64 boards. Number ................... 718-671-7050 Location ................. Bronx, New York BBS Name ................. d'BUG BBS BBS Software ............. Wildcat! 4 BBS Platform/Processor ... MS-DOS / 486 Graphics Support ......... ANSI, ASCII Commodore Support ........ Messages, Native Files, GEOS Files System Operator Name ..... Bruce Roberts, SysOp CoSysOp .................. Robert Saltiel, CoSysOp System Operator Handle ... Unknown Modem Speed/Settings ..... 300 - 14.4K BPS / 8N1 WWW Presence ............. http://www.mediaworks.com/bug/ Open Status Verified ..... 18 Mar 1998 - Robert Saltiel, CoSysOp Comments ................. BBS of the Bronx Users Group (BUG), Commodore-authorized user group #65. First-call instant download access to CBM files via Logon Name of "Commodore Caller" and Password of "CBM". Message-base complimentary access via real-name logon. C64/128 file areas updated regularly. Open 24 hrs. Contact info ............. Robert Saltiel (robert.saltiel@moondog.com) ================================================================= Credits: Nikolaus Metz ..... (Nikolaus_Metz@geobox3.fido.de) ... 01 Feb 99 Ruth Hackley ...... (fgm@rosenet.net) ................. 20 Jun 99 Dick Cunningham ... (wanderer@cyberdude.com) .......... 17 Oct 99 Roman Kowalczuk ... (71250.1423@compuserve.com) ....... 18 Jan 00 Marc Dobes ........ (evast@aztec.asu.edu) ............. 03 Feb 00 And to all of the system operators who provided their information! Abbreviations: BPS ..... Bits Per Second CBM ..... Commodore Business Machines GB ...... Gigabyte GEOS .... Graphics Environment Operating System HD ...... Hard Drive KB ...... Kilobyte MB ...... Megabyte Search Strings: (A) - Entry added. (C) - Entry altered. (D) - Entry deleted (also for entries that were moved). (M) - Entry moved due to telephone number change. ================================================================= My heartfelt thanks go out to Dick Cunningham, the original maintainer of this list. Without his help I would not have been able to take over the maintenance of this Commodore resource. Come visit us in C= land occasionally, Dick.