Marc_North@mindlink.UUCP (Marc North) (03/07/91)
THIS MESSAGE IS TO EVERYONE WHO CALLS BBS's.
I am forming a global list of BBS's. All computer types, all countries,
EVERYTHING.
Please e-mail your list of BBS's that you call. All I ask is that you
be reasonably sure that the ones you list are still active. Where possible
include modem speed range, city, state/province, country, and of course the
BBS's name and phone number (WITH area code!)
I am doing this as a project, and any final list will be available via
FTP in the near future.
Reach DEEP into the BBS well, pull out the obscure, the strange, the
oddballs as well as the slick mainstream ones. Don't worry about being
repetitive, I'll weed out the duplicate submissions. Please be accurate.
Thank you very much,
Marc North
(Marc_North@mindlink.uucp)
--
***********************************************************************
* Marc North * "For the final consummation and for me *
* c/o ULYSSES Systems Corp. * to feel less lonely, my last wish was *
* 225 - 810 West Broadway * that there should be a crowd of spec- *
* Vancouver, B.C. * tators at my execution and that they *
* V5Z 4C9 * should greet me with cries of hatred."*
* (604) 731-3575 (data) * -Albert Camus, "The Outsider" *
*********************************************************************** root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh) (03/11/91)
In a letter to All, Marc North (Marc_North@mindlink.UUCP ) wrote:
> I am forming a global list of BBS's.
Please DON'T.
You are taking on a task which, if you were to perform it well (and
responsibly) would both occupy *all* of your time and cost you thousands of
dollars a month.
I used to run a BBS in Toronto, but moved it in August of 1987. I know the
people who, several months later, got that old phone number and, to this day,
they are receiving modem calls. I couldn't figure out why until I started
stumbling accross "authoritative" BBS lists published as recently as last
summer giving that number as an active BBS!
BBSes come and go, they move, and you can't possibly keep track of all of
the systems you're going to list. Misprints happen. I sincerely doubt
that you have any idea of the scope of your project, and you have not stopped
to think out carefully the the damage that a badly maintained list will do.
If you *must* continue, I suggest that you start with the FidoNet nodelist.
Updated weekly, it contains nearly 10,000 listings worldwide, most of which
are public access BBS systems.
Geoff
P.S.: This probably belongs in alt.bbs, not comp.dcom.modems.
--
UUCP: watmath!xenitec!zswamp!root | 602-66 Mooregate Crescent
Internet: root@zswamp.fidonet.org | Kitchener, Ontario
FidoNet: SYSOP, 1:221/171 | N2M 5E6 CANADA
Data: (519) 742-8939 | (519) 741-9553
The mile is traversed not by a single leap, but by a procession of coherent
steps; those who insist on making the trip in a single element will be failing
long after you and I have discovered new worlds. - meevanc@isishq.fidonet.org (Evan Champion) (03/11/91)
Marc_North@mindlink.UUCP (Marc North) writes: > > THIS MESSAGE IS TO EVERYONE WHO CALLS BBS's. > > I am forming a global list of BBS's. All computer types, all countrie > EVERYTHING. > Please e-mail your list of BBS's that you call. All I ask is that you > be reasonably sure that the ones you list are still active. Where possible > include modem speed range, city, state/province, country, and of course the > BBS's name and phone number (WITH area code!) > > I am doing this as a project, and any final list will be available vi > FTP in the near future. > > Reach DEEP into the BBS well, pull out the obscure, the strange, the > oddballs as well as the slick mainstream ones. Don't worry about being > repetitive, I'll weed out the duplicate submissions. Please be accurate. > > Thank you very much, > Marc North > > (Marc_North@mindlink.uucp) > > -- > *********************************************************************** > * Marc North * "For the final consummation and for me * > * c/o ULYSSES Systems Corp. * to feel less lonely, my last wish was * > * 225 - 810 West Broadway * that there should be a crowd of spec- * > * Vancouver, B.C. * tators at my execution and that they * > * V5Z 4C9 * should greet me with cries of hatred."* > * (604) 731-3575 (data) * -Albert Camus, "The Outsider" * > *********************************************************************** If you want a good listing, the Fidonet lists are fairly complete... They are about 800k unpacked. Evan Champion evanc@isishq.fidonet.org
luce@aurs01.UUCP (J. Luce) (03/12/91)
In article <6LBmy2w163w@isishq.fidonet.org> evanc@isishq.fidonet.org (Evan Champion) writes: >Marc_North@mindlink.UUCP (Marc North) writes: > >> I am forming a global list of BBS's. All computer types, all countrie >> EVERYTHING. >If you want a good listing, the Fidonet lists are fairly complete... They >are about 800k unpacked. > >Evan Champion >evanc@isishq.fidonet.org There is also the WWIV Net List that you can get from various WWIV Area Coordinators. What this ceases to do, IMHO, is ignore all the great non-netted BBSs (yes, there are plenty out there). I do believe FOG (First Osborne Group) in Daly City, CA keeps a LARGE list of these kinds of BBSs. As for mine: Lunatic Fringe (919) 571-7736 Raleigh, NC Aladdin's Lamp (919) 460-0607 Cary, NC Reel Class (919) 481-4300 Cary, NC Babel (206) 363-8969 Seattle, Wash. Hotel (916) 927-7680 Sacramento, Calif. Not to mention the Citadel-86 Network. Not well known, but a good, somewhat Anarchistic Net (not real formal). My BBS is a member of CitNet, WWIV, & FIDO. Sorry for use of bandwidth, but my mail to him bounces. ------------------------------------------------------------------- John Luce | Life is the leading cause of death Alcatel Network Systems | ----------------------------------------- Raleigh, NC | Standard Disclaimer Applies 919-850-6787 | Mail? Here? Try aurs01!aurw46!luce@mcnc.org | or ...!mcnc!aurgate!luce -------------------------------- or John.Luce@f130.n151.z1.fidonet.org