This is an incomplete list of notable bulletin board systems: __NOTOC__ *

CBBS CBBS ("Computerized Bulletin Board System") was a computer program created by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess to allow them and other computer hobbyists to exchange information between each other. Jason Scott: , 2005, Episode 1 In Ja ...

– the first BBS on record, established 1978 * Celco 51 – used by the United States Secret Service during the Operation Cybersnare sting * Demon Roach Underground – popular hacker BBS and former home of the

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* ExecPC BBS – America's largest dial-up BBS through the late 1980s * Forum 80 – based in Kingston upon Hull, the UK's first BBS, started in 1980 *

ISCABBS ISCABBS, also known as ISCA, is a computer bulletin board system ("BBS"), formerly based at the University of Iowa. "Daves' own version of Citadel" (DOC), an early branch of the Citadel/UX BBS software, was developed to run ISCA. Like most Cit ...

– largest worldwide BBS, formerly located at the

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, and still both running and active as of 2024. *

MindVox MindVox was an early Internet service provider in New York City. The service was referred to as "the Hells Angels of Cyberspace". The service was founded in 1991 by Bruce Fancher ( Dead Lord) and Patrick Kroupa ( Lord Digital), two former me ...

– famous New York based BBS and internet service provider founded by members of

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* Monochrome BBS – BBS based in the UK, founded in 1990 and still running 2023 *OSUNY – legendary old-school hack/

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BBS from the 1980s * pcmicro * Plover-NET – early hacker BBS, origins of hacker group

PTT Bulletin Board System PTT Bulletin Board System (PTT, ) is the largest terminal-based bulletin board system (BBS) based in Taiwan. It was founded by Yi-Chin Tu and other students from the National Taiwan University in 1995 as Professional Technology Temple, and it i ...

– largest BBS in Taiwan, still the most popular online forum in 2018 * Purple Ocean – one of the largest North American Gaming BBS's of in the mid-1980s * Rusty n Edie's BBS – raided by the FBI in 1993 and sued by ''

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'' in 1997 *

SDF Public Access Unix System Super Dimension Fortress (abbreviated as ''SDF'', also known as freeshell.org) is a non-profit public access UNIX shell provider on the Internet. It has been in continual operation since 1987 as a non-profit social club. The name is derived from ...

- Started in 1987 as an ANIME SIG * SF Net – was a coin-operated BBS accessible from select coffee shops located throughout the

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SMTH BBS Shuimu Tsinghua ( zh, s=水木清华, p=shuǐmù qīnghuá; abbreviated as SMTH) BBS is the first and one of the most popular bulletin board system sites among the universities in China. Hosted by Tsinghua University, it is recognized for its div ...

– The largest BBS in China, hosted by Tsinghua University * The Brewers' Witch BBS – Texas-based BBS catering to

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and

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discussion and community *

TOTSE TOTSE (,) was a San Francisco Bay Area website and former BBS dedicated to storing text files on a variety of subjects and viewpoints, many of which were unusual or controversial. The name is an acronym for ''Temple of the Screaming Electron''. ...

–

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BBS known for large and often controversial selection of text files and internet discussion forum

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BBS: The DocumentaryTEXTFILES.COM Historical BBS List
- A collection of BBS numbers from the past 20 Years
Roblist
- An article on (and extract of) "Roblist", the de facto BBS list for South Africa active until 1996.
Telnet BBS Guide
- The largest active listing of Telnet accessible Bulletin Board Systems on the Internet (since 1997)
bbs-scene.org bbs list
active boards (via

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