Northlink
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"North*link was (is?) a C64 based system that has been around
since the mid-1980's. Run out of Springfield, NJ, it was never an
extremely popular system. However, it stands as one of the longest
running Commodore 8-bit based BBS systems in history. Even at the
turn of the millennium, it was still running off of its antiquated
300/1200 baud modem.
As of this writing (September 2001), a single attempt to call the
system was made. Unfortunately, only endless rings were heard from
the other end of the phone. It is possible that this system has
finally retired." - Brian Bernstein
"Northlink actually began in 1982. In 1985, it switched software
to Color64, and ran that for the entire rest of its run, from 1985
to 2005. It was always a 300/1200 baud BBS, though I remember some
talk of trying to get it to hit 2400. The hardware, if I remember
right, was a regular old C64 with a RAMLink and a CMD HD-200.
After some temporary downtime in 2003 due to aging hardware and
the health issues of the sysop, it finally went down permanently
in 2005. The sysop, Bruce Travers, passed away in 2008 from
complications related to cancer and heart disease. He was a good
guy. I actually have some buffered message board postings from the
1993-1994 period, mostly of Bruce talking about the history of the
board. It's in PETSCII format because it was a Commodore board, so
I'm not sure how to best go about translating that to something
that doesn't look bizarre, but you're welcome to it if you'd
like." - AJH

Phone   : 201-376-0816
Years   : 1982 - 2001
Sysop   : Bruce Travers
Software: C64

Listed by telephone number, as they all were. A few of
these boards did reach the web: see recoveries-002.txt.
Source  : bbslist.textfiles.com, compiled by Jason Scott

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