The London Underground
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Also listed as: The Outpost

"The London Underground ran RoboBoard software (Hamilton
Telegraphics) on a 486 DX2 66 system with two online CDs rotating
several CD Access ROMS with emphasis on games, graphics, and
shareware aps. Access started with 4800 baud and eventually
upgraded to 14.4 (an expensive investment, at the time!)
Eventually, the BBS added a second, rollover phone line and a
six-disc CD changer and was renamed to "The Outpost" with a
stronger focus on gaming.
The FXTerm client software was extremely popular, however the BBS
did keep a ASCII/ANSI menu system for navigation and door games as
Mustang systems were still very popular at the time. Door games
included fully registered: Tradewars 2002 with expansions (Borg,
Pirates, etc.), Baron Realms Elite, Legend of the Red Dragon,
Solar Realms Elite, Poker, Junkyard Wars, as well as a few demo
door games. Popular games for download, at the time, were Castle
Wolfenstein, Duke Nukem, Doom, Commander Keen, and many
casino-related games. Packet mail was popular and nightly sends
were done originally via phone line FidoNet, then upgraded to
Planet Connect 12 inch satellite dish system.
It was popular in the very small, Midwestern town and locla areas.
However, it was always a free system with paid-subscribers only
benefitting from longer session times (all features were available
to everyone). The extra costs of running it were absorbed as a
labor of love. But, with the small community finally getting
decent Internet service providers it was decided to close down as
the competition would have been too great. A special thanks goes
to fellow SysOps in the same town, and friends Timothy Wagoner
(Signal Butte BBS) and brother Steve Wagoner (The Dragon's Den)
for really inspiring and helping me to develop my modest little
BBS. Theirs were truly the "big dogs" in the area and widely
respected. Great guys. Great BBS's.
What a wonderful time. The charm of BBS's has never worn off and
honestly, can't be replaced by the World Wide Web. I have very
fond memories of the time, learning the system, and creating the
RoboBoard graphical pages. Being a SysOp was a gratifying hobby
during a heydey period of BBS history." - Dan Mowry

Phone   : 406-232-6641
Place   : Miles City, MT
Years   : 1994 - 1996
Sysop   : Dan Mowry
Software: RoboBoard BBS

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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