Magic
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"The existing list shows two entries called MAGIC, both were
actually the same system after he changed phone numbers IIRC. In
the 90-91 time frame it was known as Digital Spectrum, and it had
another name briefly in '90 that I don't remember."
"The system was one of the most popular in Toronto. Trying to keep
it growing led to a number of stories of internal battles in Bell,
as to whether or not he should be allowed to get more phone lines
into his house. At the time they had a rule that you could only
get two, and they weren't terribly interested in changing it for a
BBS'er! However it turned out that large numbers of Bell people in
the Toronto area were MAGIC members, so eventually they installed
a new pole in his back yard with 50 lines."
"MAGIC was the premier FirstClass system, and was eventually sold
to form the backbone of an ISP. That killed it when they went pay,
and the plug was eventually pulled a few years later." - Maury
Markowitz

Phone   : 416-288-1767
Place   : Toronto, ON
Years   : 1990 - 1998
Sysop   : Mark Windrim
Software: FirstClass

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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