Hell Frozen Over
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"HFO opened it's doors in October of 1997, ran until mid 1998,
closed in August of 1998, then opened back up and ran for a few
months in 1999. In 2000 a new system came up that was internet
only, a telnet board running Cit/UX (Citadel for unix). It was a
completely new board, but still used the HFO name. Sometime
between 1999 and 2000 there was an NPA/NXX split in the Twin
Cities (of which there would be 2 more, as we are now finding
out), and the number changed to 651-483-6077. On January 1 of
2000, US-West disconnected service for 483-6077, at my request.
Caller ID still showed a few calls each day, even with the board
being down for almost a year.... The correct spelling of my handle
was Mahomad (which is actually incorrect, but damnit that's how I
spelled it). My real name is Adam Maloney, which you can feel free
to put on your site. My cosysops were Far Side and Scavenger......
I had a legitimate, registered copy of Remote Access Professional
2, licensed for 250 nodes. HFO started on a 286 running DESQView
with a USR Sportster 14.4. Later it ran on a 386 (with a 486
overdrive) IBM PS/2 system with a USR Sportster 28.8 modem. I
switched to Windows, but it couldn't multitask well enough to
answer the modem in the background, so I went back to Desqview.
Eventually I moved it to a Pentium 133, and a 33.6 Sportster.....
My claim to fame was through three 7-disc CD changers, with 15
shareware and 6 adult CD's online. I had one of the largest
filebases, both by size and number of files, in Minnesota. I also
had the usual collection of the popular games like tradewars and
LORD. HFO was also the U.S. distribution site for Crow Software,
makers of fine BBS utilities...... Even after investing $1000's in
hardware and software, Hell Frozen Over always remained completely
free, running on donations only (of which, I eceived exactly 1).
The original harddrive with the entire BBS, userbase, messages,
files, games, and game states is still preserved. At it's peak HFO
had some 400 registered users, 200+ of which called regularly....
" - Adam Maloney

Phone   : 612-483-6077
Place   : TWIN CITIES, MN
Years   : 1997 - 2000
Sysop   : Mahomad, Far Side, Scavenger
Software: Citadel-86, Citadel-UX, Remote Access Pro

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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