B.C.S. IBM PC User's Group ========================== Also listed as: Boston Computer Soc. / Computer Society / RBBS IBM PC Computer Society / BCS IBM "The BBS of the IBM Users Group of The Boston Computer Society. 1984: board runs RBBS in Boston, MA. 1986: board switches to Fido software, begins networking as FidoNET node 1:101/122 . 1987: board moves from Boston to Newton, MA, at 617 -332-5584. 1988: board switches to Opus software to share B.C.S. echomail bases. 1989: board switches to TBBS and adds another line at 617-964-2544. 1992: A third line is added at 617-964-2546. 1994: board moves to the town of Waltham, MA. Line #1 is now at 617-466-8730 and Line #2 is at 617-466-8740. 1995: B.C.S. tries for the "super-board". The IBM Users Group forms an alliance with the main board and is renamed as a sub-node of FidoNET node 1:101/121. 1996: the board drops FidoNET cold switching over to the internet and talking UUCP protocols. 1997: last gasp, board runs a few months at 781-466-8724." - Winston Smith Phone : 617-353-9312 Place : Boston, MA Years : 1983 - 1997 Sysop : Dick Rohrdanz Software: FidoNet, Opus, RBBS-PC 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ gopher://hp84.com/ | https://ge97.com/ .