Xevious
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"One of the original Boston First Wave boards, the origin of
Xevious is lost in the mist of time. Xevious was the greatest BBS
in the state of Massachusetts. When the Sysop moved out of the
Boston Metr Area, he left a call-forwarded line so that regulars
could still reach him. *ALL* hardware types were welcome: Apple,
TRS-80, Atari, TI, Commodore, Z-80... even when the BBS ran on
INTeL hardware! 1983: 617-449-2589 and 617-449-4146. 1986: Board
moves to Framingham, MA, at 508-875-3618. Call forwarded line
begins service at 617-449-7322. 1987: Board switches to GBBS-PRO
software. 1990: Board switches over to PC-Board software and
starts networking as R.I.M.E. Relaynet Node #159. Two lines are
added: Line #2, 508-875-4786 and Line #3, 508-820-7360. 1998:
Board drops from four lines to two -- Line #1, 508-788-6951 and
Line #2, 508-788-6952." - The Boston Historian
"Xevious was originally written by George Kasabgi of Needham
Massachusetts. It ran on two Apple II computers, connected with
two serial cards and a serial cable wrapped in tin-foil. It had a
6-meg hard drive. Two distinct features were a two-person chat
system (where you could chat with whomever was on the other
computer, not just the sysop), and Xevious Trek (a highly
addictive grid-based trek game, with multiple planets, hidden
galaxies, and the ability to attack other players while they were
offline). When George Kasabgi had to go to Canada for several
months, he considered closing the BBS. I (Jeff Keegan) offered to
run it in his absence, and the BBS was moved to Stoneham, MA. If I
remember correctly, the two lines there were 617-279-0354 and
617-438-???? Anyway, I ran it there for several months, eventually
it went back to George, and then later he decided to call it
quits. Nels Anderson stepped in, offering to move the BBS to
Framingham, Massachusetts. At some point someone made the joke
that since it was born in Needham, moved to Stoneham, and then
moved to Framingham, it should probably go to die in Dedham." -
Jeff Keeghan

Phone   : 617-449-2589
Place   : Needham, MA
Years   : 1982 - 2000
Sysop   : George Kassabgi, Jeff Keegan, Nels Anderson
Software: GBBS, Net-Works-][, PC-Board, custom (on Apple II)
          originally

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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