215/610 BBSes?
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HaveTilFive · 2016-04-11 10:25

I was young (maybe too young) to be dialing into some of these but
when I was between 13-14, I remember Onix, Clockwork Orange,
Technomanna and a phreaking BBS called RAVE. Anyone else dial into
215/610 boards?

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au1977 · 2016-04-18 04:28

Yes! I ran one all through the 90's, 215/610-544-8001, don't bother
calling now. Instead you can telnet to disboardia.net. We had a fun
scene. We didn't have the elite of the elite or anything like that,
but we got by. I remember a few underground boards and a lot of other
interesting ones.

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HaveTilFive · 2016-04-18 09:22

I'm going to check out your telnet setup this week

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Mystic_BBS · 2016-05-15 02:49

Not quite a BBS specifically, but Mystic BBS software is based out of
the 215 area, and had some dialup following back in the day in those
area codes.

I was all over the 215/610/717 scenes back in the days but I can't
remember a lot of specific systems these days.

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HaveTilFive · 2016-05-16 12:53

Good to know. I'll check it out when the mood strikes me :-)

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Suryjuto · 2016-06-05 15:44

Fun Fact:

The guy that ran Clockwork BBS in Philly used to be a bouncer at the
Trocadero.

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[deleted] · 2016-06-05 21:54

Amazing. Ioved that BBS

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Blondie-13 · 2021-12-11 22:30

Fun and more accurate fact: The guy that ran Clockwork BBS ran the
security team at the Trocadero. He shut the board down to focus on the
Trocadero. Soon after leaving Clockwork, he became the general manager
at the Troc and continued to do security there and at other locations
on the East Coast. After being at the Troc for a decade, he purchased
the North Star Bar. After 15 years there, he sold the bar. The North
Star was/and remains the longest-running music venue in Philadelphia.
It is currently closed, and its future is unknown.

The SysOp of Clockwork is rumored to have married and retired to a
life of farming somewhere in Pennsylvania.