Memories of Area Code 216 reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- codefenix · 2023-04-14 18:06 All these recent posts about old boards from various area codes makes me think about my old area code, 216. Three boards I used to call the most in or near my hometown were **K's Korner**, **The Viper's Den**, and **Rebel's Domain**. All of them ran WWIV. K's Korner was run by our high school algebra/computer lab teacher, and was very popular with students in the area. I used to spend time after school or late at night hopping on K's and Viper's, downloading shareware, checking messages, playing doors, and of course, admiring all the ANSI art. Rebel's Domain wasn't as popular, but the sysop was really friendly. I drew him an ANSI of a castle on a hill that he used for his logon screen (which my own logo is based on today). Later I was his co-sysop for a brief time until he stopped running the board. 216 was also the home of the legendary **Rusty n Edie's**. I never personally called RnE, but I remember the FBI raid in the news well. **NeoNet** was the last BBS in that area that I ever spent any time on. By that time I wasn't as interested in downloading files or playing doors, as NeoNet was popular mainly for chat rooms, communities and not much else. Users from multiple nearby towns would chat for hours and sometimes meet up together. I went to at least one pizza party NeoNet hosted and got to meet a lot of users in person and made a lot of friends. NeoNet was later renamed **CoreComm** and changed to an internet provider, which still exists to this day. 216 eventually got split up in 1996, and most of the boards mentioned above would have wound up in area code 330 if they were still operational at that time. Anyone ever call any of these boards, or any others in 216/330? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2023-04-14 20:19 Stark County had BBSs? That era didn’t kick off until I had moved out of the 216 to the 314, but of course everyone used Rusty and Edie’s. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ebola_flakes_II · 2023-04-14 20:47 I grew up in 216. Some of my faves were Sinner's Haven, Mary Jane's, Spuds World, TAI, UWPG, Doom's Retreat, Cyberdyne, Flip Flop and Rusty & Edie's. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- codefenix · 2023-04-14 20:49 I'm in Stark County now, actually. :) Canton had several, according to the info on bbslist.textfiles.com. But I never called any of them back in those days, since I lived in Columbiana County at the time and calls to Stark were long distance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- codefenix · 2023-04-14 20:56 Very cool! Do you happen to remember what BBS software they ran? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- codefenix · 2023-04-14 21:03 I almost forgot to mention the first BBS I ever called, Salem Computer Center BBS. It was a little computer shop in town that also had its own BBS. It ran Wildcat. I was in the store one day buying shareware on disks, and the guy behind the counter asked me if I had a modem and went on to tell me about their BBS and how I could get games from it. The allure of downloading shareware games was the thing that first drew me in. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ebola_flakes_II · 2023-04-14 22:07 Ahh it's been so long. At the time, Telegard (and it's many hacks) and Searchlight were very popular. I was on many of the warez boards at the time and what was it, Vision-X maybe or something like that was popular. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ilikeme1 · 2023-04-14 23:56 What did Rusty and Eddie’s do to get raided? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BrundleflyUrinalCake · 2023-04-15 00:17 2i6 master race checking in ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mutated_monk · 2023-04-15 10:53 https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkpzw7/rusty-n-edies-bbs-fbi-raid ---------------------------------------------------------------------- briever · 2023-04-18 16:10 Ahhh Rusty n Edie's - I used to blue box onto it from Scotland way back then. Happy days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2023-04-25 02:47 330 - The Doghouse - WWIV . It had WWIVNet, LORD, TW2002, and a lot of other cool stuff.