------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ - ------ - ---------------- -- -- DISCONTINUED LOCAL BOARDS ---------------- ---------------- -- --- Denton, Texas - Area Code 940 ---------------- ---------------- -- --- ----------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- -- -- Rev. 11/01/01 ---------------- - ------ - ------------------------------------------------ A S e r v i c e o f T h e M e z z a n i n e B B S These local bulletin boards are no longer in service. If known, the date discontinued is shown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BBS NAME (SysOp) WHEN DISCONTINUED* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - A - Absolute Zero (Jeff Abbott).................Renamed Denton Data Servers 6/96 Acme (Dave Mcgill)...................................................6/23/96 Alert Center (Michael Bourg)............................................3/95 Alpha Drive (Casey Romanski)............................................6/95 Altered Realm (Chris Wendt).............................................5/96 Alternative Megabytes (Jeff Abbott)..Renamed Absolute Zero Before Debut 2/96 Amiga Channel.......................................................8/91 ??? Ancient Rome [originally ROME] (Ponifex (\/)aximus)............mid-late 1992 Andromeda Galaxy (Gary Brown)...........................................8/95 Autonoman (Edward Walker)...............................................5/96 - B - Back Brain.........................................................mid 1994? Barter Town (Anthony Ehrsom, aka Festus)..........................circa 1990 Bilskirnir (Dan Owsley)............................moved to Carrollton 12/94 Bunkhouse (Roger Etheredge, aka Critter)................................1/98 - C - Central Point............................................................??? Centrifuge, The......................................................unknown Chrystal Frontier....................................................unknown Colossus (William Hubbs)..........................................early 1991 Computer Geeks Anonymous (Kenneth W. Rich).........................late 1993 Crossroad's Inn, The (Random).....................................early 1991 Crossroads.............................................................1994? Cyber Shack (Chris Wendt)......................Renamed To Altered Realm 2/96 CyberSpace.......................................................early 1990s - D - D2 Zone..............................................................unknown Daddy-O's (Jim Hull)....................................................8/95 DAMU [Denton Area Mac Users] (Jason Myre)....absorbed by The Mezzanine, 6/93 DBT [Denton Baptist Temple] (Chris Boyd)................................6/96 Deathmatch Arena........................................................4/96 Denton Data Servers (Jeff Abbott).......................................7/96 Denton Writers' (Steve Powers).........................................12/95 Destiny (Bill Crawford).................................................7/95 Deteriota (Bob Strouse).............................................mid 1992 Dis-Net.......................moved to Fort Worth or Arlington mid-late 1992 Dog House................................................................??? Dream Realm..............................................................??? Dreamscape........................................................early 1991 - E - Eagle's Nest.............................................................??? Echo (Edward Walker)....................................................5/96 Electric Cafe (Darren Loher)...........................................1993? Eniac'97 (Brian Evans)..................................................6/97 Envision Online (Wesley Davis, Et. Al.)............................Late 1993 Eternity (Dustin Owen)..................................................8/96 Epic [Orig. Name Of Sunset Strip] (Mark "Dysan" Philpott)..........Late 1992 - F - FEMA............................................................... mid 1991 Fess's Tower (Fessilonious).......................................early 1994 Forrest, The (Isabella Chang).......................................mid 1991 - G - Genesis (James Sparks)..................................................9/96 Golden Triangle (Kevin Carr).......................................late 1992 Graphix Connection...............................................early 1990s - H - Haven (Corey Campsey)..................................................10/96 House of Minus (Eric Lipscomb)...................................early 1990s House of the Holy (Robbie Campbell)..............................early 1990s HTE Data++Link (Harold Liles)....................................early 1990s - I - Ice Box, The........................................................Mid 1991 Imageless Thoughts.................................................mid 1994? Interstate Online Services (Mike Wilson)................................7/96 Interzone...............................................................2/95 - K - Kendermore.............................................................12/94 - L - Lake Cities (Art Geary).................................................2/95 Latenight Online (John Nevetts).........................................4/96 Leisure (Michael Durr)..................................................5/96 Lighthouse (Jaret Lehman)..............................................10/94 LsD-25 ["Legalized Spiritual Discovery"]................................4/95 - M - MackDaddy's Palace (Jeff Abbott)...................repl. by Night Force 2/95 Manor, The (Michael Bourg).......................................early 1990s Member's Only (Jeff Abbott)......repl. by Vision Online; never officially up Michael's Obsession ["MO"] (Michael Nance).........................Late 1991 Mike's Place (Michael Collins)..........................................1/97 Mirage (Dustin Owen)...........................(was only up a few days) 4/97 Moon Base 44 (Chris Toppan)............................................1992? Moose's Den (Van Holland)..............................................1991? Mr Furley's Pad (Mr Furley).............................................3/96 - N - Network Dynamics (Garry Walker)........................................11/98 Night Force (Jeff Abbott)........................repl. by Vision Online 8/95 Nightmare (Christian I. Holston)........................................1/96 No Carrier (Rick Joyce, aka Warlord)....................................9/94 No Name............................................................late 1994 - P - Pig Pen..............................................................unknown Puff's Revenge..........................................................7/98 - Q - QuickSilver..............................................................??? - R - Rave (Dustin Owen).....................................................12/96 Realm of FUBAR (Gordon Beresford)........................................??? Redheaded Online........................................................2/95 Rogue's Trader (William Looney)........became Texas Information Center 7/94? Runtime Error (Jeff Abbott)............................................11/96 - S - Shadowlands (Scott Young)..............................................10/97 Silicon Implant....................................................late 1994 Skid Row...............................................................1994? Sports Board............................................................1/95 Stabbin Cabin (David Miller)..........................(may yet return) 09/01 Stealth Design..........................................................2/95 Sunset Strip (Mark "Dysan" Philpott).................................unknown Supply Side............................................................1994? - T - Techno Phreaker's (Jeff Abbott).........................................8/96 Tel'Aran'Rhiod (Christian I. Holston)................repl. by Nightmare 3/95 Texas Country ][.........................................................??? Texas Information Center (William Looney)...planned 5/95, but held on awhile Tower of Babel (Fountain Pen).......................................mid 1992 Toybox (Rob Mullins)....................................................2/96 T.R.A.I.N. (Brady Mooney)........NOW 214-878-9818 (Ennis), moved early 1990s Trickster's Dungeon (Trickster)........................................1992? - U - UNT VAX..........................................................early 1990s Up All Night.........................................................unknown - V - VaporBoard (John Bradley)...............................................7/95 Viper Room (Jeff Abbott).........repl. by Vision Online; never officially up Virtual FX (Trickster ).................................................9/94 Vision Online (Jeff Abbott)............................................11/95 - W - Warez Channel............................................................??? Warp One (Walter Bowen)..................changed name to The Mezzanine, 8/92 Wasp Nest..............................................................1994? Wild West (Andrew McQuade).... disconnected 6/96 (returned briefly in 12/96) Wolfnet..............................................................unknown - X - XT-reme Limits (Brian Evans)...........................................12/94 - Z - Zone (Jeff Abbott)......................................................2/97 *Date service discontinued, if known, or best estimate thereof based on repeated "no answer," "phone disconnected" or other indications, including caller feedback. A few of these discontinued BBSs reportedly moved to other cities. Most simply closed down. We have never been able to confirm that several of them them ever were online, although their names still may still appear on some other local boards' BBS lists. Where known, the name (or handle) of the respective system operator appears in parenthesis. Information on the fate or current whereabouts of any of these BBSs would be appreciated, of course. We really need help with "date discontinued" on a number of them. Please let us know of any inaccuracies, too. You can reach us at wbowen@unt.edu or wb@chatter.com on the Internet or as User #1 on The Mezzanine BBS, 940-565-9165. FidoNet netmail may be addressed to Walter Bowen, 1:393/11. Thanks, as always, for your help in keeping up with this information! This list is maintained for historical purposes as a courtesy to the Denton BBSing community. My special thanks go to Derek Wakefield, Roger Etheredge and Michael Lynn who contributed substantially to this effort over the years. For best results when displaying or printing this list, use a 9 or 12 point monospaced font that supports extended ASCII characters. The extended character set is necessary to properly display the "line graphics" contained in the document. 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