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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.
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BBS NAME (SysOp) WHEN DISCONTINUED*
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- 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
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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
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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
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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
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Ice Box, The........................................................Mid 1991
Imageless Thoughts.................................................mid 1994?
Interstate Online Services (Mike Wilson)................................7/96
Interzone...............................................................2/95
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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
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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
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Pig Pen..............................................................unknown
Puff's Revenge..........................................................7/98
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QuickSilver..............................................................???
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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
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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?
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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?
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UNT VAX..........................................................early 1990s
Up All Night.........................................................unknown
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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
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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
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XT-reme Limits (Brian Evans)...........................................12/94
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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
[email protected] or
[email protected] 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.
Walter Bowen
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