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Keeping TABBS on Tacoma...
The Tacoma Area BBS List and Newsletter from AmoCat
JULY 1992 EDITION
 
Changes from last month:
 
NEW LISTING   Dis Array                 588-2595
              Employment Network        475-0665
              Glass Head/Aquarium       847-4553
              NNN0CGG BBS (ham radio)   272-6032
              Northwest Exposure        922-2692
              The Tunnel                759-7601
 
RETURNING:    The Exchange Club         964-5949
 
NEW NUMBER:   Centaur Aisle             536-6492
              Silent Sentry (node 2)    588-2285
 
DELETED:      Birds Nest
              Digital Bitch
              Exchange Club
              Fire & Ice
              High Voltage!
              The Legend BBS
              Paradise
              Your Mom
 
Except as noted,  systems are local to  all Tacoma prefixes.   
Please submit additions  or corrections to AmoCat BBS, 566-1155 [1:138/115]
                                                       566-1177
                        (206)     BBS           
BBS NAME               PHONE NO.  TYPE   BPS   OPERATOR           FEATURES
====================   =========  ====  ===== =================== =========
ABChat                 848-9511   DLX    0-2  Kris Engles         dei
Alternate Realities    848-3209   IMAG   0-2  Ray Burke III       ?efgpr
AmoCat BBS             566-1155   WILD   0-H  Rich Langsford      efgin
AmoCat BBS (line 2)    566-1177   WILD   0-2  Rich Langsford      efgin
The Aquarium           847-4553   CITA   0-2  Damian Johnson      e
Arctic Net             565-9740   OPUS   0-H  Rob Barker          efn
Attack Line            840-2445   QBBS   0-D  Dave Reed           efn
Awakening BBS          582-5579   MAXI   0-D  Ron Amos            efno6
Back Gate BBS          964-2033   SBBS   1-H  Charles Cooper      efgno6
BatCave                756-2054   VBBS   1-V  "Batman"            efgx
Backwoods BBS          847-5058   SPIT   0-2  "Uncle Pat"         efg
Bethel Board System    846-1564   WILD   0-2  "Arrow" & Pam       defo2
Beyond BBS             475-0402   HERM   1-D  "The Force"         efg
Beyond Reality         564-6702   DLG    2-V  Bill Wolfe          efgn
Big Boys Toys          862-8896   WILD   0-H  Paul Kratzke        ef
The Big Easy BBS       952-7142   WILD   0-V  Danny Stephens      efmnos
The Blue Light Special 588-3973   CITA   0-2  "Kaptain K Mart"    defgprtx
BoardRoom BBS          847-1763   RA     0-2  Bill McPhail        efgno1
The Boardwalk          941-3124   WILD   1-H  Dave Cody           efgn*
Bridge of Sighs        952-0247   SPIT   2-H  "Sysop"             ef
Bunny Board            841-3899   HERM   1-2  "Da Masta"          efgnprx
Byte Me                581-6244   HERM   0-2  "Stickman" (4p-6a)  efl
Calc Sys               967-3606   RA     0-2  Debbie Sklar        e
Cat's Paws             584-7895   MAXI   0-D  Jim Smith           efn
Centaur Aisle          536-6492   RA     0-V  "Old Fogie"         efgx
Club Digital           848-9629   XENO   0-2  Steve Rowe          efgnrx
The Coffee Shop        565-6306   OMNI   0-2  "P.I."              efghp
Collector's BBS        564-1109   QBBS   1-2  Jack Revis          e
Come Sail Away BBS     964-0580   CITA   0-2  "Gravity"           eg
Computer Factor II     848-7306   VBBS   0-H  Shon Sullivan       cef
Cool Blue BBS          846-9547   SBBS   0-2  Raymond Cool        efgo6
Craig's BBS            582-7970   SPIT   0-2  Craig Findley       efg
Crossroads BBS         848-2831   QBBS   0-D  David Reed          efgno9
The Cubby Hole         572-3225   HERM   0-2  "The Hermit"        ef
Death Strike           840-2251   CITA   0-2  "Striker"           efg
Delbert's Place BBS    565-9776   WILD   0-2  "Delbert RMe"       $cefgix
Dis Array              588-2595   RA     0-2  Mikel Kirk          ef
Doctor's In            927-1300   PCB    0-2  "Doc" (7p-7a)       ?efgls$
Doomed to Failure      759-1724   CITA   0-2  "Valley Boy"        eg
Dura Europos           588-0638   GBBS   0-2  "Trajan"            efg
Eagles BBS             531-8304   WILD   0-D  Leonard Blakely     defgino2
Electric Flamingo      473-6561   RA     0-V  Charlie Quante      efn
Electronic Advertiser  847-3329   TRIT   0-2  Jerry Weaver        efo6
Employment Network     475-0665   SBBS   0-2  Dave McCoy          ef
Forgotten Realms       848-5299   TEMP   1-V  "Hotrod"            ef
FPS Technical Board    565-9465   TBBS   0-2  FPS                 e
The Generic BBS        584-5960   CITA   0-2  "Generic Man"       efglrx
The Glass Head         847-4553   SBBS   0-2  Damian Johnson      ef
Golden Sub II          536-3878   CITA   0-2  Dan Brinkman        efg
Group Medical          581-9088   RA     1-2  Ismail Arslangiray  $efsno156
Grownup's Playground 1 588-3792   WILD   0-V  Bruce Martin (ADULT)$defgio2vx
Grownup's Playground 2 588-6409   WILD   0-C  Bruce Martin (ADULT)$defgio2vx
The Halls of Justice   565-0603   DLG    0-2  Keith Zaback        efgn
Heaven's Door          581-3466   QBBS   0-D  "The Pastor"        cefg
Holiday's Inn          472-1218   WILD   1-V  "Doc Holiday"       efgo2x
Huggybear's Den        582-8285   OMNI   1-2  "Huggybear"         efgx
Info Board             759-4391   IRON   0-2  Darin               efp
ISMC Oeric II          535-3697   SBBS   0-2  "Starcrow"          e
John's Genes           756-5160   OPUS   0-D  John English        efn
Keithley Komputer      759-5550   OPUS   0-D  Susan Cox           efn
The King's Coven       922-0789   TELE   0-2  "The King"          efgn
King's Dominion        843-2817   OPUS   0-2  Jeff King (7p-5a)   efln
Lakewood Fire Dept.    840-2066   QBBS   0-D  Dave Reed           efno1
Land of Oz             473-1788   IMAG   0-2  "Oz"                efp
Last Frontier          847-8168   SBBS   0-D  Mark Pittenger      efgno16
Library                565-0690   CO64   1-2  "Gertrude"          efghp
The Looking Glass      535-8917   MAXI   0-2  Marc Blakely        efno6
Mac Air                475-4146   HERM   0-2  "The Captain"       efgr
Magic's Palace         627-3749   DMBB   1-1  "Magic"             efgrx
The Mail Wrap BBS      472-6833   SPIT   0-2  Glen Lewis          eno18
Mandrake's World       474-0318   SRCH   1-D  "Mandrake"          efginr
Mandrake's World node2 475-6692   SRCH   0-2  "Mandrake"          efginr
The Medieval BBS       582-2023   RA     0-2  "King Edward"       efgnr
The Meeting Place      536-6993   WILD   0-2  David Kreg          defgo2pr
MIDI Exchange          383-8072   FORE   0-2  Jack W Rice (6p-9a) efgl
Missing Link BBS       536-3235   SRCH   0-2  Steven Hall         efn
Misspent Youth         537-6086   PCB    0-2  "Cyrano"            defgo7
Mobike Maniac          964-5306   SPIT   0-2  Birgit Murphy       efgno18
Moody Blues            846-2616   RA     0-2  Bernie Schau        efgno36
Nightforce BBS         472-6967   TEMP   0-V  "Swally"            efg
Night Magic            535-4746   PCB    1-D  "Poledra"           defgo7
NNN0GCC BBS (ham/mars) 272-6032   WILD   0-2  Tim Mauch           ef
North End Skyscraper   756-9689   OPUS   0-D  Lee Fellenberg      efno3x
Northwest Exposure     922-2692   WWIV   0-2  Jo Vangelder        ef
NWAP Chess Board       565-0594   PRIM   0-2  Doug                ef
Omni World 128         536-9353   OMNI   0-2  "Dr. Midi"          efgp
Online Express II      581-3310   WILD   0-2  "Marsman"           $efgio2px
Online Express (line2) 581-9060   WILD   0-2  "Marsman"           $efgio2px
OS9 Tacoma             566-8857   RIBB   0-2  Chris Johnson       efgn
Our House              846-9547   CITA   0-2  "R.R.C."            e
Outdoor Focus          565-7730   OPUS   0-2  Craig Buchman       efn
Ozone Pro Express      759-3002   XPRS   0-2  "T-Dome"            $efg
Pacific NW Archive     536-9286   WILD   1-V  Michael Moore       efg
Parthenon              474-2872   WAFF   0-2  Mike Singleton      efn
Pembroke Castle        474-0684   SBBS   1-V  Lady Darlene        defgo6rt
Pilgrim's Progress     952-4522   CNET   0-1  "Prophet"           efg
Puget Sound Monitor    565-6036   HOST   0-2  Scott Wright        e
Purgatory              566-1827   CITA   0-2  "Pope & Angel"      e
Racer's Edge           863-5877   PCB    2-V  Tim Fierro          $efgno7
The Reef               848-3371   XPRS   0-H  Dan Harris          efg
TheRightPlace node 1&2 581-APPL   HERM   0-2  Scot Herring        efginpr
The Right Place node 3 582-7283   HERM   2-H  Scot Herring        efginpr
Shooting Star ][ BBS   589-5906   ????   0-D  "Disk Crasher"      efg
Silent Sentry          984-1048   RA     1-D  Damien Latrace      efgno6px
Silent Sentry (node 2) 588-2285   RA     1-2  Damien Latrace      efgno6px
Starfleet BBS          535-5717   HERM   1-2  "Phaser"            efr
Sub S*P*A*C*E* BBS     473-6587   XPRS   0-2  Mike Isakson        ef
SuperShareware BBS     535-1995   WILD   0-2  Greg Randall        ef$
T.A.C.O. BBS           475-8084   MAXI   1-2  Malcolm Clark       efx
Tacoma Recovery        862-3815   QBBS   0-2  Don T. (AA/12-step) ef
Techno Mikey's Shop    582-9393   OPUS   0-2  Michael Bednarczyk  ef
TFC Games (node 1)     752-7424   RA     0-2  "Thorin Copenwood"  efgipr
TFC Games (node 2)     761-0792   RA     0-2  "Thorin Copenwood"  efgipr
Toggle                 759-7298   METL   0-2  Bob Thompson        ef
Total Access Board     472-9884   TBBS   0-H  Dick Fairchild      en
Trauma Central         531-9309   WILD   0-2  "Nite Nurse"        efo2x
The Tunnel             759-7601   HERM   1-2  Pat Nicholson       efgx
Unicorn/NWAP BBS       472-9331   GBBS   0-2  Marvin McDonald Jr. e
Up Town's BBS          572-2548   SPIT   0-2  Richard & Margarita efg
Vanguard II            582-1185   RA     0-V  John Haste          efgno6
The Warped Dog         536-0423   OPUS   0-2  Andy Roberts        efgno3
West Coast Adult Net   564-4955   WILD   0-2  "Foxy Lady" (ADULT) efio2x
West Coast Adult Node2 566-9376   WILD   0-2  "Foxy Lady" (ADULT) efio2x
Wood Creek BBS         536-8480   SPIT   1-D  Don Strate          efg
Your Name Here BBS     564-5303   CITA   0-V  "Zake Zuke"         efgp
 
GATEWAYS AND BOARDS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LISTING.
 
BBS TYPES
=========
CITA = Citadel/Citadel clones (IBM)     CNET = Commodore C-Net (Amiga)
CO64 = Color 64 BBS (Commodore)         DLG  = DLG Pro (Amiga)
DLX  = DLX (IBM)                        FORE = Forem or Forem clones
GBBS = Pro Board (Apple)                HERM = Hermes (Mac)
IMAG = Image (Commodore)                IRON = Ironhenge (IBM)
MAXI = Maximus (IBM)                    METL = Metal Message System (CPM)
OMNI = Omni 128 CBBS (Commodore)        OPUS = Opus (IBM)
PCB  = PCBoard (IBM)                    PRIM = Prime (Apple)
QBBS = QuickBBS (IBM)                   RA   = Remote Access
RYBB = RyBBS (IBM)                      SBBS = SuperBBS (IBM)
SPIT = Spitfire (IBM)                   SRCH = Searchlight (IBM)
TBBS = The Bread Board System (IBM)     TELE = Telegard (IBM)
TEMP = Tempest (Amiga)                  TRIT = TriTel
VBBS = Virtual BBS (IBM)                WAFF = Waffle
WILD = Wildcat! (IBM)                   WWIV = World War 4
XENO = Xenolink (Amiga)                 XPRS = BBS Express! (Atari)
???? = Custom Software
 
BPS RATE ABBREVIATIONS
======================
0 =  300 bps (some support 450 bps)
1 = 1200 bps
2 = 2400 bps
C = 9600 bps Compucon Speedmodem
D = 9600+bps USR Dual Std. (HST/V32)
H = 9600+bps USR HST
V = 9600+bps V32
 
Effective transfer rates may  exceed the above on systems supporting
hardware  data compression.  Compucon,  HST and V32 formats only connect
to like modems at high speed. Otherwise will connect at 2400bps.  
 
FEATURES
========
c = CD/ROM or other large media file storage facility
d = Dating or Common Interest Matching
e = E-Mail; Public/Private Messages
f = File Upload/Download
g = On-line Games / Doors
i = Internodal Chat Feature
l = Limited  Operating  Hours  (usually  evenings and all day weekends)
n = National Echomail Facilities
o = Offline Message Read/Reply Feature
    1 = MegaMail
    2 = Tomcat/OLX
    3 = Express
    4 = SFMAIL
    5 = RA Express
    6 = QWK 
    7 = Qmail (QWK)
    8 = Jetmail
    9 = XRS
p = Private network; exchanges messages  with other BBS's
r = Role Playing Games (RPG's)
s = These boards also have a line local to Seattle
t = Specializing in Text Files
v = Validation by mail required
x = Adult-Only Area(s)
$ = Contributions Solicited
* = Only  local to  922, 923, 924, 926, 927 and 952 prefixes.
? = No answer on many  attempts.  Will  be removed from next month's
    list if activity cannot be verified. 
 
  
ECHOmail Conferences
====================
Several Tacoma area BBS's are now linked with a network of thousands of
systems around the world to provide you with access to conferences on all
sorts of specialized topics. Entering a comment locally may bring a reply
or several from just about anywhere that computers and phone lines exist.
Listed below are the conferences echoed locally. Some may be viewable by
request only, so if you can't find  the one you want, send the appropriate
SYStem OPerator a note requesting it. 
 
A totally separate group of conferences is available on Racer's Edge BBS
which carries over 625 echos from half a dozen alternative networks. 
Some of these conferences are also seen on Night Magic BBS.
 
Fido Format Echos:
 
TOPIC                   BBS ABBR. NAME
---------------------   ---------------
Abortion                Silent
Adoptees                North,   Johns,  Right,   OS9
Adult Echos (various)   Silent,  North,  Mand
Advanced D&D            Missing, Club,   Right,   LastF,  Mand,  Mail
                        Medievl
Advanced D&D II         Missing
AIDS/ARC                Group
Alaska Info             Eagles
Alternative News        AmoCat,  Halls
Amiga                   Missing, Total,  Club,    Halls,  Beyond
Amiga Comm. Programs    Missing
Amiga Games             Missing, Halls
Amiga Lattice Compiler  Missing, Halls
Amiga Music             Missing
Amiga Programmers       Missing
Amiga Technical         Missing, Halls
Amiga Video/Animation   Missing
Amiga Word Perfect      Missing
Anesthesiology          Group
Animal Rights           LastF
Anxiety                 LastF
Apple                   Right,   Total
Aquarium                LastF
Archiving Discussion    Cross
ARexx Programmers       Halls
Artificial Intelligence Medievl
Asian Link              AmoCat
Ask a Cop (USA)         AmoCat,  LastF,  Board,   Johns,  Cross,
                        Attack,  Boardwk
Ask a Cop (Canada)      Board,   LastF,  Johns
Astronomy               Techno,  Arctic, Right,   Beyond  Boardwk
Atari ST                Techno,  Mand,   OS9
Atari ST Programmers    OS9
Audio                   AmoCat
Automotive              Outdoor
Aviation                Right,   Attack  Boardwk
Baseball Cards          Eagles
Batch Power             Arctic,  Keith
Battered                Mail
Beyond War              North,   Club
BiBass Software         Mand
Bible                   Awakng,  Back
Bimodem                 Eagles
BinkleyTerm             Total
Bionews                 North
Blinktalk/Vis. Impaired Group  
BNU Fossil Program      Cross
Boating                 Outdoor
Brain Injuries          Lake
Broadcasting            AmoCat,  Johns
Business                Group
ByteNews    (Byte Mag.) Group
C Programmers           Awakng,  Johns,  Missing, Cats,   Looking, OS9,
                        Cross,   Mail,   Boardwk
C++ Programming         Awakng,  Cats,   Missing, Johns,  Cross,   Mail
CD ROM Disk             Right,   Johns,  Mail
Chess                   Right
Clipper                 Boardwk
CoCo Clubs              OS9
College                 Group,   Eagles
Color Computer          OS9
Comics                  Right
Commodore/Amiga         Mand
Communication Programs  Mand,    Awakng
Compact Disks           AmoCat,  Right
Computers for Sale      Board,   Back
Consulting              Group
Consumer Reports        Keith,   Boardwk
Cooking/Recipes         Eagles,  Warped, Kings,   Moody
Crimestoppers (Tacoma)  LastF,   Looking
Dads                    Outdoor
dBase                   Arctic,  Group,  Total,   Keith,  Boardwk
D'Bridge Mailer         Missing, Group,  Cats,    Silent, Mand,  Cross,
                        Looking, Boardwk
Desktop Publishing      Right
Desqview                Keith,   Eagles, Lastf,   Cats,   Cross, Looking,
                        Boardwk
Diabetes                Group,   Eagles, Lake
Dieting                 Group,   LastF
DisAbled/Handicapped    Group
DLG BBS Info            Halls
Dr.Debug PC Technical   Arctic
Doctor Who              Right
Door Distrib. System    Mand
Door Games              LastF,  Mand
Doorware                LastF,  Mand,    AmoCat
DOS 5.0                 Cross
Dungeons & Dragons      LastF,  Mand,    Medievl
Earth                   North
Ecology                 North,   Right,  LastF
Educators               Group,   Keith,  Right
Electronics             Kings
Entrepreneur            Right,   AmoCat
Environmental Issues    North,   LastF
European Link           AmoCat
Exotic Birds            LastF
FCC/Telecom issues      AmoCat,  Johns
Feminism&Gender Issues  AmoCat,  LastF,  Boardwk
File Requests           Mand
Film/Movies             AmoCat,  Boardwk
Firearms                Kings,   Attack, OS9,     Boardwk
Fire Fighters           Johns,   Attack, Lake
Fishing                 Outdoor, OS9
For Sale                Arctic,  Eagles  Board,  Kings,  Attack,  Lake,
                        Cross,   Back
4Dos                    Cats,    Looking
FoxBase Pro             Attack,  Lake
Front Door Mailer       Eagles,  Back
Funny                   Eagles,  Mand
Gaming/Computer Games   Missing, Kings
Genealogy (National)    Keith,   Awakng, Total,  Johns,  Right
Genealogy (Southeast)   Keith,   Johns
Genealogy (Jewish)      Johns
Genealogy Software      Awakng,  Johns
Geoworks                Back
GoldEd                  Cats,    Cross,  Looking
Gourmet                 Eagles,  Mail
Graphics (Fidonet)      Right
Graphics (Searchlight)  Mand
Grateful Dead Fans      Right,   Boardwk
Greenpeace              North
Ham Radio Discussion    AmoCat,  Attack, Eagles 
Ham Radio For Sale      AmoCat,  Attack, Eagles
Hard Drive Technical    Arctic,  Awakng, Total,
                        Johns,   Eagles, Mand
Hard Drive for Sale     Arctic,  Awakng, Club,    Johns,  Eagles, OS9
Hearing Impaired        Keith
High Speed Modems       Attack,  Club,   Cats,    Silent, Awakng, Mand,
                        Cross
Higher Education        Group,   Keith,  Right,   Mail
Home Office             Outdoor, Mail
Home Repair             Outdoor, Eagles
Home Schooling          Keith
Home and Garden         Eagles,  LastF
HotRod                  Outdoor, Board
HST Modem               North,   AmoCat, Keith,   Attack, Club,   Cats,
                        Mand,    Eagles, Cross,   Boardwk
Humor                   Arctic,  Board,  Eagles,  Right,  Silent,  Mand,
                        Halls,   Boardwk
International Cooking   Eagles
International Users     Group
Investors               OS9
Jobs & Employment       Right,   Group
Jobs Now!               Right
Jokes                   Mand
K9 Cops                 Cross
Katty Korner (felines)  Awakng
Kids                    Right,   Keith
Krishna Consciousness   AmoCat
Lantastic LAN           AmoCat,  Keith
Laptop Computers        Keith
Law (Legal Issues)      AmoCat,  Outdoor
Law and Disorder        AmoCat
Law/Police/Fire (Tacoma)Attack,  Board,  LastF, Lake
Library (Librarians)    Group
Local Area Networking   Keith,  Lake
Lotus                   Cross,  Mail
MacIntosh               Right
Macintosh Games         Right
Macintosh For Sale      Right
Macintosh Hypercard     Right
Macintosh Software Dev. Right
Macintosh Telecomm.     Right
Major League Baseball   Eagles
MDF(Telecom.Consulting) AmoCat
Media (Fidonet)         AmoCat
Media (Searchlight)     Mand
Memories (Nostalgia)    Awakng
Men's Issues            Outdoor, Silent, LastF
Men's Rights            Outdoor
Military People         Group,   Johns,  Silent
Military (Searchlight)  Mand
Missing Persons         Johns,   LastF,  Mail
MM/1 Technical          OS9
Motorcycle              Outdoor, LastF,  Attack,  Mail
MS DOS                  Eagles,  Mail
Multilevel Marketing    AmoCat
Multi-Tasking           Eagles,  Club
Multiple Sclerosis      Eagles
Music                   AmoCat,  Club,   Beyond,  Boardwk
Mystery                 Right,   Awakng, LastF
New Opus BBS            Kings
Non Trad. Students      Keith
Northwest Chatter       Total,   Right,  Board,   Moody
Northwest OS9           OS9
Northwest Outdoors      Outdoor, North,  Moody
Northwest Technical     Arctic,  Awakng, Total,   Cats,   Group,
                        Kings,   Johns,  OS9
Northwest Telephone     AmoCat,  North,  Group,   Kings,  OS9,  Mail
Old Cars                Outdoor, Board
On Line Games           Mand
OS/2 Operating System   AmoCat,  Cross,  Eagles,  Awakng, Mail, Boardwk
OS/2 BBS                AmoCat
OS/2 DOS                AmoCat
OS/2 Hardware           AmoCat
OS/2 LAN                AmoCat
OS/2 Programs           AmoCat
OS-9                    OS9
Out of Body Experience  North
Outer Space             Boardwk
Overeaters Anonymous    Awakng
PAF (genealogy)         Keith
Packet Radio            AmoCat
Paradox                 Missing, Cats,   Mail,   Looking
Paralegal               Outdoor
Pascal Programmers      Boardwk
PC Tools                Eagles
PC-Write                Group,   Boardwk
Photography             Awakng, Attack, Boardwk
Pierce County Chat      LastF,   Group,  Board,  AmoCat, Kings, Cats,
                        Mail,    Eagles, Vangrd, Looking
Pierce County For Sale  Group,   AmoCat, Board,  LastF,  Kings, Mail,
                        Eagles,  Vangrd, Looking
Pierce County Tech Help Group,   AmoCat, LastF,  Kings,  Mail,  Looking,
                        Eagles,  Vangrd
Pierce County Teens     LastF,   Eagles, Looking
Pitstop                 Board
Poems                   Mand
Politics (Fidonet)      Right,   Boardwk
Politics (Searchlight)  Mand
PS/2 Computers          AmoCat
Public Domain Software  Group,   Board
Pyrotechnics(fireworks) Beyond,  Moody,  OS/9
Qmodem                  Cats,    Eagles, Mand,   Back
QuickBasic              Arctic,  Boardwk
QuickBBS Sysops         Total,   Cats,   Cross
Radio Control Models    Attack
Rainbow (DEC PC)        Total
RBase Database Program  Group
Records                 AmoCat
Recovery (AA)           Awakng
Recovery (ACOA)         Awakng
Recovery (Addictions)   Awakng,  Group
Recovery (Narcotics)    Awakng
Recovery (12 Step)      Awakng
Religious Freedom       AmoCat
Remote Access BBS       Eagles,  Board,  Silent,  Cats,   Medievl
RiBBS BBS Software      OS9
Sailing                 Outdoor
Saudi Connection        Board,   Johns,  Keith
Scanners (UHF/VHF)      Awakng,  Eagles
Science                 Group,   Right
Science Fiction/Fant.   Arctic,  Awakng
SciFi (Searchlight)     Mand
SCSI-1 Hard Drive Spec. Club
Scoop Offline Reader    Mand
SCUBA Diving            Right,   Boardwk
Search and Rescue       Lake
Searchlight BBS Sysops  Missing, Mand
Searchlight Chat        Mand
Searchlight Doors       Mand
Searchlight Programming Mand
Seizures                Lake
Shareware               Group,   Eagles, Looking, Right,  Cats,  Cross
Shortwave Listeners     AmoCat,  Eagles, Awakng,  Boardwk
60's/70's Prog. Rock    LastF
Social Services (CUSS)  Group,   AmoCat
Software                Group,   LastF,  Eagles,  Looking
Solar Realm Games       LastF
South Africa            AmoCat
Space                   Right,   Back
Speedmodem              Back
Spinal Injury           Group,   Lake,   Mail
Sports                  Boardwk
Star Trek               Right,   Mail,   Boardwk
Stress Management       Lake,    Moody
Super BBS               LastF
Swingnet (adult echos)  Grownups
Tacoma Chatter          North,   Warped, Eagles,  Group,  Looking, Cats,
                        Kings,   Right,  Moody,   Board,  Attack,  Mand,
                        Vangrd
Tacoma CoCo Chat        Right,   OS9
Tacoma Employment       Eagles,  Vangrd, Looking
Tacoma For Sale         North,   Warped, Eagles,  Right,  Mand,    Kings,
                        OS9,     Moody,  Looking
Tacoma Sports           Warped,  Board
Tacoma Sysops           Warped,  North,  Cats,    Group,  Board,
                        Eagles,  OS9,    Vangrd
Tacoma Technical        North,   Warped, Eagles,  Right,  Mand,
                        Group,   Kings,  Looking, Cats,   OS9,    Vangrd
Tandy 1000 / 2000       Keith,   Kings,  Johns
TBBS                    Total
Technical (National)    Johns
Teens (Fidonet)         Keith,   Boardwk
Teens (Searchlight)     Mand
Telemate                Group,   Mand,   AmoCat,  Cats
Telix                   Group,   Mand,   Back,    Looking, Boardwk
Trade Wars              Boardwk
TRS-80 Models 1,3,4     Johns,   OS9
TV Shows                AmoCat
TVRO (Satellite TV)     AmoCat,  Attack
UFO's                   North,   Right,  Club,    Beyond,  Boardwk
United Nations          AmoCat
Upcheck Virus Program   Mand
Unix                    OS9
VAX                     OS9
Vietnam Veterans        Group,   Eagles, LastF,   Silent,  Boardwk
Virus Information       Right,   Silent, LastF,   Halls,   Awakng, Mand
Western Washington Chat LastF,   Group,  Board,   AmoCat,  Wolfs,
                        Cats,    Kings,  Mail,    Looking
Wildcat! Sysops         AmoCat,  Eagles, Boardwk
Wildcat! Technical      AmoCat,  Eagles
Wilderness              Moody
Windows (Microsoft)     Eagles,  Awakng,  Silent, Boardwk
Word Perfect echos      Total,   Keith,   Attack, Cross
Writing                 Right
X00 Fossil Driver       Cats
XRS Mail Reader         Cross
Zenith Computers        Missing
Zmodem                  Right,   Silent,  Mand,   Cross,  Boardwk
Zymurgy/Beer Making     North,   Warped,  Medievl
 
CircuitNet Echos:
 
The following  CircuitNet  conferences  are available in Tacoma. Some
have  topics also  found on Fido format boards, but they are totally
separate. Thanks to Glen Lewis for this compilation!
 
TOPIC                        BBS ABBR. NAME
---------------------        ---------------
12 Steps/Recovery               Mail,    Mobike
Adult Humor                     Dark(G), Mail
Ansi Art                        Craig's, Low, Mail, Uptown's
Assembly Programming            Mail
Assoc of Shareware Prof.        Mail
Aviation                        Low,     Mail
Basic Programming               Mail 
BBS Advertisements              Low,     Mail
Book Reviews                    Mail     Uptown's
Broadcasting                    Mail 
Business                        Mail 
C Programming                   Mail 
Caring Relationships            Dark(G), Mail, Mobike
Cars and Restoration            Mail     Mobike
CD Rom News                     Mail 
Collectors                      Mail 
Comic Books                     Mail 
Communications                  Craig's, Dark(G), Mail
Consumer Issues                 Mail 
Cooking                         Mail,    Uptown's
Consultant's Corner             Mail 
Database Programming            Mail 
Debate                          Dark(G), Mail, Mobike, Uptown's
Environmental                   Mail 
Family Humor                    Dark(G), Low, Mail
Firearms                        Low,     Mail
Fire Fighters                   Mail 
Flight Simulators               Mail 
Games                           Dark(G), Low, Mail, Uptown's
Genealogy                       Mail 
Ham Radio                       Mail 
Hardware                        Craigs,  Mail
Hobbies                         Low,     Mail
Jobs/Employment                 Mail 
Legal                           Low,     Mail
Local Area Networking (LAN)     Mail 
Medical                         Mail 
Military: Past/Present          Mail,    Uptown's
Movies                          Mail,    Uptown's
Multi-Lingual Chat              Dark(G), Mail
Multi-Tasking                   Craig's, Mail
Music                           Mail,    Uptown's
National Chit-Chat              Craig's, Dark(G), Low, Mail, Mobike,
                                Uptown's
National Events                 Mail 
Newusers                        Mail,    Mobike
Offline Mail Readers            Mail 
Operating Systems               Mail 
Outdoors                        Low,     Mail
Pascal Programming              Mail 
Philosophy                      Mail 
Religion                        Mail,    Mobike
Rocketry - Model                Mail 
Role Playing Games              Dark(G), Mail
Science                         Mail 
Science Fiction                 Mail,    Uptown's
Scouts and Scouting             Mail 
Software                        Craig's, Mail
Sound Boards/Blasters           Mail 
Space Technology                Mail 
Sports                          Mail 
Sports Card Collectors          Mail 
Strange Phenomenon              Mail 
Star Trek                       Mail 
Technical/Electronics           Craig's, Mail
Teen Chat                       Dark(G), Mail
Unix Operating System           Mail 
Virus Watch                     Craig's, Mail
WantAds/For Sale                Dark(G), Low, Mail
Windows - Microsoft             Mail 
Women Only!                     Mail  
Writers                         Mail 
 
(The Dark Shadows BBS is in Gig Harbor, (206)858-6772.)
 
 
BBS echoes appear or disappear with the changing interests of sysops and
their users.  Please report any changes you encounter so I can keep this
listing up to date.
 
 
Dialing Information
===================
The  BBS's  listed  here are located in exchanges local to all Tacoma
callers unless otherwise noted.  Local  to Tacoma prefixes are:
 
272, 279, 280, 381, 383, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 531, 535, 536, 537, 539,
552, 564, 565, 566, 572, 581, 582, 584, 588, 589, 591, 593, 594, 596, 597,
627, 751, 752, 756, 759, 761, 770, 840, 841, 843, 845, 846, 847, 848, 862,
863, 891, 922, 924, 926, 927, 929, 952, 964, 967, 968  and  984.
 
Those of you  with  922, 924, 926, 927, 929 and 952 prefixes can also call
BBS's located in  Auburn and Des Moines areas of South King County.  Most
systems in  these areas are  not listed here as they are a toll call for
me, but I'd be  pleased to include them if someone out there would 
volunteer to call them around the end of each month and let me know
if they still exist.
 
I've personally called and verified the existence of every board on this
list.  All were working as of June 28.  No attempt has been made to rate
the quality of these boards as different folks look for different things
in a BBS. Some of the features have been noted, however, and your
suggestions as to other data you'd like included in the Features section
of future editions would be appreciated.
 
 
EVENTS CALENDAR An asterisk (*) denotes a change from last month's list.
===============
Saturday morning BBS Breakfasts:
  Homestead Restaurant on S. Tacoma Way is the  home of the
BBS  breakfast happening every Saturday morning starting at around 8:30.
Ask the person who  does the seating to direct you to the BBS folks.
Lots of WILDCAT, EchoMail and otherwise friendly folks hang out here.

 
  Late sleepers can catch the Puyallup  BBS breakfast which starts at
9:30AM and  has been known to run until 1PM. It happens at O'Farrell's
Family  Restaurant, 1015  N. Meridian.  Bring the family -- this one 
gets big! If you time things just right and can stomach it, you might 
be  able to catch  both  events in  one morning!
 
Puget Sound Telecomputing User Group is looking for folks interested in
discussing new trends in telecomputing, telecommunications, LAN's, Wide
Area Networks, BBS's and other  on-line services. Meetings are every 4th
Thursday 7PM at Round Table Pizza, 7901 S. Hosmer and are open to all
inquiring minds. Free! More info can be had from Jim or Ismail, 279-2975.
 
The Tacoma Area PC Users Group (TAPCUG) meets the second Saturday of each
month, 9:30 AM  at the  IBEW Hall, 2811 S.Mullen in  Tacoma. Supports
PC/MS DOS. Ask for Lew at 565-4917 days only. See if you can work this one
in between your busy breakfast schedule!
 
Tacoma Open Group (TOG) meets the first Monday of each month, 7 PM at
the Moore Library in Tacoma, near 56th  and Pacific.  Supports CP/M 
and MS-DOS. Phone Bob Thompson for info at 752-5582 (This group produces a
comprehensive monthly newsletter. Log in on the TOGGLE BBS and a sample
copy may show up in your mailbox).
 
The South Tacoma Amiga Group (STAG) is  meeting first Wednesdays of each
month at  Griffin Business College  off I-5 at 72nd at 6pm. All levels
of users are welcome. Call Ferg (847-8974) or George (537-3817) for info.
 
Club Mac of Tacoma meets third Tuesdays, 7PM in UPS's McIntyre Hall,1500
Lawrence St. Meetings may be subject to change, so call 851-3327 eves.
between 7 and 9 before showing up.  New folks are welcome!
 
Northwest Apple Pickers (NWAP): GENERAL meeting at 7PM, second Sundays,
Lakewood Library,  6300 Wildaire Road.  The MACINTOSH folks meet at 5PM
before the general meeting (also at the Lakewood Library). APPLE II
enthusiasts meet the Saturday after the general meeting at the South
Tacoma Library, 3411 South  56th St. at 11AM.  Give Murray a ring at 
584-6524 for details.
 
*Atari enthusiasts may want to check out the Tacoma sub-group of S*P*A*C*E
Which meets second Saturdays at 10 AM at the Moore or Fernhill Library. 
Check the Subspace BBS for details.
 
UPCHUG, the University Place Commodore  Home Users Group, gets together on
second and fourth Thursdays  to discuss their favorite appliance and the
world in general. All are welcome! These friendly folk do their thing at
Fircrest Rec. Center, 555 Contra Costa, Fircrest, from 7-9PM. Ron Treichler
(537-4944) or Paula Lieby (472-0303) can supply the particulars. Free!
 
The  Tacoma  Area Commodore Users Group (TACUG) meets fourth Tuesdays at
South Tacoma Public Library,  56 South  Puget Sound, 7PM. Call the
T.A.C.O. BBS (see above)  or Malcolm Clark at 473-1657.
 
The Tacoma Kaypro Users Group (TACKUG)  gets together first Mondays at 
Lincoln Lanes (upstairs),3828 S. Yakima in Tacoma (where else?). Ring
752-1625 and ask for E. White Smith.
 
The TI-99er's Users Group meets at 8 PM on first and third Thursdays,
South End Pool  Multi-Purpose Room, 402 E. 56th St. Talk to anyone at
474-7310 for the exciting details. Also, these same folks have now
started an IBM SIG for users of PCs and clones at 7:30 PM, same place
and dates.
 
Tacoma dBase Users group  gets together at The Future Computer, 321 
Meridian S., Puyallup, 7 PM  on second  Thursdays. Ask for Marilyn at
845-9673.
 
The Tacoma Area PC Users Group Genealogy SIG meets first Tuesdays at 7 PM
at the Westridge Park  Building (Second Floor), 2811 Bridgeport Way W.,
Suite 24. Call Total Access BBS (listed above) or give Ken a buzz at
952-2192.
 
The Autocad User's  Group  meets  third Tuesdays, 7PM at the IBEW Union
Hall, 2811 S. Mullen.  Dohn at 752-0145  has the lowdown on this one.
 
The South Puget Sound DECUS folks  meet at 7PM, third Tuesdays to chat
about VAX and PDP-11 computers. A guest speaker each month. Link up w/
Bob deSisto at 841-6055 to learn more.
 
Data Processing  Management Assoc., Mt. Ranier Chapter gets together at
the Quality Hotel (by the Tacoma Dome), 7PM on third Thursdays, 7805
S. Hosmer.  Check with  Mike Hoelscher, 964-6536 for more.
 
The Mount Rainier Color  Computer  Club meets the second Thursday of each
month  at the Fern Hill Branch Library,  6:45PM. John Schliep, club
president, can be contacted for a  bit  more info at 472-0228.
 
The  Northwest Packet Radio Association (NAPRA) meets odd numbered months
at the Radio Club of Tacoma clubhouse,  1249 Washington St., 1PM, second
Saturday of the month. Give Peter Dahl a call at 1-778-3581, or WA7FUS @
KD7NM via packet radio.
 
Interested in becoming an amateur radio operator? In addition to the 
ability to talk to  folks all over  the world without the phone bill,
there are packet radio bbs's similar to the phone ones listed here.
The W2USA Ham Radio Club on Fort Lewis  offers free license classes to 
get you started. Call 967-2502 for info on dates and times.
 
Computing Success is a  radio  program  for business professionals who
use computers. It's heard every Sunday  from 1-3PM on KEZX-AM, 1150kHz.
 
Computer Forum America  is  a two hour  call-in program with guests and
interviews. It's heard locally on KLAY  radio, 1180 AM, Sundays at 2 PM.
 
Please submit news of your favorite BBS or computer-related happenings for
inclusion in this calendar of events.   News of disbanded groups sometimes
travels slowly, so please clue me in if you call one of these groups and
they've left town.
 
COMMENTS
========
Welcome to the Tacoma Area BBS List and Newsletter, better known as TABBS.
This list is not the work of any group, club or organization. No monetary
or other compensation is requested, nor accepted for its use. To the best
of my ability, it is a complete listing of Tacoma folks who answer their 
phone lines via modem to socialize with old friends and meet new ones, but
prefer to communicate via written word  rather than by mouth.  
 
Suggestions on what you'd like to see in future editions of TABBS are
always welcomed, as are any additions or corrections you might find to this
listing. These can be sent via modem to the AmoCat BBS, where you can leave
mail to yours truly as either SYSOP or  Rich Langsford (the software cares
not which). If for some reason you have no modem, or worse yet no computer
you can also ring my voice line during  reasonable hours (9am-10pm would
be just dandy) and leave a message with my friendly answering machine if
I'm not around (566-1144).
 
You  are invited to  make this listing  available to others in whole
or in part, but please try to purge any copies older than a couple months
and leave the AmoCat number at  the top so folks will know where to submit
changes. The list is verified the last  week of the month and a new one is
available for download from AmoCat just about the first day of the new
month in both .ZIP and .TXT formats. The TABBS files are suffixed with a
three letter month  abbreviation,  e.g. TABBSJUL.TXT for June. It is
fervently  hoped that by  the time the  filename is used again in 12
months, I won't be finding last year's  models still sitting around on
any BBS's!
 
Please  delete all copies of  TABBS*.*  other than TABBSJUL.* as they are
now obsolete...thanks!
 
--Rich Langsford
  
Special thanks to the Tacoma area modem users whose updates have helped
maintain the accuracy of this listing!

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