Former Area Boards

This page stands as a memorial for the proud Bulletin Board Systems that once operated here in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. At current count there have been 115 systems that have existed in this area in addition to those still operating and listed on the main page.

A long time ago Net275 broke apart from Net271 due to internal conflicts and long distance calling charges between the Peninsula and Southside areas of Hampton Roads. In 1996, Bell Atlantic split up area code 804 that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the middle of Virginia due to the shortage of available phone numbers. Everything from the Atlantic Ocean to Williamsburg then became area code 757. This change also united the Peninsula and Southside into one large local calling area. Also about this time the increasing popularity of the Internet began taking its toll on the boards in both nets as the user population decreased and systems began to shutdown. After becoming NC of Net275, I sought to reunite the two nets and bring home our lost regional independents. Net271 then merged into Net275 after there were no longer enough systems to warrant two networks.

In memory of all those boards that were members of either net, I am listing their names below. I hope life treats them well and they will be remembered and missed by all who used them as users and operated along side them as sysops.


BBS Name Location Sysop Name Dates Of Operation
Abyss, The Newport News, VA Ron & Monica-Leeh Grayum 1992-1997
Allen's Place Williamsburg, VA Allen Fraley 1996-1998
Alpha Centauri Virginia Beach, VA John Aldrich
Duane Abrams
Robert Moore
Shawn Lockard
1994-1997
AlTer.Ego Virginia Beach, VA Al Cleland 1992-1997
Alternate-Reality BBS Newport News, VA David Merrit  
Ambigious Principle Newport News, VA Stephen Wilson 1990-1997
Amiga Micro BBS Norfolk, VA Don Bruce 1995-1997
Astral Planes System Virginia Beach, VA Paul Christoph 1995-1997
Bama Communications Portsmouth, VA Michael OBeirne 1996-1997
Bean Patch, The Newport News, VA Van Matheney 1994-1997
Beast's Lair, The Virginia Beach, VA Kathleen Baer 1995-1997
Black Axis
E Pluribus Unix
Ice Castle
Virus
Vx
Newport News, VA John Buchanan
Kirk Denning
1992-1999
Blue's Place Norfolk, VA Frank Holmes 1994-2000
Buckingham's Palace Virginia Beach, VA Kerry Buckingham 1991-1997
Christian Resources Norfolk, VA Mike Olah 1991-1997
Club, The Virginia Beach, VA Doug Parnell 1993-1997
Collector's Corner BBS Norfolk, VA Gary Kozera 1994-1997
Computer Forum, The Virginia Beach, VA Jim Rhodes 1991-1997
Confirmed Entrapment Virginia Beach, VA Thomas Bilbrey
Craig Weaver
1994-1997
Conservative City! Virginia Beach, VA Peter Brittingham 1995-1997
Crystal Chamber, The Chesapeake, VA Bret Kellihan April 1992- August 1996
Digital, Inc.
Cumulus Cloud
BBS2k
Virginia Beach, VA Joshua Ecklund
Former Net275 NEC
1996-2001
Digital Underground/2 Virginia Beach, VA Stefan Dozier 1993-1999
Down the Rabbit Hole Newport News, VA Scott Reeves 1994-1997
Dragon BBS Newport News Vern King 1992-2003
Dream Weaver Hampton, VA Pat Slusarczyk 1994-1997
Easymoney's Easychair
Programmer's Lighthouse, The
Norfolk, VA Butch Adams 1991-1998
Edge, The Norfolk, VA Terry Sessoms 1995-2000
Edge Of Insanity Norfolk, VA Mike Jones 1995-1997
EduComm Hampton, VA Keith Wright 1996-1997
Enchanted Garden, The Langley AFB, VA Pj Estes 1996-1997
End Of The World Suffolk, VA Thomas Green 1996-1997
Endless Summer, The Virginia Beach, VA Bud Cox 1995-1997
Faith Collapsing Newport News, VA Steven Saus 1997-1998
Fat Budda Systems
Big Fat Ninja
Great Expectations
Chesapeake, VA Josh Sargent 1994-1996
Fishin' Shack, The Virginia Beach, VA Reid Carr 1995-1998
FleaMarket BBS Virginia Beach, VA Joe Matlick 1998
Frayed Ends Of Sanity
Looney Bin II
Virginia Beach, VA Robert Thompson 1995-1997
Freedom Of Information
Distant Early Warning
Chesapeake, VA Jerry Dearbeck 1994-1997
Fun Center, The Yorktown, VA David Persons 1994-1998
-= FuzzyLogic =- Hampton, VA Michael Barnes 1993-1997
Game Room, The Virginia Beach, VA Bill Taylor 1996-1997
Games Master Virginia Beach, VA Jim Pierce 1994-1997
Genesis Hampton, VA Michael Doolittle 1995-1997
Gentle Giant, The Newport News, VA Scott Fulton 1993-2000
Gondor, The Newport News, VA Kevin Jendro 1996-1997
GSH Virginia Beach, VA Nick Chandley 1994-1999
HandiNet Virginia Beach, VA Warren King
Former Net275 NC
1990-1997
Hawg-Hound II, The Suffolk, VA Raymond Aston 1989-1997
Hell Board Hampton, VA Glenn Sherman 1997
Hole, The Virginia Beach, VA Stu Grant 1992-1997
Illenips' Recovery Network Norfolk, VA Joe Spinelli 1994-1997
In The Flesh? Norfolk, VA Silkworm 1995-1997
InterLink
PC Tech I/S
Back*Office
Virginia Beach, VA Paul Price
Former Net275 NC
1991-1997
Jammie Party Hampton, VA Lee, Veronica, Shirley Maynard 1992-1997
Journey of the Sorcerer Newport News, VA Steve Martin 1992-1997
Kendor's Relm Virginia Beach, VA Dave Sutherland 1996-1997
Labrynth, The Yorktown, VA Chris Moore 1995-1998
Lafayette Gun Club Newport News, VA Dick Adams & Bill Liddell 1992-1997
Lancor's BBS Hampton, VA Nathaniel Smith
Formet Net271 NEC
1994-2001
Lew's Place Chesapeake, VA Lewis Boone 1995-1997
Lighthouse BBS, RoBo BBS Hampton, VA Rob Koziomkowski 1995-1999
Lioness's Den Portsmouth, VA Jaclyn Gregory 1995-1997
Listening Post, The Hampton, VA Ken Snipes 1992-1997
Little America Williamsburg, VA Thomas Barstow
Former Net271 NEC
1995-2000
Lonely Mountain Hampton, VA Paul Miller 1994-1997
Mad Hatter's Chesapeake, VA   1998
Mail Station APEX Chesapeake, VA Jerry Clark 1990-1997
Maniac Mansion Norfolk, VA Aaron Michael 1996-1997
Margaritaville Hampton, VA Robert Jacobson 1994-1997
Maximum OverDrive Hampton, VA Kenneth Mcabee 1995-1997
Menagerie, The Norfolk, VA Jim Suit 1995-1997
Merlin's Workshop Chesapeake, VA Rob Stafford 1995-1997
Mid-Atlantic OS/2 User Group Virginia Beach, VA Steven Grim 1994-1997
Midnight Escape Portsmouth, VA Geoff Lay 1994-1997
Midnight Passion Norfolk, VA Paul Heisler
Tommy Szajko
1996-1997
ModeM ManiaC Yorktown, VA Larry Boven 1996-1998
Mona Lisa Overdrive Virginia Beach, VA Steve Mohacey 1995-1998
Moonshine Express Virginia Beach, VA Dan Hayden 1991-1997
MoonStone, The Norfolk, VA Joel Leland 1996-1998
Night Owl, The Newport News, VA Robert Magill 1993-1997
Nightshift, The Hampton, VA Donn Pike 1995-1997
Open Door Norfolk, VA Jim & Carolyn Johnson
Former Net275 NEC
1993-1999
OutLaw, The Hampton, VA Rob Koziomkowski 1995-1997
Outpost XIO Hampton, VA John Winsley 1994-1997
Party Place Hampton, VA Tom White 1990-1997
Polo's Palace Newport News, VA Mike Kwiatkowski 1994-1998
Port Coco
TAG Along
Portsmouth, VA Don Hall 1991-2000
Prime Base Norfolk, VA William Rountree 1996-1997
ProBoard Norfolk, VA   1996
Rainbow's End
Trilogy
Williamsburg. VA Carly McMann 1989-1997
RCS BBS Newport News Vern King 1992-2003
Relatively Speaking Williamsburg, VA Hershel Kreis 1991-1997
S.A.T.U.R.N. Norfolk, VA Roy Ayres 1993-1997
Scrap Bin Hampton, VA Robert Manci
Former Net271 NEC
1996-2001
Sea Side Productions Onancock, VA Leonard Core 1995-1997
Selective Source Virginia Beach, VA Roger Messer 1992-1998
Shadows, The Virginia Beach, VA Chris Hammond 1994-1997
Shenk's Express Virginia Beach, VA Carol Shenkenberger
Former Net275 NC
Former R13 RC
1995-2001
Sherwood Forest Toano, VA Dale Ormsbee
Formet Net271 NEC
1992-1997
Significant Other, The Newport News, VA Keith Livingstone 1998-1999
Silver Blue Experience BBS Hampton, VA John Barker 1995-1997
Sinbad's Shack Chesapeake, VA Jim Deal
Former Net275 NEC
1994-1997
StarFleet Command Chesapeake, VA Martin Nickell 1997-2000
Straight Board Virginia Beach, VA Ray Sulich 1993-1997
Starship Eagle!, The Virginia Beach, VA Irv Beard 1995-1997
TexMex Continuum Williamsburg, VA Pat Houle 1997
Thing Under the Stairs, The Newport News, VA Samantha Neal
Marina Lemar
Darryl Baines
1998-2000
Time Machine, The
Ten Bowl
Newport News, VA Bettie Dendekker 1990-2000
Time Zone, The Poquoson, VA Gregg Mitchell 1991-1997
Toasted Elemental, The Virginia Beach, VA Brian Monroe 1994-1997
Treasure Chest Virginia Beach, VA Robert Bailey 1996-1997
Uplink BBS Virginia Beach Gordon Finlay  
Village, The Virginia Beach, VA Bob Miedema
Former Net275 NC
Former Net275 NEC
1992-1998
Wall, The Newport News, VA Tommy Caylor 1995-1997
Wicker Basket, The Hampton, VA Rick Wicker 1994-1997
Will's Place Williamsburg, VA Will Caulford 1992-1997
Wulihan PCB Norfolk, VA   1996
Yard Sale, The Portsmouth, VA Todd Breeding 1995-1997
Zoo, The Virginia Beach, VA Marty Strait 1994-1997


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