From netcom.com!amcgee Mon Aug 16 04:52:07 1993 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1993 03:44:56 -0700 (PDT) From: "Arthur R. McGee" Subject: Black/African/Development Related BBSs To: Black/African/LDC Info Sites -- Don Mabry , APC Secretariat , Francis Eshun , Patricia Kuntz , Bob Barad , Ken Novak , Roy Pereira , John Stewart , Preston Hardison , Michael Vore , "Dr. Laurence Press" , GNet Request , Geoff Sears , Tom Gray , Lucio Goelzer , ITU TIES , Mike Wilson , "Dr. Sandra Barnes" , Julie Sisskind , Mark Prado , Randy Bush , Arthur McGee , Adam Bouloukos , Malcolm Chapman , Dee Knight , Becherini , Ning Lin , Gary Garriott , "Dr. Rafe R. Ronkin" , Shunichi Akazawa Message-Id: Status: RO For those who choose to do so, please store this file as BLACKBBS, and with whatever extension you deem appropriate. Thank you. :-) This is a list of Black/African run or Black/African oriented Bulletin Board Systems/Services(BBS) in North America. * Also included(in the second half of the list) are BBSs/services relating to International Development, Native Americans, and Mexican-Americans. * Please send updates, additions, corrections or suggestions to Arthur McGee via: * Internet: [amcgee@netcom.com] [amcgee@eis.calstate.edu] BDPA BAC: [1-707-552-3314] to [Arthur McGee] Data Bits Online: [1-213-295-6094] to [Arthur McGee] Compuserve: [72377,1351] Voice: [1-310-320-BYTE] * Thank you very much. * Peace. * The absolute latest versions of all of my lists are always available via anonymous FTP from ftp.netcom.com in directory pub/amcgee. * The absolute latest versions of all the Black/African related lists are always available by sending email to or fingering the following account: * mcgee@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu * Warning: all of the lists will come back to you as one concatenated file. * Remember: the above address is NOT for correspondence. If you want anything other than a list sent back to you, use the email addresses in my signature. * The absolute latest versions of all the Black/African related lists are also always available on the BDPA BAC BBS(1-707-552-3314) and on the Data Bits Online BBS(1-213-295-6094) in the following files: * BLACKBBS.MSG = BBS List AFRIMAIL.MSG = Internet/BITnet Mailing Lists AFRINEWS.MSG = Usenet Newsgroups AFRISITE.MSG = Online Information Sites * Note: These naming conventions also hold true for the FTP archive. * Note: The lists may also be available as bulletin items, so check the bulletin menu on each system for descriptive listings. * For the network connections, this is a legend for the individual networks, which are designated in parentheses next to the network node numbers of the BBS: * A = Afronet | B = BDPAnet | F = Fidonet | GT = GT Powernet | R = RIME * V = Virtualnet | W = Worldnet | WL = WWIVlink | WN = WWIVnet * For those unaware, Afronet is an echomail backbone supported by African and African-American BBS Sysops across North America. The goal is to distribute conferences with African and African-American themes throughout North America. It was originally conceived and implemented by Ken Onwere [postmaster@afronet.san-diego.ca.us]. * For more information about Afronet, please post a message to SYSOP on any of the boards listed below with an Afronet netmail address. * In the descriptions below, NA stands for Native American. * This list is up to date as of AUGUST 15, 1993. * NAME NUMBER SPEED NETWORK * AEAONMS (510)644-9307 2400 Afra-Span (404)270-5522 9600 AfraLink (404)577-2195 2400 101:19/2(A) African American[1] (215)844-8145 2400 African American[2] (215)842-1531 9600 African Civilization (510)623-8744 2400 African Exchange (***)NOW-DOWN 14400 1:102/851.8(F), 101:10/2(A) African Studies(ASA)[1] (608)262-9689 14400 1:109/151.42(F), 1:121/25.3(F) African Studies(ASA)[2] (800)446-0396 14400 1:109/151.42(F), 1:121/25.3(F) AfroConnections (613)237-9531 2400 1:163/511(F), 1:163/508.11(F) Alex's Place (213)937-8734 2400 1:102/744(F), 101:10/4(A) Ashanti Connection (718)634-4175 14400 1718000(V) Baobab (202)296-9790 14400 1:109/151(F) BatCave (904)384-2112 14400 BDPA BAC(BDPA) (707)552-3314 14400 BDPA BDPA Cleveland(BDPA) (216)663-6020 2400 BDPA BDPA NY(BDPA) (212)631-7514 2400 BDPA BDPA Online(BDPA) (313)864-2372 14400 BDPA {Nat'l Hub} BDPA Philadelphia(BDPA) (215)365-8858 2400 BDPA Wash., D.C.(BDPA) (202)726-2372 2400 BENIN (212)281-9478 14400 101:13/108(A) BlackBoard Int'l (416)449-0799 2400 Blacklands (410)254-3655 2400 {9a-5p M-F} The BlackNet (718)692-0943 14400 1:278/618(F), 101:13/104(A) Boardroom(IABPFF) (201)923-3967 2400 1:107/819(F) Brain Storm Learning (713)550-8105 14400 Capital Area Network (301)499-4671 14400 033/000(GT) Civil Rights Division (202)514-6193 2400 CPTime Online (213)731-LINK Voice {Call For Info} Data Bits Online(BDPA) (213)295-6094 9600 Ebony Shack[1] (419)241-4600 2400 {Adult} Ebony Shack[2] (419)241-4286 14400 {Adult} Erotic*City (619)283-4998 9600 6969(WN) {Adult} Fabby's Place (514)737-9421 2400 15496(WL) Florida's Hottest! (904)561-3706 2400 {Adult} Forest (716)886-7296 14400 FunSoft (***)PRI-VATE 9600 #914(R) Girlfriend! (703)931-2425 2400 Go Diamond! (914)665-1725 2400 Holman's World (718)529-8890 2400 1:278/402(F), 101:13/107(A), BDPA Humanity (213)936-6009 2400 101:10/5(A) Imhotep (718)297-4829 2400 Infinity Gauntlet (510)229-5378 2400 15066(WL) Information & Dialogue (703)742-9033 2400 Inglewood RoofTop! (310)677-4007 14400 1:102/535(F), 101:10/6(A) Karibu (416)531-2188 2400 511/003(GT) L.A. Music Magazine (***)NOW-DOWN 2400 Linkages (510)547-2162 2400 Lost Atlantis (201)926-5689 14400 Minority Affairs(BDPA) (214)517-7254 9600 1:124/3121(F), 101:19/1(A), BDPA MOLIS/FEDIX[1] (800)783-3349 9600 fedix.fie.com MOLIS/FEDIX[2] (301)258-0953 9600 fedix.fie.com NABCON/Sphinx (202)986-4218 9600 National Technical Assn. (612)458-1151 2400 NE Regional Comm(IABPFF) (201)373-0074 2400 1:107/811(F) Nefertiti(BDPA) (312)326-4750 9600 101:11/2(A), BDPA Online In D'Hood (609)645-7080 14400 P-Funk Online (818)914-0498 2400 Pan-Africa Online (818)798-6861 2400 PeaceNet (415)322-0284 14400 igc.org *Pyramid*(BDPA) (313)238-4830 2400 BDPA REID-C (301)449-0419 2400 Sierra Hotel (213)226-0133 2400 2132(V) Sin*City[1] (619)528-0322 2400 6969(WN) {Adult} Sin*City[2] (619)528-0741 9600 6969(WN) {Adult} Spirit DataTree (617)983-9590 2400 Systematic[1] (718)716-6198 14400 101:13/106(A), #5210(R) Systematic[2] (718)716-6341 14400 101:13/106(A), #5210(R) TCC (707)746-0827 2400 Third World (818)700-9591 2400 1:102/803(F) Timbuktu (714)638-2954 14400 1:103/197(F), 101:10/3(A) Turnpike (305)721-0093 14400 1:369/115(F), 62:3800/56(W) U-People (606)268-0801 9600 1:2370/11(F), 101:11/1(A) Vanguard Chronicle Net (305)527-0036 2400 Vulcan-Net(IABPFF) (908)769-7882 2400 1:107/918(F), 101:13/105(A) Westwood Storyboard[1] (213)295-2084 2400 Westwood Storyboard[2] (818)547-9288 2400 Westwood Storyboard[3] (714)663-9033 2400 Wit-Tech(BDPA) (410)256-0170 14400 1:261/1082(F), 101:13/103(A) Workstations Unlimited (312)761-2077 14400 1:115/404(F) * Neither of the above, but also important: * American Islamic Network (202)789-2527 2400 Caribbean Connection[1] (809)779-4066 14400 1:367/20(F) Caribbean Connection[2] (809)693-8711 14400 1:367/20(F) CIDA (819)953-8207 9600 1:163/508(F) Dakota(NA) (605)341-4552 14400 1:293/646(F) EINSTEIN (202)334-2336 2400 1:109/151.50(F) FDA[1] (800)222-0185 9600 fdabbs.fda.gov (E-7-1) FDA[2] (301)227-6849 9600 fdabbs.fda.gov (E-7-1) FedWorld (703)321-8020 9600 FEWS (703)527-0681 14400 1:109/173(F), 1:109/151.20(F) Hispanic On-Line Access (415)252-0285 2400 Igloo Station(NA) (514)632-5556 9600 1:167/502(F) Indian Health Service (301)443-9517 2400 INFO Alternative (613)230-9519 2400 1:163/113(F) Minority Impact(DoE)[1] (800)543-2325 9600 Minority Impact(DoE)[2] (202)586-1561 9600 National Islamic (312)274-8136 9600 New York Transfer News (718)448-2358 9600 1:1033/0(F) {Private} OPUS Network (809)628-5023 2400 OUBBS(U. of Oklahoma) (405)325-6128 9600 oubbs.telecom.uoknor.edu PerManNet/CDC-Net[1] (703)715-9806 9600 1:109/349(F) PerManNet/CDC-Net[2] (703)715-9832 14400 1:109/349(F) SBA[1] (800)859-4636 2400 SBA[2] (800)697-4636 9600 Towers Int'l(NA)[1] (609)327-9133 14400 Towers Int'l(NA)[2] (609)825-5717 2400 Tropical Island (809)849-5921 14400 1:367/22(F) UNITEX (201)678-1367 14400 1:2604/401(F) USGS/EROS Data Center (605)594-6896 9600 1:109/151.43(F), 1:288/8(F) VITAnet (703)527-1392 14400 1:109/165(F) * * "The revolution will not be televised, but the proceedings will be available online." ;-> * (c)1993 Arthur R. McGee & Associates(AKA Africans Around the World). ;-) .