Keeping TABBS on Tacoma since 6/89!
The Tacoma Area BBS List from My Desk
June 2001 EDITION
TABBS is always available for download at MY DESK at (253) 841-7734
as TABBSJUN.ZIP or file request from 1:138/255 as magic name
TABBS or TABBSJUN.ZIP
TABBS is also available for On-Line viewing at:
http://www.geocities.com/pldl2000/tabbs.htm
and downloading at: ftp://mydeskbbs.com/filelists/tabbsjun.zip
or: http://www.users.qwest.net/~vfletcher/ra12a.htm
Changes since May Edition:
NEW LISTING: (NONE!)
DELETED: Eskimo North (only PPP dialups now)
Le Maison De Metal (Taken Down)
Please let me know if you discover any of the BBSes below which
are not up and running.
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The following systems should be local to all Tacoma prefixes.
Please submit additions or corrections to My Desk, (253) 841-7734,
or to [email protected] (Internet) or 1:138/255 (Fidonet).
BBS
BBS NAME PHONE ## TYPE BPS OPERATOR FEATURES
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(Area Code 253)
Alpha's Attic 272-8083 CNET 1-V "Alpha Prime" efgno6prx
Amocat BBS 566-1155 WILD 0-F Rich Langsford efo2!
Awakening BBS 582-5579 MAXI 0-F Ron Amos efno6z
Info Board 759-4391 CITA 0-V Darin efp
King's Dominion 843-0112 OPUS 0-F Jeff King efno6
The Land of Oz 473-1788 CNET 2-F Rodger Hill ("Oz") ?cefgno6prz!
My Desk 841-7734 ELE 0-F Vicki Fletcher a2cefgino46r!
North End Skyscraper 756-9689 OPUS 0-F Lee Fellenberg efno3
Omni World 128 536-9353 OMNI 0-V "Dr. Midi" ?efgp
Pierce County Library 536-6195 ?NIX 0-V (login="pierce") c#
Tacoma Public Library 272-6397 ???? 2-F (use vt-100 emul.) c#
(Area Code 360 but local to Tacoma)
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R-Squared BBS 894-0880 WILD 0-V Rich Rempfer a3cefgino2rx
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GATEWAYS AND BOARDS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LISTING.
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BBS TYPES:
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CITA = Citadel/Citadel clones (IBM) CNET = Commodore C-Net (Amiga)
ELE = EleBBS (IBM) MAXI = Maximus (IBM)
OMNI = Omni 128 CBBS (Commodore) OPUS = Opus (IBM)
WILD = Wildcat! (IBM) ?NIX = Unix/Linux/Xenix
???? = Custom Software (or unknown)
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BPS RATE ABBREVIATIONS:
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0 = 300 bps (some support 450 bps)
1 = 1200 bps
2 = 2400 bps
9 = 9600 bps
D = 9600+bps Dual Std. (V32/HST)
F = 28.8+kbps V.FAST (V32 compatible) or V34
G = V90 (56 kbps)
V = 9600+bps V32
Effective transfer rates may exceed the above on systems supporting
hardware data compression.
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FEATURES:
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a = Access to Internet
0 = Realtime Internet access (mail, newsgroups, gopher, ftp, www)
1 = Send/receive mail to Internet email addresses (uucp)
2 = Access to newsgroups (conferences) and email as in feature 1
3 = Internet email via Fidonet gateway only. Slow but usually free!
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)
m = Merchandise For Sale (Online Shopping)
n = National Echomail Facilities
o = Offline Message Read/Reply Feature
1 = MegaMail
2 = WcMail (Tomcat)/OLX
3 = Silver Express (w/QWK)
4 = Blue Wave
5 = RA Express
6 = QWK
8 = Jetmail
p = Private network; exchanges messages with other BBS's
r = Role Playing Games (RPG's)
s = These boards also have a line local to S. King County or other areas
v = Validation by mail required
w = GateWay. An outgoing modem allows calling other bbs's through this one
x = Adult-Only Area(s)
z = FAX
! = RIP (Remote Imaging Protocol) graphics and/or mouse support
# = Uses special client software for features not found in standard modem
dialing programs. Usually downloadable on first visit.
$ = Contributions Solicited
? = No answer on many attempts. Will be removed from next month's
list if activity cannot be verified.
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EchoMail Conferences:
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Many Tacoma area BBS's are 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 (SysOp) a note requesting it.
FidoNet EchoMail:
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Topic/EchoName BBS Abbreviated Name
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10th Amendment MyDesk
12 Steps Awakng MyDesk
4Dos MyDesk RSquare
80XXX Assembly Progrmr. RSquare
Abled Awakng MyDesk
Abortion MyDesk
AD&D Alpha Land MyDesk
Adoptees Awakng MyDesk
ADSL Awakng
AIDS-HIV MyDesk
AIDS/ARC MyDesk
Allfix Help MyDesk RSquare
Amateur Radio MyDesk RSquare
Amiga Alpha Land RSquare
Amiga C/C++ Programming Alpha Land
Amiga for Sale Alpha Land
Amiga Point Alpha
Amiga Prog. Alpha Land
Amiga Sysop Alpha
Amiga Worldwide Alpha Land
Animal Medicine MyDesk
Animal Training MyDesk
Anime Alpha MyDesk
Anxiety Disorders MyDesk
Apogee Game Support RSquare
Apple MyDesk
Aquarium MyDesk
Arrowbridge RSquare
Artware (Timed/Netmgr) MyDesk RSquare
Asian Link Alpha MyDesk RSquare
Ask a Cop (USA) MyDesk
Ask a Nurse MyDesk
Astronomy MyDesk
Automotive MyDesk RSquare
Babylon 5 Alpha MyDesk
BardRoom, Authors/Poets Awakng
Batch Power MyDesk RSquare
BBS Ads Alpha RSquare
BBS Carnival MyDesk
BBS Doors MyDesk RSquare
BBS Internet MyDesk
BGFax MyDesk
Bike & Rider MyDesk
BinkD Awakng
BinkleyTerm Awakng KingsD North
Blindtalk MyDesk
Blinktalk MyDesk
BlueWave MyDesk
BNU Fossil Driver MyDesk RSquare
C Echo Awakng
C++ Programming Awakng Land RSquare
Cable Modems Alpha
Canada Chat MyDesk
Carcinoma MyDesk
CD Echo MyDesk
CD Record Awakng
CD ROM Disk MyDesk North RSquare
CD ROM for Sale KingsD MyDesk North RSquare
CForSale MyDesk RSquare
Chaos Landing Alpha MyDesk
Chat Alpha
Chatter MyDesk RSquare
Chess MyDesk RSquare
Chronic Pain Awakng
Classifieds Alpha Land MyDesk
Coffee Klatsch MyDesk RSquare
Comics Alpha MyDesk
Comics for Sale Alpha MyDesk
Communication Programs Awakng MyDesk
Compusale MyDesk
Confederate Heritage MyDesk
Consumer Reports MyDesk RSquare
Cooking MyDesk
Country Music MyDesk RSquare
D&D Alpha
Dads MyDesk
Days of Our Lives MyDesk
Debate MyDesk RSquare
Desqview MyDesk
Diabetes MyDesk RSquare
Diabetic Recipes MyDesk
DLG Info Alpha
DLG Support Alpha
Dog House Awakng MyDesk
Doom MyDesk RSquare
Door Games MyDesk RSquare
Doorware MyDesk RSquare
DOS/Internet MyDesk RSquare
Dr.Debug PC Technical RSquare
Echo Ads MyDesk
Echo List RSquare
Educators RSquare
Electronics KingsD MyDesk RSquare
Environmental Issues MyDesk North
Fibromyalgia/Fibrositis MyDesk
FidoNet Echo Policy Awakng
FidoNet SysOps Alpha
FidoNet Technical Awakng
File Find MyDesk
File Requests MyDesk RSquare
Filk(SciFi Folksongs) Alpha MyDesk
Firearms KingsD MyDesk
FireFighters North
For Sale Awakng KingsD MyDesk RSquare
Foxpro Database RSquare
Francais (French Lang.) MyDesk
Front Door Mailer MyDesk
Funny Jokes & Stories Alpha RSquare MyDesk
Gaming KingsD MyDesk
Gecho Help RSquare
Genealogy (European) Awakng MyDesk
Genealogy (National) Awakng MyDesk RSquare
GoldEd MyDesk
GrassRoots Alpha
Guitar/Bass Topics Alpha RSquare
Guns MyDesk
Gun Rights/Control MyDesk
Ham Radio MyDesk RSquare
Ham Radio For Sale MyDesk RSquare
Ham Requests MyDesk
Ham Technology MyDesk
Hard Drive Technical Awakng MyDesk
Herbs & Such MyDesk
High Speed Modems Awakng KingsD MyDesk RSquare
Highlander TV Show Alpha MyDesk
History MyDesk
HolySmoke MyDesk RSquare
Home and Garden MyDesk
Home Automation Alpha
Home Cooking MyDesk
Home Power MyDesk
Home Repair MyDesk RSquare
Humor MyDesk
I&UK Genealogy Awakng MyDesk
IEEE KingsD
IMail Help MyDesk
International BBS Week Alpha
International Chat MyDesk
International Cooking MyDesk
Internet MyDesk
IP Discussions Awakng
IREX Awakng
Java Language Alpha
Judaica MyDesk
Juno Alpha
Katty Korner Alpha Awakng MyDesk
Klingon Alpha
LAN MyDesk
Lantastic MyDesk RSquare
Law and Disorder MyDesk
Liberty NW Alpha
Limbaugh MyDesk
Linux MyDesk RSquare
LORD MyDesk RSquare
Love and Marriage MyDesk
Mac For Sale Alpha
Magick MyDesk
Major League Baseball MyDesk
MCC Support MyDesk
Meadow (OPUS CBCS) North
Meal Master MyDesk
Memories (Nostalgia) Awakng MyDesk
MENSA RSquare
Metal Smith Alpha
Metaphysics & UFO's MyDesk
Moderator Alpha Awakng
Monty Python MyDesk RSquare
Mormon MyDesk RSquare
MSGED Support Awakng North
MTG MyDesk
Muffin Awakng North
Music MyDesk
Mystery Awakng MyDesk
NBA Basketball MyDesk
NetWide Chatter Alpha
New Age Echo Alpha
NFB Talk MyDesk
NFL MyDesk
Novell Network RSquare
Occult Chat MyDesk
Office Support MyDesk
Offline Mail Readers MyDesk
Old Cars MyDesk RSquare
Old Engines MyDesk RSquare
Open Bible MyDesk
OS Debate MyDesk
OS/2 MyDesk RSquare
OS/2 BBS Software MyDesk
OS/2 Hardware MyDesk
OS/2 LAN MyDesk RSquare
OS/2 Programming MyDesk
OS/2 w/DOS BBS Software RSquare
OS/2 w/DOS Programs MyDesk RSquare
OtherNets Alpha MyDesk
Parents MyDesk
Pharmacy MyDesk
Philosophy MyDesk RSquare
Phones North
Photography Awakng MyDesk
Physics RSquare
QuickBasic MyDesk RSquare
RailFans Alpha
Reloading Guns MyDesk
RECFRP (Role Games) Alpha MyDesk
Remote Access BBS MyDesk
Remote Access Multi MyDesk
Remote Access Utilities MyDesk
Roman Catholic MyDesk
Scanners (UHF/VHF) Awakng MyDesk
SFFAN Alpha
SciFi/Fantasy Alpha Awakng MyDesk RSquare
Sep. of Church & State RSquare
Sewing and Quilting MyDesk
Shareware MyDesk RSquare
Shareware Support MyDesk RSquare
Shortwave Listeners Awakng MyDesk RSquare
SilentTalk MyDesk
SIP / ACA Awakng MyDesk
SIP / Alcohol Abuse Awakng MyDesk
Soap Opera Discussion MyDesk RSquare
Solar Realm Games MyDesk RSquare
Sports MyDesk
StarGate Alpha
Star Trek RPG Alpha MyDesk
Star Wars Alpha MyDesk RSquare
ST Programming (Atari) MyDesk
Stock Market MyDesk
Stress Management MyDesk
STTNG Alpha MyDesk
Survivor(Cancer, etc.) MyDesk
SysOp Alpha
SysOp 4 Sale Alpha MyDesk
Sysop's Corner Alpha
Taglines MyDesk RSquare
Tandy 1000 / 2000 KingsD
Team OS2 MyDesk
Technical (Computer) MyDesk
Teens MyDesk
Telix MyDesk
Terminate MyDesk RSquare
THD Pro Support MyDesk
The Bible MyDesk
Trade Wars MyDesk RSquare
Trains Alpha
TrapDoor Alpha
Trek Alpha
Trek Tech Alpha MyDesk
Trek Voyager Alpha MyDesk
TUB Awakng
TV Shows MyDesk
UFO's MyDesk North
Unix Operating System RSquare
US Robotics Modems Awakng KingsD MyDesk North RSquare
USA Europe Link Alpha MyDesk
USR Sportster Modems Alpha MyDesk
Video Games MyDesk RSquare
Vietnam Veterans MyDesk
Virus Alpha MyDesk
Virus Information Awakng MyDesk RSquare
Visual Basic Land MyDesk
Washington Alpha
WhiteHousePressReleases Awakng MyDesk
Who (Doctor) Alpha MyDesk
Wholly Bible Awakng MyDesk
Wildcat 3rd Party RSquare
Wildcat! Sysops RSquare
Wildcat! Technical RSquare
Wildcat! WcCode RSquare
Windows Awakng MyDesk RSquare
Windows NT Awakng MyDesk
Windows 32 Awakng MyDesk
Windows 95 Awakng MyDesk RSquare
Writing Awakng RSquare
Wunderment Alpha
X-Files MyDesk RSquare
X00 Fossil Driver RSquare
Young Adult Forum RSquare
Z1Backbone Awakng
Z1C Awakng
Z1_Backbone Awakng
Z1_Election Awakng
ZEC Awakng
Zoom Modems MyDesk
Greater Tacoma Area EchoMail:
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Pierce County For Sale Awakng KingsD MyDesk
Tacoma Business RSquare
Tacoma Chatter KingsD MyDesk North RSquare
Tacoma Employment KingsD MyDesk North RSquare
Tacoma For Sale KingsD MyDesk North RSquare
Tacoma Sports North RSquare
Tacoma Sysops KingsD MyDesk North RSquare
Tacoma Technical KingsD MyDesk North RSquare
Western Washington Chat KingsD MyDesk
Other than FidoNet EchoMail sources are available at:
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AnimeNet Alpha
C-Link Alpha
ChNet Alpha
Comic Book Net Alpha
Omni Omni
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.
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Online Games and Doors:
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Following is a listing of online games and doors which are available
while logged on to some of the Tacoma area BBS's. This is by no means
an all-inclusive listing, though I'd like to see it be! If you run into
games on these or other boards, please encourage the appropriate SYStem
OPerators to drop me a note so I can add to the completeness and
accuracy of this listing. Thanks!
Online Game/Door Name BBS Abbreviated Name
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1990 Census Door MyDesk
Across the Wire MyDesk
Apocrypha MyDesk
Arcadian Legends RSquare
Arena of the Ancients RSquare
Arrowbridge RSquare
Barons RSquare
Barren Realms Elite (BRE) MyDesk RSquare
Battle Trip (WINS) RSquare
BBS Bowling MyDesk
BBS Football RSquare
Bible Online MyDesk
Bible Verses MyDesk
Bingo MyDesk
Boobytrap RSquare
Book of Mormon MyDesk
Bordello (ADULT) RSquare
Brady Bunch (ADULT) RSquare
BRE MyDesk
BRE Inter-BBS MyDesk RSquare
Camptown Races MyDesk
Castle Siege RSquare
Chess Magic RSquare
CLANS MyDesk
Colonies MyDesk
Colors RSquare
Consumer Information MyDesk
Consumer Safety MyDesk
Crazy Eights RSquare
Death Masters MyDesk RSquare
Death Trivia MyDesk
Dog Faq's MyDesk
Dollar Mania MyDesk
Double Solitaire RSquare
Double Soli-tree RSquare
Dragon's Claw RSquare
Dream Track RSquare
Dungeon Master RSquare
Eclectic Avenue MyDesk RSquare
Endangered Species MyDesk
Enhanced DND RSquare
Enigma of Ashrella RSquare
Escape MyDesk
Excalibur II RSquare
Exitilus RSquare
EZ Bingo MyDesk
Falcon's Eye MyDesk RSquare
Falcon's Eye Inter-BBS MyDesk RSquare
Fantasy Board (ADULT) RSquare
Five Card Draw RSquare
Flip the Bits MyDesk
Forces of Darkness RSquare
Forty Thieves RSquare
Fresh Water Fishing MyDesk
Future Runner RSquare
Genealogy MyDesk
Global Backgammon RSquare
Global Wars RSquare
Godfather of Crime MyDesk
Golf Solitaire RSquare
Greedy Dice Game MyDesk
Grunt Fest MyDesk
Hackers: RPG RSquare
Hot Dice RSquare
Hunt RSquare
Idiot's Delight RSquare
In Between the Cards MyDesk RSquare
Jail Break RSquare
Jewel Thief RSquare
Kannons & Katapults RSquare
Land of Devastation RSquare
Lasso (HangMan) MyDesk
Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD) MyDesk RSquare
Lemonade Stand MyDesk RSquare
LORD 2 (New World) MyDesk RSquare
LORD Net Inter-BBS RSquare
Lore MyDesk
Lost Lands RSquare
Lunatix RSquare
Meal Master Door MyDesk
Medical Diagnosis MyDesk
Montana Solitaire RSquare
Motor City Drag Race RSquare
Net Runner RSquare
New York 2008 MyDesk RSquare
Nuclear War RSquare
On the Edge RSquare
Online Trivia MyDesk RSquare
Operation Overkill RSquare
Phantasia RSquare
Planets: Exploration of Space RSquare
Press Your Luck RSquare
Primal Chaos RSquare
Puzzle Machine RSquare
Quote Fall RSquare
Rise to Power MyDesk
Scrabble MyDesk RSquare
Scramble MyDesk
Ship o' the Line MyDesk
Slider Solitaire RSquare
Solar Realms Elite (SRE) MyDesk
Spades MyDesk
Stack 'em RSquare
Star Trader RSquare
Super Slots MyDesk RSquare
TaskForce BroadSide MyDesk
The Pit RSquare
Three Shuffles and a Draw RSquare
Time Travel RSquare
Top Rank Boxing RSquare
Trade Wars 2002 MyDesk RSquare
Treasure Trove RSquare
Tri-Bingo RSquare
Tri-Peaks Solitaire RSquare
Triple Yahtzee RSquare
Trivia Master RSquare
Trivial King RSquare
Turbo Guppies RSquare
Turbo PacMan RSquare
Two Card Poker RSquare
Usurper MyDesk RSquare
VGA Planets RSquare
Video Poker MyDesk
Way Freight MyDesk
Wheel of Fortune RSquare
You Blew It Dice MyDesk
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Dialing Information:
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The BBS's listed here are located in exchanges local to all Tacoma
callers unless otherwise noted. Local to Tacoma prefixes are:
Area code 253
207, 208, 209, 219, 225, 229, 265, 272, 274, 278, 279, 280, 291, 305, 307,
309, 312, 318, 370, 371, 380, 381, 383, 403, 404, 414, 415, 416, 427, 428,
435, 445, 460, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 496, 502, 512, 530, 531, 534,
535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 549, 552, 564, 565, 566, 568, 571, 572, 573, 581,
582, 584, 588, 589, 591, 593, 594, 596, 597, 606, 620, 627, 677, 686, 732,
751, 752, 756, 759, 761, 770, 792, 798, 826, 840, 841, 843, 845, 846, 847,
848, 851, 853, 857, 858, 862, 863, 875, 884, 891, 896, 903, 904, 905, 906,
912, 922, 924, 925, 926, 927, 929, 942, 950, 952, 964, 966, 967, 968, 973,
983, 984, 988.
Area code 360
446, 458, 832, 893, 894, 897.
Some of the above prefixes may not be local to Puyallup, Sumner and
other outlying areas.
Those of you with 922, 924--927, and 952 prefixes can also call some
BBS's located in the Auburn, Federal Way and Des Moines areas of South
King County.
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. Your suggestions as to other data you'd like
included in the Features Section of future editions would be most
appreciated.
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Where to Find TABBS:
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Current copies of TABBS are available for online viewing or download in
ASCii text format from several Tacoma area BBS's.
Other Washington BBS Lists:
===========================
The Puget Sound Computer User is a free monthly computer publication
which includes an alphabetical listing of many Western Washington BBS's.
It also features a classified listing of Washington Web sites on the
Internet. Look for this one at many supermarkets, bookstores and
computer dealers throughout the area.
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COMMENTS:
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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.
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.
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. The
list is verified the last week of the month and a new one is available
for download 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. TABBSNOV.TXT for November. It is fervently hoped
that by the time the filename is used again in 12 months, I won't be
finding last year's version still sitting around on any BBS's!
Please delete all older copies of TABBS*.* as they are now
obsolete...Thanks!
Special thanks to the Tacoma area modem users and SysOps whose updates
have helped maintain the accuracy of this listing!
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