From: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: National Anime BBS Watch
Keywords: Quarterly informative posting
Date: 28 Jul 92 13:46:05 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.anime
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division


Archive-name: anime/bbs-watch

The National Anime BBS Watch is published on a quarterly basis.  It is
available via ftp from remus.rutgers.edu in pub/anime.  It is also
available via email from pearl@remus.rutgers.edu.
Comments/additions/corrections sent to me (pearl@remus.rutgers.edu)
will be forwarded to Chet. Thanks!  -Steve

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National ANIME BBS WATCH      "ALMOST ANNIVERSARY EDITION"              JULY
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|  |                :__________________
|  | National ANIME |                  :
|  | BBS WATCH      | contributing     |____________________
|  |                | also are:        |                    /
|  | compiler       | Eddie Huey, &    | A complete list  / 
|  | Chet Jasinski  | Mike C. Ling     | of ANIME BBSes /  
|  |________________|                  | from around    \
|  |                :__________________| the US & Canada  \
|  |                                   :____________________\
|  |
|  |
|  |
|  |    Well, it was close, but I finally got the fifth edition of the 
|  | National ANIME BBS WATCH done before the end of July or on schedule
|  | barely.  This is the "Almost Anniversary Edition" since the NABW was 
|  | started in August, but it's July and you're quaterly?!.  Well,
|  | originally I had intended the NABW to be bi-monthly but it evolved 
|  | into a quarterly updated electronic publication instead.  Read on.    
|  |
|  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | AUG '91 | Inspired by Kevin Brooks fidonode list and Randall's EAV list|
|  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | SEPT '91 - AC Special Ed. | Hey! An Anime Online Panel...  Show-off    |
|  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | OCT '91 | Ugh!  I can't hack this.  Who needs bimonthly anyway?!       | 
|  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | JAN '92 | Wow, I'm on time.  This ain't so bad afterall. ~~~FLAME ON~~~| 
|  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | APR '92 - The EXPLOSIVE Ed. | No, No...NOOOOOO!  Yeah, I asked for it. |
|  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | JULY '92 - AE Special Ed. | Threw it together so fast no one saw it :) | 
|  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | JULY '92 - "Almost Anniversary Ed. | <Shrug>  So I'm one month short   |
|  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  |
|  |   Okay, some NABW history in a bottle.  Since I changed my mind to be 
|  | quaterly, the anniversary edition wouldn't have been be until October; 
|  | two months later.  And since it's almost August anyway what the heck.  
|  | Right?
|  |
|  |   And to keep the celebration going, here's a list of all the BBSes that 
|  | have been with the NABW since August. 
|  |
|  |  2O23                    Analytical Engine       The Animator
|  |  Anime Archive           Anime Lane              Anime Loft              
|  |  Anime Online            Anime Vektor            The Alpha Connection    
|  |  Black Hole BBS          Blue Star BBS           The Cave                
|  |  ClawMarks BBS           Computer CO-OP          The Cowtipper's BBS     
|  |  The Creative Edge       Dark Caverns            The Dark Side           
|  |  The Data Shack          DCC BBS                 DESIGN ONLINE           
|  |  DF/W Amiga Connection   Dooger's Place          Eagle's Nest            
|  |  Fortress Iserlohn       The  Graphics BBS       Fox Propoganda
|  |  Infintiys Edge          Juxtaposition BBS       Lakeside BBS            
|  |  ()Lensman() SciFi       Macross BBS             MegaCity BBS            
|  |  Mega Road BBS           Movie BBS               Musubi BBS 
|  |  Neo-TOKYO               OMNI                    NUL                     
|  |  One Step Beyond         The Overworked Dragon   Oxpatch BBS
|  |  Paradise II             Paranoia                Paradise PC Underground
|  |  Pea's Keep              The Polar Den           Purgatory BBS
|  |  Red October             Renaisaunce             Rocky Road
|  |  Runway 35R              Science Fiction BBS     Sherwood Forest
|  |  Starbase: Boston        Starfleet Academy HQ    STAR One BBS             
|  |  St Atlanta BBS          The Tardis BBS          Teles BBS               
|  |  This Restroom H.T.T.S.  Thunder Hold BBS        Treasure Island         
|  |  Universal Electronic    Unknown Kadath          USS Night Wing          
|  |  Valley of the Wind      We Serve Your Drives    Whale BBS               
|  |  Yellow Submarine
|  |
|  |    Seventy BBSes and now I've got over three hundred to deal with.  I 
|  | must be friggin' nuts I tell ya.  <sudden realization> Oh no.... I'm not 
|  | going to type up over three hundred BBS names in next years anniversary 
|  | edition.  Uhn-uh, no way Jose.
|  |
|  |
|  |    All right, onto a regular feature of the National Anime BBS Watch.
|  | A big welcome to the Portal to Infinity: Indiana (317), Beyond the Pale: 
|  | Kansas (913), MetroNet: Mjaryland (41O), the After School Huddle: 
|  | Nevada (7O2), The Mounties BBS: North Carolina (7O4), and TECHXTSY: 
|  | Texas (8O6).  If someone from one of the BBSes knows of other BBSes in
|  | your area code that have an anime area or conference please be sure to 
|  | get in contact with me at one of the net addresses below.
|  |
|  |    Last edition the NABW welcomed BBSes to all of the following area 
|  | codes: Alabama (2O5), Arkansas (5O1), California (8O5), Colorado (719), 
|  | Florida (9O4), Illinois (217) and (3O9), Kentucky (5O2), Louisiana (5O4), 
|  | Maryland (3O1), Missiouri (314), Nebraska (4O2), New York (212) and 
|  | (516), Okalahoma (4O5), Pennsylvania (412), Tennessee (9O1), Virginia 
|  | (8O4), and Ontario (416) and (519).  
|  |
|  |    Please, if you are a new modeming anime fan, and you call one of 
|  | BBSes at the above new area codes, get in contact with me and let me 
|  | know if there are other anime related BBSes near you.  
|  |
|  | STATISTICS
|  |
|  |    There was a drop of 19 BBSes since April, however there was a gain 
|  | of 66 new BBSes that carry some type of anime conference or SIG.  Not
|  | bad at all, and this isn't even the EXPLOSIVE Edition.  But it's a good
|  | way to celebrate an anniversary.  Washington state gets to cheer the 
|  | loudest as they quadrupled the number of BBSes they had from two to ten- 
|  | a 4OO% gain. California grabs the largest number of new BBSes at eleven;
|  | followed by Washington with eight, Texas with six, Florida and New York 
|  | with five.
|  |
|  |
|  |       .------------------------------------------------------.
|  |       | C   CNet -                                           |
|  |       | F   FidoNet - Anime Echo Conference                  |
|  |       | Fs  FishNet - Anime Conference (NEW)                 |
|  |       | R   RelayNet (RIME) - Anime Conference               |
|  |       | WL  WWIVLink - Comics and Japanimation Conference    |
|  |       | WN  WWIVNet - Japanimation Conference                |
|  |       | @   INTERNET/USENET/BITNET                           |  
|  |       |        r.a.a. - rec.arts.anime newsgroup             |
|  |       |        r.a.m. - rec.arts.manga newsgroup             |
|  |       |        fj.a - from japan.animation                   |
|  |       |                                                      |
|  |       | >   NEW addition to NABW, not neccessarily a new BBS |
|  |       | $   BBS requires a fee to join                       |
|  |       | #   Phone Number and/or Name Change                  |
|  |       |                                                      |
|  |       |   The NABW was created so that all modeming anime    |
|  |       |   fen might have the oppurtunity to communicate and  |
|  |       |   otherwise correspond with others of like mind.     |
|  |       |   Most of the BBSs listed here only have the anime   |
|  |       |   conference noted.  Most do not have anime files.   |  
|  |       |                                                      |
|  |       |   Only BSSes that have *ANIME DEDICATED* have anime  |
|  |       |   files available.  I have added an additional info  | 
|  |       |   line that supplies in some cases the information   | 
|  |       |   that was provided to me.                           |
|  |       |                                                      |
|  |       |   DISCLAIMER: I can no longer verify all the BBSes   |       
|  |       |   herein listed in the NABW.  If you call a BBS      |
|  |       |   listed here and it has been DISCONNECTED, please   |
|  |       |   contact me at one of the net addresses below.      |
|  |       |                                                      |
|  |       |______________________________________________________|
|  |
|  |
|  |
|  | Alabama 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|@ |>(2O5) 251-2344 | The Matrix               |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS 
|@ |>(2O5) 323-2O16 | The Matrix               |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS
|WN| (2O5) 853-7422 | Arkham Asylum            |  @2535  |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Alaska (9O7)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Arizona
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|WL| (6O2) 771-OO29 | Borrowed Time            |  16215  |
|F | (6O2) 843-O998 | Ariseth                  | 114/143 | 
|  |-------------------------------------------|         |-------------------
|F&| (6O2) 861-1872 | Anime Archive            | 114/181 | *ANIME DEDICATED* 
|@&| Brad Turner    | files: MEGS!!! GIFS/TXT  |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS
|WL|                |                          |  16217  |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|---------|-------------------
|WL| (6O2) 944-8465 | The Flip Side            |  16217  |  
|  |                | WWIV LINK ANIME HOST     |         | CONF. MODERATOR
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |------------------- 
|F |>(6O2) 996-OO78 | The Tiger's Den          | 114/27  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Arkansas 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (5O1) 374-8468 | Ferret Face Amiga BBS    | FERRET  | 
|R | (5O1) 968-8431 | The Windows Plus BBS     | WINDOWS | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | California 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|WL| (2O9) 226-68O8 | Gridpoint                |  129O3  | 
|WN| (2O9) 551-177O | My Mother: The BBS       |  @2921  | 
|WL| (2O9) 942-2623 | Serendipity              |  129O1  | 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (213) 43O-OO79 | Ground Zero BBS          |  GZERO  | 
|R | (213) 434-2933 | pLaNeT Zed               |   ZED   |
|R | (213) 531-389O | The Holistic BBS         | HOLISTIC|
|WL| (213) 8O4-3324 | Illusions                |  12361  | 
|R | (213) 842-688O | DATACORE                 | DATACORE| 
|F | (213) 938-4788 | Anime Vektor             | 1O2/712 | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (31O) 3O6-4O81 | Wicked Scherzo           |  WICKED |
|  | (31O) 4O4-6363 | Miskatonic University    |   SIG   | Anime GIFs
|WN| (31O) 549-2118 | Hz Castle                |  @3O62  |
|C |>(31O) 782-9358 | The HORSE and ANVIL inn  |         |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |------------------- 
|F |>(4O8) 265-5768 | Night Void               | 143/325 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|R | (4O8) 27O-4O85 | PDS-SIG BBS              | PDSSIGI |
|R | (4O8) 274-555O | New Dimensions           | NEWDIM  |
|R | (4O8) 259-8O98 | The Cave (PRIVATE?)      | THECAVE | Has gone PRIVATE  
|  | (4O8) 655-9758 | Anime Loft               |   SIG   | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  | (4O8) 927-9756 | One Step Beyond          |   SIG   |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  | (415) 341-5986 | Valley of the Wind       |   SIG   | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  |                | Files: Some TXT/GIFS     |         |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |--------------------
|W | (415) 376-38O5 | Wizard Clan              |  1455O  |
|F | (415) 452-O35O | ClawMarks BBS            | 161/314 | 
|  | (415) 481-28O6 | Yellow Submarine         |   SIG   |
|  | (415) 75O-15O1 | Whale BBS                |   SIG   |
|  | (415) 861-829O | Coconino County BBS      | 125/28  | 
|  | (415) 881-8318 | Macross BBS              |   SIG   |
|R | (415) 865-7115 | IDC BBS                  |  IDCBBS |
|@ | (415) 964-6315 | Megaroad BBS             |  r.a.a. |
|  | (415) 969-7853 | Teles BBS                |   SIG   |
|R | (415) 969-8238 | The Telesoft BBS         | TELESOFT|
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|WN| (51O) 49O-4596 | RUNWAY 35R               | WWIVNET | *ANIME DEDICATED* 
|WN| (51O) 831-3634 | Public Image Ltd.        |  @5O69  |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (619) 223-7111 | San Diego's Know Ware    | KNOWWARE|
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  | (619) 272-8752 | Anime Online             |   SIG   | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  |                |                          |         |  SCAN BBS
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |--------------------
|R | (619) 281-4185 | The General BBS          | GENERAL |
|R | (619) 281-5538 | The General BBS          | GENERAL |
|F | (619) 291-6746 | Pea's Keep               | 2O2/12O | 
|F | (619) 295-7817 | The Critic's Choice #2   | 2O2/221 |  
|R | (619) 447-1OO8 | Ballyhoo BBS             | BALLYHOO| 
|F | (619) 588-8931 | Dooger's Place           | 2O2/3O9 | 
|WL| (619) 63O-9121 | Central City             |  16975  |
|F | (619) 697-4O73 | STAR One BBS             | 2O2/1313| 
|R | (619) 775-3930 | The Great Escape BBS     | GREATESC|
|  |-------------------------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (7O7) 255-7628 | PiVot Point              | 77O4/O  | Napa Valley Anime
|R | (7O7) 257-2338 | The Grape Vine           | NAPAVINE|
|F |#(7O7) 552-2396 | The Power Station BBS    | 161/123 | PHONE NUMBER CHANGE
|F | (7O7) 746-6O91 | DCC BBS                  | 161/5O2 | 
|  |-------------------------------------------|         |-------------------
|WL| (714) 373-3OO7 | The Abyss                |  27458  | 
|WL|>(714) 465-1152 | The Pit of Despair       |  17462  | NEW WWIVL ADDITION 
|R |>(714) 522-398O | The Punkin Duster BBS    |  PUNKIN | NEW TO RIME ANIME
|WL| (714) 636-6O72 | Windjammer's Cove        |  27487  | 
|  | (714) 644-6766 | The Animator             |   SIG   |
|R | (714) 688-2658 | Comm. Potential Unlimited|  ?????  | 
|WN|>(714) 82O-736O | Paradox BBS              |  @7474  | NEW WWIVN ADDITION 
|  | (714) 838-6539 | Mount Silverthorn        | 1O3/5O1 | 
|F | (714) 842-4277 | Dark Caverns             | 1O3/145 | aka Terry's Place
|R | (714) 87O-9634 | AIM On-Line Service      |   AIM   |  
|R |>(714) 874-7254 | The Ice House            | ICEHOUSE| NEW TO RIME ANIME 
|R | (714) 879-4O52 | Next Stop the Twilight Zone NSTTZ  |
|@ | (714) 939-1041 | Universal Electronic     |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS
|F |#(714) 939-64O1 | Homer BBS                | 1O3/2OO | PHONE NUMBER CHANGE
|  | (714) 945-99O6 | Myth, Incorporated       |   SIG   | 
|F | (714) 962-8254 | The Data Shack           | 1O3/16O | 
|F |>(714) 971-5621 | Motherboard              | 1O3/18O | NEW TO ANIME ECHO  
|F | (714) 986-1525 | The Otter's Holt         | 2O7/1O8 | 
|WL| (714) 997-341O | PC Underground           |  27497  | 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  | (8O5) 492-8789 | Paradox Alley            |   SIG   | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  | Scott Beckstead| files:some GIFS/some TEXT|         |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  |>(8O5) 562-8326 | The Haunted Castle BBS   |   SIG   | *ANIME DEDICATED* 
|  | Ed Ngai        | files:some GIFS/some TEXT|         |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |------------------- 
|  |>(8O5) 964-8649 | Bowhead Whale BBS        |   SIG   |    NEW ADDITION 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  | (818) 287-6133 | This Restroom has 2 Tiolet Seats   |
|F | (818) 762-3695 | Anime Lane               | 1O2/833 | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|F | (818) 781-95O6 | Stonewall WEST!          | 1O2/823 | 
|  | (818) 893-7259 | The Cowtipper's BBS      |   SIG   |
|R |>(818) 982-7529 | Best Bits & Bytes        |   BBB   | NEW TO RIME ANIME
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (916) 275-5361 | Edison's Workshop        |  EDISON |
|F |>(916) 322-7141 | Vortex BBS               | 2O3/726 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|R | (916) 362-19O1 | The Dreaming City BBS    |  ?????  |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F |#(916) 363-1424 | Fox Propaganda           | 2O3/1369| *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  | Steve Lamb     | files:19Mb GIFS/9Mb TEXT |         |   NUMBER CHANGE
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (916) 852-1516 | Starfleet Academy HQ     | 2O3/57  | TrekNet -5641
|WN| (916) 898-1834 | Pawn of Prophecy         |  @9684  |
|F | (916) 983-O38O | Infinitys Edge           | 2O3/323 |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Colorado 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|WN| (3O3) 465-5228 | NEO Tokyo                |  @33O5  | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  |                | files:many GIFS/many TEXT|         |  aka Mech Garage
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  | (3O3) 979-8953 | ()Lensman() SciFi        |   SIG   |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F |>(719) 578-134O | Coyote Gulch             | 128/112 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|F | (719) 597-2234 | Project Insanity         | 128/73  | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Connecticut
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F | (2O3) 438-4721 | The Dark Side            | 141/745 |
|F | (2O3) 791-8532 | Treasure Island          | 141/73O |
|F | (2O3) 791-8838 | Rocky Road               | 141/74O | 
|F | (2O3) 743-4O44 | The Creative Edge        | 141/95O | 
|F | (2O3) 746-9941 | Paradise II              | 141/97O |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Delaware (3O2)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | District of Columbia (2O2)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Florida 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F | (3O5) 384-9566 | 2O32                     | 369/5   | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|&@| Alex Sporer    | files: MEGS!!! GIFS/TEXT |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |--------------------
|  | (3O5) 559-O6O2 | Robotech BBS             |   SIG   | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |--------------------
|F | (4O7) 645-2241 | Anime Central            | 363/137 | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|&@| Fred Leggett   | files:16megGIFS/manyTEXT |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS 
|  |                |                          |         |  JACO BBS
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |--------------------
|R | (4O7) 788-369O | The Starlight Express    | STAREXP |
|R |>(4O7) 831-913O | TREASURES                | TREASURE| NEW RIME ADDITION 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |--------------------
|R | (813) 289-3314 | The Godfather            | GODFTHR |
|F | (813) 933-7978 | USS Nightwing            | 377/4   |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (9O4) 221-9425 | HHDC BBS                 | HHDCBBS |
|R |>(9O4) 246-1481 | MedInfo                  | MEDINFO | NEW TO RIME ANIME
|R | (9O4) 249-8368 | Frogpond By Sea          | FROGPOND|
|R | (9O4) 377-2OO1 | The Enchanted Forest BBS | ENCHANT |
|R |>(9O4) 386-8693 | WING-IT TALLAHASSEE      |  WINGIT | NEW TO RIME ANIME
|F | (9O4) 438-9942 | The Healthy Harlot       |3612/13  |
|R | (9O4) 732-O866 | The TREE BBS             | THETREE | 
|F |>(9O4) 778-O949 | USS Rising Star BBS      | 112/39  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Georgia (912)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R |>(4O4) 255-8216 | Argosy                   | ARGOSY  | ADDITIONAL NUMBER
|R |#(4O4) 255-8646 | Argosy                   | ARGOSY  | NAME CHANGE
|R |>(4O4) 394-6318 | The King's Palace        |  KINGSP | NEW TO RIME ANIME
|R | (4O4) 476-26O7 | The Right Place(tm)      |   TRP   |
|  | (4O4) 664-1O75 | ST Atlanta BBS           |   SIG   |
|R | (4O4) 962-682O | Gwinnett Hospitality     | GWINETT |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  |>(4O4) 978-9O65 | Super Deformed BBS       |   SIG   | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  | Gary Angharan  | files:some GIFS/some TEXT|         | NEW SIG ADDITION
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Hawaii
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  |>(8O8) 235-5538 | Town Crier               |   SIG   | NEW SIG ADDITION
|  |                | files: someTEXT/someGIFS |         |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  | (8O8) 293-5459 | Black Hole               |   SIG   |
|  |                | files:some GIFS/some TEXT|         |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|@ | (8O8) 521-1355 | Musubi BBS               |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS
|  |                | files: NO  GIFS/some TEXT|   SIG   |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|@ |>(8O8) 531-3539 | FLEX                     |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS  
|  |                | files:some GIFS/some TEXT|   SIG   | NEW SIG ADDITION
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Idaho (2O8)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Illinois (312), (618)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (217) 352-7323 | Books BBS                |  BOOKS  |
|F | (217) 384-2127 | Xanadu                   | 233/69  | 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (3O9) 786-2O96 | The DangerZone!! BBS     | DANGRZN |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|WN| (7O8) 223-53O8 | Bionca's Toy             |  @78O5  | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|F | (7O8) 29O-8877 | Loonatic Fringe          | 115/542 | 
|R | (7O8) 559-O513 | Nezuld's Domain          |  NEZULD |
|R | (7O8) 82O-8344 | Aquila BBS               |  AQUILA |
|F | (7O8) 818-1287 | Sloth BBS                | 115/222 | 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F |>(815) 653-3332 | The Round Table BBS      | 115/439 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|F | (815) 654-9729 | Outlaw Tech Zone         |221O/654 | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Indiana (219), (812)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R |>(317) 887-6O43 | Portal to Infinity       | INFINITY| NEW TO RIME ANIME 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Iowa (319), (515), (712)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Kansas (316)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F |>(913) 384-1577 | Beyond the Pale          | 28O/341 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Kentucky (6O6)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (5O2) 684-9855 | The Pegasus BBS          | PEGASUS | 
|R | (5O2) 684-9871 | The Pegasus BBS          | PEGASUS |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Louisiana (318)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (5O4) 529-2125 | The Ozone Hole           |  OZONE  |
|R | (5O4) 895-9O49 | SE Regional HUB          |  ?????  |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Maine (2O7)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Maryland 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (3O1) 229-5623 | The Running Board        | RUNNINGA|
|R | (3O1) 6O1-871O | STREET NOISE!            | STNOISE |
|R | (3O1) 663-3129 | U.S.S. ENTERPRISE        |  ENTER  |
|R | (3O1) 695-9116 | Advanced Data Services   | ADVANCED|
|WN| (3O1) 762-3O71 | Megazone 23              |  @313O  |
|R |>(3O1) 779-5946 | The Jellicle Cat BBS     | JELLICLE| NEW TO RIME ANIME
|R |>(3O1) 843-5732 | BRODMANN'S PLACE         | BRODMANN| NEW TO RIME ANIME
|R | (3O1) 942-5616 | Network East             | NETEAST | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R |>(41O) 381-9617 | MetroNet                 | METRONET| NEW TO RIME ANIME
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Massachusetts (413)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|WL| (5O8) 842-6O82 | Pilot's Place            |  158O2  |
|R | (5O8) 875-3618 | Xevious BBS              | XEVIOUS |
|R | (5O8) 975-1924 | The Wizard's World       |  WWORLD |
|W | (5O8) 987-6182 | Oxpatch BBS              |  ?????  |  
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (617) 354-8873 | Channel 1                | CHANNEL |
|R | (617) 545-6239 | Garden Spot              |  GARDEN |
|F | (617) 739-9246 | Starbase Boston          | 1O1/165 | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Michigan (517), (616), (9O6)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Minnesota (218), (5O7)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F | (612) 822-4812 | FIRE OPAL                | 282/8   | 
|F | (612) 423-7358 | Science Fiction BBS      | 282/26  |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Mississippi (6O1)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Missouri (417)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|WL| (314) 458-1222 | Lancer BBS               |  13473  |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (816) 353-3462 | Writer's Block           | 28O/15  | 
|F | (816) 637-4496 | Drachen Besatzung        | 28O/78  | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Montana (4O6)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Nebraska (3O8)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (4O2) 292-829O | Abort, Retry, Fail?      | ABORTRET|
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Nevada 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F |>(7O2) 435-1O94 | The After School Huddle  | 2O9/232 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | New Hampshire (6O3)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | New Jersey (2O1)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (6O9) 523-O328 | TransCom-1               | TRANSCOM|
|F | (6O9) 784-94O9 | Computer CO-OP BBS       | 266/29  | 
|F | (6O9) 825-4418 | Lakeside BBS             | 266/47  | 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|WN| (9O8) 238-4193 | King's Crown             |  @98O4  |WWIV NET ANIME CONF.
|F |                | No anime files           | 1O7/362 | NOT ON ANIME ECHO
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|@ | (9O8) 469-OO49 | The Graphics BBS         |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|@ | (9O8) 671-3446 | The Unknown Kadath       |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS
|  | David VanCleef | carries fj newsgroups    |         |  Whitebase
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (9O8) 727-7514 | Phase IV ($)             | 1O7/619 | NEW NODE 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | New York (315), (518), (6O7)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  |>(212) 26O-7824 | The Stuyvesant BBS       |   SIG   | NEW SIG ADDITION
|R | (212) 496-8324 | Aardvark                 | AARDVARK|
|R | (212) 519-1791 | Running Board            | RUNNINGB|
|R | (212) 654-1349 | Running Board            | RUNNINGB| LIMITED HOURS
|R |>(212) 888-6565 | Computer Dreams          | CDREAMS | NEW TO RIME ANIME 
|R | (212) 924-6899 | The Red Phone BBS        |  ?????  |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (516) 226-383O | Innovative Computer Serv.|  ICSBBS | 
|R | (516) 795-5874 | PC BBS                   |  PCBBS  |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  | (716) 292-6449 | Just say HEH!            |   SIG   |  
|  |                | files:some GIFS/some TEXT|         | ANIME MOD FILES
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F |>(716) 359-473O | The Matrix Data Bank BBS | 26O/277 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|F | (716) 473-2O17 | The Cat's Meow           | 26O/263 |  
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  | (718) 232-1622 | Paranoia BBS Node I      |   SIG   |    
|  | (718) 232-5317 | Paranoia BBS Node II     |   SIG   | 
|  | (718) 238-5399 | MegaCity                 |   SIG   |
|  | (718) 274-5469 | OMNI BBS                 |   SIG   |
|F | (718) 276-O246 | Design Line              | 278/63O |   
|  | (718) 522-O768 | Sherwood Forest          |   SIG   |
|R | (718) 692-2498 | MoonDog BBS              | MOONDOG |
|R | (718) 793-8548 | The Icebox BBS           |  ICEBOX |
|  |>(718) 833-5949 | JapanNet                 |   SIG   |Japanese Culture BBS
|  | (718) 939-5462 | Movie                    |   SIG   |
|R |>(718) 966-8637 | The Forvm BBS            | THEFORVM| NEW TO RIME ANIME
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |--------------------
|  | (718) 966-986O | Anime Fanatics           |   SIG   | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|  | Eddie Huey     | files:many GIFS/many TEXT|         | Anime Addicts NYC
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  |#(914) 255-8154 | The Alpha Connection     | 272/22  | NOT ON ANIME ECHO 
|R | (914) 353-2157 | PC Rockland              | ROCKLAND|
|R | (914) 835-1315 | Brentwood BBS            |  ?????  |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | North Carolina (919)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F |>(7O4) 393-7338 | The Mounties BBS         | 379/38  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | North Dakota (7O1)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Ohio (419)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R |>(216) 748-1144 | * Odyssey BBS *          | ODYSSEY | NEW TO RIME ANIME
|F | (216) 942-3876 | Analytical Engine BBS    | 157/554 | 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  | (513) 236-1281 | Windershins Cafe         |   SIG   | 
|R | (513) 424-1861 | The Consultant's Forum   | CONFORUM|
|R | (513) 424-7529 | The Modem Zone           |  ?????  |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (614) 861-8377 | The Computer Room        | 226/11O | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Oklahoma (918)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F | (4O5) 36O-7161 | Vanishing Point          | 147/1O77|  
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Oregon
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F |>(5O3) 224-3165 | The Nihon Zone           | 1O5/22  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|F | (5O3) 343-5717 | Baud Attitude            | 152/44  | 
|F | (5O3) 37O-8335 | Purgatory BBS            | 1O5/6O5 | 
|F |>(5O3) 371-9294 | Field of Dreams          | 1O5/613 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|R | (5O3) 655-O842 | Blue Lake                |  BLUELK |
|F | (5O3) 777-O489 | The Overworked Dragon    | 1O5/56  | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Pennsylvania (717), (814)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F |>(215) 544-771O | The Cheyenne BBS         | 273/4O9 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|R | (215) 563-81O9 | The Philly Exchange      |   PHLX  |
|R | (215) 678-O818 | The Round Table BBS      |  ROUND  |
|WL|>(215) 758-8644 | Marvel Universe BBS      |  1256O  |    NEW ADDITION
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (412) 225-9782 | Washington PC-Board      | WASHPCB |
|R | (412) 563-5416 | PGHSouth PCBoard         |   PGHS  |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Rhode Island (4O1)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | South Carolina (8O3)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | South Dakota (6O5)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Tennessee 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F |#(615) 435-O446 | Shadow Keep/Fed. Outpost |3615/19  |POSSIBLE name change
|WN|>(615) 481-83O9 | Ground Zero BBS          |  @2535  |    NEW ADDITION
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (9O1) 368-6648 | Shadow's Realm           | 123/5   | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Texas (915)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | (214) 234-1647 | Blue Star BBS            |   SIG   |  
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R&| (214) 315-3795 | Shy Guy's PCBoard        |  SHYGUY |
|@ |                |                          |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F&|>(214) 492-6565 | User-To-User             | 124/63OO| NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|R |                |                          |  ?????  |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (214) 361-8992 | The Polar Den            | 124/1OO5|
|  | (214) 618-7482 | D/FW Amiga Connection    |   SIG   | 
|R | (214) 79O-6472 | F.I.A.W.O.L              |  FIAWOL |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (4O9) 823-4442 | Hermes BBS               | 117/11O | 
|F | (4O9) 823-5229 | The Troll's Lair         | 117/1O4 | 
|F | (4O9) 846-4355 | Cyberpunk EMS            | 117/331 | 
|F |>(4O9) 846-8358 | GENESIS                  | 117/12O | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|WN| (512) 259-1874 | The Tavern BBS           |  @15287 | 
|F |>(512) 263-58O5 | The Flying Circus        | 382/9   | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|F | (512) 343-8124 | Outland BBS              | 382/59  | 
|  | (512) 467-7317 | SMOF-BBS                 |   SIG   |
|  |----------------+--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (512) 615-6851 | NUL 1        24-144      | 387/255 | *ANIME DEDICATED*
|F | (512) 615-6852 | NUL 2         3-24       | 387/255 | Animation America
|F | (512) 615-6853 | NUL 3         3-24       | 387/255 | and moderator of  
|&@|                |                          |  r.a.a. | Fido Net Toons
|  |                |                          |         | and Anime Echoes 
|  | Jan Maaskat    | files:many GIFS/many TEXT|         | Randall Stukey
|  |----------------+--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (512) 623-6373 | Eagle's Nest             | 387/62O | 
|  | (512) 834-2548 | Red October              |   SIG   |
|F |>(512) 883-7839 | BlueWater BBS            | 16O/26O | NEW TO ANIME ECHO 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F |>(713) 855-4385 | Cloud Nine BBS           | 1O6/99  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO 
|  | (713) 893-8716 | The Circuit Board        |   SIG   | 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R |>(8O6) 747-O548 | TECHXTSY                 | TECHXSTY| NEW TO RIME ANIME    
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (817) 467-7322 | Renaissaunce BBS         |  RENAIS | 
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F |#(9O3) 297-2188 | Generic BBS              | 398/2   |was JAX LAST RESORT
|F | (9O3) 758-4219 | Project Damocles         | 398/3   | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Utah
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (8O1) 269-9575 | The Score Board BBS      |  SCORE  | 
|R | (8O1) 576-9991 | Razzmatazz               |  ILINK  |
|F |>(8O1) 756-29O1 | Thunder Hold BBS         | 312/3   | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|WL| (8O1) 782-4388 | Land of the Lost         |  181O6  | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Vermont
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F | (8O2) 86O-1875 | We Serve Your Drives     | 325/1O1 |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Virginia 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (7O3) 28O-549O | Capitol Connection       |  CAPCON |
|WL| (7O3) 366-462O | T.O.S.O.R.               |  17333  |
|  |>(7O3) 369-O721 | Reflex Point             |   SIG   | *ANIME DEDICATED* 
|WL| (7O3) 369-6624 | Metaconcert BBS          |  17322  |
|R | (7O3) 425-5824 | Hallucination            | HALCNTN |
|F | (7O3) 433-O585 | Nocturnal Me BBS         | 1O9/9O1 | 
|R | (7O3) 538-4634 | NO-Frills BBS            | NOFRILLS|
|R | (7O3) 549-5574 | Chevy Chase Board        |  CHEVY  | 
|R | (7O3) 62O-2646 | Struppi's BBS            |  ?????  |
|R |>(7O3) 644-9776 | The Beltway Bandits      | BANDITS | NEW TO RIME ANIME
|R | (7O3) 648-1841 | The VA Connection        |  VIRGIN |   
|R | (7O3) 663-32O6 | The Backwoods BBS        | BACKWOOD|
|@ |>(7O3) 8O3-O391 | The Next Challenge       |  r.a.a. |  INTERNET ACCESS
|Fs|>(7O3) 893-816O | Leviathan                |         | NEW FishNet Anime
|R | (7O3) 941-3572 | TechNet #1               |  TJHSST |
|R | (7O3) 941-3565 | TechNet #2               |  TJHSST | 
|  | (7O3) 951-12O8 | Fortress Iserlohn        |   SIG   |
|F | (7O3) 951-9461 | The Tardis BBS           |26O2/111 | 
|R | (7O3) 968-9438 | The Zed-88 BBS           |  ?????  |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F |>(8O4) 42O-1713 | The Ctl-Atl-Del BBS      | 275/53  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|R | (8O4) 471-O8O6 | Micro Images BBS         |  IMAGES |
|R | (8O4) 471-336O | The Computer Forum       |  CFORUM |
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|  |>(8O4) 495-O612 | Mystic Order BBS         |   SIG   | NEW SIG ADDITION 
|  |William Lindblad| files:many GIFS/some TEXT|         |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Washington (5O9)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F |>(2O6) 271-9552 | Spectrum BBS             | 343/112 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|  |>(2O6) 277-5O23 | Cyber News               |   SIG   | NEW SIG ADDITION
|F |>(2O6) 328-7839 | The MAChin IE            | 343/83  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|F |>(2O6) 451-2561 | Just Better Stuff!       | 343/49  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|F |>(2O6) 524-3O31 | Black 424                | 343/95  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO 
|R | (2O6) 671-O899 | Lek's Computer Corner    | LEKTRON |
|R |>(2O6) 692-2388 | The Sports Complex       |  TSCNET | NEW TO RIME ANIME
|R |>(2O6) 742-7782 | TinPanAlley              | TPALLEY | NEW TO RIME ANIME
|R | (2O6) 854-5646 | Northwest PC Link        |  PCLINK |
|F |>(2O6) 937-58OO | Alki Express             | 343/57  | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | West Virginia (3O4)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Wisconsin (6O8), (715)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F |#(414) 233-5926 | InterNet Data Service    | 139/71O | was Apple Meadow
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Wyoming (3O7)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | CANADA  
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Alberta, Yukon (4O3)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | British Columbia 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R |>(6O4) 727-2362 | CompuSpec BBS            | COMPUSPC| NEW TO RIME ANIME 
|F |>(6O4) 734-58OO | Cardz BBS                | 153/7O5O| NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|F | (6O4) 764-2965 | Alpha Complex            | 353/26O |  
|  | (6O4) 861-4463 | Radio Free Arcadia       |   SIG   |
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | New Brunswick (5O6)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Manitoba
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F | (2O4) 257-3751 | Stalker's Guild          | 348/7O6 | 
|F | (2O4) 832-96O3 | Cobalt's Haven           | 348/2O5 |
|F | (2O4) 896-O459 | Polar Bear Heaven        | 348/4O5 | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Newfoundland (7O9)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Is. (9O2)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Ontario (7O5), (8O7)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|R | (416) 241-9793 | The Westonia BBS         |  ?????  | 
|R | (416) 299-73O6 | Digital Schoolhouse      | DIGISCHL|
|R | (416) 438-3OO9 | The Musical Char         |  ?????  |  
|R | (416) 629-O136 | Canada Remote Systems    |   CRS   |
|WN| (416) 691-O679 | Club Insanity            |  @4653  |
|R | (416) 731-2285 | Rose Media               |   ROSE  |
|R | (416) 884-4O88 | Platinum Express         |  CPRINT | 
|F | (416) 898-4826 | Scott's Basement         | 25O/9O1 |  
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|R | (519) 255-1037 | Club 36-15               |   CLUB  |
|R | (519) 255-9621 | Club 36-15               |   CLUB  |
|R | (519) 264-2919 | The Rib 'n Rail          | DADELUS | 
|R |>(519) 621-O561 | Cambridge Micro BBS      | CAMBMIC | NEW TO RIME ANIME  
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (613) 389-7966 | Crystal Palace -6839 ??? | 249/1O5 | ??? NODE
|R | (613) 548-7744 | CrossRoads               |  ?????  |
|F | (613) 735-7916 | The Clubhouse BBS        | 241/1   | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Quebec (418), (819)
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F | (514) 338-1193 | 7th Illusion             | 167/281 | 
|F | (514) 364-2937 | Juxtaposition BBS        | 167/133 |
|F |>(514) 937-9984 | Electronic Image         | 167/165 | NEW TO ANIME ECHO
|  |----------------|--------------------------|         |-------------------
|F | (819) 561-7O15 | Magrathea     3/12/24    | 243/42  | 
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | Saskatchewan (3O6)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  | LOST ANIME BBSs
|  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F | (2O4) 254-2513 | Picayune BBS             | 348/4O8 | NOT ON NODE LIST
|R | (2O5) 856-O587 | Bloom County             |  BLOOM  | DISCONNECTED
|F | (2O6) 865-O214 | Surfside Express         | 343/79  | NOT ON NODE LIST
|R | (212) 255-6656 | City People              |  BBSCS  | DROPPED ANIME CONF
|F | (215) 635-O244 | PAMMUG                   | 273/721 | NOT ON NODE LIST 
|F | (414) 233-3181 | AppleMeadow 2 BBS        | 139/711 | NOT ON NODE LIST
|F | (5O2) 34O-8494 | The Gabled Windows BBS   | 396/67  | NOT ON NODE LIST     
|F | (6O2) 296-2248 | Symmetry                 | 3OO/28  | NOT ON NODE LIST
|F | (6O2) 791-74O1 | Fiesta! BBS              | 3OO/28  | NOT ON NODE LIST
|F | (613) 345-6979 | Blue Parrot Cafe         | 248/9   | NOT ON NODE LIST
|W?| (7O3) 33O-6832 | Shadow Master's Realm    |  ?????  | DISCONNECTED
|  |#(7O8) 259-1758 | JapAn BBS                |   SIG   |Chicago Megazone BBS
|F | (7O8) 698-1774 | The Melting Point        | 115/698 | NOT ON NODE LIST
|R | (718) 351-7633 | Abstract BBS             | ABSTRACT| DISCONNECTED
|R | (718) 416-1727 | The Final Frontier BBS   | FINALFRT| NEVER HAD ANIME 
|  | (718) 762-5292 | Movie                    |   SIG   | ONE LINE TO CALL
|@ | (718) 899-O662 | Meetpoint Station        |  r.a.a. | DISCONNECTED
|F | (913) 492-2647 | The Palace of the GODS!  | 28O/331 | NOT ON NODE LIST
|F | (913) 722-6839 | The Crimson Permanent    | 28O/338 | NOT ON NODE LIST
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 While Running an Anime Room

    This year I had the oppurtunity to help organize and run an enormous 
 anime room at I-Con XI, the east coast's largest  SF/Fact/F convention.  
 I knew from previous years of attending that the turn out for this anime 
 room was over one hundred easy.  So I thought I'd take the time to make 
 a survey and ask a few quick questions of the attendees.  I wasn't 
 dissappointed by the numbers that filed in.  One head count put the room 
 at 211 people in one sitting.  It happened to be Record of the Lodoss War 
 1-5 subtitled that was showing (thanks Phoenix!).  
 
     There were  only three  questions to answer:  When did you become 
 interested anime,  are you a member of a anime club,  and do you own a 
 computer with a modem?  It is the latter question that was of significant 
 importance to me,  and it resulted in a staggering ratio.   Out of 114 
 completed I-Con Anime Polls, 77 anime room attendees said NO and 37 anime
 room attendees said YES.  This was shocking because one out of three people
 had a computer with a modem.  Granted, not all of them maybe devoted anime 
 fans like most of us on the net, but it made me realize that many fans could 
 have access to resources that they never knew existed.

     I didn't dream once that there could be BBSes devoted to just anime.  
 Not once, until I picked up issue #4 of ANIMAG which announced the presence 
 of the ANIMAG BBS, Valley of the Wind.  When I called, one of the first 
 things I file captured was the BBS list that made my eyes go wide when I 
 saw that NJ had a BBS called TOMCAT that had anime related files and an 
 anime conference (fidonet) which I dove into feet first.  And I didn't 
 have to call long distance!  This was around the time that a friend  got 
 me onto GEnie as well, and I discovered the Japanimation and Manga Online 
 (JaMO) area -- that's another story.  What I had learned was that there 
 were BBSes devoted to my hobby, and these BBSes carried anime information 
 in the forms of synopsis, scripts, and GIFs that I was so thankful to have.  
 I talked to some of the people who were circling YES to the modem question.
 Should I have been surprised when they said they didn't realize that BBSes
 devoted to anime existed.  "Where's the nearest one to me?  I can get 
 scripts to the stuff I don't understand?!  Tell me more about GIFS."  These 
 are just some of the questions and comments I remember.

     When I go to I-Con next year, it will be as the chairman of the east 
 coast's first Anime Conference which I-Con has agreed to host.  The anime
 facilities have been expanded to include a second room for panels.  One 
 panel will be devoted to Anime BBSes.  I hope that this will let a lot of 
 east coast anime fans know that there is a large part of anime fandom that 
 is accesible right at their computer keyboards because a lot of them are 
 eager to know.  I hope that the National ANIME BBS WATCH has been a good 
 source for anime BBSes too.

 
                             *  *  *
     

    Please contact me at one of the addresses below if you find a new BBS
 with a anime message base, or if you call a BBS listed here that no longer 
 is on-line.

    Thank you.

      Chet Jasinski  Fidonet, Phase IV BBS 1O7/619 
      Chet Jasinski WWIVNet @98O4
      C.JASINSKI  GEnie

    I can also be contacted on RelayNet by my name, but I don't have 
 a semi-local access to the RIME network.  I will be sure to get your 
 e-mail if you write to me at one of the above addresses.

 or snail mail

      National ANIME BBS WATCH
      93 Hyde Court
      Bedminster, NJ O7921

     
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