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A list of current and past Bulletin Board System available in South Africa
A list of current and past Bulletin Board System available in South Africa
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+BBS systems active or previously active in South Africa
|+BBS systems currently active.
 
<!-- Currently Active -->
 
Currently Active
!Name of BBS
!Name of BBS
!Number (If Applicable)
!Number (If Applicable)
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!Gauteng
!Gauteng
!Jaco van Zyl
!Jaco van Zyl
!2020 -  
!2020 -
|-
|-
!bbs.vcgsa.co.za
! bbs.vcgsa.co.za
!N/A
!N/A
!N/A
!N/A
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!2021 -
!2021 -
|}
|}
'''Previously Active'''
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+BBS systems no longer active.
<!-- Currently Active -->
!Name of BBS
!Name of BBS
!Number (If Applicable)
!Number (If Applicable)
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!Years active
!Years active
|-
|-
!'''4th World'''
!4th World
!(011) 888-5178
!(011) 888-5178
!1
!1
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!1995 - 1995
!1995 - 1995
|-
|-
!'''A La Carte'''
! A La Carte
!(016) 62-3602
!(016) 62-3602
!1
!1
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!1992 - 1996
!1992 - 1996
|-
|-
!'''aBByS AH'''
!aBByS AH
!(031) 903-5922
!(031) 903-5922
!1
!1
!KwaZulu-Natal
!Eastern Cape
!Ralph Taylor
!Ralph Taylor
!1993 - 1993
!1993 - 1993
|-
|-
!'''Ace's Place'''
!Ace's Place
!(016) 76-6261
!(016) 76-6261
!2
!2
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!Monte Veldtmann
!Monte Veldtmann
!1993 - 1995
!1993 - 1995
|-
!Acetron
!(011) 440-3826
!5
!Gauteng
!Wilhelm Lehman
!1996 - 1996
|-
!ACSIS
!(031) 42-3514
!2
!Eastern Cape
!Duncan MacMillian
!1995 - 1996
|-
!Active
!(02231) 7-1779
!2
!Eastern Cape
!Franscois Jooste
!1992 - 1995
|-
!AdultNet International
!(011) 412-2540
!1
!Gauteng
!Richard Kruger
!1996 - 1996
|-
!AECI BBS
!(011) 608-1516
!1
!Gauteng
!Mark Symons
!1993 - 1995
|-
!Africa Board
!(021) 434-6173
!2
!Western Cape
!Dan Samara
!1990 - 1996
|-
!Africa Online
!(012) 45-2784
!1
!North West
!Mark Stayt
!1993 - 1994
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 20:21, 29 July 2021

A list of current and past Bulletin Board System available in South Africa

BBS systems currently active.
Name of BBS Number (If Applicable) Nodes Province Owner Years active
vintage.oldnet.online +27878984566 4 Gauteng Jaco van Zyl 2020 -
bbs.vcgsa.co.za N/A N/A KwaZulu-Natal Murray Parkinson 2021 -
BBS systems no longer active.
Name of BBS Number (If Applicable) Nodes Province Owner Years active
4th World (011) 888-5178 1 Gauteng Unknown 1995 - 1995
A La Carte (016) 62-3602 1 Free State Kevin Pearce 1992 - 1996
aBByS AH (031) 903-5922 1 Eastern Cape Ralph Taylor 1993 - 1993
Ace's Place (016) 76-6261 2 Free State Monte Veldtmann 1993 - 1995
Acetron (011) 440-3826 5 Gauteng Wilhelm Lehman 1996 - 1996
ACSIS (031) 42-3514 2 Eastern Cape Duncan MacMillian 1995 - 1996
Active (02231) 7-1779 2 Eastern Cape Franscois Jooste 1992 - 1995
AdultNet International (011) 412-2540 1 Gauteng Richard Kruger 1996 - 1996
AECI BBS (011) 608-1516 1 Gauteng Mark Symons 1993 - 1995
Africa Board (021) 434-6173 2 Western Cape Dan Samara 1990 - 1996
Africa Online (012) 45-2784 1 North West Mark Stayt 1993 - 1994
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