BBSes in the (old) 909 area code

Before the Internet had widespread use, a bunch of people (including myself) would dial into bulletin board systems (BBSes). I was somewhat active on a few BBSes in the early 1990s, and I recently found a site that lists bulletin board systems - most, if not all, of which are not defunct.

Checking the list for the 909 area code (which at the time also included the present 951 area code), I found listings for a few of the BBSes I frequented at the time. Reminder: these BBSes have long since gone away, so don't bother to call the numbers...if you even have a modem any more.

909-923-1031
ONTARIO, CA DBUG, Diamond Bar, DIAMOND BAR BBS, The Diamond Bar BBS
(1988-1994) Johnathan Hart, Jonathan Rothsc PCBoard

909-947-7478
ONTARIO, CA DIAMOND BAR HUB, ONTARIO HUB, Ontario/Cucamonga HUB, Pomona Valley Net, SAN DIMAS, The Diamond Bar BBS, UPLAND HUB
(1991-1995)

A comment is in order here. Frankly, I'm not sure which of these two BBSes I frequented; all I remember is that it was the Diamond Bar BBS, and that it was in Ontario. (If you check the list, you'll find several listings for the Diamond Bar BBS.)

Back to excerpts from the list:

909-931-7395
UPLAND, CA Dyson's Sphere [ASV/GSA]
(1993)

909-949-2144
UPLAND, CA Deep Thought, Deep Thought RCP/M
(1989-1994)

909-987-0580
CUCAMONGA, CA Grotto
(1993-1994)

The Grotto (and I believe Dyson's Sphere) ran WWIV software - not the leading BBS software at the time, but it certainly had its adherents. See the Wikipedia article.

Interestingly enough, I also ran across this BBS:

909-460-0433
Ontario, CA Parallel BBS, The Parallel
(1997-2002) Matt Munson

Matt is now blogging at Inland Utopia.