SOUTH AFRICAN BBS LISTS · 1992–1996 + CONSOLIDATED
Every list
we could find.
Eleven indexed snapshots, nine mirrored source files, three original DOS distributions and one recovered backup—preserved together so they can be searched, read, downloaded and, where possible, run again.
- Edition snapshots
- 11
- Indexed records
- 2,486
- Cool BBS sightings
- 5
- Runnable programs
- 4
PRESERVATION LEDGER · 1992–2022
Every edition on the shelf.
Ordered by the date represented in each file. “Browse” opens our derived searchable index; source files and preserved program snapshots remain available beside it.
| Date | Edition | Indexed | Available forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Henk Wolsink’s African BBS List ↗ Revision 23 September 1992An early cross-border African directory with city and dialling-code sections. | 144record snapshots | |
| 02 | RF9304 · April 1993The April 1993 text export of Rob Fisher’s verified South African BBS directory. | 158record snapshots | |
| 03 | Henk Wolsink’s African BBS List ↗ Revision 26 April 1993The final surviving revision of Wolsink’s official African BBS listing. | 198record snapshots | |
| 04 | RF9305 · May 1993Roblist 3.2, preserved as both a text export and its original DOS distribution. | 187record snapshots | |
| 05 | RF9312 · December 1993The December 1993 text export, including South African and overseas boards. | 213record snapshotsNo Cool BBS match | |
| 06 | RF9402 · February 1994A compact alphabetical export of the February 1994 Roblist. | 197record snapshotsNo Cool BBS match | |
| 07 | RF9501 · January 1995The January 1995 alphabetical text export. | 295record snapshotsNo Cool BBS match | |
| 08 | RF9510 · October 1995Roblist 4.0 recovered from a 1996 shareware CD; no separate text export has surfaced. | 274record snapshotsNo Cool BBS match | |
| 09 | Roblist RF9602 · February 1996Roblist 4.0 recovered from a local directory backup; the downloadable ZIP reconstructs the eight-file snapshot exactly as found. | 230record snapshotsNo Cool BBS match | |
| 10 | RF9612 · October–December 1996The final Roblist 4.0 issue, preserved as text and as its DOS distribution. | 125record snapshotsNo Cool BBS match | |
| 11 | All known South African bulletin boardsA living compilation assembled from adverts, lists, nodelists, newsletters and personal notes. | 465record snapshots |
ORIGINAL DOS PROGRAM · LIVE
It runs in your browser.
Boot four preserved Roblist releases right here—no install, no download and no external emulator service. It is the original 16-bit program running in a local browser session.
SEARCHABLE DERIVATIVE
Browse the old phone books.
Search names, sysops, locations, software and exact historical numbers. Repeated board names are folded into one result; source tabs preserve every matching edition and pair original-host links with our local mirrors and runnable DOS releases.
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Historical phone numbers may have been reassigned. Please do not dial them.PRESERVATION NOTES
Preserved files beside derivatives.
The mirrored TXT and HTML files and three original Roblist ZIPs are preserved byte-for-byte. The February 1996 ZIP reconstructs the eight-file backup exactly as found and is labelled separately. Sizes and SHA-256 digests are recorded in the local JSON manifest, so a parser mistake can always be checked against the source.
“Run in DOS” uses a local, pinned js-dos runtime and a derivative launch bundle containing the unchanged release files plus a DOSBox startup configuration. Nothing is uploaded to an emulator service.
The HMVH consolidated directory combines many historical sources and was updated in 2022; it is useful context, but not a contemporary 1990s edition. Record totals are snapshots rather than unique-board counts.