ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄ¿ ÚÄ¿ ÚÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ÚÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ÚÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ À¿Ù ³ ÚÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÄÙ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÙ ³ ³ ÀÄÙ ³ ÀÙ ³ ÀÄÄÄ¿ ³ ÚÄ¿ ÚÙ ³ ÚÄÄ¿ ³ ÀÄ¿ ÚÄÙ ÀÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ À¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÙ ÀÄÄÙ ÀÄÙ ÀÄÙ ÀÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÚÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄ¿ ÀÄ¿ ÚÄÙ ³ ÚÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ÚÄ¿ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÙ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÚÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄ¿ÚÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄ¿ ³ ÚÄ¿ ³ ³ ÚÄ¿ ³ ³ ÚÄ¿ ³ ÚÙ ÀÙ À¿ À¿ ÚÄ¿ ³ À¿ ÚÄ¿ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÙ À¿Ù ³ ÀÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ À¿ Ú¿ ÚÙ ³ ÀÄÙ ³ ³ ÀÄÙ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄ¿ ÀÙ ³ ÚÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÚÙ ÀÙ À¿ ³ ÚÄ¿ ³ ³ ÚÄ¿ ³ ÀÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ÀÄÙ ³ ³ ÀÄÙ ³ ³ ÀÄÙ ³ À¿ Ú¿ ÚÙ ÚÙ ÀÄÙ ³ ÚÙ ÀÄÙ ³ ÚÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÙÀÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÙ Due to the closing of many 800# BBS' due to lack of funds, Ray's Top 10 800# BBS' had to be changed to Ray's Top 5 800# BBS'. This is the current list for July 1993. BBS Name BBS Number Comments -------- ---------- -------- 1) M-Link 1-800-254-6587 Once again, M-Link is at the top of the chart at #1! Due to its great files base, great message base, and of course its free ac- cess to Internet it will probably keep this position for quite a while, until another great BBS comes out with more to offer. M-Link is still currently running on 1 line but the wait is well worth it. In order to upgrade to more lines, M-Link needs your dona- tions, so if you would like to have easier access to it send them in. Ask the sysop about where to send the donations once you are on. 2) SBA 1-800-859-4636 This is another one of the greats. At number 2, this BBS offers the best message base that anyone could ever ask for. With many different message forums you are bound to find any information that you need. And the people on this board are great, they are always willing to help if anyone ever has any problems. With plenty of nodes running, you should have no problem logging on to this BBS. 3) Gulfline 1-800-235-4662 This is just one of those BBS' that you've just got to love. It has one of the finest files bases available and the Sysop is the kindest person you could ever chat with over the lines. And not to mention the great message base. With this combination, this BBS is sure to be in the Top 5 for months to come. In order to gain full access to Gulfline you must wait a few days while your registration gets processed. 4) African Studies 1-800-446-0396 This is a great BBS when it comes to both message bases and files bases. Although mainly for the exchanging of information about Africa, this bbs is open to the general public and has quite a few files available for download. 5) Hyundai 1-800-955-5432 This is a great BBS in the files department. It contains 22 different areas loaded with files, although most are for Hyundai computer users, there are many available share-ware and public domain files also. At this time, the BBS' message base is down and the sysop is not responding to users who E-mail him. So this may be the last month for this BBS being on the Top 5 List. If you have any 800# BBS' that you think should be on this list send me a message on any of these BBS', except Hyundai, stating the name and the phone number of the BBS. I will check it out and if it is good enough, it will be in the Top 5 List the next month. The number must be an 800#, available to all area codes in the U.S., in other words, not just from a certain state or area code, and the BBS must be completely free to the user, no charges of any kind. If there are enough BBS numbers given to me, the list may go back to Top 10 BBS' instead of Top 5. Thank you for using Ray's Top 5 800# BBS' and enjoy!