AEGIS (AIDS Education General Information System)
Title
AEGIS (AIDS Education General Information System)
Format
Bulletin Board System (BBS)
Name
AEGIS (AIDS Education General Information System)
Area Code
714 Area Code
City and State/Province
San Juan Capistrano, CA; later Santa Ana, CA
Abbreviations/Alias
Founded as TerraNet
Year Founded (approximate)
1987
Last Year Active (approximate)
Unknown
Network/Platform
TGNet echo
Sponsor or Institutional Host
- Initially sponsored by J2CP Information Services
- Sponsored from 1990 to 1995 by the Sisters of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
- From 1996 onward, BBS sponsored by non-profit organization AEGiS
Baud Rate
300/1200/2400 baud
Intended Audience
LGBT people; transgender people; transsexual people; people with HIV/AIDS
Primary Language
American English
Exterior References
Attached Files:
- Ad for TerraNet from The Transsexual Voice December 1991
- Letter on changes to TerraNet from FtM Newsletter #18 (January 1992)
- Clipping from the San Francisco Examiner (July 17, 1994) on AEGIS and Sister Mary Elizabeth. Clipping via Newspapers.com.
- Screenshot of AEGIS.com, the first incarnation of AEGIS online (archived December 10, 1997)
- Our Sorority, Issue 15 (1987) - Included in listing of online resources
- Twenty Minutes (February, 1991) - Letter from BBS founder Sister Mary Elizabeth on recent changes to BBS
- Appeared in TS-TV Tapestry's BBS listings from 1991-1995
- Chrysalis Quarterly, Vol. 1 No. 6 (Fall, 1993) -
- Reprint of The Reader (San Diego, CA) article about the founding of AEGIS
- Cross-Talk: The Gender Community's News & Information Monthly, No. 60 (October, 1994) - Discussion of AEGIS BBS in article on gender community-specific BBSs
- The 7th annual Coming Together - Working Together Convention Program Book (1993) - BBS founder Sister Mary Elizabeth, SSE awarded for her community work, including TerraNet
- OC Weekly: This Sister Oughta Be Famous (May 1999) - Profile of Sister Mary Elizabeth
- AEGiS.org: History of AEGIS (archived Oct 22, 2007)
- Wikipedia page for Mary Elizabeth Clark
- Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board System (October 2016) - Brief discussion of AEGIS and Clark
Files
Collection
Citation
“AEGIS (AIDS Education General Information System),” Queer Digital History Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.queerdigital.com/items/show/41.