AIDS Info BBS
Title
AIDS Info BBS
Area Code
415 area code, later 714 area code
City and State/Province
San Francisco, CA
Year Founded (approximate)
- Founded 1986
- Moved to Gopher in 1994
- aidsinfobbs.org opened in 1997
Last Year Active (approximate)
Unknown
Network/Platform
Computerized AIDS Information Network (CAIN); FidoNet (Node Address: 1:103/927); AEGIS (AIDS Education General Information System) Network (National Hub)
Primary Language
American English
Exterior References
Attached classified ad from San Francisco Sentinel (April 27, 1989)
- Archived version of aidsinfobbs.org (Archived Dec 22, 1997)
- Description of the web version, written by Ben Gardiner (Archived Dec 22, 1997)
- Interview with Ben Gardiner, first published in the New York Native (July 30, 1990)
- "Free For All: Bulletin Board Offers Easy Access to AIDS Info," Bay Area Reporter (March 12, 1992)
- Audio interview with sysop Ben Gardiner, conducted by Jason Scott as part of the BBS Documentary (2002)
- Obituary for Ben Gardiner, by friend John Lauritsen (2010)
- Obituary for Ben Gardiner from the SFGate (Feb 27, 2010)
- Waters, Michael. "How a 1980s AIDS Support Group Changed The Internet Forever." OneZero.
Files
Collection
Citation
“AIDS Info BBS,” Queer Digital History Project, accessed October 22, 2026, https://www.queerdigital.com/items/show/92.