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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 117.2.80.114 (talk) at 13:42, 19 October 2017 (The date of 1994 is wrong. I remember specifically when Event horizon BBS stop taking orders from customers because I was a member. It was in the spring of 1996. Maxi made a big deal of moving the BBS to the Internet. In fact the actual event horizon...). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Event Horizons BBS was a popular and perhaps the most financially successful Bulletin Board System (BBS). It was founded in 1983 by Jim Maxey, who was President and CEO and ran his company out of Lake Oswego, Oregon. In 1996 Maxey closed the BBS.

Event Horizons BBS originally offered online forums, games, and astronomy images for paying customers to download. Maxey first charged $1/hr which grew over the years to $24/hr. The BBS later offered softcore adult images and movies which helped to secure its fame as the most profitable BBS.

In 1992 Playboy Enterprises sued Event Horizons for copyright infringement. Maxey reportedly paid Playboy a half million dollars to settle the case out of court.

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