this description my be bias as I was a sysop of archnoids bbs. this bbs was set up in Loughborough, East midlands Uk. Run by myself Keith Taylor(Spider) and in the last 2 years by my father Dave Taylor (Ninja) we where part of the uk comunities for the amiga. Fluffy net and TML (the missing Link). I (spider) did all the ansi art for the site and for many other bbs. The closest ties to Arachnoids in the way of BBS bulliten Boards where * The Mine Shaft - Birmingham * The Big One - leics * Thangs BBS - Loughborough/Mountsorrel and too many to mention. TTFN.