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Engineering Oriented Bulletin Board Systems Directory
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Last Update: May 1, 1990
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The Computer Plumber BBS is pleased to present the following
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directory of Engineering Oriented Bulletin Board Systems.
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This list contains some of the bulletin board systems which
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may be of interest to you. If you know of a bulletin board
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system that is strong on engineering or scientific subjects or
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have more information on those listed, please leave a comment
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to the sysop on The Computer Plumber BBS at 319-337-6723.
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Art Petrzelka (Mechanical and Instrumentation Engineer)
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Many thanks to Bob Pauls, sysop of the Preservation BBS, for
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editing and organization assistance.
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There are many different types of Engineering Bulletin Boards,
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just as there are many different types of engineers.
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There are three types of boards listed in this directory:
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- Engineering-related BBSs,
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- Product support boards, and
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- Other BBS resources of use to engineers.
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BBS entries below marked with an asterisk (*) do not yet
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have a description included with this directory.
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QUICK DIRECTORY
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Engineering-Related BBS's
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Sponsored by Technical Societies:
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CIME-ISE 608-233-3378
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SCIQ 313-769-4488
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* ISA Computec BBS 205-995-6590
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NSPE PEPP BBS 703-684-2871
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Sponsored by Individuals or Companies
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Primarily Engineering-Related:
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Brainstorm 601-798-9477
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Compu-Ease 408-286-8332
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EBBS (Engineering Bulletin Board System) 805-253-2917
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Energy Management Systems 913-842-6110
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M&C Magazine BBS 813-377-7032
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MatChat 415-655-1753
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Megalon BBS 713-479-3323
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* New-Con (Concrete) 301-687-9417
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PPC BBS 213-978-0024
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QU-AN-TO 415-255-2981
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The Computer Plumber 319-337-6723
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The Preservation-BBS 618-549-8448
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The Science Lab 301-466-0949
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Twit's End BBS 501-771-0114
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Computer information services which have an engineering section:
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Alacrity BBS (ACAD) 206-643-5477
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Santee Micro BBS 619-562-8735
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* BIX Engineering conference
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* Compuserve IBMAPP Forum, Section 13, Engineering/Technical/Scientific
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* Intelec Network Engineering Conference
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* InterLink Network Science Conference
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* Relaynet Engineering Conference
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Sponsored by Public Bodies
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Applied Modeling Research 919-541-1325
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FEMA BBS 202-646-2887
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HMIX BBS (Hazmat) 708-972-3275
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* U. of Minnesota Engineering BBS 612-625-6091
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US Geological Survey 703-648-4168
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VA-Tech College Engineering BBS 703-961-7498
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Manufacturer's & Sales Representatives Support BBS's
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CONUG East Coast BBS 407-725-8978
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EEsof MICROWAVE CAE SOFTWARE 818-991-8548
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GE Plastics
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Georgia Power Corporation 404-368-5058
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* Heuristics (for owners of OnSpec only)
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HP Calculator BBS 503-750-4448
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Leo Technology BBS 603-432-2517
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National Semiconductor 408-739-1162
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OPTO 22 714-892-8375
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Professional RBBS 702-356-1048
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Tees Engineering 409-727-8388
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WCSCNET 713-568-6401
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Other Related
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Climate Assessment Bulletin Board
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* CTC/IEEE Jobs Database 508-263-3857
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DOC Economic Bulletin Board 202-377-3870
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FERC CIPS 202-357-8997
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IGES BBS 301-963-6234
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Info Resources Svcs 202-535-7661
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* JDR Microdevices BBS 408-559-0297
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* NBS Comp Perf Evaluation Group 301-948-5717
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Preservation BBS 618-549-8448
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Science Resources Studies 202-634-1764
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BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS
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(In Alphabetical Order)
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Engineering Related BBSs
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Alacrity BBS (206)643-LISP 1200/2400 8N1 24hrs; Sysop, Jason Osgood
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Focus is answering AutoCAD support questions and
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application programming. Alacrity BBS is the home of
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Alacrity Software, creators of numerous public domain and
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shareware utilities for use with AutoCAD. Features an
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extensive AutoCAD oriented message section and files
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database. Has logged over 10,000 phone calls since
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inception in September 1988. Also maintains a listing of
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AutoCAD related bulletin boards.
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Brainstorm BBS 601-798-9477; 300-2400bps; 8-N-1; SYSOP: Dave Thompson
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CIME-ISE BBS 608-233-3378; 300-9600bps; 4 lines; SYSOP Greg
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Jackson
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Computers In Mechanical Engineering sponsored by the American Society
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of Mechanical Engineers.
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Climate Assessment Bulletin Board 301-763-8071
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Operating agency: Climate Analysis Center, National Weather Service,
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Department of Commerce
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Contents: Historical climate information - daily, weekly, and monthly,
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heating degree days, weekly climate bulletins
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For further information contact Vernon Patterson, Climate Analysis Center
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COMP-U-EASE 408-286-8332; 300-2400bps; 8,N,1; 24 hrs
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South San Francisco Bay area, California
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Computer Plumber BBS: 319/337-6723; 300-9600bps HST; SYSOP Art
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Petrzelka
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The Computer Plumber BBS is devoted to those engineers who work
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with industrial applications of computers especially data
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acquisition, supervisory control, process monitoring, operator
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interface, or SCADA.
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TCP is currently (as of 5-1-90) developing a PID tutorial
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program. Other projects should develop as users express interest
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in other instrumentation-related areas.
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CONUG East Coast BBS; 407-727-0331; 300/1200/2400/9600/14400 HST,
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407-725-8978; 300/1200/2400, 24 Hrs.; Sysop, Alex Soya
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Concurrent Users Group BBS, sponsored by Logan Industries,
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manufacturers of software for concurrent operating systems. System
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is for computer Professionals interested in Computer Science and
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multiuser/tasking operating systems, including Digital Research's
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Concurrent DOS and Microsoft's Windows and OS/2. System access is
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FREE to CONUG members, from others, however, it is expected that you
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contribute by either uploading files or financially support the
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system with contributions based on your download/upload ratio.
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The Economic Bulletin Board 202-377-1986/4450
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Operating agency: Office of Business Analysis; Office of the Under
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Secretary for Economic Affairs, U. S. Dept of Commerce
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Contents: Current economic news from DoC Economic Affairs(EA)
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agencies including press releases, economic indicators,
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official DoC summaries of economic news, information on
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how to obtain data tapes, and summaries of reports and
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studies produced by EA agencies. Also included are press
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releases issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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EEsof MICROWAVE CAE SOFTWARE; 818-991-8548
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For product support of EEsof software for digital board-level design,
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including ACADEMY (tm), Touchstone (r), Touchstone/RF (tm),
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Touchstone Sr. (tm), Libra (tm), Microwave SPICE (r), OmniSys (tm),
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E-Syn (tm) ANACAT (tm), Xtract (tm), EMSim (tm), MiCAD II (r), Filter
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Design Programs (tm), The MMIC Design Workstation (tm), GaAs FET
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Model Library, Foundry Library Options.
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Energy Management Systems BBS 913-842-6110
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This board has been started as a help to all plant engineers and
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maintenance people. It is hoped that everyone calling here can get
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help in keeping up with all the changes that are happening in
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maintaining a company building and controlling rising energy
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costs. We will try to support as many energy management systems
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as we can. I know there are several systems around, but with this
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board we might be able to help someone with a problem on their system.
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ENGINEERING BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM (EBBS) 805-252-4182
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Voice line: 805-252-2177
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Mailing address: EBBS, P.O.Box 75537, Los Angeles, California 90075
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EBBS is a subscription service. While mainly of interest to
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Civil AND STRUCTURAL Engineers, it offers programs in a number of
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engineering fields. Many of the programs are only available to
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subscribers and will not be found on free bulletin boards. EBBS
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is very strong on Lotus 123 engineering applications.
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Issuance Posting System (CIPS)
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The CIPS provides the full text of the FERC daily issuances, press
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releases, the Commission agenda and a daily listing of all filings made
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to the Commission. This service is available 23 hours every day. It
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is not available between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday.
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For more information, please call Sid Barinder on (202) 357-5570.
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General Electric Plastics
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The firm has provided an ENGINEERING DESIGN DATABASE available
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to interested engineers. The database contains information on
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stress/strain creep, fatigue, and other properties of GE
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plastics. The system runs software to aid in the selection of
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plastics. It requires 1200 or 2400 baud modem and Tektronics
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emulation software (or a Tektronics terminal, I presume).
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For more details call 800-845-0600.
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Georgia Power Corporation 404-368-5058; 300/1200/2400 bps, 24 Hrs
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Georgia Power's Engineers' & Architects' Information Service
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2 lines & internal phone system plus local dial-in numbers in several
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Georgia cities.
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System was first placed on line on Friday, February 5, 1988. New
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users are automatically registered in the Engineer, Architect and
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Software Exchange conferences. Conferences for Georgia Power
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Marketing personnel and contractors have also been established. For
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access please leave a Comment for the Sysop. An additional
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conference is available for Sysops of other BBS's. This BBS supports
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engineering and construction professionals. It has lots of AutoCAD
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files as well as electrical and mechanical engineering programs.
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HP Calculator BBS 503-750-4448; 300-2400; 8,N,1
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For those of you who might be interested, HP has a BBS for their
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calculators. Contents are mostly HP-48SX stuff.
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IGES ( National Bureau of Standards) 301-963-6234; 1200bps
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The various committees working on the development of IGES use
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this system for communications and sharing of results. If you
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have opinions or questions on IGES this is the place to go.
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Leo Technology BBS 603-432-2517; 300-2400bps; 8,N,1; SYSOP: Eric Poole
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Sponsored by RKT Engineering.
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Measurement & Control Magazine BBS; 813-377-7032, 300-2400; Sysop,
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Robert Aronson
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MACNET BBS is for all persons involved with instrumentation for
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MEASUREMENTS & CONTROL serving the following fields: TEMPERATURE,
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PRESSURE/FORCE/TORQUE, FLOW/LEVEL, MOISTURE/VISCOSITY,
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ELECTRICAL/MAGNETIC/SPECTRAL, DIMENSIONAL GAGING/PROXIMITY SENSING,
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RECORDING/DATA INSTRUMENTATION and
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COUNTERS/TIMING/FREQUENCY/TACHOMETERS. MACNET will encompass every
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facet of professional practice involving computers.
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MACNET - $25.00 per year (MEASUREMENTS & CONTROL subscribers).
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$40.00 per year (non-subscribers).
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$45.00 per year (combination rate).
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MatChat BBS 415-655-1753; SYSOP: Doug Williams
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MatChat is a BBS for those who work in or are interested
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in materials-related fields. Materials folk include
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those interested in mines, ceramics, NDE, solid-state
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physics, welding, corrosion, etc., and MatChat is intended
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to provide a forum for this widely divergent community
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to get together.
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National Semiconductor; 408-739-1162; 300/1200 bps, 24 Hr.
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National Semiconductor Microcontroller Applications Group Welcomes
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you to the DIAL-A-HELPER System. Dial-a-Helper is a free service
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provided by National Semiconductor Corporation for our
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Microcontroller customers and field sales personnel. Files on this
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system are available for your perusal and for downloading to your
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system if desired. If you have difficulty using this system, call
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(408) 721-5582 for help.
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OPTO 22 BBS; 714-892-8375; 300/1200 bps, 24 Hr.
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This Bulletin board is our no charge service for customers using
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computers in industrial control. For your convenience we have
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included: Software drivers for OPTOMUX and various computers;
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Application software examples; New product announcements; Third party
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software packages, including Paragon LC.
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PPC BBS; 213-978-0024; 300/1200/2400/9600; Sysop,
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Personal Programming Center Bulletin Board Service
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Supporting users of Handheld and Portable Computers, Programmable
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Calculators (mostly HP), and Artificial Intelligence. This bulletin
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board was established by Personal Programming Center (PPC), an
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independent user group that, since 1974, has been supporting pro-
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grammable calculators and handheld computers. PPC was incorporated
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in California in 1982 and disbanded in 1988. Our main interest is
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artificial intelligence and its applications. We are also interested
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in certain technologies related to the latest in handheld computers.
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These include ham radio, artificial intelligence, forth language
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(especially HP-71B forth), and other sciences.
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The Preservation-BBS 618-549-8448; 300-2400bps; 8,N,1; 24 hrs
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SYSOP: Bob Pauls; Carbondale, IL 62901
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The Preservation-BBS exists to provide technical and strategic advice
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to callers regarding the use of historic preservation tools for the
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development of communities. Preservation is both an art and a science
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requiring a multi-disciplinary approach to community, building and site
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protection. Standards exist by which all historically and
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architecturally significant structures should be repaired, replaced and
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adaptively reused. The BBS serves as technical resource as well as a
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forum for preservation activists to explore creative solutions to the
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loss of the world's cultural heritage.
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QU-AN-TO 415-255-2981; 300-2400bps; 24 hrs
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QUANTO is for people into QUantative ANalysis. It has a
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lab/research/math orientation with support for cryptology and
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astronomy. It is based in San Francisco.
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Santee Micro BBS; 619-562-8735; 300/1200/2400 bps; Sysop, Dennis
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Kleinsmith
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Conversation, Latest files, Live Doors
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Reviews, File Downloads, Sale/Want Ads
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Prometheus 2400 baud Promodem
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The Santee Micro
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10125 Woodpark Dr.
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Santee, CA. 92071
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The Science Lab BBS : (301) 466-0949 1200/2400/9600/14400 (HST/DS)
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Sysop, Mitch Hobish, PhD
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TSL is a subscription-only system, dedicated to science and technology
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education, policy, and news. We are a member node of the InterLink
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conference network. Our large collection of scientific and technical
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files (50Mb and growing) and related programming utilities (15Mb) makes
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this an excellent one-stop resource. Novices as well as experienced
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professionals are welcome.
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SCIENCE RESOURCES STUDIES (SRS RBBS) 202-634-1764
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Voice line is 202-634-4636
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From the National Science Foundation. The system lists federal
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funds for research and development, scientific and engineering
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expenditures, and international comparisons of science and
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technology data. For more information contact Vanessa Richardson
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at NSF.
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SCIQ BBS 313-769-4488; 300-2400bps, 4 lines; Sysop, Robert Tait
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VOICE 313-769-4498
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The SCIQ BBS is a technical board dedicated to serving the
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interests of persons involved in manufacturing, who have an
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interest in sensing, quality and machine vision issues. This
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board is available as a customer support platform as well.
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The SCIQ BBS is run by the Sensor Center for Improved Quality, at
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the Industrial Technology Institute. Now operating from
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a 80286 platform, with upgraded software. The Board features:
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-EMAIL -CLASSIFIED ADS
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-USER REGISTRY -SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
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-NEWS FORUM SOFTWARE [*MAJOR REVISION THIS YEAR]
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-FILE LIBRARY [*NEW THIS YEAR]
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There is no charge for using the SCIQ BBS.
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Tees Engineering BBS 409-727-8388; 300-2400bps; Open 6 pm to 7am CST.
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Al Tees, author of many shareware engineering programs, runs an
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engineering BBS. Users of Tees software and all others
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interested in engineering software applications are invited.
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US Geological Survey; 703-648-4168;300/1200 bps; Sysop, Jason
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This is a public board but full user benefits are not granted until
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the Sysop updates your completed registration. Since this board is
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paid for by the USGS and many USGS employees use this board, we are
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interested in any files, happenings, etc. of interest to the
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geological community in addition to the interests of normal computer
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users. The three conferences are:
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SYSOPS : For Registered Sysops of Other PCBoards.
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dBASE : For Any Users Interested in dBASE (II,III,+).
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CD-ROM : For those interested in CD-ROM Technology.
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VA-TECH College of Engineering BBS 703-961-7498
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Lots of engineering students/each with a PC, make this an
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interesting bbs for engineering software.
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