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