PUT YOUR BBS HEADER HERE !!!! -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Engineering Oriented Bulletin Board Systems Directory -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Last Update: January 12, 1992 This Update: May 2, 1992 If you know of a bulletin board system that is strong on engineering or scientific subjects, please leave a comment to Art Petrzelka (SYSOP) on The Computer Plumber BBS at 319-337-6723, to apetrzelka on BIX, or to 76320,204 on Compuserve. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Unless otherwise noted, all entries operate 24 hours a day, and can be accessed at 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity (8N1) at full duplex. All systems listed have been verified by Art Petrzelka. --------------------------------------------------------------- * BBS entries below marked with an asterisk (*) do not yet have a description included with this directory. --------------------------------------------------------------- QUICK DIRECTORY Engineering-Related BBS's Sponsored by Technical Societies: AEG FORUM (GO AEG) The Business BBS 213-477-0408 * Gulf Coast SPE-BBS 318-267-3228 IEEE (San Diego) BBS 619-452-3131 * ISA Computec BBS 205-995-6590 * Kansas Geological Society 316-265-6457 MechEng (was CIME-ISE) 608-233-3378 NSPE PEPP BBS 703-684-2871 SCIQ 313-769-4488 Sponsored by Individuals or Companies Primarily Engineering-Related: The Biomedical Engineering BBS 201-596-5679 BOSTON GAS BBS 617-235-6303 * The Computer Center BBS 707-746-0827 The Computer Plumber 319-337-6723 Comtech BBS 619-689-1865 * Data Bank 206-868-6434 The Data Cache 414-543-9060 The Data Room BBS 606-986-3084 The Depot 717-853-3599 Digital X-Connect BBS 214-517-8443 EBBS (Engineering Bulletin Board System) 805-253-2917 Energy Management Systems 913-842-6110 The Engineers' Club 408-265-3353 The Engineer's Connection 603-497-4381 ENGINET 513-858-2688 EVI Titusville 407-268-1949 * The Eyeballer 702-647-9266 Geofuel Geoscience BBS 416-829-4097 The Interocitor 214-258-1832 MatChat 510-655-1753 M&C Magazine BBS 813-377-7032 Megalon BBS 713-479-3323 Milwaukee HP48SX BBS 414-362-2020 The MOG-UR'S EMS 818-366-1238/8929 * New-Con (Concrete) 301-687-9417 PC-AUG BBS 602-840-9230 PCAD USER GROUP (LA/OR) 714-625-2679 PPC BBS 213-978-0024 The Preservation-BBS 618-549-8448 QU-AN-TO 415-255-2981 ROBOTS R4U BBS 404-978-7300 SCIENCE FACTOR BBS 206-562-7083/747-5329 The Science Lab 301-466-0949 SciQuest 414-353-1576 * Scooters Scientific Exchange 215-657-5586 SPACE BBS 415-323-4193 The Spectrum BBS 501-521-5639 Statistics BBS 316-265-3036 Tangent Engineering BBS 206-778-5360 * The Tech BBS 414-233-4506 TECH PRO BBS! 619-755-7357 Computer information services which have an engineering section: AEC-ONLINE 818-360-7022 Alacrity BBS (ACAD) 206-643-5477 * Cadence Magazine 512-258-9532 Comp-U-Ease 408-286-8332 * Nat'l Space Society 412-366-5208 Santee Micro BBS 619-562-8735 The Scientist's BBS 216-639-9508 "YA! WEBECAD!" 812-428-3870 * BIX Engineering conference * Compuserve IBMAPP Forum, Section 13, Engineering/Technical/Scientific * Compuserve EETNET * Intelec Network Engineering Conference * ILink Network Science Conference * Relaynet Engineering Conference * ADEnet (Alacrity Design & Engineering Network) * SFNET (Science Factor Science Network) Sponsored by Public Bodies Applied Modeling Research 919-541-1325 * Bureau of Mines 202-501-0373 * California Division of Mines & Geology 916-327-1208 CEAM BBS 404-546-3402 * COGSNet BBS 303-740-9493 EPA ORD BBS 513-569-7610 * FCC (EMI data) 301-725-1072 Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) BBS 202-646-2887 HMIX BBS (Hazmat) 708-972-3275 NIU CEET BBS 815-753-2308 US Geological Survey 703-648-4168 VA-Tech College Engineering BBS 703-231-7498 Manufacturer's & Sales Representatives Support BBS's * Allied Computersmith 603-889-9084 * Altera PLA/PLD BBS 408-249-1100 Ariel Tech Support BBS 201-249-2124 * AT&T DSP BBS 201-834-6068 Byte Craft BBS 519-888-7626 * Burr-Brown BBS 602-741-3978 * CAD Concepts 408-365-0646 The Circuit Cellar BBS 203-871-1988 CONUG East Coast BBS 407-725-8978 * Data Circuit Systems 408-280-1613 * Data I/O 206-882-3211 * EDN Magazine 617-558-4241 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 * Intel Product Support 503-645-6275 * Int'l Circuit Design Associates 404-242-0266 * JDR Microdevices BBS 408-559-0297 Leo Technology BBS 603-432-2517 * MicroMath Sci Soft 801-943-0397 * Motorola - Austin 512-891-3733 * Notorola - Toronto 416-497-8989 * Motorola - San Diego 619-279-3907 National Semiconductor 408-739-1162 New World Information Service BBS 316-262-1829 * Omation OPTO 22 714-892-8375 * PADS-PCB 206-859-1744 PHD BBS 219-478-6615 * Printed Circuit Design Magazine 404-933-8627 after hours * Professional RBBS 702-356-1048 * R4 Systems 416-289-4554 * Right Coast (DC CAD) 718 448 1126 Savannah Power BBS 912-966-3645 Shilstone Software 214-361-7925R Tees Engineering 409-727-8388 * TI's PLD BBS 214-997-5665 TI TMS320 Hotline BBS 713-274-2323 WCSCNET 713-568-6401 Other Related Climate Assessment Bulletin Board * CTC/IEEE Jobs Database 508-263-3857 DOC Economic Bulletin Board 202-377-3870 IGES BBS 301-963-6234 * NBS Comp Perf Evaluation Group 301-948-5717 Preservation BBS 618-549-8448 Science Resources Studies 202-634-1764 ====================================================================== Copyright (C) 1990 by Arthur T. Petrzelka. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to use this bulletin on any BBS or similar information service if the following conditions are met: 1) This copyright notice is retained, and no modifications are made to this text except to add a header to identify the sponsoring BBS, 2) The registration form and the full list is available (with ENGRxxxx.ZIP) in an accessible location in the same place that this file is used, 3) This file may not be used in any other form without written permission. Requests may be made through The Computer Plumber BBS at 319-337-6723. I started doing this because of the difficulty I had in finding these systems. I'd like to find more and let other engineers know about them. The number one goal of this file is to get engineers talking to each other.