-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Engineering Oriented Bulletin Board Systems Directory -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 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. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Computer information services which have an engineering section: Alacrity BBS (ACAD) 206-643-5477 Santee Micro BBS 619-562-8735 * BIX Engineering conference * Compuserve IBMAPP Forum, Section 13, Engineering/Technical/Scientific * Intelec Network Engineering Conference * InterLink Network Science Conference * Relaynet Engineering Conference 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 Other Related Climate Assessment Bulletin Board * CTC/IEEE Jobs Database 508-263-3857 DOC Economic Bulletin Board 202-377-3870 FERC CIPS 202-357-8997 IGES BBS 301-963-6234 Info Resources Svcs 202-535-7661 * JDR Microdevices BBS 408-559-0297 * NBS Comp Perf Evaluation Group 301-948-5717 Preservation BBS 618-549-8448 Science Resources Studies 202-634-1764 ====================================================================== 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.