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PUBLIC INFORMATION BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS IN TEXAS
AGENCY: Comptroller of Public Accounts
NAME OF BOARD: Window on State Government
INFORMATION PROVIDED: A wide variety of economic and tax
information, state spending by category and year, state
revenue by source and year, news releases, Comptroller job
postings, and a mailbox for comments, suggestions and
questions.
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
COST: Free account, no phone charges.
TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT: Call and follow the instructions. The BBS
provides menus and prompts to guide you along.
COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: NO parity, 8 databits, 1 stopbit, FULL
duplex (N,8,1,F). Eight lines with 9600 baud modems.
MODEM NUMBER: 1-800-227-8392 (475-1051 in Austin)
VOICE LINE: 1-800-531-5441, ext. 5-0996 (475-0996 in Austin)
CONTACT PERSONS: Drew Scherz, Gabriel Zavala, Robert Cavazos
AGENCY: Parks and Wildlife
NAME OF BOARD: Parks and Wildlife BBS - The Outdoor BBS
INFORMATION PROVIDED: Hunting and fishing information,
general outdoor recreation, mailbox for comments, suggestions
and questions.
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
COST: Free account, you pay phone charges.
TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT: Call and follow the instructions. The BBS
provides menus and prompts to guide you along.
COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: NO parity, 8 databits, 1 stopbit, FULL
duplex (N,8,1,F). Four lines, three 9600 baud modems, one 2400 baud.
MODEM NUMBERS: (512) 389-4430 (you must set up your account
on this phone line), 389-4431, 389-4307, 389-4308(2400).
VOICE LINE: 389-4570
CONTACT PERSON: Paul Hope
AGENCY: UTSA Hispanic Research Center
NAME OF BOARD: UTSA HRC BBS
INFORMATION PROVIDED: Goal is to stimulate, collect, and disseminate
research concerning Hispanics.
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
COST: Free account, you pay phone charges.
TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT: Call and follow directions. The BBS provides prompts
and menus to guide you along. Initial call is limited to 30 minutes.
COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: (N,8,1,F) Three lines with 9600 bps modems.
MODEM NUMBER: (210) 561-8030
VOICE LINE: (210) 691-4124
SYSOP: Larry Burson
BBS ADDRESS: UTSA Hispanic Research Center BBS
6900 North Loop 1604 W.
San Antonio, TX 78249-0601
AGENCY: Texas State Technical College in Waco
NAME OF BOARD: Infonet BBS
INFORMATION PROVIDED: School information concerning registration,
courses, etc.
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
COST: Free account, you pay phone charges.
TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT: Call and follow instructions.
COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: (N,8,1,F)
MODEM NUMBER: (817) 799-1570
VOICE LINE: 1-800-792-8784
CONTACT PERSON: Greg Bell - Network Services
AGENCY: Texas Department of Commerce
NAME OF BOARD: Texas Marketplace
INFORMATION PROVIDED: International and other business opportunity leads,
Texas Company Directory, Minority Business Directory, procurement leads,
Business Calendar, Grant Alert Bulletins, Business News Briefs Bulletin.
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
COST: Free account until Sept. 93, no phone charges ($10 registration fee)
TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT: Call 1-800-888-0511 (This is a voice line)
COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: VT100 emulation, 8,n,1 supports 2400 and 9600 baud
MODEM NUMBER: In Austin call 320-9690, outside of Austin call 1-800-446-8676
VOICE LINE: 1-800-888-0511
CONTACT PERSONS: Abbe O'Rourke or Tom Linehan
ORGANIZATION (Non-Gov't): Center for Computer Assistance to the Disabled
NAME OF BOARD: C-CAD Online
INFORMATION PROVIDED: A member of the RIME network system, a disability
oriented BBS with examples of assistive software available for downloading,
RIME's DISABLED conference, and disability oriented text files.
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
COST: Free account, metro DFW phone number
TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT: Call via modem and follow new caller intructions
COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: NO parity, 8 databits, 1 stopbit, FULL duplex.
300-2400 baud.
MODEM NUMBER: (214) 647-5739
VOICE LINE: (214) 746-4217
CONTACT PERSONS: Cheryl Lawson or David Green
AGENCY: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
NAME OF BOARD: Fed Flash
INFORMATION PROVIDED: Regional economic indicators, such as employment,
industrial production, consumer prices. Treasury securities auction results,
energy data, FRB publications and press releases, calendar of events.
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
COST: Free account, you pay phone charges
TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT: Call via modem and follow instructions
COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: 8,n,1 supports up to 9600 baud
MODEM NUMBER: (214) 922-5199
VOICE LINE: (214) 922-5173
CONTACT PERSONS: Linda Rueffer
AGENCY: University of Texas, Bureau of Business Research
NAME OF BOARD:
INFORMATION PROVIDED: Natural Fibers Newsletter ($35 per year)
a database of information specific to the Natural Fibers industry.
The publication "Texas Industrial Expansion" ($50 per year).
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
COST: $35 or $50 per year depending on subscription options
TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT: Call Rita Wright at (512) 471-1616
COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: 8,n,1 supports up to 2400 baud; can download using
XMODEM, YMODEM or Kermit protocols.
MODEM NUMBER: (512) 471-5669
VOICE LINE: (512) 471-1616
CONTACT PERSONS: Rita Wright or Ann Gauntt
AGENCY: Texas Cancer Council
NAME OF BOARD: Texas Cancer Data Center
INFORMATION PROVIDED: Texas demographics and cancer statistics,
mammography services, physicians who treat cancer patients, acute and
general care hospitals, bulletin board, hospices, cancer prevention and
early detection programs, home health agencies, Texas Cancer Council
Projects, Freestanding Cancer Centers, nursing homes, and rehabilitation
facilities.
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
COST: No charge, no long distance charge if calling within Texas
TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT: Dial up and register on-line or call TCDC
at (713) 792-2277
COMMUNICATION SETTINGS: Set terminal to emulate a VT100 or VT102
MODEM NUMBER: 1-800-788-9293 for all areas in Texas or (713) 794-5858 in
Houston or outside Texas; for 9600 baud: 1-800-438-3736 or (713) 745-0289
VOICE LINE: (713) 792-2277
CONTACT PERSONS: Rosemary Laidacker, Carolyn Giusti or other staff member
Note to other Sysops: If you would like us to list the
bulletin board for your city, county, state agency, other
governmental entity or non-profit organization, send us an
E-Mail by selecting option 7 from the main menu. Please
include all of the information that we have listed on each
board above. We do not list private bulletin boards.
We know there are more government bulletin board systems in
operation. This is only the beginning of an attempt to list
all public information BBS's in Texas. If you know of a city,
county, state agency or other Texas governmental entity with
a public information BBS, have them send us the information
listed above for their board via E-mail.