From a variety of sources, here's a list of BBSs that might be helpful to telcom-capable writers. Where known, comments concerning each are added. For most, set your modem program for 2400 bps, eight data bits, no parity, and one stop bit, except where noted. ANSI or VT-100 terminal emulation will work almost everywhere. AGRICULTURE 301-344-8510 - ALF, Agriculture Library, Berwyn MD. Agricultural information. 314-882-8289 - AgEBB, Columbus MO. Agricultural information. 402-472-6615 - HPRCC, Weather Data, Lincoln NE. Regional agricultural weather. BUSINESS/ECONOMICS 202-377-3870 or 202-377-0433 - Dept. of Commerce, Office of Business Analysis. 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. After connect, enter 1 or 2 returns to start. 202-523-4784 - US Dept of Labor DC. News releases. 202-357-8997 - Fed. Energy Reg. Comm., DC. Daily issuances, press releases. 202-377-2870 - The Economic BBS, DC. Commerce Dept. information (fee). 202 272-1514 The COE Manpower BBS OPEN board. Army Corps of Engineers Rich Courtney 202 697-6109/3632 Export License Status Advisor, Department of Defense 202 786-3640 Budget/Finance Board OPEN board (don't use in mid-day. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Mike Arnold 202 537-7475 Fannie Mae BBS OPEN board. Federal National Mortgage Association, Ken Goosens 202 477-8500 World Bank OPEN board. Ashok Daswani 202 376-2184 Info Technology Center BBS OPEN board. Veteran's Administration, Jay Anderson 202 737-7264 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 202 566-4602 Export-Import Bank of the US OPEN board. Joel Kahn/Bob Hughes. 800 222-4922 (Outside DC Metro area) 202-626-9853 (DC calls) OERI Electronic Bulletin Board OPEN board. US Department of Education Tom Litkowski 206-924-4102 - Labor Mkt. Econ. Anal., WA. Seattle area economic information. 301 948-5717 Computer Perfromance Evaluation Group, National Science Foundation OPEN board.300 Baud only. 301 948-5718 Microcomputer Electronic Information Exchange, National Bureau of Standards OPEN board.300 or 1200 Baud. 301 948-2048 Data Management Information Exchange, National Bureau of Standards. OPEN board. 300 or 1200 Baud. 301-763-4576 - Census Microcomputer Information Center, Bureau of the Census. Microcomputer news, software and hardware reviews, public domain software, training programs for Census and Commerce personnel. After connect, enter 1 or 2 returns to start. 301-763-1568 - State Data Center, Maryland DC area census bureau statistics. 301-948-5718 - Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology (ICST), The National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce. Information on the acquisition, management, and use of small computers. Other files containing sources of information on topics such as: conferences, Federal publications and activities, user groups, other bulletin boards, etc. After connect, enter 1 or 2 returns to start. If you do not receive a carrier after two rings, hang up and call again. 301 353-5059 Megawatts BBS OPEN board. Department of Energy, Bruce Birnbaum 301-763-5225 - Federal-State Cooperative for Population Estimates, Bureau of the Census. Information and news about population and demographic projections. After connected, enter "RUN" to start. 717-654-7673 - DEVIN, Pennsylvania. Pittston, economic information. HEALTH/NUTRITION 301-436-6346 - National Center for Health Statistics, Public Health Service. Contains statistical data on NCHS surveys. 301-436-5078 - Nutrient Data Bank, Hyattsville MD. USDA nutrition info. 402-280-3023 - National Drug Info. Omaha NE. Pharmacological info. 404-377-9563 - AIDSQUEST Online, Atlanta GA. AIDS, cancer info. 504-588-5743 - Health Ed. Electronic Forum, New Orleans LA. Health info. 800-624-2723 - NBIAP Biotechnology, VA. Genetic engineering. LAW 301-738-8895 - NCJRS, MD. Nat. Criminal Justice Reference Service. This is a finicky board I could never make work with ProComm. It wants to see TeamTerm which NCJRS will supply free to any law enforcement agency or other qualified user. 415-556-3075 - 9th Circuit Court, San Francisco CA, and 513-684-2842 - CITE, Cincinnati OH. 6th Circuit Court cases. Both above are pilot projects to provide information on cases before the courts. Not known if past decisions can be searched online. 202-786-3640 - Dept. of Justice, Comptroller of Immigration and Naturalization Service, Budget/Financial Board. Messaging and file transfer service for INS. 718-463-1091 - Immigration Law USA, NY. Immigration law info. Run by an attorney in private practice, specialist in immigration law. Primarily for his own clients but he will answer reporter's questions. MISCELLANEOUS 202-366-3764 - FEBBS, DC. Federal highway information. 202 426-2961 Federal Highway Administration BBS 202 646-2887 Federal Emergency Management Agency 202-529-0140 - USA-GDR Databank, DC. East European events. 202-775-1237 - IDI Job Board. Job opening in Washington DC area. 202-475-1973 - NANci. U.S. Navy, Naval Aviation News. Reference on naval aviation history. Message access to the magazine. Operates 5pm to 7am. 202 557-3769 Pesticide Programs BBS. Environmental Protection Agency 301 725-1072 Public Access Link Federal Communications Commission 202 275-1050 Information Technology Center, General Accounting Office 202 535-7661 Information Resources Services, Government Services Administration 202 453-9008 Information Technology Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 202 287-9656 Federal Library Committee BBS, Library of Congress 216-368-3888 - Cleveland FreeNet. Run by Case Weatern Reserve University. Thom Boughton (71641,1326 on CIS) is a sysop. No charges of any type. Use the command "GO OUTDOORS" to access the outdoor forum. 301-948-5718 - Micro Electronic Information Exchange. Technical information with emphasis on computer security. 703-243-9696 - NewsUSA, VA. Consumer news (7-E-1). NATURAL RESOURCES 617-439-5699 - Boston Citinet, NMFS "green sheets." 202-272-1514 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Because this board is also internal information exchange within the Corps, some sections are restricted access. NEWSPAPERS 213-432-3592 - Electric Newspaper, Long Beach CA. Press-Telegram. 402-593-2000 - Omaha CityNet, Omaha NE. World-Herald (DEMO LINE). 508-872-8461 - Fred the Computer, Framingham MA. Middlesex News. Intended for local readers sending letters to the editor. 516-454-6959 - Newsday Online, New York NY. Newsday. 817-878-9800 - Star Text, Ft Worth TX. Star-Telegram (DEMO LINE). SPACE/SCIENCE 202-586-8658 - Energy Info Admin, DC. Energy statistics. 202-634-1764 - Science Resources DC. National Science Foundation. 301-763-8071 - Climate Analysis Center, National Weather Service, Department of Commerce. Historical climate information - daily, weekly, and monthly, heating degree days, weekly climate bulletins. 301-454-8700 - National Weather Service, U.S. Department of Commerce. Marine weather and nautical information for coastal waterways. Information includes data for bays and sounds, coastal waters, and offshore waters; tropical storm advisories; tidal information, and important weather, nautical, and fishing news. Data are primarily about the middle Atlantic region. The bulletin board is open to the public and free of charge. Users must preregister by calling Ross Laporte, National Weather Service, 301-899-3296. Information about similar bulletin boards for other regions available. 314-882-3874 - SCI-FIND, Columbia MO. Science news reference. Reference and bibliographic service at the University of Missouri's Science Journalism Center. 205-895-0028 - NASA Spacelink, Huntsville AL. NASA news, info. 303-494-8446 - Space Network, Boulder CO. Boulder Center for Science and Policy. Space news, research. 713-483-5817 - NASA JSC, Houston TX. Shuttle schedules. 800-358-2663 - USGS Earthquake QED, Golden CO. Earthquake epicenter info. Carries info on "felt" earthquakes around the world. 902-566-7390 - Energy Centre, Canada. Govt energy info. SPORTS AND RECREATION Guns (*=RTKBA Echoes) High Mountain Gold BBS AK 907-595-1439 Freedom One HST AR 501-932-7932 Deus ex Machina BBS AZ 602-439-8070 Combat Arms BBS CA 415-537-1777 Crumal's Dimension BBS CA 408-246-7854 Great American Dream Machine CA 415-581-3019 * Galactic Central Point CA 619-460-4720 Firearms Education Institute CA 213-546-3032 MacScience BBS CA 408-866-4933 NightLine-2 CA 916-362-1755 Paul Revere News Service CA 408-947-7800 Sonoma Online! CA 707-545-0746 Survival Commun. Forum CA 707-545-0746 Transporter BBS CA 415-441-0616 Chatfield Armory CO 303-972-9023 Dragonfriend's Place CO 303-782-9547 Mike's Desk CT 203-888-8374 Sportsman Echo Home Board CT 203-262-6111 The Ultimate BBS CT 203-949-0375 Florida Issues and Answers FL 305-920-2757 * Southern Cross BBS FL 305-220-8752 * Spectator's BBS FL 305-861-9297 Bandwagon BBS GA 912-439-9072 Illinois State Rifle Assoc. IL 708-335-2787 OPUS Pocus BBS IN 317-848-1701 Paladen BBS IN 317-353-2973 PCjr Little OPUS BBS IN 317-636-3961 The Twin Towers BBS IN 317-251-7421 Dawn Patrol LA 318-797-8310 Peacekeeper LA 318-741-3422 Silver Bullet MD 301-622-2247 Writer's Block BBS MD 301-945-1540 CMOS BBS MO 816-233-9186 The Sound Advice BBS MO 816-436-4516 Cynosure BBS NC 919-929-5153 Home by the Sea NC 919-639-9728 VAXCat NH 603-424-0923 Poison Pete's NJ 201-948-3428 The Switch Room II NJ 609-799-0628 Trailblazer BBS NJ 201-742-1860 NiteWing BBS NY 607-687-3470 The Great Outdoors BBS NY 607-722-1689 Blue Moon BBS OH 614-868-9982 Blue Moon BBS (2nd line) OH 614-868-9984 Night Moves! OH 216-823-6658 The 10th Precinct OH 614-423-5204 The Gunner's Mate OK 918-838-1615 Eastside Data Services #1 OR 503-760-4521 The Enchanted Forest PA 412-788-4089 Anything Goes BBS PA 412-264-2692 The Astral Board PA 412-824-6566 The Gas Passer PA 412-648-6326 High Tide SC 803-238-3642 Periscope SC 803-650-9022 Playnet II SC 803-652-3760 Transfer Station TN 615-297-5611 Diver Down BBS TX 713-992-1507 MacEndeavour TX 713-471-5142 MacEndeavour (2nd line) TX 713-471-5150 Martin's Domain BBS TX 512-396-0252 Bullet'N Board VA 703-971-4491 Grey Eagle VA 703-534-0177 * SNBBS VA 804-722-3183 The Snipers Nest VA 804-722-3183 Swap Shop VA 703-385-3114 * Vermont Trading Post BBS VT 802-879-1732 Corbin BBS WA 503-826-6737 * Ragged Edge WY 307-265-0612 * JW-PC's DataFlex WI 608-837-1923 Romany-RBBS WI 608-655-4012 CMI BBS Canada 306-782-1355 K9COPS BBS Canada 604-599-0514 Other 301-944-3495 Maryland, League of American Wheelmen. Evenings/weekends only 304-343-5871 West Virginia, The Gunslinger 512-441-6300 Texas, National Firearms Assoc. 614-294-5216 Ohio, Crossfire 619-934-9695 Private Events, Mammoth Lakes CA area. Has a local weather forum maintained by a resident weatherman and a fishing forum updated by the Eastern Sierra Fly Fishers. 713-682-6508 Texas Two Wheelers BBS. BikeNET echo 714-653-0494 California. F&W Guns 901-873-0387 Tennessee, North End 904-488-3773 Florida, FishLINE. Sysop Scott Hardin, 904-488-4066 (voice). 919-781-7047 North Carolina, Small Time BBS. BikeNET echo