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.