From: PVTMAKELA@HYLKN1.HELSINKI.FI ("Veikko Makela")
Subject: EAS BBS list - repost
Organization: University of Helsinki
Distribution: sfnet
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:39:21 GMT

                                EUROPEAN
                     ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE-RELATED
                            BULLETIN BOARDS
                           Updated 16.11.1992


;  This is a list of European astronomical and space-related bulletin
;  boards. More information in the end of this file.

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BBS NAME:               ABBS - AstroMail

CITY, STATE:            Dahlenburg, Germany
MAINTAINER:             private system
SYSOP(S) NAME:          Peter Bluhm, Jost Jahn (Co-SysOp)
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   SYSOP@ABBS.ZER                  (ZNETZ)
                        sysop@abbs.hanse.de             (Internet)
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +49-5851-7896
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   300-9600 (V.21-V.32,MNP5/V.42bis)
HOURS OF OPERATION:     14:00-08:00 MET
NET ADDRESS:            ABBS.ZER                        (ZNETZ)
                        abbs.hanse.de                   (Internet)
BBS SOFTWARE:           Zerberus(tm) 4.0

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS:        TA,  AAVSO, IAU,  ESA and other organizations
                        circulars and bulletins, ephemerids of comets
                        and  asteroids,  daily  reports of  the  sun,
                        reports  of  variable stars,  comet observat-
                        ions, orbital elements of artificial satelli-
                        tes, information about spaceflight.
* FILES                 Images, finder maps, light curves, astronomi-
                        cal software and data compressing  utilities.

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BBS NAME:               Astrobasen (Electra)

CITY, COUNTRY:          Stockholm, Sweden
MAINTAINER:             Swedish Amateur Astronomical Association
                        (Svensk Amator-Astronomisk Forening, SAAF)
SYSOP(S) NAME:          Anders Lindquist, Goran Hasse
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   andersl@saaf.se                 (Internet)
                        gorhas@saaf.se                  (Internet)
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +46-8-640 2749
                        +46-8-714 9872
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   300-2400
HOURS OF OPERATION:     24H
NET ADDRESS:            saaf.se                         (Internet)
BBS SOFTWARE:           Interactive Unix, with rn, trn, sbbs

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS:        General, Astronomy and space News, Ephemerid-
                        es, Observations,  texts to magazines,  SAAF,
                        Buy and sell, Books & magazines, comet texts,
                        Programs  on  Astrobasen,  planets, occultat-
                        ions, the Sun, Usenet news areas.
* FILES:                About 5 MB of  astronomy  related  files in a
                        somewhat unorganized way.
* ADDITIONAL INFO       Closed system, membership SAAF required. Add-
                        itional fees: 300 SEK for 1st year,  150 SEK/
                        year afterwards.   Message  areas  mainly  in
                        Swedish.  Users can upload files,  create new
                        "file areas" (subdirectories).  No file list,
                        instead   the  files  are  described  in  the
                        message are "Programs on Astrobasen".

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BBS NAME:               FONOCOM-BBS

CITY, STATE:            Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain)
MAINTAINER:             FONOCOM, S.A.
SYSOP(S) NAME:          Santiago Munoz (et alter)
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   sysop@sicyd.es                  (Internet)
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +34-3-280 6235
                        (02145) 232021240               (X.25)
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   1200-14400 (V.22-V.42bis,MNP1-5,10)
HOURS OF OPERATION:     24H
NET ADDRESS:            sicyd.es                        (Internet)
BBS SOFTWARE:           MajorBBS Galacticom/SLMR

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS:        English area, conversation areas, flee market
                        national astronomy echo area, news areas, IAU
                        circular,  Science fiction,  non-astronomical
                        topics
* FILES:                Lots  of  programs for PC, Amiga, Atari, Mac,
                        Tandy and  C64,  CD-ROM reader for guide star
                        catalogue
* ADDITIONAL INFO:      Free  for everyone, fee depending on connect-
                        ion time,  Host 486 PC.  SICYD  is member  of
                        RIME and  EurOpen.  Through SICYD there is an
                        indirect connection to GEA_BBS.

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BBS NAME:               GEA_BBS

CITY, COUNTRY:          Mollet (Barcelona), Catalonia (Spain)
MAINTAINER:             GEA (Grup d'Estudis Astronomics),
                        IAPPP's Spanish wing
SYSOP(S) NAME:          Josep M. Gomez Forrellad
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   gea@sicyd.es                    (Internet)
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +34-3-593 1772
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   1200-2400 (V.42bis,MNP5)
HOURS OF OPERATION:     24H
NET ADDRESS:            none yet
BBS SOFTWARE:           Remote Access 1.10+/RAMail 3.0/FrontDoor/SLMR

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS:        English area,  GEA info,  conversation areas,
                        flee market,  national  astronomy echo,  news
                        areas,  IAU  circulars,  request of observat-
                        ions  (giant planets,  variables,  asteroids,
                        CCD imaging and photometry).
* FILES:                About 70 MB (mainly in packed format)  astro-
                        nomical and space-related files, programs for
                        PC, databases,  articles,  news,  observation
                        advice,general info,  GEA info, observational
                        data, CCD imaging.
* ADDITIONAL INFO:      Languages: English, Spain, Catalan.  Free for
                        everyone,  50 USD/year  fee  for GEA members.
                        Money  invested  for  GEA  facilities.    GEA
                        members have better privileges.  An  indirect
                        connection through SICYD system.

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BBS NAME:               Genesis BBS


CITY, COUNTRY:          Milano, Italy
MAINTAINER:             Genesis project
SYSOP(S) NAME:          Marco Carrubba
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   sysop @ 2:331/327               (FidoNet)
                        sysop@f327.n331.z2.fidonet.org  (Internet)
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +39-2-5519 1844
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   300-14400 (V.21-V.42bis,MNP1-5,10,V17,V27ter)
HOURS OF OPERATION:     24H
NET ADDRESS:            2:331/327                       (FidoNet)
                        f327.n331.z2.fidonet.org        (Internet)
BBS SOFTWARE:           Remote Access 1.11+

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS:        Astronautical  and  astronomical conversation
                        areas, national astronomical echo
* FILES:                About 30MB  (mainly in packet format)  astro-
                        nomical and space-related files. Programs for
                        PC,  Mac, Atari,  Commodore and  Amiga.  Also
                        non-astronomical utilities.
* ADDITIONAL INFO:      Free for everyone, no fee.

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BBS NAME:               Mizar

CITY, COUNTRY:          Helsinki, Finland
MAINTAINER:             Ursa Astronomical Association
SYSOP(S) NAME:          Veikko Makela, Leo Wikholm
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   Staff @ 2:220/861               (FidoNet)
                        Staff@f861.n220.z2.FidoNet.ORG  (Internet)
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +358-0-174 341
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   300-9600 (V.21-V.32,MNP5)
HOURS OF OPERATION:     24H
NET ADDRESS:            2:220/861                       (FidoNet)
                        f861.n220.z2.FidoNET.ORG        (Internet)
BBS SOFTWARE:           Opus-CBCS 1.7x

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS:        Finnish  news, Ursa info, Conversation areas,
                        flee  market,  national,  European and  world
                        astronomy echo areas, Usenet news areas,  The
                        Astronomer's  circulars,  Solar  activity re-
                        views.
* FILES:                About 40 MB (mainly in packed format)  astro-
                        nomical and space-related files: Programs for
                        MSDOS,  OS/2,  Mac,  Atari,  Amiga,  CP/M and
                        HP48 calculators,  databases, articles, news,
                        Spacelink texts,  general  info,  Ursa  info,
                        Observational data.
* ADDITIONAL INFO:      Free for everyone,  No fee, Ursa members have
                        better privileges.

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BBS NAME:               The Opus Magnum BBS

CITY, STATE:            Hove (Antwerp), Belgium
MAINTAINER:             Belgium Astronomical Society (V.V.S)
SYSOP(S) NAME:          Jan Spooren
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   Jan Spooren @ 2:292/852              (FidoNet)
                        Jan Spooren @ 27:1332/820            (Signet)
                        Jan.Spooren@f852.n292.z2.FidoNET.ORG (InterNet)
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +32-3-455 9766
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   300-2400
HOURS OF OPERATION:     24H
NET ADDRESS:            2:292/852                            (FidoNet)
                        27:1332/820                          (Signet)
                        f852.n292.z2.FidoNET.ORG             (Internet)
BBS SOFTWARE:           Opus-CBCS

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS:        Solar activity reports,  IAU circulars,  NASA
                        prediction bulletins,  national and  European
                        astronomy echo area.
* FILES:                Astronomical shareware  programs,  star cata-
                        logs.
* ADDITIONAL INFO:      Free for  everyone,  registeration  and  full
                        privileges at first log-on.

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BBS NAME:               Port de la Lune

CITY, STATE:            Gradignan, France
MAINTAINER:             private system
SYSOP NAME:             Robert Soubie
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   Robert Soubie @ 2:324/1              (FidoNet)
                        Robert.Soubie@f1.n324.z2.fidonet.org (Internet)
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +33-5689 5112
                        +33-5675 2069
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   300-14400 & 300-2400
HOURS OF OPERATION:     24H
NET ADDRESS:            2:324/1                              (Fidonet)
                        f1.n324.z2.fidonet.org               (Internet)
BBS SOFTWARE:           Remote Access

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS:        National, European  and  world astronomy echo
                        areas. Non-astronomical topics.
* FILES:                Star  and Messier catalogs, planetarium prog-
                        rams, GIF images, CCD technology.  Also  non-
                        astronomical files.

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BBS NAME:               Starbase One

CITY, STATE:            London, England
MAINTAINER:             private system
                        (supported with information,  by the  British
                        Astronomical Association and Junior Astrono-
                        mical Society)
SYSOP NAME:             Nick Stevens, Robert Robinson (Co-Sysop)
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   Sysop @ 2:440/407               (FidoNet)
                        starbase1@cix.compulink.co.uk   (Internet)
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +44-71-733-3992
                        (Separate line for subscribers and mail)
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   300-2400 (V.21-V.22bis,MNP2)
                        Subscriber/Mail line:
                        300-9600 (V.22-V.32,HST,MNP5)
HOURS OF OPERATION:     24 H
NET ADDRESS:            2:440/407                       (FidoNet)
BBS SOFTWARE:           Remote Access v1.11+

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS:        European and  world astronomy  and space echo
                        areas. Local areas: Astronomy Chat, Discovery
                        news (provided by the BAA), Space Exploration
                        Astronomy Societies, JAS news and discussion,
                        and CCD Cameras.
* FILES:                Astronomy files for the IBM PC, Atari, Amiga,
                        Mac and Archimedes, many text files (most  of
                        from NASA, with permission).   Catalogue  and
                        Data  area,  with  launch  manifests, biblio-
                        graphies, satellite elements, star and  other
                        object catalogues.  The  system  has a  CDROM
                        attached, and data from the many  CDROM's  is
                        transferred on request  for  subscribers,  if
                        its not already in  the file areas.  With ma-
                        terial  Starbase One  has  over  5 GBytes  of
                        astronomy and space material.
* ADDITIONAL INFO:      While  there  is  a  charge  for   subscriber
                        access,  the  majority  of  the  material  is
                        available to all.  Starbase One prides itself
                        on the quality  and  quantity of  up to  date
                        information which  is obtained from a variety
                        of sources, including The BAA, The JAS, NASA,
                        and USENET.

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BBS NAME:               Starbase Four

CITY, STATE:            Whittington Shropshire, England
MAINTAINER:             Whittington Astro Society
SYSOP(S) NAME:          Pete Williamson, Andrew Trudgett
SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS:   none
BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER:   +44-691-671900.
BAUD RATES SUPPORTED:   300-2400 (V.21-V.22bis)
HOURS OF OPERATION:     24 H
NET ADDRESS:            none
BBS SOFTWARE:           Eazihost V2.2

FEATURES:
* MESSAGE AREAS         General  message  area,  observations,  astro
                        education,  society  area,  CCD Club and sub-
                        scribers area.
* FILES:                Many astro files to download.

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This a catalog of astronomical bulletin boards in Europe. This is not
a complete one.  So, if you know any new systems not included in this
listing, please let me know.  I hope this catalog could increase  the
electronical  communication and co-operation between European amateur
astronomers.  This listing is sent to all above mentioned systems and
it could be freely available.

Some explanations:
  BBS NAME:             The name of the system
  CITY, COUNTRY:        The location of the board
  MAINTAINER:           The maintaing organization or private system
  SYSOP(S) NAME:        Sysop's and co-sysop's names
  SYSOP'S EMAIL ACCESS: Email address of sysop in networks
  BBS TELEPHONE NUMBER: +Country code - Area code - BBS number
  BAUD RATES SUPPORTED: Baud rates and modem protocols
  HOURS OF OPERATION:   Open hours (EET: GMT-2h, MET: GMT-1h)
  NET ADDRESS:          Network address of the system in different
                        networks (for user mail access)
  BBS SOFTWARE:         Used BBS software in system
  FEATURES:
  * MESSAGE AREAS:      Message and news services
  * FILES:              Downloadable files
  * ADDITIONAL INFO:    Other information (resrictions,fees,..)


More information, question and comments to:


                                Veikko Makela
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                                URSA Astronomical Association
                                Laivanvarustajankatu 9 C 54
                                SF-00140 Helsinki, FINLAND
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                                <Veikko.Makela@Helsinki.FI> (Internet)
                                <Veikko Makela @ 2:220/861> (FidoNet)
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