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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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". --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------- URSA Astronomical Association Laivanvarustajankatu 9 C 54 SF-00140 Helsinki, FINLAND -------------------------------------- (Internet) (FidoNet) --------------------------------------