Date   : Sat, 18 Jun 1983 13:51:31 EDT (Sat)
From   : Keith Petersen <w8sdz@brl>
Subject: [WBD.TYM: Bulletin Board For Micro Users Set Up By NBS]

Excuse any duplicates of this.  I believe our friends at NBS are using
CP/M and RBBS for this so felt Info-Cpm might be interested in seeing
the message.
--Keith

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Received: From Office-2.ARPA by BRL via smtp;  17 Jun 83 19:49 EDT
Date: 17-Jun-83 16:42 PDT
From: WBD.TYM@OFFICE-2
Subject: Bulletin Board For Micro Users Set Up By NBS
To: OAD.TYM@OFFICE-2, hardy@office-5, human-nets@rutgers
To: works@rutgers
Cc: info-micro@brl, msgGroup@brl
Message-ID: <[OFFICE-2]TYM-WBD-2M6ML>

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An electronic bulletin board that will inform microcomputer

users about upcoming conferences, seminars and workshops, as well as update
them
on the latest telecomputing services, publications and users groups, has been 
established by the Commerce Department's National Bureau of Standards (NBS).

Dubbed the Microcomputer Electronic Information Exchange (MEIE), the service 
will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Both fedral and nonfederal 
users with Acscii terminals that communicate at 300 bit/sec with eight data 
bits, no parity and one stop bit can reach the exchange by calling (301) 
948-5718.

Further information on MEIE can be obtained fom the NBS.

   From June 13th issue of COMPUTERWORLD


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