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Subject: Bulletin Board For Micro Users Set Up By NBS
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Date: Fri, 17-Jun-83 19:42:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 17 19:42:00 1983
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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