What Is?
Region 3 BBS
The Region 3 Bulletin Board System makes information
available to our members who have a computer and a modem, but
not e-mail or internet access. It includes Institute and Region
information. Awards manuals, newsletters, alerts, IEEE-
USA/USAB releases, etc.
The biggest draw is the employment section. In addition to
downloading the USAB job postings, there are many other Region
3 employment opportunity listings. In the fourth quarter of 1995,
the Region mailed 2000 letters to employers of engineers in the
Southeast, inviting them to post the job openings on the BBS free
of charge.
Use your modem to call 1-800-555-REG3 (1-800-555-7343). At
your first access you will be asked for material to verify
membership then assigned a password and ID for future use. The
system is menu driven and can get complicated but a (very
lengthy and complete) instruction manual is available (on-line)
and can be found with a little persistence and downloaded in
whole or part. It runs to about 25 pages in a 10 point font.
I found the system to be rather unfriendly and difficult, but Vern
Powers, project Sysop, indicated I may have had some local
software problems. In any case, give it a try, there is a lot of stuff
available there.