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Interview with Synchronet BBS Creator Rob Swindell

· 47 min · Season 3 Episode 3

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This is a video-added re-release of my interview with Rob Swindell. Rob is the author and sysop of the MS-DOS and telnet versions of the Synchronet BBS. He joined the show to discuss the genesis of the BBS, running his own BBS company, and the journey to an open source Internet version of Synchronet.

Rob's main site with links to source code repo's and his YouTube channel:
http://synchro.net
The Synchronet wiki:
http://wiki.synchro.net
The home page for SyncTerm, the preferred client for telnet BBS's:
http://syncterm.net
The Synchronet IRC server:
irc.synchro.net
Rob's uncut interview with…

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