Interview with Synchronet BBS Creator Rob Swindell

Episode 3 of the Stray Pointers podcast, hosted by Jim Lawless, titled "Interview with Synchronet BBS Creator Rob Swindell" was published on February 2, 2025 and runs 46 minutes.

February 2, 2025 ·46m · Stray Pointers

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Episode Description

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 Jason Scott for the BBS Documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMFKU04YTk