Interview with Synchronet BBS Creator Rob Swindell

EPISODE · Feb 2, 2025 · 46 MIN

Interview with Synchronet BBS Creator Rob Swindell

from Stray Pointers · host Jim Lawless

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   

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