S3:E03 - Interview with Synchronet BBS Creator Rob Swindell

Feb 2, 2025

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:

[synchro.net...]

The Synchronet wiki:

[wiki.synchr...]

The home page for SyncTerm, the preferred client for telnet BBS's:

[syncterm.ne...]

The Synchronet IRC server: irc.synchro.net

Rob's uncut interview with Jason Scott for the BBS Documentary:

[www.youtube...]

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