Subj : Commercial Synchronet
To   : HusTler
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Sep 20 2022 21:41:28

  Re: Commercial Synchronet
  By: HusTler to Digitalman on Tue Sep 20 2022 08:55 pm

 >   So I'm reading the Synchronet wiki and it says Synchronet was sold
 > commercially from 1992-1996. I remember seeing the ad for Synchronet BBS in
 > PC mag and other computer mags.

PC Magazine was out of my budget, but yeah, we advertised in:
- Boardwatch
- BBS Callers Digest (I think it was AKA BBS Magazine at one point)
- Online Access
- Sysop News and World Report
- and maybe one or two other even smaller mags I'm forgetting

 > What I want to know is was it available in
 > any computer stores in the US during those commercial years.?

Not really. Although we had ads with a shrink-wrapped box image, we never actually sold the software in a shrink-wrapped box (e.g. in a retail store).

 > Did it ever reach the big boy COMP_USA?

Maybe the demo version was included in a CD-ROM that was sold there? That'd be the closest thing.

 > I had a lot of pops and mom computer stores here
 > on Long Island but I wasn't looking to run a BBS on a what we called an IBM
 > compatable back then. I started with the C64 and from there went to the
 > Amiga. I'm curious if I ever saw Synchronet BBS on the shelf at my local
 > store or even Radio Shack. Radio Shack was a big seller of IBM compats in
 > those years. They were waay out of my price range. LOL!

Yeah, mine too. I also built my own PCs out of wholesale parts. Now, I do buy HPs or Dells or <gasp> Microsoft computers, especially since Fry's closed down. :-(
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