Subj : Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
To   : Dan Clough
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Mon Apr 10 2023 12:13 pm

  Re: Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
  By: Dan Clough to Rob Swindell on Mon Apr 10 2023 01:55 pm

 > -=> Rob Swindell wrote to Dan Clough <=-
 >
 >  RS>   Re: Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
 >  RS>   By: Dan Clough to Nick Andre on Mon Apr 10 2023 12:12 pm
 >
 >  >  NA> Same with TBBS... You bought the license but needed the serial
 >  >  NA> board for anything beyond 2 nodes. Then Fidonet was an add-on.
 >  >  NA> Remote access was an add-on... I mean, any BBS that came with a
 >  >  NA> freaking VHS installation video you just knew was going to be a
 >  >  NA> bit out of your league.
 >
 >  >  NA> https://archive.org/details/1993-bbs-tbbstape
 >
 >  > Wow.  How cool is that.  I watched the whole video...  Hahaha, the
 >  > professionalism of the presentation is awesome.  What a different time!
 >
 >  RS> I actually started to create a similar video for Synchronet
 >  RS> sysops around 1994 (I thought it was an original idea) and had
 >  RS> the video camera for (screen capture/recording wasn't really a
 >  RS> thing yet), high-end duplication quality SVHS VCR, script, etc,
 >  RS> but never really got around to finishing it before the sales
 >  RS> started to obviously slow down in 1995. Wish I had finished it.
 >  RS> :-(
 >
 > Too bad, would have liked to have seen it.  If you have even a start of
 > it, maybe convert if possible and upload to the YouTube channel?

I would for sure, if I had it.

 > Might look good next to the Blimp video.  :-)

It would, but unfortunately, not likely to happen. I started the project on SVHS and returned the (expensive) recorder when it was clear I wasn't going to complete it and I have no idea what became of that/those SVHS tapes. I did some old VHS tape restoration/digitization a few years ago and did not come across any tapes that looked like they had potential to be that project (e.g. non were SVHS). But if I ever do, I'll be sure to digitize it/them...
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                                            digital man (rob)

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