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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