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BBSs and Wildcat! from Mustang Software

BBSs and Wildcat! from Mustang Software

Show #161 May 08 2009 plus show notes

Scott chats with founders of Mustang Software (creators of Wildcat! BBS) Jim Harrer and Scott Hunter about the BBS era. We start at 300 baud and work our way up. Remember Hayes modems, v.32bis, Fidonet, Compuserve? This is the show for you.

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