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excerpt: "The SyncWare News 2nd (sort of) Annual Programmers' Competition 1st Prize winner. Paul Holmgren got the that appeared in idea for this program from one \"Sync\" Vol. 3 No. 1 by Ronald Duguid. The program was originally written for the TS1000, which was the machine Paul first owned. After obtaining a T2068, Paul used UPLOAD…"
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# M*5: Best Overall

The SyncWare News 2nd (sort of) Annual Programmers’ Competition 1st Prize winner.

Paul Holmgren got the that appeared in idea for this program from one “Sync” Vol. 3 No. 1 by [Ronald Duguid](http://localhost/indiv/ronald-duguid/). The program was originally written for the TS1000, which was the machine Paul first owned. After obtaining a T2068, Paul used [UPLOAD 2000](http://localhost/product/upload-2000/) to move it to that machine. The version you have before you now is the result of much work expanding and rewriting it.