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==The History of App_Rpt==

==The History of App_Rpt==

By Jim Dixon WB6NIL<br/>

By Jim Dixon WB6NIL<br/>

<p>Once upon a time, there was [http://www.asterisk.org Asterisk PBX]. I was heavily involved in its initial practical implementation (<font size="-1">if interested, see link below <i>(The History of the Zapata Telephony Project as it relates to the Asterisk PBX</i></font>).</p>

<p>Once upon a time, there was [http://www.asterisk.org Asterisk PBX]. I was heavily involved in its initial practical implementation <font size="-1">if interested, see below <i>(Zapata Telephony Project as it relates to the Asterisk PBX</i></font>).</p>

<p>From its very onset, I saw that Asterisk was not only a good telephony switch, but also makes a good application implementation platform for virtually any telecommunication application that requires use of many of the things that Asterisk provides.</p>

<p>From its very onset, I saw that Asterisk was not only a good telephony switch, but also makes a good application implementation platform for virtually any telecommunication application that requires use of many of the things that Asterisk provides.</p>

<p>App_Rpt was started, not only to demonsrtate this feature of Asterisk, but to essentially provide an outlet of nearly 30 years of experience and frustration with repeater and remote base systems, in the form of designing a system essentially "the way I think a system should be."</p>

<p>App_Rpt was started, not only to demonsrtate this feature of Asterisk, but to essentially provide an outlet of nearly 30 years of experience and frustration with repeater and remote base systems, in the form of designing a system essentially "the way I think a system should be."</p>

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''Editors note: Jim became a SK in December of 2016. My best guess it these articles were written around 2006.'' </p>

''Editors note: Jim became a SK in December of 2016. My best guess it these articles were written around 2006. I've applied minor formatting changes for readability.'' </p>