BBS: The Documentary

  • Premiered: May 2005
  • Episodes: 8
  • Followers: 4
  • Ended
  • SBS
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

Seasons:

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Season 1
1x1
Baud
Episode overview
Air date
May 21, 2005
Baud introduces the story of the beginning of the BBS, including interviews with Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, who used a snowstorm as an inspiration to change the world.
1x2
SysOps and Users
Episode overview
Air date
May 28, 2005
Sysops and Users introduces the stories of the people who used BBSes, and lets them tell their own stories of living in this new world.
1x3
Make It Pay
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 04, 2005
Make it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight.
1x4
FidoNet
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 11, 2005
Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.
1x5
Artscene
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 18, 2005
Artscene tells the rarely-heard history of the ANSI Art Scene that thrived in the BBS world, where art was currency and battles waged over nothing more than pure talent.
1x6
HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking)
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 25, 2005
HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking) hears from some of the users of "underground" BBSes and their unique view of the world of information and computers.
1x7
No Carrier
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 02, 2005
No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.
1x8 Show finale
Compression
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 09, 2005
Compression tells the story of the PKWARE/SEA legal battle of the late 1980s and how a fight that broke out over something as simple as data compression resulted in waylaid lives and lost opportunity.

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