BBS: The Documentary - Season 1

BBS: The Documentary - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes8
Datesmai 21, 2005 - juil. 9, 2005

Episodes

Baud
Season 1Episode 160 min

Baud

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.
mai 21, 2005
SysOps and Users
Season 1Episode 260 min

SysOps and Users

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.
mai 28, 2005
Make It Pay
Season 1Episode 360 min

Make It Pay

Make it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight.
juin 4, 2005
FidoNet
Season 1Episode 460 min

FidoNet

Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.
juin 11, 2005
Artscene
Season 1Episode 560 min

Artscene

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.
juin 18, 2005
HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking)
Season 1Episode 660 min

HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking)

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.
juin 25, 2005
No Carrier
Season 1Episode 760 min

No Carrier

No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.
juil. 2, 2005
Compression
Season 1Episode 860 min

Compression

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.
juil. 9, 2005

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