[If you don’t know what a BBS is or you weren’t part of the BBS scene in the 80’s, please skip this post because it won’t likely mean anything to you.]
I love documentaries and one of my favorite documentaries of all time was called BBS The Documentary by Jason Scott. It was a MASSIVE 3 disc DVD set. I wrote about it back in April 2007 on my personal blog here:
https://kurtsthoughts.com/2007/04/11/bbs-the-documentary-the-arc-vs-zip-compression-war/
Apparently the whole thing is available on YouTube now. Here’s the first chapter:
BBS The Documentary Part 1 – Baud
The rest of the chapters are linked to below:
- BBS The Documentary Part 1 – Baud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRap7uw9iWI - BBS The Documentary Part 2 – Sysops and Users
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJc7TDo1jBA - BBS The Documentary Part 3 – Make It Pay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhdYivbjiXU - BBS The.Documentary Part 4 – Fidonet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlXNXdf6Xh0 - BBS The Documentary Part 5 – Artscene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnxp14wVycQ - BBS The Documentary Part 6 – HPAC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGjys7UBZOA - BBS The Documentary Part 7 – No Carrier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJiGqQrMzN8 - BBS The Documentary Part 8 – Compression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiaM5MT1Ok8
If you enjoy the documentary, please consider picking up a copy here. It’s worth the money for a piece of our history:
http://bbsdocumentary.com/order/
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