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Synopsis
Long before the Internet escaped from the lab, connecting the planet and redefining what it meant to meant to be a computer user... ...there was a brave and pioneering band of hobbyists who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. By using a modem, anyone who knew the phone number of these machines could connect to them, leave messages, play games, send and receive files in a virtual community... and millions did. They called these places "Bulletin Board Systems", or BBSes. Their collections of messages, rants thoughts and dreams became the way that an entire generation learned about being online.
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Season 1
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1. BaudNow viewing2005-05-2137mBaud 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.
2. SysOps and Users2005-05-2837mSysops and Users introduces the stories of the people who used BBSes, and lets them tell their own stories of living in this new world.
3. Make It Pay2005-06-0437mMake it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight.
4. FidoNet2005-06-1137mFidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.
5. Artscene2005-06-1837mArtscene 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.
6. HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking)2005-06-2537mHPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking) hears from some of the users of "underground" BBSes and their unique view of the world of information and computers.
7. No Carrier2005-07-0237mNo Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.
8. Compression2005-07-0937mCompression 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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BBS: The Documentary has 1 season and 8 episodes.
When did BBS: The Documentary first air?
BBS: The Documentary first aired in 2005.
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BBS: The Documentary is classified as Documentary.