92K views · May 1, 2017 · 4:58:53 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2018–2026
Jason Scott's multi-episode documentary on the bulletin board system scene of the 1980s and 1990s, built from over 200 interviews. It captures how hobbyists ran dial-up systems before the internet went mainstream.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as a definitive, nostalgic history of BBS culture whenever people ask what the pre-internet online world was like.
“BBS: The Documentary is covers a lot of what you’re asking about.”HN comment, 2019
“Some of my favourite nerdy documentaries: BBS: The Documentary”
Nerdy documentary on bulletin board system culture
Some of my favourite nerdy documentaries: BBS: The Documentary this video The KGB, the Computer, and Me link 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars link
“BBS: The Documentary is covers a lot of what you’re asking about.”
Jason Scott's 8-episode documentary on BBS subculture
Not a write up but BBS: The Documentary is covers a lot of what you’re asking about. BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary) is a 3-disc, 8-episode documentary about the subculture born from the creation of the bulletin board system (BBS) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott of textfiles.com. link this video
“The 'BBS: The Documentary' was released as ~8 episdoes.”
Points to a collection of the documentary's episodes
That seems be to a collection of clips and things. The 'BBS: The Documentary' was released as ~8 episdoes. You can find them collected here: this video
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