BBS the Documentary [Full HD]

Name: BBS the Documentary [Full HD]
Description: 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.

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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.

HN recommends it as a definitive, nostalgic history of BBS culture whenever people ask what the pre-internet online world was like.

4 Hacker News mentions · 2018–2026

Topics

History of computing
Internet culture & memes
Hacker culture & free software

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