Jason Scott — Director

Episodes 8

Baud

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May 21, 200537m
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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.

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SysOps and Users

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May 28, 200537m
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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.

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Make It Pay

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June 4, 200537m
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Make it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight.

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FidoNet

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June 11, 200537m
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Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.

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Artscene

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June 18, 200537m
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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.

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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.

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No Carrier

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July 2, 200537m
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No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.

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Compression

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Season Finale
July 9, 200537m
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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.

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