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BBS The Documentary: Episode 1 of 8: BAUD (The Beginning)

The first episode of Jason Scott's eight-part BBS documentary, covering the predecessors and beginnings of the dial-up bulletin board system. It includes interviews with pioneers such as Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, who created the first dial-up BBS in 1978.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend the series as the definitive history of BBS culture and its Fidonet roots, especially for nostalgia and the origins of the demoscene.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Jason Scott
Topic
bbs history
Format
documentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • He also gave us the brilliant BBS: The Documentary [VIDEO] GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary (shot in 1080p) [LINK] and (apart from his many talks) his podcast "Jason Scott talks his way out of it" which is just gem after gem of documented tech …

    Eremotherium on Hacker News · 2020-04
    In textfiles.com

  • Well, thank you a lot Randy! Great idea, good times... In case this interests someone, I recommend you to check out Jason Scott's BBS Documentary [ [LINK] ], and while the DVDs sold out, it seems to be available on his youtube channel [ [VIDEO] …

    kbr2000 on Hacker News · 2019-12
    In Randy Suess, computer bulletin board inventor, has died

  • Some great nostalgia reading this. If you want more, check out Jason Scott's "BBS: The Documentary": [VIDEO]

    mwest on Hacker News · 2022-12
    In My secret life as an 11-year-old BBS sysop

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