THE VIDEO SHELF · fidonet and bbs history
BBS The.Documentary Part 4 - Fidonet
Part 4 of the BBS: The Documentary series, covering FidoNet, the amateur network that linked dial-up bulletin board systems together to relay messages and files worldwide.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a great documentary on FidoNet's rise, with interviews with figures like Tom Jennings.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- bbsers
- Topic
- fidonet and bbs history
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2019
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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A great documentary on FidoNet's rise with superb music and universal themes: [VIDEO] A modern tale of care for a bright and reliable future, search: project byzantium fidonet
mitchtbaum on Hacker News · 2014-07
In The Government Once Built Silicon ValleyBBS: The Documentary Part 4 ( [VIDEO] ) has some great interviews with Tom Jennings & co. on the beginnings, growth and decline of Fidonet. "It just runs in spite of the idiots." (Tom Jennings)
harrigan on Hacker News · 2019-11
In History of Fidonet (1993)
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