THE VIDEO SHELF · bbs history
BBS the Documentary [Full HD]
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 HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a definitive, nostalgic history of BBS culture whenever people ask what the pre-internet online world was like.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- L33T GUY
- Topic
- bbs history
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2026
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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Some of my favourite nerdy documentaries: BBS: The Documentary [VIDEO] The KGB, the Computer, and Me [LINK] 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars [LINK]
wmat on Hacker News · 2018-09
In Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?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 …
aspenmayer on Hacker News · 2019-10
In The Life, Death and Resurrection of Computer Art Group Mistigris
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