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BBS: The Documentary
I've been keeping an eye for a few years on the Web site for "BBS: The Documentary", which has been promising a DVD set of interviews with BBS SysOps, protocol inventors, fanatic users, ANSI art groups, etc., more or less 20 years after the big BBS boom in the 80's.
Having been a heavy user for many years back then, and also part-time SysOp/Co-SysOp of small BBS's (my dad was also SysOp of a larger one that ran for several years), I have a lot of nostalgic memories when it comes to BBS's.
Director Jason Scott (blog), the one man team behind this large project, has travelled all across the U.S. to talk with people who marked the history of BBS's.
In his words:
"BBS: The Documentary" is a 7 episode series about all aspects of the history of the dial-up Bulletin Board System, or BBS. 3 years in the making and the result of over 200 interviews, this collection puts in one convenient package a sense of the variety and wide-reaching effects of the BBS phenomenon. All in all, over seven and a half hours of material is included across the three DVDs.
After years of work, finally, the resulting 3-DVD boxed set is today available for pre-order! I've already ordered my copy.
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bbs's rocked. they seemed to be able to provide world domination at the time. sysops playing god.
endless tricks to getting in and around bigger systems. like college networks etc.
fidonet. access to newsgroups! [there by the world!!!]
killer ansii art. ansii games. what was that one. drangon something maybe?
hacking & pheaking tips.
good times. good times.
the "world wide web" & "america online" sure ruined that fun! boooo..
atleast we still have hotline [or carracho] to be all snooty & 31137 with..
pop quiz.... free MDDE/MMM 7" in it for the first person to post the awnser.. what is the origin of "hacker" type.. as in.. why did people all type using numbers and symbols?
patrick.. you've already excluded yourself.. cause its your blog.. ^_^
Posted by trevor on October 14, 2004 at 14:10
Glad to know you were digging that too. :)
I was also a big door player, some favorites being Global War, BRE (Barren Realms Elite) and SRE (Solar Realms Elite).
And wow, even a contest going on!
I, of course, keep my mouth shut as I hold on to my own precious MDDE/MMM 7". :)
Posted by Patrick on October 14, 2004 at 14:22
Wow,
j'ai ete Sysop pendant 8 ans, le tout a mon domicile au Canada, j'ai travaille fort pour garder ca vivant mais l'internet est venu rapidement les envoyes les BBS aux oubliettes...
J'ai eu beaucoup de plaisir a operer ce systeme et je croyais ne jamais plus entendre parler de ca !
Un fan des BBS ! Pierre !
Posted by Pierre Benny on October 15, 2004 at 02:56
Wow, 8 ans c'est encore plus long que je croyais! Ça s'appelait Odyssée 2001 c'est ça?
Posted by Patrick on October 15, 2004 at 08:31
Quand j'ai achete le BBS a Albert Veillette, j'ai change le nom pour
Odyssey BBS et je crois que quand tu l'a operer c'est toi qui l'avait nomme
Odyssey BBS 2001...
Posted by Pierre Benny on October 16, 2004 at 23:08
Ah oui? Je me rappelle pas que j'avais opéré Odyssey. :)
Posted by Patrick on October 17, 2004 at 00:09
the game was "legend of the red dragon", the most popular door game ever created. funny thing is.. it was based on a previously-released game called "parasite" i think.
either way... bbses are still kicking, the community is just much smaller now.
Posted by haliphax on January 26, 2005 at 16:50
That is very cool! I was a big BBS fan and played a lot of BRE SRE and Trade wars. I recently tried to get back into it, but it was not the same as back when I was in junior high and high school.
I created a web based clone of the BBS games SRE / BRE which people can play at www.newkingdoms.com
Posted by Stephen Urich on January 28, 2005 at 13:47
OK for those of you who rem the door game LORD ( Legend of the Red Dragon ) do a search on google for "Legend Of The Green Dragon") This is a complete web based replica of the original door game. Enjoy and kudos to those who rem how 31337 the bbs days used to be!
Posted by Piranah on March 7, 2005 at 05:08
Hey there, it's Jason Scott of the BBS Documentary. Just wanted to mention that the documentary is finally shipping as of a few weeks ago. Over a thousand copies have already gone out and many more are about to. It's doing very well.
Posted by Jason Scott on June 14, 2005 at 02:21
Thanks for the comment Jason, and the quick shipments!
So far I've gone through 1 out of the 3 DVDs and enjoyed it a lot. I intend to post a decent review when I'll be done with the whole.
Everyone! Buy! Now!
http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/order/
Posted by Patrick on June 14, 2005 at 10:17