Season 1 Episodes
8 episodes
1
Baud
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.
2
SysOps and Users
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.
3
Make It Pay
Make it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight.
4
FidoNet
Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.
5
Artscene
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.
6
HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking)
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.
7
No Carrier
No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.
8
Compression
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.