Back to the BBS - Part one: The return to being online

Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) were what people went online with before the web. This multi-part documentary shows you what BBS's do, why they are still relevant and fun to use today.
The documentary interviews some users and system operators, both young and old. Crazy as it may sound, BBS's are actually still around today and can be accessed via the net. BBS's offer information and provide mail systems that are away from the prying eyes of Facebook and Google. They're a very sociable place to be, with messaging & chat. They have art unlike any you've ever seen and some really cool games and mods.
Think of the best bits of E-mail, usenet, Reddit, Facebook Groups, filesharing and a few more besides. Package it all in one area, with a really cool retro aesthetic and you have a BBS. People run BBS's today because they are passionate about engaging in a community of people with similar ideals, something they won't get anywhere else.

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Featuring content from:
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ANSI Graphics by:
Logo background scroller provided by: Blocktronics
BBS art by groups such as:
Fuel
Legacy Krew
Blocktronics
iMPURE
1oo%
Menace
Intro to ANSI 8-bit Animation / Happy Birthday: Blocktronics

BBS, The Documentary: Jason Scott Sadofsky (2005)
https://archive.org/details/bbs_the_documentary

The Computer Chronicles:
* The Internet (1995)
* Modems & Bulliten Board Systems (1985)
https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles

Connect - A look at bulletin board systems: Roy Janke (1992), NewTek Incorporated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESaTREAAzww

The Social Dilemma (Trailer): Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0

Tim Berners Lee ~ The World Wide Web: Dap Dapple, Christian Hainzinger, Lorenz Kloska. Inter/Aktion GmbH (SWR TV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4cN_q3NX9c

Mark Zuckerberg's Testimony Before Congress- The Six Best Exchanges: CNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAgbIiQSzEkCBSN

Tech CEOs from Google, Twitter and Facebook testify at Senate hearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYzy-Kn4v4Q&t=397s

Bulletin Board System (BBS) - The Internet's First Community (2020): Off the Cuf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I18ifd8I6P8

The Facebook Dilemma, Part One: Frontline PBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T48KFiHwexM

What Google Does with your Data: 6 Months Later Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJGRbi2g3c

"Surfing in 1986" Adam Colecovision session with Bulletin Board System: rbairos2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nShB5VQKeWM

Epumundo en Modo Texto, various:
Epimundo (The Vault BBS) (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvE2KxQK4Qk

MeatLotion does stuff - MRC Chat Stream: MeaTLoTioN (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENJJoP4c_8Q&feature=youtu.be

The Art of Warez: Safe Crackers / Oliver Payne, Kevin Bouton-Scott (2019)
https://safecrackers.com

Nostalgia Nerd: Connecting a C64 to WiFi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX3k6EZsZCM

8-bit boyz Commodore BBS system:
8-Bit Boyz Website: https://8bitboyz.com
Image BBS v2.0 on a stick - The Install...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BoTDu4inaM&t=176s
Image BBS v2.0 Configuration (8-Bit Boyz & X-Tec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fXgghijp_M&t=1654s
Image BBS v3.0 Lt. Kernal Setup (8-Bit Boyz, Narrated by X-Tec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjNvGSEfcoo&t=143s
Image BBS v3.0 CMD HD Setup (8-Bit Boyz, Narrated by X-Tec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v8WJT1DLrA&t=8s

BBS's Demoed:
The Bottomless Abyss (Stackfault / Dave Cloutier)
Acid Underworld BBS (Hawk Hubbard)
Absinthe (Anachronist / Daniel Kelly)
The Quantum Wormhole (Meatlotion / Christian Sacks)

All music used with permission via Adobe Stock or AudioHero, including theme music;
From Epidemic Sound:
Catch Up by Falcon Dives
Live Long by Falcon Dives
Daytona Synthwave

Dynamic Thinking by StockMuisc / AudioHero
Go Further Than You Can See by Stockmusic / AudioHero

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0:00 Intro
0:35 What's a BBS?
8:49 Why are BBS's fun? (interviews)
14:54 History
17:00 Connect via the Internet
18:17 ANSI graphics/text
19:42 How to get on a BBS
22:05 Dave Cloutier / BBS Demo
33:18 Subi (15 yr old BBS user)
36:34 Dave Perussell (future of BBS's)
38:11 Daniel Kelly (aBSINTHe BBS demo)
40:40 Conclusion

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