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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / Science and Technology => Topic started by: adolescent on June 12, 2007, 05:57:17 AM
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Saw this posted on another forum and thought it was good enough to share (okay, maybe I'm a geek but I enjoyed it!).
The BBS Documentary (http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/)
n the Summer of 2001, Jason Scott, a computer historian (and proprietor of the textfiles.com history site) wondered if anyone had made a film about these BBSes. They hadn't, so he decided he would.
Four years, thousands of miles of travelling, and over 200 interviews later, "BBS: The Documentary", a mini-series of 8 episodes about the history of the BBS, is now available. Spanning 3 DVDs and totalling five and a half hours, this documentary is actually eight documentaries about different aspects of this important story in the annals of computer history.
Among the features of this documentary:
* 5 and a half hours of episodes * Over 80 minutes of bonus footage * Commentary Tracks and Statements by Jason Scott * Easter Eggs * Subtitles on all Episodes and Footage * Region-Free DVDS (Play them anywhere) * No Copy Protection, CSS or Macrovision * Licensed under Creative Commons * DVD-ROM Section with: o Thousands of photos o Additional audio interviews o Speeches by Jason Scott and guests
Videos available on Google Video (should be 8 of them in the series).
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=BBS+the+documentary
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Or you can buy the DVD set from the webpage and impress your friends!
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That made me all nostalgic =). Thanks!
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Chuck Fosberg is my hero. :D (Ok, well Steve Punter is right up there too!)
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Got a torrent to the DVD ISOs perhaps?