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BBS: The Documentary
Season 1 • Episode 8 • Compression
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BBS: The Documentary Season 1, Episode 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. Watch BBS: The Documentary Season 1, Episode 8 Compression in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of BBS: The Documentary Season 1, Episode 8 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Episodes
8 episodes
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.
37 min
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.
37 min
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.
37 min
FidoNet
Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.
37 min
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.
37 min
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.
37 min
No Carrier
No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.
37 min
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.
37 min