This documentary is really worthy of being in a technology museum! I was born in 1987 and I didn't have a clue about BBS's existence at all... I was actually shocked that this existed before the advent of the internet. I bow down to these men and women for their incredible skills and talent. The interview with Mr. Henderson i very touching, I actually cried... Thx again for this documentary!
Amazing work, Jason. I was completey compelled for four and a half hours. Thank you and all your contributers for this outstanding preservation of computing history.
What a wonderful documentary! I enjoyed it so much! Thank you for making it and thank you for adding it to the creative commons. You are truly a great filmmaker and I believe this film will be watched by computer science students long after your death. It was great to see so many of my early heros, some for the first time. I was surprised not to see Richard Gillmann, but I ran a DLX system, so I'm a fanboy ...
Just finished watching on second monitor while at work :) very good. I missed the BBS years as we didn't get a PC until the mid 90s when I was in my 2nd course at college and couldn't afford a modem or the cost of calls.
I feel sorry for Thom, but this hate is happening so much online in every corner today. Interesting to see it already started so long ago, before Facebook, TikTok and Instagram. Amazing story, thank you Jason for putting these things together. Somehow I think I would have liked to be present at this time with this community.
Amazing series, thanks for putting the time and effort in, and releasing this to the world to appreciate. Loved all the interviews with these guys. A lot now would have already passed. Thank you for your contribution to this fascinating human history.
I watched all 8 episodes of "BBS The Documentary". Thank you for a wonderful look back at the early days of home computers and communication. I ran a small 4-line BBS for awhile in CA. I never really knew some of the backstories of the BBS world. If I had to critique anything, I would say you should have spoke in places where you put text on the screen (especially in Episode 8). I had this on in the background while doing some stuff and had to keep looking over and stopping to read the interludes. Otherwise, a great series.
“…He didn’t care about right or wrong…” Numbskulls only care about the first story they get told. Humanity is frustrating. Only a few pushing forward while the others are making phone threats to their weatherman over the forecast.
Thank you for this incredible series. I grew up with AOL and IRC in the 90s as my earliest memory in computing (shoutout to the progs chatroom and 404 mafia we run these streets) and it's nice to see how that evolved.
I may have gotten this all wrong so feel free to correct me but didn't the same thing happen to Phil Katz? I assumed that WinZip was PK's development for MS Windows but actually he wouldn't sell so someone just took the name and appended it to the Windows-ready utility. At least that's the story I heard - can anyone confirm or refute that one?
It was a graphical front-end that then swapped over to using info-zip. The same thing didn't happen to Phil, there was no lawsuit, source code theft, etc.
@@jasonscott526 I was speaking in very vague terms mate, and I apologise. Thanks for setting me straight. These films are very enjoyable, thanks for all the effort you have very clearly put into them.
SEA was right about ARC but when they kept whining about ZIP it got tiresome. Phil Katz was an amazing coder. He had a tragic end. May he rest in peace.
This is the most compelling episode.
This documentary is really worthy of being in a technology museum! I was born in 1987 and I didn't have a clue about BBS's existence at all... I was actually shocked that this existed before the advent of the internet. I bow down to these men and women for their incredible skills and talent. The interview with Mr. Henderson i very touching, I actually cried... Thx again for this documentary!
Excellent. Had no idea of this back in the day. Great work Jason to capture the technological and human aspects.
Just finished watching all 8 episodes. Great documentary :) Thanks for sharing it for everyone here in UA-cam
Amazing work, Jason. I was completey compelled for four and a half hours. Thank you and all your contributers for this outstanding preservation of computing history.
What a wonderful documentary! I enjoyed it so much! Thank you for making it and thank you for adding it to the creative commons. You are truly a great filmmaker and I believe this film will be watched by computer science students long after your death.
It was great to see so many of my early heros, some for the first time. I was surprised not to see Richard Gillmann, but I ran a DLX system, so I'm a fanboy ...
Thank you so much for making this documentary; brought back a lot of fond memories. Tradewars, meetups, damn I feel old...best time of my life!
I was far too young to do any of the BBS stuff, but I just want to give Thom a hug. 🤗
Just finished watching on second monitor while at work :) very good. I missed the BBS years as we didn't get a PC until the mid 90s when I was in my 2nd course at college and couldn't afford a modem or the cost of calls.
I feel sorry for Thom, but this hate is happening so much online in every corner today. Interesting to see it already started so long ago, before Facebook, TikTok and Instagram. Amazing story, thank you Jason for putting these things together. Somehow I think I would have liked to be present at this time with this community.
Really enjoyed this series. Thanks for making them available through UA-cam.
Nuts that this was the start of the zip file utility
Really enjoyed this series. Thanks for making it, and thanks for all the people taking the time to share their stories and histories. :D
Amazing series, thanks for putting the time and effort in, and releasing this to the world to appreciate. Loved all the interviews with these guys. A lot now would have already passed. Thank you for your contribution to this fascinating human history.
Oof. That one hit me right in the feels.
I watched all 8 episodes of "BBS The Documentary". Thank you for a wonderful look back at the early days of home computers and communication. I ran a small 4-line BBS for awhile in CA. I never really knew some of the backstories of the BBS world.
If I had to critique anything, I would say you should have spoke in places where you put text on the screen (especially in Episode 8). I had this on in the background while doing some stuff and had to keep looking over and stopping to read the interludes. Otherwise, a great series.
“…He didn’t care about right or wrong…”
Numbskulls only care about the first story they get told. Humanity is frustrating. Only a few pushing forward while the others are making phone threats to their weatherman over the forecast.
Thank you for this incredible series. I grew up with AOL and IRC in the 90s as my earliest memory in computing (shoutout to the progs chatroom and 404 mafia we run these streets) and it's nice to see how that evolved.
I may have gotten this all wrong so feel free to correct me but didn't the same thing happen to Phil Katz? I assumed that WinZip was PK's development for MS Windows but actually he wouldn't sell so someone just took the name and appended it to the Windows-ready utility. At least that's the story I heard - can anyone confirm or refute that one?
It was a graphical front-end that then swapped over to using info-zip. The same thing didn't happen to Phil, there was no lawsuit, source code theft, etc.
@@jasonscott526 I was speaking in very vague terms mate, and I apologise. Thanks for setting me straight. These films are very enjoyable, thanks for all the effort you have very clearly put into them.
Winzip basically implemented zip in windows. Hence the name. PK didnt move to windows on time and Winzip got the market.
I miss these days. I wish some of it could be recaptured.
SEA was right about ARC but when they kept whining about ZIP it got tiresome. Phil Katz was an amazing coder. He had a tragic end. May he rest in peace.
I believe seeing this story before. SEA got copied by “the little guy”. There’s not much to say; this was plagiarism.