Subj : New BBS!
To   : Asylem Kat
From : Sam Alexander
Date : Sat Sep 24 2005 07:00 pm

  Re: New BBS!
  By: Asylem Kat to Hey.. on Sat Sep 24 2005 02:55 am

 >  > SO my suggestion, for BBSes to really thrive again, instead of throwing
 >  > mindless ad's around start educating folks on what BBSes are, the history
 >  > them, and reassure folks that BBSes aren't going anyplace.
 > 
 > I've heard about a documentary that explains about BBSes and tells about the
 > beginnings and such... The name has slipped my mind but I'll go look it up a
 > get back to you. Now if only we could get people to watch it and actually ca
 > I've tried to get people to sign up, recently AND back in the day, but too m
 > of them aren't interested. If they can't click on it with a mouse then they
 > want to have no parts of it. It's sad that people are just reduced to mindle
 > clicking.
 > 

Yeah, it's just called BBS Documentary and was a project of Jason Scott that 
took about 3 years to complete.  Rob was on there talking about Synchronet 
as was all the pioneers like Ward Christensen, Tom Jennings, and many 
others.  http://www.bbsdocumentary.com and it's like $50 or you can download 
it.  I spoke with Jason once on the phone and he said it was released under 
a license that allowed folks to copy it.  You can also download portions of 
his interviews on http://www.archive.org (click on Moving Pictures).

I preordered the BBS Documentary last year and it came in a few months ago.  
It's three DVD's and many hours of great interviews.  I'd definitely 
recommend it to anyone, and if someone wants to learn about BBSes with no 
prior experience this is THE way to learn :)

Sam

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