Phil Becker
Self
Through eight episodes, director Jason Scott covers the 25 year history of the Dial-Up Bulletin Board System, a modem-connected computer system that let others connect to a computer over a phone line and leave messages and trade files. Containing 200 interviews, episodes mostly consist of elaborate montages of dozens of people composing a narrative. BAUD is an introduction to the start of the BBS. SYSOPS AND USERS is a montage of stories and thoughts on running BBSes. FIDONET covers the amateur network of computers called Fidonet. MAKE IT PAY covers the BBS Industry. ARTSCENE covers the ANSI art scene of the 1990s. HPAC covers Hacking and Phreaking BBSes. COMPRESSION discusses the ARC-ZIP battle of 1988. NO CARRIER discusses the "end" of the dial-up BBS.
Phil Becker
Self
Vint Cerf
Self
Jeff Keegan
Self
Brian Ronald
Self
Christian Wirth
RaD Man
Loyd Blankenship
The Mentor
Dave McClure
Self
Ben Gardiner
Self
Tom Jennings
Self
Pascal Junger
Self
Steve Punter
Self
Jon Shiring
Slothy of iCE
Deth Veggie
Self
Jack Rickard
Self
Grandmaster Ratté
Self
Bruce Esquibel
Self
Jeff Chapman
Ninjalicious
Jon Shiring
Lord Soth
Bob Hartman
Self
