The Retrobits Podcast

Show 009: The Bulletin Board System, Part I

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Welcome to show #009!  Today we're focusing on computerized Bulletin

Board Systems!

Topics and links discussed in the podcast...

Jeff Ledger's Guide to

TelBBS will get you back in the BBS game in no time.  Miss the old BBS
days?  They're back...  Be sure to check out the various links from
this web page.
The BBS Documentary is one of the
finest historical accounts of a computing phenomenon that I've ever seen. 
Hats off to Jason Scott, this is a masterpiece.  Many thanks to Jason for
licensing his work under Creative Commons,
making it possible for us to provide excerpts of his work in today's podcast.
If you see the BBS Documentary and are hungry for more, you're in luck! 
Additional footage can be found in the
BBS Documentary section
on the archive.org website.

Be sure to send us any comments, questions or feedback to [email protected]

Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

 

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