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BBS: The Documentary

Episode 1 (The other episodes are on Commons here.) BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary ) is a 3-disc, 8-episode documentary about the subculture born ...

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Episode 1 (The other episodes are on Commons here.)

BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary) is a 3-disc, 8-episode documentary about the subculture born from the creation of the bulletin board system (BBS) filmed by computer historianJason Scott of textfiles.com.[1][2]

Production work began in July 2001, and completed in December 2004. The finished product began shipping in May 2005.[3]

Although the documentary was released under the Creative CommonsAttribute-ShareAlike 2.0 License[4] and later under 3.0,[5] meaning that anyone can legally download it for free, the author has made it known that the downloadable version is only a fraction of the available material and recommends that individuals purchase the documentary DVDs.

Episodes

Disc 1:

  1. Baud: the beginnings of the first BBSes, featuring Ward Christensen and Randy Suess
  2. SysOps and Users: experiences from those who used and operated BBSes, including B.W. Behling from Ahoy! magazine

Disc 2:

  1. Make it Pay: the BBS industry of the 1980s and 90s featuring Philip L. Becker, founder of eSoft
  2. FidoNet: details the largest volunteer-run computer network in history
  3. Artscene: the history of the ANSI Art Scene which thrived in the BBS world

Disc 3:

  1. HPAC (HackingPhreakingAnarchyCracking): hear from the users of "underground" BBSes
  2. No Carrier: the end of the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet
  3. Compression: the story of the PKWARE/SEA legal battle of the late 1980s

Disc 3 also serves as a DVD-ROM which contains thousands of photographs from the 200 interviews recorded during the 4-year production of the film. All of the episodes are subtitled in English and include director's commentary tracks. The Artscene episode is the only one to include subtitles translated into Russian. All discs include hidden easter eggs.

Reception

BBS: El documental recibió buenas críticas, principalmente de publicaciones del ámbito tecnológico. Wired lo describió como "un canto de cinco horas y media a la época en que las computadoras se llamaban Stacy y Lisa , y los fanáticos de la tecnología libraban amargas batallas sobre la superioridad de las Atari sobre las Amiga". [ 2 ] Film Threat lo calificó como "un documental verdaderamente fascinante sobre una tecnología cada vez más oscura y obsoleta". [ 6 ] Popular Mechanics lo consideró un "trabajo hecho con amor" y afirmó que era "el tipo de cosa que no todos pueden digerir, pero que resulta absolutamente fascinante para quienes sí pueden". [ 3 ]

Desde su estreno, la película ha sido citada en múltiples trabajos académicos sobre el tema de la historia de la informática y la cultura de internet. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ]

Referencias

  1. ↑ Sánchez, Julián (diciembre de 2005). "La prehistoria del ciberespacio" . Reason . Vol.  37, n.º  7, págs. 61-67 . Consultado el 3 de abril de 2023 . 
  2. 1 2 Zetter, Kim (8 de junio de 2005). "Cómo el humilde BBS dio origen al mundo cableado" . Wired .
  3. 1 2 Wenz, John (12 de junio de 2015). "Weekend Watch: una extensa historia de los BBS anteriores a Internet" . Popular Mechanics .
  4. ↑ "Nuevo documental sobre BBS publicado bajo licencia Creative Commons" . Jimgilliam.com. 3 de junio de 2005. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2009 .
  5. ↑ "BBS: El documental" . 2005. Consultado el 5 de septiembre de 2015 .
  6. ↑ Dickey, Daulton (19 de agosto de 2005). "BBS: El documental (DVD)" . Film Threat . Archivado del original el 6 de febrero de 2006.
  7. ↑ Schell, Bernadette Hlubik (2007). Internet y la sociedad: Manual de referencia . ABC-Clio . págs. 277–279 . ISBN  9781598840315.
  8. ↑ Söderberg, Johan (2008). Hacking Capitalism: The Free and Open Source Software Movement . Routledge . p. 192. ISBN  9780415955430.
  9. ↑ Kelty, Christopher M., ed. (2008). Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software . Duke University Press . p. 330. ISBN  9780822342649.
  10. ↑ Wardrip-Fruin, Noah (2009). Procesamiento expresivo: ficciones digitales, videojuegos y estudios de software . MIT Press . pág. 39. ISBN  9780262013437.
  11. ↑ Mandiberg, Michael , ed. (2012). The Social Media Reader . New York University Press . pág. 117. ISBN  9780814764060.
  12. ↑ Coleman, Gabriella (2013). Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking . Princeton University Press . p. 213. ISBN  9780691144610.