Browse episode ratings trends for BBS: The Documentary. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of BBS: The Documentary's 8 episodes.
Best Episodes of BBS: The Documentary
Compression
S1 Ep8
7.5
9th Jul 2005
Compression tells the story of the PKWARE/SEA legal battle of the late 1980s and how a fight that broke out over something as simple as data compression resulted in waylaid lives and lost opportunity.
FidoNet
S1 Ep4
7.3
11th Jun 2005
Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.
Worst Episodes of BBS: The Documentary
Artscene
S1 Ep5
6.4
18th Jun 2005
Artscene tells the rarely-heard history of the ANSI Art Scene that thrived in the BBS world, where art was currency and battles waged over nothing more than pure talent.
Baud
S1 Ep1
6.5
21st May 2005
Baud introduces the story of the beginning of the BBS, including interviews with Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, who used a snowstorm as an inspiration to change the world.
BBS: The Documentary Episode Guide
Baud
S1 Ep1
6.5
21st May 2005
Baud introduces the story of the beginning of the BBS, including interviews with Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, who used a snowstorm as an inspiration to change the world.
SysOps and Users
S1 Ep2
7.3
28th May 2005
Sysops and Users introduces the stories of the people who used BBSes, and lets them tell their own stories of living in this new world.
Make It Pay
S1 Ep3
7.0
4th Jun 2005
Make it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight.
FidoNet
S1 Ep4
7.3
11th Jun 2005
Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.
Artscene
S1 Ep5
6.4
18th Jun 2005
Artscene tells the rarely-heard history of the ANSI Art Scene that thrived in the BBS world, where art was currency and battles waged over nothing more than pure talent.
HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking)
S1 Ep6
6.8
25th Jun 2005
HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking) hears from some of the users of "underground" BBSes and their unique view of the world of information and computers.
No Carrier
S1 Ep7
7.2
2nd Jul 2005
No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.
Compression
S1 Ep8
7.5
9th Jul 2005
Compression tells the story of the PKWARE/SEA legal battle of the late 1980s and how a fight that broke out over something as simple as data compression resulted in waylaid lives and lost opportunity.
Long before the Internet escaped from the lab, connecting the planet and redefining what it meant to meant to be a computer user... ...there was a brave and pioneering band of hobbyists who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. By using a modem, anyone who knew the phone number of these machines could connect to them, leave messages, play games, send and receive files in a virtual community... and millions did. They called these places "Bulletin Board Systems", or BBSes. Their collections of messages, rants thoughts and dreams became the way that an entire generation learned about being online.
The best rated episodes of BBS: The Documentary are:
Compression S1E8 rated 7.5
FidoNet S1E4 rated 7.3
The lowest rated episodes of BBS: The Documentary are:
Artscene S1E5 rated 6.4
Baud S1E1 rated 6.5
The first episode of BBS: The Documentary aired on May 21, 2005.
The last episode of BBS: The Documentary aired on July 09, 2005.
