BBS the Documentary: History of 1980s–90s BBS Culture

HN recommends it as a definitive, nostalgic history of BBS culture whenever people ask what the pre-internet online world was like.

Jason Scott's multi-episode documentary on the bulletin board system scene of the 1980s and 1990s, built from over 200 interviews. It captures how hobbyists ran dial-up systems before the internet went mainstream.