Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS

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FGK <f6k@sdf.org> wrote:
> On 2019-02-28, Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com> wrote:
> > On 2/20/2019 2:55 PM, Batchman wrote:
> >> "BBS: The Documentary" tells a great deal of the story using interviews
> >>   with most of the individuals who responsible for the necessary work and
> >>   innovations.
> >
> > Is this series available for sale anywhere?

> According to http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/order/, everything has been sold
> out! You might want to check ebay or marketplaces like that if you want a
> physical copy. In the link above, they say that "There will be digital copies
> sold in the future!"; so you may have to wait.

> But well, with some digging, I guess you could find you way and find
> yourself a digital copy on the web.

https://archive.org/details/BBS.The.Documentary :)
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the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-02-20 03:02 +0000
  Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS Batchman <batchman@dosville.foo> - 2019-02-20 20:55 +0000
    Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2019-02-20 19:10 -0600
    Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com> - 2019-02-28 08:58 -0600
      Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS FGK <f6k@sdf.org> - 2019-02-28 17:40 +0100
        Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2019-02-28 11:49 -0600
        Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com> - 2019-02-28 14:43 -0600
          Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-02-28 22:04 +0000
            Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS FGK <f6k@sdf.org> - 2019-03-01 11:13 +0100
    Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-03-15 23:08 +0000
      Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-03-16 05:52 +0000
        Re: the Blizzard of 1978 and the first BBS not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-03-16 21:44 +0000

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