E1 - Baud

Aired: May 21, 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.

E2 - SysOps and Users

Aired: May 28, 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.

E3 - Make It Pay

Aired: June 04, 2005

Make it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight.

E4 - FidoNet

Aired: June 11, 2005

Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.

E5 - Artscene

Aired: June 18, 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.

E6 - HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking)

Aired: June 25, 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.

E7 - No Carrier

Aired: July 02, 2005

No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.

E8 - Compression

Aired: July 09, 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.