BBS-related podcasts

"The 'Wild And Woolly' World Of Bulletin Boards"

These days, if you want to find a fling, a friend or a cheap used sofa, you might check out craigslist. But decades before Craig Newmark posted his first list, computer users all over the country were connecting through electronic bulletin boards.

"Together in Electric Dreams"

Mike and Jeff discuss BBSes they have called recently, future plans for the podcast, and more.

"Interview Series: Ken Gagne"

Reminiscing with prolific Apple II blogger and podcaster Ken Gagne about calling and running BBSs.

"DeReBBS"

"Interview Series: Josh Renaud"

Today's guest is Josh Renaud, Atari fan, and proprietor of Break Into Chat, a wiki and blog dedicated to BBSing, door games, and retrocomputing.

A promo to give an idea of what the podcast is going to be all about.

The inaugural episode, with ideas for promoting your board.

Guest: Drew Alexander, sysop of Window of Illusion BBS; Fidonet and other networks; Telnet clients

Old scene: where to play TradeWars; New scene: set up a WiFi hotspot for a BBS; BBS spotlight: Mars Den BBS

Old scene: ANSI and ASCII art; New scene: the BBS Wiki; BBS spotlight: Prison Board

"It all starts anew"

New co-host: Mike Leach; Old scene: Textfiles; New scene: Internet Relay Chat (IRC); BBS spotlight: Mac Citadel

"Heff gets huffy"

Co-host: Mike Leach; Old scene: Rusty and Edie's BBS; New scene: Hotline and KDX; BBS spotlight: Lightning BBS

"It's Frank 'eh"

Guest: Frank Linhares; Frank talks about his BBSes: Diskshop and Misery.

"Mobilize"

Co-host: Mike Leach; BBS clients for iOS and mobile phones; Spotlight BBS: Hysteria

"And So It Begins"

Introductory episode. Adkisson discusses what it was like during the 80s to be part of what was then a revolution.

"It All Started With The Cold"

Adkisson discusses what a BBS is and how the term came to be used, and who created the very first BBS.

"Fido, come here boy!"

Adkisson explains how information was transferred between BBSes via Fidonet.

"Shareware of Doom!"

Adkisson explains the term "shareware", as well as how BBSes were instrumental in distributing software from companies like ID.

"Let 'er RIP!"

Adkisson discusses the transformation of the user interface of the BBS, from the early days of plain text, to later graphical server/client environments.

"I'll Choose Door Number ..."

Adkisson describes the technology the enabled external programs, or "doors," to be run on a BBS.

"Retrocomputing!"

Evans discusses why people like retrocomputing and how people participate in the hobby. In the news section at the end of the podcast, he talks about BBSing and The Electric Cafe BBS.

"Potpourri"

Episode covers multiple topics, including brief discussion of the BBSmates.com website.

"The Bulletin Board System, Part I"

Episode focuses on computerized Bulletin Board Systems; uses audio excerpts from Jason Scott's "BBS: The Documentary."

"The Bulletin Board System, Part II"

Follow-up episode touches on the mystique of the sysop, commercial BBSes, and Fidonet. Uses audio excerpts from "BBS: The Documentary."

"An Interview with Rob O'Hara, Author of 'Commodork: Sordid Tales From A BBS Junkie', Part I"

Evans interviews O'Hara about the process of writing his book, file trading, vintage games and more.

"An Interview with Rob O'Hara, Author of 'Commodork: Sordid Tales From A BBS Junkie', Part II"

Evans interviews O'Hara about BBSing and vintage computers in the 1980s and 1990s.

"PS3 2.40 Firmware, Ticket To Ride, Mega Man 9"

Early in the show and again much later, Blackwolf and others discuss BBS door games such as Trade Wars 2002, Murder Motel, and The Pit.

"Interview with Josh Renaud of BreakIntoChat.com about BBS Door Games"

Blackwolf and Renaud discuss bulletin board systems and the asynchronous multiplayer games that were the precursor to today's social games.

"Episode 3"

In this episode, Morris looks back at computer BBSes, and the great games that were played on them.

"David Greelish, Steve Weyhrich, John Sculley, and Steve Jobs (Jan. 2012)"

Very brief discussion about possibility of resurrecting Ken Gagne's dead Warp Six BBS.

"Andrew Roughan, Marinetti, Karateka, and e-books (March 2012)"

Listener Andrew Roughan briefly discusses the Sydney, Australia BBS scene and the BBS door game "The Complex."

"David Schmidt, iOS games, Apple III, and IMSAI (Sept. 2012)"

Hosts briefly discuss the closing of the Apple II "Age of Reason" BBS.

"Lon Seidman, BBSs, Steve Wozniak, and documentaries (June 2013)"

Hosts chat about Apple II BBSing, using tcpser on a Raspberry Pi, and other topics with guest Lon Seidman, sysop of the "Matrix Returns" BBS.

"Online Pioneer Days & Mailbag"

A potpourri of topics as Ben Elgin and Benj Edwards talk Jeremy through the early days of dial-up gaming and BBS madness.

"Intro to Bulletin Board Systems"

Jamie and Elijah learn from Chris as he visits an old school bulletin board system from 25 years ago.

"Let's Play Some Door Games!"

Text-based adventuring. Two huge door games LORD and BRE. We "dial" into a BBS and play some door games.

"June 28: Google Plus (Google+) Announced"

Among other items mentioned in this podcast, HydraBBS software was released in 1999.

"January 24, 1996: RemoteAccess BBS Released to Public"

The final version of RA was released in 1996 (with a Y2K fix in 2000). At that time BBS were being switched to Internet protocol systems like online forums.

"February 16, 1978: First Bulletin Board System (aka CBBS)"

The first computer bulletin board system was created in Chicago, Illinois by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess.

"March 10, 1988: Uncensored Bulletin Board System Launched"

Ignatius T. Foobar launches one of the more interesting and long-lasting Bulletin board systems in the Uncensored BBS.

"The Bulletin Board System"

In this very short podcast, David Powell defines the term "bulletin board system."