In December 2002 the director of the BBS documentary stopped by in Orillia to interview me and possibly any of my other friends who used to be involved in the BBS scene. Unfortunately none of them were available that day so he just interviewed me. Since then he's interviewed over 200 people and made a 3 DVD set of documentaries that covers every aspect of BBS's. There are 5 one hour documentaries that cover BBSing from birth right through today. I'm on there 7 time for a total of 45 seconds :)
What I think is kinda neat is that important people like the creator of FidoNet will see me commenting on his technology. Who knows, maybe even Bill Gates will watch this documentary. BBS's was what people used from the 70's to early 90's, before there was internet access. There are still some hanging around today, such as mine. Click the doghousebbs.com link at the top right.
If you want to buy a copy, go to http://www.bbsdocumentary.com. The price is $50 US + shipping.
Working from his home office in Toronto,
Ryan de Laplante can be found developing software in
Java by day, and obsessing with technology by night.
Ryan has been designing and writing software for
IJW since 1998 and is very passionate about his work.
