BBS: The Documentary

....there was a brave and pioneering band of computer users who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. Anyone else who knew the phone number of these computers could connect to them, leave messages, send and recieve files.... and millions did. These places "Bulletin Board Systems", or BBSes. And their collections of messages, rants, thoughts and dreams became the way that an entire generation learned about being online. (bbsdocumentary.com)