[3] Although the documentary was released under the Creative Commons Attribute-ShareAlike 2.0 License[4] and later under 3.0,[5] meaning that anyone can legally download it for free, the author has made it known that the downloadable version is only a fraction of the available material and recommends that individuals purchase the documentary DVDs.

Wired called it "a five-and-a-half-hour paean to the era when computers were named Stacy and Lisa, and tech loyalists fought bitter battles over the superiority of Ataris to Amigas".

[2] Film Threat called it a "truly fascinating documentary about an increasingly obscure and obsolete technology".

[6] Popular Mechanics called it a "labor of love" and said it was "the sort of thing that not everyone can digest, but is utterly fascinating to those that can".

[3] Since its release, the film has been cited by multiple academic works on the topic of computing history and internet culture.