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spzb@infosec.pub to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 2 months ago

Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

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spzb@infosec.pub to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 2 months ago
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    I wonder if the same people also think manipulating the tones to make free phone calls, as shown in Hackers, is also just a Hollywood myth. That shit was actually real.

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      Phreaky

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        I’m barely under 50 and never heard of this. And I watched mcgiver as a kid.

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