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Interesting history - thanks. My 4th edition paperback copy of "Hugo Cornwall's New Hacker's Handbook" by Steve Gold from 1989 is sitting right behind me on th
by proftom 7y ago
Interesting history - thanks. My 4th edition paperback copy of "Hugo Cornwall's New Hacker's Handbook" by Steve Gold from 1989 is sitting right behind me on the shelf.
- Jaruzel 7y agoI had a copy of the 1st edition paperback when it came out[1], I was in my teens at the time. Some of the phone numbers in the book actually still worked, and connected to various services like early online banking. As someone with a Prestel account as well, the whole 'hacking Prestel' thing was quite interesting. Years later I realised I'd lost my original copy, so replaced it with exactly the same edition, mainly for nostalgia reasons. It's still a fun read if you want an insight into early dial-up stuff - it's got a lot of technical stuff in it too about how all the hardware worked. --- [1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hackers-Handbook-Hugo-Cornwall/dp/0712606505/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hackers-Handbook-Hugo-Cornwall/dp/0...
- C1sc0cat 7y agoI used to work in the engineering centre that supported PRESTEL and TYMNET Later on after PRESTEL was gone, BT security was visiting and freaked out when they bumped into a developer who they had caught as a teenager hacking Prestel. Security wanted them fired senior management told them NO :-) Oh I also had a copy of the hackers handbook