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I recall "Anarchist's Cookbook" and phone phreaking manuals as ubiquitous text files found on every BBS's file section.
by sumthinprofound 5y ago
I recall "Anarchist's Cookbook" and phone phreaking manuals as ubiquitous text files found on every BBS's file section.
- dharma1 5y agoHaha yes that was a classic! Also bunch of demo coding and electronics stuff as text files.. sound cards were pretty expensive back then, I remember downloading DIY AdLib instructions/schematics and my friends dad built it for a fraction of the cost of a real one
- sumthinprofound 5y agoI'm imagining everything was ASCII character art schematics, given the available toolset back then.
- timbit42 5y agoI told a friend about something I read in it and he went and asked his chemistry teacher about it and got a trip to the principal's office.
- glenneroo 5y agoI remember printing it at school on the single dot matrix printer in the computer lab, which took a couple weeks during lunch breaks and after school IIRC. A lot of students were initially upset that I was always in there taking up printer time... until they saw what I was printing, then suddenly everyone wanted me to print them a copy. I also got some extra credit doing a presentation about it in chemistry class. I'm pretty sure our teacher even took one of the less destructive recipes and made something go boom behind protective glass while everyone cheered. The 90s truly were a different era...