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www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Hackers www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Hackers Steven Levy Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Sebastopol • Taipei • Tokyo www.it-ebooks.info Hackers by Steven Levy Copyright © 2010 Steven Levy. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (my.safaribooksonline.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: (800) 998-9938 or [email protected]. Editor: Mike Hendrickson Indexer: John Bickelhaupt Production Editor: Cover Designers: Rachel Monaghan Monica Kamsvaag and Production Services: Edie Freedman Octal Publishing, Inc. Interior Designer: Ron Bilodeau Copyeditor: Amy Thomson Printing History: May 2010: First Edition. TheO’ReillylogoisaregisteredtrademarkofO’ReillyMedia,Inc.Hackersand related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Manyofthedesignationsusedbymanufacturersandsellerstodistinguishtheir products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media, Inc. was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in caps or initial caps. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. ISBN: 978-1-449-38839-3 [SB] www.it-ebooks.info Contents CAMBRIDGE: The Fifties and Sixties Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Who’s Who: The Wizards and Their Machines . . . . . . . . . . . xi PartOne.TRUE HACKERS CAMBRIDGE: The Fifties and Sixties Chapter1 The Tech Model Railroad Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Chapter2 The Hacker Ethic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Chapter3 Spacewar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Chapter4 Greenblatt and Gosper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Chapter5 The Midnight Computer Wiring Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Chapter6 Winners and Losers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Chapter7 Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 www.it-ebooks.info vi Contents PartTwo.HARDWARE HACKERS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: The Seventies Chapter8 Revolt in 2100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Chapter9 Every Man a God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Chapter10 The Homebrew Computer Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Chapter11 Tiny BASIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Chapter12 Woz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Chapter13 Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 PartThree.GAME HACKERS THE SIERRAS: The Eighties Chapter14 The Wizard and the Princess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Chapter15 The Brotherhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Chapter16 The Third Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Chapter17 Summer Camp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Chapter18 Frogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 www.it-ebooks.info Contents vii Chapter19 Applefest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Chapter20 Wizard vs. Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 PartFour.THE LAST OF THE TRUE HACKERS CAMBRIDGE: 1983 The Last of the True Hackers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 Afterword: Ten Years After. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Afterword: 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 www.it-ebooks.info

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