Comment by 👻 darkghost

Hacking goes way back to the MIT artifical intelligence lab in the 70s and early 80s. They had mini computers produced by a local company called Digital Equipment Corporation. The computer of choice was PDP-10, which was a 36-bit system released in 1967. The AI lab developed ITS, the incompatible time sharing system (a reference to MITs compatible time sharing system.) The ITS system allowed anyone on (known as tourists) via ARPAnet. This lead to a ton of collaboration. Emerging from this environment was LISP and LISP machines but also Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation and GNU.

Oct 18 · 2 months ago

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There’s a great YouTube channel that goes in-depth on NES hacking and how it works. Bypassing the DRM to run non-legit games involved literally physically clipping a chip on the console. Later game consoles were harder and harder to crack. You can technically run Linux and NetBSD on a Wii and PlayStation, or so I’ve heard.

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I have somehow found myself doing a lighthearted talk on retro hacking this Wednesday. Would anyone here happen to know anything about it?