I hacked into a few computers with my 300 baud acoustic coupler modem. I think I changed the price on top sirloin at some grocery store.
Woo me.
I’m glad I grew up a long time ago.
where the author leads the reader on an unbelievable fantasy before admitting the whole story was fake.
+1
I tried to read 2600 several times and was always put off by the general attitude of It is our god-given right to screw with whoever’s computer we want to, and anyone who suggests otherwise is a jackbooted NAZI thug. Didn’t anybody else find this irritating?
Really? I thought that was THE LAW ™ or for the religious types, The Word ™
Problem with THE LAW/The Word is that if applied really well, like it always is, you know, the precision and the quality of organization, you know, everything just stops working, preventing THE LAW™/The Word™ itself from being applied.
I’m just trying to sound friendly like y00 guyz, ya know. 
That’s tr00 friendshipzzzz lolzzz for ya 
Prepare for the Revenge! Yeah! This LOLZZZ d00d has gone t00000 farr!
/me gives an Evil Grin ™
TM sucks.
Odyssey?
What is the difference between magic and programming?
-The same as between sorcerers and sourcerers.
I’ve learned more from 2600 over the years than anyplace else and i still look forward to each issue!
For some of us, 300 baud was a luxury. We got useful things done at 110 baud, with paper tape for long term storage.
Dude I am so excited for this book, getting my sister to buy it for me for Christmas.
i want this book)
Maybe it is a big book, but if you really dig the content do you really care how big it is?
Shoot, I carry around 1 or 2 giant books in my bag with me to work and back depending on what I am working on. I bring the books with me, because I like what I am working on and like learning more about the technologies. Sometimes it is just as interesting to learn what someone else thinks about the technologies you are working with too.
I started out on TRS-80s as well, so there is some nostalgia. They were rotten machines though, and I had a tape drive. I don’t think small hard-drives were available for home computers yet in that time, only the giant gold colored platter drives the size of dinner plates.