PC Mag's greatest hacks of all time
"Just 10?" is the obvious refrain, but those selected are beauts. Starting with 1961's Space War game — a PDP-1 mainframe hack — it leads right up to cool present day stuff like Hackintoshes and DeCSS. And, of course, Ben Heck.
Pictured is Joi Ito's photograph of a PDP-1 running Spacewar. If you're ever near Albuquerque, they have one at the STARTUP exhibit.
Photo: Joi Ito
The Ten Greatest Hacks of All Time [PC mag via Hackaday]
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dculberson
#1 – 8:59 AM September 16, 2008
I love Spacewar.
the_boy
#2 – 4:33 PM September 16, 2008
I live in Albuquerque, and it's pretty awesome (both the city and the game, really)!
I think it's being run through some sort of emulator, but I am in no way techies enough to figure it out (plus, I'm at school in another state).