Phreaking
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Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a culture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as equipment and systems connected to public tel
A Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal toy produced a 2600 hertz tone.
Blue box
Steve Wozniak
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Stephen Gary Wozniak, also known by his nickname Woz, is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Inc. with his early b
Phreaking
…tone generators known as blue boxes became a staple of the phreaker community. This community included future Apple Inc. co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The blue box era came to an end with the ever-increasing use of digital telephone networks which allowed telecommunication companies to discontinue…
Wozniak in 2017
Wozniak's 1968 Homestead High School yearbook photo
Steve Wozniak's blue box at the Computer History Museum
An original 1976 Apple I computer in a briefcase, from the Sydney Powerhouse Museum collection