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Vendeur : Max Rambod Inc, Woodland Hills, CA, Etats-UnisMax Rambod Inc
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EUR 400,54
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Blacklisted! 411 archive of eight periodicals produced as part of a countercultural shared conviction that the telecommunications and computing systems proliferating through the 1990s should be understood by their users rather than treated as closed corporate property. The West Coast publication discusses phone phreaking (manipu…lating the telephone network), bulletin-board networks, and the broader hacker underground. Its editorial remit was the internal workings of contemporary systems such as telephone and cellular networks, bulletin-board services, consumer electronics, radio and scanner equipment, and cable and utility infrastructure, all presented through technical instruction interleaved with a sustained strain of anti-corporate and anti-government commentary. The present group of eight issues, spanning January 1995 to Fall 1998, represents a selection from the title's first generation, and documents it across a formative period: practical how-to material on telephone and cellular systems, carrier-code and BBS directories, hardware teardowns, and scanner-frequency guides, alongside editorial and satirical content reflecting the publication's countercultural orientation. Blacklisted! 411. Vol. 2, Nos. 1-3; Vol. 3, No. 3; Vol. 4, Nos. 2 and 4; Vol. 5, Nos. 1-2. Cypress, California: Syntel Vista, 1995-1998. ISSN 1082-2216. Eight issues, quarto, edited by Zachary Blackstone. Coverage includes Groom Lake and Area 51 ("Uh, not so 'Secret' Air Base?"), California and Pennsylvania BBS directories, AT commands, cellular hacking, vending machines, COCOT systems, red boxing, casino hacking, pirate radio survival guides, AOL service congestion and refund disputes, US West Internet access pricing, Gateway 2000's acquisition of Amiga Technologies, airport body-scanning technology, central office operations, web spoofing, LAPD radio systems, federal government frequencies, and electronic commerce. Reader meetings, classified ads, BBS directories, technical-support exchanges, and conference references document the social infrastructure surrounding late twentieth-century hacker culture. Blacklisted! 411's earlier history as a Southern California disk magazine, distributed by modem and floppy disk beginning in 1983, gives the print run a longer technological genealogy than most 1990s hacker periodicals. The issues preserve the shift from hobbyist computing and phone-phreaking practices to a commercial Internet environment shaped by software companies, online service providers, cable operators, telephone carriers, and federal regulation. Reader meetings, classified ads, BBS directories, technical support exchanges, and conference-era community references document the social infrastructure surrounding late twentieth-century hacker culture before web forums became dominant. Light wear, occasional creasing, and scattered handling marks; internally clean and complete. Overall very good condition.
