In the analog telephone exchange era, phone hacking techniques were often referred to as "phreaking."
Phreaking involved exploiting vulnerabilities in the telephone network to make free long-distance calls, manipulate phone systems, or access restricted information.
Phreakers used various methods, such as tone dialing, blue boxes, and red boxes, to bypass billing systems and gain unauthorized access to phone networks.
Childhood memories. I had several of these Radio Shack X-in-one kits growing up, where you page through hundreds of projects and build them by connecting wires through little springs.
To be honest, I did not learn much circuit theory building these. But it sure planted the bug for being interested in electronics, and eventually computers
Super old oscilloscope and semi old oscilloscope. Old one takes those modules in the box. There are tubes on those modules. Also some old selectors and inputs. All because @acybernetickiwi 's stream was showing off their switches and stuff for mech stuff.
Today I completed that collection with a copy of “windows vista handcrafted”, a version of vista only given out to vista devs on its release.
I now own basically every version of windows 7, and every special version of windows vista. (signed by bill gates, product red, and handcrafted)
I also have windows 10 pro, a windows 95 floppy, a disk for windows 98, a shirt that’s folded and sealed to look like the windows logo, and a copy of windows XP.
I have no reason for this hyperfixation. It has taken me 3 years to complete.