Reverse Engineering – The Golden Age of Computer Hacking (2018) (opens in new tab)

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74 pointsneuro6y ago9 comments

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It's a webpage about an upcoming docu series about the old hackers/phone phreaks days. There is not a single finished episode.

dddw6y ago

...and there never will be? It's a 1pager, it's promoting something related to computers. People come to HN to read about computers. I'm content with this here, trailer seems well-produced. After seeing this at least I'm more curious about an upcoming documentary series.

octosphere6y ago

SO it's not about actual Reverse Engineering which is tearing the wings off software to understand it better

neuroOP6y ago

I could be wrong, but I surmise it's about reverse engineering the hacker culture

neuroOP6y ago

it’s been a work in progress for over 4 years, hopefully they will be completed soon, in the meantime here’s a completed chapter I found on their site

Chapter 3 - Wargames Generation

https://www.reverseengineering.tv/watch

dschuetz6y ago

It says: "Sample Scene, rough version with temp music and archive. For private screening purpose only. 19:02" Which is it then? Is it finished, or is it just a teaser?

neuroOP6y ago

Why use a scrapple computer on their intro page, why not a commodore 64, we all know the c64 was the power to the people. =))

drewcoo6y ago

And for that matter it's from back in the Woz days when Apple published schematics of everything, so no need to reverse engineer their hardware.

But the film seems to be about marketing to 80's pop nostalgia. And things like 2600 aren't part of that.

neuroOP6y ago

In the chapter below, Eric Corley the founder of 2600 is in several interviews

Chapter 3 - Wargames Generation https://www.reverseengineering.tv/watch

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9 comments

dschuetz6y ago

It's a webpage about an upcoming docu series about the old hackers/phone phreaks days. There is not a single finished episode.

dddw6y ago

octosphere6y ago

SO it's not about actual Reverse Engineering which is tearing the wings off software to understand it better

neuroOP6y ago

I could be wrong, but I surmise it's about reverse engineering the hacker culture

neuroOP6y ago

it’s been a work in progress for over 4 years, hopefully they will be completed soon, in the meantime here’s a completed chapter I found on their site

Chapter 3 - Wargames Generation

https://www.reverseengineering.tv/watch

dschuetz6y ago

It says: "Sample Scene, rough version with temp music and archive. For private screening purpose only. 19:02" Which is it then? Is it finished, or is it just a teaser?

neuroOP6y ago

Why use a scrapple computer on their intro page, why not a commodore 64, we all know the c64 was the power to the people. =))

drewcoo6y ago

And for that matter it's from back in the Woz days when Apple published schematics of everything, so no need to reverse engineer their hardware.

But the film seems to be about marketing to 80's pop nostalgia. And things like 2600 aren't part of that.

neuroOP6y ago

In the chapter below, Eric Corley the founder of 2600 is in several interviews

Chapter 3 - Wargames Generation https://www.reverseengineering.tv/watch

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse