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The BBC Is Hacked Live on Air [video] (youtube.com)
85 points by austinallegro on Dec 11, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments



Back when "hacked" meant "pranked" with no real harm done and everyone could just laugh about it.


Would be good if the title had (1983) in it.


Wow, I don't remember this at all. It seems (according to WikiPedia) that the email password was revealed in the studio on a hot mic. Someone in the green room revealed this to an external party, "Oz and Yug".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Live


(1983)


“No cameras on the keyboard please”

(Presses only one key)


Amazing. Love it.

Oz and Yug are ELITE



What is the server program/environment they're interacting with?


Why not (1983) BBC Micro … click bait is a waste of our time here?


Was that a BBC B Micro from Acorn Computers?


Looks like it. 8-bit 6502 at 2 MHz.




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