Hacking Things Back When
Had the habit of tinkering with stuff
IBM exhibit 1964 NY World's Fair
1964 World's Fair, f'ing with the IBM terminal exhibit, CLR blanking the screen, typing up whatever I wanted, and walking away. On every public terminal. Bwahahah.
Up at the lake, behind the yacht club, in the garage, a pinball machine, with the back removed. Buddy played while I watched the "digit counters fall." Saw the "free game" knock-sound relay. Just hit it manually for as many games as we wanted. Hahhahaha
The fraternity had inherited a Wurlitzer from a house that closed down (something about a drowning while hazing). The juke didn't work. Platter would cue up, tonearm down, and immediately reject as if at the end of the song. Found the problem was two contacts in the tonearm that were too close together. Easy fix.
Gimme a challenge.