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cronix on Oct 24, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hacker’s Manifesto (1986)

Apple wouldn't exist if not for Allen's original Blue Box Tone Generator. It's what funded them.

munk-a on Oct 24, 2019 [–]

To correct, it was actually Wozniak that was assembling the phreaking boxes.

Apparently they made a revenue of 3k from the venture[1].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc.#1975%E2%...

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