800 Historical Phone Phreaking Docs Posted ... Plus Extra Goodies

Scanned PDFs of about 800 historical documents related to phone phreaking are now available on the Exploding The Phone web site.  While researching the book  I amassed an unenviably large collection of papers -- newspaper and magazine articles, memos, FBI files, etc.  Most of these are now available on the web site as scanned PDFs.  Some examples:

• Flyers for the 1973 phone phreak convention in NYC
• Bell Labs memo discussing the Esquire article
• An FBI file on a 1974 investigation into a mass-produced blue box disguised as a desk calculator

(Thanks to the numerous phone phreaks who donated many of these docs.)

Of course, you can search the database of documents.  Some fun example searches:

• Joe Engressia, the famous blind kid described as the "granddaddy of phreaking"
• Ralph Barclay, the inventor of the blue box
• Ramparts magazine, which published "Regualting The Phone Company In Your Own Home" 

Finally, I've also posted some "extras" that I just couldn't fit into the book.  These range from small essays or stories to interview transcripts to more technical notes on various aspects of the old network.