Dial-Up Modem Scene from WarGames

The dial-up & cradle modem scene from WarGames, wherein Matthew Broderick hacks into what he thinks is a computer games company.
And check the size of the floppy disk he loads! And the drive he puts it in!
Amazing to think with this prehistoric junk, anyone could hack into the US defense system.

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[Jeff98177]

I wonder if one of the numbers he dialed was Ben Stein's? "Hello? Is anyone there? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?"

[driven2sin]

yes.. C64's were perfect tools for this.. hacking/phreaking in the 80's was the bomb

[aleister crowley]

Of course we all thought Matthew Broderick's character was an awesome super-genius in 1984. The times -- they change.

[joehallenbeck75]

wardialing... whats about? we did that successfully with german phones... at 1990 around: just dial 0130-random number

we reached too many companys and paid nothing for it

[Zaim de noisy]

lol really? how it didn't have enough res, know it was possible to have tv on amstrad though

[Zaim de noisy]

the computer answer with a tone, that only other computers can recognize (or something like that)

[vexationo]

Love me some war dialers.. :)

[pupdog2pa]

what kind of computer does he have and what else does he use

[TNG128MB]

mechanical keyboards are coming back now :D



[er10b]

That's a keyboard using mechanical switches, you rarely get that sort of tactile feedback now.

[carlos duarte]

the pixels, they hurt

[sundhaug92]

Correct. The Acoustic one is for visual reference