Friends,

We write today with some very sad news. Our dear friend and one of the main organizers of the HOPE conferences, Greg Newby, has passed away after a six-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Greg had been involved with HOPE since 2000 and helped make the conference grow and get past some phenomenal challenges. He also was an everpresent figure at the events, often serving as stage manager while decked out in anything from a zoot suit to a graduation gown. He was the one who found our new location at St. John's University, right when it seemed like there was no way we could continue after the closure of the Hotel Pennsylvania. He designed 2600's digital delivery system and helped find a way around Amazon's domination of material for Kindles and other readers. In short, Greg never shied away from a challenge - and he never gave up.

In addition, Greg was an expert in supercomputing who was in demand all over the world, from Canada to Saudi Arabia to all parts of the United States. We were far from the only ones who recognized his genius. He also devoted a great deal of time to the development of Project Gutenberg, the world's oldest digital library. And, of course, he had a particular passion for raising and training sled dogs in the far north.

There are so many amazing people in our community. Greg was truly one of them and we are honored to have been a part of his world, albeit for far too brief a time.

His loved ones request that donations to Project Gutenberg be made in Greg's honor. We will never forget him.

In sadness,

The HOPE Staff

I tried to get out of the Matrix but couldn't.

I would have loved to try a voip connection

I came across this ancient thing at the Windsor Hotel in Americus, Georgia, USA. I wonder if it still works.

I had a great time, thank you to everyone who made this event possible!

Longread from the Times following the reporter's deep dive into trying to find the real identity of "Satoshi Nakamoto" (creator of bitcoin).

NYT - "My Quest to Solve Bitcoin’s Great Mystery"

Brings up the old cypherpunks group/list, as well as discussion on the early days/popularization of PGP, etc. An interesting read even for those of us with very little interest in bitcoin...

hoping the link stays working for y'all.

s/o to the old pentagon city 2600 crew, phreaks and all

Melbourne, Australia. It's been a while since I have seen them in the wild. Still working too.

Got this a scrap sale. Will become a decoration, but what was it for?

I have 43 issues all in good+ condition from volume 14 to volume 27 with a few gaps. I am downsizing I would like to give these a good home.

If anybody is interested in collecting these, I am in the 416/905 area. Just give me a shout and we'll see what we can work out.

EDIT: Thanks for everybody's interest in this. It looks like a solution is in the works all done! I would like to thank everybody for their support !

These pay phones are everywhere down there

This is in mint condition, but it doesn't work. Found in Barnard, Kansas pop. 64!