Hacker Bible
Publication of the German hacker club CCC
The Hacker Bible is a publication of the German hacker organization Chaos Computer Club (CCC). It has been published in three editions to date, 1985, 1988, and 2024. The first two were edited by Wau Holland and published on the Grüne Kraft press. The third edition was published by the Chaos Computer Club and released by Katapult Verlag.
Overview
The Hacker Bible is a compendium of documents and stories from the hacker scene, for example the instruction guide to the acoustic coupler named “Data-loo”(Germ.:Datenklo). Furthermore, it offers manuals and other technical explanations.
The first edition appeared in 1985 with the subtitle “Cable salad is good for you" ("Kabelsalat ist gesund”) and had sold 25,000 copies by mid-1988. The second edition in 1988 was given the additional name “The New Testament”.
The comic images on the cover sleeve are a creation of German comic artists Mali Beinhorn and Werner Büsch from the comic workshop Büsch-Beinhorn. The production and distribution of the Hacker Bible was discontinued by 1990.
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