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WHAT HAPPENED

At the end of January 1989 the editors of the GHP, Rop Gonggrijp, Patrice Riemens, Marieke Nelissennote 99 and myself decided to go ahead and create a large computer show in the summer. Possible guests and partners were identified, possible sponsors as well. At the end of March two press releases were sent out into the world, one for the GHP and one for ICATA'89. On the 29th of March a first posting was done by Hack-Tic on NEABBSnote 100 announcing the Galactic Hacker Party.

The language of the two announcements, including the "Force must be nurtured (... ) Spread the byte" and the "desk-top publishing of transactions", reflects the atmosphere of the time.

 

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    Spread the Byte

    "During the summer of 1989 the world as we know it will go into overload. An interstellar particle stream of hackers, phonephreaks, ...

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    Infrastructure

    Caroline Nevejan –

    In the months following these announcements many connections were made, people approached us and we approached people, including bodies ...

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    Lay-out of the building

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The formal programme was orchestrated in the large auditorium at Paradiso. Debates, supported by presentations on the big screen were ...

  • Network

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The internal network during the GHP was based on a SUN machine, on which Unix was installed. This SUN machine was placed in one of the ...

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    Nodes

    Caroline Nevejan –

    In Wellington New Zealand a group of about 30 people gathered for all three days. They had installed dedicated lines of communication ...

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    Alternative use of technology

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The same week a more formal Paradiso press release concerning the ICATA '89 stated the following: On August 2, 3 & 4 1989, a ...

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    Finance

    Caroline Nevejan –

    On the first day 140 three-day passes were sold for fl 25,00 note 102 each and 154 one-day tickets for fl 10,00 each. The second day ...

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    Hack Room

    Caroline Nevejan –

    In the small auditorium was the hack room. Participants were invited to bring their computer and hook it up to the network. Incoming ...

  • Edit group

    Caroline Nevejan –

    The 'edit group' was located in a dressing room next to the server room and had regular problems posting its work on the GHP net. The ...