Editing 2600: The Hacker Quarterly (section)

==Publication history==
The magazine's name comes from the [[phreaker]] discovery in the 1960s that the transmission of a [[2600 hertz]] tone &ndash; which could be produced perfectly with a plastic toy whistle given away free with [[Cap'n Crunch]] cereal, discovered by friends of [[John Draper]] &ndash; over a long-distance trunk connection gained access to ''operator mode'', and allowed the user to explore aspects of the [[telephone exchange|telephone system]] that were not otherwise accessible.<ref name=NewYorker/> The magazine was given its name by David Ruderman, who co-founded the magazine with his college friend, [[Eric Corley]].<ref>interview with David Ruderman</ref> Ruderman ended his direct involvement with the magazine three years later.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

The magazine traces its origins to early [[Bulletin board system|Bulletin Board Systems]] as a place for hackers to share information and stories with each other. It was launched in January 1984,<ref name=Britannica/><ref name="crackdown">{{cite book|author=Bruce Sterling|author-link=Bruce Sterling|title=[[The Hacker Crackdown]]|year=1993 |publisher=[[Bantam Books]]|isbn=0-553-56370-X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2600: The Hacker Quarterly : History of Information |url=https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=2858 |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=www.historyofinformation.com}}</ref> coinciding with the book of the same name and the [[AT&T breakup|break-up of AT&T]]. It is published and edited by its co-founder Emmanuel Goldstein (a [[pen name]] of Corley which is an allusion to [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'') and his company 2600 Enterprises, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=1002082&p_corpid=902835&p_entity_name=2600&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0|title=NYS Corporation |publisher=Appext20|date=March 19, 1984|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref> ''2600'' is released on the first Friday of the month following a season change, usually January, April, July, and October.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Goldstein has published a compilation of articles from the magazine entitled ''The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey''. The book, an 888-page hardcover, has been available from July 28, 2008, in the US and August 8, 2008, in the UK and is published by Wiley.<ref>Goldstein, E (July 28, 2008). The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey: Wiley. {{ISBN|0-470-29419-1}}</ref>