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by ashleyn 2016 days ago
The article mentions the Oki 900. Here's a Wired article mentioning how hackable it really was: https://archive.is/AEq0B
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"GOOD TIMING!"

My friends and I used to get piles of old Okis at First Saturday in Dallas. We'd leave Austin at midnight and drive 3 hours to get all the pre-dawn good deals. I remember we got a hold of some mobile data terminals and tranceivers too, though we never quite got around to the mischief we dreamed of using them for. POCSAG decoding was another good time. Ah, to be young again!