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Garrett Fuller
Personal blog · personal.garrettfuller.org/bloghardwarehistorysystems
Garrett Fuller's personal blog at personal.garrettfuller.org covers hardware, history and systems. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “AT&T Long Lines – A Forgotten System (2018)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Garrett Fuller's 2018 post on AT&T's Long Lines system, covering the construction of the underground Cheshire site and the network's history. Commenters point to it for more background.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- AT&T Long Lines – A Forgotten System (2018)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-10-19
- AT&T’s Forgotten Long Lines Network2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-12-09
What Hacker News says?
More info on the Long Lines system, for those interested: http://personal.garrettfuller.org/blog/2018/01/19/att-long-l...
Comment linking /blog/2018/01/19/att-long-lines-a-forgotten-system/
on “Construction of the AT&T Long Lines "Cheshire" underground site”Submitted Basilisk II: Classic Mac Emulator – Garrett Fuller as a story · 10 points
HN discussionThe original article is better: https://personal.garrettfuller.org/blog/2018/01/19/att-long-...
Comment linking /blog/2018/01/19/att-long-lines-a-forgotten-system/
on “History of AT&T Long Lines”Submitted AT&T Long Lines – A Forgotten System (2018) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AT&T’s Forgotten Long Lines Network as a story · 1 points
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