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2600 4-7 PDF
1984
AHOY!-an introduction to 2
; FBI G O E S AFTER
DS HACKERS-FBI Investigator unwlttlnglv reveals tactics and recent activities;
FLASH: LlCA d,scusses GTE raIds, AT&T credit cards, wireless phone trouble; T H E TRUTH B E H I N D THOSE
9999 NUMBERS--a tol l free error
story; DA fA: various Wh ite House extensions; HAC K I N G O N TELENET-how to's of Telenet use; ESS:
ORWEll'S PROPHECY-the first in a
series on the fun and dangers of ESS; FLAS H : directory assistance changes. computer a i r-ban, AT&T
credit cards. etc.; SOME THOUGHTS
O N GARBAGE PICKING -first of a series of trash i n g for valuable information as related to a discussion
of crosstalk; DATA; COUNTRY
CODES--every last country code for overseas dIa l i ng; T H E CONSTITUTION O F A HACKER-a discussion
of hacking; ALTERNATE LONG
D ISTAN C E : Mel-hlstorV. systems. and servIces; FLAS H : 718. Connecticut wiretaps. Sweden person
numbers, etc.; THE FIRST ATOMIC
BOMB-an inside story on the event as related to our nation's phone system; DATA: ARPANET HOSTS-l
i st of accessible hosts; WHOSE
STR I K E WAS THAT ANYWAY?-a start l ing analysis of summer 83 phone strike; THE TROUBLIE WITH
TELEMAIL--<llscussion of GTE's
i r r e s po n s i b i l ity in protect i n g t h e i r system; F LA S H : AT&T c r e d i t c a rds, port a b l e p r i s o n s , 414
' s p l ea d , etc.; A T R U E SAGA O F
TELECO N F E R E N C I N G -what can happen o n a teleconference; DATA: M C I ACCESS N U M B E R S-DIALUPS
FOR MCI MAIL; PHONE BOOK
COLILAGE N l ---ou r artistic heritage in phone book designs; THE S I M PL E PLIEASURES OF A STEP OFFICE--<l
iscussion of ins and outs of
antiquated phone systems; I B M ' S AUDIO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM-using voice messaging technology;
FLAS H : 414 sentencing, equal
access, bank record privacy, etc.; THE WOES OF HAVING A SMALL-TIME RURAL PHONE COMPANY-a
true story; DATA: AVAILABLIE
N ElWORKS O N THE D E F E N S E DATA NElWORK-a list including base addresses, EASYLINK ACCESS
NUMBERS; ARPANET HOPPI N G :
AMERICA'S N EWEST PASTIME-how it works and t i p s f o r i t s use; ELECTRON I C SWITC H I N G ADVANCES-some
o f the possible services
and drawbacks; FLASH: D i rectory assistance charges, 2600 writer indicted, demise of E-COM, etc;
THE DARK AND TRAGIC S I D E OF THE
G REAT BREAK-UP-a frank discussion; LlETTER S : sysop problems, 51B-789 a n X'f step, etc.: DATA:
E-COM ACCESS NUMBERS--<lial ups
for the (now-de funct) service; NY TELEPH O N E "LlETTER OF DOOM" -a copy of a law enforcement
monitoring notice; "LOOK OUT, H E ' S GOT
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A COMPUTER I -a defense of the hacker VIewpoInt; MCI MAIL: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES-an ana
lysis of the well-known faulty E-m a i l
system; F LA S H : computerized meter-maid, blue box arrests, anti-hack legislation; INTRODUCING THE
C lEA R BOXI-"post-pay" payphone
device; LETTE R S : new switching equipment. 99 scanning. repulsive operator story, etc . ; SPECIAL
R E PORT: TRW-BIG B U S I NESS IS
WATC H I N G YOU-how to use TRW, a n d an assessment olthe potential of this system; BUT HOW DOES
ITWORK?-a simple explanation of
the p one system, w i r i ng. voltages, black
x. r ing. etc.; PRI ACY L ST--a review of David Burnham's book 'The R ise of the Computer
State , ; B E N I C E TO YOUR TELCO-how indIVIduals are abUSing their telcos; FLASH : Big Brother
i n M iami, NASA computer break-in,
computer export controls,
directories; LETTE R S : phone scramblers, page n umbers. hacker's
. etc.; DATA: CNA NUMBERS-list of
CNA 's; A HACKE R ' S G U I D E TO AN AREA CODE-a Simple scheme to help "map out" exchanges
i n your area; H I STORY O F BRITISH
PHREAKING-an account olthe history and tec h n iq u es; MORE O N TRASH I N G -what to look for, where
to go, how to act; A FRIEND I N H I G H
PLACES--story of a friendly operator; FLASH : NSA insecurity, hacker caught. private directories; LETTERS:
p h o n e l oo p . WATS. TAP, etc.;
DATA: A NON-COPYR IGHTED D I RECTORY; N Y TELEPH O N E "BIG BROTH E R " LETTERS-touch tone
without permission, etc; GETTING
CAUGHT: HACK E R ' S VIEW-a story of the personal effects of hacking; VITAL I N G R E D I ENTS-what
makes the phones work: operators,
switc h i ng; FLASH: NSA wants better phones, crime-computer victim. wiretap loopholes. 911 attacker
caught; LETTERS: BSS discussion,
Comsec Letter, Computer Crime Data, others; DATA: N Y TELEPH O N E SECUR ITY NUMBERS; MCI
ANECDOTE-ads, vulgarisms, M C I
chairman profole; P H O N E B O O K COLILAGE # 2 ; EXPLORING CAVES I N TRAVELNET-a n interesting extender
explained; F U N WITH
FORTRESS F O N E S-what a pay phone does, how people beat them; FLASH: SS computer foul ups, Airfone,
wiretaps, 81B, pay phone attaCk;
LlETTE R S : boo k l ist, SIlver boxing, another hacker'S view; DATA: I C ' S AND CARR I E R IDENTIFICATION
CODES-guide to 950 exchange; MCI
MAIL "TROUBLE LETTER"-the harassment begins; A TIME FOR REFLECTION-the year i n review; MCI
MAIL AND EASYLlNK--electronic
mail horror stories; THE SCARIEST N U M B E R I N THE WORLD-true story; F LAS H : campaign computer,
Pentagon by phone, students bog
computer, electroniC lali. federal phone upgrade; SURVEY-reader survey responses; SOME, BUT NOT
ALL ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEMS
l ist and price comparisons plus voice messagmg companies; REACH OUT AND GOOSE SOMEONE-l
ist of many unique dial-it numbers.
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book
1985
THOSE H O R R I B LIE HACKERS STRIKE AGA I N -analysis of Newsweek incident; WIRETAPPING AND DIVESTITURE-a l ineman discusses
these topics; G ETTI N G IN THE BACK DOOR-a guide to some popu l a r operating systems i ncluding TOPS-10, TOPS-20, and U N IX; 2600
I N FORMATION BUREAU: our phone bill, our thanks, and other notices; FLASH: IRS and telco data. G E I SCO, KKK computer; LETTERS: BBS
rights, Easylink, Canada loops, international phreak day; BITNET TOPOLOGY-a schematic of the BITnet; THE THEORY OF "BLUE
BOXING"-h istory, future, and hovv they are used; TRASHING ALASKA STYLE-a real trashing adventure story; SURVEYING THE
COSMOS-a beginner's guide to COSMOS, B e l l ' s computer program; F LA S H : phreak roundups, real TRW crime, 2600 BBS,
data;
LETTERS; Bell problems. telco discount. marine c a l l i ng. many questions; 2600 I N FORMATION BUREAU-acronym l ist of useful telephone
largon; NAZI BBS A CHALL E N G E TO HACKERS-the role of the hacker; ARE YOU A PHR EAK???-humourous review of phreaking; HOW TO
GET I N TO A C. O.-a tour of a central office; FLASH: custom c a l l ing, Kenyan pay phones. hacker coke machine. IRS computer screw-up;
LETTERS: reading l ist. tracing a nd law enforcement. U N I X info, NSA phone #; 2600 I N F ORMATION BUREAU-interesting phone numbers.
hovv to d i a l a telephone. New York Tel message; CNA LIST; NSA CIPHER D I S K ; WHAT A WHITE BOX CAN DO-how to build and the use of a
portable touch-tone generator; A PHONE PHREAK SCORES-another successful soci a l engineering story; HACKING PACKARD-usefu l
Information about the H P2CXXJ ; FLASH: ta lking clock. computers for communists, robot k i l l s man, war games. s i lver pages; LETT E R S : Tom
Tcimpid is, secure telephones and cryptography; 2600 I N FORMATION BUREAU-MILNET hosts by location; PEOPlE EXPRESS TO B E
HACKED TO PI ECES-a look a t People's new anonymous reservation service; HOW T O RUN A SUCCESSFUL TELIECONFERENCE-complete
guide to A l l i a nce Teleconferencing Service; F LA S H : hacker bust. pol ice hacker. Reagan doesn't dial kids. dia l-a-dir ry; LETTER S :
.
computer networks, s i lver boxes. 950. remob, tracing; 2600 I N FORMATION B U R EAU-A l l i a nce TeleconferenCing matenal; INTERESTING
PHONE NUMBERS; U N BELI EVABLE ADVERTI S E M ENT; GUIDE TO THE ISRAELI PHONE SYSTEM; S H E RWOOD FOREST SHUT DOWN B Y
SECRET SERVICE; S O M E W O R D S O N HACKER MORALITY; OUT OF THE I N N ER CIRCLE REVIEWED-an ex-hacker's new book; FLASH: who
Invented the phone, porno phone. wi retap award. AT&T computer stea ls; LETTERS: information charges. AT&T cutoff, marine ca l l ing; 2600
INFORMATION BUREAU-600 prefixes by state; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK ING. goodbye to meter readers, Thai phone books, tracking
devIces, TINA. "Ca l l Me" Card; FROM SHERWOOD FOREST: INTRO TO HACKING-whal lo do and nol lo do; INTERESTING TH INGS TO DO
O N A DEC-20-hovv to use var ious commands and some t h i ngs to look for; BAN K I N G FROM YOUR T E R M I NAL: A LOOK AT PRONTO
BOO
E lectronic banking. how it works with a focus o n Chemica l ' s system; FLASH : $2 b i l l ion error. I TT crackdown. monitor ing; 2600
INFORMATION B U REAU-M i l net TAC d i a l ups by location; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKIN G : M C I goes opt ical, 100'... ESS, GTE bigger than
AT&T; S E IZED! 2600 BULLIETIN BOARD IS IMPLICATED I N RAID ON JERSEY HACKERS-an accurate account of the Private Sector BBS;
COMMENTARY: T H E THREAT TO U S ALL-what BBS seizures mean; FLASH : 2600 a hacking victim, M i ddlesex Courthouse; MOVING
SATELLITES .. .wHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON?-point by point correctIon of New Jersey prosecutors' fallacious charges; WHY
COMPUTERS GET SNATCHED-why law enforcement seIzes equipment; SOME I M PORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK-provocative questions
about these events; HOW CAN SYSOPS PROTECT T H E M S E LVES?; A G U I D E TO VMS-how to use DEC's VAX operating system; THE
I N F I N ITY TRANSM ITTER-an old bug exp l a i ned; REAC H I N G OUT O N YOUR OWN-blue boxing verification; PURSUIT FOR PEOPLE-GTE
Te lenet's computer to computer l i nk-up service; FLASH: phone-in registration, 800 word numbers. war game addict, hacker extortionist;
2600 I N F O R MATION BUREAU-Telenet directory of interesting addresses; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKING: Dick Tracy toys, computer
di rectory assistance, B e l l propaganda films, Europe standardizing telcoms; MANY FAM ILIAR TONES; AND THEY CAL L U S CROOKS?-story
of a phone ph reak who c a n ' t sell his expertise; AN INTERESTING DlVERS I O N -ca l l diverters and how they are abused; MORE I N FO ON
VMS-second instal lment of an in-depth guide to VMS; FlASH---comp uter elections. big phone bil l , Navy phreaks. phone boot h captures
man; LETTERS : BBS suggestion, colleges are a goldm ine, recommended reading; 2600 I N F O R MATION B U R EAU-B lue Box plans; THE NEW
AT&T HOSTAG E PHON E-unbe l ievable ad; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : hackers scare busi nesses, D u Pont bypasses telco, computer
campaign Info. phone computers, divestiture woes; RSTS: A TRICK OR lWO--some aspects of this operating system; THE SECRET
REVEALED-the problem with GTE's GTDN5 switch; H I STORY OF ESS, EQUAL ACCESS MAY NOT BE "EQUAL" TO MODEMS-some
problems that may anse; FLASH: columnist attacks AT&T, feds dial-it too much, l ittle town phones. Spri ngsteen mania; LETTERS: some
advice, CIC's and free calls, British ph reak, blue boxing gone?; CHASE BANK IS CRACKED; 2600 INFORMATION BUREAU-many interesting
test numbers; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : aVOid phones i n storms, rural u nequal access, police cel l u l a r phones, toll-free from where?
AT&T to read e-m a i l ; OUR WISHES FOR '86 AND BEYOND-some of what we'd l ike to see i n the future; FUN WITH COSMOS-how to
interpret and use parts of the phone company computers; FLASH. French phones, racist banter. Cityphone; SURVEY-reader survey
responses. 2600 INFORMATION BUREAU-BBS numbers; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKI N G : AT&T e-maIl. German phones. super pay phone.
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yoU may want to glance over to your
left. That is the beginning of an
advertisement for something that IIUlny
of you have been asking about-2600
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Editor and Publisher
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Cover Art
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& Company,
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Salerno, Silent Switchman, Mike Yuhas, and the usual
anonymous bunch.
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Pa
LeUumrPhoneFraud
by Bernie S.
The recent FBI /Secret Service cel lular sting
operation that culminated in the arrests of over
25 people in New York City confirms what many
of us have suspected for quite some time: that
cellular telephone fraud is widespread. The FBI
estimates that cellular phone fraud costs system
operators $3 million anually; with the average
subscriber'S airtime bill about $50 per month for
Safe Phraaking
In practice, cellular phreaking is very safe if
one does their own tranceiver modifications,
changes ESN's & M I N's regularly, and uses
standard phone phreak precautions. Indeed, FBI
agent Greg Meecham has stated that
fraudu l ently programmed CMT's are
"unat t ributable, unbillable, untraceable and
untappable. " A cellular carrier wil l become aware
of any bogus or stolen ESN's and MIN's used on
its system within a month or so after their initial
use once the subscriber or carrier who is assigned
those codes is billed and notifies them of the
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any information.
As with any land line, inband signal l ing (i.e.
2600 Hz, MF tones, etc.) wil l work but can be
easily detected by the ESS control l ing that line.
Equipment
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July, 1987
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Access
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access number.
N ext down the line we have Feature Group B
(FGB). There are two FGB signal ling formats
called FGB-T and FGB-D. A l l FGB's are 950XXXX numbers and I have yet to find one that
doesn't use FGB-T format
When you dial an FGB number your cal l can
take two paths: 1 ) Large CO's have direct trunks
going to the different I C's. This is more common
in electronic offices. 2) You r cal l gets routed
through a large switch cal led a tandem, which in
tum has trunks to a l l the IC's.
When you dia l an FGB-T number the I C's
switch receives:
KP + ST
NXX-XXXX + ST
The first sequence tel ls that switch that there
is a cal l coming in, the 950-XXXX (optional) is
the same 950 number that you cal l. The second
sequence contains your n u mber (AN 1Automatic Number I dentification). If the cal l
comes over a trunk directly from your CO it wil l
not have your NPA (area code). If the call is
routed through a tandem it wil l contain your
N PA. FGB-D was original ly developed so that
when you got the dialtone you cou ld enter j ust
are caught
the number you were cal ling and your cal l would
go through; thus alleviating authorization codes.
FGB-D can also be used as FGB-T, where the
customer enters a code but the switch knows
where the cal l is coming from. This could be used
to detect hackers, but has not been done, at least
not in my switch.
FGB-D was the prelude to Feature Group
o (FGOI. FGD is the heart of equal access. Since
FGD can only be provided by electronic offices,
equal access is only available under ESS (or any
other electronic office). FGD is the signal l ing
used for both 1+ dialing (when you choose an IC
over AT&T) and 1 OXXX dialing (see equal access
guide, 2600, March 1987) . The signal ling format
for FGD goes as fol lows:
KP + II + 100 (10 digits) + ST fol lowed by
KP + 10D + ST
The first sequence is cal led the identification
sequence. This consists of KP, information digits
(II), and the cal ling party's telephone number
with NPA (10D ANI) finished up with ST. The
second or address sequence has KP, the cal l ed
number (10D) fol lowed by ST. There is a third
FGD sequence not shown here which has to do
with international cal ling-I may deal with this
in a future article. When the IC's switch receives
an FGD routing it wil l check the information
digits to see if the cal l is approved and if so put
the cal l through. Obviously, if the information
digits indicate the cal l is coming from a coin
phone, the cal l wil l not go through.
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Now that we have the feature groups down pat
we wil l talk about 800 numbers. Invisible to your
eyes, there are two types of 800 numbers . There
are those owned by AT&T-which sel l s WATS
service. There are also new 800 exchanges
owned by the I C's. So far, I believe only MCI, US
Sprint, and Western Union have bought their own
800 exchanges. It is very important not to use
codes on 800 numbers in an exchange owned by
an IC. But first. . . .
When you dial a n AT&T 800 number that goes
to an IC's switch the fol lowing happens. The
AT&T 800 number is translated at the AT&T
switch to an equiva l ent POTS ( P l ain O l d
Telephone Service). This number i s an FGA
number and as stated before does not know
where you're cal ling from. They might know what
your general region is since the AT&T 800
numbers can translate to different POTS numbers
depending on where you're calling from. This is
the beauty of FGA and AT&T WATS but this is
also why it's being phased out.
On the other hand, IC-owned 800 numbers are
routed as FGD cal l s-very deadly. The IC
receives:
KP + II + 100 + ST
KP + BOO NXX XXXX + ST
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800-234 800-274 800-283 800-284 800-288
800-289 800-333 800-365 800-444 800-456
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CELLULAR FRA un
control head's microphone wires. If it's avai lable,
a schematic diagram w i l l show which CMT bus
lines carry the transmit audio; coupl ing the signal
there would be preferable. Acoustic modems can
be interfaced acoustically, or by coupling the mic
and speaker wires to those on the control head or
to the appropriate bus l ines. D irect-connect
modems, answering machines, reg u l ar and
cordless telephones, and other devices can be
interfaced to a CMT through the AB1 X cellular
interface manufactured by Morrison & Dempsey
Communications (81 8-993-01 95) . This $300
device is a one-l ine PBX that connects between
the transceiver and control head and provides an
RJ-1 1 C jack that accepts any direct-connect
telephone accessory. It recognizes touch-tone
and pulse dialing, provides 1 .0B equivalent
ringing voltage, and generates dial and busy
tones when appropriate.
Access Codes
Every CMT manufactured has a unique ESN,
which is a four-byte hexadecimal or 1 1 -digit
octal number i n a ROM soldered directly to the
logic board. I t's supposed to be there for l ife and
never removed. Some newer CMT's imbed the
ESN in a VLSI chip along with the un i t's program
code, which makes ESN modifications virtually
impossible. The ESN is a l so imp rin ted on the
rece i v e r I D p late moun ted on the o u t s i de
housing. When converted to octal ( 1 1 digits), the
first three digits specify the CMT manufacturer,
and the other 8 identify the unit. Typical ESN's
might be 1 350001 4732 (octal) for a NEC brand
July, 1981
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The Letters
On Disclaimers
D e a r 2600:
MAC???'
Th e r e i s n o s u c h t h i n g. Ma n y
computer bulletin boards ask the
question "Are you a member of the
law enforcement commun ity?" A nd
members of the law enforcement
community simply answer in the
n egative. You won't find many judges
who will sympathize with a defendant
that was "lied to" by a cop. Other'
boards claim they're not responsible
for anything that's posted by others.
Well, that may be so, but if the law this
month says sysops are responsible,
they will feel the heat. disclaimer or no
disclaimer. So what are we saying?
Disclaimers are useless and offer a
false sense of security. In many cases
they do more harm than good because
the very presence of a disclaimer leads
some to believe that something illegal
.is going on. You're better off running a
board you can be proud of and whose
contents you 're prepared to defend. It
being the 80's, you may very well have
to justify your existence.
IT'S A CRIME
July, 1987
2600
Suggestions, Comments,
Dear 2600:
C a n you toler ate a nother comme nt
on the n ew format vs . 3- r i ng b i nde r
c o m p a t i b i l i t y? A d d a n e n t i c i n g
ce nterfold p icture. Maybe then your
readers wou l d rea l ize that opened, the
n ew format is rea l ly the 3- r i ng bi nder
format "sort of on its s id e" . Some
Never Stop
creative h o l e p u n c h i ng , a nd, by gol ly,
the n ew format fits in a 3 - r i ng b i nderl
(You c a n h e l p , of course, by leav i ng a
bit m ore m a rg i n at t h e top of the n ew
page format. )
N ow what d o I d o with m y address
l a be l s? I j u st r ecently t r i ed t h e " new
P r i v a t e S e c t o r b u l l e t i n b o a r d"
a d v e r t i s e d on t h e J a n u a r y a n d
F e b r u a ry back covers. Why no a n swer
at 20 1 -366-443 1 ?
H ow about a n u pdated l ist o f pr ivate
B B S n u m b e r s? E s p e c i a l l y i n t h e
Western p a rt of t h e cou ntry. Anyo n e i n
t h e Los Ang e l es a rea h ave a n y good
ones to s h a re?
The RAM
Not a bad idea for hole placement. At
the moment though, it's not a viable
option for us.
The entire hole controversy has
really gotten out of hand Is it so hard to
file something away that doesn't have
holes in it? Let's see if we can come up
with creative ideas for doing just that.
Private Sector will not be coming
back up, unfortunately. But we are
planning an active 88S future for our
read ers. Resp onse to last month's
appeal for 88S's nationwide has been
encouraging. What you will soon see is
a list of bulletin boards that have
agreed to be "2600 bulletin boards".
Each will have its own unique traits,
but will also p o ssess certain key
similarities and functions. We are in
the process of determining what the
common d enominators sho uld be.
Please send .us your input on this.
A Horrible Problem
Dear 2600:
I have a r ather sp ecif ic commun i
cations problem. L et me hasten to add
that I am s eek ing a co mp letely leg a l
s o l u t ion, as I d o not w is h to becom e
i nvo lved in an intern ation a l in c id ent!
The probl e m is that I want to tr ansm it
a b l e to co nn e c t t h e
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they? While we're on the subject of
(continuedfrom page 8)
numbers for stool-pigeons:
800-CAL L-SPY is for those who want
erro rs to users.
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T h e s a m e p o l e costs us approximately
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weather.
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From an old local telephone company's propaganda. This was published in the 1950's.
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Letters
a l t e r n a t e l o n g d i st a n c e c o m p a n i e s .
With t h e excepti o n o f AT&T, none of
July. 1987
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2600 marketplace
F O R S A L E : ATA R I 1 3 0 X E C o m p u t e r ,
ATA R I 1 030 modem, 1 050 d i s k d r ive, 1 3
i n c h S h a r p c o l o r TV, K o a l a P a d , w o r d
p r o c e s s i n g , g r a p h i c s and t e l eco m m u n i
C O M M O D O R E 8- B IT/AM IGA U S E R S
TA I WA N ! A l l T a i w a n c o m p u t e r s a n d
TX 799 1 3 .
B E ST HAC K E R A N D PH R EA K E R wr itten
I N E E D I N FO o n a powe r s u p p l y m a d e for
1 97 1 .
S e m i co n d u ctor Type-J87233A-2 LI . I n p u t
It i s d e s i g n a t e d : R e c t i f i e r
a p p r e c i a t e d . A s c h e m a t i c wou l d be
Wi l m i ngto n , O H 45 1 7 7 - 9 3 3 8 .
J u nct i o n , O R 9 7 5 2 3 .
F O R S A L E : T e x a s I n s t r u m e n t "Afe i s
dot m a t r i x p r i n t e r s , a n d / o r m o d e m s .
Lo o k i n g for s c h e m a t i c s a n d t h eory o f
d a t a t e r m i n a l . M a n y u s e s . R e a so n a b l e .
accept co l l ect ca l l s .
1 302 1 -05 3 3 .
NJ 08054.
o f f a rt i c l e s , a s k q u e st i o n s . W e ' l l b e i n
t r a d e / p u r c h a s e . A l s o l o o k i n g for B e l l
P h i l a de l p h i a o n J u l y 3 1 a t t h e G a l l e ry
Questions? Ca l l 5 1 6 - 7 5 1 - 2 600.
GOT S O M ETH I N G TO S E LL? Look i n g for
c o n d i t i o n , $ 1 2 0 0 . N ew , m a k e a n off e r .
b u s i n esses !
of WordPerfect 4 . 1 a n d M a t h P l a n 2 . 1 . $250
or trade for 1 200 o r 2400 ba u d exte r n a l
mode m . C a l l ( 803 ) 244- 6429 or (803) 2 3 3 5 7 5 3 . A s k f o r Pa u l .
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catch i ng ph reaks
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800-932 800-942 800-952 800-962 800-972
800-982 800-992
(Other exchanges can be used by local phone
companies- New Jersey Bel l , Mountain Bel l ,
etc . )
S o for the record , don't use 800-877-8000
( U S Spri n t ) or 800-950- 1 022 ( MC I )
i l leg itimately. 800-345-0007 ( U S Sprint) and
800-624-1 022 ( MC I ) are much less dangerous.
F r ? m 30th S t reet S tatlOn where Amtraks come in), go upstairs ( if you've ever seen
Wlness, you may rec gmze the men 's room) and follow the ramp to the SEPTA
t m towa rds center city. Take this train two stops to Market East. (NOTE: This
nde costs $ 1 .50 but the conductor doesn't take tickets until after Market East. So
don 't ma e it obvious where you 're going and you 'II get a free ride .) At Market East,
go upstalfS to the Gallery Shopping Center and go to the lower level. Look for
people with 2600 buttons wandering around . See you there !
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Letters
. a g a i n p rotect i n g t h e p r of i t s of t h e
phone company).
The FCC recently h a d a proposa l
before it to create a " P u b l i c D i g ita l
Radio Service" that wou ld have been
j u st the th i n g for t h i s type of appl icat ion
(ass u m i n g that t h e C a n ad i a ns wou ld
h ave approved a s i m i l a r service), but
t h ey t u r n ed it dow n . I 'd l i ke to know
why some freq u ency somewhere can 't
be set a s ide for t h i s k i nd of service. I
hope the n ext t i m e they w i l l g ive us a
few measly khz at least.
Per h aps there j u st i s n 't any way to do
what I want to do for a reasonable cost,
g iven the p resent state of leg a l iti es i n
t h e U . S . a n d Ca nada (certa i n ly i t i s
July, 1 987
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D 1986 $25
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