2600: The Hacker Quarterly (Volume 4, Number 3, March 1987)

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Reach Out and Touch

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'The Ballad of Captain Cnch" is a ficitious

sto about a rl peon. Or, ther, a ficitioussto abot an imagna pon to whom haveattribut a rl eon nam h l apaiCnch is a phone frk and comer hackerand the little andotal pasges about how hegot his name and callig himslf and he world a in essence te. Howeer the st o he actions and motiations conceming the ainchacter of my so a not to be attribued to

the rel peon but are strictly figmnts of yoveoed imaginatin Any ding o his

reciation should be prefaced wih hisdisclaimer

You tell of your Robin Hoo lend,The thief wth the heat of pure gold,Lone ange an Tonto an Zoo and lf tho other bve hers of ol.

You sng of D Holliay an old Jes JameAn the nfaous wil Dalton bunc,t alone, at the top o t list o o naIs the man that they call...CATAIN CRUNC.

Now peaps you ight laug a his curousne,

He ounds like no pince ong thiev.And well you may how it is tat e came

To rkon wit sh eats as te.Wll, he robbe fro he ic, the ricest therewas,

Tugh he took not a nny of plunerAn were not for hi, wed be bet neath

buWe neve coul get out fo un

He neve went a it a pis od.He cai n lngb it wasnt his stle is ah,Stp a coach an c Sta an iverHis weaponan pl ute,His bullet, it was an IC.His old tusty gun wa a ing one,His trgetThe one Copany

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Blueboxers, hey ced , d "oe rAnd less oe km ,Applyng he oed ced u eIn order to r of M BeWed bead-ord elroc cOut of old A sus ..s,And make beer nd ooer to er

computersAn gt ll ou hone s o r.

For us, t ws mosty the chlege,A ge twn M Be nd us.heyd close dow loophole, or ut up ok,

Or gve u ce o utAnd we all got P..s nd modsAn broke no their tem s,An rambled her d d ted he rn

linesAnd did all knds of sh h js ssd

But tws more thn ge fo he apt.He had l xe to grnd.

An old clerical err y M Bell hd left hmWith flings that were le hn d.eyd harrassed hm with bls for long dstace

clls,Fo cals tha he never ha made.An twas only after they shut off hs ceHe tk up te blue-boxers rade

He lea the trde wel, nd soo made s

ne,W he found that the switchi code lksCoul be brke wth tone from hste tht

In a aain nch crel box.H ial up an nuber, e te pne ng a all,ive e whist a bast, dial the nur he

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n v get charg for th call

You i y tat he fond hs true calln,Die we is at lay.I te tie that pull off a fetat sti sands as a l tay.F a pay phone n Gran Ctral Station,Drop a dime, nd his sgnal e hurlVia tellte, cle, nd microwe relyAn talk to hlf round he world!


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Cin Cu never met hm pero. never kn h true me.Don't kow wht he o k r er

clled homeBut I counted hm frend jut the m.l kn w h voce d h reegd n s treless quet for perfto I et hm log wt the ret f tht crewt the orth Mtob to.

ow the orth Mtob ontoWa centl ndn exchnge unctur of trunk lne from proce ortWth sde efft tht mt traghrough qrk the ytm tt e eer

plann(If they ev kew of t t llho who kew ho cd t xcge the ltte fr conferece c!

Y could dial p coe ny tme dy or nightn conve wth whver w ther.

'wa the permnent flotg bue-boxer'cnvton

Wi mhip fr evehere.ere w ggy from rgo nd "prk fr

Dein the wenson boys out of t. Pu.n we bullh for hour wp joke r tlk

op ust list y nothg t .

It w i crwd you jut cdn'ti

t oe nigh t qurter to three we only the thr of s o the exchngee Ctain an Lny me.N Lny he ws our de mn &D th t M Bel.He ha cce to code d cpter kn hnt of ew prduct we.

d e td eye mde erktrg

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he bdwdth' b uzed d te nempexed w ec cod e f r d the ut' so t cd ft y rOr rgcly pced yor hed.id "'d r t go o cto!"t wd be ! e d.

pregnnt momet o ilece hen he d th tter d couh"Grg Oel' 1984 t d!How the he cod yo tum the tg ffYou cold ever hg up lee the pho ff he

hookOr out f the rec f Bg Brterxcept tht t od M Bell at the cott wod more lke ig Mother!

"Once tey convice te meic pubc gve the cotrapton tYo might s wel tke what' left of your

prvcyle nd ks t gobye!hey'll put d on shove t ow l or

hrotAs only the o pany c "My God! ys Lny on Eath c e

o?Sys the ptain hve a pl!

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"Hv you ever hea f ln? at creature of ld ha lus 5'n t bowels of a syst cplex h nd mk ure the mn neve wos? " uch ck! repl Lny yve got th .;

bugs out. hey'e n l the kks thru the mil hey fih feld tral di not s gltc. Bt te pti d "Oh bt they wl!

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GettingtheMostOut l H

axg of good ole a Bell has renderedg eeythng yo now know ab necoes he pocedure for lacng a ong

c cal o aoe he ndersandng o a good popoo of the publc, and heaou copaes ae dong ey e c hus s atpt o nf he a e l es at the oher end f h s

as tat a o eqal acces s le o lace a log d ace ca l sng any f c ho l l colee t fo yo Yo do o ae preouly t up an accont te cae, as te pas They wc e cal d ss the bng back o ag cony (LOC), wch nu l s you for he cal l So o lace he ca va aeate" care, yo pck and da + ++

agc t allos yo to se a ce fo a call Tere are a zlon Pop caer dffernt ras, b

a e of the ao oe ho access ould e farly cosst 22 U_ cotely bad aud 90% e e222 uplxey l 2 A&- you no e toy333 eaaly o A- a aor eseller of others serc_ ad audo, ulfo ods

S- usually good qalyvasTe yo coplee a cal ths way, va a

ce o n't o who yo are" yo are o a casual cal e ost of the ajrc clete caua calls The aler uuay a a acces code ad a rexg accout Note tat all perfly d ody s gog to coe pond on yor d ad you f so o mang yoca ay e u a sta when oec hat hs o-sage llg prcesse a lot of red ae d paer shff l n g andt al ae e ot AT caers fen haey esged softare hs often ead oas uc as a 6-oth lag te ben whenu ae te ca and he you ge he b I or ee s a chance ha y wn' ge e re calls a a espa ly rea sr n nd

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f y do ge b ed ras w be reaonable ha f y dn have an accon th agen any wn be ab akeadvanage f any bk raes hey fr for ther

known csersI s l kely ha fr h s reason, e a ll the ess

nv ed n g ng h b l l ng prope lycoeed ha he loca Bell cop aeattptng o suppss knolge of ths Noceha when you ge yor equal acces caeballos nowhee d hey entn he fact ayo can tenex" da e 1 nn, throug oecarrers ey an y to pc oe ad t u

yor 1+ carrer yo don't hae to laanyhng new s aleady hghly l ely athe lle carrers w fold and get sc u yT&T and ea y evethg w l l o ghtagan b ths cy s ushg the pssaong e aj f epe ar' gog towan dea th shpng arnd fo caes,are gong o choo AT&T bau t's hatheyve coe to s ad the l a l l ebes qa l ty aay oeer, the o le

boe casal caers the oe na u hebng roces s gng boe, ad hesng chaos wl hae ay eff, oe ofhch ay be fr cals for the custoe, dhe carres and LOCs beg foced o ghten p the r acs db le csal call dse bsnes o kncke under cleely

So where can y ge ore nf abo ulaccess, f ot fro yr al coany? You call

800-332- 1 1 24 wh ch AT&T w l hap l ycoplete f yo and tal o the cnser awareness grop dcaed o el ngpeople out th eqa acc ey w ll you,fr of cage a l st of al l c c eyou aa, h he cccoe, cuce nub, bllg ctue, ad oother eat o The LOs ll ge ou uber but oly udr du Tey ll g

out y foao about oe c ,c ludg os e you c o, yo sho ld't een boher tg I s aade a uerl cpay po cy, c sdculos bt the ca

Let's get nto soe of he thcal as ofths Frs off yo gh hy 1 0n? Well, cod have 1 1 nn o b was't If youhnk abot her nbers cld be sarsed as he begnnngs f area cdes 3-dg


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oj qual Assie oes lso leve plety of room foreps (w! Some f he caries wo'mplee sul ll may eve giveor gs he efe f vali accs code.silly he you l hs way yor entl

fice smply ps he e re packet containingyu umber e umber you wan to cal l tohe ier les he caier deal wih i. You' lloe h h s press kes loger fo ofhe rrier The ce hve iffeig databasues hwe s i kes me ime togure u os wh e l l ig numbe is, i fbulk res pply a few oer things. Wilei s o g hi s sear you ge si lence. What's a

l f u is res h have rently goneequl es he erl offies do is exacte pess f publi phoes Ad since thee usul ly hs e f wa ubl ic hone hpp ly mplee e l l you s hughyu i le f hme s uclear wo getshe resul i b ll from his bu i usually dsn'te h lg o fx i ' coceivable tat theie hl umbers o no complee calls

fom i eir aba s well as uacusomer umrsSome rers lso ale 0+ cal ls If you dial

1 + ise of 1+ he office wi ll had i offs usul yu' ll be cot o the caiesswich wich gives you oe You ae ex eer your uorio code at h is int, andhe f he l l g Th s o you ca comleteequalcess syle l ls from frids' on andu yu ow b l l ig also reqi s tat yohve accou wih e aier aleady and anuhoiio oe u Se aie iplaes where he public phoe bug as fie w ll ale 1 call s frm h is way as

"Te procedure fo placing ong distnce cal i now

bve the derstndingve o a good proportionof he pubc, ad thevrious companes adoi very itle to educatehe.

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well This mecani intodcs a uriy holebecau it 's rea easy to detine the lengt of val i autho ization code om t is s inceehing hans ig aft the las digi isdial. Caie tat don't do th is wi ll sometimes

ell yo to dial "oto-assisted calls bydial ing 102880 t nm o wan. Al eadytheye admittin tat A& is tte than theyare.

And as i tis wasn't noug carrie that doi s wi l l also saly connt you staight to heswitc i yo diaI10nnn#. e LCs are fiallygetting arnd to sing the # key as sot of a"end-o-diaing eat, so yo can ac the

itch diectly witot aving to ial a localnumr or 950-meting Bing abl to get th caies switch is l, a they oftenhave sial sces you can dia ere o getir cusomer ice oic vaious t oeand othe tings. I you t te itc thedial # nd e ton beaks yo may have one ofthe Anote # sod bin te one back; ifdii ts have alady dal then # is a rular

cance o a Se cai for this.Anay, i # baks t tone, an aitional digitmay sta a ca to an oie. Yo can tell i i t'swok ing i f # as no th efect you' l levental ly et inn o notig i f tatdigit asn't bn dn. any o te carieave magic digi t s tat wod oteilook l ike atoization codes bt go ofimmediately on bin diaed a cal l

wheeCal t im ing and bi in a v az ie withe alteat, oney t consgo st. A& s ti t on on tat anet cal l-end son, t signal tattels yo a o at t asicked . att, alto t y lanning to insta t t ats witte LCs and &, av not don o yet, t tits t tin bi od state yet T a a t ti tat 8ings tak; ain tat mot wi l give ate 6 o So yo t to yo bteso ing 20 tim a wt ot drinkinglast nigt and is now ad to wold, you wi llget bi l led o te ca wt wak u o r nois is so o a cao c, bt sinceA T T is elctant to d t isionequient ei and a o ti. Bu

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The BalladLenny hep e get into their syste' sho tho bastards hat for!e ent code's ret that uch I knoSo e'l have to go in the back doorro the trsh b in go get the old printoutsThe rests fro the latest fied testLeave th in the phone booth on 1 2th Strt

and ainnd I i take care of the rest!"

en he dropped out of sight for a couple ofonths

e heard nothing fro Lenny as ell Ti the phone rang one night i th a call fr his

ife

With a pretty d sto to tellSees they found h i one day after i n the

abWith his no her it didn't belongnd threaten to nd hi to jail if he didn'tSpi l out eve thing he'd done rong

o Lenny as never the strongest of nd ho knos hat they threat to do?

Bt they rung out of h i eery secretthniqueEve blueboxr' trick that he knen they fir hi ass left hi out on the strt Tu their energies in our ditionAnd thir ve fi act to to ut donTe orth nitoa Conntion

That nes hit u hard It's surising to find

o iportant th little things areas as if they had bulldo the hou yougre up in

O r shut don your favorite barnd us phone freaks ere heits for ost

partExcpt ithin our on little clnd the Exchnge s the bridge 't our

rsonal isldOur one li nk i th our fell o an

On the eving the shutdon ulThe entire continnt trWe didn't tal uch; te s not uch to yJust a fling of glo in the iren one at a tie a the li each er cutO voice th nother t ddAnd ore than one thrat s constrict ith

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Then abrupty y phone be silentWi th a si ence can only be knonBy the deaf or suivo of nuc lear blastOr a an ith a dead telehoneTo the silce I hisrd Forver farell!"

Though I kn that no one could hae hearnd the silence reli in a voice that I kell forever' i trng a ord!

ey Captain! y God! here are you? o youbn?

nd he've you gone all thi tie?And ho did you nage to tp in y ciruitAfter they ull out the l ine?Better not ho I " he rli And better not ask her I've Suffice it to y that I'e fix it o thahen they lock you out they lk e in!"

You ight sy that I ' no longer a part of yourorld

No longer rsi on your planeBut the trillion conntions tixt billion of

phos

Fo a syt colx n' binAnd no I rt of that syA ld of cuter indYou cou ld say I 'm the Phone Compan'.s

conincend I'll to it they t the lie

Gotta go no cn't k thi line o uchore

nd his oce fad out to h i And I at in the da a ded oe in y hnd Left alone conlatig o hiIn a ay it i fiting the y e ould chooAnd thing o out u a y ouldHe's goe to boxe' ea into e yt for g

ell you e t of the to

he fct a no longer in oubt you uri to he l hoen ngl thi g fi r ou Ad t tig eer od o r oul re i n

your ear hug u in t ide of calBut no you ll kno tt ust Ctain

CchGrbbing old other Bell by the balls!

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PRINTALE LERSAn Envelope PleaseDear 2600:

I don't object to the price increase. Aftr all, it costs money to publish

2600 and your group isn't operating asa harity to phone phraks. However, Ido object to the new pocy of maiingissues without envelopes. You may notconsider 2600 to be an underground orillega pubcaion, and perhaps it isn't.But 2600 isn't exacty Nseitr! I haven't sen 2600 on themagazin rack nex to th Irrationanquirer and TV Gid while I waswaiting n the express ine with twelve items or less!

In ths ountry we are supposed tohave "Freedom of the Press" an 'a for it. Howeve, with e Reaa

Adminis tration era of decrease dprsona privacy and fredm, 26surr can't b too arul. Thepotal cons have been known to

rort cipients o suvrsivmtrial to the autoritis fr ssilesurvillane and hrssmt. I or onecannot afford to add ny foddr to myFI file. Hoover's Hnhmen proablyhave enough mtrial on m ativitisto write a short nove aready! Let'sminimize the amount of paporksome penci-pushing bureaucrat has to

do y maiing 26 in envelopes whereit wi e away from the prying eys ofBig Brother. want uture issus of2600 to come to my mai drop inenvlops.

Aout the new format of 26: itlooks great! Unfotunaty, it dosn't fitwell into a 3rig notebook like th odformat did. ow aout hanging ack

to the origina styl? I bet it would ber, too.Th article TAP: Th egnd is

Dad y Ceshre Catalyst in thJanuary 1 987 issue confirms whatmost of us already knew: that Chshireis a jerk! He was iteraly staing fromhis fellow phone phreaks for threeears. t just oes to show that you

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can't fnd an honest crimina thesedays What ever happened to honoramong thieves?

By the way where i y eve coeup with the name Richard Cheshire?

His real name is obert OzzieOsband and the "arge MahattanBank" that he wored for is epubicNationa Bank, located at 452 Fifth

Avenue and 4th Street. His phonenuber is 21 2-569-5459.

Discreetly,Bob Gamma

First of a, we nevr old spportt noton of minimizing papror forr a cr. Tin aot it . f vrbod o rcivs 26ad a filpnd on tm or tat rason alon,t reacraic macinr oldecome so oggd don a it ol nevr e able to fnction eicentl.And that old e in evrbod's estntrsts as far as 'r conc

Srosl, radng26is notng to

orr abot. Yo old be amazedio sa te inds of popl andorganzations tat sbscrib. Th ony

popl o rad26 that sholdorry abot bing "watched" art o s t a t a r a l r e a d b i n gatcd. In othr ords, 2dos

not entr nto it.Assming "Big Brothr" nos

abot 26, ra don't s atdirnce gtting it in an nvlop that

as or rt addrss on it wi mak.Eithr wa, te now o'r gttingit. What w'r mor conced abot isthr or not it's bing manandldor dlaed in th post oces. Domesticcstomrs should rciv 2600 nolatr than th 20th of th month. I ths

s not the cas, ca s so can dosomething abot it.W ill contin snding or

magazine in an nvlop vn thoghtis costs s xtra. W considr it anobligation to or sbscribrs for gttings tis far.

And abt tat pon nmbr o gav s-a' simpl n ansring


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EquallingtheAccess (continuedfrmpage7)no ice a i s i key a yo won ge bi ed ora rea shor ca a is answered q ick ly, ei her.Wi e adven o 9600 bad voice-grademodems, i s co d ave some ineres i ngapp ica ions as ar as message pass ing isconcemed, and avoids pising o operaors byrying o ye l hrogh no-acceped co l ca sor long iss o wha per-o-r namemea wha . in general, yo shod kp yorown rords o wa ca and wa carrier and i i compeed or no, so yo won ge eonslybi l l by a sil y im.

Carr iers oen se eir own swicingipmen hey also oen ea li r AT&T

Long Li nes or ei r own A l lne or exame,ea uipme ad ime r oer carie ab l raes ad rls he ice o e cser.So i yo Allne, yo c never el whoeqime yore realy aking on, a issor o ike rolee beween sae l i e ,microwave, or land li e and who owns i. Se ohis laer-eio iching eqi iswaed-over T&T s rom a yea ago,

d hereo may be ployig good o ld sig lefreuecy s, i.e. 600 H will dionh . I he early days of caiers fre eqalaccess, 600 wld oen r he loca wi chad re is dia le. Th is is lc hdays bu he a l f ui o reha rpods o i.

When yo l yor defa caier, here isanoher vali d opion ha is on he balo. I i s

called no-pic", ad is n exacy wha isonds l ike. I y simp ly don pick one or rehe ballo, y ge ossed io a oery and yowill id up wih ay d cair as yurdeaul on 1+ dialing. ou si l wn ge blkes rm his caier le yu cal l h up adcreae a accu [r yo may ge a pace oifo frm h i he mail ay, bau ihey go l or yu ey wi l l prbaby wanyu sig up. However, nopic is hecodi i on where y do nothave a deal caier,so if yo pick up and dial 1 + area + nmber hecal l w i l no complee. T is is grea or cousingope wo ap o make long disance callson yor phone and do know abo enexdiaing. Pbably yor bes be as ar as vingmoey goes is o sign p wi h e caiers, andexamine ei r bi ing srcres car y Yo canen coose e one as ceapes or a giena 14 Mar 1 260

ca a a given ime. Yo may nd a comper odo is owever is srprising a nobody asye ried o are a rogram a wi do is oryo

Pospare, or 0nnn+ diaing, is o eony secri y oe a carriers ave o dea wi Tere are oe magic seqences a, wendialed aer a ria aorizaion ode, wi i noe caer i e code was valid or no wioaving o dia an enir nmr. Te sayake e o o invalid ca ed area codes, ike1 1 or nn or *nn . os o he carriers ave ixede probl in wic an invaid code ps seqece wod re siece ad alow ra,

and a vaid one wod eor o Tis aowva id codes o be picked o ve qickly . Longeraorizaion codes and improvs in esoware ve argey eimi aed his as a majorrbem, b i ook a ew years or o e idea Noe a ab o oer eopesaorizaion codes is ial and ey wiprobaby come aer peope who do i . However,i is oen i nereing o pay arond wh a carrier

yo are ineresed in rhaing ice ro,and s i yo can brea hei r suriy easil y . Iyo can, he i s clear a somne el can,and is carrier is going o ave a lo o probswi rad. Someoe may even id yor codead hen youl ae o dea wi s b i l ing . Soi yo ind some algorihm which alows yo ocome p wi a 6 o 8 digi vai d co, one ingyo mig do is ca he carrier d el h

abo i Theyll ank yo in he long n admigh even oer yo a job, a si ei o wicmay be n limi r ca in via heir ien.


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cosmo: the univere unfolds (continuedfrom page 10)ll /ETC/LNES p a s s w o d c o a n A s i n U N I X ,

= PDP 1 /70's can have dffeent types /ETC/PASSWD can be left unpotected but sof ultplexes J s a J 1 1 ux The ae alost neve left that wayasynchonous, 1 6 line ultplexes. DZ s a COSNIX has anothe file caed /ETC/LNESDZ1 ; these a less expensve than the J 1 1 . A This file lists the nube an which uses

DZ 1 s an asynchonous 8 o 1 6 lne ux can access th t also siies duplex, baudM = D K ndicates DATAK I T VCS {Vitual ate an piviles (in se asesCiuit Syst A K allows u to selt 1 -2 . SERS:ROOBIN;CO" ECHO UPLOELAY5,mSAGE

h h th h t t A 1 1 /70 , USERS :PINI;RCI 'CO"2 . ECHO ULO DElA YW C syste ey W en e n' -22.USERS:PA; NA,F"; RI ; SSI N ; CO" UPLO DELAY: hooed up to a DATAKIT usually has 60 s 23-b, USER=F"'; SS IN' ECHOUPlODELAY=

(as oo to 96 e fist fie is the nube USS== This wod sfies the nu of iniates which u access which s If a

nul (contl@ ) to be nt befoe each line Te u has an asteis ate the oup ne then itnuls set ae equal to the DEA nube ay aows al u a ie t have the wodu lo o to CMwith pinti teia

H thee then its fo ha ue uses only pinte cannot always pint as fast as MA w wite a e to (thete a eive Nulls will ive the inte e syte osoe) stati tat seone usttie to int without slowin ow C o wit iv yu i with ivs on aay nuls slow own 300 bau so they ae et M tty you t i an asteis Ifat a ate level the /C/N fie i ha a uity

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CO"2EPOH3DU : Y: 2: USR : SCOS"OS: S/PREO: S: SRM 0062DAER Y S/: SRCOS"OS: USRSO

KHNP 5 Y J USRmp: USRCOS"OS USRSN D 2 Y USmp: S/CO"OS /SRSO

I DROLOS : : Y : /mp: USOS"O: U/ORC DED7IFB Y: /UST: USCOnOs USRSOO DHN9 Y : UT SCOS"OS SRO PODE9 0 Y: : S/: /OS USR/SO

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ying o ge ss-e ppel yougo o ly decen newsn you see quie few oe gzinesecing ou in e se wy

An Exprinc t SharDr 6

One bright day last March, a weekater my 1 6th bi rthday, I came home to

discover that the cops had raided myr o m a n d t a k e e v e r y t h i n g computer pr inter modem, moni tor ,350 di sks, b ut left he App I Ic powerpack. Among those 3 disks werabout 2 phreak/hack d isks, 300piraed programs, and a number ofersonal diss. MCI had caught mehacing ut ces and put a Dialed

N ber Recorder on my l i ne. They hadfollow a l my cal s or 1Y months.My irs meei ngs wih p robaion and

aers scard me to death I wainormal hreaend with going tojuv havng to pay immense ines,never ting a ny o y su back etc.The next 2 onhs o waiting or mytra wre hel l . I ws orig in aly chargedw i t h 9 counts of va ious c imesincldin phone fraud, accessing ofMCs computer and annoing phonecal ls (exchange hacki ng).

As it turned ou I used a countylaer and ended up paying nothingo his services. I got off o most o thecounts and had to pay a f ine of$479.32, $29 of which were phonebi l l ad the rest were "serv ice

charges of having to switch the 22codes usd. I also had to serve 80hours of community sev ice ademai on probation unt i l these itemswee done.

gt a of m computer stuff backmi nus 1 1 isks o phreakhack stuffthey issed qu ite a few). did pay th

Pag 18 March, 1987

f ine whi ch was a h el l of a ot less thanwa it should have been. I actualc o m p e t e d a b o u t 1 5 h o u s o fcommunity service but my probatioofficer was easi y dceived.

I j ust got of proation last week aal and all Ive go to say it was wewort it. I wrote t o g ive you my accontof beig caught and wha the endresolution was not very harsh). I dohope that none o you have to gothrough what I did in those first 2months.

Geing cug soeing iegli s n e v e o i u n l e s s i ssoeing you elly believe in o soeng you cn ese le And ifyo bg bou is o los of peopleyou pobbly find youse elivingisoy Keep us pose We ce

Wrds f Agrnt

Dr 6Just a quick noe o ell you I greewith your new format (excep its toob a d i t do e s ' t c o m e h r e e - h o l epu nched. Keep u p the good workg e t t i n g m y f i r s i s s u e o f (D ecembe 1 986) was lke a breath offreh, ioized air.

Wrds f uinDr 6

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T h e m a i l m a n b r o u g h m e y o u surprise and I on aer uicklyreading cover-o-coer h I elt asthough you exc i emen/pr ide wassomehing that I als elt a par of.Tha nks fo bei ng th ere . . . h an ks fom ov ing a h e a d . . h a n s o a l l y ou r

efforts to al ow u s a l o enoy he r ideOne worry did creep ino my mind:

w i somehow move int amainstream approach to its productsubject/readers. It is my hope that ouremai tru to yur present irection .e it ik it rea y is l ike it can (giv the very cative peple outther u the mp . . .cal out the

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ANYON aving an IB M P or compatible .At prsent my P l ibrary approximaes 1 1 0p o d u c t s i n c l u i n g t h e l a t e s t g a m e s ,iagnostic programs, business sofware,util iies, and various wo processing andother appication sofware. eaders cancontct e by wri ing : Sofware, PO Box 73,Unidale, NY 1 1 553.INSUIOS O H OSRUIO OP RT ION OF T H BLU BOX

WA N D ! I am a b e g i n n i n g p o n eenhu si as and woud g eatly appeciate it ifomeone could help me in designin g a bluebox Of curse, as you might hae guessed MANULS O IN STIONS N forit, this is for inforative purposs ony! two modes labeled Daapone annelSend your replies to Mr. Oscar tatuto, I nterface One h as l abel on th ouside tat224Washington St. #9, Lyn, MA 01 902 says 44A2 Series 1 , Data Mo uni ng, S-W decen modem rogra m for use 1 D247-01 J23 and the oter says 442o n Z e i t Z 1 00 r u n n i n g M S O S . MTG , S 1 24701 -J23, SRI S 1 onc a ny @ 26, (51 6) 7 51 2 6 or 83 MG 1 2. T ards on he ins ide rePO x 752, idd Island, NY 1 1 953. labeled DAS 829B- L1 , S IS 4, 8 1 M G3

OUION on ecrnic & digial and S 829BL, SIS 5, 4 MG PBX's and switching sysms. Wil ing o Send info o P.O. Box 50346, aig, Nt r a d e / u r c h a s e l s o l o o k i n g f o r B l 2765. y s e m P r a c t i c e s a n d o t h e r s u c h PIV INVSIGAO wans o herraraia. Wri to Bi l , c/ 26, PO from 26 readrs wo ve cronicB 75, iddle Isnd NY 1 1 953. u ipent e can buy chap s L L U L L H O N I O A TI O N P r i v a e y e i s i n o l e c r o i c u n t r WANT. I will pay a mods fee for info measu res/TM in te rade parance. 425w ic as not yt een publ ished in 26. "F Sret, San i ego, 921 1 (6 1 9)Pease describ e typ of info ta you 2 396991 .

have and n your price. Mr B , P.O. Box TAP K ISSUSo cocion,2895, Brklv, N Y 1 2 o. 1 83 plus sulmnl rors nd

scheatics. Arox es of qualitycopies sent via US or US i $1ic udes d ivry. d cs, cck o r MO(pya o ) s s dy, orsl 4 eeks, o t G . , Pos Office Box46 r 4Y OU s s yv wi fr rr srv of

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CONTESHE BAL OF CAIN CRUNCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

A GUID O UA ACCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ELECOM INRMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

HE WODER WORD O CSMOS . . . . . . . 1 0

TERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2

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