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Seems they found h i m one day after work in the Suffice it to say that I've fixed it so that
lab When they locked you out, they locked me in!"
With his nose where it didn't belong ,
And threatened to send him to jail if he didn't "You might say that I 'm no longer a part of your
Spi l l out every thing he'd done wrong . world,
N o longer reside on your plane ,
Now Lenny was never the strongest of men , But the tri l l ion connections twixt bill ions of
And who knows what they threatened to do? phones
B u t they wrung o u t of h i m every secret Form a system complex as man's brain.
technique, And now I am part of that system:
Every blue-boxer's trick that he knew. A meld of computer and mind.
Then they fired his ass, left him out on the street, You c o u l d say I 'm the Phone Company'.s
Tumed their energies in our direction. conscience,
And their very first act was to be to shut down And I'll see to it they toe the line!"
The North Manitoba Connection .
"Gotta go now, can't keep this line open much
That news hit us hard. It's surprising to find more."
How important these little things are. And his voice faded out to a hiss,
Twas as if they had bulldozed the house you And I sat in the dark , a dead phone in my hand,
grew up in , Left alone contemplating on this:
O r shut down your favorite bar. In a way it is fitting , the way he would choose,
And us phone freaks were hermits, for the most And things worked out just as they should.
part , He's gone to blue-boxers' heaven:
Except within our own little clan. Tapped into the system for good!
And the Exchange was the bridge 'tween our
personal islands, Wel l , you know the rest of the story.
Our one link with our fellow man . The facts are no longer in doubt.
Perhaps you subscribed to the perspnal phone
On the evening the shutdown was scheduled, When the newfangled thing first carne out .
The entire contingent was there. And the thing never worked , o r would scream in
We didn't talk much; there was not much to say, your ear
J ust a feel ing of gloom in the air. Or hung up in the middle of calls,
Then one at a time, as the lines each were cut, But now you all know , that was just Captain
One voice, then another went dead . Crunch
And more than one throat was constricted with Grabbing old Mother Bel l by the balls!
tears
As our last goodbyes, they were said . (continued on page 22)
2600 March, 1987 Page II
PRINTABLE LETTERS
can't find an honest criminal these
An Envelope Please
days. What ever happened to honor
Dear 2600: among thieves?
I don't object to the price increase. By the way, where did you ever come
After all, it costs money to publish up with the name Richard Cheshire?
2600 and your group isn't operating as His real name is Robert "Ozzie"
a charity to phone phreaks. However, I Osband and the "Large Manhattan
do object to the new policy of mailing Bank" that he worked for is Republic
issues without envelopes. You may not National Bank, located at 452 Fifth
consider 2600 to be an underground or Avenue and 40th Street. His phone
illegal publication, and perhaps it isn't. number is 2 1 2-569-5459.
But 2600 isn't exactly Ne ws week Discreetly,
either! I haven't seen 2600 on the Bob Gamma
magazine rack next to the Irrational First of all, we never would support
Inquirer and TV Guide while I was the notion of minimizing paperwork for
waiting in the express line with my b u r e a u c r a t s. Th i n k ab o u t i t . If
twelve items or less! everybody who receives 2600 had a file
In this country we are supposed to opened on them for that reason alone,
have "Freedom of the Press," and I'm the bureaucratic machinery would
all for it. However, with the Reagan become so bogged down that it would
Administration era of decreased never be able to function efficiently.
personal privacy and freedom, a 2600 And that would be in everybody's best
subscriber can't be too careful. The interests as far as we're concerned.
postal clones have been known to Seriously, reading 2600 is nothing to
report recipients of "subversive" worry about. You would be amazed if
material to the authorities for possible you saw the kinds of people and
surveillance and harassment. I for one organizations that subscribe. The only
cannot afford to add any fodder to my people who read 2600 that should
FBI file. Hoover's Henchmen probably worry about being "watched" are
have enough material on my activities those that are already being
to write a short novel already! Let's "watched". In other words, 2600 does
minimize the amount of paperwork not enter into it.
some pencil-pushing bureaucrat has to Assuming "Big Brother" knows
do by mailing 2600 in envelopes where about 2600, we really don't see what
it will be away from the prying eyes of difference getting it in an envelope that
Big Brother. I want future issues of has our return address on it will make.
2600 to come to my mail drop in Either way, "they" know you 're getting
envelopes. it. What we're more concerned about is
About the new format of 2600: it whether or not it 's being manhandled
looks great! Unfortunately, it doesn't fit or delayed in the post offices. Domestic
well into a 3-ring notebook like the old customers should receive 2600 no
format did. How about changing back later than the 20th of the month. If this
to the original style? I bet it would be is not the case, call us so we can do
cheaper, too. something about it.
The article "TAP: The Legend is We will continue sending your
Dead" by Cheshire Catalyst in the magazine in an envelope even though
January 1 987 issue confirms what this costs us extra. We consider it an
most of us already knew: that Cheshire obligation to our subscribers for getting
is a jerk! He was literally stealing from us this far.
his fellow phone phreaks for three And about that phone number you
years. It just goes to show that you gave us-that's simply an answering
notice that it's likely that you won't get bil led for cal l at a given time. You may need a computer to
a real short cal l that is answered quickly, either. do th is, however. It is surprising that nobody has
With the advent of 9600 baud voice-grade yet tried to market a program that will do this for
modems, t h i s cou l d have some i n terest i n g you .
a p p l i c a t i ons a s f a r a s message pass i n g is Post-parse, or 10nnnO+ dialing, is not the
concemed, and avoids pissing off operators by only security hole that carriers have to deal with .
trying to yel l through non-accepted col lect cal ls There are often magic sequences that, when
or long l ists of what person-to-person name dialed after a trial authorization code, will inform
meant what . But in general, you should keep your the cal ler if the code was val id or not without
own records of what call and what carrier and if it having to dial an entire number. These usually
completed or not, so you won't get erroneously take the form of invalid cal led area codes, l ike
billed by a si l ly timeout. 1 1 1 or Onn or *nn . Most of the carriers have fixed
Carri ers often use their own sw i tc h i n g the problem in which an inval id code plus some
equipment: they also often lease lines from AT&T sequence would return silence and allow recall,
Long Lines for their own use. Al lnet, for example, and a val id one would error out . This al lowed
leases equipment and time from other carriers at valid codes to be picked out very quickly. Longer
bulk rates and resells the service to the customer. authorization codes and improvements in the
So if you use Allnet, you can never tel l whose software have largely eliminated this as a major
equ ipment you're really talking on, because i t's problem, but it took a few years for them to get
sort of l i ke rou l ette between sate l l i te, the idea . Note that abuse of other peoples'
microwave, or landline and who owns it. Some of authorization codes is i l legal and they will
this latter-generation switching equipment is probably come after people who do it. However,
wanned-over AT&T stuff from a few years ago, it is often interesting to play around with a carrier
and therefore may be employing good old single you are interested in purchasing service from,
frequency trunks, i .e. 2600 Hz will disconnect and see if you can break their security easily. If
them . In the early days of carriers before equal you can, then it's clear that someone else can,
access, 2600 would often reset the local switch and this carrier is going to have a lot of problems
and return its dialtone. This is less coovnon these with fraud . Someone may even find your code
days but there's a lot of equipment still out there and then you'll have to deal with bogus billing . So
that responds to it. if you find some algorithm which allows you to
When you select your defaul t carrier, there is come up with a 6 to 8 digit val id code, one thing
another valid option that isn't on the ballot. I t is you might do is cal l the carrier and tel l them
cal led "no-pick", and is not exactly what it about it. They'll thank you in the long run and
sounds l ike. If you simply don't pick one or return might even offer you a job, a side benefit of which
the bal lot, you get tossed into a lottery and you may be unlimited free cal l ing via their equipment.
will wind up with any random carrier as your
defaul t on 1 + dialing . You sti l l won't get bulk
rates from this carrier unless you cal l them up and
create an account [or you may get a packet of
i nfo from them in the mai l anyway, because if
they got selected for you they will probably want
you to sign up]. However, no-pick is the
condition where you do not have a default carrier,
so if you pick up and dial 1 + area + number the
cal l w i l l not complete. This is great for confusing
people who attempt to make long distance cal ls
on your phone and don't know about tenex
dial ing . Probably your best bet as far as saving
money goes is to sign up with aI/the carriers, and
examine their billing structures carefully. You can
then choose the one that's cheapest for a given
Page 14 March, 1 987 2600
cosmos : the u n iverse u nfolds (continuedfrom page 10)
called / ETC / L i N ES. password c o m m a n d . As in U N I X ,
MUX= : PDP 1 1 /70's can have different types / ETC / PASSWD can be left unprotected but is
of multiplexers. OJ is a OJ 1 1 mux. These are almost never left that way.
asynchronous, 1 6 line multiplexers. DZ is a COSN I X has another file called / ETC / L i N ES .
DZ1 1 ; these are less expensive than the O J 1 1 . A This file lists the nY numbers and which users
DZ1 1 is an asynchronous 8 or 1 6 line mux . can access them. It also specifies duplex, baud
M U X= D K indicates DATA K I T V C S { Virtual rate, and privileges (in some cases).
Circuit System) . A OK allows users to select 1 -2 . USERS:ROO H B I N ; CO" I . ECHO. UPLOUELAY:5,mSAGE
Wh·ICh system they WIS' h t0 enter. A n 1 1 /70 H, USERS:PAI, NA I ; R C I ' CO"2 . ECHO, UPLON, DElAY:S
' O-22. USERS:PA"; NA",F"" ; RC I ; SSI , I N" ; CO"', UPLON, DELAY:IO
hooked up to a DATAKIT usually has 60 nY's 23-bO, USERS=F"'; SSII IN', ECHO,UPlON,DELAY=S
(as opposed to 96) .
Th e first field is the nY number. U SERS=
DELAY=: This word specifies the number of
indicates which users access which nYs. If a
nulls (control-@ ) to be sent before each line. The
user has an asterisk after the group name then it
nulls sent are equal to the DELAY number. Many
allows all users. If a line doesn't have the word
users log on to COSMOS with printing tenninals.
ECH O there, then it's for half duplex users only.
These printers cannot always print as fast as M ESSAGE will write a message to noo (the
they can receive. Nulls will give the printers more
system console ) stating that someone just
time to print without slowing down C RTs. Too
logged on with privs. If you login with privs on a
many nulls slow down 300 baud so they are kept
M ESSAGE tty your prompt will be an asterisk. If
at a moderate level.
the / ETC / L i N ES file is changed, a security
UPLDW: C O S N I X uses only upper case.
feature of COS N I X will pick it up.
U PLOW converts lower case and echos it in COSNJI prDlph WC1 ' Ivmg. mr
U PPERCASE. This is achieved by running a Net supor USIr , USIr grDup I in IETC/PASSND
ASE TTY
=
referencing them with command names. A 1 CP: Cable Pair: A CP is the wire which goes
means that family can use the command and a 0 from the central office (CO) to the customer's
means they can't. premises.
Prefix! and brief deacriptions:
CS: Class of Service : RES, B U S , PBX, DTF
AD: Associated order: When creating a service
( Dial Tone First coin line ) . The CS is a general
order ( O R O ) , the option AO can be used . This service category. It varies from place to place.
indicates that there is another ORO pertinent to 00: Due Date : A DO is simply the date a
the one being worked with . The two orders should specific ORO should be completed by.
be completed together. FOO: Frame Due Date : This is the date when all
B L : B r i dge L i f t e r : These are used w i t h work on the Main D istributing Frame ( M D F )
telephone answering services (TAS ) . The TAS should b e completed . I t is usually a day o r two
has an extension of the customer'S l ine. A BL before the D O . This will ensure that the l ine is
allows one location , the customer'S house , to working , before a lineman goes to the customer's
have priority. I f the TAS is on the customer's line, premises.
and the customer picks up, he will have priority FEA: Features: These are l ine features common
and the TAS will be disconnected . to all types of swi tching equipment. [ 1 ] Touch
BTN: B i l ling Telephone N umber: This indicates tone/Rotary. [2] Sleeve lead/No sleeve. A sleeve
that one l i ne's cal ls get placed on the b i l l of is part of a subscriber trunk . A grounded sleeve
another line. indicates the l i ne is busy. Customers who own
CCF: Custom Cal ling Features. COSMOS has fancy equipment such as a PBX will have sleeve
an option which can define the features (three lead . This means the sleeve will be run into their
way, cal l waiting , etc . ) on a l ine. These features location . [3] Essen t ial service/Non-essen t ial .
would be, for the most part , listed by three Essential service means that the customer is on a
characters. This option can only be used with priority service l ist , in case of emergency. If the
electronic or digital offices . switch were to break (electro-mechanical) or
CUSTD" CAL L I NS FEATURES TABLE :
crash (electronic) , the customer's line would be
I N D I Y I DUAl CCF ' S one of the first restored . Essen t ial service also
I l ftll,n.flf"l
indicates a good chance to get a tol l cal l through
SA" SAmE FEATURE
I E S = I I I AESS EF2=21 2BESS 3ES=lESS when lines are tied up ( i .e. flood , hurricane,
D"C=D"S 100 SES=5ESS bombing of smal l M iddle Eastem country) .
[ S A M is the feature iden t i f i e r code i n Usually doctors, coin phones, and govemment
COSMOS . The codes fol lowing the switch names officials have essential service. [4] Ground
( 1 ES, DMC , 5ES, etc . ) would be th� feat� re start/Loop start . A normal line is loop start
identifier code on the different electronic/digital meaning when you pick up the phone you get a
switches . ] dial tone . If a l ine is ground start you must touch
m CALL FORNARD POTS the tip ( lead ) to ground to get a dial tone. Ground
l E NS " EF2=ES" 3ES=ES"
D"C=CFN 5ES=/CFY
start lines are mostly used by PBX customers.
HF: Hunt From : This indicates that when the
ESI CALL NA I T I NS POTS
I ES=ESI m=ESI 3ES=E51
l ine specified after the HF is busy calls will hunt
D"C=CNT SEN CIT to the TN in question .
on the M D F . m LST
DC: Order Class: An OC represents special 442 FHE ?7?7?m? I
m ALN A l l ntl / ALC
treatment for.an ORO . I am not fully fami liar with 452 YMS Yirtull Mthor k Smim I
I
45' ACC Argo COilunic.tionl
•
readers who would otherwise never f i ne which was a h e l l of a lot less than
know of our existence. We in turn will what it should h ave been. I act ua l ly
provide them with knowledge that they com p l eted a bo u t 1 5 h o u r s of
never thought was obtainable. This com m u n ity service but my probat ion ,' I
,
I
does not mean we 're "selling out" or officer was easi ly dece ived.
trying to get mass-market appeal. If you I j u st got off probation last week a nd
go to a halfway decent newstand. you'll a l l and a l l I 've got to say it was we l l
see quite a few other magazines worth it. I wrote t o g ive you m y account
reaching out in the same way. of be ing ca ught and what the end
An Experience to Share resol ut ion was ( not very harsh). I do
hope that none of you have to go
Dear 2600: through what I d i d i n those fi rst 2
One bright day last March, a week months.
after my 1 6th b i rt hday, I came home to The Sultan
d iscover that the cops had ra ided my Getting caught at something illegal
room a n d t a k e n everyt h i ng i s never "worth it " unless it 's
c o m p u t e r , p r i n t e r , m o d e m , m o n i to r , something y o u really believe in o r
3 5 0 disks, b u t left the App le I Ic power something you can erase later. And if
pack. Among those 300 disks were you brag about this to lots of people,
a b o u t 20 p h re a k / h a ck d i sks, 300 you'll probably find yourself reliving
p i rated programs, and a number of history. Keep us posted We care.
personal disks. MCI had ca ught me
hacking out codes and put a D i a led
Words of Agreement
N u mber Recorder on my l i ne. They had Dear 2600:
followed all my ca l ls for 1 Y2 months. Just a q u ick note to tel l you I agree
My fi rst meeti ngs with probation and with you r new format (except it's too
lawyers scared me to deat h . I was bad it does n 't come t h ree- h o l e
i nforma lly threatened with going to pu nched). Keep u p the good work
j uve, h aving to pay i mmense fi nes, g e t t i n g m y f i r s t i s s u e of 2 600
never getting a ny of my stuff back, etc. (December 1 986) was l i ke a breath of
The next 2 months of wa iting for my fresh, ionized a i r.
tria l were hel l . I was orig i n a lly charged DE
w i t h 9 c o u n t s of v a r i o u s c r i m e s
including phone fra ud, accessi ng of
Words of Caution
M C rs computer, and a n noyi ng phone Dear 2600:
ca l ls (excha nge hack i ng). T h e m a i l m a n b ro u g h t m e yo u r
As it turned out I used a cou nty "surprise" and I fou nd, after q u ickly
lawyer and ended up payi ng noth i ng read ing cover-to-cover, that I felt as
for h i s services. I got off on most of the t h o u g h yo u r exc i t e m e n t / p r i d e w a s
co u n ts a n d h a d to pay a f i n e of somet h i ng t h a t I a lso fe lt a pa rt of.
$479 . 3 2, $ 29 of which were phone Th a n ks for be i n g t h e re . . . t h a n ks f o r
b i l l s a n d t h e rest were "serv i ce m o v i n g a h e a d . . . t h a n ks for a l l yo u r
charges " of having to switch the 22 efforts to a l low u s a l l to enjoy the r ide.
codes I used. I a lso had to serve 80 One worry did creep i nto my m i nd :
h o u r s of co m m u n i t y s e rv i ce a n d w i l l 2600 s o m e h ow m ove i n t o a
rem a i n o n probation u n t i l these items m a i nstream approach to its product/
were done. subject/readers. It is my hope that you
I got a l l of my computer stuff back rema i n true to you r present d i rection.
m i nus 1 1 d i sks of ph reak/hack stuff Te l l it l ike it rea l ly is . . . l ike it ca n be
(they m issed q u ite a few). I did pay the (g iven the very creative people out
there). "Rub the lamp . . . ca l l out the
Page 1 8 March, 1 987 26()() (continued on page 23)
Z600 marketplace
I ' D L I K E TO T R A D E PC softw a r e w i t h
ANYO N E having a n I B M P C o r compat ible.
At present my PC l i brary approx i mates 1 1 0
p r od u ct s i n c l u d i n g t h e l a t est g a m e s ,
diagnost ic prog rams, business softwa re,
u t i l i t i es, and various word process ing and
other appl ication software. Readers can
contact m e by writing : Software, PO Box 73,
U n ionda le, NY 1 1 553.
I N STRUCTIO N S FOR TH E CONSTRUCTIO N
A N D O P E R AT I O N O F T H E B L U E B O X
WA N T E D ! I a m a b e g i n n i n g p h o n e
enth u s i ast and wou ld g reatly appreciate it if
someone cou ld help m e i n des i g n i n g a b l u e
box. Of cou rse, as y o u m ight h ave g uessed MAN UALS OR I N STRUCTIO N S N E E D E D for
it, t h i s i s for " i nformat ive" pu rposes only! two modems l a be led Dataphone C h a n n e l
S e n d you r repl ies t o M r . O s c a r Statuto, I nterface . One has l a be l on the outside that
224A Was h i ngton St. #9, Lyn n , MA 0 1 902 . says : 44A2 Series 1 , Data M o u n t i ng , S D -
WANTED : A decent m odem program for use 1 D 247-0 1 -J23 and the other says: 44A2
o n a Z e n i t h Z - 1 00 r u n n i n g M S - D O S . DATA MTG , SD - 1 D 247-0 1 -J23, S E R I E S 1
Contact M a n ny @ 26oo, ( 5 1 6) 7 5 1 - 26oo or 83 M G 1 2 . The boa rds on the i n s ide are
PO Box 752, M iddle I s l a nd, NY 1 1 953. l a beled: DAS 829B - L 1 A, S E R I E S 4, 8 1 MG3
DOCU M E N TATION on electronic & d i g ita l and DAS 829B L l A, S E R I E S 5, 84 MG 04.
PBX's a n d switch ing systems. Wi l l i ng to Send i nfo to : P . O . Box 50346, R a leigh, N C
t r a d e / p u r c h a s e . A l so l o o k i n g f o r B e l l 27650.
Syst e m Pract ices a n d other such PRIVATE I NVESTIGATO R wants to hear
paraphern a l i a . Write to B i l l , c/o 2600, PO from 2600 readers who have electro n i c
B o x 7 5 2 B , M iddle I s l a n d NY 1 1 953. eq u ipment he can buy cheap I Gaslamp
C E L L U LA R T E L E P H O N E I N F O R M AT I O N P r i v a t e E y e i s i n t o E l e c t ro n i c C o u n t e r -
WANT E D . I w i l l pay a modest fee for info measu res/TSCM in the trade parla nce. 425
wh ich has not yet been publ ished i n 2600. " F " Street, San D i ego, CA 92 1 0 1 . ( 6 1 9)
P lease desc r i be the type of i nfo that you 239-699 1 .
h ave a n d n a m e you r price. M r . B . , P . O . Box TAP BACK I S S U ES-complete col lection,
2895, Brooklvn, NY 1 1 202. vo l . 1 -83 p l u s suppleme nta l reports and
schematics. Approx. 400 pages of q u a l ity
cop ies sent via U PS or US M a i l . $ 1 00
i n c l u des del ivery. Send cash, check o r M O
(payable t o P E l ) . Cash sent same day, others
a l low 4 weeks, to: Pete G . , Post Office Box
46::S Mt. Laurel NJ 08054
HEY YOU ! This is the chance you 've been
wa it i ng for i A rather new service of 2600
M agaz i n e . G ot someth i n g to sel l ? Looking
for somet h i ng to buy? O r trade? T h is is the
p l acel And it's free to su bscribers I J u st
send us whatever you want to say (without
making it too long) and we' l l p r i nt itl O n ly
people please, no bus i n esses l
Dead l i ne for Apr i l issue: 4/5/87.
UNO: Unique. Used for special numbers, such (i .e. NNX-9089 or N NX-7689, etc. ).
as N NX-OOOO. 0: Centrex numbers. Usually a hundred group
SF: Spare, willing, and ready (for assignment ) .
range ( i .e. N NX-l 000 to NNX-l 099 ) .
To get a listing o f o rders in COSMOS you can
N P : Nonpubl ished number, used when
customer changes old number due to a problem
use the SOL conmand. On the Hoot line of the
�
suc as crank calls. The NP informs people SOL it says OT NC. This will only print out an
ORO if its type is a new connect . You can specify
looking up the l ine to not disclose information .
AV: Same as SF. Seems rather silly to me.
OT, DC , DO, FDD, and ORO in an SOl.
... .
UK: Unknown, someone spi lled coffee on the . " ..
paper work .
D O : D i sconnected number. I n stead of a " ". I" 12:D:. PI . ,
recording there will be an operator to announce a
change in service.
O M : D i scon nected mac h i n e ( recorded ) IIK CEI1II : .
.
Intercept . 'The number you have reached has
- .- • II _._n: M)I 1'&1."1" .,.. II
been disconnected . . . " 1£260111-1 IE "-f,..... '11-�
If It
1IH5IJ ft
."'1 12 . ........ 'u·.... •
CO: Changed number, operator intercept.
lIl-lO'tl C
'"*''' 1£ " ..... .... 'IHtU IIHIIt It
....,... .... 'II-1t12
CM: Changed number, machine intercept.
IE .H I Is-JIIJ ac
..""" 1IC N-Il-M SII-5t4S IU-fJJI K
IIIIW II2H IE .... n ... ' ''t ll1mIfJ
It SOl totI'LETED
211 1/1 01, 1911 12:21: 11 l1li PIlE I
FACS(YES) states that the order was m - lIS1 IF I£UPIIDII£ IlllllERS I. ITAIUI II
to the article.
As many of you know by now , the real Captain
261 LOS ( c r )
0 , I , 2 D r E ENTER? E < c O Crunch , John D raper, was arrested i n late
December for something that had absolutely
.. LDS TAPE ERRDR--- END PRESENT AND START NEW TAPE nothing to do with phones .
Accord ing to po l i ce , Draper was helping to
; L06 I N : m a n u f a c t u re f a k e B a y A rea R a p i d Tra n s i t
( BA RT) cards i n San Francisco . These are the
Telecom I nformer (mill illllecl frol l l paKe X )
cards you i n sert i n to mach i nes that read a
ass igned 6 7 6 l a s t yea r . but
magnetic strip and either demand money , let you
implementation was d e layed .
pass , or g ive back money . Washi ngton DC also
T ra nslations fo r loca l cen t ra l o ffices
has this kind of a system .
a round the c o u n t ry to acce pt 676 as
Draper, who was arrested with two others , has
Tonga have n 't been rescinded even yet .
p l e aded n o t g u i l t y t o c h a rg e s o f fo rgery ,
conspi racy , and computer fraud . He's free on
Captain Crunch $11 , 500 bai l .
(("(JIIt illlledfrolll paKe I I )
According t o the San Francisco Bay Guardian,
I t's been a few years s i nce they c losed the i t 's become a sort of sport to try and outw i t the
Exchange , BA RT system . I n fact , several colleges in
When the Captain set off on h i s own . Califomia had contests, the resu lts of which were
We've since seen divest iture, Sprint , MC I . widely c i rculated among crackers. This caused
And the ten dol lar Japanese phone. BA RT to change the system once and now i t
When I ring up his phone , a recorded voice says , appears they' l l have t o d o i t aga i n .
"Th is number's no longer in service . " We're happy that Captai n C runch cracked
But I know h e keeps vig i l , and I know h e keeps another system , if that's in fact what he did. We
watch , hope , however, that he wasn't sel ling forgeries to
And I know he sti l l makes Ma Bel l nervous . the general pub l i c , as he's being accused . There's
nothing clever or ingen ious about the latter and ,
And now sometimes when l i sten ing to answering if convicted of this, it would relegate the Captain
mach i nes , to the status of a common thief , not to ment ion
Or somet imes when I 'm on hold , t he probable prison term i nvolved .
A voice w i l l come through to me , fai n t , but We don't want to see hackers and phone
distinct , phreaks going to jail for being stupid and /or
A voice I remember of old. greedy . That's a waste of a real talent .
And you'd think i t was leak -through from some By the way , we're told that Pacific Bell has
other line, entered the case because Draper al leged ly used
But I know that he's talk i ng to me. "sophisticated electron ic equ i pment" to gain free
I t 's old Captain Crunch keep ing watch on Ma access to the long d istance telephone netwo rk .
Be l l , That's a pretty fancy way to describe a touch
The sou l o f the Phone Company. tone phone , isn't i t ?
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lETIERS (continued/rom page 18)
m a g i c forces . . . let Uncle Sam f i g u re out
back issues average a bout two issues
how to control what comes forth . . . let per order . There 's a lot more work
2600 r e a d e r s e n j oy t h e t h r i l l a n d i nvolved per issue i n m a k i n g one copy
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powe r t h a t c o m e s f r o m n ew work means more money ! Also, we
i n fo r m a t i o n i n t h e h a n d s of yo u n g charge $ 1 60 for copies of a l l 9 1 back
m i nds without restrict ions . " issues. Also, TAP issues a re d i fficu lt to
Ben Harroll copy. C o n st a n t c h a n g e s i n c o p i e r
San Diego contrast a n d reduction m u st be made
Now why didn 't we say that? as TAP issues have many d ifferent
A Response fo r m a t s a n d p r i n t d e n s i t i e s . I t ' s a
ted ious j ob ! $2 per issue is reasonable !
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Y o u r n ew fo r m a t f o r 2600 l o o k s
m a k i n g b u s i n e s s . We s u p p o r t
good . Tha n ks for the extra effort to
ou rselves and c h i ldren with it. Please
i m prove it, a nd keep up the good work.
rea l ize that but for Consumertro n i cs,
Also, thanks for the f i n e TAP a rticle by
2600, and a few others, where wou ld
Chesh i re Cat. you acq u i re t h i s i nva l u able a n d u n ique
We m u st r e s p o n d to A r a b 1 49 ' s
i nformation d u r i ng a time of i ncrea s i ng
com p l a i nt that w e charg e too m uch ( $ 2 government and big busi ness r i p-offs
each) for cop ies of back issues o f TAP,
and oppress ion? The personal freedom
a n d that we a re r ipp i ng -off the work of
situation is m u c h worse today t h a n it
others by doing so.
was in the s ixt ies when a lot more
Consider:
people had the ba l ls to protest a nd fight
(1 ) No issue of TAP was copyrighted.
wrongdoi n g . We need you r support to
When you don 't copyr ight you r work, it
cont i n u e ! Th i n k about that the next
fa l ls i nto the public doma i n and a nyone
time you feel that you are paying too
c a n c o p y a n d d i st r i b u t e i t . And it
much for i nformation that was difficu lt,
i m p l ies that you e ither don 't care or
costly a nd risky to acq u i re, and risky to
act u a l ly want this to happe n .
publ ish !
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John J . Wil liams
contributed a rticles to it.
Consumertronics
(3) We h ig h ly recommended TAP in
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Alamogordo, NM 883 1 0
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s u bsta n t i a l c r ed i b i l ity a n d b u s i n ess Here is somet h i n g a bout ICN that I
beca use of t h i s . A few people even fou nd in the Febr u a ry '87 issue of
fa lsely accused us of be i ng in cahoots Consumer Reports:
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(4) Before sel l i ng copies of TAP, we rece n t l y obta i n ed a t e m p o r a ry
wrote TAP as to our i ntentions, and we i nj unction ag ai nst a second flat- rate
notified mutual acquai ntances of TAP com p a n y , I n d e p e n d e n t C om m u n i
staffers. And we openly advert ised the cations Network. Among other t h i ngs,
resa le of TAP back issues. At no time ICN m u st now d i sclose that fewer than
d i d we ever receive any objection from 5 percent of its customers' ca l ls go
any former TAP staffer for doing this. through . "
And n o staffe r , to o u r k n ow l ed g e , I a l so h a ve o n e q u es t i o n-does
competed with u s t o sel l TAP back anyone know AN I for Monta na?
issues. J im A .
(5) Arab 1 49 does not u nderstand the M ontana
econom ies of n u m bers. O rders for TAP
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CONTENTS
THE BALLAD OF CAPTAIN CRUNCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A GU IDE TO EQUAL ACCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TELECOM IN FORM ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
TH E WONDERRJ L WORLD OF COSMOS . . . . . . . 1 0
LETTE RS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2600 MARKETPLACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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