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"The best ideas are the ideas that help people."
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PHido PHreaks PResent...
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The Future Evolution of Ascii Express
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By the Silver Ghost
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August, 1987: Version 5.0
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Offers ARC storage, which will compress or decompress files in IBM ARC
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format--handy for text files! Included is XYZMODEM32, a hot new protocol that
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allows bi-directional file transfer and chatting at the same time.
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January, 1988: Version 5.2Q
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Automatically ARCs and de-ARCs everything on the disk, for an average savings
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of 40%. Gives individ ual-password access to specific files, for private
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mail-sending. The new transfer protocol is WCXYQMODEM64, which supports
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conference and three-way calls, so you can send the same file to more than one
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person at the same time.
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March, 1988: Version 5.2S
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Improved ARCing--average savings is now up to 50%.
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November, 1988: Version 6.02
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The ARC is now compatible with all earlier versions, so you can use all your
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old disks. Now runs AEDOS instead of ProDOS; AEDOS will read or write to
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ProDOS, Pascal, CP/ M, or DOS 3.3 disks automatically. The new protocol is
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YXmodem-7, a software patch allowing 1200 baud modems to run at 2400 baud,
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while sending up to eight files bidirectionally simultaneously, while chatting.
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Up to 256 people can conference and receive these files. A LOG feature allows
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the AE sysop to print out a complete log of every caller's activities.
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July, 1989: Version 6.57
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ARC now crunches files to 30% of their original size using a special fractal
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procedure. All earlier ARCs are of course supported. In answer code, AE
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traces all incoming calls, and puts the caller's phone number into the LOG.
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For their convenience, Apple-Cat owners may use the PHREAK feature, which sends
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a guaranteed-to-be-untraceable-or-your-money-back 2600 Hz tone, all owing free
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calls. AT&T files suit and wins; it's appealed. Meanwhile AEPro6.57 is
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selling like hotcakes. X-Marks-The-SpotModem will not only support conference
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calling, it will, quasi-legally, create conferences for you to use (Apple-Cat
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owners only).
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December, 1989: Version 7.00
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The appeal of the AT&T suit is cancelled, as Southwestern Data Systems buys
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out AT&T in an unfriendly takeover. Version 7.00 has a multi-purpose PHREAK
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command that's compatible with all Hayes-compatible modems. X-RatedModem8
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will nybble-transfer the entire contents of anything that fits on your disk
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drive, from an off-the-shelf copy of Flight Simulator VI to your socks. The
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special software-generated tones are above the range of human hearing--so while
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you send up to thirty-two files or disks multidirectionally between up to 4096
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people at 9600 baud, you can pick up the phone and chat voice with everyone
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else. ARC now compresses data down to 10% of its original size.
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August, 1990: Version 8.00
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Assuming that both parties have a Write-Once-Read-Many Compact Disk Drive,
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XXXModem allows sending of any CD, from a spreadsheet to Pole Position III to
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the Beatles, across the phone lines. Capitol Records files suit and is bought
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up in a corporate takeover. On-line hacking help is available for any of over
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a hundred types of mainframes. ARC squeezes data to 5% of its original size,
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allowing 40 megs to fit on one of the new 3 1/2" disks. The LOG trace feature
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now offers a comprehensive Federal Agency Search, which will identify FBI
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offices by phone number and, if desired, reduce their access accordingly.
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Version 8.00 supports up to four modems connected simultaneously to the Apple
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//SX, with no significant slowing of speed.
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April, 1991: Version 9.05
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The LOG trace now includes the home phone numbers of 95% of all employees of
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the government. The U.S. Government sues SDS and is bought up in an
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unfriendly takeover; all laws regarding the telephone system are repealed.
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With a simple video camera hookup, Special-F-XModem will use the Super-Super-
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Hi-Res screen (4096x1024, 64 million colors) to display the person on the other
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end of the line while up to eight modems transfer up to 256 files or disks each
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simultaneously, multidirectionally, between 65,536 people at 96,800 baud. The
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telephone is now obsolete--the internal speakers allow listening in, while the
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internal microphones pick up the user's voice, with Dolby Z filtering
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automatically applied to eliminate line noise. The latest automatic ARC
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scrunches files to an av erage 3% of their original size--about 70 megs fit on
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the 2.5" disks.
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This fantasy courtesy of Thieves' World FIDO, 616-344-7218, blah blah blah.
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Just call the number, okay? It won't kill you. EOF!
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