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CATCALL V3.4
copyright (c) - 1989, 1990
Zone Communications
written by
The Marauder
Legion of Doom!
Special Thanks to Safe Cracker, and Phucked Agent 04
Lex Luthor, and Frank Carson
Copyright Notice
Permission to copy and distribute this document and the
Accompanying Program CATCALL V3.4 is hereby given, Provided that
This document and all references to the author (The Marauder,
Legion of Doom!, Zone Communications) are included in any copy or
subsequent duplication of this document and the accompanying code.
Under no circumstances will this program be distributed or offered
for profit by any individual or corporation, However compensation
for storage media and postage expenses normally incurred during
mail order freeware distribution is at the discretion of the
person(s) offering the service, however the person(s) subscribing
to this type of service should be made fully aware that this
program (CATCALL V3.4) is offered to the public free of charge.
Modification of the accompanying program (CATCALL V3.4) in any
form is expressly forbidden by any person(s) without written
permission from The Author (The Marauder), The Legion of Doom!,
and Zone Communications.
Disclaimer
This program is released to the public as is and all routines
and code within the the program are the property of the author and
The Legion of Doom!. The use of this program is at the discretion
of the user(s). The author and the Legion of Doom!, assume no
legal responsibility for the programs usage and the user is
CAUTIONED that the use of the accompanying program may not be
legal. The program is released simply as a show of what can
easily be done utilizing various string, Window and communications
routines. The program should be viewed as a tree from which the
owner may grow on. This document and the accompanying program may
be freely copied and distributed as long as the authors name and
associated copyright notice, disclaimers, group affiliations and
this document are included in any duplication or subsequent
distribution. The Author (The Marauder), Zone Communications, and
The Legion of Doom!, disclaim all warranties, Expressed or implied
Including without limitation, the warranties of merchantability
and warranties of fitness for any purpose.
System Requirements:
o IBM PC/XT/AT or any 100% compatible (see note 1)
o At least 64k Ram.
o Any Hayes compatible Modem (see note 2)
Program:
If you have ever been the innocent victim of a prank,
practical joke, received the "Short end of the stick" or simply
felt someone needed their "Just Deserts" - CATCALL is for you, The
underdog. Now from the comfort of your own home you can extract
your vengeance. Simply a few clicks at the old keyboard transforms
your PC in to a state of the art "Punishment Processor" which can
deal out a sentence from mildly annoying to downright galling.
CATCALL allows the user to Harass up to 15 Persons simultaneously
each with their own personal harassment factor.
** As above the user is cautioned that use of this program may not
be legal and should proceed with its usage at his or her own
risk. With the advent of digital CCIS and fully featured ESS
telephone switching systems (ie. Instant callback and the
dreaded.... "Caller ID"). The predator may quickly find
himself the prey.
CONTENTS:
The distribution zipfile should include the following files:
CATCALL.EXE - The catcall program.
CATCALL.DOC - This Document.
USAGE:
Use of CATCALL is simple, it is 80% menu driven, requiring a
minimum of user input. simply copy the files CATCALL.EXE and
CATCALL.DOC to either a floppy or hard drive (Use of a dedicated
directory is not necessary) and type CATCALL. at the > prompt
the program should take a few seconds to load. If you are using
the program for the first time CATCALL will create its own
configuration file named "CATCALL.CFG". This file can be modified
from the CATCALL program itself or any ASCII text editor).
Creation of the Config file should take approximately 3-4 seconds.
the default configuration is as follows:
Comm Port COM1:
Sound Effects ON
Background ASCII 206
Dial String ATDT
Dial Prefix (none)
Modem Init String ATZ
the parameters are stored in the configuration file in ASCII
in the following format:
COM1:,ON,206,ATDT,,ATZ
If you experience any problems executing the program it is
strongly suggested that you simply delete the configuration
file ("CATCALL.CFG"), and run the program allowing CATCALL to
create a fresh configuration file, there are no limitations as to
the number of times this may be done.
After creation of the configuration file CATCALL will proceed onto
the Title page, Striking any key will bring you to the CATCALL
main menu. your options at this point are as follows:
BEGIN Harassment
SELECT Those to harass
CONFIGURE Cat Caller
SOUND effects
CLEAR current List
LOAD Old harassee list
SAVE Current list
QUIT harassment
OPTION DESCRIPTIONS:
BEGIN Harassment (MAIN MENU)
Use this option after you have utilized either options
SELECT, or LOAD. This is the "Meat" of the program and does
the actual harassment. While in harassment mode you may hit
the <ESCAPE> key to pause the harassment at this point you
will be placed into the harassment sub-menu: your options at
this menu are:
Quit - Quit Harassment to Main Menu
Resume - Resume Harassing the current list
Remove - Remove a harassee from the list
Listen - Turn Modem Speaker ON during harass
Hush - Turn Modem speaker OFF During harass
Modem - Allows you to send Any ASCII string
Directly to the modem.
View - Allows the user to view an expanded
Harassee parameter listing
All of the above options are self explanatory from the
program and hitting the <ESCAPE> key will generally terminate
any selection and return the user to the previous menu or
mode.
SELECT those to Harass: (MAIN MENU)
Selection of this option at the main menu will place the
user into the SELECT mode, at this point the user may select
up to 15 persons to be harassed simultaneously. the input
parameters are as follows:
Description ........... Any Alphanumeric character(s) and will be
the later reference to the person/Number
to be harassed
Telephone Number........ The telephone Number of the party to be
harassed in the format #-###-###-####
o Note that the hyphens ("-") may or may
not be included at this point. the 1-XXX
may also be excluded and simple 7 digit
telephone numbers are acceptable for
example:
1-800-111-2222
800-111-2222
111-2222
18001112222
all the above numbers would be
acceptable and would be dialed literally
as they appear.
Harassment Factor....... This may be an integer from 1 to 4, this
is the number of times the program will
call the above telephone number when it
arrives at the selected time and will
repeat this sequence from the selected
time thereafter.
Hangup Delay............ This may be an integer from 1 to 99 and
is simply the number of seconds to remain
on the line before hanging up and
proceeding with the next call. (I
recommend at least using 20 seconds for
good effect.)
Time to start Harass... This MUST be entered in the format hh:mm
in 24 hour format and is the time you
wish the harassment to begin for the
selected party.. hitting <RETURN> will
simply cause the harassment to begin
immediately after selecting the "BEGIN
Harass" Option from the main menu (See
above)
Pause between calls.... This may be any integer between 1 and 99
and it represents the number of minutes to
pause before dialing the selected number
after the Time to harass has begun.
Select Example:
Description........... John J. Doe
Telephone Number...... 111-2222
Harassment Factor..... 3
Hangup Delay.......... 35
Time to Start Harass.. 12:00
Pause Between Calls... 15
Choosing the above would cause CATCALL to proceed as follows :
Begin harassing Mr. John J. Doe at 12:00 (12 noon)
starting at 12:00 CATCALL would place 3 (harassment factor)
calls in a row to 111-2222, Hanging on the line for 35 seconds
per call (weather the phone is answered or not). after completing
the three calls CATCALL would then wait 15 Minutes (Pause between
calls) and would then call Mr. Doe again Three times in a row .
(ie 12:15, 12:30, 12:45, etc..) each of the fifteen allowable
harasses may have their own start times, delays, pauses and
harassment factors. This offers the User with a flexible
harassment schedule.
CONFIGURE Catcall: (MAIN MENU)
Selection of this option from the main menu allows the user
to either temporarily or permanently change the programs default
parameters the options at this menu are:
Comm Port - This is simply the Comm port that your
modem is logically located at valid examples
are: COM1:, COM2:, etc... note that the
colon is required..
Sound Effects - May Be either "ON", or "OFF". Entering any
other alphanumeric data at this point will
simply cause CATCALL to default to ON.
Background ASCII - This is simply the ASCII code for the
character used for the MAIN MENU background,
the default is 177, (Note any character
supplied will appear in inverse video)
DIAL String - This is the "AT" command that instructs
your modem to dial, the default dial
string is "ATDT" (tone dialing), You can
change this to "ATDP" if you are living in
one of the few areas served by rotary/Pulse
telephone service..
Dial Prefix - The Default for this parameter is nothing
This is simply a place for the user to
supply characters prior to all selected
(Via MAIN MENU Select option - see above)
Harassee telephone numbers, for example:
Harassee telephone # - 202-2222
DIAL String - ATDT
DIAL Prefix - 9
would cause CATCALL to send the following
string to the modem at dial time:
ATDT 9202-2222
^
dial prefix inserted here
This option may be useful if you are
running the program via a PBX where
9 may be required for an outside line.
Modem Init String - This Parameter specifies the "AT" command
that will be sent to the modem during
Initialization time the default for this
is "ATZ"
Pressing return at any selection point while in the configuration
Sub-system will cause the current value of the parameter to be
kept. Hitting the <ESCAPE> key will allow the user to abort the
configuration process and All Default values will remain
unchanged. After completion of the desired changes, the user will
be asked if he wishes to make the changes permanent, Selecting YES
will cause CATCALL to update the configuration file (CATCALL.CFG -
see above) and make the changes permanent - Selecting NO will
cause CATCALL to temporarily use the new parameters, they will
remain in effect until the program is terminated, and the
parameters in the configuration file will be loaded the next time
the program is run.
SOUND Effects: (MAIN MENU)
Selection of this option from the main Menu, simply
toggles the programs sound effects on or off. The toggle will
remain in effect until the program is terminated. Sound effects
can be set permanently ON/OFF by default in the configuration
option (See above)
CLEAR Current list : (MAIN MENU)
Selection of this option allows the user to clear CATCALL
of the list of harasses currently in use. The user will be
asked for verification before the clearing is actually done, and
it is strongly suggested that the user SAVE the list via the
SAVE Current list option. (see Below). Before proceeding with the
CLEAR option.
LOAD Old Harassee List: (MAIN MENU)
Selection of this option from the main menu will allow
the user to load a previously saved harassment list into memory
after successful loading the user may go directly to the
BEGIN Harassment mode (See above). Note that the user need not
supply any extension, as CATCALL automatically supplies the
extension ".HRS" to all saved harassment files. (see SAVE)
hitting <ESCAPE> will abort the load option and return the
user to the main menu.
SAVE Current List: (MAIN MENU)
This option allows the user to save the harassee list
currently residing in the CATCALL memory, selection of this
option simply prompts the user for the "Save Filename" and it
may be composed of up to 6 ALPHABETIC characters. The user
should not supply any extension as CATCALL will append the
extension ".HRS" automatically to all saved files. Hitting
the <ESCAPE> key will abort this option and return the user
to the main menu, Leaving the current harassee list in memory.
NOTE: Entering any NON-ALPHABETIC character in the filename
may cause the program to behave erratically, so proceed here at
your own risk, I have not trapped out special characters to allow
the knowledgeable user more flexibility, but I have given the
program only limited testing above the characters A-Z in the
filename.
QUIT Harassment: (MAIN MENU)
Selection of this option will terminate CATCALL, and return
the user to DOS, All harasses currently residing in memory will be
LOST, so it is suggested that the user utilize the SAVE option
(see above) before proceeding. This is the proper way to exit from
the CATCALL program. However if the user manually breaks out of
the program at any point there is no hazard to ones system.
Any questions, Comments, Suggestions for improvement or
scoldings may be directed to me via the internet I'll run across
it sooner or later in my wanderings...
Have Fun - And dial with care....
The
Marauder
Legion of Doom!
Note 1 - IBM is a registered trademark of International Business
Machines corporation.
Note 2 - HAYES is a registered trademark of the Hayes
corporation
(Neither of which had anything to do with this project)

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