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August 10, 1988
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Picaware Developments
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Agent:SoftIce Software
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P.O. Box 379
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Fort Langley, BC
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Canada, V0X-1J0
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WildDialer Version 2.0 Docs
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WHAT IS A "WAR GAMES DIALER"?
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In short, a War Games Dialer is any program that dials every
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number in a series and checks for carriers. By running such a
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program over a series of phone numbers, you will get a listing of
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which numbers have comuters at them.
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This can be used for several reasons, some of them legal,
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some not. I certainly do not advocate the use of this program
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for anything that would be considered illegal.
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ESS:
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Before you go zipping off the touch-tones, there is
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something you should understand about the telephone company. In
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most major metropolitan areas, they use ESS. ESS stands for
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Electronic Switching System. ESS is, in a nutshell, Orwellian.
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With it, the phone company knows EVERY SINGLE BUTTON you press on
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your phone, mistakes included.
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Now, the purpose of this program is to scan every number in
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a series and it is possible (though it has never happened to me
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and I have scanned every phone prefix in Vancouver...more than 30
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of them) that the phone company will be wondering what you are up
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to. REMEMBER: It is not illegal to make a phone call. Don't let
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the phone company scare you. You have done nothing wrong.
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WHY?
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Ok, I admit it. This program was motivated out of spite.
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When I saw "ULTRA3", which proclaims to be the "Ultimate in
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War Games Dialers", frankly, I was appaled.
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It didn't support pulse dialing, it only allowed COM ports 1
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and 2. It required 42K to run (as opposed to just under 17 in
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Wdial200). In short, it was an incomplete program.
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And so I sat down and wrote WildDialer Version 2. Version 1
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was really awful, written 2 years ago when I was a novice with
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TurboPascal. Version 2 represents a large leap over it, and as
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far as I know, over any other War Games Dialer that I have seen.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
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WDIAL200 is special for a number of reasons:
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1. It uses the most rudimentary techniques for modem control,
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using a minimum of AT commands, this should ensure that
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almost any kind of modem can run WDIAL. If yours can't
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please drop me a line and tell me what kind of modem you are
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running so I can either fix it or post it.
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2. It requires only 17K to run. Version 3 will be a memory
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resident program that runs in the background.
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3. WDIAL allows COM ports 1 to 4.
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4. WDIAL keeps track of busy numbers and calls them again.
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This is the ONLY program of its kind that does this as far
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as I know.
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5. Like all other PicaWare products, if you see a bug, or think
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that a modification would be in order, all you have to do is
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send me a note saying what it is. I am always looking for
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projects.
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6. This IS NOT SHAREWARE. This is released completely to the
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public domain. If you use it, all I ask is for a $5
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donation and a copy of any scanning you may do, so I can add
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it to my master list.
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HOW TO USE WDIAL:
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WDIAL is designed to be easy to use, it will step you
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through the set-up parameters (use the up and down arrow keys to
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adjust any parameter that needs changing) and will automatically
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add any long distance codes needed. The only tricky part about
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it is the AREA CODE section. Only use this if you are dialing
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long distance, otherwise, just strike >RETURN< to get local
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calls.
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During the dialing, the 'A' key will abort the search, and
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the space bar will skip to the next number.
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QUIRKS:
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Because I used the most rudimentary way to hang up, it may
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take a while for the program to recover after it has found a
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carrier. Basically what it does is it tells the modem to hang
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up. If the modem fails to hang up it just waits for the other
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modem to hang up.
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In testing this has taken between 30 seconds to 10 minutes.
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The average is about 1 minute. Sorry for any inconvinience, but
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I was tired of seeing programs that only supported such and such
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modem. I am hoping that the other features of this program will
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make up for it.
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On average, this program takes 42 seconds per phone number
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(with the delay left at the default of 20 seconds). This means
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an average of 800 numbers per night. (I recommend running this
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program at night. You will encounter less busy signals).
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This program does not write to the printer. The reason is
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simple. I suggest this program be run at night, why bother
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having the printer going off every so often? I am quite certain
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you know how to use the DOS PRINT command.
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DISCLAIMER:
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Ah, the disclaimer.
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I do not take any resposibility for any damages (legal,
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physical or otherwise) that arise from the execution of this
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program. I do not advocate the use of this program for any
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purpose that could be deemed illegal.
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Jeff House
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August 10, 1988
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AUTHORS BLURB:
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Well, there it is. Use it in good health. Remember, if
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you find a fault in the program, or you think that a particular
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modification would be good, don't hesitate to drop me a line.
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ANOTHER THING:
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Hey there Sysop's, want ld callers to call? Fine then, for the
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cost of one measly stamp you can have your name included in the "North
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American BBS Registry"
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Just send in the attached form and be listed!
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(If you can't afford less than 50 cents, Wow.)
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NA BBS REGISTRY
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P.O. Box 379
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Canada V0X-1J0
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That's it, no cost or nothing.
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The list gets uploaded to a number of distributers who upload it
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to boards in their area, the users are encouraged to upload to their
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favorite bbs's etc.
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So if you want to be advertised across the continent, send us a
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line.
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I can also be contacted on a fair amount of Major boards (Rob Mitzel or
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Dr. Ice or Docice on Shoreline) if that would be easier.
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Dr. Ice
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! !
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! NA BBS REGISTRY FORM !
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! BBS Name: !
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! Telephone Number: !
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! Sysop Name: !
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! Baud Rates: !
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! X-fer Storage (if any): !
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! Type of Xfers (if any): !
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! City: !
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! Specialties: !
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