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==== Phreaking, a Begginers Guide
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==== By: WyreTapp
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==== Nov 25th, 1994
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Disclaimer: Every phile needs on of these. :( I, Bud Wieser, and the
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contributors of this document are not responsible for any
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damages caused by the use of it. In no way do we condone
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or encourage (hehe) you, the reader, to put this information
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into practice.
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Intro.
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Lame ass right?? Well FUCK YOU! There have been tons of philes
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written on boxing, but I felt like writing one too. Its a good way to learn
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how to write, and you seem to remember everything quicker. So, im gonna
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share my experiences with you readers, so that you too may cope with the
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crude and harsh remarks from the city-boyz on the net. Have fun, and enjoy.
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All of this HAS BEEN DONE AND WORKS IN MY AREA. I will not include a bunch
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of theoretical BS that MAY work- only the real thing for the real peoplz.
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Whats phreaking??
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Good question. Its the abuse of a phone system. It usually involves
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stealing from the phone company, or a person; resulting in lotsa phun.
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There are many branches of phreaking, with many sub-levels. You
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will probably find that you cannot do everything in your area. This is
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mainly because of new security features installed, and the wide-spread use
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of the Digital Switching System. You may want to phreak just for phun,
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or, you may want to hack some local place without getting caught. For
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whatever reason, it never hurts to know. :)
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Sounds phun- what do I do?
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This is REALLY easy. The first thing your going to want to do is
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build yourself a tool known as a BEIGE BOX. This is probably the MOST
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usefull tool around (the Red Box MIGHT be in your area). Before I go into
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any depth, I will tell you how to make one
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You need
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1 piece of phone cord (with a plug on each end)
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A set of wire cutters
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2 Alligator Clips (Of diffrent colors)
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Assembly
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1) Grab phone cord in left hand.
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2) Grab wire cutters in right hand.
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3) Cut off the plug on one end of the phone cord.
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4) Attach the alligator clips to the RED and GREEN wires.
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(May be BLUE and WHITE)
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5) Pour beer on cat.
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There ya go, a Beige box. It should look something like this.
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>-. ________________________,---.
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---> `====`------------------------;___| <--- Plug (Jack)
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Clips >-' ^Phone cord
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If you can't figure this out, stop reading, get a LONG peice of
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rope, make a noose, tie it too a friends car, stick your head in, and tell
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your friend to step on the gas.
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Now what- You got yourself this phone cord with alligator clips
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on one end. What will you do with it?? Read on.
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Get a phone. The best kind is a hand-set that requires no base.
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These are much eaiser to store, and can be connected/disconnected with great
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ease. Plug the JACK end of the Beige Box into the phone. You now have
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a linemans handset.
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Where to use.
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The next step is too find a place to use your new toy. Go outside
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and walk down the street. See those telephone poles? If you dont, then you
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got yourself an under-ground wire. These can be very difficult, or very
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easy. Look around for a man hole that has your telco's initials on it.
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The man-hole will be slightly bigger than the others around it. After you
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have found it read on too the "Canning" section.
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If you do see telephone poles, try following them. Remember that
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the lower wires are CABLE and TELEPHONE. The power lines SHOULD have an
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insulator (a piece of ceramic) holding them away from the pole, so you should
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be able to tell.
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Follow the lines until you see wires running off into someones house.
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Follow the line RIGHT into their yard. Check and see if it goes into their
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roof. If it does, then keep moving: If it goes down the side of their house
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you just found yourself a "spot". Most likely, you will find a Grey
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colored box, about 4"x4"x2". Locate it, and push UP on it, to slide it
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off. Once you get it off, it should look similar to this (it may have
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4 prongs which means it has may have 2 linez)
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,-------------------.
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| Bolts |
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| `--'--. ,--`--' |
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`--------|`'|-------'
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| | <-- Main wire.
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` `
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Attach the RED alligator clip (from the RED wire of the phone cord)
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onto the LEFT bolt, and the GREEN clip onto the RIGHT bolt. You SHOULD
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get a dial tone. If you dont, then reverse the clips.
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If the box has more than one set of bolts, attach the clips to the
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bolts that are on the same horizontal plane (Ie: Two top, or two bottom bolts
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not one top and one bottom) Confuse you yet??? You'll figure it out.
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It is likely that you will find one of these on a phone pole. If you
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do, get ready for some fun, because that is probably a test line owned by
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the phone company. You can make all the calls you want, and never have to
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worry about someone else picking up the line.
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Sometimes, on apartments, you will find a silver box about a foot
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long. There are SHINY METAL (Not grey plastic). You can open it by sliding
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it to the right. It will unlatch and spring open, revealing a staggered
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arangment of bolts, OR prongs. It will look something like this.
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,------CASING-----------------.
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| ,---`--' <--- Bolts |
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Main Wire-> ____'-------------- `--' |
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These can be a little tricky, because most of the time all of the
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prongs arnt used, and the telco guys are lazy. Just keep trying combo's
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until you get a tone. You would think that you would just stagger your
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way down, BUT Ive only seen ONE that was done like that. :(
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They are found often near the top of telephone poles. It isnt
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really a good idea to go up there, because if someone catches you, you have
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no where to run. Even if you live in the sticks, SOME COP is gonna drive by
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and ask you what your doing (Trust me.. :(
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Green Cans
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After you get the hang of those (they are your LAST resort), keep
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following that phone line. Eventually, you SHOUD come to a place where
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that BIG line (on the phone poles) goes down into some pipes on the side
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of the pole and underground. THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR! Look around
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for another place like this CLOSE by. If you find it, somewhere around your
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area is a "Mother Load" or "Green Can". It may be underground. As mentioned
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before, look around for the man hole with the Telco's initials on it.
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The mother load is usually a grey-green in color, though I have seen
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grey ones. They look ALOT like swing-open filing cabinets.
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Now, get out your 7/16" wrench (Good thing you read the WHOLE text
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file before you went out) and twist the bolts on the silver hands
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counter-clockwise (There are arrows printed on the silver handle).
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Got it open? Awesome 'eh? (Yes, Im Canadian) All those wires,
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those white plastic bars, those wierd looking toolz hanging off the side
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of the doors, the instructions on how to use them... Yes, the
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instructions. Read them. Write down any phone numbers written down on the
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inside of the can.
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Look for a regular phone jack. They are USUALLY test lines. A
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source of worry-free amusement. If one exists, use it. Why bill someone
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some money when you can do it too your telco.
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If there is no phone jack your going to have to use one of the tools.
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Use the one on the left. It looks really fuqing wierd. Now randomly pick
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out a plastice bar, and open it. There should be tabs you press to have it
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flip open. You just opened a terminal. look at it terminal closely.
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You should be able to see bits of bare wire if you look at the slits on the
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top of it. When you find one that has the wire in it, plug in the test tool.
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There are two little spikes that fit into hole on the FRONT (not the top) of
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the terminal, and you can slide the latch of the tool of the face of the
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terminal and hook it onto the back.
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Attach your beige box two the bolts at the base of the tool. If you
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dont get a dial tone, swith the alligator clips. If still no tone, try
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another bank on the terminal.
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Before you go phreak-happy, GRAB THE WIRE. There should be a spool
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of wire somewhere in the can, usually resting in its own little stand.
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TAKE IT. It is VERY VERY usefull.
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General tips beige boxing.
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This is what I want to stress. How NOT to get caught.
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Here are a few rules you should follow:
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1. Do everything suspicious late at night
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2. Keep away from noisy dogs
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3. Keep away from hot spots (lotsa cops)
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4. Keep away from party zones
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5. Keep quite
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You should be sure to wear a lighter colored shirt underneath
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a darker colored shit. That way, if you DO get seen, you can whip off
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the dark shit, and appear to be a diffrent person.
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Remember that spool of wire you got? Well, try running your
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connections away from civilization (across the road and down the ditch).
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I ran over 400 meters of wire into the woods once, and had no connection
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problems. Be sure to watch out for cutting the line, and shorts (if you must
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strip the wire in more than one spot)
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To make your life easier, try getting some heavey-duty clips with
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wires hanging from them and a clip on the other end. You can attach these
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to your connection, so you can clip on without opening anything up later,
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and disconnect without having to go back to the site (just yank).
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If you get stopped by the police (on a routine stop), try and
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be REALLY polite. Answer any questions the guy may have UNLESS it starts
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getting to the "I know Im caught" point. Lie about your name of course.
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If you are carrying a bag and he asks to see whats in it, SHOW him, but dont
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take anything out of the bag. Just open it so he can look in. If he says
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something like "Would you come with me?", say "Sure.." and when he turns
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around RUN!!! (A good reason NOT to drive directly to your site).
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Here is a little list of things you should get if your going to
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get into phreaking.
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WyreTapps List o' Stuff
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1. A friend. Its always funner if u got a friend with you.
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2. Pliers, Wire cutters, 7/16" wrench, flash-light and a knife
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all attacked to a rope or something- so you dont have to dig
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for them.
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3. A back-pack.
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4. A spool of wire (the 300meter phone stuff from the can)
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5. A spool of little wire (for loose connections and tying)
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6. Extra alligator clips
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7. 4 Industrial strength clips with wires attached (you will find
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a use.)
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8. A hand-scanner (to scan the police channels. Its nice to know
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if you've been caught early.)
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9. Walkie-Talkies. Nothing expensive. Just so you can communicate
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with your friend (ie: setting up a connection and a cop comes.
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Your friend is 200 meters away, and cant yell or you'll both
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get seen.)
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10. A binder, with paper and a pen attached to it. Really nice to
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have.
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Red Boxing
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A red box is something that plays the quarter sound. Whenever
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you drop a quarter into a pay-phone, it makes a series of beeps which
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signals a quarter has been dropped in. (There are dime and nickle sounds 2)
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You can make this sound without the quarter. :) But, alas- Most
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telco's are smart and buy NEW payphones that have the ground check. When
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a coin is dropped into the phone, it grounds it so that the pay-phone knows
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you dropped money in.
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Before I tell you how to by-pass the ground test, heres how to make
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a red box, the EASY way.
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Get one of those halmark greeting cards, or talking pictures, or
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record-your-greeting christmas ornaments and record the tone
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into it.
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How do you get the tone?? HAHAHA. Remember your beige box?
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Look around the pay-phone for one of those little grey boxes or a phone-jack.
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Plug your beige box in, and drop a quarter into the pay phone. The tone
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will be played through your phone REALLY loud and clear. Just record this
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into your aparatus.
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Another way of doing the tone without a redbox, is to use your
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beige box as mentioned above, and put the ear-piece to the mouth-piece of
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another payphone.
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To bypass the ground check, just drop a nickle into the slot
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(which may sometimes be enough for local calls- no red-box needed), OR:
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Look at the mouth-piece. Alot of holes in it. Is there
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a hole in the direct middle?? If so, drive a tack into it, and run a piece
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of wire from the tack to the hook (the thing that holds the phone up when
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you hang it up). Hang-up the phone for about 2 seconds, and that will
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ground the phone so you can play your tones into your beige box, with a
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grounded phone. :)
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Sometime you can just ground the phone to make local calls, but Ive
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only seen one phone that'll do that (in an OLD dorm).
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Conclusion
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I was hopeing on writing some stuff on Calling Cards, how to
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setup a teleconfrence (just dial 0 and ask for help) and Voice Message
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systems but I think this article is long enough for now. I ny next
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article I will discuss the above and after that I will go into Unix Hacking.
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Greetz to: Z0rpHix, Tonyhawk, Endlisnis, Wildman, QwikSilver, Dark and
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jUIcE.
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