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The Official UK edition of 2600 magazine (milwaukee). If you've
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got any *INTERESTING* articles, please upload them, or leave a msg
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to the SysOp (in the appropriate area) on THE ARNNA BBS infomation
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centre (0625) 539 063. This magazine NEEDS SUPPOTT !
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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PLEASE NOTE:
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Certain articles contained within this magazine deal with various
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activities and devices which would be a violation of the law if
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they were to be carried out or constructed. 2280 Magazine does NOT
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advocate the breaking of the law. This magazine is distributed for
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informational purposes ONLY. We reccomend that you contact your
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local Law enforcement officials before undertaking any project based
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upon information in this magazine. We are not responsible for, nor
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do we assume any liability for, damages resulting from the use of
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any information contained within this magazine.
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THIS MAGAZINE IS DISTRIBUTED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
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This magazine is for the use of Adults ONLY. Under no circumstances
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should a child view or possess it.
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=========2280 MAGAZINE========
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INDEX!
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[2] .. Christmas Virus - Yup it's the history of that
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Christmas virus!
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[6] .. Bugging Transmitter - A little bug from the 2280
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electronics crypt.
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[7] .. Microlink upgrades - What is Microlink doing ??
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[7] .. Hacks - The file that is being passed
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around, without Control codes!
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[9] .. Numbers - Some interesting numbers for
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you to "play about" with!
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[15] . Membership form - Join the British Hackers
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Association!
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[19] . "Freebies" - A full list of all the Free
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telephone numbers.
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[51] . Potentially nasty - Micronet article on Hacker BBs
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[55] . Tracking Transmitter - Another delve into the crypts!
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[56] . The necessity of deviance - The New world, hell.
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[71] . USA BBS numbers - Those interesting US BBS's
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--Page 2--
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THE CHRISTMAS VIRUS
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It all began as a joke for Christmas. A student in West Germany wrote
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a little program called "Christma" and sent it to all his friends on
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the network of Claustahal Technical University, south of Hanover.
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Sending it through the network was simple: the program handled that by
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reading a couple of files containing lists of all regular corres-
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pondents and all recently sent and received mail: Names and Netlog.
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When the program was run the recipients saw a festive Christmas tree
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appear on their screens. Very nice too. However Christma also secretly
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read the recipients Names and Netlog files, moved forward on its
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merry way and, rather ungratefully, then deleted itself from the host.
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The next, rather larger, batch of recipients (who were of course all
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used to unknown programs appearing through the network) ran Christma
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as well and saw the pretty graphics come and go. Of course they all had
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Names and Netlog files too...
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That was December 9th 1987.
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No Hard discs scrambled, no system lockups, no discs infected with
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AIDS... no harm done surely? Just a seasonal greeting transmitted by
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--Page 3--
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good ol' Info Tech. Well that's what the writer of Christma thought
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too and he was very mistaken.
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The problem lay in the speed of communication and the increased
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linking of computer networks in many fields. And continents.
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The virus program spread with accelerating speed throughout Europe
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via its link into EARN: the European Academic Research Network.
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EARN is also linked to universities in the US via Bitnet...hundreds of
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automatic mailers busily consulted Netlogs and the volume of traffic
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grew exponentially.
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Within TWO DAYS networks were seriously overloaded on both continents.
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By the 11th December the jamming was so serious that system
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programmers from EARN and Bitnet came together to try to track and kill
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Christma. For the first time in the history of Virus hunting a Seeker
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program was developed (by Eric Thomas of the Ecole Centrale de Paris)
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which traced the flow of Christma by reading Netlog files, chasing and
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then erasing it. Meanwhile systems on which Christma had appeared
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were taken off the network while discs were checked.
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By the 14th December the academic networks were free.
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But Christma was not yet dead, although the author probably wished
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that he was. IBM has a private network VNET, which is linked to
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Bitnet...VNET corporate users tend to hold very large Names files.
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--Page 4--
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The entire IBM corporate E-mail system was closed down for 72 hours
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until the infection was eradicated!
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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Horrifying or amusing, depending on your point of view, Christma
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really happened and very recently. The implications for users and
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manufacturers are profound. We have all heard of Trojan files on
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Bulletin Boards, the Amiga Virus and others not so widely publicised.
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Hardware designers and manufacturers have viewed the issues as
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unimportant to their business. In other words it's the users problem.
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IBM for one may well be rethinking this strategy!
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Technically, it has been possible for many years to design safer
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systems. A program should not be able to run in a system that is
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completely unprotected. It should operate in isolation until tested
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and known. There should be no way that a program can read files without
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the users knowledge and express permission. Equally, users should be
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more careful about running programs on systems which are vital to us.
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Easier said than done.
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At present it seems there are no simple solutions except never to down
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load...
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Sid Hancock
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--Page 5--
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"BUGGING" Transmitter
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M1 R1 C1 R3 ³-
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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Á
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Where - R1: 3.3k Resistor C1: .001 Capacitor M1: Microphone
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R2: 4.7k Resistor C2: 1-10pF Variable Capacitor B: 15V battery
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R3: 300 Resistor C3: Coil N1: NPN Transistor
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C4: 10pF Capacitor : Antenna
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C5: 10uf Capacitor
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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High power Transmitter. Uses 15 Volt Photoflash battery.
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Adjust C3 for desired frequency. Microphone is condenser type.
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NPN Transistor is BC 169.
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--Page 6--
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---MICROLINK---
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Microlink have improved their Telecom Gold service considerably, to take
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advantage of the July Prestel price increase. Microlink is offering new
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facilities free for PC users.
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A major change in the microlink user interface makes it possible to recieve
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colour Graphics, making Microlink the first colour system on Telecom Gold.
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New Microlink facilities are to include an online library containing hardware
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& Software reviews (for PC), also keyword searching. The telex service has
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also been modified, to become more user-friendly. PC users access the
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facilities through a re-designed menu.
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HACKS ?
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---------
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This text has been going round all the BBSs. Several people have had trouble
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reading the text due to (ASCII upload) control characters.
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I have removed them, so you can read the text normally!
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> FOR THOMAS COOK TRAVEL SERVICE DIAL (01) 408 2179 (SPEED:1200/75V)
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--Page 7--
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> TO CONNECT WITH THORN-EMI,DIAL 061-453 1200.THE ID IS *910565789# AND THE
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PASSWORD IS *ACCESS# (SPEED:1200/75V)
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> TRY 01-831-6181 AND USE ID:ULLC.NS WITH THE PASSWORD ENTER
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(SPEED:1200/75)
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> TO BOOK HOLIDAYS(!?) PHONE 32-432111 ,SELECT INT
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Cheers............ EMP
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--Page 8--
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Hacking Numbers
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---------------
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Some of these numbers have passwords/id's for them. If you are a
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member of Password Passers II (Sig 12) [CCUK] then you will have the
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option to download them. If you are not a member,why not join!!!
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V=Viewdata:S=Scrolling
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Name Tel V/S
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ABTA 01 493 9555 V
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ABTA 0532 470611 V
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ACS Network 021 427 9911 S
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AGB Viewdata 01 991 2254 V
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Airtel 01 200 3439
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Apricot 04544 616448
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Archie 061 499 3388 V
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BBC 01 749 6921
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Baric 01 890 6621
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Baric 01 844 1401
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Baric 0274 871511
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Barclays Bank 01 844 1401 V
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Beelines mbx 01 661 8978 S
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--Page 9--
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Bham Uni. 021 471 2101-7 S
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Bloxam 02957 20812
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Bradford Cpoint 0800 590111 V
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Bradford Univ. 0274 731909 S
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Brit. Airways 01 897 4646/7 V
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British Gas 01 821 9484
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Brit. Mail Ord.Cat. 061 273 4066
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Cambridge Uni 0223 338888
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Central London Poly 01 637 7732
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Comet 01 242 9806
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Commercial Union 0883 23311
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Comshare 01 351 4300 S
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Comshare 1200 061 834 4143
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Comshare 300 061 834 2848
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Coventry Uni 0203 51912 S
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Credit Network 0272 298888
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Datasolve v21 09327 81111
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Datasolve v23 09327 81144
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Dow Jones 01 353 1515
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Epnitex 0526 861138 V
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Essex University 0206 864534
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Ethernet GW 0443 480902
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European Space Agen 01 630 9466
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--Page 10--
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EYP 0734 586255
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FastTrack 0532 432111
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FastTrack 061 236 7676
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FastTrack 051 709 6565
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Financial Times 01 251 9231
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Ford Motor Co. 0277 255666
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Ford Motor Co. 0277 254345
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Gandalf PX 0800 590196
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Golden Wonder 0858 33668
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GRE 061 834 5288
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Hatfield Poly 0462 677177 S
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Hatfield 07072 79858
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Holiday Fax 01 870 8333
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Honeywell 0268 44011 S
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Horizon 061 833 9889
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Hull University 0482 859169
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I P Sharp 01 730 4567
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IBM 021 455 9311 V
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IBM 061 969 3681 V
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IBM 041 226 5533 V
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ICL 01 253 7888 S
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ILCC Network 01 581 1444 S
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Intasun 01 298 1800
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--Page 11--
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Istel Network 0203 691102 V
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Istel Network 061 941 5111 V
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Janet 01 831 6181 S
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John Menzies 0602 430039
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Kays Catalogoue 021 236 7429
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Lancs Poly 0772 21418/9 S
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Leeds Uni 0532 461514 S
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Lucas 021 744 3500 V
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Lunn Poly 01 387 3448
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Manchester Poly 061 236 4772/3 S
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McDonald Douglas 0442 218455
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Midland Bank 01 450 9170/1
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MUD 01 998 8899 S
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Multistream VPAD 061 834 1414
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National Comp Cen. 061 228 6334 S
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Natwest Bank 01 480 7777
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One to One 021 214 5139 S
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Open University 0908 643298
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Open University 061 881 7251 S
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Open University 01 794 0611
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Open University 0908 71188
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Ordering Service? 01 863 3000
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Oxford Poly 0867 74980
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--Page 12--
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Oxford Uni 0766 77792
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Owens PAD 061 273 5212
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Prestel Duke 01 583 9610 V
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Prestel Test 01 583 9412 V
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Prestel IRC 01 248 0348 V
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Radio Soc. 0707 52242 V
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Rank Xerox 0927 65652
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Royal Soc of Chem 0602 507411
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Sealink 0734 869077 V
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SeeBoard 0903 39946
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Severn Trent Water 0203 22182
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Talbot Cars 0203 694747/474645 V
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Talbot Cars 01 235 5488
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Telecom Gold 01 583 1275 S
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Thomas Cook 01 408 2179 V
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Thompson 021 233 1399 V
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Thompson Travel 061 833 0010/16/17
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Thorn EMI 01 453 1200
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Today 01 812 7401 S
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Today 0800 282301/2 S
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Topic 01 628 4061 V
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Tops Travel 051 789 2464
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Trw Credit Agency 1-714-776-4511 ** USA NUMBER **
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--Page 13--
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TSB bank 0621 892565 EXT 82/Mr Davies Office
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UCK 01 388 2333 S
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UMIST 061 228 6601
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VAPT Infolink 01 688 4488 V
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Vax Multistream 01 6886 2262
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Vidtel 010 3170151515 ** IDD NUMBER **
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West Mids Council 021 300 6300 V
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Whitbread Brew 0462 37811
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Whitehouse 1-202-456-1414 ** USA NUMBER **
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Unknown 0800 891198 v22 IBM VM/370
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Yellow Pages 0734 585151
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Yellow Pages 0734 586255
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Unknown 01 247 9671
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Unknown 0222 21051
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Some passwords are available... advise us of any other numbers or
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changes especially if the numbers have been changed...
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***Corrupt Computing 0203 76831 v21/23 8N1 TTY***
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Updated by N. Woods.
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--Page 14--
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The British Hackers Assocation
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--------------------------------
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The British Hackers Assocation is a user group for Hackers,Fone
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Phreakers and Software Pirates.
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Whilst the BHA does not condone the activity of it's members but
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purely provides a forum for the exchange of idea's, via the Embassy and The
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BHA Newsletter that is published every 2 months.
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To join the BHA complete the form and send it together with a cheque
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or postal order 20 pounds sterling made payable to D.Jones to:-
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The BHA.
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The Embassy,
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152 Lonsdale Drive,
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Enfield,
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Middx.
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EN2 7NF.
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--Page 15--
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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British Hackers Assocation
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----------------------------
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Membership Application Form
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-----------------------------
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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All information requested is purely for the eyes of the membership secretary
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and will be treated in the strictest Confidence.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Full Name:-_____________________________________________________________
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Full Postal Address:-___________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________
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Postcode:-____________________________
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--Page 16--
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Home Telephone Number:-_________________________________
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Which computer do you use?:-_____________________________________________
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Which Modem do you use?:-________________________________________________
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Which speeds does your modem support?:-__________________________________
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Does your modem support Bell Tones?:-____________________________________
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Which comms software do you use?:-_______________________________________
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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I, the undersigned, fully understand the conditions of membership of the
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British Hackers Assocation and will abide by the few rules that do
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--Page 17--
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exist, and that my membership can be revoked at any time without prior
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notice, and that all information received from the BHA will be treated
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as confidential and will not be passed on to any third party.
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Signed__________________________________ Date____________
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--Page 18--
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L I N K L I N E 0 8 0 0
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Compiled by System Network News
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(020-376-831 v21/23 8N1 scrolling)
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Note. some lines may have opened in the 'no service' listings and
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some may have closed. Some of the names may be mis-spelt due to
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aural inaccuracies heard over the telephone lines. If there any
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corrections,additions and deletions to be made please let us know
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either by the system or Prestel #011110903.
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0800-890-nnn
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System X exchange
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000-010 No services
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011 AT&T US Dial Direct
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012-030 No services
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031 Holland Telecom
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032 No service
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033 French Telecom,Paris
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034 Spanish Telecom,Madrid
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035-045 No services
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046 Stockholm Telecom
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047-060 No Services
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--Page 19--
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061 Australia Telecom,Sydney
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062-080 No Services
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081 Japan Telecom,Tokyo
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082-099 No services
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100 Bank of America,Tokyo
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101-110 No services
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111 BTI marketing,London
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112-210 No services
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211 AT&T US Dial direct
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212-302 No services
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303 International Telex
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304-329 No services
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330 Shuder Wine
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331-799 No services
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800 BTI international 800
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801-807 No services
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808 Unknown
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809 BTI customer services
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810-999 No services
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0800-891-nnn
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System X exchange
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--Page 20--
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000 Reservations
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001 Unknown
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002 Unknown
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003 No service
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004 Unknown
|
||
005 No service
|
||
006 Bank of America Travellers Cheques
|
||
007 fault on line
|
||
008-010 No services
|
||
011 Unknown
|
||
012 Credit Union loanline
|
||
013 No service
|
||
014 Elliot answering service
|
||
015 No service
|
||
016 Federal Brokers,NY
|
||
017-021 No services
|
||
022 MTS software helpling
|
||
023 No service
|
||
024 Bell savings bank
|
||
025 Unknown
|
||
026 No service
|
||
027 Unknown
|
||
028 Unknown
|
||
--Page 21--
|
||
029-030 No service
|
||
031 Travel service
|
||
032 Security Pacific
|
||
033 No service
|
||
034 LF Rothschild,NY
|
||
035-036 No services
|
||
037 Unknown
|
||
038 RacomNet
|
||
039 Delta A.
|
||
040 No services
|
||
041 Unknown
|
||
042-043 No services
|
||
044 Alex Brown
|
||
045 Unknown
|
||
046 No service
|
||
047 Unknown
|
||
048 Unknown
|
||
049-051 No services
|
||
052 NY lotteries
|
||
053-054 No services
|
||
055 Fault on line
|
||
056-057 No services
|
||
058 AT Edwards
|
||
--Page 22--
|
||
059-060 No services
|
||
061 Air Ambulance
|
||
062 AMC
|
||
063 ABC television
|
||
064 Unknown
|
||
065 Forflex
|
||
066 Texas fid. trust co.
|
||
067 Robinson,Colliers and Stevens.
|
||
068 Prescion Visual
|
||
069 Unknown
|
||
070-071 No services
|
||
072 Long and Foster Real Estate
|
||
073 No service
|
||
074 Faulty Line
|
||
075-076 No services
|
||
077 Faulty Line
|
||
078 No service
|
||
079 Roscher-Spears
|
||
080 No service
|
||
081 Faulty Line
|
||
082 TTI
|
||
083 Edwards and Turner
|
||
084 Beakman travel
|
||
--Page 23--
|
||
085-086 No service
|
||
087 Unknown
|
||
088 No service
|
||
089 Performance software group
|
||
090 DataNet
|
||
091 No service
|
||
092 Honning CO
|
||
093 Montgomery...
|
||
094 Unknown
|
||
095 Telemarketing despatch centre
|
||
096 Some call circuit..asks for id
|
||
097 USRA
|
||
098 No service
|
||
099 Unknown
|
||
100 MCA
|
||
101 No service
|
||
102 Unknown
|
||
103-106 No services
|
||
107 Unknown
|
||
108-109 No services
|
||
110 Unknown
|
||
111 No service
|
||
112 Unknown
|
||
--Page 24--
|
||
113-115 No services
|
||
116 Unknown
|
||
117 No service
|
||
118 Derwent Co.,New Orleans
|
||
119 Berisford Capital Market
|
||
120-122 No services
|
||
123 Unknown
|
||
124-125 No services
|
||
126 Fundemental Brokers
|
||
127 No service
|
||
128 Johnson,Riley & CO.,New Orleans
|
||
129 No service
|
||
130 McDonald Co.
|
||
131 No service
|
||
132 Inbound Service centre
|
||
133 No service
|
||
134 Wilson & Co.
|
||
135 No service
|
||
136 Unknown
|
||
137 Unknown
|
||
138 J. P. Bradford Co.
|
||
139 Unknown
|
||
140-144 No service
|
||
--Page 25--
|
||
145 24hr travel service
|
||
146-147 No services
|
||
148 Unknown
|
||
149-150 No services
|
||
151 Telenational
|
||
152 No service
|
||
153 Travel Service Desk
|
||
154 No service
|
||
155 Phoenix Imperial
|
||
156 No service
|
||
157 First Securities
|
||
158 Unknown
|
||
159 No service
|
||
160 Medical Centre
|
||
161 Faulty line
|
||
162-163 No services
|
||
164 Sunset Marque Hotel
|
||
165 No service
|
||
166 Dain Bosworth Inc.
|
||
167 Unknown
|
||
168 Unknown
|
||
169 Air Ambulance
|
||
170 Unknown
|
||
--Page 26--
|
||
171-173 No services
|
||
174 Faulty line
|
||
175 The Office Network
|
||
176 No service
|
||
177 CableHouse Regan
|
||
178 No service
|
||
179 Robinson
|
||
180 Computer Scientists Corp
|
||
181 Unknown
|
||
182 Unknown
|
||
183 Subway
|
||
184 No service
|
||
185 Howard Weil
|
||
186-188 No service
|
||
189 Faulty Line
|
||
190 Exus Communications
|
||
191-192 No service
|
||
193 Unknown
|
||
194 No service
|
||
195 Unknown
|
||
196 Travel Service
|
||
197 No service
|
||
198 DataTone
|
||
--Page 27--
|
||
199-200 No service
|
||
201 Delta Airlines,Atlanta
|
||
202 Unknown
|
||
203-218 No services
|
||
219 InterClaim Inc
|
||
220-224 No services
|
||
225 DB View Inc
|
||
226-232 No services
|
||
233 Reservations
|
||
234-235 No services
|
||
236 Unknown
|
||
237-256 No services
|
||
257 Faulty Line
|
||
258 No service
|
||
259 Unknown
|
||
260 No service
|
||
261 TSR Inc., NY
|
||
262 Unknown
|
||
263 No service
|
||
264 Unknown
|
||
265-266 No service
|
||
267 Faulty Line
|
||
268 No service
|
||
--Page 28--
|
||
269 Faulty Line
|
||
270 Faulty Line
|
||
271-273 No service
|
||
274 Tradewinds.Conneticut
|
||
275 Cee Ray Customer Services
|
||
276-280 No services
|
||
281 Unknown
|
||
282 No service
|
||
283 ICS Network
|
||
284-287 No service
|
||
288 Unknown
|
||
289 Lemmy Customer Help Desk
|
||
290-335 No services
|
||
336 Unknown
|
||
337-356 No services
|
||
357 Western Hotel
|
||
358 No service
|
||
359 Unknown
|
||
360 Unknown
|
||
361-365 No service
|
||
366 Unknown
|
||
367-382 No services
|
||
383 Faulty Line
|
||
--Page 29--
|
||
384-388 No services
|
||
389 NASDAQ
|
||
390-459 No services
|
||
460 International Reservations
|
||
461-583 No services
|
||
584 BT International,Cambridge
|
||
585-799 No services
|
||
800 ITI
|
||
801 Unknown
|
||
802 Unknown
|
||
803 Int Relations
|
||
804 Unknown
|
||
805 Unknown
|
||
806 No service
|
||
807 Faulty Line
|
||
808-999 No services
|
||
|
||
|
||
0800-892-nnn
|
||
System X exchange
|
||
|
||
|
||
000 Int Re.
|
||
--Page 30--
|
||
001 No service
|
||
002 AT&T
|
||
003-027 No services
|
||
028 Morgan & Keenan
|
||
029-039 No services
|
||
040 Eagle City
|
||
041-999 No services
|
||
|
||
|
||
0800-893-nnn
|
||
System X exchange
|
||
|
||
0800-010 No services
|
||
011 Unknown
|
||
012-025 No services
|
||
026 Recording
|
||
027 Unknown
|
||
028-031 No services
|
||
032 Unknown
|
||
033-042 No services
|
||
043 Recording
|
||
044 No services
|
||
045 Unknown
|
||
--Page 31--
|
||
046-066 No services
|
||
067 Unknown
|
||
068-079 No services
|
||
080 Unknownvancouver
|
||
081-425 No services
|
||
426 Unknown
|
||
427-999 No services
|
||
|
||
|
||
0800-894-nnn
|
||
System X exchange
|
||
|
||
|
||
No services currently in operation on this node
|
||
|
||
|
||
0800-895-nnn
|
||
System X exchange
|
||
|
||
|
||
000-599 No services
|
||
600 OTC Supervisor,Sydney,Australia
|
||
601-610 No services
|
||
--Page 32--
|
||
611 Unknown
|
||
612 No service
|
||
613 Unknown
|
||
614-615 No services
|
||
616 McAwdrey Bank
|
||
617 Data Tone
|
||
618-620 No services
|
||
621 The Age Newspaper,Australia
|
||
622 No service
|
||
623 Unknown
|
||
624-628 No service
|
||
629 International Medical Assistance Network
|
||
630-645 No service
|
||
646 Unknown
|
||
647 Unknown
|
||
648-649 No services
|
||
650 Quantas Airlines
|
||
651-659 No services
|
||
660 Faulty Line
|
||
661-666 No services
|
||
667 MedicAid
|
||
668-677 No services
|
||
678 Auantas Airlines
|
||
--Page 33--
|
||
679-688 No service
|
||
689 World Wide Assistance
|
||
690-699 No service
|
||
700 Recording
|
||
701 ditto
|
||
702 ditto
|
||
703-999 No services
|
||
|
||
|
||
0800-896-nnn
|
||
System X exchange
|
||
|
||
|
||
000-375 No services
|
||
376 Unknown
|
||
377-999 No services
|
||
|
||
|
||
0800-897-nnn
|
||
System X exchange
|
||
|
||
|
||
000-040 No services
|
||
--Page 34--
|
||
041 Unknown
|
||
042-099 No services
|
||
100 Recording
|
||
101 Unknown
|
||
102-999 No services
|
||
|
||
|
||
0800-898-nnn
|
||
System X exchanges
|
||
|
||
|
||
000 No service
|
||
001 Unknown
|
||
002 No service
|
||
003 Unknown
|
||
004 French Recording
|
||
005 Unknown
|
||
006 Unknown
|
||
007 French Recording
|
||
008 No service
|
||
009 Unknown
|
||
010 No service
|
||
011 Telecom,Sweden
|
||
--Page 35--
|
||
012 Unknown
|
||
013 Unknown
|
||
014 Unknown
|
||
015 Unknown
|
||
016 Unknown
|
||
017 United Airlines
|
||
018 Unknown
|
||
019 Unknown
|
||
020 Unknown
|
||
021 No service
|
||
022 Unknown
|
||
023 Unknown
|
||
024 Unknown
|
||
025 Unknown
|
||
026 Unknown
|
||
027 No service
|
||
028 Unknown
|
||
029 Unknown
|
||
030 Unknown
|
||
031 Unknown
|
||
032 Unknown
|
||
033 Unknown
|
||
034 Unknown
|
||
--Page 36--
|
||
035 Recording
|
||
036 No service
|
||
037 Recording
|
||
038 Unknown
|
||
039 Unknown
|
||
040 Recording
|
||
041 Unknown
|
||
042 Unknown
|
||
043 Unknown
|
||
044 Unknown
|
||
045 Unknown
|
||
046 Unknown
|
||
047 Unknown
|
||
048 Recording
|
||
049 Unknown
|
||
050 Unknown
|
||
051 Unknown
|
||
052 Unknown
|
||
053 Unknown
|
||
054 Unknown
|
||
055 Unknown
|
||
056 Unknown
|
||
057 Unknown
|
||
--Page 37--
|
||
058 Unknown
|
||
059 Unknown
|
||
060 Recording
|
||
061 Unknown
|
||
062 Unknown
|
||
063 Unknown
|
||
064 Unknown
|
||
065 No service
|
||
066 Unknown
|
||
067 Unknown
|
||
068 Unknown
|
||
069 Unknown
|
||
070 Unknown
|
||
071 Recording
|
||
072 ditto
|
||
073 ditto
|
||
074 Unknown
|
||
075-088 No service
|
||
089 Recording
|
||
090-199 No service
|
||
200 Unknown
|
||
201-209 No service
|
||
210 Unknown
|
||
--Page 38--
|
||
211-265 No service
|
||
266 German Recording
|
||
267-288 No service
|
||
289 Unknown
|
||
290-319 No service
|
||
320 Unknown
|
||
321-332 No service
|
||
333 Unknown
|
||
334-399 No service
|
||
400 Unknown
|
||
401 Unknown
|
||
402-403 No services
|
||
404 Unknown
|
||
405 Unknown
|
||
406-407 No service
|
||
408 Unknown
|
||
410 Unknown
|
||
411 Unknown
|
||
412 Unknown
|
||
413 Unknown
|
||
414 Holland
|
||
415 Unknown
|
||
416 Unknown
|
||
--Page 39--
|
||
417 Unknown
|
||
418 No service
|
||
419 Unknown
|
||
420 Unknown
|
||
421 No service
|
||
422 Unknown
|
||
423 German Recording
|
||
424-429 No service
|
||
430 Unknown
|
||
431 Unknown
|
||
432-476 No service
|
||
477 Unknown
|
||
478-513 No service
|
||
514 Dakar,Holland
|
||
515-516 No services
|
||
517 Unknown
|
||
518-701 No services
|
||
702 Unknown
|
||
703-799 No services
|
||
800 German Recording
|
||
801 Faulty Line
|
||
802-825 No services
|
||
826 Faulty line
|
||
--Page 40--
|
||
827-832 No services
|
||
833 ItalyUnknown
|
||
834-849 No services
|
||
850 Unknown
|
||
851-869 No services
|
||
870 Unknown
|
||
871-999 No services
|
||
|
||
|
||
0800-899-nnn
|
||
System X exchange
|
||
|
||
|
||
000 No service
|
||
001 Dublin.Ireland
|
||
002-999 No services
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
If you find any changes please contact SNN or the supplier of this list....
|
||
|
||
Thank god its over.......
|
||
|
||
--Page 50--
|
||
MICRONET (c) 800111503a 0p
|
||
NEWS: Potentially Nasty Sun
|
||
SG
|
||
|
||
A potentially damaging article appears in today's Observer entitled
|
||
'Computer Nasties are on the Line.' Written by Observer investigative reporter
|
||
John Merritt, the article reveals that several bulletin boards in the UK are
|
||
actively disseminating anarchical information. The Open File report claims
|
||
that the following information can be read online on BBSs.
|
||
|
||
= Top 10 ways to kill a cop
|
||
= How to make oxyacetylene balloon bombs.
|
||
= Breaking into houses
|
||
= An introductory guide to shoplifting
|
||
= How to make tear gas
|
||
|
||
The article then goes to give a thumbnail sketch of the UK's BBSs, including
|
||
a character profile of Darren Ingram, sysop of 'Corrupt Computing,' a bulletin
|
||
board specialising in the darker side of society.
|
||
Ingram's board contains several areas, one of which is called 'Defence of...
|
||
... the Realm,' which contains several home defence files covering the topics
|
||
outlined earlier in this news story. The article has off-the-cuff quotes
|
||
from computer industry luminaries such as John (BBOA) Wallbridge and Alistair
|
||
--Page 51--
|
||
Kelman, the computer barrister.
|
||
Unfortunately for the online world, the
|
||
Observer article portrays the typical BBS user as armed to the teeth and
|
||
trained in 'survivalist techniques.' This will almost certainly reflect
|
||
badly on BBS and UK online systems,
|
||
Micronet included, and effectively undoes much of the PR work carried
|
||
out by organisations such as the Bulletin Board Operators Association.
|
||
Interestingly, reporter Merritt has been in contact with the Department of
|
||
Trade and Industry and Oftel in a bid to discover who - if anyone - is
|
||
'responsible' for BBSs.
|
||
The DTI is quoted as not knowing which government department should be
|
||
looking at BBSs, but said BBS files and messages would come under Section
|
||
43 of the Telecommunications Act 1984. The Act prohibits the transmission...
|
||
... of grossly offensive, indecent or obscene messages over the PSTN (public
|
||
switched telephone network). The anti-obscenity provisions of the
|
||
1984 Act were originally aimed at the 'dial-a-porn' services which have
|
||
proliferated in the US. Some watered down services have appeared in the UK
|
||
on 0898 value-added numbers. The Net will be taking a look at the
|
||
Observer article in more depth tomorrow, when we'll discuss the
|
||
ramifications of what could result in the government taking an interest in
|
||
BBSs and other online systems.........
|
||
|
||
*******************************************************************************
|
||
--Page 52--
|
||
MICRONET (c) 800111512a 0p
|
||
NEWS: Potentially Nasty (Pt 2) Mon
|
||
Steve Gold
|
||
|
||
Following on from The Observer's revelations yesterday about the UK's
|
||
modem users being corrupted by BBSs (GOTO 5 for the full SP), the Net has
|
||
talked to several comms luminaries, many of whom were quoted in The
|
||
Observer article.
|
||
"The Observer chap phoned me up last week for a few comments," said Alistair
|
||
Kelman, the computer barrister. Kelman revealed that the Daily
|
||
Telegraph has also been chatting to comms-oriented establishment people as
|
||
well as The Observer. Despite the article's emphasis on the darker...
|
||
... side of BBSs, Kelman thinks that the majority of readers will take the
|
||
views of the writer with a pinch of salt.
|
||
Len Stuart, ClubSpot and Netreach supremo, thinks otherwise.
|
||
"The article could be very damaging for modem users generally, as people who
|
||
don't know about comms will assume that Ingram's BBS is typical of all
|
||
boards," said Stuart, adding that the same people will assume that all
|
||
modem users regularly access such BBSs. "Not knowing any differntly, readers..
|
||
... will make the wrong assumptions about modem users," he added.
|
||
John Collins, ex-Commodore and now freelance programmer on the Atari ST
|
||
and Commodore Amiga, thinks the same. Like Len Stuart, Collins 'phoned the
|
||
Net to draw our attention to the article.
|
||
--Page 53--
|
||
"I was horrified by the article," he told the Net. "It's just the sort of
|
||
publicity that we can all do without."
|
||
John Wallbridge, BBOA founder, who is also quoted in The Observer article,..
|
||
... is equally disparaging about the article.
|
||
"The Observer reporter left out my key comment which was that BBSs are like
|
||
any other medium," he told the Net. "The problem is that all media,
|
||
including BBSs, can be used to print almost anything about anything. I just
|
||
hope that Observer readers don't get the wrong impression about bulletin
|
||
boards generally," he said.
|
||
Wallbridge is so incensed by The Observer article that - in common
|
||
with several other comms industry figures - he feels that a response
|
||
from the online community is called for.
|
||
"At the very least, I think that a letter to The Observer is called for,"
|
||
he said.
|
||
All the comms industry figures the Net has spoken to this weekend have
|
||
agreed that The Observer article was 'over the top' and not typical of BBSs
|
||
generally. It's likely that the article will have stirred up enough public
|
||
outrage to generate governmental interest in how BSSs are run. It is to be
|
||
hoped that - as with all exposes of this nature - the furore dies down quickly.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
--Page 54--
|
||
|
||
"TRACKER" Transmitter
|
||
ÚÄÄSÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
|
||
³ ³ C1 C2
|
||
+³ R1 Á ³ ³
|
||
B ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄ´
|
||
-³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³
|
||
³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄN C3
|
||
³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³
|
||
³ R1 R2 ³
|
||
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÙ
|
||
Á
|
||
Where - R1:10k Resistor C1:.001 Capacitor B:9V Battery
|
||
R2:470 Resistor C2:Coil S:Switch
|
||
C3:5-30pF Variable capacitor N:NPN Transistor
|
||
:Crystal
|
||
:Antenna
|
||
|
||
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
|
||
Tracking transmitter which could be built very compact. Unmodulated signal,
|
||
must be used with BFO-reciever. Transmitting on 6-meter (50-54 MHz).
|
||
C2 is 9 turns on 1/2" dia., 1/2" long, #18. is 52 MHz
|
||
Antenna is 6", N is a BC 169.
|
||
--Page 55--
|
||
|
||
THE NECCESITY OF DEVIANCE
|
||
___________________________
|
||
By Jack Stevenson
|
||
|
||
In the Ideal utopia, individual freedomflourishes. In such a state of
|
||
existence there would be no deviants since there would be nothing to deviate
|
||
from. Everyone would bloom like a beautiful flower according to their own
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precaurioyus individual natures. There would be no stifling society codes, no
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predjudice, no repression, no crime.
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Unfortunately, or rather fortunately, Utopia is unobtainable. Deviation is
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the only thing that's kept the human race from dying off from bad ideas, lack
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of style or just plain boredom, not to mention tyranny, incompetence or
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stupidity.
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As it is, within every religion, within every country, within every city and
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small town, deviance springs up unwanted like some ugly evil mushroom, much to
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the horror of civil and moral "authorities." It is the one irrepressible,
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ineludable constant of human existence. Thank God.
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It is the deviant, at first persecuted, then martyred and worshipped, who
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changes society, starts all the new religions and philosophies. It is the
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deviant virus buzzing around in the rotted innards of established countrys and
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belief systems that keeps the decaying carcass on it's feet until something
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paramutates off, and it crashes to the ground a stinking corpse... although
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--Page 56--
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sometimes it actually takes a few centuries to fall over.
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On a less grandoise scale, deviation worms it's way into fashion, art, and
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every other form of human conduct, often while the guise of perfect
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respectability is maintained. Deviance is a neccesity of life, on a par with
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food, shelter and clothing. And like any other activity, it can be pursued in
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a cowardly, or courageous fashion.
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Society seeks to maintain the status quo out of pure bloated inertia.
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Industrialization gave rise to the middle class in all developed countries,
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and soon the middle class had began it's own culture: a culture of cowardice,
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conformity and sterility whose holy ground became the suburbs. Conformity was
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required, the Status quo worshipped.
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Yet the stricter the status-quo is enforced by social codes, the more
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widespread the deviant urge becomes: today the suburbs are hot-beds of
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deviance and depravity, while inner cities - admittedly more violent - are
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staid in comparison.
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Look through any window in suburbia to see men dressed in leotards or neo-
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nazis in full regelia drowning kittens in bath tubs while through ghetto
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windows, you see earnest young dope dealers and pimps chasing the standard
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capitalist dream. Sexual and other deviations are shunned in the ghettos while
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the suburbs provide the privacy, leisure time and money to engage in such
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activities.
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It is the pointlessness and boredom of middle class life more than anything
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that spurs and motivates people into a life of deviance. Poor people are too
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--Page 57--
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busy trying to "make it", chasing commercial images of success, and rich
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people hide all their glorious deviance behind the impenetrable wall of
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discretion propriety. It is out of the belly of the middle class that pulls a
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virtual army of "deviance" as they are quick to be called. Punk rockers are
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drop-outs from suburbia, with their anti-beauty esthetics. Before them the
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Hippies were the drop-outs with their drugs and anti-materialism. Many Gays in
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New York, San Fransisco and other big cities are escapees from middle class
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conformity. A thousand bizarre cults worldwide are gourged on the children of
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the middle class. It is the greatest contribution of the middle class to
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culture.
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Deviance in it's most spectacular, sensational and violent forms has become
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a new religion, merging Punk rock with Satanism, Nazism and modern death
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technology. Mark Pauline, a San Fransisco artist, builds engine powered
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contraptions, that animate the corpses of chickens and rabbits in a grotesque
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fandango. Autopsy videos are all the latest rage, and a small mouvement of
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Xeroxed fanzines that idolize mass-murderers is cropping up, reflecfting wider
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interest in this new industrial death culture that has in fact been well
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recieved in the art world.
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Mass murderers are replacing football players as focal points of youthful
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fascination. Gilles de Rais emerges from the muck of his history as the John
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The Baptist of this new order. The richest noble and bravest knight of early
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15th century France, de Rais won a prominent place in French history books for
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his battlefield heroism in the cause of Joan Of Arc, personally rescuing her
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--Page 58--
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from the English at least twice. His later career as a lunatic, devil
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worshipper and sex murderer of hundreds of young peasant children won him a
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place in the wax museums.
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Ed Gein, killer and cannibal of the American 1950s, exploded as a blinding
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supernova in the holy firmament of sexual deviance. Inhabiting an unworked
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farm in rural Wisconsin, Gein impressed neighbors as a mildly retarded
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simpleton who hung out with kids and was good for handyman chores and helping
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road crews chop weeds along the highway. Yet Gein's peaceable manner concealed
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the soul of a freinzied deviant: by night he engaged in murder, graverobbing
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and necrophilia, as well as the manufacture of human lampshades, chair seats,
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nipple belts and skull caos. All of Gein's crimes were traced back to a desire
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to revive his dead mother from her grave and driven out of control by a
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twisted sexual urge. Perhaps the ongoing celebration of Ed Gein is a reaction
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to the sterile sexual teases of Pop icons such as Doris Day and Annete
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Funicello who purveyed a dehumanized aura of sex that Gein actually came to
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practice.
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Charles Manson is certainly well enough known, both by the myth and reality
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(if in fact they can be seperated). Yet while Manson dabbled in Satanism and
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admired the Nazis, he was a different phenomenon than either medieval castle-
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dwelling de Rais or farmboy idiot/introvert Gein. Manson became the great
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hollywood killer and his ledgend has been enshrined by media circus parole
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hearings and annual televising of Helter Skelter that are as eagerly awaited
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as The Wizard of Oz. "I live in my world," said Manson in prison in 1970, "and
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--Page 59--
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I am the king of my world, wether it be in a garbage dump or if it be in the
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desert or wherever it be, I am my own human being. You may restrain my body
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and you may tear my guts out, do anything you wish, but I am still me and you
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can't take that." Is it any wonder Manson strikes a chord with teenagers,
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deviants and outcasts constantly bucking the norm?
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Finally there is John Gacy. If mass-murderers are considered the ultimate
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deviants then John Gacy is an ironic contradiction. While Gacy was a killer,
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a more average, normal, successful and respected member of the community you
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could not find. He was the quintessential suburban "well respected man." His
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taste in everything from houses to cars to backyard barbeques was middle class
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suburban. None of this cult-worship commune jazz for him, his world revolved
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around the gravity core of middle class respectable. Because of this, he could
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never admit, and in fact to this day denies, that he is gay. He has been
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called by some "The Ultimate closet Queen" and the results of his reppresion
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and self-loathing became national headlines in 1979.
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While Gacy is a pretty poor role model for any self-respecting deviant, he
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is the current mass-murder record holder and hence earns the respect of the
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pure-mided death cultists who despise any hint of insanity or cultism. Manson
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and Gein on the other hand were more flamboyant and colourful characters and
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have enjoyed popularity on a wider scale, inspiring movies and songs and even
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bleeding a little bit into pop culture. Gilles de Rais, though, remains almost
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unknown to the population, with their fast-food slaughters and shopping-centre
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massacres while in history-concious France, he is known to every schoolboy.
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--Page 60--
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Other mass killers have made the jump from police reports into pop ledgend.
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Jim Jones was the ultimate cult leader and fake Mohammed. Charles Starkweather
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was the 1950's own white-trash James Dean/Rebel without a cause, and Lizzi
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Borden slaughtered her parents - What red-blooded Teenager hasn't thought
|
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about it? Today there are endless Hillside Stranglers, Highway killers,
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Nightstalkers, mad Slashers, berserk snipers holed up in schoolhouses, and
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walking time bombs exploding in post offices and fast-food restaurants.
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And so, much to the horror of their parents, our young people find heroes
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aplenty in today's "world". Or perhaps I should say anti-heros. To today's
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youth, getting stabbed to death or getting blown apart in an explosion dosn't
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seem much worse than dying of boredom, and certainly it's quicker, you might
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even get on TV.
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Modern society seems a faceless, homogenized, sterile place... predictable,
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circumcised, pre-conditioned. The impulsive, the violent, the anti-social is
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admired and at times emulated. The deviant is our new hero.
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