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This lesson: Destroying an Apple!
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In previous articles I have written many techniques for revenge through
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sabotage. In addition to my thousands of Krazy Glue Tricks (only a few of which
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have actually been posted in files), I have devised a great many sabotage
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techniques for animate and inanimate objects. However, these were generally
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rather basic due to a desire to fit as many into one file as possible. Now,
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those days are over as I write larger, more helpful files. So, then, here is
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Pranks 11: Advanced Sabotage 1 - How to Destroy an Apple Computer.
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HOW TO BLOW UP AN APPLE COMPUTER:
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Anyone can blow up anything with a stick of dynamite and a fuse or det-box.
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But what we have here is the most exquisite way known to destroy an Apple
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computer. The reason I picked Apple is NOT just because I hate them, but
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because they are very easy to get inside of, and there is lots of room inside
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for a bomb or whatever. This tactic will actually work for any machine, but
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if you don't want to turn the machine upside down and unscrew
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god-knows-how-many-screws, wasting time that you probably don't have, then use
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an Apple.
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Anyways, down to it. Make a bomb with an electrical igniter that lights when
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6 volts are applied to it. Smoke bombs are great for computers; they quite
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nicely fuck up a computer's board and make the machine smoke like hell too.
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The effect is great, especially if you pick either a brand-new (never used)
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machine or one that has had many hardware problems in the past. Now, attach the
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igniter leads to the switched +12 supply and ground. Close the computer. As
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soon as the machine is turned on, its doom is sealed as the bomb ignites. It
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may even let out its initial BEEP before its ROMs get melted.
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If you are really destructive, go to high school, and don't mind your school
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not having any computer science department anymore, then this may be for you:
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If all the machines in the school's computer room are connected to a master
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switch, and all go on when the switch is thrown, then it would be a tremendous
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coup if you could (at a time when the machines are off) plant a smoke bomb or
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other bomb in EACH machine.
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Oh, here's a good one: if you can find or make an electrical igniter that
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will go off with the current from the Annunciator output of the Apple, then
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you have the potential to create some really professional havoc. Simply
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attach the bomb to an annunciator line and ground, and then leave a disk lying
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around that says "Great New Wares" on it. This is a great follow-up to my
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infamous sandpaper diskette. What the disk contains is, a whole bunch of really
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big files (the magic of sector editors) with the name a new ware on them, and a
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2 sector one named HELLO. After perusing the catalog, the sucker will naturally
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boot up the ware. HELLO will then boot up what appears to be a nice crack
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screen, with the warning that if a certain peripheral is hooked up, the system
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will crash (name a peripheral that is plugged into the target machine). Give
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JUST enough pause time that the guy at the machine can read it, then have the
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annunciator to which you have attached your bomb activated, just as a text
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message saying "PIRATE COPY ---- SYSTEM SUSPENDED" comes on the screen.
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Immediately massive billowing clouds of smoke will pour out of the machine and
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the guy will freak, telling stories of how such-and-such a protection scheme
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can ACTUALLY SET THE MACHINE ON FIRE if you mess with it. (Only a r0dent would
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actually believe such a thing, but the response you could elicit is well worth
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the try).
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If you can't find an igniter that will go off under the current from an
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annunciator, or if you are blowing up a different machine whose programmable
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outputs of whatever type have very little current output, then wire up a relay
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with the +12 supply or a battery that CAN do the job.
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+12 or battery
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+--------IIII-----+
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+ I I +
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+ +
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+ +
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+ +
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+--* +
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* ignitor +
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+--* +
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+ / +
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+ / +
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+------ O---------
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relay sw.
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@@@@@@@ relay coil
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+ +
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+ +
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+ +
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gnd. annunciator
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NOTE: These techniques will work with superior computers such as the Timex
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Sinclair, but the effect is not as good.
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This file was written June 1987 by the Fixer, when he still had a Commodore.
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Rumor has it he's wised up and is getting a //e in Jan. It is a response to
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"How to crash a Comodork BBS", one of which T.F. still happens to run...
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Call:
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TOMMY'S HOLIDAY CAMP 604-595-0085
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BC TEL PHONE MART 604-658-1586
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THE NEUTRAL ZONE 604-478-1363
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HEART OF GOLD 604-658-1581
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THE METAL AE 201-879-6668
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DARQUESIDE AE 408-245-7726
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