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CLEAR BOX PLANS
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THE CLEAR BOX IS A NEW DEVICE WHICH HAS JUST BEEN INVENTED THAT CAN BE USED
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THROUGHOUT CANADA AND RURAL UNITED STATES. THE CLEAR BOX WORKS ON "POSTPAY"
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PAYPHONES (FORTRESS FONES). THOSE ARE THE PAYPHONES THAT DONT REQUIRE PAYMENT
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UNTIL AFTER THE CONNECTION IS ESTABLISHED. YOU PICK UP THE FONE, GET A DIAL
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TONE, DIAL YOUR NUMBER, AND THEN INSERT YOUR MONEY AFTER THE PERSON ANSWERS.
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IF YOU DONT DEPOSIT THE MONEY THEN YOU CAN NOT SPEAK TO THE PERSON ON THE
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OTHER END- BECAUSE YOUR MOUTH PEICE IS CUT OFF, BUT, NOT THE EAR PIECE.
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(OBVIOUSLY THESE PHONES ARE NICE FOR FREE CALLS TO WEATHER OR TIME OR
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OTHER SUCH RECORDINGS).
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ALL YOU MUST DO IS TO GO TO YOUR NEARBY RADIO SHACK, OR ELECTRONICS
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STORE, AND GET A FOUR-TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIER AND A TELEPHONE SUCTION CUP
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INDUCTION PICK-UP. THE INDUCTION PICK-UP WOULD BE HOOKED UP AS IT NORMALLY
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WOULD TO RECORD A CONVERSATION, EXCEPT THAT IT WOULD BE PLUGGED INTO THE OUT-
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PUT OF THE AMPLIFIER AND A MICROPHONE WOULD BE HOOKED TO THE INPUT. SO WHEN
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THE PARTY THAT IS BEING CALLED ANSWERS, THE CALLER COULD SPEAK THROUGH THE
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LITTLE MICROPHONE INSTEAD. HIS VOICE THEN GOES THROUGH THE AMPLIFIER AND OUT
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THE INDUCTION COIL, AND INTO THE BACK OF THE RECIEVER WHERE IT WOULD THEN BE
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BROADCAST THROUGH THE PHONE LINES AND THE OTHER PARTY WOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR
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THE CALLER. THE CLEAR BOX THUS 'CLEARS UP' THE PROBLEM OF NOT BEING HEARD.
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LUCKILY, THE LINE WILL NOT BE CUT-OFF AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE
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IT WILL WAIT FOREVER FOR THE COINS TO BE PUT IN.
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THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE FOR ALL OF US ABOUT THIS NEW CLEAR BOX IS THE
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FACT THAT THIS TYPE OF PAYPHONE WILL MOST LIKELY BECOME VERY COMMON.
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DUE TO A FEW THINGS: 1ST, IT IS A CHEAP WAY OF GETTING THE ÄÔÆ,DIAL-TONE-FIRST
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SERVICE, 2ND, IT DOESNT REQUIRE ANY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, (FOR THE PHONE COMPANY)
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THIS PAYPHONE WILL WORK ON ANY PHONE LINE. USUSALLY A PAYPHONE LINE IS
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DIFFERENT, BUT THIS IS A REGULAR PHONE LINE AND IT IS SET UP SO THE PHONE
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DOES ALL THE CHARGING, NOT THE COMPANY.
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Clear Box Plans
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This phile was typed up by The Bit of TThe Postmen\.
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Call the Post Office :: 617-332-6114
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(c) 1984 by 2600 Magazine
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The clear box is a new device which has just been invented that can be used
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throughout Canada and rural United States. The clear box works on "PostPay"
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payphones (fortress fones). Those are the payphones that dont require payment
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until after the c
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onnec
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tion is established. You pick up the fone, get a dial tone, dial your number,
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and then insert your money after the person answers. If you dont deposit the
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money then you can not speak to the person on the other end- because your
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mouth peice is cut o
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ff, b
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ut, not the ear piece. (obviously these phones are nice for free calls to
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weather or time or other such recordings).
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All you must do is to go to your nearby Radio Shack, or electronics
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store, and get a four-transistor amplifier and a telephone suction cup
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induction pick-up. The induction pick-up would be hooked up as it normally
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would to record a conversatio
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n, ex
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cept that it would be plugged into the output of the amplifier and a
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microphone would be hooked to the input. So when the party that is being
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called answers, the caller could speak through the little microphone instead.
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His voice then goes through th
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e amp
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lifier and out the induction coil, and into the back of the reciever where it
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would then be broadcast through the phone lines and the other party would be
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able to hear the caller. The Clear Box thus 'clears up' the problem of not
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being heard. Luckily
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, the
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line will not be cut-off after a certain amount of time because it will wait
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forever for the coins to be put in.
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The biggest advantage for all of us about this new clear box is the
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fact that this type of payphone will most likely become very common. Due to a
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few things: 1st, it is a cheap way of getting the DTF,dial-tone-first service,
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2nd, it doesnt req
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uire
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any special equipment, (for the phone company) This payphone will work on any
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phone line. Ususally a payphone line is different, but this is a regular phone
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line and it is set up so the phone does all the charging, not the company.
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_____________________-end-__________________________
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From Lunatic Labs UnLtd. 415-278-7421
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Press a key...
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PIRATES HOLLOW 415-236-2371
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